Grocery List and Menu for this Week

I seem to be on a soup kick. I guess the cold weather is making me want soup. And what can I say, it's cheap and easy to make. This week, I have four meals posted because of Christmas parties and other nights out. So here is our menu for this week with a grocery list.

Broccoli Cheese Soup
Four-Bean Chili
Pasta Primavera
French Onion Soup

Cheddar Cheese
16 oz. half & half
32 oz. Chicken Broth
Navy Beans
Pinto Beans
Great Northern Beans
Diced Tomatoes
Rotel Chili Fixins'
Chili Seasoning
Gruyere
Beef Broth
Baguette
Broccoli
3 Onions
zucchini
mushrooms
cherry tomatoes

Grocery List and Menu for this Week

This week our menu is going to have a couple of soups and salads on it. The autumn weather is a perfect time for great stews and soups, and my wife has requested that I make, what she considers to be, the best chicken salad there is. I am also making my favorite sandwich and salad combination. It is a must try. So here is the menu:

Bleu Cheese Chicken Salad
Red Beans & Rice
Butternut Squash Soup
Gruyere Grilled Cheese Sandwiches on a bed of Mesculun Greens with Humboldt Fog
Southwest Chicken Soup


Red beans (or kidney beans if you cannot find red beans)
2 lbs. of chicken breasts
4 oz. of bleu cheese
Mayonnaise (do not get light, get real mayonnaise)
walnuts (2 oz.)
42 oz. of chicken broth
32 oz. chicken stock
chives
Gruyere 6 oz.
Humboldt Fog cheese (probably only available at nice grocery stores like Whole Foods, but totally worth it) small amount 3 ounces maybe
Mesculun Greens (if you cannot find, then spring mix will do)
8 oz. of Cheddar (not shredded, shred your own)
Can of Black Beans
Can of Diced Tomatoes
Can of Corn
celery 3 stalks
1 green pepper
3 white onions
1 bunch of grapes
1 butternut squash
1 carrot
1 Avocado
1 bunch of cilantro

Menu for this Week and Grocery List

The Menu this week will have some cold weather fare, seeing as the temperature is dropping here in Memphis, and some of my personal favorites. If you are not familiar with Croque Madames, they are very popular French sandwiches. They are basically an upscale, toasted ham and cheese sandwich with a lightly fried egg on top. It is what we would call an Egg McMuffin. The bread you select for them should be fairly hearty, and the more bite it has (as opposed to being gummy, white bread) the better.

Bloody Mary Vegetable Stew
Wild Mushroom Risotto
Italian Sausage Stuffed Tomatoes
Chicken and White Bean Chili
Croque Madames

half a dozen eggs
Whole grain or Eight grain bread
1/2 lb. of Deli ham
Gruyere (you can use the parmesan if you would like for a less expensive twist)
16 oz. can chopped tomatoes
32 ounce bottle of Zing Zang
64 oz. of beef broth
32 oz. Vegetable Stock
Italian Sausage
Bread Crumbs
8 ounces of Parmesan cheese (a wedge, not the grated, powdery stuff)
1.5 lb. Chicken Breasts
White Beans (either Navy Beans or Great Northern Beans are perfect)
Chicken and White Bean Chili seasoning packet
6 large Tomatoes
Arborio Rice
White Mushrooms x 2
1/4 lb. of crimini or shittake mushrooms
Baby Portabella Mushrooms
2 medium white onion
one celery stalk bunch
3 large carrots
1 small yellow squash
1 small zucchini
3 potatoes

Above menu and list assumes that you have certain staples:
salt and pepper
Olive Oil
Butter
Milk