Here is the list from my previous post:
Things in italics were already in our house.
- 1 cup walnut halves
- (bought previously) 4.75 cups long grain brown rice
- (made previously -- Nourishing Traditions) 10 3/4 cups chicken stock (we use homemade)
- 3 apples (we will use local honeycrisps)
- (CSA) 3/4 cup flat leaf parsley (fresh, packed)
- (CSA) 1/4 cup fresh dill (packed)
- 6 ozs cheddar cheese (grass fed, local)
- 8 chicken thighs (bone in skin)
- 1/2 cup maple syrup (I have this but we are low, so it is on the list!)
- (CSA) 8 cups (1/2-inch) cubed peeled eggplant (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- (CSA) 2 1/3 cups chopped tomato
- (CSA) 1 1/2 cups chopped onion
- 2 cups chopped carrot
- 1 cup chopped green cabbage
- 1 tablespoon minced peeled gingerroot
- (CSA) 5 garlic cloves
- (homemade -- Nourishing Traditions style) 2 cups tomato juice (homemade from the garden)
- 1 cup orange juice (juiced from organic oranges)
- (previously bought) 2 cups uncooked couscous (we will sub brown rice)
- (freezer stock) 2 cups chicken meat
- (freezer stock) 1 cup diced zucchini (from our freezer)
- (CSA) 1 cup broccoli florets
- (CSA) 1 cup canned whole tomatoes (I will use fresh)
- (staple stock) 1 cup celery
- (staple stock) 1 cup chopped onion
- (CSA) 1 cup chopped green bell pepper
- (staple stock) 1/2 cup PB
- (CSA) 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
- (CSA) 16 collard leaves or halves, a little bigger than hand size
- (freezer stock) 1/2 pound ground pork
- $7.50 -- 3 dozen total (locally bought) 1 egg, lightly beaten (local from down the road)
- (staple stock) 1 cup quinoa (color of your choice!)
- (CSA) 1 acorn squash, cut into 1 inch slices
- (CSA) 1 cup Arugula
- (CSA) 1 small bunch of chard, about 5 leaves
- 1/4 cup Toasted Pecans
- (stock) 1/4 cup Toasted Pepitas
- (staple stock) 1 tablespoon honey (we use local)
- (staple stock) 1 teaspoon dijon mustard (homemade)
- 2 lemons
- (CSA) 5 pounds potatoes
- (Homemade - Nourishing Traditions) 1 3/4 cups Greek yogurt (I use full-fat, homemade from raw milk)
- (Homemade - Nourishing Traditions) 1/4 cup sour cream (full-fat, homemade, raw milk)
- (CSA) 1 tablespoon minced fresh dill
- (CSA) 1 hothouse or English cucumber (1 pound), unpeeled but quartered lengthwise, seeds remove)
With this in mind, here is what we needed to buy:
This was bought by my husband since he got off work early. Note: he bought a LOT of oranges!?
$1.72 Bulk Walnuts
$1.08 Bulk Pecans
$9.98 2 Maple Syrup Glasses
$10.00 Oranges
$0.66 Lemons
Total: $23.10
This is what was bought at the market:
$5.95 4 Honeycrisp Apples
$3.00 Carrots
$17.15 Grassfed, free range chicken breasts
$6.00 Raw milk, grass fed 1 gallon
$5.00 11 oz of raw milk, grass fed cheddar
$17.75 Sausage (this was a stock up item)
$2.00 Cabbage
$7.50 3 dozen free range eggs
Total: $64.35
Weekly total budget: $87.45
If you were to include the $23ish a week we spent previously for our CSA, our total would come to $110.45. Not too bad for non-GMO, no gluten, awesome ingredients! This will feed us all week. We would have leftovers for freezing, but we eat them for lunches and one night of the week since we go to church on Saturday evening and there isn't time to cook.
I should add that in the "take and share" box at our CSA pick up location there was one bunch of collards. I literally squeed! I took that bad boy and replaced it with some lettuce that would have been a struggle to finish. I'll be making a double recipe of the stuffed collards to freeze for later. WOOHOO! These prices fall in the Central Pennsylvania area. This particular market has the best prices that I can find. If I needed to buy veggies from here I could haggle prices, but there's no need. Admittedly, we eat very little meat. Can you see why?
I'll be posting tonight's dinner in a little while :)
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