I tend to do most of my shopping at the same supermarket. But for the sake of proving the point that it doesn’t really matter where you shop, and that all grocers have specials that are usable, I’m going to spread it around. This week’s menu will be based on Sobey’s flyer, and instead of just 5 weeknight meals, I’m also going to include a just-in-case meal that you can prepare in advance and put in your freezer. If you don’t have a lot of freezer space, use ziploc bags to freeze things in.

Here are the menus and shopping lists for this week:

Monday night

• Corn on the cob
• Dry rub ribs
• Cole slaw
• Baked potato fries
• Pears

Shopping list

• Pork back ribs (1 rack for 3 people)
• Corn on the cob (1 ear per person)
• Cabbage or pre-shredded cole slaw
• local potatoes (red or white)
• local pears

Tuesday night

• Nachos
• Apples

Shopping list

• Tostitos tortilla chips
• local tomatoes
• local red and green peppers
• old cheddar cheese
• sour cream
• Can of black beans (not on special)
• Can of kidney beans (not on special)
• local apples

Wednesday night

• Hamburgers on crusty rolls
• Green salad
• Yogurt

Shopping list

• Lean ground beef (1/3 pound per person)
• bread crumbs
• onion soup mix
• crusty rolls
• lettuce
• cucumber
• vanilla yogurt

Thursday night

• Whole wheat pasta with fresh tomato sauce
• Green salad
• Watermelon

Shopping list

• Catelli Whole wheat pasta
• local tomatoes
• onions and garlic if you don’t have them already
• lettuce
• cucumber
• watermelon

Friday night

• Pan fried ocean perch
• Mashed potatoes
• Chopped salad
• Ice cream (Haagen Dasz is on special)

Shopping list

• Ocean perch fillets (approx. 250g per person)
• new local potatoes
• red peppers
• green peppers
• tomatoes
• onions
• celery
• ice cream

Freezer meal - Chicken stew

Shopping list

• 3 lbs of boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 2 lb bag of carrots
• 1 can or tetra pack of chicken broth

I’ll post the recipes later…