Real Food Deals: Shopping with an Earth Mother and a Sugar Daddy

I scored several great manager’s specials on organic spinach, lettuces, carrots, and lots of fruit at my favorite grocery store. I had not left the produce section and my cart was already quite full. A customer struck up a conversation with me and referred to me as an earth mother. I did not have time to find out  if she meant that as a compliment or not because I had to chase after my toddler.

When we were putting away groceries my daughter related the story to my oldest son, “she called Mom an earth mother. So what does that make us? Dirt?” My son replied, “the politically correct term is sediment”. I tweeted my daughter’s question and @shirleygfe said it made my kids blessed, because she is sweet like that.

On Friday night, my husband asked the same question he asks every weekend: “who needs ice-cream?” That is the cue for the kids to jump in the van and drive to the store where they will have shopping cart races and each pick out their favorite flavor of ice-cream or sorbet.

On Sunday when I announced that I needed to go to the store to pick up a few things, my husband joked that there wasn’t room for any more veggies in the fridge. My son suggested that my husband and I go shopping together so we would buy a balance of healthy food and junk food. My daughter said “that would be like Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader going shopping together”. My son asked which one of us was Darth Vader and before I could answer my husband said, “No Luke, I am your earth mother”.

My family obviously enjoys teasing me. My daughter refers to some of my dinners as “death by vegetables” but she goes back for seconds and thirds. My husband harasses me about all the organic veggies and lack of junk food in the house, but he does read the labels before he buys the ice-cream and sorbet to make sure they are made with real ingredients. I would like to think that we have come to a compromise and he appreciates my food values, but it might just be that he is afraid of Darth Earth Mother.

Real Food Deals in Northern Nevada

Raley’s

1 gallon Sunnyside Organic Milk $5.68
Full Circle Organic Butter $4.99 lb.
Bulk Organic Quinoa $3.99 lb.
Bulk Almonds $3.99 lb.
Full Circle Organic Canned Beans 4/$5.00
Full Circle Organic Diced Tomatoes 4/$5.00
Full Circle Natural Ground Beef 90% Lean $3.99 lb.
Full Circle Organic Chicken Drumsticks $1.99 lb.
2 Qts. Full Circle Organic Apple Juice $2.99
46 oz. Full circle Organic Vegetable Juice $2.49
Lundberg Organic Brown Rice Pasta 2/$3.00
Lundberg Organic Rice Cakes 2/$3.00
10 oz. Full Circle Organic Grape Tomatoes $2.79
Full Circle Organic Romaine Hearts $2.79 for bag of 3
Full Circle Natural Chuck Roast or Steak $3.99 lb.

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Costco

5.5 lbs. Organic Apples $5.99 – $7.79 (depending on variety)
4 Organic Celery Hearts $2.99 a bag
1 lb. Organic Spinach $3.49
1 lb. Organic Lettuces $3.79
5 lb. Organic Baby Carrots $4.79
10 lb. Organic Carrots $4.59
66 oz. Organic Salsa $5.99
Organic Whole Bagged Fryers $2.29 lb.
2 dozen Free Range Eggs $5.99

Smith’s

Organic Gala Apples 2 lbs. for $3.00
Organic Leaf Lettuce 2 for $3.00
Almond Dream Drink $1.88
Rice Dream Drink $1.88

More Real Food Deals:

1. Cascade Fresh Yogurt .50 each
2. Healthy Coupon Round Up at Budget Dietician
3. Apricot Bread and Homemade Baking Powder
4. Organic Brown Rice Flour Half Off