On Fridays we usually do the bulk of our grocery shopping. As I mentioned in a previous post, we have a pretty awesome co-op we shop at. This store allows us to order things online a week in advance, such as flours, nuts, seeds, bulk beans, etc. It's quite easy to stock up on things as we need them, and benefit from a member discount as well.
While picking up this order, we will grab our produce in the store at the same time. This store carries a large amount of local produce, all of it organic. This week we bought:
Bok Choy
Avocado
Romaine lettuce
Sweet and yellow potatoes
Apples
Carrots
Celery
Grapes
Kale
Lemons
Limes
Spaghetti Squash
Butternut Squash
Bell Peppers (Purple!)
Strawberries
Tangerines (the 2 year old's new favorite snack)
And picked up from the order:
Buckwheat flour
Spelt flours
Quinoa Flour
White Rice flours
Vanilla Flavor
Olives (C-bear and I LOVE olives!)
Tinkyada Brown Rice Pasta (Elbows & Penne)
People often ask me how I handle getting shopping down with two small children, and the truth is I often don't. Husband can usually swing by the store after work to grab our groceries on his way home, leaving me more time to
Fun links I've found perusing lately:
Healthy Choice-On the subject of homemade almond butter.
Chew On This-Ready to go mac n' cheese mix!
Quite possibly the best thing ever: Mo makes Thanksgiving in a cake. It is epic.
Happy Weekending!
7 comments:
Actually the Napa Cabbage (not bok choy) wasn't organic, I had to get that at Food Lion, along with the avocados, and both bags of potatoes. Unfortunately, for some things, the Co-Op is too expensive, particularly when I can get the same thing at the Food Lion withing walking distance of the house. I'll have a post tomorrow perhaps about the "Spring" Rolls I made with that cabbage.
I figured the receipt was wrong on that, it didn't seem bok-choy-ey enough to me.
Oh jeez those spring rolls were awesome.
I love that brown rice pasta!
I have never ever seen purple bell pepper, I am stunned! :)
(btw, thank you for the lovely comment!)
One of the local organic farms grows them, so they are available for a good part of the year. The best part is they turn back to green when cooked...
They do turn green, but they aren't "green" ones, yay! I dislike green ones.
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