• 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

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