Groceries: week of May 28-June 3

Not bad on the budget this week—only $23.19 spent on produce, dairy, and a few extras to supplement what we’ve already got on hand in the pantry and freezer. The garden is teeming with herbs and snow peas, and the strawberries should be ripening any day now, which should keep us in snacks and sorbet for at least a couple of months. See below for the complete receipt breakdown, and what everything we bought this week will be used for.

Items purchased for this week:
• 1 1/2 lbs. Granny Smith apples (half for two quarts of apple-miso ice cream): $1.26
• 1 bunch bananas: $1.83
• 3 bulbs garlic: $1
• 1 head cabbage: $1.32
• 1 bunch cilantro (to supplement the Aerogarden crop): 49 cents
• 2 large shallots: 96 cents
• 1 jalapeño: 13 cents
• 1 serrano pepper: 5 cents
• 8 oz. Jack cheese: $1.79
• 1 can Spam: $2.59
• 4 oz. Parmesan cheese: $2.69
• 1 carton cream: $2.49
• 1 tall carton whole milk: $1.39
• 1/2 lb. peanuts: $1.39
• 1 large can hominy: $2.49

Bulk items purchased for the pantry/future use:
• Curry powder: $1.32

GRAND TOTAL: $23.19

Meals for this week (plus leftovers):

–Rotelle with roasted-carrot sauce
–Roasted garlic soup with bread toasts
–Asian Spam & noodles
–Pozole verde
–Pork and noodles in tamarind sauce
–Asian slaw with peanuts & rice

Breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and dessert:

–Hot oatmeal “granola” with walnuts and blueberries
-Garden eggs and homemade bread
–Apple-miso ice cream
-Apples and bananas
-Homemade bread and peanut butter (bulk PB from Costco)
-Snow peas from the garden