Menu Summary Week One

Brain Storm Possible Meals:

(Meals that can be made with these basic ingredients: Starch - Rice, Wheat, Bread/flour, #10 potatoes; Proteins - Chicken, Tuna, Eggs, 4# Pinto Beans, Peanut Butter; Spices - Salt, Basil, Chili Powder, Cumin, Cinnamon, fresh minced Garlic; Fresh Produce - Carrots, apples, onions, oranges, bananas, cauliflower, broccoli

Receipts: HyVee: $10.00, Sams: $23.77, $19.38, Aldi: $78.71, $23.78, $14.33, $28.61, No Frills - $19.88 SS: .56, $.56, $5.20, $1.00, $.56, $.56, $.56, $1.54, $.56 Walmart: $25.68 Omaha Home Storage: $5.80

Breakfasts: blender wheat pancakes, white flour pancakes, eggs/toast, quiche, crepes, muffins, cold rice with milk and sugar, rice pudding, Christmas carrot pudding with fresh carrots and potatoes, breakfast casseroles (layered bread and eggs)

Lunches: sandwiches - peanut butter and jelly, tuna, egg salad/ fresh fruit, milk or leftovers

Dinner: Rice with chicken dishes (Divan with broccoli), Chicken Soup with Rice, Chicken pot pie with potatoes, chicken and dumplings, Chicken soup with egg drop noodles, Beans and Rice, Refried Beans, Burritos, Bean soup, baked potatoes, creamed tuna over toast

Actual:

Breakfasts: Fried eggs and toast, Blender wheat pancakes (2X), Scrambled eggs and toast (2x), Shirred Eggs over toast, Rice pudding and carrot pudding, Fried diced potatoes with onions

Lunch: Peanut Butter Sandwiches, PB on leftover wheat pancakes, Tuna sandwiches plain, Tuna sandwiches with grated green apple, Chicken Soup with Rice (Served by itself and with tuna sandwiches), Chicken Divan - leftover, Creamed tuna over Toast

Dinner: Chicken Soup with Rice, Baked Potatoes with margarine, Beans with chili and cumin over Rice, Pinto Bean Toastadas with lettuce, tomatoes and green onions, Chicken Divan, Vegetable pot Pie with garlic and Onions, Quiche with milk (no cheese) and broccoli

Snacks: Celery with peanut butter, snickerdoodle cookies (2X), oatmeal cookies (no raisins nor chocolate chips), coffee cake (2X), fresh apples, fresh oranges, carrot sticks and fresh cauliflower with salad dressing dip