$30 market haul, May 23

Saturday, May 23, was our third 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.

Guided by this 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.

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

• bundle of organic broccoli
• one bunch of breakfast radishes
• one bunch of spring onions
• one 750ml bottle of heirloom apple semi-dry hard cider from Heirloom Orchards ($10)
• one bunch of organic carrots
• one bunch of green garlic
• $3 worth of fresh, local oyster mushrooms
• one pint of organic strawberries
• one organic cucumber