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    Default Ideas to use these things?

    My goal is to avoid the grocery as long as possible. I have quite a bit but this will be more creative if I can tap into everyone's awesome ideas. I have staples, rice/pasta/potatoes and dry milk. I've got frozen veggies along with applesauce, oranges, canned peaches and some frozen berries.
    1#ground beef
    4 indv. Beef patties
    .5# cooked chicken
    1#ham
    8 Salisbury steaks
    1#breaded chicken pieces
    1# smoked sausage
    5# pork roast
    1.5 doz eggs
    1# cheese
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    hpe it is okay that i post this...there is a site called supercook. you put in the ingredients you have on hand it pulls up tons of recipes that you can make

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    hashbrown scramble - eggs, 1 lb sausage-diced, potatoes

    SOS - 1 lb hamburger, milk, flour, biscuits

    ham and rice casserole - 4 cups rice, 1 lb ham, bullion, veggies

    chicken soup - 1/2 lb chicken, noodles, veggies, bullion

    hamburger rice casserole - beef patties, rice, bullion, veggies

    chicken fried rice - breaded chicken - diced, rice, veggies, egg or two

    Salisbury steaks - dice into pieces and make up some extra gravy and serve over mashed potatoes


    Cook up the pork roast and portion out into meal sized portions.

    Pork meat ideas:
    herbed parmesan sauce with pork - white sauce with Italian seasonsings and paremsan in it, served over noodles (side note: herbed parmesan sauce is served without meat in it at my house)

    pork fried rice - rice, pork meat, veggies, eggs

    soup - pork meat, potatoes, veggies, bullion

    pork and rice casserole - rice, meat, bullion, veggies
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    If you do a web search for frittata recipes, you'll get a bunch of ideas for what to make with bits of leftover anything and some eggs. I finally had to try the Ramen Frittata as it sounded so weird. Boy, was I surprised! DH loves it with salsa.

    You could also make your own homemade rice a roni mix, either beef or chicken, with rice and spaghetti pieces. I got the recipes from spam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typed housewife. Add a bit of hamburger or chicken pieces and call it a main dish.

    If you run out of some ingredients, I'd suggest you do a web search for 'make your own _____'. I have tons of recipes now to make about anything from scratch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lisaflex View Post
    hpe it is okay that i post this...there is a site called supercook. you put in the ingredients you have on hand it pulls up tons of recipes that you can make
    I love supercook! I second this suggestion.

    I swore I'd have something creative to say because I'm good at experimenting, but I don't cook meat so I'm useless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joyofsix View Post
    1#ground beef
    4 indv. Beef patties
    .5# cooked chicken
    1#ham
    8 Salisbury steaks
    1#breaded chicken pieces
    1# smoked sausage
    5# pork roast
    1.5 doz eggs
    1# cheese
    The ground beef and/or patties can become chili, pasta sauce, sloppy joes, meatloaf, or meatballs.

    the half pound of cooked chicken I would make into a pot pie with your frozen veg.

    Pork roast, cook and shred. Sauce some for bbq sandwiches. Serve some as tacos.

    Eggs, cheese and ham make a quiche or omelettes. Would be nice with some vegetables.

    Breaded chicken... I'm guessing some kind of boneless patty? Chicken Parmigiana. Chicken sandwiches. Chicken fried chicken with white gravy.

    Chop the smoked sausage and add it to a big pot of lentil stew. I like the idea of sausage and potato hash, too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2_at_the_farm View Post
    If you do a web search for frittata recipes, you'll get a bunch of ideas for what to make with bits of leftover anything and some eggs. I finally had to try the Ramen Frittata as it sounded so weird. Boy, was I surprised! DH loves it with salsa.

    You could also make your own homemade rice a roni mix, either beef or chicken, with rice and spaghetti pieces. I got the recipes from spam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typedspam! It is better fried than typed housewife. Add a bit of hamburger or chicken pieces and call it a main dish.

    If you run out of some ingredients, I'd suggest you do a web search for 'make your own _____'. I have tons of recipes now to make about anything from scratch.
    I guess I can't post where I got those homemade rice a roni mix recipe! LOL I was surprised when I saw how the post looked today!

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    Go to allrecipes.com and do an "advanced search" based on your ingredients

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    1#ground beef
    4 indv. Beef patties
    .5# cooked chicken
    1#ham
    8 Salisbury steaks
    1#breaded chicken pieces
    1# smoked sausage
    5# pork roast
    1.5 doz eggs
    1# cheese

    I'd do omlettes/quiche with some of the eggs, cheese and either the sausage or hamburger and/or chop up the patties.

    Make risotto with the ham? REally yummy with asparagus, if you've got about 1/2 lb of that and Parmesan cheese.

    I'd probably stir fry the onions and whatever other veggies you've got and add the cooked chicken. If you don't have anything, then make gravy, use a mix, or open a jar and serve it on noodles/over mashed potatoes.

    I'd use the breaded chicken bits in a casserole of some sort, add carrots, onions, gravy/white sauce, etc.

    Roast the pork roast w/lots of garlic and onions, potatoes, celery. Yum! After you've had that and maybe sandwiches, turn the rest into burritos.

    If you used the sausage in quiche instead of the hamburgers, you can serve the hamburgers open faced with chili/cheese on top, or make chili with part of the meat, or sloppy joes, or hamburger stroganoff, or maybe just bits of burger in gravy over noodles, mashed or toast?

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    The plan (which I've already started, LOL)
    veggie and fruit will accompany most meals (gr beans, corn, carrots, peas, broccoli, applesauce, peaches, pears, man oranges)
    leftover chicken broth and noodles=chicken soup
    veggie spaghetti & homemade garlic bread, salad
    chicken quesadillas
    ham in mach&cheese & veggie
    jambalaya (sausage, rice, tomatoes)
    scalloped potatoes w/ham
    pork roast
    bbq sandwiches
    pork w/peppers&onions in tortillas
    homemade pizza
    salisbury steaks, mashed potatoes, carrots
    hamburger gravy over biscuits
    eggs & potatoes
    chili soup
    potato soup
    breaded chicken, homemade french fries
    pasta & veggies w/parmesan and garlic
    fried rice

    I might be able to eek something else out when I get down to it.
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    Wow! Good job!
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