Weekly Dinner Menu & Shopping List

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1. Taco Salad
2. Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya
3. Pepperoni Macaroni
4. Homemade Spaghetti Sauce & Noodles
5. Sloppy Joes

* I serve fruits & veggies with each meal, but I don't plan what I'll serve each night. I just use what I bought at the store-whatever is in season.

Meat/Poultry:
3 lb. ground beef (could substitute with ground turkey)
1 lb. smoked sausage ( or turkey smoked sausage)
1 lb. chicken
1 lb. Italian sausage (bulk or take the casings off)
1 pkg pepperoni ( I like turkey pepperoni)


Canned Food:
1 can kidney beans
Corn (frozen/canned)
Refried beans
1 10 oz. can Rotel tomatoes ( or Wal mart generic equivalent)
1 ½ cups chicken broth (I use the chicken broth granules found in the soup aisle)
1 15 oz. can pizza sauce
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
1 can diced tomatoes (14 oz.)
Tomato puree
Ketchup

Frozen Foods:
N/A

Dairy:
Shredded cheddar cheese
Sour cream
Butter
Milk
Mozzarella cheese

Fruit:
N/A

Vegetables:
Lettuce
Tomato
4 cloves garlic ( a clove is the individual piece of garlic, the entire thing is called a bulb- 1 bulb lasts me a few weeks)
4 onions ( my family doesn’t like too much onion in recipes so I buy frozen chopped onions and just add the equivalent of ½ an onion)
Celery
1 Red bell pepper

Baking/Seasoning:
Taco seasoning
Flour
Basil
Creole/Cajun seasoning
Sugar
Dried parsley
Salt
Bay leaves (buy in the Hispanic spice section- it’s cheaper)
Pepper
Oregano
Italian seasoning
Chili powder
Brown sugar

Bread:
Hamburger buns

Rice & Pasta:
1 cup rice
2 ½ cups macaroni noodles
Spaghetti Noodles