Meal plan · family

Classic Beef Stew

Chuck browned hard, then three hours at a bare tremble until the connective tissue gives up and the broth turns glossy.

Serves 6Cooking for The West FamilyOn hand 6 of 9Area seattle
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The dish

Every ingredient checked against this kitchen's actual stock, then against recorded prices in the area. Nothing here is estimated.

IngredientBeef chuckTo buy

$8.99 at Pike Place Butcher · recorded 2026-08-06 · $2.00 under the area median

IngredientYellow onionOn hand

4 each in the pantry · nothing to buy

IngredientCarrotOn hand

6 each in the crisper · nothing to buy

IngredientWaxy potatoTo buy

$2.79 at Corner Market · recorded 2026-08-05 · $0.70 under the area median

IngredientCeleryOn hand

1 bunch in the crisper · nothing to buy

IngredientGarlicOn hand

3 bulb in the pantry · nothing to buy

IngredientThymeOn hand

1 bunch in the fridge door · nothing to buy

IngredientBeef stockOn hand

2 quart in the pantry · nothing to buy

IngredientDry red wineTo buy

$7.99 at Pike Place Butcher · recorded 2026-08-06 · $1.00 under the area median

Green already in the kitchen · Amber to buy, price recorded · Red no price on record

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What this costs you today

Already in the pantry, 6 items$11.20
To buy, 3 items at the cheapest recorded price$19.77
Of which, below the area median$3.70
Out of pocket today$19.77

One stop: BigMart Rainier carries every item on this list for $23.47. Stores that stock only part of the basket are excluded, however cheap they look.

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Other things you could make

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Sunday Pot Roast7 ingredients777‰2a shop first
Garden Vegetable Soup7 ingredients777‰1one item away
Aromatic Stock6 ingredients666‰0cook it now
Steak Frites4 ingredients444‰2a shop first
Overlap is the share of the two ingredient lists that is common to both, in parts per thousand. 1000 means the same ingredients entirely. Dishes sharing nothing with this one are left out rather than padded in.
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