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    Home » Precious Kitchen

    PUBLISHED: May 13, 2017 · UPDATED: May 27, 2017 by Precious · This post may contain affiliate links · 26 Comments

    MEAL PLAN + SHOPPING LIST / WEEK 1

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    Hello friends! So one of you asked me to do a menu plan and shopping list that you could follow. I love menu plans because they help me stay sane. I have put together a menu plan for 5 days of the week - Monday to Friday. I have left the other days open so you could improvise on those days. This menu plan also includes one meal for each day, which could be lunch and/or dinner, depending on how you choose to follow it.

    Monday: African stewed spinach (or stew any leafy greens following the same procedure) with a side of boiled plantains.

    African Stewed Spinach with plantains

    Tuesday: Meatballs in tomato sauce served on Pasta.

    spaghetti and meatballs perfect

    Wednesday: Okra soup served with garri.

    Cameroonian okra soup Instagram

    Thursday: Easy chicken stew served on boiled rice.

    rice and stew

    Friday: Puff Puff and beans.

    puff puff les beignets

    black beans

    If you want breakfast ideas, and more menu ideas, check out my recipe index.

    Now let's move on to the shopping list. No prices are included because you wonderful people live in all parts of the world. A price that works in Jakiri may not work in Jamaica.

    Shopping List for Week 1 Menu

    • Chopped spinach or other green leafy vegetable of choice
    • Fresh tomatoes (a huge quantity to use in four meals - stewed spinach, chicken stew, beans and meatballs in tomato sauce)
    • Onions
    • Smoked fish, turkey or beef
    • Vegetable oil or oil of choice - choices include canola oil, olive oil, coconut oil, etc
    • Plantains - ripe or unripe depending on preference
    • Ground meat
    • Pasta or choice - spaghetti or other.
    • Fresh parsley
    • Tomato sauce or tomato paste - for two meals (stew and meatballs)
    • Garlic
    • Ginger
    • Hop pepper (habanero) - optional
    • Okra
    • Egusi (melon seeds)
    • Crayfish
    • Dried/smoked fish
    • Beef
    • Garri
    • Beans
    • Flour
    • Yeast
    • Sugar
    • Salt and Maggi (or bouillon powder) for seasoning

    That's it, you guys! I hope this inspires your meal planning for the coming week. If you would like to see more posts like this, let me know below and I'll commit to posting meal plans regularly.

    Things to cook this week!pre-signature-pro

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    Welcome to my core! I am Precious Nkeih, the recipe developer and writer right here on my blog, Precious Core. My goal is to show you insanely delicious recipes you can replicate in your kitchen. And I love to tell stories too. Hope you find recipes here that will make cooking easier for you! Check me out on YouTube at YouTube.com/PreciousKitchen.

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    Comments

    1. Raihanatu sali says

      May 13, 2017 at 3:57 pm

      Hi precious . U are amazing and great help to some of women out here...kudos to u girl....pls don't stop with the menu plan .its so helpful.looking forward to more

      Reply
      • Precious says

        May 13, 2017 at 4:29 pm

        Aww thank you, dear! So glad to help!

        Reply
    2. Joyce Andong says

      May 13, 2017 at 9:27 pm

      Hey Precious,
      I just start following you, but I must say you're simply amazing. I am looking so much from you.
      Thanks so much and please don't stop with the amazing recipes

      Reply
      • Precious says

        May 13, 2017 at 10:09 pm

        Joyce, you are amazing! Thanks for your kind words, dear. I won't stop.

        Reply
    3. Maureen says

      May 14, 2017 at 5:09 pm

      Way to go menu. Thank you for the brilliant ideas for the week and please keep caring/sharing!

      Reply
      • Precious says

        May 15, 2017 at 8:31 am

        You are welcome, Maureen!

        Reply
    4. Dominika says

      May 15, 2017 at 6:14 am

      Precious how are doing? This post was so helpful. Menus can be so difficult to plan. You are good at what you do.

      Reply
      • Precious says

        May 15, 2017 at 8:32 am

        I'm doing great, dear. Thanks for asking!

        Reply
    5. Dominika says

      May 15, 2017 at 6:15 am

      Precious how are doing? This post was so helpful. Menus can be so difficult to plan. You are good at what you do.

      http://dominikagoodness.blogspot.com.ng/2017/05/5-lessons-i-learnt-at-first-quarter-of

      Reply
    6. Njinju Nelsa says

      May 15, 2017 at 9:47 am

      yesooo it's helpful. Please just be giving us updates on menu plans, coz someone like me always gets confuse in deciding what to cook.. waiting for the next Bomb!!!! Gratias Ma'am...

      Reply
      • Precious says

        May 15, 2017 at 1:30 pm

        Okay dear.

        Reply
    7. Lem says

      May 15, 2017 at 9:55 am

      Grateful Precious. Thanks a million. Keep the plans a - coming.

      Reply
      • Precious says

        May 15, 2017 at 1:30 pm

        I sure will, Lem.

        Reply
    8. Gloria says

      May 15, 2017 at 10:52 am

      Love the menu plan surly will be using it.

      Reply
      • Precious says

        May 15, 2017 at 1:31 pm

        Glad you will be using it, Gloria.

        Reply
    9. melvis kums says

      May 22, 2017 at 6:07 am

      hello Precious , you are a wonderful help to me. i use to get confuse all the time. i am glad you have taken off time to help Us and me in particular. i will be very gr8ful if i receive the menus every week.
      secondly am planning my little princess 2yr birthday. please for ideas for a wonderful result

      Reply
      • Precious says

        May 23, 2017 at 4:26 pm

        Hi Melvis, glad to hear that!
        For your girl's birthday, I would say there should be some form of rice - fried or jollof. Then there should be another meal for adults if there would be many adults attending. You could make a variety of meals depending on your budget.
        Then I would suggest to make doughnuts as a quick, easy and tasty snack. Then have a form of salad - preferably fruit salad.
        Apart from those, some drinks and a birthday cake will be good.
        Hope this helps!

        Reply
        • melvis kums says

          May 24, 2017 at 8:07 am

          thank you very much. its wonderful

          Reply
    10. Nchindo Valerie says

      May 27, 2017 at 11:26 am

      Thanx melvis u just sought a sister out. This is wonderful

      Reply
    11. Silvie says

      May 28, 2017 at 6:57 pm

      Hi Precious, I just started following you on the but for awhile now on YouTube. I really appreciate all you have been doing especially with this menu. It will help me save time and money. Please keep up.

      Reply
      • Precious says

        June 12, 2017 at 9:52 am

        Hi Silvie, so glad to hear that! I'll definitely keep up!

        Reply
    12. Fezeu Beatrice says

      July 13, 2017 at 6:51 am

      Thanks very much, i have been very delighted to follow up seroiusly all explanations about cooking:
      - Pepper Soup,
      - Egusi Pudding and finally,
      - Okra Soup with egusi.
      Thanks very much once more because we learn every day and every day we try to ammeliorate what we already know.

      Reply
      • Precious says

        July 13, 2017 at 6:37 pm

        Beatrice,
        I'm so happy to hear that. And thank you dear, for coming back to let me know.

        Reply

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