Would anyone here be willing to make me a grocery list for 1200 cal a day?

Here's the two week meal plan I came up with a couple weeks ago. I am vegetarian, but you can sub meat for the meat substitutes.

This meal plan includes two weeks of lunches and dinners. Everything except the teriyaki bowls can be prepped in one day (and the teriyaki bowls only take 15 minutes to make at most.)

Meals:

Taco salad (x3 servings, 300 calories)

White bean soup (x8, 300 calories)

Enchilada casserole (x8, 300 calories)

Teriyaki bowls (x3, 300 calories)

Lentil soup (x5, 220 calories)

Total meals on this plan: 27

Total cost for ingredients (based on my actual prices, a lot of things were on sale): $49.75 Cost per meal: $1.84

Shopping List:

  • Vegetarian frozen beef (you want around 8 servings)
  • 2 cans enchilada sauce
  • At least 8 high fiber/low calorie tortillas
  • Zucchini, onions, cabbage, bell peppers, etc. for inside enchiladas
  • Reduced fat Mexican cheese blend
  • 2 pounds carrots
  • 2 heads of celery
  • 4 onions
  • 2 cups lentils (dry)
  • 2 cups navy beans (dry)
  • Lettuce (enough for 3 salads)
  • Cherry tomatoes (for salads)
  • Bell peppers (for salads)
  • 1 bag Uncle Ben’s Mexican style rice
  • 1 can black beans
  • 1 bag Uncle Ben’s brown rice
  • 16 oz frozen broccoli
  • 1 package vegetarian teriyaki chicken
  • 2 cans fire roasted tomatoes

From the pantry:

  • Vegetable broth/concentrate
  • Garlic
  • Spices

Recipes:

Taco Salad: Mix can of beans and package of rice. You can either use 1.5 cups of rice and top each serving with 1 tablespoon of cheese (save the remaining rice for a snack,) or use 2 cups of rice. Divide into lunch containers. Cut up lettuce, 5 cherry tomatoes, and 1/3 bell pepper. At lunch time, microwave rice and beans and pour on top of lettuce.

Lentil soup: Cut up 1 onion. Cook until brown. Add 200g each of celery and carrots. Cook about 3 minutes. Add 2-3 cloves of garlic. Cook 1 minute. Add can of tomatoes, 1 cup dry lentils, and 3-4 cups water or broth. Add spices (thyme, rosemary, italian seasoning, salt, pepper.) Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer and cook, covered, until lentils are done (25-35 minutes.) If desired blend with an immersion blender. Serve with balsamic vinegar drizzled on top.

White bean soup: Put 1 onion, 200g each celery and tomatoes, garlic, rosemary, thyme, and 1 cup white beans in crock pot with 5 cups water. Cook on high 4-5 hours or until beans are soft.

Enchilada casserole: Cook 1 onion and any vegetables you want until tender. Add package of “beef”. Layer 4 oz cheese, tortillas, filling, and enchilada sauce in 8×8 pan. Bake at 350 degrees until warm and bubbling. Make two casseroles at once and freeze one until needed.

Teriyaki bowls Cook teriyaki “chicken” and frozen vegetables as indicated on the package. Mix with brown rice and divide into servings.

I always have oatmeal with 1 tablespoon peanut butter, which works out to $5 for two weeks. This meal plan doesn't include snacks, so for me that was an additional $5 for cheese and crackers and $15 for a 100 calorie cottage cheese or greek yogurt every day.

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