Meal Planning and Grocery Shopping: 2 weeks

I'm trying to shop for two weeks at a time to keep myself out of the stores.  I have a hard time passing up a deal and always end up buying a whole bunch of extra junk that I didn't need to.  So I need to be more organized to accomplish this.

Working on my grocery list and meal plan now.  A peak in the freezer shows that we have:

• 1 bag sloppy joe meat - need buns
• 2 lbs. 90% lean ground beef
• 2 packs of pork chops
• 1 bag of black beans
• dinner rolls
• pizza dough for 1 pizza
• 2 bags of frozen shredded chicken
• lots of bags of chicken stoc
• dinner rolls - will eat tomorrow with spaghetti and meatballs that we didn't eat today (ended up eating left overs today).
• 2 bags of frozen strawberries - will use for smoothies

I might buy 1 bag of frozen chicken breasts just because Mr. R really likes to have those on hand but other than that I think we are pretty good on meat for the next two weeks.  Now I just have to decide what to make with it.

 

Here are some of my ideas - 

• Black bean soup and rice - uses up black beans, chicken stock; have everything I need to make this already
• Black Bean Chicken - will use up some cans of black beans, 1 bag of the frozen shredded chicken and whatever is left over of the rice.  Might need some more salsa.
• Honey Garlic Pork Chops - have everything I need on hand for this.
• Baked Chicken a couple times
• Cheesy Hamburger Casserole - will need diced tomatoes, cheddar cheese, and a green pepper
• Cream of Mushroom Pork Chops, mashed potatoes and corn
• BBQ Shredded chicken sandwiches - just need buns
• Sloppy Joes

Hmmm.  Need to think of something easy to make with the other pound of ground beef.  Maybe just hamburgers.  And I some how over bought on eggs, so maybe I'll make a breakfast casserole one night too.

Other than that, left overs, left overs, left overs to not waste food and use everything up.  That reminds me, I have some grapes I need to go and eat.