It’s close to the end of the month, and my birthday is on Sunday!! I’m trying to keep this week’s grocery budget under $60 so that Rami has more money for presents. And so I can get a pedicure at the end of the month.
I already spent $43 at Greenling on our local box, plus 1 lb. tomatoes, 1 head of butter lettuce, milk and a surprise me! That leaves $17 for groceries, plus whatever leftover food I can scrounge from my pantry and fridge. Can I do it???
Here’s what’s coming in the local box:
- Fresh Black-Eyed Peas – Naegelin
- Limes – G&S Groves
- Lentil Sprouts – Groovy Greens
- Indian Cucumbers – My Father’s Farm
- Sweet Italian Peppers – Lundgren
- Red Potatoes – Naegelin
- Butternut Squash – Massey
- Sorrel or Canary Melon or Eggplant – Tecolote
- Herb – Pure Luck
- Yellow Onion – Naegelin
- Okra – Bradshaw Farm
Here’s what I’m gonna make:
Wednesday: Sorrel Soup garnished w/plain yogurt, hash browned potatoes
Thursday: Fattoush salad with steamed lentil sprouts, pita with hummus
Friday: Old Fashioned Wilted Lettuce, Garlicky Butternut Squash, spiked limeade
Saturday: Black eyed peas, cornbread
Sunday: Misc. leftovers (I’ll be working at an event for my job that night)
Monday: Okra gumbo, rice
Tuesday: Weelicious pepper tofu packets
Wednesday: Weelicious pepper tofu packets
Most of the perishable ingredients for the recipes above will come from Greenling. I’ll be able to scrounge the dry ingredients and 3 cups of chicken stock from my pantry. The rest, hopefully, will come out to less than $17! Here’s the grocery list:
Phoenicia pita ($2)
10 slices Bacon ($4)
Bunch parsley ($.50)
Mushrooms ($2)
Extra firm tofu ($2.50)
Cereal ($4)
2 cups chicken broth ($2)