In January, I had extreme back pain and was diagnosed with a compression fracture.
I decided I’d try the osteoporosis medication, which turned out to be too expensive at Safeway. So, the nurse at my doctor’s office gave me a coupon for $5 at Costco for a different medication.
While I was waiting for the prescription to be filled, I decided to do my weekly shopping at Costco instead of the food co-op where I regularly shop or Safeway where I shop occasionally.
I’m a Costco member because there are items that I buy regularly that are much less expensive: disposable gloves, hydrogen peroxide, and some over-the-counter medications. In addition, I can buy organic spinach, lettuce, blueberries, blackberries, and eggs. I used to buy chicken, but I’m waiting until they sell a different brand other than Foster Farms.
Since I had an injury and wanted to cook less, I spent an hour or more looking around Costco for items that might work.
I bought:
- Chicken pot pie, 10 servings
- Bacon without sodium nitrate, 3 pounds, 24 servings
- Mashed potatoes, organic, in two 32-ounce tubs, 30 servings
- Tofu, organic, in four tubs, 20 servings
- Sweet potato crackers, two packages in a box, 30 servings
- Humus, 20 2.4-ounce cups, 20 servings
- Spinach, organic, 2.5 pounds, 40 servings
The chicken pot pie, pictured above, looked really good, with a lattice top. I ask someone in the meat department about it. He said they make them there; they’re not shipped in like the Safeway deli food.
Although delicious, the chicken pot pie lasted a week. The crust was flaky and delicious. It took an hour and a half to cook. I could only eat one piece a day. The first piece was runny, but later servings weren’t.
The idea with the tofu was to eat one vat, then freeze the three others. The same with the mashed potatoes and bacon.
I was surprised that the humus was individual servings. Although it works well to keep the humus fresh for each serving, I’m want to reduce my plastic consumption so I won’t be buying humus with individual servings again.
When my daughter and her family came to visit last week, I was telling them about the big Costco shopping trip. Of course, I had sweet potato crackers and humus to serve them. I had planned to have quinoa with baked chicken and broccoli for dinner. However, we decided to get the mashed potatoes out of the freezer. I thawed them in the microwave and made gravy. They were delicious.
I had thawed the bacon, so we had it for breakfast the next morning with blueberry pancakes and scrambled eggs.
So, I’m doing well. I didn’t waste any of the food in big packages. But, I don’t think I’ll buy any of the big packages again…except for bacon.
