Groceries

Well, it's actually winter feeling. It is cloudy and windy and cold- under 40 degrees, which is major considering yesterday it was almost 70. Anyways, I got called very early this morning to watch my niece this afternoon, so I had to hustle with my girls to the grocery store because we were out of food! I thought I would post what I got for fun.

I spent $99.13 at Brookshires and this is what I got:

One 5lb bag unbleached flour
2 gallons distilled water
One 5lb bag of whole wheat flour
1 jug of juice (for drinking)
6 cans of canned tomato products
2 cans mandarin oranges
1 can pineapple chunks
1 can tomato soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
2 boxes macaroni and cheese
1 can organic coffee
CoffeeMate creamer (I caved on this one because I've not been buying it for a long time)
Craisins
1 gallon whole milk
paper plates
frozen broccoli
frozen green beans
frozen peas
1 package of gallon size baggies
whole wheat spaghetti
macaroni elbows
1 pack of corn dogs
1 bag of mini marshmallows
2lbs ground beef
2 18 count eggs
1 pack of bacon
2 cans tuna
1 small sour cream
8oz block of cheddar cheese
1 package of processed cheese
1 box powdered milk (for hot chocolate mix and bath products)
1 box strawberry jello
1 can refried beans
1 large package tortillas
1 loaf of bread
1 bag brown rice
1 bag pinto beans
2 heads of garlic
1 head leaf lettuce
1 green bell pepper
celery
green bananas (I have some ripe ones already)
golden delicious apples
1 bag russet potatoes

3 packages of markers and crayons
drawing paper


I may need more butter and milk later, but that's what I got for now. You may have noticed that I have more processed food on my list than I used to. With everything being so busy lately, I've just decided that sometimes we need some convenience with food, especially with kids. I do still make kefir and homemade bread; I soak our grains, beans and flour; I use good quality fats like virgin coconut oil and butter; I mostly use natural sweeteners and I have a new kombucha brew going. While I love cooking, there are other things that I have to devote time to and just need an easy plan for meals. I try to balance everything and make sure we are getting good nutrition; we may eat corndogs and french fries for lunch, but breakfast would have been something good like soaked oatmeal with raw honey and kefir and dinner would include a fresh salad and green veggies with good fats. ( breakfast was a less sweet rice pudding and kefir, dinner is cheesy beef and rice, green beans and salad) Anyways, I feel fine about it, so that's what we're doing :)

Time to clean up this house- it's a wreck- and make hot chocolate mix to go with the gingerbread I baked this morning :)