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| $5 worth of produce |
So, I had depleted my fruit stash (with the exception of a couple mandarins and oranges still in the fridge), so I decided to hit up Haymarket for my weekly produce. For those not in Boston, Haymarket is like a farmers market, except it's like about-to-spoil or spoiling produce that can't be sold in the supermarkets. So it is super cheap compared to the items sold in grocery stores, but you have to be careful what you pick or are given because some items are bad. This is what $5 bought me.
$1- 2lbs of strawberries (This would cost be $5 or $4 on a good sales week for the same amount, HOWEVER, I ended up tossing about 1 container worth of Strawberries when I got home b/c they were too ripe or bad to consume). Cost per strawberry = $.04
$1- 1 pint of blueberries, totally good all the way through and will last me probably a little over a week. Again, this would cost close to $4 in the grocery store. I usually eat about 25 blueberries as a serving, so I'm going to guesstimate the cost of the servings as roughly $.13 a serving.
$2- 7 apples, I would pay more than double the price if I bought them at the store. These are all bruise-free and I got to select them myself. Cost per apple $.29
$1 for the garlic as I was completely out and it's cheaper than the grocery store. Do I use all that garlic, yes, I'm pretty good at adding pressed garlic to dishes. Cost per head $.20
I had a late breakfast of oatmeal and coffee before heading out to Haymarket. I then had a late lunch of leftover spaghetti with veggies and sauce, brown bread and the rest of the spinach and arugula mix ($.63) w/ honey goat cheese and strawberries ($.20) and blueberries ($.13) I just bought. I then made popcorn from kernels I had for an evening snack since I didn't have dinner due to the late lunch.
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