Anonymous
06/18/2015 14:12
Subject: Re:Do you shop at While Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I shop there and spend about $40-55 a week for myself and a preschooler-breakfast/lunch/dinner for me and breakfast/dinner for her. I do buy some staples at a cheaper store, but WF is closest to home and I don't have a car.
Breakfasts:
cereal/old fashioned oatmeal w/ frozen blueberries
toast with avocado
(last week it was all smoothies)
Lunches for me
big salads with bulgar/beans/tofu
leftovers
Dinners
black beans and couscous with broccoli
tomato pie with brussels sprouts
pasta with basil/collards pesto for me/ plain noodles and broc for her
homemade pizza
snacks
homemade muffins
raspberries (our big splurge)
froot loops (on sale at CVS)
for me the tricks to not spending too much at WH are buying little/no meat, very little prepared/single serving stuff, always comparing the price per pound of the fruits and veg.
Are you kidding? You serve her fruit loops???
Are you kidding? To be honest, I eat most of them. I was raised by super strict hippie parents who never let us have sugar, and, yes, I'm fine with her having some froot (not fruit) loops. Love those things.
NP here. You orthorexic food nazis go too far. The food she listed otherwise is incredibly healthy. I think some damn sugary cereal isn't going to kill her kid. Get over yourself. you don't win a prize for the most obnoxious obsession.
Anonymous
06/18/2015 12:18
Subject: Do you shop at While Foods?
We don't eat meat so I feel like that saves us a boatload. Particularly if we plan meals around dried beans. Those things make pounds of food for practically free.
Anonymous
06/18/2015 10:10
Subject: Do you shop at While Foods?
Family of 3, we shop for the most part at Whole Foods and we eat a "clean" diet (severely limit processed foods). Our shopping list normally contains:
Fruit
Veggies
Meat (chicken breasts or a whole chicken, ground beef, maybe a skirt steak or a roast)
Almond Milk (DD has a dairy intolerance)
Coconut Yogurt
Water (3-5 gallon refillable jugs)
Salad Dressing
Staples that we replace as needed:
Dried Herbs/Salt
Flour
Honey
Maple Syrup
Oil
Our normal grocery bill is around $140 but can hit $200 if we're out of a lot of staples. We do have a Mom's closer and will sometimes go there, but I like the variety better at WF. If we hit the Farmer's Market that knocks about $30 off the WF bill.
Fruit
Veggies
Meat (chicken breasts or a whole chicken, ground beef, maybe a skirt steak or a roast)
Almond Milk (DD has a dairy intolerance)
Coconut Yogurt
Water (3-5 gallon refillable jugs)
Salad Dressing
Staples that we replace as needed:
Dried Herbs/Salt
Flour
Honey
Maple Syrup
Oil
Our normal grocery bill is around $140 but can hit $200 if we're out of a lot of staples. We do have a Mom's closer and will sometimes go there, but I like the variety better at WF. If we hit the Farmer's Market that knocks about $30 off the WF bill.
Anonymous
06/17/2015 22:17
Subject: Do you shop at While Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I misread this as White Foods!
I once went to a pop up restaurant that was nothing but white colored foods. It was so strange and psychologically everything just tasted kinda bland.
I once had a kid in my class who would only eat white or pale beige foods. He'd eat things like spicy Chinese cabbage, but not things like chocolate. His mom said he'd been that way since birth, and even as an infant didn't mouth things that were white. She told me he was an amazing lego builder before his first birthday, and that she felt safe letting him play with them as long as she took out the white ones first so he wouldn't stick them in his mouth.
Anonymous
06/17/2015 22:11
Subject: Re:Do you shop at While Foods?
I honestly don't find that my grocery bill is any less if I go to Safeway or Giant. After shopping at WF for a while, I can't even to go stores like Safeway anymore- they mostly carry processed crap.
Anonymous
06/17/2015 22:08
Subject: Do you shop at While Foods?
I do occasionally shop at WF because it's the closest grocery store to me, but I love, love, love MOMs. I also like Relay Foods (like Peapod but more focus on organic/local).
Anonymous
06/17/2015 21:54
Subject: Do you shop at While Foods?
I buy all organic and shop entirely at MOM's. I love MOM's because not only am I getting organic food, I also don't have to deal with shopping at Giant or Safeway. I can do a week's worth of grocery shopping in 20 minutes, and they carry my bags out to my car for me. The other customers and the staff are pleasant, the shelves are tidy, and the line moves quickly. The mental health benefits alone are worth the premium.
(And I'm not nearly as frugal as the mom who gave her shopping list above--impressive!!--but I buy groceries for my family of 3 for about $125/week. I was spending close to $100 at Safeway/Giant.)
(And I'm not nearly as frugal as the mom who gave her shopping list above--impressive!!--but I buy groceries for my family of 3 for about $125/week. I was spending close to $100 at Safeway/Giant.)
Anonymous
06/17/2015 21:44
Subject: Do you shop at While Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I want to eat healthy organic food and find WF so overpriced! How can anyone reasonably shop there?
So go to TJ's/Costco/MOM's or join a CSA. This isn't exactly rocket science.
CSAs are a crap shoot and depend on whether or not they will want their crops when its hot like it is now. We did a CSA for 3 years and got tired of either getting a ton of the same thing for weeks (one time it was all peaches) or having our food rot on the porch because it came from the farm with pests. I would go to TJ's and call it a day.
This makes me happy and sad I've never joined a CSA. I would love a load of peaches, but that's a bummer about the pests. Ugh. I could not deal.
I wouldn't write off CSAs based on one person's experience. We had a CSA with a place and it was never bad. We moved and started with a new farm and it is some of the best food I have ever eaten in my entire life - it is so delicious! I would ask on your neighborhood listserv for recommendations or look into different options. Finding the a farm that works for you (what produce can you expect, does the pick up/delivery day/time work for you, etc) can affect your experience. Some CSAs let you commit to a smaller portion of the season or are also at farmer's markets where you can try to visit them and get an idea of the quality of produce.
I love getting our box and trying new recipes with our CSA produce.
For a long time I put off joining a CSA because of the "box full of kale and collard green" fear. Finally, I joined one where you can pick what you want. The quality of the fruits and vegetables -- amazing! So delicious, ripe and also last a week in the fridge.
Anonymous
06/17/2015 21:41
Subject: Re:Do you shop at While Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I shop there and spend about $40-55 a week for myself and a preschooler-breakfast/lunch/dinner for me and breakfast/dinner for her. I do buy some staples at a cheaper store, but WF is closest to home and I don't have a car.
Breakfasts:
cereal/old fashioned oatmeal w/ frozen blueberries
toast with avocado
(last week it was all smoothies)
Lunches for me
big salads with bulgar/beans/tofu
leftovers
Dinners
black beans and couscous with broccoli
tomato pie with brussels sprouts
pasta with basil/collards pesto for me/ plain noodles and broc for her
homemade pizza
snacks
homemade muffins
raspberries (our big splurge)
froot loops (on sale at CVS)
for me the tricks to not spending too much at WH are buying little/no meat, very little prepared/single serving stuff, always comparing the price per pound of the fruits and veg.
Are you kidding? You serve her fruit loops???
Are you kidding? To be honest, I eat most of them. I was raised by super strict hippie parents who never let us have sugar, and, yes, I'm fine with her having some froot (not fruit) loops. Love those things.