Must haves on your grocery list

success313

What foods do you always purchase? What foods do you buy for snacks? Trying to gather some ideas over here.

Thanks!

Spliner1969

Silk Light Vanilla Almond Milk, Thomas Light English Muffins, Eggland's Best Eggs (Large), American Cheese slices, turkey sausage or turkey sausage patties, bran cereal, lots of chicken, lean beef, lean cuts of pork, light dressings, frozen vegetables, fresh vegetables (lots of cauliflower, potatoes, sweet potatoes). As far as snacks, I generally go for Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Ice Cream, it's low cal, has less sugar, and lots of fiber. I also buy dark chocolate bars to chop up and sprinkle on my ice cream. Occasionally I'll buy Avacados to make dip, then buy whole grain tostitos chips to dip with but that's a rare occasion, we try not to keep too much junk food in the house. Danon Fit and Active Light Greek Yogurt is also a good snack.. bananas, other fruits.

janejellyroll

I frequently buy onions, garlic, shredded cabbage, hot sauce, plant milk (either coconut or almond), canned tomatoes, canned beans, dark chocolate, raw cashews, chili paste, jalapeno peppers, tofu, and potatoes.

joeboland

-cottage cheese
-plain Greek yogourt
-quick oats
-bananas
-apples
-kale/chard/spinach/bok choy (whatever I'm in the mood for, really)
-frozen fruit/berries
-OREO COOKIES

cross2bear

I always have eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes, potatoes, cheese, green onions, sweet potatoes, beef, pork and chicken, lots of condiments like hoisin sauce and mustards, beans of all type, Special K cracker chips (8 boxes in different flavours in the cupboard right now), popcorn, milk, diet ocean spray cranberry juice (10 calories a cup) - I like to have choices, and with this stuff around, I can usually pull together any meal that takes my fancy on the spur of the moment, or make any recipe that catches my eye.

Kakibot

The things I will buy the most frequently are:

Frozen strawberries+bananas, eggs, cacao powder or 90% chocolate, reduced sugar almond milk, strained soy yogurt, sliced chicken breast, baby leaf salad, tomatoes on the vine, porridge, venison sausage (pretty low in fat and high in iron!), sweet potatoes, lean mince and lean pork chops, toasted chopped almonds, chia seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, hot sauce, mustard, smoked salmon!

fitmom4lifemfp

Jif Creamy, skim milk, 2% cheese singles, yogurt, chicken breasts, eggs, butter (margarine\Brummel&Brown\real - I use it all, frequently), saltines, bagged Italian salad, parm cheese, sunflower seeds, Ken's FF dressing, Oatfit instant oatmeal, apples....gosh too much to list!

Lynzdee18

Chobani 0% Greek yogurt
Avocados
Brussels sprouts
Bananas
Honey crisp apples
Coaches Oats/ Bob's Red Mill Steel cut oats
Boarshead turkey pepperoni
Small Nosa yogurt, from Costco,for a special splurge treat when I've done extra cardio
Taylor Farms kale Broccoli salad mix
Starbucks Verona Coffee****
Morningstar chipotle black bean burgers
Ground turkey

estherdragonbat

Plain Greek Yogurt
String cheese
Skinny Pop popcorn
Yves veggie dogs
Red seedless grapes

kommodevaran

I always buy what I need - or do my best to do that, and not fall for all of my whims. That means I'm not deliberately buying snack type foods that I have trouble moderating when I get home.

I usually shop twice a week and then I'll have three categories to fill for the next three or four days - dinner - fresh fruit - raw vegetables; and a fourth category for staples I'm low on. Exactly what I'm buying, varies with what's on my meal plan and what's in season.

An assortment of my favorite fruit: Apples, pears, pomelo, pomegranate, litchi, plums/pluots, melon, pineapple, mango, grapes, tangerines.
Vegetables I eat raw: Cucumber, carrots, sugar snap peas, cauliflower, broccoli, beets, rutabaga.
Dinner ingredients will mainly be perishable or non-staple vegetables: Onion, peppers, mushrooms, celery, sweet potato, artichoke, asparagus, squash, parsley, parsnips, corn, lettuce, kale.
Staples are divided into fridge, freezer and pantry.
For fridge: Milk, sandwich spreads (cheese, fish, meat), butter, mayo, pickles, chili, garlic, shallots, potatoes.
Freezer: Meat (chicken, pork, beef, lamb), fish, berries, vegetables, sliced bread, bananas. I portion before I freeze unless single frozen.
Pantry: Grains (oatmeal, polenta, wheat flour, semolina, rice, barley, pasta, millet etc), canned (beans, tuna, fruit, jam, tomatoes etc), crispbread (crackers), rye bread, nuts and seeds, coffee, tea, cocoa, herbs and spices, sauces and condiments.

ritzvin

The usual recurring items on my list:
• I eat a lot of soup, rice & beans w/ veggies & meat, cottage cheese, yogurt, eggs, tuna/fish/egg salad - these account for the majority of my shopping list..

Produce:
- apples
- bananas
- (occasional) salad mix

Meat:
- chorizo/polish sausage and/or rotisserie chicken

Organic/Etc section (Wegmans):
- Clif Bars
- GF crackers/mini toast

Dairy:
- Yogurt
- cottage cheese
- eggs

Canned/Non-Perishable:
- Mixed vegetables (for soup)
- Tuna
- Fruit spread (for the yogurt, cottage cheese)
- Crackers
- crushed/diced tomato (for soup)
- mushrooms (for soup, rice & beans)

Latin Aisle:
- dried beans (soup, rice&beans)
- masarepa (for arepas, sort of a corn-based english muffin)
- canned beans (soup, rice & beans)

Frozen:
- Fish
- spinach and/or collard greens
- italian green beans
- corn
- peas
- other misc veggies
- edamame

LilacLion

Always on my Shopping List:
Kale
Carrots
Green leafies (I look for freshest but also try to rotate)
Apples
Oranges
Usually Bananas
Cauliflower (for Buffalo style Cauli)
mushrooms
onions
Frozen Fruit for Breakfast smoothies
Nuts and/or nut milk
Soy beans

Always in my Pantry
Chickpeas (for hummus, salad dressings etc)
a few different kinds of beans (for burgers, salads, etc)
Milled Flax and/or Hemp seeds
Nutritional Yeast
Rolled and/or steel cut oats
Brown Rice Flour
Lots of Spices to keep food interesting.

A good Blender and food processor that I use pretty much everyday.

peleroja

We pretty much always have:

Romaine, tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, carrots, broccoli, brussels sprouts, green beans, green onion, yellow onion, and garlic, lemons and limes
Renee's Caesar and Greek feta dressing, hot sauces, mustard, multiple vinegars and finishing oils
Cheddar cheese, Parmesan shavings, light goat cheese, full-fat sour cream, eggs
POM juice, grapefruit Perrier, Coke Zero, Barq's Root Beer (husband...blech)
Chicken thighs, salmon fillets, shrimp, ground turkey, thick-cut bacon, whole frozen poultry of some kind, Morningstar chipotle black bean burgers, Happy Planet Thai Coconut Soup
Canned tuna, canned chicken, pickles, jarred jalapenos, black and green olives, Salt Spring coffee beans
Quinoa, jasmine rice, short pasta,"ancient grains" bread (lol), naan, flour tortillas, croutons

Then my husband chooses some frozen convenience food as he doesn't really cook so he needs options for when I'm not there: perogies, potstickers or spring rolls, calamari, those broccoli and cheese stuffed breaded chicken things, pizzas, whatever he can find that looks appealing to him in the frozen aisles at Costco pretty much.

We also get tortilla chips and Pringles for him, veggie straws and Angie's kettle corn for me, and occasionally a bag of those Brookstone chocolates.

We are super boring. I eat a giant salad with a black bean burger, egg, or can of tuna/chicken thrown on top pretty much every night. He has either chicken thighs or salmon in some way and also eats a lot of salad, just includes a lot more starch and animal fats than I do, since I'm pretty light and I have a way lower TDEE than him, even though I run regularly.

ds41980

For some reason I buy a bag of shredded iceberg lettuce every week. Otherwise I get yogurt for quick breakfasts and sometimes I get one frozen meal to heat in microwave for lunch. This is not all I buy but I get this almost every week in addition to fruit

LiveLoveFitFab

I buy whatever is on sale, so it's different every week. But here are my must haves

Plain greek yogurt
Frozen fruit and veggies
Munching veggies like carrots and celery
Whole chicken
Lean roasts
Chicken breasts
Wild rice when its on sale
chicken and beef broth
cheese
salad veggies
loads of eggs
bagged sole and halibut
chickpeas to make hummus
avocado, because YUMMMY
hot cereal because its winter here
green tea, lots of green tea
milk
honey


I've decided that I only want to eat nutrient dense food that fuels my workouts, so meat, veggies, whole grains, dairy, nuts, fruit and of course, the occasional treat! So, if it isn't meat, vegetable, whole grain, eggs or dairy, a nut or a fruit I just don't buy it.

My body is thanking me. Even if I go way over my calorie goal, at least I know I'm fueling myself. So I don't worry too much.

AngryViking1970

My usual snack haul:

cottage cheese
Greek yogurt
string cheese
turkey pepperoni
34° crackers
eggs
Laughing Cow
flavored tuna pouches
Pop Secret 100 calorie kettle corn
baby carrots
frozen edamame

eok902

My list is pretty much the same as @LiveLoveFitFab minus the green tea and + dark chocolate.

@ds41980 I hope you don't live in the UK as we're currently having an iceberg lettuce shortage (due to bad weather in Europe). One of the major supermarkets has started rationing them to three per person!!

happysherri

My grocery list almost every time
unsweetened almond milk
eggs
egg white mix
ground turkey
chicken
frozen vegetables (these change because I get bored easy)
wheat bread
cheese
protein bars
bananas
lowfat cottage cheese
sweet potatoes

Snacks - cottage cheese, protein bars, celery sticks, banana, greek yogurt, oats,

Wow, my snacks don't seem that exciting lol but I like them

Hornsby

Protein Bars
Tootsie Pops
Chocolate Lucky Charms
Bananas
Milk

Those are about the only things I buy basically every time I go to the store.

Francl27

Pink lady apples
Cheddar cheese/mini babybel
Greek Yogurt
Usually some kind of chicken
Frozen veggies
I like having some kind of breakast/protein bar in stock too.

Rest I just buy depending on what I'm in the mood for.

success313

Thanks for sharing your lists! Sounds like a great variety of options for me to add to my own list.

jcraig10

chicken, strawberries, milk, OJ, green peppers, oranges, blackberries, eggs, pizza, cheese, pepperoni, hershey kisses, brown rice, pears, carbonated water

basically my list every week.

snacks include- the fruit mentioned above, sweet peppers w/ ranch, trail mix (nuts, raisins), cucumber/tomato (summer salad), cucumbers with ACV mint parsley and garlic, caprese salad, popcorn & pretzel stix, cheese & pepperoni

cwolfman13

My wife and I alternate cooking nights, so we sit down on the weekend and plan what we're going to do for the week and then we make a list of stuff and go shopping for anything we don't have on hand.

We shop at Costco, so a lot of stuff in bulk...so some trips are bigger than others.

3rdof7sisters

Fresh boneless, skinless chicken breasts, and/or turkey tenderloins
bananas
honey crisp apples
Romaine lettuce, carrots, celery, radishes, cucumbers, sprouts, broccoli slaw, bell peppers
bacon
eggs
cheese
yogurt
cottage cheese

Almost forgot, Dove dark chocolate promises.

jessiferrrb

i try to vary what i batch cook every week but things that i have to have in the house are

eggs
cans of tuna
frozen shrimp
plain greek yogurt
pb2
almond milk
canned coconut milk
low sodium vegetable broth
pasta
a few types of cheese options including cream cheese
lemons
mushrooms
garlic
avocado
some sort of veggie burger / chicken /sausage option
multigrain sandwich thins
tortillas
chocolate chips

i rotate other fish or vegetarian proteins as well as fresh veg and frozen fruit depending on mood and menu

kommodevaran

I'm going to steal "munching veggies" @LiveLoveFitFabLiveLoveFitFab

JullzGood

Eggs
Egg whites
Almond milk
Peanut butter
Frozen berries
Frozen veggies
Spinach and Kale
4 Mexican cheese blend for eggs
Turkey bacon
Old fashion oats
White rice
Chicken tenderloin
Apples

powered85

Here's a typical list. Easy to get 50g of fibre a day for me.

0% greek yogurt
Frozen strawberries
Frozen blueberries
Frozen raspberries
Bananas
Apples
Eggs
Egg whites
Milk
Goat cheese
Cheddar cheese
Peanut butter
Almond butter
Carrots
Potatoes
Beets
Cauliflower
Steel cut oats
Corn thins organic sesame
Ryvita rye and oat bran crackers
Finn crisp rye crackers
Blue cheese dressing
Ground beef
Stewing beef
Club soda
Almonds
Walnuts
Pumpkin seeds
Dried non-sulphred apricots
Dark chocolate 80% minimum

LiveLoveFitFab

eok902 wrote: »

My list is pretty much the same as @LiveLoveFitFab minus the green tea and + dark chocolate.

@ds41980 I hope you don't live in the UK as we're currently having an iceberg lettuce shortage (due to bad weather in Europe). One of the major supermarkets has started rationing them to three per person!!

Rationing lettuce? It's like Churchhill's era all over again...jk

janicelo1971

smuckers all natural peanut butter
sugar free marguerita mix
lettuce
mushrooms
banana's
strawberries-frozen
salt and vinegar almonds
pork rinds
tabasco
nathans hot dogs
chicken breasts

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