So this first grocery run of the month was mostly all stuff for my big birthday bash that I threw last weekend:
New Seasons
capers: $2.79 — for a marinated eggplant salad
gruyere cheese: $11.19 — for gougeres
American grana cheese: $3.60
eggplant: $3.40
apple chicken sausage: $1.68
collard greens: $2.29 — I’ve been obsessed with collard greens lately! They’ve totally ousted the kale somehow in my cruciferous love life
fresh mint: $0.57
blood orange: $1.29 — for whiskey sour punch!
shallots: $7.38 — for caramelized shallots
eggs: $1.99
can of lemonade: $1.45 — for the aforementioned punch
can of orange juice: $1.49
gruyere cheese: $11.19 — for gougeres
American grana cheese: $3.60
eggplant: $3.40
apple chicken sausage: $1.68
collard greens: $2.29 — I’ve been obsessed with collard greens lately! They’ve totally ousted the kale somehow in my cruciferous love life
fresh mint: $0.57
blood orange: $1.29 — for whiskey sour punch!
shallots: $7.38 — for caramelized shallots
eggs: $1.99
can of lemonade: $1.45 — for the aforementioned punch
can of orange juice: $1.49
TOTAL: $39.12
REMAINING FOR MONTH: $110.88
New Seasons
Cut up fryer chicken: $8.84 — this month instead of roasting a whole chicken, I’ve been seasoning these individual pieces with salt, nutritional yeast, and herbs, wrapping them in foil and freezing them. In the morning while I get ready for work I just pop the foil ball in the oven at 400 degrees and let it roast for 40 minutes, toss it in my lunch bag with a tupperware of spinach and other fun toppings like blue cheese, sunflower seeds, chopped red onion, and chopped blood orange, and I have an amazing roasted chicken salad for lunch!
Red onion: $1.01
carrots: $0.74
celery: $2.01
half and half: $1.49
heavy whipping cream: $3.19 — making butter this week!
top sirloin steak: $5.75
extra firm tofu: $1.99
mixed greens: $2.03
spinach leaves: $3.36
tortillas: $1.25
baby red potatoes: $4.13
yellow onion: $0.95
broccoli: $2.13
green onions: $0.99
tomatoes: $2.84 — OMG, hothouse tomatoes from California?! Tomatoes, I’ve missed you so…
grapefruit: $2.09
blood orange: $1.23
Red onion: $1.01
carrots: $0.74
celery: $2.01
half and half: $1.49
heavy whipping cream: $3.19 — making butter this week!
top sirloin steak: $5.75
extra firm tofu: $1.99
mixed greens: $2.03
spinach leaves: $3.36
tortillas: $1.25
baby red potatoes: $4.13
yellow onion: $0.95
broccoli: $2.13
green onions: $0.99
tomatoes: $2.84 — OMG, hothouse tomatoes from California?! Tomatoes, I’ve missed you so…
grapefruit: $2.09
blood orange: $1.23
TOTAL: $46.02
REMAINING FOR MONTH: $64.86 (or $31.37 if I’m going to be good and try to make up for last month…)