Shopping

My shopping list isn't your shopping list but these are things we try to keep on had at all times. We shop once a week. We try to get in and get out quickly! We hit up the produce, meats, then dairy. We are a family of 4: 3 adults and 1 child.

When we go, we have the list of staple things we buy every week and try to plan out 7 proteins for dinner. Lunch proteins are usually a tuna or chicken salad, which I make in bulk on Mondays, or hummus.

FROM COSTCO organized how we shop: Usually $200 enough to last 2-3 weeks. It's Costco, sometimes we buy too much, ok, most of the time we buy too much, but most of it is frozen or is added to our food storage. If we only bought what we needed for a week it would be around $65.

Brussels sprouts
lemons
mushrooms
hummus
eggs (7 dozen pack)
cheese
yogurt
cottage cheese
sour cream
frozen chicken breasts / individually wrapped
frozen veggies
frozen riced cauliflower
frozen blueberries
frozen fish / individually wrapped
olives (green and black)
canned tuna fish
canned chicken breasts
olive oil
Quaker oats
single-serving fruit cups in fruit juice
nuts
pecan butter / nut butters

FROM THE LOCAL KOREAN MARKET: Usually, $60, lasts 1 week. We make sure to take note of which fruits and veggies spoil the fastest and try to eat those first.

berries (only enough to eat for 1 week or more if we are going to freeze some)
bananas (I usually get the $.99 bag of bruised bananas and weigh out 12-16 oz. and freeze them)
melon (whatever is in season)
cucumber (12 gets us through a week)
tomato (10 gets us through the week)
squash (whatever is in season)
broccoli or cauliflower
peppers
carrots (large bag because I like to make waffles)
yellow onions (for cooking)
red onions (for eating raw with salads)
jicama (THIS IS AN AMAZING VEGETABLE!!!)
radishes
celery
corn (if in season)
spinach
lettuce
Meat (ground beef, turkey, or pork, pork chops, steak, etc.)