Food Plan and Grocery List, 031410

Putting this list together was like pulling teeth.  In a foul mood today (yesterday and Friday night), I didn't feel like cooking anything, which always makes the idea of grocery shopping worse than swallowing a barium shake for a GI examination.

A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do, so I got it done.

This week's line-up, in no particular order:

• spaghetti with meatballs
• Vietnamese Chicken in Caramel-Ginger Sauce
• Country-Style Ribs
• with either Mashed Sweet Potatoes or Crash Hot Potatoes
• Quick Braised Carrots with Butter
• Ginger-Glazed Mahi-Mahi
• Simmered Brussel Sprouts
• Roasted Corn
• Arroz con Pollo (chicken with rice)
• Sauteed Plantains (Maduros aka Amarillos)
• Broiled Chicken with Pesto
• Butter-Braised Radishes
• either Mashed Sweet Potatoes or Crash Hot Potatoes

Cole Slaw and Spinach Salad with Warm Maple-Mustard Dressing are also going to fit in there somewhere.

The shopping:
Costco:

• mahi mahi: $14.89/3 lb
• Total: $14.89

Grower's Direct:

• bananas: $1.46/2.47 lb
• lime: $0.26
• green onion: $0.33/bunch
• red potatoes: $1.87/3.17 lb
• radishes: $0.99/3 bunches
• onions, yellow: $1.17/1.70 lb
• brussel sprouts: $2.09/0.84 lb
• carrots: $0.73/1.87 lb
• corn, sweet white: $2.76/4 ea
• ginger root: $0.43/0.29 lb
• TOTAL: $12.09

Stater Bros:

• milk, 2%: $1.99/half-gallon
• eggs: $2.59/18
• celery salt: $4.69
• whole cloves: $4.99
• black beans: $0.89/15 oz
• black beans: $0.89/15 oz
• canola oil: $2.99/L
• kidney beans: $0.89/15 oz
• kidney beans: $0.89/15 oz
• whole tomatoes: $1.29/28 oz
• white beans: $0.99/15 oz
• white beans: $0.99/15 oz
• boneless skinless chicken thighs: $2.92
• boneless skinless chicken thighs: $2.90
• pork country-style strips: $4.05/4.09 lb
• plantains: $2.50/1.68 lb
• sweet potatoes: $4.37/2.93 lb
• green cabbage: $0.30/2.01 lb
• TOTAL: $41.12

Grand Total: $68.10.