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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

csa/3G weekly totals week #9 & #10

holy cow, what a blogging slacker i've been. i'm two weeks behind posting up the weekly totals and  most everything has already gone into me belly. there wasn't that much to photograph today for this post, so what you'll see here is a mixture of some csa products and some extra items that i also purchased at the market. please, bare with me, and i'll try to get us through this den of slack....


week #9 breakdown 
(items in italics pictured above

maude's market csa items $30.00
butternut squash
big jar of pickled beets
1 lb. ground beef
1 bag Amish made egg noodles
organic blackberry tea with sage

also from the market
1 lb. bag of pecan pieces $8.35
shitake mushrooms $7.35

wholefoods $18.50
org. yogurt
org. 1/2 gallon milk
org. raisins
org. pumpkin seeds
org. sunflower seed

schnucks $7.00
(this was hubby's fault!!!)
pretzels
org. beef jerky

total $71
OUCH!!
($11.00 over. it's gonna take some work to recover from that.)
project bank -$8

yet again, while i try to recover from breaking the project bank, take a look at my favorite meal from last week's csa loot. scrambled happy chicken eggs, sauteed oyster mushrooms and fresh spinach, and locally made bread with amish red cherry jam and raw milk butter. breakfast for dinner is always a delicious treat.



week #10 breakdown 
(again, items in italics pictured in top picture)

maude's market csa $30.00
sunflower shoots
spinach
oyster mushrooms
(pictured is what is left after dinner the other night)
1 lb. ground lamb
amish made red cherry jam
loaf of locally made bread

also from the market
1 dozen happy chicken eggs $4.05
cashew butter $5.09
elderberry juice $10.76
(for the sick hubby)

wholefoods
1/2 gallon org. milk $4.00
(stay tuned cause there's a milk change a coming!!!!)

total $54
thanks goodness, finally under budget again.
project bank -$2.00

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