Before I get to that, here is a list of the meals and snacks I went shopping for today:
Meals:
- Rolled oats (oatmeal) with peanut butter and banana
- Southwestern Salad
- Spinach, Tomato, and Feta stuffed chicken with quinoa
- Turkey meatballs with spaghetti squash
- Hard boiled egg whites with black beans, salsa, and guacamole (I hate scrambled egg whites)
Snacks:
- Hard boiled eggs
- Homemade hummus with celery
- Greek yogurt with fruit
- Rice cakes with peanut butter
Here's the damage from the three different places I shopped...
Costco
Cub Foods
Whole Foods
I only go to Coscto when I need to stock up on something like fruit or grains -- aside from household items. I couldn't find regular quinoa so I purchased the 4lb bag of Red Quinoa for $15.99.
- 4lb bag of Red Quinoa
- Pineapple (2) (Cub had these cheaper though I don't know how the quality would compare)
- Blueberries ($6.79 for 18oz)
- 10lbs of Old Fashioned Rolled Oats ($7.89 - I wish they would have been organic!)
Total Damage (with tax) = $36.65
Cub Foods
(apologies--I am not a photographer nor am I aspiring to be one at the moment)
I don't normally like doing the bulk of my shopping at Cub Foods but at the moment, I can't afford to do all my shopping at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. One thing I know for sure to stay away from is their meat selection. I'd go to Rainbow Foods for my meat before buying it from Cub. Everything I purchased at Cub:
- GOYA Black Beans
- GOYA Garbanzo Beans
- 4.5lb bag of Pink Lady Apples
- Grape Tomatoes (on sale for $1.88!)
- Spaghetti Squash
- Sliced mushrooms
- Vine tomatoes (3)
- Roma Tomatoes (2)
- Organic Bananas
- Cilantro
- Zucchini
- Spinach
- Romaine Lettuce
- English Cucumber (4/$5 but I only purchased one)
- Celery
Total Damage (with tax) = $34.06
Whole Foods
For the past 2-3 years, I've purchased all my meat and dairy from Whole Foods or Trader Joe's. It makes a huge difference in quality...but also in price--and not in a good way. The regular packages of chicken breast (usually three come in a package--a little over 1lb) were around $8-$10 depending on varying weight. I always purchase the large "value" package of chicken breast. Today is was $5.94/lb and the package I purchased was 3.19lbs. I plan to use 1lb for grinding in my food processor for next week's lettuce wraps (recipe coming soon!), two breasts for the stuffed chicken, and the rest I will top my Southwestern Salad with or freeze.
What I bought from Whole Foods:
- 1lb Ground turkey breast ($6.99/lb)
- Feta cheese crumbles (used to buy the huge tub for $8 but I never use it all...)
- Fage 0% plain Greek yogurt
- Chicken Breasts
- Peanut butter (They had the Whole Foods 365 generic brand...but it was NOT organic! Bummer!)
- Garlic (three heads)
- 1 large organic yellow onion
- 2 dozen organic brown eggs
- 1 bag of salt-free brown rice cakes (the same brand at Cub was almost $1.50 more!)
- 3 organic bass avocados
- Muir Glenn Garlic Roasted Garlic pasta sauce (YUM!)
Total Damage (with tax and roundup donation) = $64.00
Grand total: $134.71
Of course, many of these items I've purchased will last me more than one week. I don't normally have to purchase rolled oats, chicken breast, eggs, quinoa, and Greek yogurt, etc. every week. The big mistake I made was forgetting my coupons at home. I had at least $8-$10 in savings at Cub foods and maybe about $5 for Whole Foods.
What I will do differently next time:
What I will do differently next time:
- Bring my coupons
- Purchase my meats at a local butcher shop/meat market
- Grind my own turkey and chicken breast into ground meat
- Purchase peanut butter from Trader Joe's
What would you have done differently and what are your preferences as far as where you purchase your groceries?
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