- SHOPPING LIST
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 2 lemons
- 1 lime
- 1 package sweet grape tomatoes (8 - 12 oz)
- 1 bunch fresh basil
- 1 large red onion (or 2 small if that's all that is avail)
- 1 package dried cranberries
- 1 box Orzo pasta
- 1 package vegetable bouillon cubes
- 1 large garlic bulb
- 1 bunch of celery
- 1 small package low fat cream cheese
- 1 package of pine nuts
- 1 4oz package crumbled feta cheese
- 2 4oz cans chopped green chilies
- 2 can diced tomatoes
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro (small as you can find)
- 1 bunch parsley (small as you can find)
- 1 package pita / Syrian bread
- Tortilla chips
- 1 small container fat free half and half
- 1 can Campbell's Tomato soup
- 1 sweet potato
- 1 ripe avocado
- 1 package baby spinach
- 1 package walnuts (pref chopped)
- 1 80z can garbanzo beans
- Tahini
Well hello everyone! I hope you are all well. I’ve been working on some great new stuff for my blog, one of which is providing weekly menus to cover 3 dinners, 3 lunches and 3 snacks for a whole week off of one shopping list. I call it my “One Shopping List for Multiple Meals” project. Inventive name, right? :)
I’ve been asked to share some tips of storage and how to make things last, and I think this is a good way to segue into that for another post. Here are some tips and tricks I use to keep my food as fresh as possible: http://wp.me/p14upY-9L (links to another post on my blog!)
The ingredients for this week’s shopping list are below. Note that you will not use up ALL of the ingredients in these recipes. There are some items you’ll have to buy in a larger packages and quantities, but I’ve made it so that most of the perishable items should be used up :)
Staples and spices needed (if you don’t have them in your fridge/cabinet)
Light mayo
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
Cayenne Powder
Garlic Powder
Garlic Salt
Bay leaf
Butter / margarine
Hot sauce / tabasco
Poppy seed Dressing
Balsamic Vinegar / Dressing
Parmesan Cheese
Champagne, White or Tarragon Vinegar
Lunches:
1) Cranberry Walnut Chicken Salad Pita, side spinach salad
2) Creamy tomato soup with Orzo and crunchy pita chips
3) Spinach salad with walnuts, dried cranberries, sliced chicken and feta cheese
Dinners:
1) Orzo with Tomatoes, Basil and Feta Cheese
2) Pan-seared lemon chicken and sauteed spinach with pine nuts, cranberries and olive oil
3) Chicken creole with sweet potato fries
Snacks:
1) Homemade pine nut hummus
2) Zesty Salsa
3) Celery and cream cheese with hot pepper
Happy Eats!
@ashkalei











I love these tips – especially the one about the overstuffed fridge. We definitely had a case of that last week – and yesterday night we had to go through and clean out/eat a TON of produce because we’d left it in there too long! It is WAY too expensive (especially since we are obsessed with Whole Foods) to buy and not eat produce!
It’s always amazed me at how much food I can waste if I’m not really careful about what I buy! I’m glad you found these tips helpful :)
I know I’m a bit late to the game here, but this is exactly what my life needs. I am clueless when it comes to buying groceries that will actually go together and turn into meals. I’m forever lacking just one or two things, and it makes cooking for one such a hassle. Definitely a helpful post! :)
I’m so glad that I could help out! I definitely need to make some more of these. Motivation is hard to come by these days :) Thanks for reading! – Ashley
I really enjoyed this menu! Thanks for waking up my meals for a week. I’d love to see more menus like this one. Thank you!
This is so fantastic. I’ve been looking for something like this since I started living on my own, but so many lists have way too many ingredients and expensive items and complicated recipes. This is just great, please do more!
like like like. i am so lost when it comes to cooking. i pick up a whole bunch of random things that don’t go together… or things i’ll use once and then the rest will spoil. this is a great idea, keep it up please! i need help.
I love your website. I found it by accident while looking for articles to send to my daughter who is cooking for herself for the first time in her apartment. It makes me a single person who needs to eat healthy and since I’m only cooking for myself, it’s so helpful to me. Thanks.
Hi,
Well, my husband and I are empty nesters and don’t seem to eat like the rest of the world….everything seems to be set up to serve 4 or more. I came across your website and just love it. Thank you for all of your efforts. Much appreciated. Dawn – Houston
As Cooking for 1 i am glad i found this site and love it,
I am looking for a chicken pot pie, that I could make from scratch, any help will be appreciated, I don’t want to use can soup
Ron
PLEASE do more of these wonderful shopping lets with recipes! I am 70 years old and never cooked. I nasties men who cook (two of them–one at a time, of course) and for the last 15 years, I’ve eaten out. NOT a good idea, weight-wise.
Now I’m about to move from a large city (Austin) to a small town in western Kentucky, and I want to start cooking for myself. My biggest roadblock has always been planning–thinking ahead about what to make and then making sure EVERYTHING I needed was on hand. One missing ingredient and the whole process ground to a halt–and I lost all inspiration to try it again for weeks!
You’ve done a GREAT job here–and I hope to find lots more similarly inspiring lists and recipe collections. Let me know if you need more motivation–I’ll do whatever it takes!!!
HI Pat -
Thank you for your feedback. I will definitely post more of these in 2012…they take a lot of time and planning to put together, but I will get more out there as soon as I can!
Cheers
Ashley
I am a young college student with a super picky boyfriend. I have always just thought it was way to big of hassle to cook for one person, and since the two of us like different things, we just settle for eating out, ALOT. But I’m really getting tired of it. Not to mention, I’m just feeling unhealthy in general. PLEASE post more of these weekly shopping lists! This is a FABULOUS idea and has been really helpful to me.
Thanks!!!
Hi Meghan – thank you for your feedback! I definitely need to work on more of these. They seem to be in high demand :) It takes a lot of planning to put this together but I promise there will be more to come soon!
Cheers
Ashley
Fantastic – please do more of these!
Oh I love this! I just stumbled upon your blog today and I’m so excited about it!!! Thanks for the yummy posts, I can’t wait to try some of them.
Stumbled on to your blog today. Love the cooking for one idea as I’m newly separated.
Love the cooking meals for a week/multiple ingredients one shopping trip lists. I’ve been working that angle for years and it’s still tough.
Yesterday I panicked when I defrosted a pound of ground beef. I just kept thinking how could I separate it into smaller packets next time & how do you make a meatloaf with a 1/2 lb of ground beef?
Keep it coming.
This is amazing! I love this list shopping list. I enjoy cooking but I feel like I have to make a trip for every meal! Please make more of these!
Thanks Molly! I’m working on it :)
Just wanted to say thank you for doing what you do. I’m a 21 year old college student living on my own who wants to buck the trend of beer and burgers being mainstays of my diet and your site is quite helpful!
Hi Matthew – thanks for the feedback! :)
I love this idea. I’ve been struggling on what to do during the weak for food. I end up just surrendering to fast food..and I am so sick of it and so sick to just eating salads because they’re quick and easy to make. What do you do for breakfast? I’m always stumped or in a hurry.