One of the many things you hear people say is make a shopping list and stick to it. But what most people don't tell you is to keep your shopping list simple. The more complicated your shopping list, the more money you are going to watch go right out the door. Keeping it simple means sticking to the basics, Fruit, Veggies, Meats, Beans, Pasta, Flour and a few canned goods.
Making a shopping list does not necessarily save you money, but instead make you spend more money. This is why you find shopping list inside Foodie magazines, and all the items are not money saving or stuff that can be made into left overs. They usually consist of small things that have to be use in one day. If you want to save money stick to the basics, and keep it plain.
As with any food store prices with fluctuate, so you buy according to what is lower. For instance cauliflower at Winco rose to $5.00 a head. Um....yeah... no! So for a while we bought from the frozen section.
Their were scenes in my videos were I used lot of extras, that we, no longer buy. Balsamic vinegar...too much sugar. We cut bread out completely, except for the bagel. And so on.
Here is what we and buy.
X - when times are hard we don't buy.
/ - Depending.
FRUIT:
Apples from store.
Apples off tree Pick seasonally (FREE)
Grapes / Not all the time.
Avocado. /
Oranges
Bananas
Strawberries. X
Blue Berries X This is considered a treat. They are $3.00, so we don't buy these often.
Mangos. X
Cherries X
Frozen Blue Berries /
Black Berries picked seasonally (FREE)
FIGS Picked seasonally (FREE)
Plumbs picked seasonally (FREE)
White Elderberries picked seasonlly (FREE)
Tangerines picked seasonally (FREE)
Peaches Picked seasonally (FREE) coming soon.
Persimmons seasonally (FREE)
VEGGIES:
Broccoli
Caluliflower X
Celery
Kale /
Chard Greens /
Cabbage
Carrots
Yellow squash X
Mexican squash X
PotatosX
Yam /
Yukon Potatoes X
Red Potatoes X
Sweet Potatoes /
Romain Lettus /
Spinach X
Cherry Tomatoes X
Tomatoes seasonally picked.
White Onions
Squash X
Garlic
Jalapenos /
Anaheim pepper /
Poblano pepper /
Bell Peppers X
Artichoke X When they look good and the price is good. So not very often
Mallow seasonal (Free)
GRAINS & NOODLES
2 Bagels Only when we do a 50 mile bike ride.
Cereal X
Oats (in 15lb bags) Not from Winco
Brown Rice. (in 25lb bags)
Sushi Rice small bag. X But a small bag goes a long way.
Spaghetti
Elbow Macaronie
Shells
Chuka Soba noddles X
LEGUMES: Note: I have a nice back stock of these, so I don't need to buy then every time I go shopping.
Bulk bins from winco.
Lentils
Cobra Beans
Wheat Berrie
Groats
Pinto Beans
Navy beans
Kindney beans.
BAKING GOODES
Flour 25lb bag
Brown Sugar
White Sugar
Baking Soda
Baking Powder
Chocolate chips /
Hershey's Cocoa powder X
DAIRY
Butter /
Milk /
Cheese X This is a real treat.
MEATS:
Chicken Flats
Turkey ground 1lb size
Turkey Sausage X
Fryers
2 slices of low sodium turkey from the deli. To go with the bagel. (not joking)
FISH:
Salmon Caught fresh by my step dad. :)
Shrimp X
CANNED:
Pineapple X
Tuna X /
Refried Beans. X /
Olives X
Tomato paste
Stewed tomatoes X
Garbanzo Beans
DRINKS:
Coffee Home made and purchased X
Tea
Water
CONDIMENTS OR...
Olive oil X
Rice Vinegar I use rice vinegar to replace the oive oil. X can just use broth of Stock.
NORI Seaweed. X
Honey X
SPICES & HERB
Cilantro
Cumin
Cinnamon
Sage
Pepper
Turmeric
Paprika
Thyme
Rose Mary
any thing I can get my hands one that isn't over 65 cents.
GOODIES:
We normally do not buy goodies to bring home in big sizes bags. They usually consumed on a outing. And purchased in the serving size amount, to make sure when it's gone, their no more calories to be consumed. I don't plan to gain my weight back. Oh when you buy in serving size your total come out to 20 cents and some time lower.
Seaweed snacks
Peach rings Serving size
Chocolate mix Serving size
Turmeric Coconut Cashew nuts serving size
Ice cream as a treat every 6 to 8 month. I'm serious I write in on the calender.
Pizza as a treat once a month.
This is pretty much it. If I left any thing out I add it later.
And from this is what I make all of my meal from.
Hope you found this amusing. ;)
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