Abby here.
I love that every time I go to Costco, I see more and more whole foods being sold.
In a perfect world all our food would be grown locally (or better yet… in our back yard), but that seems almost impossible in a climate like ours. We have 2 months here till our summer farmers market opens… but in the mean time I’m happy with great deals from the big box stores!
If you don’t have a Costco membership, they will let you browse the store to see if if looks like a good $50 yearly investment. I’ve also heard that they have no problem letting you tag along with a friend and use their membership (as long as they are in store with you).
Here are a few of the things we’ve been buying there lately:
Organic Produce:
Fuji apples 5.5 lbs. – $6.99 -
Baby spinach 1 lb. – $3.99 – We buy lots for smoothies!
Spring mix 1 1b. – $3.99
Baby kale mix 1.5 lbs. – $4.99 – Perfect for kale chips!
Carrots 10lbs. – $5.99
Strawberries 2lbs. – $4.99 – Very happy about this!
Organic Meats:
Whole chicken $2.49/lb
Chicken thighs $3.99/lb
Chicken breasts $5.99/lb
Wild Planet’s low-mercury t tuna 6-5 oz. cans – $14.99
Used to see organic beef, but haven’t lately.
Kitchen Staples:
Seeds of Change organic quinoa 4 lbs. – $8.79
Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Sugar 10 lbs – $8.69
Truroots organic, gluten-free pasta 2.20 lbs – $7.49 – Made these noodles with pesto for lunch today and the littlest devoured them.
Organic wheat pasta from Italy 6 pack – $8.49
Organic Lundberg short brown rice 12 lbs. – $12.99
Rice Works Sweet Chili brown rice chips 20 oz. – $5.99 - These are dangerous… I do could eat the whole big bag.
Organic Chicken Stock 6-32 oz. – $11.99 - Bought this before we started making our own
Organic extra virgin olive oil 2 L – $12.39
Organic butter 2 lbs. – $7.69
Nutiva Coconut oil 78 oz./$21.99 – Best deal I’ve ever seen. Ever.
Maranatha Natural Almond Butter 26 oz. - $6.79 – Just started bottling in glass instead of plastic!
Almonds 3 lbs. – $12.79
Pecans 2 lbs. – $13.99
Walnuts 3 lbs. – $16.99
Did I miss anything? What great deals have you found lately?
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