Every weekend, I will be visiting the green market and buying fresh groceries. I will share my shopping list and the cost with my readers. I hope to promote eating locally and bring back the enthusiasm of hands-on cooking.

Vegetables:
1 Potato and 7 small (ping pong ball size) onions: $1.30
1 box of peas and salad mix: $6.50
2 hand-fulls of arugula: $3.50
1 box of sprout mixed green: $2.00
1/2 lb. crimini mushrooms: $2.00

Fruits:
7 apples of 3 different varieties: $5.00

Fish:
Monk fish (close to 1 lb): $7.30

Dairy:
Milk, butter*, and yogurt: $10.00
Ricotta cheese: $2.50
1 dozen eggs: $8.00

Bread, Flour, Grains:
1.5 lb. whole wheat flour: $2.50
1 loaf of sunflower seed and flax whole grain bread: $3.50

Total: $54.10

I will be cooking with these fresh market foods in the next week. I am pretty sure that I will be going back to the market to restock ingredients. I will keep you, my beloved readers, updated with my latest purchase in the next few days.

*Having doubts about cooking with butter? Please read on…

(Pictures of my fresh groceries will be updated soon.)