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 shredded cheese, apples, ground chuck, flour, boneless chicken, vegetable oil, bagged salad and potatoes. To obtain actual recipes for the “Stretch Your Food Dollar Menu XVI” go to www.fillyourplate.org and click on the recipe tab. 

 

Susie Timm with girlmeetsfork.com, consulted on menu XVI from some of her personal recipe collection.

 

 

Menu for the Week:

 

Sunday:              Flash Fired Chicken

                              Green Salad

                              Milk or Iced Tea

 

 

 

 

Monday:              Hearty Beef and Potato Casserole

                               Crusty bread

                               Milk or Iced Tea

 

 

Tuesday:            Baked whole Chicken

                              Cheese baked apples             

      Milk or Iced Tea

 

 

 

Wednesday:       Chicken Caesar Salad

                                Crust bread 

                                Milk or Iced Tea

 

Thursday:            Cheeseburgers

                                Apple Slaw

                                Milk or iced Tea

               

Friday:                  Mashed potatoes topped with

       Chicken and pea gravy

                                Milk or Iced Tea

 

                               

                               

Saturday:            Spaghetti and Meatballs

                               Tossed salad

                               Milk or Iced Tea

 

***You may adjust this suggested menu to your family’s likes and needs.

 

                            

 

 

 

 

 

Shopping list

Dry goods:

2 loaves crusty bread or baggette

1 package Spaghetti

 

Produce:

1 head Boston lettuce

1 bag Romaine or American salad mix

2 large shallots

1 pint cherry tomatoes

1 cucumber

1 bunch parsley

1 lb. mushrooms

1 medium onion

2 garlic cloves

4 medium potatoes

6 medium apples- Gala or Fuji

2 medium green tart apples

1 lemon

Dairy:

2- Gallons milk

2 cup bag of shredded cheese

1 small container yogurt

Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

Meats/Proteins:

 1 dozen eggs

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 whole chicken

3 lbs. chicken tenders

3 - 1 lb packages of ground beef

 

Misc:

1 Jar pasta sauce
2 can chicken stock

1 can cream of mushroom soup

Extra Virgin Olive oil

Italian Seasoning

Red wine vinegar

White wine vinegar

Celery seeds

 

Pantry items you might have on hand:

Brown Sugar                Vegetable oil   

Mayonnaise                 Flour

Bread crumbs              Salt & Pepper

Thyme                         Lemon juice

Sugar                           Butter  

Cinnamon                   

 

 

 

 

The cost of all the items on the “Stretch Your Food Dollar Menu XVI” is about $95.70. Note that most of the shopping list items for this quarters menu are non-processed…keeping costs down.