Stretch Your Food Dollar Menu XI

Stretch Your Food Dollar Menu XI
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 ground chuck, sliced deli ham, boneless chicken breast, milk, eggs, flour, orange juice, vegetable oil, toasted oat cereal and white bread. Arizona Farm Bureau recommends stocking up on dairy and meat items as they are ideally priced. To obtain actual recipes for the “Stretch Your Food Dollar Menu XI” go to www.fillyourplate.org and click on the recipe tab. Most of recipes for menu XI are from Arizona producers.

 
 Menu for the Week:
 
Sunday:                 Pot Roast
                                Potatoes, carrots, celery & onions
                                Fresh sliced apples
                                Milk or Iced Tea
 
Monday:                Barbeque Meatballs
                                Tossed green salad
                                 Milk
 
 
Tuesday:               Beef Stroganoff
                                Sliced tomatoes on bed of greens                 
                                Milk
 
Wednesday:         Cheese & Spinach Omelet
                                Banana Walnut Bread
Milk or Iced Tea
                               
 
Thursday:             Seven Layer Salad
                                Crusty bread or baggette
                                Milk or Iced Tea
               
Friday:                    Barbeque Chicken Breasts
Savory Potato Strips
Tossed salad
                                Milk or Iced Tea
                                                                                               
Saturday:              Gilda’s Smothered Burritos
Waldorf Salad
                                Milk or Iced Tea
                                               
 
            ***You may adjust this suggested menu to your family’s likes and needs.
 
                                               
  
 
 
Shopping list
 
Dry goods:
 2 packages of Brown gravy mix, dry
1 large-can red enchilada sauce
1 dozen flour tortillas
Large jar Salsa
1 package egg noodles
1 lemon pepper, spice
1 bag dry pinto beans
 
Produce:
5 lbs potatoes
2 heads romaine lettuce
2 bag American salad mix
6 large apples
1 bunch celery
1 bunch green onion
1 large yellow onion
1 container grape tomatoes
4 bananas
1 bunch spinach
1 cucumber
1 lemon
1 avocado
1-2 slicing tomatoes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dairy:
2 gallons milk
4-cup bag of shredded cheese
1 dozen eggs
1 quart buttermilk
Cool Whip
 
Pantry items you might have on hand:
 Flour                          Baking soda
Bacon bits                    Baking powder
Vegetable oil                Sugar
Salad dressing             Cinnamon
Vanilla                          Salt
                                   
                                   
Meats:
4-5 lbs pot roast
3-lbs ground beef
1-package chicken breasts
1/3 lb salt pork
2 lbs bacon
 
Misc:
1 package frozen peas
1 bottle Barbeque sauce
1 loaf crusty bread or 1-baggette
1 large can diced green chili



The cost of all the items on the “Stretch Your Food Dollar Menu XI” is about $80.41. Note that most of the shopping list items for this quarters menu are non-processed…keeping costs down.