What have I overlooked at the grocery store?

melodyis4reals

About to go shopping. Looking for new or old products I may have overlooked.

MichelleSilverleaf

Overlooked in what respect?

PixelPuff

Anything you don't normally buy for veg/fruits. Go experiment! Google them as you look to see their stats (beware of persimmons), but try some new stuff.

ladyhusker39

Since we don't know what you've "looked at" (or what you like to eat or your goals) we can't possibly recommend things you may have overlooked. Would you like to be more specific?

kommodevaran

Some items I was late to discover:
Parsnips (wonderful cut into 1/2 inch sticks, oven roasted w/olive oil, honey and sesame seeds),
brussel sprouts (halved and oven roasted, with salt, pepper and specks of butter),
polenta, semolina (cream of wheat), millet and barley meal make incredible porridges that don't need sugar, just a pat of butter,
tapioca (great for puddings),
pumpernickel (sweet, black, moist rye bread),
gorgonzola,
beets and kohlrabi (delicious raw, in sticks),
romanesco (looks like alien broccoli),
edamame,
plantains,
kale,
dates (be careful, can be difficult to moderate),
pomegranates, pomelo, plouts, litchi,
new varieties of old favorites (apples, pears, grapes, plums).

melodyis4reals

kommodevaran wrote: »

Some items I was late to discover:
Parsnips (wonderful cut into 1/2 inch sticks, oven roasted w/olive oil, honey and sesame seeds),
brussel sprouts (halved and oven roasted, with salt, pepper and specks of butter),
polenta, semolina (cream of wheat), millet and barley meal make incredible porridges that don't need sugar, just a pat of butter,
tapioca (great for puddings),
pumpernickel (sweet, black, moist rye bread),
gorgonzola,
beets and kohlrabi (delicious raw, in sticks),
romanesco (looks like alien broccoli),
edamame,
plantains,
kale,
dates (be careful, can be difficult to moderate),
pomegranates, pomelo, plouts, litchi,
new varieties of old favorites (apples, pears, grapes, plums).

Thanks. Some of these are great ideas!

melodyis4reals

I’m just looking for some inspiration and new ideas for my weight loss journey.

rheddmobile

I like to try one new fruit or vegetable every time I go to the farmer's market. Find something you have always wondered about. Look it up on the internet for different ways to eat it, buy one or a few, and learn if you love or hate it. This is how I learned to love sapote ice cream, nopales, and dragon fruit.

jgnatca

I echo the advice above to pick up a vegetable you have never tried. You can always google a recipe.

Any sort of dried bean or legume is good too. I like Mung beans best sprouted.

Lounmoun

You can bulk out your meals with low calorie vegetables. Cabbage, zucchini, cauliflower, spinach can be used in many ways.
Frozen vegetables are great to have on hand.

I don't buy many special diet products. Bolthouse Farms salad dressings I have tried though were very tasty and low calorie options.

rj0150684

If you like broccoli stems, try kohlrabi. Basically tastes the same. Cooks the same way. Very mild flavor, crunchy to soft texture (depending on how long you cook it)

Cbean08

When I want new things, I go to a different grocery store. It's a big bonus if they have a large international section. There are lots of interesting things like sauces (indian curry, thai curry, sweet and sour, enchilada sauce, pesto, tapenade) and seasonings that you could easily use with a different recipe.

andreagayle7510

Bags of frozen mixed veggies (Asian snap pea mix is my fav)
Red and yellow bell peppers in everything
Black lentils
Kimchee just to snack on
Nori sheets and rice wine vinegar to make veggie sushi (avocado, celery, cucumber, carrot variations) oh don’t forget the wasabi (I use brown rice; it doesn’t stick as well)
Dave’s killer bagels have lots of protein and taste amazing
Pre washed, chopped kale.
Sugar free, just fruit spreads on rice cakes
Hot sauces! ❤️ the secret aardvark (from Portland OR) get it on Amazon

Best tip: buy a good nonstick Pan. I have one from TJ max it looks like stone. I use water to sauté and don’t use oil. Saves so many calories!!!

JeromeBarry1

Just go shopping in Canada and get a pack of Protein Snickers in Fun Size for me.

CarvedTones

rheddmobile wrote: »

I like to try one new fruit or vegetable every time I go to the farmer's market. Find something you have always wondered about. Look it up on the internet for different ways to eat it, buy one or a few, and learn if you love or hate it. This is how I learned to love sapote ice cream, nopales, and dragon fruit.

I usually enjoy doing this, but one time I bought a big root vegetable at the Asian market that turned out to be a giant "blink back tears" radish that is fine as an ingredient used sparingly but not in big chunks like it was a potato.

The other day I got a Galia melon. Looks like a cantaloupe on the outside, like honeydew on the inside and tastes kind of halfway between the two. It was pretty good.

livingleanlivingclean

Do you go down the confectionery aisle? Always loads of good things appear there...
This week, I added banana split M&m's, neopolitan M&m's, a block of "boost bar" chocolate, a block of "mega crunchie chocolate", starburst on sale, and some new flavours of sweets...

rheddmobile

CarvedTones wrote: »

rheddmobile wrote: »

I like to try one new fruit or vegetable every time I go to the farmer's market. Find something you have always wondered about. Look it up on the internet for different ways to eat it, buy one or a few, and learn if you love or hate it. This is how I learned to love sapote ice cream, nopales, and dragon fruit.

I usually enjoy doing this, but one time I bought a big root vegetable at the Asian market that turned out to be a giant "blink back tears" radish that is fine as an ingredient used sparingly but not in big chunks like it was a potato.

The other day I got a Galia melon. Looks like a cantaloupe on the outside, like honeydew on the inside and tastes kind of halfway between the two. It was pretty good.

Daikon is a little much to eat as a vegetable raw, but it cooks up surprisingly well, similar to turnips, and makes a good soup! A little dashi or soy sauce and you're good. It's much milder when cooked. But yeah, this is why I always read up!

NovusDies

You can also revisit many of the classic fruits and vegetables you know and love in the way of pickles. Pickling is not just for cucumbers and okra. It is not even just for vegetables. Not to worry either you don't need your grandmother's pressure cooker and flats of sterilized mason jars because all you need to do is make them refrigerator pickles. There are plenty of recipes out there and experimentation with flavor profiles is part of the fun.

Ginger apple pickles... yum.

BranaBecky

Have you ever tried Shirataki Noodles? I can't always find them where I shop near home, but love to get them when I can. They are zero calorie noodles, I can't remember the plant they are from, but they have no real taste of their own and pick up the flavours you are cooking with them.
I love to make homemade pasta sauce using lots of diced onions, peppers, sliced mushrooms, with tomato paste, some water, Italian Seasoning, chopped garlic and some hot sauce. Add some lean chicken, meat or fish and serve over the shirataki noodles and you have a really hearty meal that feels like you are cheating, but you aren't. But my experience is that it is only good when you first make it - if you freeze the noodles in sauce or a soup, their texture changes when you reheat them, and they become kind of hard.

nowine4me

I like to shop at Whole Foods on occasion and try stuff from the old bins. Like freekeh, wheatberries, and random dried fruits. Not sure how, but I don’t think I’d ever had prunes until last week.

corinasue1143

JeromeBarry1 wrote: »

Just go shopping in Canada and get a pack of Protein Snickers in Fun Size for me.

Is that for real? I used to love Payday Pro bars. They didn't have them long.
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