Dinner Tonight: Budget Friendly Shopping List: Week of September 21, 2020
Here is your weekly meal plan and shopping list!
Both the lentil soup and the orange-thyme baked chicken with rice can be made in advance and heated up when you need them, so take a look at the recipes and decide whether or not you might want to make them a few days ahead of schedule. For the vegetable quiche, we’re recommending spinach and tomatoes — you’ll notice that they’re already on the shopping list to make a salad for Wednesday night’s dinner, so the quiche will be a good way to use up leftovers. But if you have other vegetables in the refrigerator or freezer that you want to add as well, feel free! This is an opportunity to make use of anything you have on hand.
Please note that the recipes provided may serve different numbers of people. The shopping list is built from the recipes, so depending on the size of your family, you may need more or less of some ingredients. Remember to check the serving sizes before you shop so you can adjust your list to work for your family!
Monday
Beef and Bean Burritos; Orange slicesTuesday
Lentil Soup; Whole Wheat BreadWednesday
Orange-thyme baked chicken and rice; Spinach salad with tomatoesThursday
Vegetable Quiche, Hold the Crust (made with spinach and tomatoes); Apple slicesFriday
Lemon Pepper Chicken; Rice; CarrotsProduce
4 onions
1 package spinach
4 tomatoes
2 apples
3 oranges
1 lemon
8 carrots
2 heads garlic
1 small package fresh thyme
Grocery Items/Dry Goods
1 can vegetarian baked beans (15.5 oz)
8 flour tortillas
1 can crushed tomatoes (14 oz)
½ lb. brown lentils
1 loaf whole wheat bread
1 quart chicken stock/broth
Frozen Foods
Meat/Seafood
1 lb. ground beef
8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
Dairy
1 package shredded cheddar cheese
1 stick unsalted butter
1 pint milk
1 dozen eggs
Check Your Pantry For
Salt
Pepper
Salad dressing (or vinegar to mix with oil, if you make your own)
Bay leaves
Sugar