Putting together a fruit platter looks impressive to friends and family, but is truly one of the easiest ways to enjoy fruit! A couple of other options are my Fruit Pizza and Blueberry Galette!
One of my biggest struggles of late has been grocery shopping. It may sound harmless and mundane to most; the simplistic task of making a list, finding a store that sells those items, and then going to purchase them.
List, store, buy, go home. Easy peasy.
Only… not so much.
Fresh Fruit Platter and How I Shop (kinda)
This is usually how grocery store shopping goes in my house:
Monday-Decide that I must go grocery shopping, start thinking about what I need to get. Day gets busy and by the time hubby gets home and we finish dinner I am exhausted. No grocery store today.
Tuesday-Running low on supplies… need to ransack the freezer for dinner. Plan on going to the store in the afternoon, smallest child ends up taking nap at a weird time and can’t make it. Too exhausted by the time dinner is over. Must go tomorrow.
Wednesday– Kids have activities at night, must go to store this afternoon! Schooling takes longer than expected, one child seems to have a runny nose and sniffles. Yuck, germs. Skip store. Have hubby pick up dinner on his way home.
Thursday-Completely out of milk and bread. Consider watering down some heavy cream for cereal. Make bread from scratch and pretend it was my plan all along. Dinner is left overs, and I declare it “clean out the fridge day”, only don’t actually clean the fridge. Hubby is out of town, so at 8:00om at night I put all kids into the car in their jammies and run to the convenience store for tiny sized totally overpriced milk so we can have breakfast in the morning.
Friday-I will make it to the store today! Absolutely must do anything in my power to avoid grocery shopping on a Saturday. Kids are starting to get tired and run-down (not to mention cranky!) … must get them some fresh and healthy food! Desperate for good food we venture out to the nearest Super Store. The selection is sub-par. Fruits and veggies are wilted and picked over. The meat selection is near expiration. My feet start hurting and I get distracted in the cookie aisle. We go home with 1-gallon milk, four packages of Oreo’s, and some diapers.
Saturday– Family is planning a revolt. They want good food! I finally make up a list and head to the store. The parking lot is full and I walk 100 yards in the rain. The store is a mad house. Everything is picked over and I trip on the stock boy trying to replenish the bananas. They are out of coupon books so I have to pay full price for everything. Checkout lines are three deep and the baby is kicking me in the bladder.
Sunday– We are out of milk as I forgot to buy more yesterday.
If you want more amazing Appetizers, I have a fantastic list!
Fresh Fruit Platter
Ingredients
- watermelon
- green grapes
- blueberries
- kiwi
- cantaloupe
- apple
- orange
- raspberries
- strawberries
Instructions
- Cut up orange, apple, and watermelon.
- Peel cantaloupe and kiwi and slice.
- Arrange rest of fruit on platter.
- Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
Notes
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I shop weekdays only. Fresh foods are rarely delivered on the weekend
I buy in season produce and go to ethnic grocery stores as I’ve found very good produce and meat there, not to mention good prices!
I’ve found the freshest is at farmers markets, the overall quality is so much better.
For the freshest food, buy only what’s in season.
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My week sounds a LOT like yours! I need help in the grocery department too. Feeding our family of 7 is pretty expensive and I would love to look into this!
First, have a produce supplier you trust,I try to know what fruits/veggies are in season. Know how to test each for ripeness/freshness…by smell, feel, appearance. I also know when the delivery trucks come.
use Farmer’s Markets
always buy from a local farmer’s market for the best quality.
We enroll in the community based farm program each summer so we are sure we are getting the best produce.
We used to live very close to an every week Saturday morning local farmer’s market. Cheap produce that looks and tastes and travelled less than grocery store stuff. Now we’re too far to get there at the early hour required to get the best stuff. But, the best way to get the freshest stuff at the grocery store is to talk to a manager and get their regular delivery schedule – produce on Mondays and Dairy on Tuesdays or whatever. That way you can plan your shopping around the best times to go. Also, in the interest of saving gas and time, plan to stop on the way home from picking up kids or from work or whatever so you aren’t making a special trip. Keep a running list on your phone (if you have one) or on a note in your bag/wallet. ALWAYS carry your coupons.