Well every weekend, I go out and buy all my veggies for the week. I feel like if I lined up all the veggies I've eaten over the past 77 days AND fruits...I could easily fill my entire house. As I was going through a drawer to find a utensil...I re-discovered my ziplock steam bags. These are a great thing people. Each bag tells you how long to cook each kind of veggie in the microwave in the bag - and they come out great! The produce is very expensive, especially living in the Northeast. I'm wondering what a pineapple costs where everyone is? It's $3.99 here. A package of strawberries is also $3.99. Blueberries are out of season and the tiniest package is an alarming $5.99! With all this in mind - I show no shame when the produce manager wheels out the "second hand" vegetables and fruits. For the most part, they are all in great condition and cost a fraction of the normal cost. For example, I almost bought a 5 lb bag of apples for $8. Buying the "seconds" - it cost me $1.10 for 5 lbs! A bag of lettuce here averages about $2.99...on the seconds shelf - .98 cents! It's really a great savings if you hit it just right. Today, I bought one of those giant vegetable trays - normally $15 for $6. I took all the carrots out and roasted them in the oven with an onion and mushrooms and divided them in single serving containers for the week. I washed the little tomatos and set them aside for salads for the week. The celery, I will eat today with my 1 tsp of peanut butter. The peapods, I am thinking about stirfrying. The broccoli, I steamed (enough for 2 servings). I keep buying a zuchini and a summer squash and steaming them. I keep them in a big container. When I made my eggwhite omlette in the morning, I had a heaping helping of squash/zuchini to it and it bulks it up. Very satisfying! Have a skinny day pals!