Shopping List for Cooking Ahead

 Ground Meat Recipe Ingredients

Spaghetti Sauce

• 4 lbs. ground meat = 4 sauces
• beef bouillon soup
• garlic
• onion
• parsley
• basil
• carrots
• Worchestshire
• Spaghetti noodles

 Lasagna

•  4 lbs. ground meat = 4 lasagnas
•  noodles
•  garlic
•  onion
•  parsley
•  basil
•  Mozzarella cheese
•  Ricotta cheese

  Taco Meat

•  4 lbs. ground meat = 4 dinners (Taco soup, tacos or salad)
•  Taco seasoning
•  Onion
•  Taco shells
•  Salsa
•  Refried beans for Touchdown Taco Dip appetizer
•  Sour Cream
•  Cream Cheese 
• Chips

 Chili Meat

•  4 lbs. ground meat = 8 pots of chili (I use more beans than meat)
•  Chili seasoning
•  Large cans of pinto beans
•  Onion

 Meatballs and Meatloaf

•  4 lbs. ground meat = two meatloaves + 36 meatballs
•  onion
•  cracker crumbs
•  eggs
•  celery
•  catsup
•  worchestershire
•  BBQ sauce

 Sloppy Joe

• 4 lbs. ground meat = two dinners
•  2 large cans of Manwich sauce
•  onion

 Cheesy Noodle Casserole aka Hamburger Goulash (plan to eat one the night you cook your ground meat)

•  3 lbs. ground meat = 2 dinners
• Cream of celery or mushroom soup (2 cans)
• Tomato sauce
• Garlic salt
• Velveeta cheese
• Parmesan cheese
• Cheddar cheese
• Medium egg noodles - 2 pkgs.

 Cube Steak 

• Cube steak
•  Cornmeal, flour, eggs for breading

 Hamburgers: * I have found that it is best to buy prepared patties from BJ’s

  

Enchiladas

• Ground meat OR black beans
• Rice
• Corn
• Cumin
• Chili powder
• Flour tortillas
• Tomato Sauce
• Beef boullion
• Chunky tomatoes
• Onion
• Chips and salsa

  Chicken Recipes – Ingredients

  

Poppy Seed Chicken:

•  8 cups cooked chicken (4 cups per recipe) = 2 meals for medium crowd
• Ritz crackers
• Sour cream
• 4 cans cream of chicken soup

 Chicken Tetrazzini: 

• 4 cups cooked chicken (2 cups per recipe) = 2 dinners more chicken than noodles
• Spaghetti noodles
• Sour cream
• Cream of chicken and mushroom soup
• Petite English peas

 Chicken Noodle Soup:  I do not make the soup in advance, but cook and shred the chicken and mark it for this purpose.

•  4 cups cooked chicken (Two pots of soup)
• Medium Egg Noodles
• Butter
• Celery
• Carrots
• Chicken broth

 Chicken Cool Wraps: 

• 2 cups cooked chicken = 2 dinners
• Flour tortillas or Pillsbury crescant rolls
• Ranch Dressing
• Lettuce and tomato
• Green onion

 Chicken Pot Pie: 

• 4 cups cooked chicken (2 cups per pie)
• Frozen mixed veggies (large bag)
• Onion
• Celery seed for crust
• Chicken boullion
• Pie crust - butter

Chicken Kiev/Chicken Cordon Bleu 

• 8 whole chicken breasts = 2 dinners with 8 pc. each
• cracker crumbs
• butter
• eggs
• lemon
• basil
• lemon pepper
• ham and cheese (for Cordon Bleu)

Chicken Parmesan / Chicken Fingers:

• 8 whole chicken breasts
• melted butter
• cracker crumbs
• parmesan cheese
• paprika

OTHER COOKING AHEAD RECIPES:

Macaroni and Cheese:

• 32 ounce elbow noodles
• eggs
• cheese: Velveeta, Mozzarella, Cheddar/Colby
• chicken boullion 

Mashed Potatoes:

• Red creamer potatoes 
•  Cream cheese
•  French onion soup dip (potato chip dip)
• Butter

 Holiday Sweet Potatoes (Prepare two recipes before Thanksgiving to use for your feast as well as on Christmas) 

• Sweet potatoes (12 medium)
• Honey
• Eggs
• Spices
• Pecans
• Brown Sugar

Frozen Fruit Salad:

• Bananas
• Cream Cheese
• Yogurt
• Maraschino cherries
• Mandarin oranges
• Crushed pineapple

Baked Apples:

•  Apples (green and red)
• Cinnamon
• Nutmeg
• Honey
• Crust for pies 

Muffin Mixes:

• Applesauce
• Blueberry
• Bran

 Cookie Dough: 

• Chocolate Chip
• Sugar Cookie

 Cinnamon rolls and twists

  

General Shopping List for ALL of the above recipes

   

Soups:

• Cream of celery
• Cream of chicken
• Beef Broth Boullion
• French Onion

 Seasonings: 

• Manwich sauce
• Taco seasoning powder
• Ranch seasoning powder
• Chili powder seasoning powder
• Cumin
• Cinnamon
• Nutmeg
• Ginger
• Parsley
• Paprika
• Lemon pepper

 Pasta:

• Medium egg noodles for cheesy noodle casserole
• Medium egg noodles for soup (2-4 pkgs)
• Macaroni noodles (32 ounce box makes 2-3 dishes)
• Lasagna(4 boxes)
• Spaghetti (8 boxes)

 Cheese: 

• Cheddar
• Velveeta for Cheesy noodle casserole
• Mozzarella For lasagna

 Canned goods: 

• Mandarin oranges
• Crushed pineapple
• Pinto beans
• Maraschino Cherries
• Ranch style beans
• Manwich sauce

 Dried goods: 

• Black beans
• Red beans
• Lentils
• Split peas

 Produce: 

• Lemon
• Bananas
• Apples
• Onions
• Garlic
• Potatoes 
• Celery
• Carrots

 Refrigerated: 

• Butter
• Eggs
• Sour cream
• Cream cheese
• Yogurt

 Other: 

• Cracker crumbs
• Foil pans
• Wax paper
• Gallon freezer bags
• Quart freezer bags 

 Ground Meat 

•  3 lbs = Spaghetti Sauce = 3 spaghetti sauce
•  3 lbs – Lasagna sauce = 3 lasagnas
• 2 lbs = taco meat = 2 tacos
• 2lbs = chili meat
• 4 lbs. = meatballs and meatloaf = 2 meatloaves, 36 meatballs
• 3 lbs = Sloppy Joe = 2
• 3 lbs = Cheese noodle Casserole = 2 casseroles

 Chickens 20 cups  

• Poppy Seed chicken (8 cups)
• Chicken Tetrazzini (4 cups)
• Chicken Noodle soup (4 cups)
• Chicken cool wraps (2 cups)
• Chicken pot pie (4 cups)

 Whole Breasts - 12

•  8 halves for Kiev
• 8 halves for parmesan
• 4 whole breasts for chicken fingers

Frozen Fruit Salad - 4

Groceries:

• 3 large (32 ounce) yogurt (maple or vanilla)
• Maraschino Cherries
• mandarin cherries
• Cream cheese (two 8 ounce block)
• Bananas
• Pineapple – crushed

 Macaroni and Cheese - 3 large

• Two 32-ounce boxes of elbow noodles
• Cheese (Sharp cheddar, Colby)
• Flour
• Chicken broth