Hello!

Wowza – we got a TON of groceries at the store this afternoon, for mere cha-cha-CHANGE!

We’ve got the produce:

• Romaine lettuce salad blend
• Baby carrots
• Mixed veggie salad blend
• Bananas
• Zucchini
• Cucumbers
• Sweet Potato
• Oranges
• Lemon
• Blueberries
• Braeburn apples
• Cauliflower
• Ginger
• Garlic

And everything else:

• Cottage cheese
• Canned tomatoes
• Chicken broth
• Croutons
• Larabars (peanut butter cookie & peanut butter & jelly)  
• Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze (so jazzed to try!)
• Cheerios
• Original Shredded Wheat
• Grape-nuts
• Extra firm tofu
• Sliced almonds
• Dried apricots
• Peanuts
• Annie’s Light Raspberry Vinaigrette
• Skim milk
• Dried cranberries
• Red lentils
• Israeli couscous
• Millet

For a grand total of…FIFTY SIX DOLLARS!! This entire haul was only $56. Total win on the grocery store front.

Now I love going grocery shopping for many reasons, but one of the biggest is that I get to come home and make something fabulous from all the new loot I pick up! For dinner, I rounded up some cottage cheese, a navel orange, Braeburn apple, blueberries & Grape-nuts…

And made a Cottage Cheese Fruit Bowl!

I mixed a cup of cottage cheese with a dash of cinnamon (might be my new favorite thing, ever?!) then loaded all the other ingredients on top.

The addition of these Grape-nuts on top was super key. Their unmistakable crunch was such a fabulous texture contrast to the creamy cottage cheese – plus they’re high in whole wheat, fiber and natural antioxidants!

Did you know that Grape-nuts were originally marketed as a natural cereal that could help improve health and vitality? Basically “brain food” – ooooo.

This dinner was a super light, yet filling, and very refresing. YUM!

Alrighty my friends – I am off to pack my life away – I’m leavin’ on a jet plane tomorrow!!! 8)

ps: the Kentucky Derby Pie recipe has been requested of IME – I’ll share with you ASAP!

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How many people do you buy groceries for? Do you try to stick to a budget, or do you buy to your heart’s content?