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Cooking a new meal for your family every night of the week sounds like a great idea—a parental duty, even—until you realize it requires choosing recipes, shopping for groceries, and, hardest of all, finding some semblance of culinary inspiration. To ease your cooking burden, we compiled a shopping list for five recipes using common ingredients and lots of pantry staples, so you can turn out delicious entrees in 30 minutes or less (we promise).
The Recipes:
Trout with Haricots Verts and Almonds
Fried Trout Po'boys
Lettuce Hand Rolls
Swedish Meatballs
Bread and Tomato Soup
The Grocery List:
- 8 medium-size trout fillets
- 3 pounds ground pork
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 loaves French bread
- 1 28-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes
- 2 heads Bibb lettuce
- 1 jar pickle slices
- 2 beefsteak tomatoes
- 1 carrot
- 1 cucumber
- 1 onion
- 8 ounces haricot verts
- 1 head garlic
- Parsley
- Basil leaves
- 3/4 cup skinned almonds
- 1 cup peanuts
- Chinese five-spice powder
Already in Your Kitchen:
- Milk
- Heavy cream
- Unsalted butter
- Eggs
- Flour
- Cornmeal
- Canola oil
- Olive oil
- Mayonnaise
- Hot Sauce
- Soy Sauce
- Lemon juice
- Kosher salt
- Pepper
- Brown sugar
- Allspice
- Nutmeg
- Beef bouillon cubes
