Stretch Your Food Dollar Menu XII

Arizona Farm Bureau put together a menu to help you stretch your food dollar by utilizing items that have gone down in price. This quarter’s items down in price are boneless chicken breast, milk, shredded cheese, potatoes, apples, salad mix, vegetable oil, toasted oat cereal and white bread. Arizona Farm Bureau recommends stocking up on dairy and poultry items as they are ideally priced. To obtain actual recipes for the “Stretch Your Food Dollar Menu XII” go to www.fillyourplate.org and click on the recipe tab. Most of recipes for menu XII are from Arizona producers.
 
 Menu for the Week:
 
Sunday:                    Lemon Chicken
                                Roasted Potatoes/with seasonings
                                Baked Apples
                                Milk or Iced Tea
 
Monday:                   Potato Soup
                                Wedge Salad
                                Milk
 
Tuesday:                  Chicken Enchiladas
                                Bread or corn chips            
                                Milk
 
Wednesday:              Easy Mexican Casserole
                                 Mixed green salad
                                 Milk or Iced Tea 
 
Thursday:                 Chicken Ala King over noodles or rice
                                Mixed vegetables
                                Milk or Iced Tea
               
Friday:                      Quesadillas (build your own)
                                Chips and Salsa
                                Fruit salad
                                Milk or Iced Tea
                               
Saturday:                 Grilled hamburgers and hot dogs
                                Grilled veggie kabobs
                                Carrot bread 
                                Milk or Iced Tea
 
                                               
 
            ***You may adjust this suggested menu to your family’s likes and needs.
                                           
  
Shopping list
 
Dry goods:
Hamburger buns
Hot Dog buns
1 dozen Flour tortillas
1 dozen corn tortillas
1 bag tortilla or corn chips
1 package egg noodles
 
 
Produce:
10 lbs potatoes
2 heads iceberg lettuce
1 bag American salad mix
4 or 5 large apples
2  winter squash
Whole mushrooms
1 bell pepper
2 oranges
1 bunch grapes
2 bananas
1 medium yellow onion
 
 
Dairy:
2 gallons milk
4 cup bag of shredded cheese
1 dozen eggs
 
 
Pantry items you might have on hand:
Minute rice                               Flour
Corn (canned)                          Brown sugar   
Bacon bits                                Baking soda
Vegetable oil                            Baking powder
Salad dressing                           Sugar
Cinnamon
 
                                              
Meats:
3 lbs ground beef
1 package hot dogs
3 whole chickens
 
 
Misc:
1 can mushroom soup
1 jar salsa
1 pack frozen cobbetts
1 can Rotel tomatoes with chilis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The cost of all the items on the “Stretch Your Food Dollar Menu XII” is about $80.25. Note that most of the shopping list items for this quarters menu are non-processed…keeping costs down.