Week 2 Menus and Shopping List

So it's Thursday and Publix publishes their weekly ad specials and its going to be a tasty week!! This weeks meals cost approximately $85. I REALLY try not to spend more than $7 or $8 for the protein for each day since these contribute to most of the cost...as does the produce. Keep in mind I like to cook healthy, quick, and fairly inexpensive meals. So here it is:

Mexican Tortilla Soup
Beef in a red wine sauce
Pan seared Tilapia with a lemon herb butter
Cider brined Pork chops with sauteed apples
Citrus Chicken Salad with french bread

I was inspired by the weather for most of these, but also both pork chops and apples were on sale (99 CENTS FOR APPLES!!!) so the cider brined pork chops were perfect. You will need to let the pork chops sit in the apple cider for at least 5 hours, so the day you are going to cook these...throw them in a good resealable bag in the morning and they will be waiting for you at dinnertime! Some of these also share the same ingredients such as the whole grain or dijon mustard is in 3 of the recipes. Stay tuned tomorrow for the first recipe ...ENJOY!!!

SHOPPING LIST
Apple cider
french bread (for the salad...you may pick up later in week)
2 lemons
2 limes
a single bunch of parsley (and chives if you'd like)
2 onions
2 bulbs of garlic
2 avocados (or more...its for the chicken soup)
* cilantro for the soup IF you like cilantro...I do not
3 apples
1 pound of mushrooms
salad mix
Can of grapefruit (or 'citrus salad' in the canned fruits isle)
1 can of beef broth
1 container of chicken broth (the large carton)
sour cream
egg noodles ( i bought the whole grain ones to be a little healthier)
1 packet of brown gravy
tomato paste
whole grain or dijon mustard
white rice
black sesame seeds
bay leaves
Red wine (Publix has Barefoot Cab for $5 a bottle)
whole chicken (on sale at Publix...5lb for $5.99)
beef chuck (on sale at Publix...already cut into chunks)
tilapia filets (on sale at Publix...1 per person)
chicken breast (on sale at Publix...Purdue)
pork chops (boneless...on sale at Publix)