Last Saturday, May 16, was our second week under the new $30 farmers market plan. As I outlined in our first post, we’re now venturing to the Hollywood Farmers Market each week with a pre-set $30 budget that we have to spend –not just a budget that we can spend.

cute girl, $30 market haul, May 16

Guided by this new plan, we’re forcing ourselves to purchase farmers market goods at a set dollar amount each week –so we have to come home broke. This new system drives us to be a bit more creative in our selection and the subsequent meals that take advantage of the weekly harvest. As of today, we’ve eaten nearly everything that we purchased from the list below.

In the photo to the right, you’ll see last Saturday’s $30 farmers market haul, which includes the following:

• two potted cucumber starts
• one bunch of radishes
• one bunch of onions
• three zucchini squash
• one bunch of organic carrots
• one bunch of fresh spinach
• $3.15 worth of fresh, local shiitake mushrooms
• a couple of pounds of organic Yukon gold potatoes
• one pint of organic strawberries
• one organic cucumber