Recipe for a Shopping List

People are always asking me what’s on my list. I just came home from Fairway in Redhook.

2 whole chicken breasts (organic) 1 with skin, 1 without
1 pound minced (organic) beef
1 pound of tofu
4 limes
1 1/2 pounds Parmegiano di Reggiano
1/2 pound fresh mozzarella
1/2 pound whole milk goats cheese
1 pound of unsalted butter domestic
1/2 pound of unsalted French butter
2 half gallons of organic whole milk
1 dozen organic eggs
1 bunch fresh parsley (the rest of the herbs are in my backyard)
1 bunch watercress
1 bag baby spinach
1 bunch broccoli rabe
1 head garlic
4 shallots
1 lemon
1 pound of (organic) strawberries
1 pound of (organic) carrots
1 box jolly green giant baby peas
2 pints Ben&Jerry’s full fat ice cream (1 fossil fuel, 1 vanilla)
2 1/2 gallons tropicana oj
1 gallon grapefruit juice
1 small (naked) green juice
1 box kashi cereal
2 pounds of Pasta- 1 specialty brand, one de cecco
1 can san marzano tomatoes
6 apples
1 pineapple
1 avocado
1 loaf Eli’s 9 grain bread (I slice it, freeze it, and toast it when I need it)
1 pound Lavazza espresso (my fav is Illy, but it costs.)
1 box blueberry Celestial Seasonings Tea
1 bag pretzels
2 chocolate bars-1 cadbury, 1 lindt
1 melon
1 pound of jasmati rice
1 pound of pencil thin asparagus
1 box of German beer (been in business since 1496)
I forgot: saffron threads and cake yeast

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