Grocers They Think Us Stupid Perhaps

[Kalidurga]

156. Here is my shopping list...

I am doing this off the top of my head, not literally. It will probably be incomplete, but you will get the gist of my method.

2 cartons of Old fashioned oatmeal

3 cans of black beans

3 cans of diced tomatoes

2 boxes of small pasta shells

1 box of spaghetti noodles

box of 8 soy burgers

box of 8 black bean burgers

2 boxes of 4 Chic'n patties

1 box of Chic'n

1 carton of almond milk (vanilla)

1 carton of soy milk (plain)

1 package of margarine

1 head of broccoli

1 head of califlower

1 bag of spinach

2 small bags of carrots

a huge bag of baby carrots

5 lb bag of red potatoes

darn forgot to get leeks

1 package of sun dried tomatoes

1 package of kaiser rolls

1 package of tortillas

I think that is most of it. I spent a little over 80 dollars and this will last about 2 weeks, a little longer, I will have some left overs. I am still transitioning, meaning I haven't cooked from scratch for most of my life, so I still rely on processed vegan burgers and things like that. But, most my meals are from scratch over 2/3. I will have a bowl of savory oatmeal for breakfast, make a pasta for lunch, and have soup and maybe a sandwich or potato on the side for dinner.

This all sort of started by accident. But, that is a long story. I look at it this way I am on a journey to try to make my diet as healthy as possible and that means no meat for me, that isn't for everyone, but people should eat less regardless. It means no eggs. I still eat some dairy, but less and less eventually I will consider myself vegan. It means having very little processed food. For one thing most processed food contains highly processed corn which is very bad and the other many contain dairy and other things I am trying to cut back on.

So, the upside is I feel a lot better, I am spending a whole lot less. I was spending about 20 dollars a day on food and this was pretty recently. Now, I am spending 4-6 dollars a day on food and that is going down the more I avoid processed food. When I am able to ween myself off of my soy burgers and Chic'n patties, I expect my grocery costs will go down. Oh yeah, I might be losing some weight, which I desperately need to do, but that was never my goal. I am trying to recover from an auto immune disorder and that is my first priority. The fact these other things are happening makes me happy, but a full recovery would make me happier even if I was still overweight and still paid 20 dollars a day for food. A lot of my autoimmune symptoms are getting better, but full recovery is still not certain.