It's time for our monthly Costco trip! Can I just say that I love, love, love Costco? In fact, I would do all of our shopping at Costco if possible. I love the benefit of one-stop and bulk shopping. The advantages and disadvantages have been discussed at length on the web. But for our family, Costco is the best and most economical on a major portion of the items we buy in the Taylor household.  Here is my shopping list for my trip. I have been known to pick up a few extra items as well.  This list changes monthly as far as cooking oils, spices, canned or frozen goods, etc.

Dairy:

Milk

Eggs

Sharp Cheddar Cheese block

Slice Cheddar Cheese slices for sandwiches( Tillamook!) 

Meats

6 lb pkg Butterball ground turkey

5lb pkg  Kirkland 93/7 low fat ground beef

10lb bag frozen chicken breasts

2 Coscto Rotisserie Chickens ( at $4.99 these are a great deal)

1 pkg beef roasts or some kind of beef(sale??)

1 pkg Onion and Garlic Pork loin  

1 pkg Kirkland Honey Ham for sandwiches

Grocery/Pantry

Kirkland brand 100% whole wheat bread loaves

Goldfish of Cheez- Its

CostcoTrail Mix

Campbell's Healthy Request cooking soup

Some sort of granola bar or cereal bar

Crunchmaster crackers

That is the list for this month. Next month may be the same or different depending on what the freezer or panty needs. Plus I have a $16.xx Costco certificate left to spend from upgrading to Executive membership a few months ago !

Dawn  

Since I started working full-time again, I have been cooking as much for the week on Sundays as possible. Here is what I accomplished today. Meal plan for the week will follow. I work 12 hour shifts so I try to make at least 3-4 more on Sunday and a leftover day. So that means, I cook once and we eat several times. Getting home after eight at night and having to be up at 5 in the morning is not very condusive to nightly cooking, so this seems to be working for us right now.

Today I made:

1 dozen mini and 6 full size Double chocolate chip muffins (from a Duncan Hines mix)

12 Pumpkin muffins, 6 Chocolate Chip Pumpkin muffins, and 1 loaf choco-chip pumpkin bread-- I used this recipe and added chocolate chips.  

1 Sausage and Potato Chowder (makes enough for lunch and leftovers)

1 Big pot of  Spicy Kale  

3lbs of Crock Pot Mexican Chicken to be used for Chicken Burritos, Chicken Fajitas and Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili (most will be frozen for later meals)

3lbs Crock Pot Chicken Tenders for Chicken Spaghetti, and other casseroles later

12 Meatloaf muffins (used a regular meatloaf recipe and cooked in a muffin tin)

Sunday: Mini meatloaf muffins, mashed potatoes, sweet peas, spicy kale

Monday: Chicken Spaghetti, Salad, Garlic Bread

Tuesday: Chicken Burritos, Black Beans

Wednesday: Pork Loin, Augratin Potatoes, Broccoli

Thursday: Leftovers

Friday: In laws in town

Saturday: Cheddar Ranch Turkey Burgers, Baked Fries, veggie