This week’s groceries and menu. :)
So, in an effort to compare selection, quality, and price, I shopped at a different store this week. Much to my surprise, there is a HUGE bulk section, with lots of the same organic selections I find at whole foods, for much cheaper. Here’s this week’s grocery purchases, amount spent, and menu for the week: 
1.80 lbs spelt flour 2.39
1.20 lbs powdered sugar .58
bananas 1.03
organic raw sugar 1.94
Pinto beans .85
bulk choc chips 2.78
baking soda (bulk) .15
cat food (bulk) .67
pancake mix (bulk) 2.41
nonfat dry milk (just enough for my spelt bread recipe) .19
Yeast (almost a pound) 1.99
apples 2.16
turkey pepperoni 1.88
cheddar cheese 1.47
Gamesa cookies .30
2 cans ravioli’s (a splurge due to weird craving) 1.96
wesson oil 2.48
strawberries 2.98
butter 1.88
cat litter 3.86
milk 2.25
and two things that I cant identify. whatever that was cost 2.18. I’m sure it will come to me, but I cant tell what the abbreviation on the receipt means, LOL!!
Total: 38.79
Menu, starting tomorrow as my mom is cooking us dinner tonight, and the kids were not here today:
Monday:
Breakfast: cinnamon rolls (made them today, they will be frozen, and thawed/baked as needed through the week) ovalitine, apple slices
Lunch: Grilled cheese or peanut butter sandwiches (depending on the kid and their preference) banana slices
Dinner: Pinto beans, warm tortillas, roasted cubed potatoes, sopa de fideo, salsa
Tuesday:
Breakfast: Cinnamon pancakes, ovaltine
Lunch: Peanut butter w/apple slices, grilled cheese/peanut butter sandwiches
Dinner: Chicken breasts (I have a few packs in the freezer) couscous, corn
Wednesday:
Breakfast: Cinnamon rolls, banana slices, ovaltine
Lunch: Soup, sandwiches, vanilla kefir
Dinner: Homemade pepperoni pizza for the kids, homemade buffalo chicken pizza for Art and I
Thursday:
Breakfast: Baked oatmeal, apples w/cinnamon sugar, vanilla kefir
Lunch: Garlic cheese toast, soup
Dinner: Pasta w/spaghetti sauce, homemade bread (from the freezer that I am baking right now!)
Friday:
Breakfast: Pancakes, vanilla kefir
Lunch: gamesa cookies w/peanut butter, pasta w/butter and herbs, ovaltine
Dinner: Game hens, stuffing, mashed potaotes, veggies. (And bread I’m sure!)
I’m excited about this week, and looking forward to cleaning out my meat in the freezer.
October 19th, 2009 at 10:51 am
So how did you like the store you shopped at? Was it any cheaper than Whole Foods?
October 19th, 2009 at 11:47 am
well, I’m not gonna lie. It was no Whole Foods…but it was a TON cheaper, and although I definaltey wont shop there for everything, I dont mind getting our organic staples in bulk there, and the rest at some other markets I prefer.