Ikaria Experiment: The Grocery List

Typing those words in the title already feels very non-Ikaria. Most of what's on this grocery list is typically grown in gardens and fields. Since I don't have access to enough (any) land yet, the market will have to do!
 
Below are some staples you want in your fridge and pantry and places you can find them. It goes without notating, you should try to get everything organic, especially the items that are plant based and definitely the greens and berries:

• Olive oil - look for 100% pure, extra virgin. If you can, buy artisan or local. Look for olive oil made by hands that truly appreciate the craft, not by machines.
• Olives
• Capers 
• Goat Cheese or Sheep's Milk Feta -Trader Joes or Whole Foods, OR Farmer's Market! (opt)
• Goat's Milk or Goat Milk Yogurt - I bought my goat's milk at Trader Joe's
  
• Dried Lentils, Fava or Lima Beans
• White Wine Vinegar
• Almonds and walnuts
• Whole grain flour or Whole grain bread - look for bread that contains only wheat/seeds, yeast, oil, salt and water.
• Honey - Ikarian honey comes from bees that feed off of pine trees and flowers. If you can find this, great, if not, opt for Raw Honey.Check your local farmer's market for or Trader Joe's
• Organic, Sulfite free Wine - try Our Daily Red at Whole Foods ($10) or Well Red at Trader Joe's ($7)

Produce (all farmer's market buys):

• 10 tomatoes (1 got about 6 huge ones)
• 1 red onion
• 1 white onion
• carrots
• celery
• garlic
• 4 cucumbers
• 3 beets
• 1 eggplant
• 4 potatoes
• 1 pepper -red or green
• 4 zucchini
• lemons
  
• 4 peaches
• 3 plums 
• blackberries

Spices and Greens (mostly farmer's market purchase, some from Whole Foods):

• oregano
• parsley
• dill
• endives
• chard/kale/dandelion greens
• spinach
• fennel
• sage

I already had honey, capers, olive oil and white vinegar at home. The rest cost me: $31 at the farmer's market, $15 at the local grocery store and $33 from Trader Joe's. This was a little over my usual $60 but for a full week of groceries it's not bad! Next week I will have a lot of the items left over and will pretty much just need to buy the produce. If you'd like to add fish or meat, go for fresh caught fish and goat meat or pork (see this article). Eat these for dinner with horta and bread :)

Recipes for the week are coming up next! If you are afraid some of your produce might go bad, or there is not enough room in your fridge, you can split the groceries up into two trips according to the week's meal plan. 

Happy Shopping!