Saturday, May 02, 2009

a few meals, groceries!

It's been a busy week, but I have a few tasty meals stored up on the camera to show!

Poached eggs, hashbrowns, and a banana:
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Apples and maple syrup over broiled polenta:
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Grilled cheese and tomato soup:
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And, I FINALLY made it to the grocery store yesterday! Wee!

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BULK:
organic walnuts
local slivered almonds
locally roasted, organic, fair-trade coffee
local, organic rolled oats
organic dried cranberries
dried blueberries

CHEESE:
local, organic medium cheddar

FROZEN:
Rising Moon organic artichoke and olive ravioli

PACKAGED GROCERY:
tomato paste
organic low-sodium tamari
organic creamy tomato soup
Seventh Generation TP

PRODUCE:
local, hydroponic romaine
organic cucumber
organic banana
organic avocadoes (88 cents each!!)
organic lemons
organic artichokes
organic asparagus
organic eggplant
jalapeno
local, hydroponic tomatoes
local alfalfa sprouts
organic dAnjou pears

REFRIGERATED GROCERY:
organic whole-wheat tortillas
Naked Juice "Green Machine" smoothie

Almost a third of my purchase was local this week! Woo!

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Meal plan for the weekend:
Friday night: grilled cheese and tomato soup (see above)
Saturday lunch: egg salad sandwiches, green salads or fruit
Saturday dinner: ravioli, asparagus and/or artichokes

I also picked up many ingredients to make fantastic sandwiches, homemade refried beans, and big salads for work this week. YUM.

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I'm off to the Farmer's Market with Courtney (and possibly Ashley) this morning, and then we're headed to the Goodwill and Half-Priced books to make the big purge! I'm excited to get all of these bags out of my living room. :)

2 comments:

Sharon said...

Have a blast at the Farmers Market!
And love the grilled cheese, your grocery hauls are awesome as well!

Anonymous said...

Artichokes! Yum...didn't you want to invite me over for dinner!? I hope you enjoy them, along with those lovely red tomatoes :o)

Courtney