Meal Planning...Back Again!

I'm finally doing another week of meals! I'm sorry we haven't posted meal plans in so long, but I'm back from the hiatus and pumped to post some great dinners for this week. I have some good comfort food for you this week, which is nice if your weather has been anything like ours (fluctuating between cold and more cold). If you've never made homemade chicken soup or pot roast, this is the time to start, because I have easy, foolproof recipes for you, both from friends. Another first to try is making gyoza (dumplings) - these are a little more involved, but so worth it because they are so delicious. I'll start with the menu and then the shopping list will be below that.

Monday: Chicken Soup with Garlic & Onion Foccaccia
Tuesday: Pot Roast with Baked Potatoes and Bacon String Beans
Wednesday: Chicken Enchiladas and Salad
Thursday: Gyoza (Japanese dumplings), Teriyaki Chicken with Rice and Broccoli
Friday: Taco Pizza
Extra Fun Recipe: Nigella Lawson's Cocktail Sausages

Shopping List
Produce
1 small head cabbage
2 leeks
2 parsnips
4 stalks of celery
6 large carrots
1 small onion
3 cloves garlic
1 head iceberg lettuce
Any vegetables for salad that you prefer
Large russet potatoes (1 for each person eating)
½ cup minced scallions

Pantry
1 can black beans
1 can kernel corn
1 jar salsa
1 can Campbell’s condensed golden mushroom soup
1 packet Lipton onion soup mix
Preferred salad dressing
Red Wine Vinegar (a few Tablespoons)
4 T. olive oil
Vegetable oil (about 3 Tbls.)
3 tsp. sesame oil (If you cannot find this in your supermarket, any specialty Asian food store will carry it).
½ cup soy sauce
1 ½ cups teriyaki marinade of choice

Seasonings and Baking
Enchilada seasonings of choice (ex: chili powder, cumin, onion salt, garlic powder, pepper, paprika)
Salt and Pepper
1 t. dried basil
1 t. dried parsley
Grated ginger powder (with spices, 1/4-1 tsp.)
1 pkg. (1/4 oz.) active dry yeast (2 ¼ t.)
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cake flour
1 T. sugar
Light brown sugar (1/4-1/2 cup)

Meat
1 (approx 5 lb) chicken, cut up (You can purchase it packaged or buy a whole chicken and cut it up yourself at home)
1 (4-6 lb.) cut of meat for pot roast (like bottom round)
Approx. 8 strips of bacon
1 lb. ground chicken
1 lb. chicken tenders

Pasta
2 cups rice (uncooked)
¼-1/2 cup alphabets pasta (or other small pasta for soup)

Dairy
1 small container sour cream
4 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Snack Foods
Corn chips (like Tostitos) - small bag

Frozen
2 cups frozen green beans
2 cups frozen broccoli

Goods
Aluminum foil -heavy-duty is preferable– (pot roast bakes in foil)

Specialty
Wonton wrappers (about 40)
6 large flour tortillas

Optional Ingredients for Extra Cocktail Sausage Recipe:
2 ¼ lb. cocktail sausage links
2 Tbls. sesame oil
½ cup honey
2 Tbls. soy sauce