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| What have I gotten myself into? |
CURRENTLY PLANNED COMBOS (Not necessarily in this order)
Creamy Tuna Broccoli Pasta
| 2 cans | Chunk light tuna in water |
| 1 box | Tuna Helper Creamy Broccoli |
Cheesy Chicken Pasta
| 1 box | Tuna Helper Cheesy Pasta |
| 1 can | (12.5 oz) Canned chicken in water |
Black Bean Brownies (Don't fight me on this one; these are actually good.)
| 1 can | (15 oz) Black beans |
| 1 box | Dark chocolate brownie mix |
Barbecue Chicken Strips
| 1 bottle | (18 oz.) Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce |
| 1/2 bottle | (6 oz.) honey dijon mustard |
| 2 tbsp | Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce |
| 40 oz. | Boneless skinless chicken breast tenders |
Apple Cinnamon Muffins
| 1 box | Apple cinnamon muffin mix |
| 3 | eggs |
Beer Bread Veggie Pizza
| ½ liter | Sparkling water |
| 8 | string cheese |
| 1 box | Beer bread mix |
| 2 cloves | garlic |
| 2 tbsp | butter |
| 1 can | (14 oz) artichoke hearts |
| 1 | 8 oz bag asparagus |
Lasagna
| 8 packs | String cheese |
| 2 cans | (14.5 oz) diced peeled tomatoes |
| ¼ cup | Parmesan cheese |
| 1 | Onion |
| 2 cloves | garlic |
| 2/3 pkg. | Frozen spinach |
| 1 lb. | Lasagna noodles |
| 1 can | (10.75 oz) Tomato soup |
Noodles & Veg
| 1 | 12 oz bag asparagus |
| 6 oz. | Egg noodles |
| 1 bag | (16 oz) Brussels sprouts |
Gobi Cauliflower
| 1 bag | (16 oz) cauliflower |
| 1 packet | Gobi spice blend |
Thai Noodles
| 1/2 cup | Crushed peanuts |
| 1 packet | soy sauce |
| 1 cup | Individual peanut butter |
| 1 bag | (14 oz.) Wide rice sticks (noodles) |
| 1 bag | (16 oz) broccoli |
Stir Fry
| 14 oz. | Extra firm tofu |
| 1 cup | Individual peanut butter |
| 2 packets | soy sauce |
| ?? | Oyster flavored sauce |
| 1 bag | (14 oz.) Thin rice sticks (noodles) |
| 1 bag | (14 oz) whole green beans |
| 1/2 cup | Crushed peanuts |
Cranberry Crumble
| 3 bags | (12 oz) cranberries |
| ?? | sugar and/or splenda |
| 1 | Large fuji apple |
| 1 bag | (12 oz) Maple Crunch granola |
Au Gratin Potatoes
| 1 box | Betty Crocker Au Gratin Potatoes |
| 1 sm bag | Dried potatoes |
Cheeseburger Macaroni
| 1 box | Whole Grain Hamburger Helper Cheeseburger Macaroni |
| 1/4 lb. | Lean ground beef |
Crock Pot Chili
| 3/4 lb. | Lean ground beef |
| 1 can | (8 oz) Tomato sauce |
| 1 can | (15 oz) Kidney beans |
| 1 can | (15 oz) White beans |
| 1 can | (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes with onion, celery, and green pepper |
| 1 can | (15 oz) chili beans |
| 1 | onion |
| 1 can | (4 oz) diced green chiles |
Beef Stroganoff
| 1 box | Hamburger Helper Stroganoff |
| 1/4 lb. | Lean ground beef |
| 1 handful | Whole wheat rotini |
Individually Portioned Meals
| 1 | Mushroom noodle soup bowl |
| 1 can | Campbell’s Chicken Tuscany soup |
| 4 boxes | Amy’s Indian Mattar Paneer frozen dinner |
| 1 | Lean Cuizine mini pepperoni pizza |
| 1 | Healthy Choice chicken parmigiana dinner |
WHAT'S LEFT
So my remaining list, minus a little butter here, a little flour and sugar there....
| Perishable | ||
| ½ carton | Mint cookie crunch ice cream | |
| 7 | Eggs | |
| 1 jar | (24 oz) salsa | |
| ½ slice | Smoked gouda | |
| 1/2 bottle | (6 oz.) honey dijon mustard | |
| Sides | ||
| 1 bag | Tasty Bite Bangkok Beans | |
| 1 box | Cornbread stuffing | |
| 5 cups | Biscuit mix | |
| Meat | ||
| 4 | Crunchy breaded fish fillets | |
| 2 | Roasted chicken patties | |
| Vegetables | ||
| 1 can | (8.25 oz) sliced beets | |
| 1 can | (4 oz) diced green chiles | |
| 2/3 bulb | Garlic | |
| 1 jar | sliced pepperoncini | |
| 1 jar | Pickle sandwich slices | |
| 1 jar | Butter chips (pickles) | |
| Bread | ||
| 1 loaf | Sliced 12-grain bread | |
| ¼ loaf | Unsliced wheat bread | |
| 3 | Stale rolls | |
| Noodles | ||
| 1 box | (16 oz) elbow macaroni | |
| Rice | ||
| 1 cup | Short grain brown rice | |
| 2 cups | Long grain brown rice | |
| 4 cups | Long grain white rice | |
| Grains | ||
| 1.5 cups | Cous cous | |
| 2 cups | Polenta | |
| 2 cups | Grits | |
| 6 cups | Cornmeal | |
| Snacks | ||
| 3 sleeves | Saltine crackers | |
| 1 bag | Baked Tostitos Scoops | |
| 3 bags | Orville Redenbacher’s Smart Pop! 100 Calorie Bags | |
| Condensed Soups | ||
| 1 can | (10.75 oz) Cream of chicken soup | |
| 1 can | (10.75 oz) Cheddar cheese soup | |
| Soup Mixes | ||
| 1 bag | Roasted garlic potato corn soup mix | |
| 1 box | Beefed-up barley soup mix | |
| 1 box | Seafood veggie chowder soup mix | |
| 1 carton | (16 oz) Matzo meal | |
| Dried Fruit | ||
| 1.5 cups | Dates | |
| 1.5 bags | (18 oz) fruit and berry trail mix | |
| 2 lbs. | Raisins | |
| 1.5 cups | Prunes | |
| 1.5 cups | Dried cranberries | |
| 3 tbsp | Raspberry jam | |
| 1 jar | (9.5 oz) rhubarb & berry fruit spread | |
| 1 jar | (10 oz) fig preserves | |
| Nuts & Seeds | ||
| 1 cup | Sunflower seeds | |
| ½ cup | Sliced almonds | |
| 1 handful | Whole almonds | |
| 2 cups | Flax seeds | |
| 1.5 cups | Pumpkin seeds | |
| 1 jar | Dry roasted peanuts | |
| ½ cup | Slivered almonds | |
| Jams, Jellies & Preserves | ||
| 1 jar | (10 oz) carrot jam | |
| 1 jar | (2.45 oz) dark cherry butter | |
| 1 jar | (2.45 oz) plum preserves | |
| 1 jar | (12.5 oz) Pumpkin butter | |
| Nut Spreads | ||
| 3 | (2.5 oz each) Single serve peanut butter | |
| 8 oz | Almond butter | |
| 2 tbsp. | Peanut butter | |
| Baking | ||
| 15 | Graham crackers | |
| 3 cups | Flax meal | |
| 1 bag | Chocolate melts | |
| 1 box | (18 oz) Eating Right granola cereal | |
| 1 bag | (individual) bran cereal | |
| 1 bag | (individual) Kashi puffed wheat cereal | |
| 1 canister | Hershey’s cocoa | |
| 1 bag | Cinnamon sticks | |
| 2 cups | Wheat germ | |
| 1 bag | (16 oz) mini marshmallows | |
| 1 cup | Protein powder | |
| 1 ½ cups | Butterscotch chips | |
| 2 cups | White chocolate chips | |
| 1 box | Junior mint inside-outs | |
| 7 | Chocolate covered Oreo cookes | |
| 5 cups | Pancake mix | |
| Axed drink Items | ||
| 1 bottle | Sparkling apple cider | |
| 1 box | Individual Crystal Light lemonade packets | |
| 7 | Fruit Chillers Freeze & Eat tubes (strawberry) | |
| 1 bottle | Chai cola | |
| 2/3 bottle | Grenadine | |
| Axed Condiments (ones I want to use up) | ||
| 3 packets | Soy sauce | |
| 9 packets | Mild Taco Bell Border Sauce | |
| 4 packets | Verde Taco Bell Border Sauce | |
| Axed Staples (ones I want to use up) | ||
| 1 packet | Taco seasoning mix | |
| 1 packet | Fajita seasoning mix | |
| 1 packet | Beef stew seasoning mix | |
| 1 packet | Sloppy joe seasoning | |
| 1 packet | Tandoori chicken spice mix | |
| 8 cups | Wheat flour | |
| 1 ½ cups | Splenda brown sugar blend for baking | |
| 1 bag | Splenda sugar blend for baking | |
| 1 ½ cups | Turbinado sugar | |
| ½ cup | Dry yeast | |
| 3 lbs | Powdered sugar | |
| Condiments | ||
| 1 bottle | Ketchup | |
| 1.5 bottles | Worcestershire sauce | |
| 1 bottle | Oyster flavored sauce | |
| 1 bottle | Honey | |
| 1 jar | Chili garlic sauce | |
| 1 bottle | Hot sauce | |
| Staples | ||
| 1 box | Brown sugar | |
| 1 box | Corn starch | |
| 2 canisters | Baking powder | |
| 10 cups | White flour | |
| 8 cups | Sugar | |
| 7 ¼ sticks | Margarine | |
| ½ stick | Butter | |
| 1 lb. | Butter | |
| 1/2 canister | Hershey's cocoa | |
| Hella | Tea | |
