Could you feed a family of 4 for a week with this?

[imagine]

Could you feed a family of four for a week if this is what you had?

1.5 lb. Choice Cut Beef Roast

2 lb. Breaded Chicken Tenders

2 lb. IQF Chicken Breast

1.5 lb. Pork Chops (4 x 6 oz.)

1 lb. 80/20 Lean Beef Patties (4 x 4 oz.)

28 oz. Salisbury Steak Entreé

1 lb. All Meat Hot Dogs

1 lb. Carrots

1 lb. Green Beans

1 lb. Rice

24 oz. Steak-Cut Fries

32 oz. 2% Reduced Fat Shelf Stable Milk

7.5 oz. Mac and Cheese

14 oz. Chicken Broth

7 oz. Corn Muffin Mix

Dozen Eggs

What if that is all you had?
What if you could buy extra ingredients to make a menu?

Could you do it? What would your menu look like?

[PaulaMM]

Heh heh. That's the Angel Food Ministries menu for December. I should know, I'm the director of Angel Food for our church.

My answer is no. I do buy Angel Food and it has helped tremendously with our grocery bill, BUT I purchase each box with the knowledge that I am still going to have to buy lunch and breakfast items.

[LastDragonfly]

I could make:

Roast Beef, Potatoes, Carrots
(veggie soup made with left overs)

Chicken tenders, tater tots or fries, side veggie (that's a paper plate dinner, for sure--nothing to clean up)

Chicken breast: chicken salad sandwiches or served on bed of lettuce

Pork Chops: Chops with cream of mushroom gravy served over rice with a side veggie

Beef patties: smothered in cream of mush gravy served over noodles-side vegie and corn bread

Salsbury steak with mashed potatoes and a salad


hot dogs-w/tater tots/fries or mac n cheese

I got 8 meals out of your list. That doesn't count the left overs, because I would have some kind of left overs off of the list.

* oops I forgot to add scrambled eggs or omelets

9 meals

[Jayne]

Yep that is the December Angel food menu..I am also an Angel Food worker at my church!

Lets see..
1.make stew out of the roast some of the carrots and green beans
2.make chicken and rice soup out of the chicken breasts some of the rice and broth

3.pork chops , mac and cheese and the rest of the carrots

4.salisbury steaks, the rest of the rice and the rest of the green beans

5. beef patties and some of the fries

I'd stretch the hotdogs and chicken tenders for lunch, plus any leftovers from above meals and make corn muffins or mush for breakfast and stretch the eggs and milk out for breakfast

[rrm84]

I have been getting the Angel Food regular box for a few months now. There are just us 2 adults, and it supplies a lot of our meat meals throughout the month. Since we have been getting it, we eat a better quality of food as far as meat dishes go, than we did before. We hadn't had steak or pork chops for several years - our only red meat was hamburger. I for one am grateful for this service, I would rather have it this way, they provide the expensive meat, and then I can shop for side dishes to fill things out.
I also find it an enjoyable challenge to come up with ways to use what they provide. There have been some things that we might not usually eat, but most of the time I can find a good recipe and we have a new dining experience!

[peanut]

I don't know what some of the food items are on the list, but a few things jump out at me. There is no fruit, so I would buy that extra. Plus it seems short on vegetables, so I'd put money there -- particularly onions and potatoes.

As for meals...how about...

~ mac and cheese with a couple hot dogs and a cup of veggies in it.

~ cut the roast up into stew beef, add vegetables and serve with hm bread or dumplings (assuming there is flour somewhere!)

~ what are breaded chicken tenders? Something that might go with veggies and fries? or rice?

~ chicken, rice and veggies. Maybe cook the rice in a bit of chicken broth for extra flavour.

~ pork chops, rice and veggies. By this time you're running out of veggies though. When my girls were home we needed 1 lb. of veggies per supper meal.

~ hamburgers and fries. If you have potatoes, you have a new source for fries.

~ salisbury steak, baked potatoes and veggies.

The only time we use cornbread here is when we have jambalaya, and I don't see the ingredients for that on the list anywhere.

Anyway, that's my attempt. I'd do pretty lousy if all I had to eat was Angel Food Ministries food!

Jean

[imagine]

Heh heh. That's the Angel Food Ministries menu for December. I should know, I'm the director of Angel Food for our church.

My answer is no. I do buy Angel Food and it has helped tremendously with our grocery bill, BUT I purchase each box with the knowledge that I am still going to have to buy lunch and breakfast items.

Yes that is the Angel food regular box for December. I take the orders at our church on the first order day. For two years now. I posted this just before leaving to do so.

This months menu said "Balanced nutrition and variety with enough food to feed a family of four for a week."

I have always supplemented the box we buy and added things for recipie. Like most of you said you do. Doing so I can normally get 7 to 10 meals out of the box ( with leftovers for lunch)

But the quote this time made me think I was missing something.


Tonight we are having noodle stuff almost made out of stuff from our box a while ago. The brats ( cooked and cut up), spaghetti sauce, and the broccoli/carrot mix and spiral noodles. So only think extra I needed to buy was the pound of noodles.

I generally make a Quiche with the eggs and shelf stable milk (especially if they have spinach or broccoli in the box) only thing I need to buy ( or make) is a pie shell. Got the original recipe from the magazine in the box. so that make two pies so a few meals. Plus my family thinks I amazing now. I made a quiche.

[PaulaMM]

Yes that is the Angel food regular box for December. I take the orders at our church on the first order day. For two years now. I posted this just before leaving to do so.

This months menu said "Balanced nutrition and variety with enough food to feed a family of four for a week."

I have always supplemented the box we buy and added things for recipie. Like most of you said you do. Doing so I can normally get 7 to 10 meals out of the box ( with leftovers for lunch)

But the quote this time made me think I was missing something.


Tonight we are having noodle stuff almost made out of stuff from our box a while ago. The brats ( cooked and cut up), spaghetti sauce, and the broccoli/carrot mix and spiral noodles. So only think extra I needed to buy was the pound of noodles.

I generally make a Quiche with the eggs and shelf stable milk (especially if they have spinach or broccoli in the box) only thing I need to buy ( or make) is a pie shell. Got the original recipe from the magazine in the box. so that make two pies so a few meals. Plus my family thinks I amazing now. I made a quiche.

Although they sometimes have breakfast items, I've never felt the boxes alone could feed a family of 4 completely for a week. A dozen of eggs would only feed my family breakfast for one day. When someone asks me to explain Angel Food to them, I don't tell them it will feed them for a week. I tell them it's a way to buy food at a lower price than they normally could get at the grocery store.

Of course, I am a terrible salesperson. I once talked someone out of the senior boxes because we were getting some pretty poor feedback on them and she was hesitant in ordering them in the first place.

[my4littlebuffaloes]

That would cover a lot, but what about breakfast and lunch? A dozen eggs isn't going to cover breakfast for a week. I would buy rice, bananas, baking supplies like flour and sugar if you don't have them, and some more dairy. Cheese or yogurt. Good luck!

Jennifer
http://getting-ahead dot blogspot.com/

[LastDragonfly]

That would cover a lot, but what about breakfast and lunch? A dozen eggs isn't going to cover breakfast for a week. I would buy rice, bananas, baking supplies like flour and sugar if you don't have them, and some more dairy. Cheese or yogurt. Good luck!

Jennifer
http://getting-ahead dot blogspot.com/

Our local schools provide free breakfast for all students and a free/reduced lunch program.

I guiltily sometimes only drink coffee or tea for breakfast and forego the standard "real" breakfast.

When I do eat breakfast, I find myself eating more non traditional breakfast foods. A pork chop left over might be yummy or rice with butter/sugar sounds good too. Our schools serve rice for breakfast often.

[Rebookie]

How do you get one of these boxes?

I went to the Angel Food website... It gave me a # for the nearest church, but other than that nothing.

[kittykatstrong]

I love rice with milk and sugar.

I would need more milk, eggs, flour. Then I would be able to get by.

[joyofsix]

Hmm, Is it just those foods or do we get to use bread and staples?

[Persimmon Lace]

You'll need to call the number and ask them when they take their orders. Then go visit them, pay for the order and they will give you a receipt that you'll use to pick up your box. You have to provide a box for an exchange with them so they have boxes. You have to pick up on that scheduled day. It's super simple.

[katholc]

You call the number for the church and leave a message(usually). Then you meet the person in charge and pay them. In about 2 weeks your box comes and you pick it up at the drop spot, usually the church, but mine is at a convenience store because the lady in charge of Angelfood has a convenience store and I don't have to worry about any frozen food thawing.