Wednesday, February 9, 2011

weekly perishable list for feb

5 dozen eggs this is over the menu but for baking extra
4 gallons milk ( you can also buy powdered milk for cooking or buy whole milk and dump 1/2 gallon into and old pickle jar and add water to the other half)
2 lbs bacon save a few slices for corn chowder
2 greens ( salad or romaine)
4 2 lb cheese
5 lbs carrots
2 stalks celery
2 brocoli one for soup one for veggies and dip
1 kale
day old banannas for eating and bannana french toast.

STAPLES Shopping list

I am making a shopping list for newbies we grow alot food our own and may not use the prepackaged things but I wanted a some what beginner to read this and hopefully save money feed your family a healthy meal and be blessed.

MOst of the time I buy when on sale and buy alot!! so if say veggies were on sale 3 for $1 I would buy cases of these. Or like this week pb is on sale for 10 for 10 honestly I will probably get 4 cases or 48 tubs of pb so I will only buy on sale

20 lbs unbleached white flour
20 lb oats( I buy 50 bag every 2-3 months) I can get organic oats in bulk for $44 but a small 1 lb would cost $2 of non organic
1 dry pack block of yeast
oil ( I buy a HUGE commercial size oil every 6 months for $22)
4 jars pb
4 jars jelly
4 chips or pretzels
8 english muffins
12 loaves of bread
12 boxes spagetti
rice ( I can get 25 lbs of rice for $9) this is what rice what I do is I coupon for small pakes of brown rice and mix it in with my white rice. If I can get org on sale I do that.
8 packages tortillas
10 lbs onions
10 lbs potatoes
5 cans of spagetti sauce
jar of garlic
onion powder
abodo powder
mexcan seasoning
baking powder ( I buy a HUGE 5 lb tub for $18 non aluminum. You can coupon for this too
4 3lb papckages of porkchopps
16 boxes of scallop potatoes if buying the boxes USE COUPONS
8 chickens
dry pinto beans I buy 25 lbs of organic for I think $18.
16 cans of tuna
honey
maple syrup
10 lbs of sugar
5 lbs brown sugar
frozen or dehydrated fruits for oatmeal, granola ect.
4 kilebasa
8 lb stew beef
24 lbs hamburger pakc into 3lb packages

personally if buying veggies I would go to a disscount store and get 1 case each
peas
green beans
corn
carrots
black beans
chick peas

Enchilada casserole

Yummy one of our favorites these are great also to make ahead or to give to a new mom.

3 lb of hamburger cooking in a frying pan
add taco seasoning to hamburger and 1 cup water and cook a few more min
1 pkg of tortillas
1/2 can spagetti sauce
1 can enchilada sauce
2 lbs cheese

salsa and sour cream

I use a roaster pan so they can be thicker. so I layer 2 tortillas, 1/4 hamburger, 1/4 spagetti sauce, sprinkle cheese
then 2 tortillas , hamburg, ect

when you reach the top dump on the enchilada sauce and sprinkle cheese

bake 350 for about 40 min

when out top with salsa and sour cream.

Chicken pot pie and soup

If you take your left over chickens and put them in a large sauce pan and boil for a few hours all the little bits of meat will fall off. I enlist one of my children to pull the meat of the bones and then I have 2 product 1 is chicken stock the other chicken.

To make chicken soup or pot pie are simalar
1 stick of butter
1 onion chopped
celery if you have it
saute for a min
until soft. then add left over veggies or cans of veggies whatever you have green beans peas, carrots, beans throw them in with the juice for the can we home can so there is lot of healthy things in there. then add chicken now I add about 1 cup of flour with a whisk if for pot pie if not I elimate. then I add broth to cover everything. If soup I cover about 3" higher. If potpie I barely cover. soup i wait for it to come to a boil add cooked rice or noodles and drop in dumplings again look at the biscuit recipe and add about 1 cup more milk or water until sticky.

crust for pot pie is flour, shortening and cold water I will need to measure as I usually eye ball it.

pot pie we dump into 13x9 pans and just cover with pie crust. you can also change it up alittle by making cornbread and dumping over the top.

Crockpot beef stew

This is SO easy great for sunday come home from Church so the delicous smell

1-2 lbs of beef
1 lb carrorts chopped large
1 onion chopped
3 stalks of celery

now you can add potatoes here or you can serve over mash potatoes.

fill with water and seasoning. turn on low.

When home from church you can make mash potatoes or You can make dumplings which is just my biscuit recipe with added water to make it more sticky plop in and turn on high.

momma favorite biscuits

6 c flour
9 spoons( honestly I don't even have a measuring spoon so I use a T about 1/2 of it ?)of baking powder
couple twist of salt
1 1/2 sticks of butter cut up

turn mixer on and add

2 eggs
2 c milk ( see hints with milk)

mix roll out and I use a canning jar lid and cut my biscuits.

Cream of broccoli soup

Same Idea as corn chowder

1 stick butter
1 chopped onion
1 large head or brocoli or package of frozen brocoli( I throw this in food processor)

SO I mix those in a sauce pan until tender then add

1/2 cup flour
mix
add 1 qt broth
and 1 qt milk

cook for about 10 mins then add cheese either 1 hand ful of shreadded cheese or a couple T of cheese in a jar ( if you buy a BIG can you can put into ice cube trays and then put them into zipper bag so you can just throw a couple in when cooking)

serve warm with biscuits yummy moms favorite