What are your food staples?

alphaip

Hey - I thought it would be cool if you could post what you find yourself buying/eating for most of your meals. Here is my weekly shopping list - any new ideas?

-Skim Milk
-Eggs or Liquid Egg Whites (for eggamuffins, omelets, french toast batter)
-Natures Own Sugar Free Whole Wheat (50 cal slice)
-Orowheat 2x fiber english muffin
-Kroger 3 pepper & onion blend (frozen - used in omelets, chili, rice,eggamuffins)
-Canadian Bacon
-Oatmeal
-Light and Fit Yogurt (mixed with oatmeal - served cold)

-Near East Whole Grain Blends Brown Rice Pilaf (the best)
-Canned Pinto Beans and Diced Tomatoes (mixed with rice and peppers)
-Bonless Skinless Chicken Breasts and Lowest Sugar marinade (variety)
-Small Potatos
-Sara Lee Honey Deli Turkey Breast (I don't think this has the "fillers" - but not sure)
-Springer Hill Ranch 98% Lean Free Range Grass Fed Ground Beef (for chlil or for a rice/beef bowl)
-Brown Rice Pasta
-Fat Free Cheese and Sour Cream (for chili)
-Albacore Tuna

-Ak-Mak stone ground whole wheat crackers
-Cream of Rice cereal
-Local Honey
-McCormic Chili Kit
-Albacore Tuna
-Sugar free Jello or fruit bars as a frozen treat

Crysta1976

Larabars and Amy's brand gluten-free frozen meals.

kind of pathetic....LOL

melodyg

Aldi 12 grain bread (looking for something with no HCFS though!)
Old Fashioned Oatmeal
Whole Wheat Flour
All Purpose Flour

Yeast
Honey
Peanut Butter
Nuts (usually almonds)
Olive Oil
Brown Rice
Canned Black Beans
Dry Pinto Beans (not so much in the summertime)
Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta

Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
Ground Turkey
Ground Chuck or Ground Round when it is cheap!
Canned Tuna in Water
Canned chicken broth

2% cheddar cheese
1% or 2% milk
Vanilla Yogurt
1% cottage cheese
Lowfat sour cream
Butter
Whatever other cheese I need for meals that week!

Romaine Lettuce
Spinach
Onions
Garlic
Tomatoes
Bell Peppers (3 color package -- I freeze what I won't use that week)
Lemons (for salad dressing)
Frozen fruit or fresh fruit (whatever I can get cheap!)
Other fresh veggies as they are on sale
Canned Tomatoes
Tomato Paste (for spaghetti sauce)
Avocado
Frozen corn
Frozen Green Beans

I am out of most of these at the moment... I think I just made up 1/2 my grocery list compiling this list!

Sillybunni

Fat Free Milk
Bananas
Tuna
Pasta
No yolk egg noodles
100% Whole Wheat Bread
Instant Oatmeal
Red Onions
Garlic
Yellow Potatoes
Tomatoes
Great Value light vanilla Yogurt
Frozen mixed veggies
Frozen broccoli

kayemme

our produce varies as we eat seasonally, but we almost always have onions and garlic in the house. in fact, it's one of the few things i can't cook without.

currently, our produce staples are:

lettuce
chives / scallions
beets
radishes
kale
chard
peas
carrots
potatoes (though not so much in the high summer)

pickles of all sorts

we keep a lot of frozen fruits and vegetables during off-season months, most of which are ours from the garden, but we almost always have on-hand frozen corn, peas and peppers.

i always keep a host of dry beans on hand: black, red, white, chickpeas, green peas, lentils (red, black & green only, i don't like the brown ones)

canned tomato
olives
oils (of all sorts)
vinegars (of many sorts)

flour (white and wheat)
sourdough starter
yeast (instant and active dry)
sugar
salt
cornmeal
oatmeal

eggs (farm-raised)
milk (whole)
yogurt (i make it myself, so i go through periods where i don't feel like eating it, so i don't make it)
butter
cream cheese

and all herbs. we eat a lot of herbs, fresh and dried.

imagymrat

I'm a creature of habit I tend to eat the same thing over and over again.
Tuna
chicken breast
shrimp
skim milk
yogurt
whole grain bread
steel cut oatmeal
veggies..all kinds of them, especially beans and peppers
bananas
strawberries
egg whites
mixed salad greens
peanut butter
nuts and seeds
quinoa
cottage cheese
brown rice
whole grain berry and almond granola bars
melon, all kinds, great for smoothies
I like to sweeten things with honey or stevia

Becka77

Whole Wheat Lavash (for homemade pizza)
Marinara Sauce
Shredded Cheese
Organic Baby Spinach
Onion
Bell Pepper
Squash
Zuchini
Avocado
Olive Oil
Canola Oil Cooking Spray
Thin sliced turkey
Sliced all natural cheese
Salsa
Organic eggs
Instant Oatmeal
Coffee
Green Tea
Agave Nectar
Whole wheat pasta
Shredded Parmesan
Canned Tuna
Greek Yogurt
Fresh/frozen berries for smoothies
Tomatoes
Bananas
String cheese
All natural almonds

Angelgranny2007

For Chrysta1976, there is a great recipe book called "You Won't Believe It's Gluten Free". I have been avoiding gluten free tortillas and stuff b/c they just aren't good. So far, I have been very pleased with this book, and the recipes turn out good enough that my family even eats it! (Usually they won't go near my gluten free cooking.) I got the book off half.com for about $8

CocoFire

My trainer gave me some meal plans to work off of and convenient shopping lists that I use for most of my shopping. Here is what you'll find in my fridge and pantry:

-Boneless, skinless chicken breast
- salmon fillets
-tilapia fillets
-canned chunk light tuna
- coffee
-truvia sweetener
- egg beaters
-skim milk
-baby spinach
-spring greens or herb mix
-apple
-grapefruit
-bananas
-oatmeal, plain
-crutons
-kraft balsamic vinegar light dressing
- broccoli
- green onion, cilantro, parsley
-asparagus
-lemons (totally necessary)
-rice
- fat free mayo
- saltines
-yoplait light
-potato
-cottage cheese
-skim milk
-reduced fat feta cheese
-green tortilla wraps

I also keep these things on hand:
-shiro miso
-reduced sodium soy sauce, tamari, rice vinegar
-kosher salt
-minced garlic
-tea (all kinds)
-thyme, rosemary, sage- fresh if possible
-crushed red pepper, paprika, chili paste
-white cooking wine
-dijon mustard, sierra nevada pale ale honey mustard, regular mustard
-olive oil, avocado oil, sesame oil

Kamila02

I like to make things I know. I don't have a lot of time to piddle with receipes. So... here goes...

bruschetta: tomatoes, garlic, fresh basil, olive oil, balsalmic vinager. s/p... HEAVEN ( I top it on chicken, fish, salads, or eat it with baked tortilla scoops, pepper and olive oil triscuts or toasted wheat sandwich thins)

yogurt parfait: greek yogurt (2X the protein), berries, high fiber cereal (Kashi), almonds, sometimes honey

wheat sandwich thins (no high fructose corn syrup)
hormel natural lunch meat
SPINACH SPINACH SPINACH
Cheetos Natural white cheddar puffs ( no high fructose corn syrup) 32 pieces for 140 (or so cals!)
Tostitos Baked Scoops ( and salsa)
Bryers Natural Chocolate Ice Cream (no HFCS)
Egg Beaters
Chicken
Tilapia

LIME LEMON LIME LEMON on all fish, chicken... oh oh oh oh on grilled squash and zucchini topped with parmesean cheese.

I cannot give up my Paul Newman Creamy Caesar salad dressing
heat some John Soules Fajita Meat (beef), add onions, bell peppers and some of Paul Newmans Creamy Caesar... wrap it in a whole wheat tortilla (without HFCS) and YUM!

Whole Wheat waffles: topped with greek yogurt and berries
Silk Light Vanilla Soy Milk
Hazelnut sugar free creamer
Naturally More "peanut butter'

All sorts of produce and veggies.

Then I work out like crazy!

Good luck, hope this helps!

kittybellenir

Haha this is a fun thread

35 calorie bread
Be Kind Bars in Almond and Apricot, and Mango and Macademia if you have not tried these find them they are amazing
Cage free brown eggs
Fat free milk
Apples
Fresh cut pineapple
Grapes
Oranges
Fresh express coleslaw mix
Kraft coleslaw dressing
Chipotle Tabasco sauce
Strawberry Mini Wheats
Pita Chips
Oscar Meyer deli shaved turkey,chicken breast, and roast beef
2% reduced fat cheese singles
Laughing cow cheese
Strawberry applesauce
All sorts of frozen veggies

michlingle

Arnold 100 cal sandwich rolls
Amercian cheese
Eggs
Cans of canned beans
frosted shredded wheat
pickled beets
Almond Milk
Crystal Light Lemonade
Special K w. red berries
Onions
Tomatoes
Avocados
Cilantro
........of course there's more stuff I eat than this, but if these things aren't always in the fridge/pantry, well, then, I go shopping.

NWCountryGal

Just a few things I regularly purchase:)

Vanilla Soy Milk
Multi Grain Bread
Uncle Bens Brown Rice
Quaker Oats
Tyson Chicken Breast strips(no batter, just chickie)
93/7 burger(not every week)
Boneless pork chops
Bacon(usually John Morrell)
Range Free Eggs
Stonyfield Yogurt(Vanilla)
Frozen mixed berries
Adam's chunky peanut butter
Nabisco Multi grain crackers
Ak Mak crackers
Laughing Cow Cheese Wedges
Shredded Cheddar cheese(Tillamook)
Real Butter and Spray Butter substitute
Fresh Vegies(frozen as well)
Sargento String Mozarella
V8(low sodium)
Buddig Sandwich meat(Deli)
salad makings
croutons
Baking potatoes
Buttermilk Ranch(seasoning packet type)
cottage cheese
sliced mozarella
Carb balanced Mission Flour tortilla's(Medium size)
Cheerios

I like to cook in the crockpot at least once a week so different roasts or ribs with carrots and taters. Lots of stirfrys with the cooked, peeled and deveined from Walmart.

Lots more but that's all I can think of at the moment;)

have a great 4th everyone, Denise

NWCountryGal

Woohoo!! I like your style! No deprivation, that's my motto;) denise

I like to make things I know. I don't have a lot of time to piddle with receipes. So... here goes...

bruschetta: tomatoes, garlic, fresh basil, olive oil, balsalmic vinager. s/p... HEAVEN ( I top it on chicken, fish, salads, or eat it with baked tortilla scoops, pepper and olive oil triscuts or toasted wheat sandwich thins)

yogurt parfait: greek yogurt (2X the protein), berries, high fiber cereal (Kashi), almonds, sometimes honey

wheat sandwich thins (no high fructose corn syrup)
hormel natural lunch meat
SPINACH SPINACH SPINACH
Cheetos Natural white cheddar puffs ( no high fructose corn syrup) 32 pieces for 140 (or so cals!)
Tostitos Baked Scoops ( and salsa)
Bryers Natural Chocolate Ice Cream (no HFCS)
Egg Beaters
Chicken
Tilapia

LIME LEMON LIME LEMON on all fish, chicken... oh oh oh oh on grilled squash and zucchini topped with parmesean cheese.

I cannot give up my Paul Newman Creamy Caesar salad dressing
heat some John Soules Fajita Meat (beef), add onions, bell peppers and some of Paul Newmans Creamy Caesar... wrap it in a whole wheat tortilla (without HFCS) and YUM!

Whole Wheat waffles: topped with greek yogurt and berries
Silk Light Vanilla Soy Milk
Hazelnut sugar free creamer
Naturally More "peanut butter'

All sorts of produce and veggies.

Then I work out like crazy!

Good luck, hope this helps!

NWCountryGal

Have you tried Spelt? I love that stuff, almost forgot it til I saw your wholewheat pasta in your list;) Denise

Whole Wheat Lavash (for homemade pizza)
Marinara Sauce
Shredded Cheese
Organic Baby Spinach
Onion
Bell Pepper
Squash
Zuchini
Avocado
Olive Oil
Canola Oil Cooking Spray
Thin sliced turkey
Sliced all natural cheese
Salsa
Organic eggs
Instant Oatmeal
Coffee
Green Tea
Agave Nectar
Whole wheat pasta
Shredded Parmesan
Canned Tuna
Greek Yogurt
Fresh/frozen berries for smoothies
Tomatoes
Bananas
String cheese
All natural almonds

terraskye

Wow!! I'm getting some great ideas as my staples are sadly lacking


Whole Pineapple
Berries of some sort
Blue Diamond Almond Milk
Eggs
Yogurt
Some sort of Nut Butter
Hummus
Food should taste good Multigrain chips

Just pretend I have vegetables listed too:)

BlueLikeJazz

My food staples are changing at the moment as I'm transitioning to a mostly animal-free diet. I don't have the time or energy to go completely vegan since animal by-products are lurking in SO many things, but I've cut out the obvious: any kind of meat inc. fish, dairy, eggs, bullion, etc. So currently my staples are becoming:

For protein:
Wild Harvest organic soy milk
Mori-Nu organic tofu
Gardenburger Vegan Veggie Medley patties
Canned chickpeas, black beans, refried beans

Fruits and Veggies:
Whatever is looking beautiful at the farmer's market, this week that includes:
swiss chard
zucchini
yellow squash
red and gold potatoes
radishes
cucumbers
watermelon
green onions
strawberries

Grains:
couscous
orzo
brown rice
popcorn

For toppings/spices:
Salsa
Bragg's Liquid Aminos
Parkay Butter Spray (this I know has buttermilk in it and has no nutritional value, but I'm addicted to it on popcorn!)

And what I plan to have become a staple is: nori sheets! I want to start making vegan "sushi" rolls, but I don't have the mat. I'm open to any suggestions there.

aproc

Natures own honey wheat bread
Black forest ham
Kraft fat free cheese
laughing cow cheese
egg beaters
sugar free strawberry preserves
Strawberries
Bananas
Kashi go lean
Almond milk
Peanut butter


I have to have those in the house every day. XP

Robin1109

I just did some grocery shopping and purchased:

Almond milk
egg whites
laughing cow light wedges
plums
better start english muffins
skinny cow mint truffle ice cream bars
shiitake mushrooms
portabella caps
spinach
eggplant
deli turkey
deli chicken
flat out wraps
avocado
jalapenos
celery
hummus
weight control oatmeal
blueberries
veggie slices soy cheese
seltzer water
ground turkey
frozen peas, broccoli, spinach, brussel sprouts and green beans!

Hope this gives you some new foods to try out!

luly727

Love this post I am a creature of habit & have found that a routine and schedule have kept me on track for 3 1/2 month now ( a record for me )
I buy the same things and have my meals usually the same.

Skinless, boneless chicken breast
Ground Turkey (98 % fat Free)
Salmon fillets
Catfish ( fresh when I can catch some)
Talapia or Cod fillets
Extra Lean Ground Sirloin ( special occasions)
Turkey Cutlets


Fat Free: Cheese slices, bologna, cottage cheese , cream cheese, Yogurt, Fat Free frozen Yogurts & FF Ice cream
My spray Olive oil and spray butter flavor

Stir Fry veggies at Walmart ( Great meals, quick low fat and use 1/2 breast of chicken)
Canned fruit in juice only
FF Saltines
Tomatoe Soup ( 0 Fat)

Green beans, Peas, Sauerkraut, small potatoes, lettuce, salad stuff, mushroom etc etc ( try to get fresh veggies from garden , but have to buy some canned)
Fat Free dressings , Fat Free Croutons
Smart Balance LIGHT ( Occasional)
Healthy Life breads ( no fat, High fiber)
Arnolds Sandwich thins
Whole Wheat Pastas
Cans and cans of Diced Tomatoes ( I make my own sauce)
Egg Beaters ( I have eliminated eggs all together)
Fiber One 90 calorie Bars ( For an emergency munchies)
Lays Fat Free Potatoe chips for emergency
Cinamon Roll Oatmean & Apple cinammon oatmeal

Everything in my fridge and pantry is Fat Free or very low fat..
I have gotten used to it and also have NO added salt to any of my foods..

mpuebla0925

almond milk
Kashi cereal
bananas
oatmeal
whatever berries are on sale
fresh mushrooms
asparagus
baby spinich
tomatos
brown rice
reduced fat pepper jack cheese
stoneyfield yogurt
cage free brown eggs
morningstar farms "burgers" and "chicken" patties
boneless skinless chicken breasts
supreme lean ground beef

mworld

I keep mine simple

cheese (usually fontina, havarti, pappadew cheddar, triple creme)
beer IPA
scotch single malt
chicken boneless skinless
filet mignon
organic apples
raw pineapples
lemons
12% fat ground beef
french bread
corn
green beans