Fruits and Veggies from the Co-Op

As I mentioned in my first post, Papa Hob and I decided to try a co-op last week in an effort to get more fruits and vegetables into our diet and maybe spend a little less at the grocery store.  I did a decent amount of budgeting research...okay maybe a little too much :)...before we did this to make sure we would be saving money by doing this and actually be able to incorporate what we bought into our menu.  


So, for the entire month of May I saved every food receipt.  At the end of the month, I took all the receipts and categorized what we bought (luckily the grocery store receipts already do this for you) to see how much we spent on meat, dairy, veggies, fruit, etc.  Like I said, I may have gone a bit overboard on the research but I wanted to make sure we made the most out of the co-op if we were going to try it and saving those receipts and adding the items up took 15 minutes for the entire month!  As it turned out, we were really lacking in the fruits and veggies department and spending way more than we should on two people eating meat should in the span of one month.  


I then ordered the food from a co-op online.  All I had to do from that point was go to pick it up at a pre-designated day/time!  For about $23.00, we got enough fruits and vegetables to last a family two weeks.  Here's what we got....

Look at all those plums!  Tastes
like summer!

Bananas

Pint Blueberries

Braeburn Apples

Black Plums

Sunkist Navel Oranges

South Carolina Large Peaches

Chiquita Golds Pineapple

Arkansas Tomatoes

Cucumbers

Romaine Hearts 3 to a bag

Red Potatoes

Large Bulk Portabella Mushrooms

Fancy Green Okra

Lots of red potatoes!  Can't wait to use them to
make rosemary potatoes tonight!