ok everybody, time for a grocery list:

Aldi experiment:

1 brown rice spaghetti: $1.89
1 fit and active plain 32 oz yogurt: $1.89
1 can crushed tomatoes: 95 cents
1 tri-color organic quinoa: $3.99
1 lentil chips : ) : $1.99
1 organic red pepper dressing: $1.99
1 organic wildflower honey: $3.49
1 banana nut granola cereal: $2.49
1 abf whole chicken: $6.73
1 sparkling water: 59 cents
1 pepper jack cheese: $1.89
1 pine nut hummus: $1.99
1 spicy red pepper hummus: $1.79
1 can black beans: 59 cents
1 organic instant oatmeal: $2.49
1 apple cinnamon granola bars: $1.79
1 mini cucumbers 16 oz: $2.49
1 pepper assortment: $1.49
1 iceberg lettuce: 99 cents
1 16oz roma tomatoes: $1.49
1 fit and active ham sliced tub: $2.49
plus 4 cents tax

= $45.53

woohoo!