Menu- Week 1

Menu for Week 1:
*Weekly menus plan for one meal out and one night of leftovers.

• Pizza
• Chicken Philly Pasta
• Slammin' Salmon with Risotto
• Stuffed Cabbage Rolls with Mashed Potatoes
• Chicken Marsala with Roasted Veggies

Shopping List:
*Print this off and check off the items that you already have in your pantry.  Then either take this list or create a simpler one to the grocery to shop for the week of dinners.

Basic Pantry/Kitchen Items:

• flour
• brown sugar
• salt
• black pepper
• butter
• olive oil
• lemon juice
• egg
• potatoes (I usually keep a large bag of Red or Yellow Potatoes in the pantry)
• onions (I usually keep a large bag of Yellow, White, or Sweet Onions in the pantry)
• oregano
• basil
• garlic
• red pepper flakes
• parmesan cheese
• chicken broth
• soy sauce

Spices/Flavor Items:

• peanut oil
• sesame oil
• marsala wine (I buy the cooking type, but regular Marsala wine works too)
• sherry (I buy the cooking sherry)
• balsamic vinegar
• dry white wine

Dairy/Refrigerator Items:

• shredded swiss cheese
• shredded pizza/italian cheese blend
• Pizza Dough (unless homemade or dry-goods)

Pasta/Rice/Bean Items:

• long grain or white rice (I buy the parboiled rice since it cooks faster but tastes better than minute rice)
• Rigatoni noodles (or your noodle of choice)
• Arborino Rice (risotto)

Can/Dry Good Items:

• condensed tomato soup
• pizza sauce
• pizza dough mix (unless homemade or refrigerator item)

Meat:

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1-2 lbs salmon (I used frozen fillets)
• 1-2 lbs chicken breasts (I use frozen fillets)

Produce Items:

• cabbage
• 2 green peppers
• red, yellow, OR orange pepper
• mushrooms
• green onions
• ginger
• asparagus*
• yams*
• zucchini*
• baby carrots*     *Feel free to get whatever veggies you would like to roast

*Add any pizza toppings you like to the list.


Dinner:  Pizza

**You can figure this one out on your own, right??  If you want to make homemade pizza dough, go for it!

Here's the link to allrecipes.com recipe for pizza dough....
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pizza-dough-i/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=pizza%20dough&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Recipe

Dinner:  Chicken Philly Pasta

Here's the link to the allrecipes.com recipe....
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-philly-pasta/detail.aspx

Dinner:  Slammin' Salmon with Risotto

Here's the link to the allrecipes.com recipe for Slammin' Salmon....
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slammin-salmon/detail.aspx
Here's the link to the RealSimple Creamy Parmesan Risotto recipe....
http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/creamy-parmesan-risotto-10000001038780/index.html

Dinner:  Stuffed Cabbage Rolls with Mashed Potatoes
Here's the link to the allrecipes.com recipe for Stuffed Cabbage Rolls....
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/stuffed-cabbage-rolls/detail.aspx

Mashed Potatoes:  You can figure that one out too, right? 

Dinner:  Chicken Marsala with Roasted Veggies

Here's the link to the allrecipes.com recipe for Chicken Marsala....
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-marsala/detail.aspx

Here's the link to the allrecipes.com recipe for Roasted Veggies....
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/roasted-vegetable-medley/detail.aspx