Tuesday, January 26, 2010

groceries, week 3


oof, it's been awhile. life has been busy! these are the groceries from two sundays ago - didn't do a formal grocery shopping trip last sunday since i was in a frenzy at the prospect for cooking for 7.

as it turns out, i'm impossible at holding onto receipts for longer than a week, but i do remember that the bill for everything above came out to about $33. most of the last week was just making burritos and enchiladas in various forms, since i challenged myself to finish an entire package before they slowly withered into submission in my fridge crisper drawer. you know what i'm talking about.

but the short list (sans individual prices). bought more items from trader joe's than normal, so it stretched my dollar a bit more than usual.
  • whole wheat flour
  • tortillas
  • red cabbage
  • yellow popcorn
  • green onions
  • italian parsley
  • avocado
  • portabella mushrooms
  • crimini mushrooms
  • yellow sweet onions
  • mexican blend cheese
  • coconut milk
  • artichoke hearts
  • soy sauce
  • tomato and roasted pepper soup
  • cauliflower
  • basil
the last week and a half have yielded a lot of mediocre food and initial lukewarm results from new recipes. you can't win 'em all, eh? lots of deadlines and readings and makings have also led to a lot of dinners consisting of random vegetables and popcorn. having company for the weekend also threw off the clear delineation between weekly budgeting, but business should be resuming to normal soon!

there was a single notable success with a pepper curry recipe, which i will have to post later (and cross my fingers that i remembered to take pictures of it. all of these meals lately have been blending together!)

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