I'm still looking for a better title than Grocery Expenses. Any thoughts? Anything at all? Steals and Deals? Food 4 Us? If anyone has any nice, alliterative title that you'd like to share, I really would like to hear it!
I didn't actually hit up the store that much this week. We've been hitting up the Farmer's Markets and Farm Stands pretty hard, and I had a huge grocery run last week that should tide us through on the BIG stuff for a few more days.
I've been canning spaghetti sauce, salsa, and made some pretty fantastic oven roasted tomatoes to use in chili this fall and winter. I added jalapenos to the tomatoes, along with onion and garlic.... Is that what Emeril calls the Holy Trinity - except I used tomatoes instead of celery, and jalapenos instead of bell peppers, so maybe not quite Emerils version of the Holy Trinity, but definitely MY version!
I also picked up a bushel of apples. The apples are beginning to come in around here, and we are in apple heaven right now! We ate a lot of that bushel straight up, but I did manage to get one tasty apple crisp made! The apple tree in our back yard is coming in right now, and I am hoping to get enough apples off of that tree to make apple butter next week.
Here's our expenses for the week:
Local Homestead Products: $65.93
bushel of apples, 25 pounds of tomatoes, peach ice cream
sweet Italian sausage, gingersnaps, corn on the cob
South Mountain Creamery: $19.78
yogurt, milk, cheese, and eggs
Farmer's Market: $14
jalapenos, bell peppers, & garlic for the salsa
sweet potatoes, black berries
Total for the week: $99.71
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