For the next three weeks, our home will include an extra person, so the need to plan meals feels even more crucial.  This week I was able to do the weekly shop for $55.17! It included

• 2 baskets of tomatoes
• Cantaloupe
•  10 organic apples
• 4 limes
• 2 lemons
• A large organic spinach pack
• Dandelion greens
• 4 organic majorly on-sale peppers
• 2 red onions
• Calcium & vitamin D fortified orange juice (a very rare treat!)
• Bag of organic avocados
• 12 Free-range eggs
• Organic almonds
• Fairtrade bananas
• 2 jalapeno peppers
• Cilantro paste
• Grain bread
• Organic vegetable stock cubes

We also have a lot of blueberries left from last week (sale @ farmers market!), as well as an assortment of veggies, grains, beans and lentils, and a little harvest from our little community plot!

Meals (lunches & dinners) this week will include:

• Homemade lentil & barley soup with spinach & peas – easiest recipe in the world & my kids love it (I don’t, but I don’t tell them that! )
• Black bean and coconut curry with rice
• Greek spinach and rice with dandelion green salad
• Barley casserole with beet, tomato & avocado salad
• Pesto pasta with spinach salad (will make the pesto myself), fruit 
• Salmon, roasted potatoes, peas, grilled zucchini
• Tomato soup with tahini on toast, fruit
• Scrambled egg on toast with spinach, fruit

This week I will also be making blueberry jam, oatmeal muffins, salsa and tomato based pasta sauce.

I’m amazed the shop came in at such a low amount, but very thankful! Lets hope it lasts all week!