Today is my brother’s birthday and we will be celebrating tonight with
family and friends at my parent’s house.
Guess who was in charge of the menu plan and cooking? If you guessed me then you would be
correct. Eight people will be at
Christopher’s birthday dinner tonight, so I knew I would be planning for many
different taste buds. My parents normally
have steaks every Saturday night. This is
a major family tradition on both my mother and father’s side of the
family. I am not sure if it has
something to do with the time period in which they were raised, or if it is a coincidence
that both of their families had this routine Saturday night meal. My brother requested that we have a different
meal for his birthday than the usual steak supper. Although he said steaks were fine, he wanted
different side dishes and something besides a dry rub on the steaks. I turned to one of my most reliable sources –
Ina Garten. No, Ina and I have never
met, but sometimes I feel like we could hang out together. I have every single one of her cookbooks and
have read all the notes and tips that she suggests throughout her books. I know her recipes are always successful or “Foolproof,”
which is the title of her newest book.
After browsing through several of her books, I came up with this menu:
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French Bistro Steaks with Provencal Butter
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Olive Oil Mashed Potatoes
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Green Salads with homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing and homemade
Vinaigrette
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Strawberry Cheesecake
Of course, I am still very much committed
to our real food, organic diet, so everything is being made from scratch –
right down to the homemade graham crackers I made for the Cheesecake graham
cracker crust. My parents and I are both
providing the food for tonight’s meal and luckily they are taking care of the
steaks. Steaks for eight people would
certainly blow my budget! I will blog
about the cheesecake later, because I still have to make the topping this
morning. I am crossing my fingers that this
birthday meal turns out great!
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Dairy
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½ gallon Publix Greenwise Organic milk @ $3.89
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1 lb. Publix Greenwise Organic Butter @ $5.69
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Grocery
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(1) Publix Greenwise Organic Toasted Oats Cereal @ $3.79
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(2) Publix Greenwise Organic Oats @ $3.98
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Publix Greenwise Organic
Coffee @ $5.99
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1 lb. Gourmet House Organic Brown Rice @ $1.35
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(3) Chicken of the Sea canned salmon @ $3.75
§ (2) $1.00/1
manufacturer coupons - $1.75
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Lindsay Capers @ $1.69
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Spice World Coarse Ground Black pepper @ $1.34
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Meat
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Springer Mountain Farms boneless, skinless chicken breasts
@ $4.99/lb. - $10.28
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Frozen
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(6) Green Giant boxed peas @ $5.97
§ (2) $1.00/3
manufacturer coupons - $3.97
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Cascadian Farm Organic Strawberries @ $3.49
§ $1.00/1
manufacturer coupon - $2.49
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Publix Greenwise Organic Vanilla ice cream @ $3.50
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Produce
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Organic Bananas @ $0.99/lb. - $2.38
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1 head green cabbage @ $2.07
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3 lb. bag yellow onions @ $3.29
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1 lb. Publix Greenwise Organic Carrots @ $1.29/lb.
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1 bulb garlic @ $0.45
Total before coupons $69.38
Less: coupons used (10.00)
Total with Tax $59.38
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