What's on your weekly shopping list?

inverseofmissy

We buy in bulk at BJ's club (which helps reduce the impulse buys!) so we don't always go every week but some of our staple items are:
bread
eggs
english muffins
waffles
milk
reduced fat shredded cheese
cheese sticks or mini baby bels
hashbrown patties
bacon
fruits of all kinds
avocado, shredded cabbage, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, some other seasonal fresh veggies when we want them
ham sandwich meat
havarti or muenster sliced cheese
chicken breast fillets, lean ground beef, lean pork chops or roast, chicken legs/thighs
frozen veggies- whatever we're in the mood for
carb side items like pastas and sauces, garlic bread, frozen french fries or tater tots
coffee/sugar free creamer
crystal light individual packets
instant mashed potato bowls, grits, oatmeal, special k
frozen pizzas/chicken nuggets
granola bars/special k bars

Kind of long but that's pretty much the sort of stuff we always have on hand (keep in mind we also have 3 kids so some of that is more for them than us). I love having a freezer so that we can have a nice variety at all times and I basically plan dinner everyday from whatever items we have on hand and I never really plan out grocery trips anymore. Just replenish the basics and add in a few snack items depending on what we find.

CatLambee

I always get almond milk, broccoli, carrots, and bananas because those are my favorites. But other than that I kind of just grab whatever I'm feeling like that week. Lately I've been on a rice cake kick...the caramel ones are sweet enough to kick my cravings for bakery goods.

I also pick up chicken, pork, and beef every week, but that's for my partner as I tend to avoid eating any meat that isn't fish, especially if I have to touch it. Raw chicken gives me the jeebies.

megan_elizabeth8

Skim milk
Strawberries
Blueberries
Eggs
Chia seed loaf
Lite wholemeal wraps
Fat free natural yogurt
Avocado
LOTS of Veggies :happy: (eg carrot, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, beans, lettuce, spinach, zucchini etc.)
Cottage Cheese (Low fat)

I get these things most weeks, but not every week.
Sometimes I also need things such as:

Rolled oats
Wholemeal flour
Brown rice
Wholemeal spaghetti
Wholemeal Couscous
Potatoes
Onions
Garlic
Lean Red Meat, Chicken, Fresh Fish (I buy them and freeze them until I need them)
Vita Wheat Lunch Slices
Canned Chickpeas
Canned Tuna
Spices/Herbs

My shopping list is usually VERY repetitive, but I'm not sick of my foods

lanajanewoolf

Salmon (about twice a week)
Chicken (lots)
white fish like barramundi (once a week)
Occasional red meat like Kangaroo steak (yes we eat kangaroos in Aus)

Lots (and lots) of fruit and veg (staples at the moment due to season are)

avocados
lettuce or wombok etc
broccoli
carrots
cucumber
mushrooms
sweet potato
baby spinach
zucchini
berries
pears
apples
oranges
coriander
mint
parsley
chilli

sesame oil
olive oil

oats
greek yoghurt
calcium rich soy milk
eggs
tinned tuna
thai salad dressing
rice paper
vermicelli

skytoads

I rotate between two lists:

First:
Trader Joes
2 bags of carrots
2 bags of spinach
2 cartons of eggs
3 packs of chicken breasts
4 artichokes

Second (Less often)
Sams Club/Giant Eagle/Trader Joes
Cases of protein shakes
Black Beans
Canned Tomatoes
Ground Beef 96/4
Almonds
Pork Chops
Frozen veggies

fernlori

Thanks for the suggestions. Now to get everyone in my family to eat healthy????

myrtille87

I don't have a weekly shopping list (I do a shop on Saturday by bike for exercise, but can't carry a whole week's worth of food, plus some fruit and veg wouldn't keep so I also shop by car on the way home from work once or twice per week) but the things I buy most frequently are:

-Low fat Greek style yoghurt
-Blueberries
-Strawberries
-Bananas
-Oats
-Tuna
-Some kind of tinned pulses (beans/lentils/chickpeas) depending on what I'm making that week
-Chicken (for dinner at lease once per week, plus often roast chicken breast to go in wraps or salads for lunch).
-Veg:
-onions
-peppers
-aubergines
-courgettes
-carrots
-something green (spinach/tenderstem broccoli/greens/kale/green beans...)
-Fresh herbs (basil/parsley/coriander) depending what I'm cooking
-Tinned chopped tomatoes
-Whatever other stuff I'm running low on (pasta, rice, risotto rice, cous cous, bulgur wheat, etc.)

EmpressZhark

** Loads of fresh veg – aubergine (eggplant), courgette (zucchini), bell peppers, salad leaves, tomatoes, cucmber, beetroot, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, green beans, peas, cabbage, kale, pak choi, leeks, asparagus, avocado, spinach…
** Some fresh fruit to stir into my porridge in the mornings
** Bananas
** Greek yoghurt - I buy it in 1kg tubs, and use it in place of any yoghurt/sour cream/cream in recipes, as well as stirring into porridge in the mornings
** Eggs (Great source of protein, easy & quick to cook, always worth having half a dozen in the cupboard for those evenings where you need a quick, filling, healthy meal)
** Mushrooms
** Cheese (Sometimes – typically cottage cheese, or mozzarella. Sometimes I’ll buy a wedge of something really good and give myself 30g/day cheese allowance).
** Quinoa
** Tinned tomatoes
** Tinned beans/chickpeas
** Lentils
** Porridge oats

That’s not to say my shopping list each week is identical. I get very precise about my grocery shopping – I plan my meals for the week, then look to see what I’ve got in the cupboards, and then go out and buy only what I need to make the meals I’ve planned. I make a list and stick to it when in the supermarket.

Anonycatgirl

We like to cook many different meals, and buy different things depending on the seasons and what's on sale. On a weekly basis, you can count on the cart containing milk, Greek yogurt, eggs (unless we get them from my husband's co-worker, who keeps chickens), bananas, pasta if we're running low or it's on sale, and whatever fruit looks good and is in season, and possibly half and half for my coffee; I only need that every few weeks because I use only a couple of tablespoons a day. Usually salad greens unless we're getting them out of the garden at the moment. We get most of our veggies out of our garden from May-October, but can't always keep up with the demand for salad greens. We make a lot of our bread, but buy hamburger & hot dog rolls because my husband has fallen in love with Martin's Potato Rolls.

We tend to buy meat in bulk when there's a sale and freeze it--we have two chest freezers--so it's not necessarily on the weekly list. We buy coffee for me at BJs in bulk and Coke for Himself when it's on sale (I freeze the whole coffee beans and Coke keeps basically forever.) We buy our grains, beans, nuts, and oatmeal at a bulk store and store those in the freezer as well, so they're not on the weekly list but always on hand.

tkillion810

Some of my staples:
Bob's Red Mill Coconut Flour
Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Rolled Oats
Celery Hearts, Lemons, Baby Spinach, Frozen Pineapple and Mango - for green smoothies
Baby carrots
Tahini
Almond butter and Walnut butter
Bananas
Organic chicken breast tenders
Fresh salmon
Eggs
Packs of Albacore Tuna
Spring green mix
Coconut Oil
Pure Pumpkin
Chia seeds and hemp hearts
Tart Cherry juice
Tilapia
Zucchini and yellow squash
Sweet potatoes

LessHeavyVeggie

Fruits/Veggies:
mushrooms, courgettes (zucchini), peppers, onions, aubergine (eggplant), spinach, broccoli, potatoes, carrots, cucumber, tomatoes, bananas, apples, grapes
(actually we grow our own so some of the time I don't need to buy or we have different things ready - squashes, tomatoes, cucumbers and raspberries at the moment :-) but these are my staples that I buy all the time if none are ready in the garden)

Dairy:
semi-skimmed milk, 0% greek yoghurt, Freddo bars (small chocolate bars - 95cals), light babybels, (non-light) cheeses - usually cheddar/feta/goats/cottage (not all of them every week, but I always have at least one/two types in the fridge)

Eggs

Bread

Cupboard items I tend to replenish regularly:
Peanut butter, Special K red berries, chickpeas, lentils, Velvet Crunch crisps/rice type things (84cals a bag), kasza/buckwheat, rice (I like Tilda's flavoured, microwaveable packets), dried tagliatelle, (I have loads of baking ingredients - flours, sugars, dried yeast, fruit, nuts etc, but these don't get used often enough to be replaced weekly!)

Ready-made things I tend to have in for lazy/ill days:
frozen pizza, tinned soup, veggie burgers (frozen)

Spices - I make a lot of Asian type dishes so I always have a variety of spices in the cupboard - I get these in bulk from an Asian supermarket - much cheaper and better quality!

I'm vegetarian so there may be things missing for you. I cook from scratch a lot so it's mainly ingredients, with a few conveniences and low-cal snacks.