Sunday, August 7, 2011

Grocery List for Lauren

Okay Lauren. This is what I purchased for groceries;

Red Star Yeast (2.16)*
Quick Oats (1.52)*
Blackberries (4.99)
Orecchiette (2.85)*
Rigatoni (2.85)*
Pappardale (2.85)*
Garlic (0.84)
Linguine (2.85)*
Spinach (3.79)
2 dozen eggs (6.39)
Coastal Cheddar Cheese (6.99)
Fresh Mozzarella (7.29)
Goat Cheese (6.29)
Chicken Breasts (16.59)
Apple Sauce (8.99)*
Cocoa Powder (5.99)*
Strawberry Jam (6.79)*
Chocolate Chips (9.79)*
2 32 oz Plain Yogurt (5.00)
1 32 oz Vanilla Yogurt (2.50)
2 gallons 1% milk (10.00)
2 pints raspberries (5.00)
1 pkg strawberries (2.50)
1 bunch bananas (2.59)
Buttermilk (2.50)
5 lbs all-purpose flour (4.99)*
8 oz bacon (4.99)
Pasta Sauce (3.99)

The asterisk indicates an item that I keep in my food storage that I am replenishing. Do you want my food storage list?

So with tax I have spent about $152.50. I lost 2 of my receipts and tried to remember everything that I purchased, but this is everything I could remember. Everything on the list with the exception of the buttermilk was organic. When I do huge food things as social events I take that money out of entertainment, not our grocery fund, so for that dessert party I spent another $45 or so on ingredients and there is no way I can pull that out of our weekly money. Last week's CSA pick up included: 1 bag red potatoes, 1 bunch basil, 2 onions, 1 bunch swiss chard, 1 bunch carrots, a bag of green beans, 4 Anaheim peppers, 1 crookneck squash. I just remembered I also purchased some hummus, so that was another $3 or so.

Dinners the past few nights have included:

Chicken breasts stuffed with mozzarella and basil served with oven roasted purple potatoes and mascarpone cheese (leftover from another week), homemade pita bread and hummus, margherita pizzas, pasta and marinara sauce, and some crazy vegetable pasta dish I made with orzo, green beans, crookneck squash, and carrot.

1 comment:

Mike and Lauren said...

This is awesome. A food storage list would be great if you can, and the recipes are great to help me see how on earth you use the stuff that you are buying -- I'll be honest, I have no idea what kohlrabi even is! So it will be fun to experience new things. Thanks for all the time that you are taking to put this together for me!