Grocery shopping with a bike.

I have had a lot of questions about how we manage to get a decent amount of groceries while only owning a bike and no car. It has definitely been an interesting learning experience. I used to go to the grocery store frequently - as in, every two or three days - with my daughter in the trailer, which gave me limited storage space. That got old pretty quickly. I've found that it is much easier to go to the store by myself, of course, with only the trailer for company, but it's hard to say no to a two year old that loves helping me pick out food.


Recently, I've had to borrow a bike from a friend because the tube in my bike sadly cracked. She also lent me her son's bike seat, so we have been trying that out. Liliana is smitten. We will be picking one of those up once I find the perfect bike for myself.  An advantage of the bike seat is that Lili can sit in it and I can tow the empty trailer to the grocery store and any other places we need to go. Today, for example, we went to Target, Strack & Van Til (grocery store) and the Dill Pickle (co-op). This is what I managed to carry in our Chariot trailer, with Liliana in the bike seat.

Garlic (2 heads)
Onions (5 pound bag)
Lemons (3)
Cucumber (1)
Red pepper (4)
Yellow pepper (1)
Scallions (1 bunch)
Tomatoes (2)
Green lettuce (1 bunch)
Green pepper (1)
Strawberries (1 container)
Asparagus (1 bundle)
Potatoes (4)
Spinach (big container)
Flat leaf parsley (1 bunch)
Portobello mushrooms (6)
Cilantro (1 bunch)
Ground chicken (2 pounds)
Ground beef (1 pound)
Turkey sausage (1 pound)
Butter (1 pound)
Feta cheese
Chihuahua cheese (8-oz)
Cream cheese (1 block)
Mozzarella (8-oz)
Queso fresco (2-oz)
String cheese
Red wine vinegar
Tomato sauce (28-oz)
Diced tomatoes (15-oz can + 28-oz can)
Phyllo dough (16-oz pkg)
Black beans (3 cans)
Green chiles (4-oz)
Allspice
Ground cloves
Dried sage
Dried marjoram
Milk from a local dairy (1 gallon)
Milk from a semi-local mill (10 pound bag)
Fair trade bananas

The spices and herbs were bought in bulk, and I only bought what I needed, so it was a very small amount for each one. 

Toothpaste
Nighttime pull-ups
Toothbrush
Stickers