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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Food Plan and Grocery List, 013110

Over the holidays (and since), we've been eating a lot of chicken, pork and beef with a lot of red potatoes. I've been hearing from the peanut gallery that all of this is starting to, uh, shall we say, clog the plumbing.This week I'm making it a point to incorporate a ton more vegetables and have a new granola recipe to try out too. To off-set extra cost, I'll be focusing on using the meat from the freezer.

I browsed my Cooking Club magazines (including the latest one, received yesterday!) as well as allrecipes.com to come up with this line-up: 
  • Spaghetti with Roasted Tomato Sauce
  • Spinach Salad with Warm Maple-Mustard Dressing
  • Vietnamese Chicken
  • Black Bean and Corn Chili
  • Slow-Cooker Roast Beef with Red Wine
  • Winter Fruit Salad with Parmesan Puff Pastry
  • Oven-Fried Chicken with mashed potatoes and carrots or something
  • Crispy-Topped Herbed Orange Roughy Fillets
  • Seared Autumn Vegetables
  • Honey Nut Granola with Dried Fruit
All of this, except the Vietnamese Chicken is brand-spankin' new for us. Certainly, if I follow through on everything, there will be plenty for lunch this week.

I'm off to the stores.

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HMart:
  • Samyang Ramen: $12.99/20
Grower's Direct:
  • dried figs: $1.59
  • bananas: $1.14/1.93 lb
  • lemon: $0.44/0.49 lb
  • red onion: $0.51/0.74 lb
  • red bell pepper $0.79/0.57 lb
  • Bartlett Pear: $0.51/0.52 lb
  • brussel sprouts: $0.92/0.93 lb
  • red cabbage: $1.01/1.71 lb
  • romaine lettuce: $0.79/head
  • jalapeno peppers: $0.11/0.11 lb
  • butternut squash: $1.78/2 lb
  • parsley: $0.39/bunch
  • baby spinach: $5.97/18 oz
  • baby greens: $3.98/12.8 oz
  • dried apricots: $2.49
  • TOTAL: $22.42
Ralph's:
  • frozen corn: $1.76/24 oz
  • frozen pearl onions: $1.76/24 oz
  • milk: $1.99/ half-gallon
  • oats: $2.50
  • sunflower seeds: $4.29
  • slivered almonds: $7.99
  • Israeli couscous: $2.29
  • parmesan cheese: $4.29/8oz
  • whole tomatoes: $1.98/56 oz
  • black beans: $1.79/ 30 oz
  • Better Than Bouillon Beef base: $5.99
  • black olives: $5/60 oz
  • large eggs: $2.59/18
  • Gallo merlot wine: $4.49/750 mL
  • apples: $1.44/2
  • mushrooms: $4.98/1 lb
  • flax seeds: $3.49
  • boneless skinless chicken thighs: $4.98
  • French wheat bread: $1.47
  • TOTAL: $67.28
GRAND TOTAL: $102.69. 

Hmm.  That's better than what I thought it would be, what with all the nuts and seeds and dried fruit. Ralph's was out of the puff pastry, so I might stop for that later this week or we'll just have the salad with regular croutons.

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