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Week 3 - Summary

» Budget goal—$74.00
» CSA cost per week—$12.50
» Food costs including CSA share—$51.16
» Average Per Person Daily Food Cost—$4.78
» Total—Under budget -$7.15


» Produce delivered from CSA—3.25 pounds
» Produce bought at store—5.86 pounds
» Grains eaten (dry weight, and including flours, tortillas, etc)—3.03 pounds
» Legumes eaten (dry weight)—1.06 pounds
» Dairy—1 quart milk, 1/2 quart yogurt, 12.59 oz cheese, 4 eggs
» Highest food expenditures—Produce from the CSA + Rainbow ($21.40), beer & wine ($10.98), grain products ($5.12), coffee ($4.75)

» Items left over for next week—Sugar snap peas, split pea soup, stir fry, dilled carrot pickles, bread, chocolate cake, red wine

» Items to be priced at end of month—Basil, green tea, lemongrass, mint, marjoram.

» Free from my deck garden—nothing

» Choices I made differently this week—none.

» Cookbooks used this week—World Vegetarian, Madhur Jaffrey; Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, Deborah Madison; Cooks Illustrated Magazine; How to Cook Everything, Mark Bittman.

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» Week 1: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Photos | Summary: Under budget - $3.20
» Week 2: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Photos | Summary: Under budget - $13.34
» Week 3: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Photos | Summary: Under budget - $7.15
» Week 4: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Photos | Summary: Under budget - $6.41
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