Shopping List: Cook for Good Summer Challenge, Weeks 1 & 2

Here's the shopping list for the whole Cook for Good Challenge. It shows what my cost was for both weeks, which will give you an idea of what your cost will be. With these prices and using the Summer Challenge Week 2 Menu, meals averaged $4.96 a day per person in July 2011. It also shows how many of each unit to buy each week and in total, which I hope makes it easier to see what to buy for week 2.

It also shows how the percentage left at the end of every week. Use this to buy smaller packages than listed if you want, but you may not get the "mini-bulk" prices. The prices are the green prices. For the thrifty plan, there are notes for the two items that are different: bottled lemon juice instead of fresh lemons and conventional, family-size tea bags instead of single organic tea bags.

		price		quantity				% left
ingredient	section	green unit	total week 2	week 1	week 2	total	buying unit	week 1	week 2
baking powder	baking	$1.49	$1.49	0	1	1	10 ounces		95%
baking soda	baking	$0.46	$0.46	1	0	1	8 ounces	98%	98%
brown sugar	baking	$1.09	$1.09	1	0	1	pound	93%	93%
cocoa	baking	$2.49	$2.49	0	1	1	8 ounces		82%
corn starch	baking	$3.69	$3.69	1	0	1	12 ounces	86%	67%
flour, all-purpose	baking	$4.69	$4.69	1	0	1	five pounds	79%	24%
flour, white wheat	baking	$8.99	$8.99	1	0	1	five pounds	82%	58%
pecans	baking	$13.99	$7.00	0.5	0	0.5	pound	14%	14%
sugar	baking	$3.44	$3.44	1	0	1	five pounds	83%	60%
walnuts	baking	$5.00	$10.00	1	1	2	1/2 pound bulk	0%	25%
yeast, rapid rise	baking	$5.49	$5.49	1	0	1	4 ounces	94%	73%
oats	cereal	$1.19	$1.19	0	1	1	1 pound bulk		20%
wheat germ	cereal	$2.49	$2.49	1	0	1	16 ounces	86%	71%
tea bags	coffee and tea	$3.99	$3.99	0	1	1	80-bag box or 24-bag box family-sized bags		48%
butter	dairy	$4.69	$4.69	1	0	1	pound	94%	81%
cheese, mozzarella	dairy	$4.29	$4.29	0	1	1	12 ounces		17%
cheese, Parmesan	dairy	$3.99	$3.99	1	0	1	ounce	40%	0%
eggs	dairy	$3.99	$3.99	1	0	1	dozen	67%	33%
milk, fresh 2%	dairy	$4.89	$9.78	1	1	2	gallon	44%	19%
yogurt for starter	dairy	$0.99	$0.99	1	0	1	6 ounces	75%	0%
raisins	fruit	$2.99	$2.99	1	0	1	pound	33%	0%
beans, black	grains	$1.69	$3.38	2	0	2	pound	20%	0%
beans, chickpea	grains	$1.89	$1.89	0	1	1	pound		0%
beans, pinto	grains	$1.99	$1.99	0	1	1	pound		0%
rice	grains	$1.59	$3.18	2	0	2	pound	50%	0%
honey	grocery	$2.00	$2.00	1	0	1	1/2 pound bulk	86%	14%
peanut butter	grocery	$3.99	$11.97	1	2	3	18 ounces	75%	24%
rotini, high protein	grocery	$2.00	$10.00	3	2	5	14.5 ounce box	32%	5%
tomatoes, crushed	grocery	$1.99	$7.96	2	2	4	28-ounce can	0%	13%
tomatoes, diced	grocery	$1.99	$5.97	1	2	3	28-ounce can	0%	17%
vinegar	grocery	$3.60	$3.60	1	0	1	32 ounces	91%	81%
soy sauce	internat.	$2.19	$2.19	0	1	1	10 ounces		60%
tahini	internat.	$6.29	$6.29	0	1	1	16 ounces		71%
corn or canola oil	oil	$4.69	$4.69	1	0	1	16 ounces	75%	75%
olive oil	oil	$6.49	$12.98	1	1	2	16.9 ounces (liter)	5%	9%
basil	produce	$4.00	$4.00	1	0	1	8 ounces	8%	0%
blueberries	produce	$5.00	$10.00	0	2	2	quart		0%
cantaloupe	produce	$2.00	$2.00	0	1	1	large melon		0%
carrots	produce	$3.99	$3.99	1	0	1	5 pounds	86%	67%
corn	produce	$0.50	$2.00	2	2	4	1 ear	0%	0%
cucumber	produce	$1.00	$2.00	0	3	3	cucumber		8%
garlic	produce	$0.69	$2.07	2	1	3	head	39%	13%
ginger	produce	$5.99	$3.00	1	0	1	8 ounces	80%	40%
green beans	produce	$2.50	$12.50	3	2	5	pound	0%	10%
green cabbage	produce	$1.50	$1.50	0	1	1	pound		20%
lemons	produce	$0.69	$2.76	3	6	9	lemon (thrifty: 15-ounce bottle lemon juice)	20%	14%
onions, purple	produce	$1.99	$1.00	0.5	0	0.5	pound	67%	0%
onions, yellow or white	produce	$3.49	$3.49	1	0	1	1 pound bag	56%	17%
peaches	produce	$0.38	$8.00	8	21	1	peach	17%	13%
pears	produce	$1.09	$4.36	4	0	4	pear	0%	0%
peppers, bell	produce	$3.00	$6.00	2	0	2	pound	46%	9%
potatoes, sweet	produce	$1.99	$3.98	2	0	2	pound	0%	0%
squash, summer	produce	$3.00	$18.00	3	3	6	pound	24%	0%
tomato	produce	$1.50	$3.75	0.5	2	2.5	pound	86%	14%
watermelon	produce	$1.67	$1.67	1	0	1	personal melon		0%
bay leaves	spices	$1.25	$0.63	1	0	1	1/2-ounce bulk	63%	63%
chipotle pepper	spices	$5.69	$5.69	1	0	1	1.8 ounce jar (thrifty: 1/2 ounce cayenne)	96%	89%
cinnamon	spices	$0.56	$0.28	1	0	1	1/2-ounce bulk	65%	65%
cumin	spices	$1.12	$0.56	1	0	1	1/2-ounce bulk	70%	25%
oregano	spices	$1.00	$0.50	1	0	1	1/2-ounce bulk	82%	75%
salt	spices	$0.47	$0.47	1	0	1	28 ounces	90%	80%
vanilla	spices	$5.69	$5.69	1	0	1	ounce	75%	33%