Meal Plan/Grocery List: January 3rd Weekly Edition

Creating this new meal planning/ grocery list feature of Sharpen Your Scissors is a work in progress! I am planning to continually add recipes and pictures... this should be fun! Please bear with me for the first couple of weeks while I am getting myself up and running!

Sunday
Pot of the Week (*POW): Chili

Monday
Meatballs with Alfredo Sauce over Egg Noodles and Salad

Tuesday
Bacon, Cheddar and Broccoli Quiche

Wednesday
Chili Dogs and French Fries

Thursday
Baked Spaghetti Pie, Salad and Garlic Bread

Friday
Homemade Pizza and a Salad
1/2 pepperoni & 1/2 fresh tomato and feta

Saturday
Off the Hook Night: This is my floating night off from cooking,
we will either eat leftovers or go out to eat!

*Disclaimer: I give myself (and you too) permission to swap meals during the week!

*POW: The idea behind having a Pot of the Week is to have something yummy for dinner on Sunday's that can be (effortlessly/brainlessly) cooked all day in my crock pot. Then, we can either enjoy the pot's contents for lunches during the week, or freeze the leftovers for later consumption.

Grocery List:

Meat
*2-3 Pounds of Ground Beef (I plan to make a double batch of Chili, so I will be needing 3 pounds)
*Meatballs (I recently purchased a 5 pound bag at Gordon Food Service, $8.99)
*Bacon (you can use either bacon crumbles or crumble your own)
*Hot Dogs
*Pepperoni (or other topping for your pizza)

Dairy
*1.5 cups of Cheddar Cheese (1 for the Quiche, 1/2 cup for the Chili and Chili Dogs)
*3 Cups of Mozzarella Cheese (1 for the Baked Spaghetti Pie and 2 for the homemade Pizza)
* 1 Tub of sour cream (topping for the Chili)
* Cup of Half & Half (I use milk) for the Quiche)
*4 Eggs (for the Quiche)
*1 Refrigerated pie crust (for the Quiche)
*Feta (or other Pizza toppings of your choice)

Packaged
*1 Jar of Alfred Sauce (or better yet, my Homemade Alfredo Sauce)
*1 Jar of Spaghetti Sauce (or better yet, my Homemade Tomato Sauce)
* 2 Packets of Chili seasoning
* 1 Package of Egg Noodles (for the Meatballs & Alfredo dinner)
*1 Box of Angel Hair pasta (for the Baked Spaghetti)

Canned
*3 Cans of kidney beans (for the Chili)
*3 Cans of diced or 'chili ready' tomatoes (for the Chili)
*1 Can of pizza sauce (you most likely will only need 1/3 of the sauce. Freeze the remainder of the sauce.)

Frozen
*1 Bag of frozen broccoli (Quiche)
*1 Package of frozen garlic bread
*1 Package of french fries

Fresh
*Lettuce
*Tomato (for the Pizza topping)
*Your personal favorite salad toppings
*Salad dressing (try my favorite salad dressing)

Other
*1 package of Hot Dog buns
*Pizza dough options: You can purchase frozen dough, purchase a Bobboli crust, or you could make your own dough (Tutorial Tuesdays' post this week- purchase yeast of you plan on making a batch in your bread machine along with me!)

Assuming You Have On Hand:
*Cooking spray
*Flour (for making Pizza dough)
*Various spices for the Pizza dough: onion powder, garlic powder, salt
*Baking powder
*Olive oil
*Ketchup & mustard

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