A Week's Groceries

I've been thinking about doing this for a while, but never manage to either keep complete track of or forget to post about the weekly tally for our groceries. We have been doing the CSA for a full year now. I am so proud of the positive changes we have made since then. It has been like a domino effect! One thing I had to get over, and a common theme I often hear from friends and family is COST. Yes, in general, it seems to cost more to eat local, organic and seasonal - especially when you include grass-fed beef or pastured eggs. However, we have cut down our eating-out habits to about once a week. We have also cut down on extraneous side dishes at dinner (like pre-seasoned rice/potatoes/couscous in a box).

Here is what we spent for groceries this week:

CSA box + 1 dozen eggs: $31.50
1 brisket (grass-fed): $16 (2 lbs)
1 sirloin steak (grass-fed): $14 (1.25 lbs)
Wild King Salmon: $12.50 for 1.8 lbs! (farmer's market! fresh from British Columbia...not local) - 2 dinners
1 Trout: $4.00
Milk: $6.00
Extra apples: $4.00 (6)
= $88.00

Between the meat, fish and eggs + the veg we get in our box - we are good for the week. I swear to you. Sure, we'll get some extras like mushrooms, extra broccoli and we need a loaf of bread. And, yeah, we've got a frozen chicken that we are going to roast if we don't have enough leftovers once all of this is done. But, for the most part, this is it.

I hope this was somewhat convincing!