By the way, my grocery lists used to look exactly like yours (well, my husband never let me shop in the frozen section), but other than that, it really was so much of the same things!

Now I’m curious what you’ll be making with the pumpkin. Yum… one of my favorite fall foods!

Brooke ~ I like your idea of writing your meal plan on a calendar magnet on the fridge. I put mine on paper and shove it off in the corner of my counter and usually forget to check if I have to take meat out or something be be prepared for the following day. Thanks!

Michele ~ Thanks of sharing how you shop and prepare your food. You do a wonderful job getting things local and doing things at home such as making snacks and canning. I truly admire you and my goal is keep moving in that direction. I didn’t buy tortillas this time at the grocery store or canned chicken broth because I can make my own. One step at a time, right?

We make our own breads/tortillas, butter, yogurt, snack foods, and dressings/sauces/soups. For the produce I try to stick with what is local & in season, mostly from the farmer’s market. (No avocados or snow peas, unfortunately.) Even popsicles can be homemade.

We don’t really use pastas, and instead use lots of different grains. I typically don’t buy frozen or canned foods (if we want to have those on hand, I buy a large amount from a farm, and can/freeze it myself). We bake mostly with sourdough, so I don’t need to buy yeast often.

I like being able to purchase things that don’t generate a lot of packaging waste, and supporting local endeavors from the beginning of the food’s life (and not food that has traveled far). Therefore, I ignore coupons, because they only seem to be on packaged items. (It’s nice to not spend time clipping coupons!)

So, that’s how I shop!

it would do me well to organize my items into what part of the store they are located in though!