Pork: $2.22 (two large lean pork chops)
Chicken: $5.24 (1 large chicken for roasting)
Avocados: $5.99 (5 large)
Campari Tomatoes: $3.99 (2 lbs.) (These are for M, I am skipping tomatoes)
Mushrooms: $4.29 (2 lbs.)
Artisan lettuce $3.99 (6 small heads)
Oranges: $3.79 (1 lb.)
Asparagus: $5.99 (2 lb)
Onions: $0.69 (3 large)
Organic baby carrots: $2.30 (2.5 lbs)
Sweet potatoes: $2.33 (3.3 lbs)
Steak $2.99 (1 lb.)
Eggs $.99 (1 dozen)
Coconut milk $3.50(3 cans)
Pumpkin $2.33 (1 large can)
Pears $1.17 (3 large pears)
Apples $4.99 (6 large honey crisp apples)
$56.79
Is this shopping list circa 1975? This would easily cost $100 where I live near Toronto.
ReplyDeleteCool I have a post along the same lines in the works for my blog, I was broke a few days ago and managed a whole weeks shop (for two) for fifty euros. Although with the exchange rate your works out considerably cheaper than mine!
ReplyDeleteWe shop Costco. The only way I can do it this cheaply is to buy in bulk and stretch it out. I have to buy lean conventionally raised meat to make this work...not ideal, but it really is the only option we have right now.
ReplyDeleteChuck said...
ReplyDeletei am sure somewhere on the site you talk about the quality of foods you buy. i wonder though if you are buying conventionally raised foods or are you buying grass fed, organic foods? the prices seem very good. i am not criticizing one way or another. just curious.
October 19, 2010 6:51 AM
Hi Chuck--
ReplyDeleteI had to move your comment as apparently I double posted that last one and you were on the version I chose to delete...so I moved you here to the longer comment thread. I have to buy conventionally raised meat atm. I would much prefer to buy grass fed and healthy meat, but simply can't afford it. One pastured chicken around here costs about $18 as opposed to $5 conventionally raised one. Very sad, but I need to stretch my budget. I buy primarily lean meat (except the occasional chicken)and try to eat lots of vegetables each day. I use the Environmental Working Group's "dirty dozen" list of vegetables and fruits to choose what to buy organic, and for the rest I buy whatever is cheapest. Costco has organic fruits and veggies. If I buy non-organic I use a good wash to make sure they are clean before I eat them. I also shop farmer's markets when I can and hunt and gather any vegetables lying around at work that may be the result of someone's garden bounty...:)