Kitchen inventory: menu

The fun started here

I focused on dinner recipes, but I also kept a list of lunches and desserts that I can make

Dinners

Beans and tortillas as needed to make leftovers to use in other recipes

Cheesy Beans and Rice, cornbread

• white rice
• bag of kidney beans
• Rotel tomatoes

Chicken over Curly Noodles, green beans

• Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• bread crumbs
• ramen noodles

Chicken tortilla bake

• grilled chicken strips
• leftover tortillas
• leftover pinto beans
• Rotel tomatoes
• corn

2 Chicken Helper meals, green beans

• grilled chicken strips

2 Hamburger Helper meals

• ground beef
• will use the sourdough bread to make garlic bread with the Helper meals

Mostaccioli Beef Casserole

• substitute 6 ozs of the Heartland Penne Pasta
• use only 3/4 lb ground beef
• use 12 oz tomato sauce, or as needed

Tacos

• ground beef
• leftover pinto beans
• corn tortillas

Chicken Enchiladas

• cooked, shredded chicken
• corn tortillas
• tomato paste for enchilada sauce

Old-Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie

• cooked, shredded chicken
• peas
• carrots

Minestrone Soup, Cornbread

• leftover round steak, carrots and onions
• diced tomatoes
• tomato sauce
• frozen peas
• canned green beans
• omit kidney beans
• elbow macaroni
• cut recipe in half

Bean and Rice Burritos

• leftover pinto beans
• leftover tortillas
• rice
• salsa

Bean Counter Chowder

• leftover pinto beans
• elbow macaroni

Beef Tips & Rice (copied out of a magazine; forget which one)

• piece of cooked round steak
• onions
• rice
• add carrots if needed

Chicken Rice Burritos

• green onions
• shredded chicken
• rice
• leftover tortillas

Spaghetti Supreme

• bacon
• ground beef
• tomato soup
• leftover frozen spaghetti

Tasty Lentil Tacos

• lentils
• corn tortillas

Chalupa Grande

• pinto beans
• pork roast
• corn tortillas

Chicken and Rice Soup (basic Betty Crocker recipe)

• chicken breast bones and broth from boiling them
• rice
• carrots
• onions

Pork Fried Rice

• leftover pork chop
• rice
• green onions
• eggs

Ham with Creamy Noodles

• ham
• pastaroni

Tostadas

• leftover beans
• corn tortillas

Tuna Noodle Casserole *need to find recipe that uses homemade sauce

• tuna
• elbow macaroni

Ham and Navy Beans *need to find recipe

• ham bone
• navy beans

Lunches

Grilled cheese sandwiches

chicken salad on rolls

pizza

chicken nuggets and patties

hot dogs

lunchmeat sandwiches

peanut butter and jelly

ramen noodles

Deserts

chocolate cake

apple crisp pizza, use pie crust

applesauce oat cake

peanut brittle, use chocolate chips instead of baking chocolate

carrot and banana muffins, use carrots and frozen bananas

Yum, I'm getting hungry!!!!

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