Sticking with the plan

Friday after work I went to the grocery store and although it wasn't exactly when I wanted to go, I still made it work for me and got what I needed, within my budget and got home in time to cook dinner.  Shopping for one person is pretty easy and low cost, but getting the right amount is the hard part.  I decided to write a list for once and try to stick to it.

I purchased all of the above except the berries, the selection at my grocer didn't look great so I opted for grapes and pineapple.  Also I knew I still had spaghetti squash, lettuce, sweet potatoes, ginger and fresh mint at the house... basically, I'm stacked on great food for the week...all 21 meals.

I grabbed everything on my list and picked up some ghee and coconut milk from the natural market.  If you're going to invest time into cooking this way, I suggest you get coconut oil, coconut milk and ghee.  I'll probably come across other necessities along my journey but for right now, I find them essential for cooking.  Also to the right is a list of my pantry, it is a compilation of the items I always have in my pantry for cooking, baking and creating.  Spices are essential in my style of cooking, it's how to really change a dish from one night to the other.  So for one week, it's me and this list.  Under $60.00 worth of groceries for one person for a week. Easy.  I hope!