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Stretch Your Food Dollar Menu IX

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 potatoes, sirloin tip roast, ground beef, boneless chicken breast, milk, flour, salad mix, bacon, and toasted oat cereal. 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 IX” go to www.fillyourplate.org and click on the recipe tab. All the recipes for menu IX are from Arizona producers.

Menu for the Week:

Sunday

3-Whole Roasted Chickens

(Save broth for Monday’s rice)

Mashed potatoes

Asparagus

Rolls

Milk or Iced Tea

Monday

Beef and Potato Tacos

Refried Beans

Mexican Rice

Milk or Iced Tea

Tuesday

Chicken Caesar Salad

Waldorf Salad

Garlic Toast

Milk or Iced Tea

Wednesday

Chicken Enchiladas

Mixed green tossed Salad

Milk or Iced Tea

Thursday

Meat Loaf

Mashed potatoes

Peas

Milk or Iced Tea



Friday

Build your own baked potato

Add your own toppings using leftovers

Milk or Iced Tea



Saturday

Crock pot Roast

Pot of beans (Navy or Pinto)

Cornbread

Milk or Iced Tea

***You may adjust this suggested menu to your families like and needs*

Shopping List

The 2010 first quarter Arizona Farm Bureau food marketbasket showed:

Dry goods:

1 large can Refried beans

1 lb bag rice

1 pkg Taco Seasoning

1 small can tomato sauce

8 oz walnuts

1 small package raisins

1 lb bag of navy or pinto beans

Meats:

4-5   lbs pot roast

5         3-lbs ground beef

6         1 lbs bacon

7         3 whole chickens

Produce:

2- 5 lbs potatoes

2 bags Caesar salad mix

1 head iceberg lettuce

4 large apples

1 bunch celery

2 medium yellow onions

2 tomatoes

1 bunch asparagus

Dairy:

2 gallons milk

1-large block (1 lb) shredded cheese

Cool whip

Eggs

Butter

Pantry items you might have on hand:

Garlic salt

Flour

Honey

Salad dressing

Salt & Pepper

Mayonnaise

Misc:

12 count rolls

1 package flour tortillas

2 packages corn tortillas

1 -4 oz can diced green chili

1-can enchilada sauce

Taco Sauce

Green chili

1-pkg frozen peas
1 loaves French or Italian bread

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