Suggested Menu Options and Provisioning Ideas
| Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SATURDAY, Day 1 | Salmon Au gratin potatoes Asparagus |
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| SUNDAY, Day 2 | Cold cereal Orange Juice Grapefruit etc. |
Sandwiches or Buns with ham and cheese Soup Bananas, apples, or carrots |
Chicken Breasts Green beans Rice-O-Roni |
| MONDAY, Day 3 | Cold Cereal Grapefruit Eggs |
Sandwiches or Buns with ham and cheese Soup Bananas, apples, carrots |
Steak Green salad rolls baked potatoes |
| TUESDAY, Day 4 | Cantaloupe and honeydew Cold cereal Warmed bagel halves with butter and jam |
Sandwiches or Buns with ham and cheese Soup Bananas, apples, carrots |
(eat out) |
| WEDNESDAY, Day 5 | Fresh fruit and/or juice Omelets with tomatoes, mushrooms, ham, and cheese Bagel halves with jam |
Sandwiches or buns with ham and cheese Soup Bananas, apples, carrots |
Spaghetti Broccoli Potatoes |
| THURSDAY, Day 6 | Grapefruit halves Cold cereal |
Sandwiches or Buns with ham and cheese Soup Bananas, apples, carrots |
Fettuccine with Ham chunks (for sauce use half&half, butter, garlic, Parmesan, left-over ham) Green salad |
| FRIDAY, Day 7 | Apple juice Cold cereal Bagel halves with jam |
Sandwiches or Buns with ham and cheese Soup Bananas, apples, carrots |
SHOPPING LIST FOR 4 PEOPLE FOR 6 DAYS
(please remember to include food for skipper, if applicable)
*note for charters going into Canada: You will not want to buy apples, potatoes, peaches, nectarines, or any other pitted fruit if going into Canada right away. You will need to turn the above items (or their pits in a plastic bag) in at Customs.
BREAD AND CRACKERS
- 1 lg. whole wheat bread
- 1 lg. Grain or seeded bread
- 1 lg. sourdough bread
- 1 doz. lg. rolls
- 1 doz bagels
- 3 boxes of cold breakfast cereal - Granola, Grape-nuts (large size), Corn Flakes
- 1 lg bag potato chips
- 1 bag nachos
- 1 salsa
- 1 lg Triscuit
- 1 pkg Fig Newtons
- 1 pkg chunky chocolate chip cookies
- 2 other boxes snack crackers
OTHER FOOD
- 1 doz tea bags (Earl Grey)
- 1/2 lb ground coffee
- 1 sm pkg spaghetti noodles
- 1 sm pkg fettuccine or egg noodles (no Kluski)
- 1 lg. Ragu Spaghetti Sauce
- 1 sm Parmesan cheese
- 1 carton of half and half for coffee, fettuccine sauce etc.
- 2 cans green beans
- 2 cans Clam Chowder (New England)
- 1 cans Veg. Beef soup
- 2 cans corn
- 2 cans Chicken Noodle soup
- 2 cans crushed Italian tomatoes
- 1 salad dressing (ranch)
- 1 ketchup
- 1 med BBQ sauce
- 1 sm mustard (dijon)
- 1 sm squeeze bottle mayonnaise
- 1 sm A-1 Steak sauce
- 1 can of chili without beans for the spaghetti sauce
- 1 sm dill pickles
- 1 sm olive oil
- 1/2 gal orange juice
- 1 sm can Swiss Mix
- 1 lb sugar
- 1 sm salt and pepper
- 1 lemon pepper spice
- 2 boxes Rice o Roni
- 2 boxes Au Gratin potatoes
- 1 bottle strawberry jam (watch the Nutrasweet)
- 1 med Skippy peanut butter
- 3 6 pk 7-up, Pepsi, Coke, Root Beer and 2 6pk of Nestea or Brisk
- 2 gallons of inexpensive drinking water
MISCELLANEOUS
- 2 rolls paper towels
- 1 sm roll saran wrap
- 1 sm roll alum foil
- 50 napkins
PRODUCE
- 2 Spinach or rich green lettuce
- 1 Romain lettuce
- 4 corn on cob if in season otherwise canned
- 2 lbs fresh green beans (or enough for 1 dinner) or 2 cans if not in season.
- 3 lbs. broccoli
- 2 lbs. Asparagus (skinny)
- 2 lemon
- 1 garlic (big)
- 2 lg onions
- 2 lbs small carrots
- 1/2 lb fresh mushrooms
- 5 tomatoes
- 2-3 lbs bananas
- 1 pint strawberries or cherries
- 3 total: cantaloupe, honeydew, grapefruit
- 3 lbs granny smith or other good apples (Fuji or braiburn)
- 4 large russet potatoes
- small bag of red or white potatoes
MEAT
- 2 lbs fish (salmon)
- 4 8 oz. steaks (NY quality)
- 4 lg. chicken breasts
- 3-4 lb total of sliced ham, turkey, pastrami
DAIRY
- 1 doz. eggs
- 1 gal non-fat milk for breakfast cereal
- 2 lbs. med cheddar cheese
- 1-2 lbs. total of Swiss, Muenster, Gouda or Provolone cheese
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 1 lb butter
