🧊 Meal Prep
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Shopping List — Meal Prep Day

Just what you need to buy for the batch, split by store. Assumes you already have basic pantry staples on hand — see the bottom list; add any you're short on.

Costco is bulk — small-quantity items are flagged (bulk); stock rotates so a few say (if in stock). BC note: wine isn't sold in Costco warehouses — it's on the liquor list.

Protein tip: the 2 rotisserie chickens cover the pot pie, caprese lasagna, and both enchiladas. The thigh pack is just for the dumplings. The green curry now uses prawns.

🛒 Costco (Langford)

Meat & Seafood

  • 2 rotisserie chickens (shredded — pot pie, caprese lasagna, both enchiladas)
  • Chicken thighs — 1 pack (dumplings, 1½ lb)
  • Chuck roast — 3 lb (pot roast)
  • Pork shoulder / butt — ~5 lb (carnitas)
  • Raw prawns, peeled & deveined — frozen bag (green curry, ~1 lb; bulk)
  • Bacon (zuppa; bulk)
  • Bulk mild/sweet Italian sausage — 1 lb (zuppa; if in stock)
  • Ground beef — 1 lb (meatballs)
  • Ground pork — 1 lb (meatballs; or use all beef)
  • Optional: cooked ham (egg cups variation)

Produce

  • Yellow onions — 3 lb bag
  • Red onion (often in a mixed bag)
  • Garlic — bag (need ~4 heads incl. 2 whole)
  • Carrots — 5 lb bag (bulk)
  • Celery (bulk — need 1 bunch)
  • Bell peppers — 6-pack
  • Cremini/bella mushrooms — 3 packs (pot pie, green curry, wild rice soup + veg lasagna)
  • Baby spinach — big box
  • Kale — 1 bunch (wild rice soup)
  • Sweet potatoes (bulk — need 4: 2 enchiladas + 1 soup + 1 veg lasagna)
  • Yukon gold potatoes — bag
  • Baby potatoes — 1 lb (pot roast, optional)
  • Bananas (need ~7 very ripe — buy early to ripen)
  • Blueberries — big clamshell
  • Lemons — bag (need ~3)
  • Limes — bag (need ~5)
  • Oranges — bag (need 2)
  • Avocados — bag (need 1 — buy near serving)
  • Cherry tomatoes — big pack
  • Roma / on-the-vine tomatoes

Dairy, Cheese & Eggs

  • Eggs — 2 dozen
  • Unsalted butter — 1 lb x4 pack
  • Heavy / whipping cream
  • Whole milk — jug
  • Sour cream — big tub
  • Plain Greek yogurt — tub
  • Cream cheese (low-fat may need grocery)
  • Ricotta — 15 oz (veg lasagna)
  • Mozzarella — 2 blocks (caprese + veg lasagna; grate your own)
  • Sharp cheddar — block (mac)
  • Swiss cheese — block (mac)
  • Monterey Jack — ~2 lb block (both enchiladas + carnitas burritos; grate your own)
  • Feta — tub
  • Parmesan — wedge
  • Boursin (if in stock, often a 2-pack)

Canned & Bulk

  • Black beans — big cans / multipack (need 4× 14 oz)
  • Coconut milk — multipack (need 5 cans; if in stock)
  • Diced tomatoes — 28 oz (veg lasagna — or use the tomato-sauce batch)
  • Crushed tomatoes — 4× 28 oz (tomato-sauce batch ×3 + lentil curry)
  • Tomato paste — small can/tube (tomato-sauce batch)
  • Canned corn — multipack
  • Marinated artichoke hearts (drain well; or canned from grocery)
  • Cream of chicken soup — Campbell's pack (dumplings)
  • Wild rice — 1 cup (soup)
  • White rice — bag (carnitas burritos)
  • Optional: marinara/pasta sauce — jar (the tomato-sauce batch covers the meatballs)
  • Large 10-inch flour tortillas — burrito size (carnitas burritos)
  • Elbow macaroni — big bag (mac)
  • Panko breadcrumbs — Kirkland
  • Semi-sweet chocolate chips — big bag (banana bread + pancakes)

Freezer & Drinks

  • Frozen peas — bag (pot pie + dumplings)
  • Chicken broth/stock — Kirkland pack (~12 cups)
  • Beef broth (pot roast)
  • Coca-Cola — case (carnitas)
  • Optional: frozen blueberries (for muffins)

🏪 Elsewhere

Regular grocery (Save-On / Superstore / Walmart Langford)

  • Half & half cream (caprese lasagna)
  • Buttermilk (waffles; or make with milk + lemon)
  • Fresh mozzarella / whole-milk mozz slices ×12 (caprese)
  • Ginger — 1 knob
  • Serrano peppers ×3 or jalapeños ×2 (carnitas)
  • Fresh basil (caprese + veg lasagna)
  • Fresh cilantro ×2 bunches
  • Fresh parsley
  • Fresh rosemary + thyme (pot roast)
  • Pie crust — e.g. Tenderflake (pot pie)
  • Refrigerated biscuit dough — Pillsbury (dumplings — buy fresh)
  • 6-inch tortillas ×12 (sweet potato enchiladas)
  • Soft flour tortillas ×8 (honey-lime — unless using the Costco pack)
  • Lasagna noodles — 1 box regular + 1 box no-boil
  • Brown lentils — 1 cup dried
  • Sun-dried tomatoes — jar (caprese)
  • Salsa verde — jar (sweet potato enchiladas)

Asian / Latin market (specialty)

  • Thai green curry paste ⚠️ check label for nuts/sesame
  • Fish sauce
  • Kaffir lime leaves (optional)
  • Green mole sauce — Doña María (honey-lime enchiladas)

Liquor store (BC Liquor / private)

  • Red wine — small bottle (pot roast)
  • Dry/semi-dry white wine — small bottle (pot pie + zuppa)

🧂 Pantry staples (tick what you have; buy if short)

  • Flour
  • Granulated & brown sugar
  • Confectioners' sugar
  • Baking soda & baking powder
  • Vanilla extract
  • Cornstarch
  • Honey
  • Maple syrup
  • Olive & canola oil
  • Coconut oil
  • Worcestershire sauce
  • Ketchup / mayo / BBQ sauce
  • Salt & pepper
  • Cumin — ground (+ whole cumin & coriander seeds)
  • Chili powder + ancho chili powder
  • Paprika + smoked paprika
  • Turmeric · cayenne
  • Mexican oregano
  • Garlic & onion powder
  • Cinnamon · ground sweet basil
  • Dried thyme / rosemary / parsley · bay leaf
  • Red pepper flakes
  • Poppy seeds

(Bolded ones are less common — double-check you have them.)