Grocery Results 1/11/10

*Sigh*...'tis raining again. As I sit here typing, I can hear the rain hitting the windows. It's not enough to drown out the roar of the creek, but pretty close!

I love the roar of the creek.

It drowns out the noise from the kids.

Summertime is bittersweet.

I've been spending the rainy days planning our 2010 garden. It will be so nice to be able to dig in the warm, fresh-tilled dirt.

This is what our garden looks like now...

Not very impressive at the moment, but just wait...

In the meantime, I'll just figure out how to make my potatoes do this...

My potato is in the middle. The others are from Idaho. Show-offs. I may need to make a trip to Idaho and round me up some of that dirt.

Here's how the shopping trip went.

Country Village (health food shop)

White, organic miso paste $5.99

Red, organic miso paste $5.99

Subtotal: $11.98

Fred Meyer

2 quarts 1/2&1/2 $4.58

2 quarts buttermilk $3.38

Soba noodles $3.29

2.58 lbs. cauliflower $3.84

10 lbs. King Arthur all-purpose flour $6.98

2 gallons organic, whole milk $9.98

Subtotal: $32.00

Winco Foods

anchovy paste $1.89

2 lbs. Tillamook butter $4.98

bow-tie pasta $1.96

cherry tomatoes $2.78

2 Roma tomatoes $.39

baby spinach $2.48

whole wheat pita pockets $1.68

bulk sesame seeds (.46#) $1.23

fresh basil $.98

dried cherries (.77#) $4.80

Daisy sour cream $2.93

bulk, organic brown rice (5.63#) $9.94

bulk granola (3.34#) $8.95

grape tomatoes $1.28

5.5 lbs. cut-up fryer chicken $7.60 (for broth)

2 cream cheese $2.96

broccoli $3.98

tortilla chips $2.58

Greek peperocini $2.38

2 cans orange juice concentrate $3.96

2 cans evaporated milk $1.76

4 cans Thai coconut milk $7.80

fresh mushrooms (1.08#) $2.14

fresh ginger root (.38#) $.60

2 red bell peppers $1.36

4 large lemons $2.72

fresh, organic oregano $1.98

2 bunches green onions $.96

2 cucumbers $.96

bananas (4.27#) 2.48

2 cans pumpkin $2.80

Subtotal: $96.29

Grand total: $140.27

Sorry that the list is double spaced...for some reason my computer is "sassing" me today. It's probably trying to accommodate the Idaho potatoes.