The price of produce...

We currently have one adult male, one adult female and a teenage female in our household. I have just been shopping for fresh vegetables and fruit. I shop several times each week for fresh stuff as I prefer to get it as I need it so I don't waste it.

The fruit will be made into 2 lots of fruit salad (added to oranges and passionfruit) and consumed over 3-4 days. The carrots will last us a week. The corn and mushrooms will be eaten tonight and the lettuce and cucumber will last us all week for salad. I have plenty of potatoes which will last the rest of the week too. Tomorrow I will go back if I need stir fry ingredients for dinner tomorrow. That's me - I prefer to grocery shop than shop for clothes! I'm a weirdo! Lol!

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The cost:

1 kg carrots $1.45

3 Granny Smith Apples (delicious and juicy from the Adelaide Hills) $2.41 or .80c each

Iceberg lettuce (expensive but one will last the week) $3.28

Strawberries 250gm punnet $2.48

6 mushrooms (134gms) $1.40

Continental cucumber $1.98

4 brown onions $1.84

2 bananas @ $11.98/kg... wait for it.... $4.41 or $2.20 EACH!

2 sweetcorn cobs (will feed 3 of us tonight) $1.96

tiny knob of fresh ginger for tonight's recipe .82c

2 Kiwi Fruit (from NZ obviously!) $1.31 (cheap!)

1 red spanish onion .57c

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TOTAL $23.91

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What do you pay for an apple, an orange, a kiwi fruit, a banana, etc? We have 3 supermarkets in our small town and I shop for produce at each of them at different times. We don't have a farmers market and as I have said, I don't buy in bulk because I find I end up throwing things out - and I am fussy as far as freshness goes. If a potato or carrot looks a bit old, out it goes! I guess I am a convenience shopper - I choose what we will eat tonight, consult the pantry then shop for it and cook it.

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Tonight it is Annette Sym's Hot and Saucy Steaks - and believe me, you don't want to know what I paid for the 3 steaks!

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This mushroom sauce, with just a touch of heat was absolutely delicious! I made the sauce in a separate pan then pan fried the steaks to our liking then tipped the sauce over the steaks and gave them 2-3 minutes in the oven to get the sauce sizzling.

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Most delicious!

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Cheers - Joolz