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, bacon, deli ham, sirloin roast, shredded cheese, ground chuck, eggs, apples, potatoes, white bread, and flour To obtain actual recipes for the “Stretch Your Food Dollar Menu 22” go to www.fillyourplate.org and click on the recipe tab.
Menu for the Week:
Sunday: Skillet Chicken with shallot cream sauce
Tossed Salad
Milk or Iced Tea
Monday: Breakfast Burritos
Orange Juice
Milk
Tuesday: Roast with potatoes
Corn on-the-cob
Milk or Iced Tea
Wednesday: Salad with Beef slices
Crust bread or baguette
Milk or Iced Tea
Thursday: Chicken Piccata
Baked potatoes
Milk or iced Tea
Friday: BLT sandwiches
Favorite chips
Milk or Iced Tea
Saturday: Marinated Beef Tips
Tossed salad
Milk or Iced Tea
***You may adjust this suggested menu to your family’s likes and needs.
Shopping list
Dry goods:
1 loaf crusty bread or baggette
1 loaf sandwich bread
1 dozen flour tortillas
Produce:
1 heads iceberg lettuce
1 bag American salad mix
2 large shallots
3 large slicing tomatoes
2 bags spinach
2 peppers red and green
1 package mushrooms
2 lbs small white onions
4 garlic cloves
5 lbs potatoes
Dairy:
2 gallons milk
2 cup bag of shredded cheese
Pantry items you might have on hand:
2 sticks butter Vegetable oil
Mayo Oregano
Hot sauce Salt & Pepper
Seasonings
Salad dressing
Meats:
8 Boneless, Chicken Breasts
1 lb Bacon
3-4 lbs Roast
4 lbs Sirloin Steak tips
Misc:
1 jar salsa
2 cans chicken stock
1 can capers
Olive oil
Soy Sauce- light
Red wine vinegar
½ pint heavy cream
1 dozen eggs
The cost of all the items on the “Stretch Your Food Dollar Menu 22” is about $75.70. Note that most of the shopping list items for this quarters menu are non-processed…keeping costs down.