I took one-and-a-half to two hours to figure out what to buy at Safeway, and I shopped for much longer than I usually do. I had to calculate everything in my head to make sure it fit the budget, and I had to figure out which recipes I could make off of it. It actually gave me a ton of decision fatigue as I struggled to figure out what to make. Walking around the supermarket finding ingredients for the recipes, then adding them up in my mind, took up a lot of time as well. It probably took up more time than warranted because I was trying to follow the recipes as best as I could. I had figured out about half of my meals when I finally decided to shop for the rest of the food later in the week at Target.
This is what I bought:
- Eggplant
- Whole-wheat pasta
- A dozen eggs
- Cucumber
- Oatmeal
- Tofu
- Tomatoes
- Bread
