I'm making one change per week for the 52 weeks in 2011 to make my family healthier and greener... on a shoestring budget.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Trying out organic produce
Last night I headed to the store for apples. I really dislike the unplanned trips to the store. It always seems like money spent and not much gained. Of course I bought things that we didn't really need, but the purchases will make my trip this weekend much shorter. My big find was organic apples for $.77/pound. That's awesome as most on the non-organics are around $1/pound. Add to that, we've been eating apples like crazy, so I picked up 6 pounds of those. Then I also got a few other organic items that were within a few cents of their non-organic counterpart. I picked up romaine hearts, baby carrots, celery, grape tomatoes and tortilla chips. Then I also got some broccoli, cauliflower, and a couple peaches (all non-organic). I've spent another $30+ that isn't in the budget and I will still need bananas and milk for next week. At this point, I'm just trying to minimize the damage. :)
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budget,
reflection,
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77c a pound is awesome for organic apples! I was excited the other week when organic braeburns were $1/b. We literally spend $10-15 a week on apples...
ReplyDeleteThat is an awesome price for apples! I get excited to get them for $1.25! And just think that even if you are going over your budget, you still are spending less on better food than you used to!
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