Do you ever watch those grocery hauls on YouTube? Lisa told me about them and now I’m hooked. I don’t know why they are so fascinating to me. I guess I’m just nosy curious. I watch everything from vegans who shop exclusively at Whole Foods to those who buy a lot of processed foods from regular grocery stores. In some ways, I find the latter more interesting because I see products I didn’t know existed.
Lisa and I did our big monthly grocery shopping yesterday. We skipped January and decided to go on up to Oklahoma City (instead of just Norman) so we could go to Sprouts, Native Roots and Whole Foods. Since we only do that every 2-3 months I went ahead and bought more than I might have otherwise. After last month’s minimal shopping I still had a lot of food on hand so I’m extremely well-stocked now. I quickly listed 30 dinners I can make from the ingredients I have on hand and I know I can come up with a lot more, too.
So here’s what I’ve bought for the month of February:
Apple Market (I invited Chris and Kadi to join us for enchiladas Wednesday so I picked up the following items after my hair appointment that afternoon):
- tortillas
- lettuce
- croutons
- sour cream
- cheddar cheese
- salsa
- salad dressing
- cereal
- birthday card
- 2 cartons salt (for drain cleaning)
- 2 jars Bon Maman preserves (one cherry – for David, and one apricot – for me)
- bleu cheese dressing
- Altoids
- 3 spray bottles (on sale for $1 each; I’ve been needing some for my homemade cleaners)
- Tony Chachere’s Creole seasoning (more spice version)
- bacon (Applegate Farms, uncured, nitrate-free)
- cereal
- crackers
- ketchup
- 2 cartons of vegetable broth
- 1 carton of chicken broth
- produce wash
- frozen strawberries
- 2 pkgs. mozzarella
- ricotta
- relish
- butter
- romaine lettuce
- celery
- a couple of dietary supplements
- thyme
- goat milk soap with bergamot essential oil
- tortilla chips
- lemon juice
- white cheddar
- colby cheddar
- tomatoes
- 2 caramels
- Keep It Local discount card ($10 for the year)
- 1# dried apricots
- Monterey Jack cheese
- 2 bags sweet potato chips
- frozen cherries
- frozen berry blend
- stevia
- moisturizer
- fresh pineapple
- broccoli
- tangelos
- apples
- 3# red onions
- 3# yellow onions
- sweet potatoes
- limes
- lasagna noodles
- egg noodles
- 2 boxes cereal
- 4 pkgs. corn tortillas
- 1/2 and 1/2
- turkey breast lunchmeat
- roast beef lunchmeat
- whole chicken
- 3 cheese blend
- parmesan
- sliced smoked gouda
- French bread
- King Cake (we are hosting a Mardi Gras party tomorrow night)
- potato rolls
- strawberries
- grapes
- 4 bell peppers
- salad mix
- sweet potatoes
- 5# potatoes
- bag of oranges
I also will be picking up the following items from the Azure Standard co-op delivery next week:
Azure Standard:
- vegetable soup broth cubes
- 1# Himalayan salt
- 10# unbleached organic white flour
- 5# organic frozen peas
- 5# organic frozen corn
- 2# organic basmati brown rice
- 1# organic raisins
- 5# organic potatoes
- shampoo bar
One of these days I’m going to do a YouTube grocery haul video but last night was not the time. I did at least manage to arrange everything on the table and take the picture above before putting it all away. David was amazed I was actually able to find room for everything but, hey, everyone needs a skill and that’s mine. If you blog about your grocery shopping trips and/or make YouTube grocery haul videos (or have some to recommend) please leave me a comment. I’d love to check it out!
Update: My daughter, Lisa, has now posted her version of our shopping trip. Check it out here.
Previous grocery shopping trips:
It was a good trip. I think I found everything I needed plus some ha.
Yeah, I'd say we're pretty well-stocked for awhile. 😉