week 12 shopping

Don’t print this list from the blog. The navigation menu on the blog is really long and this jacks with the printing. You’ll waste a lot of paper without getting everything on the list. Copy to Word or a text file and print from that.  Grocery prices have risen about 25% in the last year, based on weekly shopping for a family of four using recipes and menu planning from this blog.  In summer 2011, each person in a 4-person apartment will spend closer to $50 than the original estimate of $40 per person.

 

Pantry Basics

  • 1 loaf sliced bread (white or wheat)
  • 1 jar peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)
  • 1 jar jam or preserves (grape, strawberry, or apricot)
  • 1 box Ritz crackers
  • 1 box Wheat Thins
  • 1 box Triscuit
  • 1 boxes cereal (Frosted Mini Wheats, Pops, Apple Jacks, or granola)
  • 1 box granola
  • 1 large container Greek-style yogurt, or 1 multi-pack yogurt cups, for breakfast (minimum 6 servings)
  • 1 gallon milk (whole, 2%, 1%, skim, or soy)
  • 8 oz or more block cheddar cheese to eat with apples or crackers
  • 12 eggs
  • 1 box Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
  • 2 boxes Betty Crocker Supreme Brownie Mix with Hershey’s syrup
  • 8 apples
  • 8 pears
  • 10-15 clementines (about 1 bag)
  • 8 bananas (buy slightly green)

Ingredients for this Week’s Recipes

Produce

  • 1 box (4 cups) strawberries for trifle
  • 4 medium yellow onions
  • 2 small yellow onions
  • 4 pods of garlic cloves
  • 2 jalapeno peppers
  • 2 avocados for guacamole
  • 1 packet Guacamole mix (usually found in produce section)
  • 1 bag collard or mustard greens
  • 1 bag regular-sized carrots (roasted root vegetables)
  • 2 parsnips (white carrots)
  • 2 small or 1 medium rutabaga (roasted root vegetables)
  • 2 small turnips (roasted root vegetables)
  • 2 sweet potatoes (roasted root vegetables)
  • 1 small piece ginger root, about half the size of your palm
  • 1 bag Fresh Express complete Asian salad mix (or other flavor) – use only half the dressing and toppings, save the rest for the other package of lettuce
  • 1 bag Fresh Express hearts of romaine or other salad blend
  • 1 6 oz. bag baby spinach for tortellini soup
  • 2 lemons
  • 3-5 limes
  • 2 bunches fresh cilantro
  • 1 bunch fresh mint

Canned Goods

  • 1 quart (4 cups) chicken or vegetable broth (tortellini soup)
  • 1 can diced  tomatoes (about 14 oz each), get Italian-style if making vegetarian tortellini soup
  • 1 small bottle vegetable oil (like corn or canola)
  • 1 small jar blackberry or raspberry jam for trifle
  • 1 8-oz. can tomato sauce for Mutter Paneer

Dairy, Refrigerator Section

  • 1 pound butter sticks or oleo margarine sticks (now called vegetable spread sticks, brands like Parkay, Imperial, Blue Bonnet)
  • 1 small package shredded or grated Parmesan cheese, not the dry kind in the can
  • 1 cup plain Greek-style yogurt with honey for trifle
  • 1 small container sour cream to serve with quesadillas
  • 9 oz cheese tortellini (for soup)

Baking Aisle, Spices

  • shortening for cornbread, butterole (check previous supplies)
  • white sugar for butterole (check previous supplies)
  • flour for cornbread, butterole (check previous supplies)
  • baking soda for cornbread (check previous supplies)
  • 1 small bottle dried sage or 1 package fresh sage
  • 1 small bottle cayenne pepper (check supplies, used in week for peach salsa)
  • 1 small bottle ground coriander for Mutter Paneer (check supplies, should have bought in week 11)
  • 1 small bottle dried rosemary (you bought fresh rosemary in weeks 5 and 6 but it isn’t any good now even if you have some left)
  • 1 small bottle thyme or 1 package fresh thyme, if you didn’t buy the dried thyme in week 6
  • 1 small bottle ground Turmeric if you didn’t buy in week 10
  • 1 bag unbleached Gold Medal flour (check previous week’s supplies, probably have some left from week 9)
  • Cornmeal (check supplies, you made cornbread in weeks 4 and 10;  may still have cornmeal left)
  • 1 small can Crisco shortening, or 1 package individual quarters; (you may have some left from week 10)

Bread, Cereals, Coffee & Tea

  • 1 Angel food cake from bakery section for trifle
  • 12 flour tortillas (for quesadillas)

Dried Beans, Rice, & Pasta

  • 1-lb. bag dried black-eyed peas
  • 1 box Minute-brand boil in bag white or brown rice (about 4-6 bags)

Condiments

  • 1 small jar picante sauce to servc with quesadillas
  • 1 bottle A1 steak sauce (optional) – some like this on bangers, pork chops

Frozen Foods

  • 1 tub Cool Whip (trifle)
  • 1 package frozen raspberries (trifle)
  • 1 1-lb. package frozen green peas

International Foods

  • 1 package pork bangers (individual sausages for British menu)
  • 1 package naan
  • 1 jar clarified butter
  • 1 package paneer

Cleaning & Storage

  • toilet paper (buy a minimum of 1 roll per person per week)
  • 1 roll paper towels (if using as napkins with meals, buy two rolls)
  • recycle your plastic grocery bags as trash can liners or buy can liners
  • air freshener for bathroom and kitchen
  • quart-size and gallon-size Zip-loc bags

Meat

  • 1 package boneless, butterfly pork chops
  • 1 lb boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 lb. turkey Italian sausage

Vegetarian Substitutions

  • clarified butter and frozen Naan (eat with Mutter Paneer in place of chicken)
  • Sweet potatoes (replaces pork chops in Soul Food menu)
  • 1 box instant mashed potatoes (substitute for bangers in British menu)