Supermercado

This morning we cleaned the kitchen and reorganized Morgan-style. After a few hours of that, we were inspired to plan meals and make a list for the grocery store.

We went out when it was cloudy and dark (again), and walked to the local Mas X Menos.

It's quite exciting to shop in another country. We planned to make spaghetti with tomato sauce, but when we checked out the the canned tomatoes, they were more than $2 for 12ozs. A lot of the canned goods are imported (i.e., more expensive), so that adds up when making sauce. We put the idea on hold to see if we could find them cheaper elsewhere. Later when we were in the produce isle we noticed the fresh tomatoes looked great and were super cheap. So we bought 8lbs of tomatoes for $6 ($.75/lbs.). So we'll make sauce/gravy from scratch, which God knows we have the time to do.

We walked out with a ton of food and spent less than $80. This is not a bragging session of how cheap we could buy food because that is an art we are not trying to master. But the list below is merely an illustration of items we thought were super cheap. In reality, the produces is native to this area so it's not marked up.

Here it is:

Tomatoes $6 for 8lbs.
Carrots .40 for 1.5lbs.
Pineapple - $1
Watermelon -$2
Spinach .60 for 1 bunch
Red peppers 3 for $1.50
15 Eggs -$3
3 lbs of Tilapia- $10
2.2 lbs Trucha (fish) $10
HUGE bunch of celery $1.50



Morgan strapped most of the groceries to his back in a big backpack. I strapped the kid on my back and we carried the rest in the pouring rain.


Magoo would like to share, the yogurt is just as good in Central America.


And HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jeannie!