We shop once a week.
CSA weekly pickup supplies us with various organic veggies. This week:
1/2 lb. salad greens
2 heads garlic
nappa cabbage
a small eggplant
1 1/2 lb. carrots
2 lbs. potatoes
1 1/2 lb. beets
acorn squash
a few parsnips
small bunch kale
1 leek
1 bunch radishes
From the grocery store I spent about $35 on:
Grapes (on sale)
4 lbs. butter (it was on sale for $2.97 each - this will last us 2-3 months)
1 package of boneless skinless chicken breasts (on sale $2.88/lb.)
Indian Flatbread (on sale for $1.77)
Four 2L bottles of diet pop (on sale for 99cents each - will last a week or 2)
Five tubes Pilsbury crescent rolls (on sale 99cents each - will last 2-3 months)
Bag of sugar (5 lbs.? - regular price at discount place - will last months unless I make jam or jelly)
I also have one more grocery store to go to before this flyer is over. Prime rib is on sale for $4.99/lb. so we will probably buy 2. If it was on sale for $3.99/lb. we would stock up... maybe buy 3 or 4 depending on how good they look and their sizes. We'll eat a small one fresh and freeze the rest.
Our items at checkout look very strange... but what we buy from the grocery store is complimented by our CSA and what we already have at home. We have a very well-stocked pantry and chest freezer, so every week we are basically buying only items that are in the flyer.
We also re-stock the pantry/freezer as needed but only when the items are on sale at the right price (which is the lowest sale price we see on a semi-regular basis). For example, when canned tomatoes go on sale really cheap we buy a case or two. This week I was "stocking up" on butter, although some of the other items I bought this week will last for months too.
Eggs - I get a dozen every 2 weeks from a small farm for $2.75 (cage-free, brown eggs)
CSA weekly pickup supplies us with various organic veggies. This week:
1/2 lb. salad greens
2 heads garlic
nappa cabbage
a small eggplant
1 1/2 lb. carrots
2 lbs. potatoes
1 1/2 lb. beets
acorn squash
a few parsnips
small bunch kale
1 leek
1 bunch radishes
From the grocery store I spent about $35 on:
Grapes (on sale)
4 lbs. butter (it was on sale for $2.97 each - this will last us 2-3 months)
1 package of boneless skinless chicken breasts (on sale $2.88/lb.)
Indian Flatbread (on sale for $1.77)
Four 2L bottles of diet pop (on sale for 99cents each - will last a week or 2)
Five tubes Pilsbury crescent rolls (on sale 99cents each - will last 2-3 months)
Bag of sugar (5 lbs.? - regular price at discount place - will last months unless I make jam or jelly)
I also have one more grocery store to go to before this flyer is over. Prime rib is on sale for $4.99/lb. so we will probably buy 2. If it was on sale for $3.99/lb. we would stock up... maybe buy 3 or 4 depending on how good they look and their sizes. We'll eat a small one fresh and freeze the rest.
Our items at checkout look very strange... but what we buy from the grocery store is complimented by our CSA and what we already have at home. We have a very well-stocked pantry and chest freezer, so every week we are basically buying only items that are in the flyer.
We also re-stock the pantry/freezer as needed but only when the items are on sale at the right price (which is the lowest sale price we see on a semi-regular basis). For example, when canned tomatoes go on sale really cheap we buy a case or two. This week I was "stocking up" on butter, although some of the other items I bought this week will last for months too.
Eggs - I get a dozen every 2 weeks from a small farm for $2.75 (cage-free, brown eggs)
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