Thursday - One Day Grocery List

Menu Summary: Egg, cheddar and ham sandwich with breakfast potatoes; tuna salad melt with Havarti, cream of mushroom soup, optional pickle spear; chicken a la King over buttered rice, peas and carrots, and buttermilk biscuit.

Grocery List

Produce - Potatoes

• Yukon Gold or red potatoes - 1 large or 2 small for roasted breakfast potatoes

Produce - Mushrooms

• Cremini or white mushrooms - 8 ounces for cream of mushroom soup and chicken a la King

Produce - Carrots

• Carrots - 2 medium for peas and carrots and chicken a la King

Produce - Onion / Aromatics

• Yellow onion - 1 medium
• Shallot - 1 optional
• Celery - 1 rib optional

Produce - Herbs

• Parsley - 1 small bunch
• Chives - optional
• Thyme - optional

Protein - Breakfast

• Eggs - 2
• Sliced ham - 2 to 3 ounces

Protein - Lunch

• Canned tuna - 1 can, 5 ounces

Protein - Dinner

• Cooked chicken breast or poached chicken - 6 to 8 ounces for chicken a la King

Dairy - Cheese

• Cheddar cheese - 2 slices or 2 ounces
• Havarti cheese - 2 slices or 2 ounces

Dairy - Cream / Milk / Butter

• Whole milk - 1 pint
• Heavy cream or half-and-half - 1 cup
• Unsalted butter - 1 stick

Dairy - Buttermilk

• Buttermilk - 1 small container for biscuit, unless using prepared biscuit dough

Bakery / Bread

• Multigrain bread - 1 loaf for breakfast sandwich and tuna melt
• Prepared buttermilk biscuits - 1 small package, optional shortcut

Pantry - Rice / Grains

• White rice, jasmine rice, or basmati rice - 1 cup dry for buttered rice

Pantry - Tuna Salad Ingredients

• Mayonnaise - 1 small jar
• Dijon mustard - optional
• Pickle relish - optional
• Lemon juice - optional
• Black pepper

Pantry - Soup / Sauce Base

• Chicken stock - 1 quart
• Flour - 1 small bag for roux in mushroom soup, chicken a la King, and biscuits

Pantry - Biscuit Ingredients, if making from scratch

• All-purpose flour
• Baking powder
• Baking soda
• Salt
• Butter
• Buttermilk

Pantry - Seasonings

• Kosher salt
• Black pepper
• Garlic powder - optional and light
• Paprika - optional
• Poultry seasoning - optional

Frozen - Vegetables

• Frozen peas - 1 small bag
• Frozen peas and carrots blend - optional shortcut

Condiments / Pickles

• Pickle spears - 1 small jar, optional
• Mild mustard - optional
• Mayonnaise
• Dijon mustard

Consolidated Quantities for 1 Person / 1 Day

• Multigrain bread - 1 loaf
• Eggs - 2
• Sliced ham - 2 to 3 ounces
• Cheddar - 2 ounces
• Havarti - 2 ounces
• Canned tuna - 1 can
• Chicken - 6 to 8 ounces cooked or raw equivalent
• Mushrooms - 8 ounces
• Potatoes - 1 large or 2 small
• Carrots - 2 medium
• Onion - 1 medium
• Frozen peas - 1 small bag
• Rice - 1 cup dry
• Chicken stock - 1 quart
• Whole milk - 1 pint
• Heavy cream or half-and-half - 1 cup
• Butter - 1 stick
• Buttermilk - 1 small container
• Flour - 1 small bag
• Pickles - optional
• Parsley, chives, or thyme - optional but recommended

Notes / Reminders