Your must have foods

Stella_Mayfair

Okay I am going shopping soon making me list. Where I live it is expensive and rare to find stuff, however, what are some foods you must have b/c they are healthy? I love low cal/fibrous food, looking for good noodles for whatever, suggestions? I have Flax and Chia seeds

My list so far:

Yogurt
Light cream cheese
Unsweetened almond milk
cocoa powder
Fruits/veggies
Red kidney beans
Weight watchers bread and bagels
Less sugary granola bars
Cereal

TheSatinPumpkin

Shirataki Noodles.
Eggs

bluuu123

chicken breast
eggs
quaker oats rice minis (yummy and low cal snacks)
whole oats for breakfast! (also quaker oats)
protein bars (the convenient high protein meal replacement)

greenstar25

Healthiest food of all: green leafy vegetables! For convenience, buy some organic, boxed pre-washed baby spinach, or baby kale, or a mix of baby spinach, baby kale and baby swiss chard. Superstore has them. Eat raw (in smoothies or salads).

mylovelyremedy

PB2
Sugar free pudding cups (flavored with sucralose)
kettle corn (sugar free)
sweet potatoes

MaryJane_8810002

Hemp Protein
Rice Protein
Brown Rice
Large Florida Avocados
Rudi's Multigrain gluten free bread
White Chocolate wonderful Peanut Butter
All fruit spread

Patttience

High fibre - lentils and chickpeas and other beans - all usually dried though canned for rush jobs. I don't like kidney beans. They are my least favourite. How do you cook yours? I buy borlotti for mexican.

Only full cream dairy. I don't believe in low fat. I've been persuaded by the low carb scientists etc that fat is not the enemy. In fact low fat could be an enemy since its usually replaced by a lot of sugar and also it might increase cholesterol since dietary cholesterol doesn't cause high cholesterol per se.

olive oil extra virgin cold pressed

nuts and seeds

oats. i've hardly any room for bread in my food situation.

all the usual fruit and veg, raw frozen fish, canned sardines, eggs,

nice cheeses

cooking flavours: capers, gherkins, fetta cheese, walnuts, fish sauce, coconut cream, spices and dried herbs, balsamic vinegar from modena, wine,

dried figs and medjool dates

I try to eat high fibre.

Meerataila

Still refining it:

Dried garbanzo beans
Bananas
Blueberries
Strawberries
Raspberries (or blackberries maybe next time)
Sweet potatoes
Russet, Yukon, or baking potatoes
Cashews
Peanuts
Almonds
Sesame seeds
Flax seeds
Spinach
Molasses
Tea
Coffee
Red chili peppers and jalapeno peppers and/or any other kind of hot pepper
Mushrooms of some kind or other

Graelwyn75

Salmon.
Potatoes.
Runner beans.
Nuts.
Goat's cheese.
Apples.
Eggs (duck and chicken).
Beans.
Brown rice.
Broccoli.
Carrots.
Porridge(oats).
Bananas.
Tomatoes.
Avocado.
Spinach.

I keep these foods around all the time pretty much.

salembambi

potatoes
melons
apples
blueberries
broccoli
cauliflower
carrots
beets
rice
crackers
flax
cucumbers
corn

malibu927

Greek yogurt (plain and assorted flavors)
Granola
Blueberries
Bananas
Romaine salad mix (I tried eating spinach instead but it wasn't satisfying enough)
String and shredded cheese
Lunchmeat for days I'm eating at school
Eggs
Whole wheat English muffins
Peanut Butter
Apples
Broccoli
Wheat bread
Turkey sausage
Ice cream/frozen yogurt

schle009

I eat strawberries dipped in Ovaltine powder... okay-ish for a chocolate fix. Otherwise honeydew melon or musk melon

Stella_Mayfair

thanks added a few to my list for shopping-others I have or looked so high and low for it and can't find it. I am limited to 4 stores. 2 don't count b/c they are the Polish bakery/meat market my mom likes, lots of fattening stuff. Other is Safeway and walmart.

Cant find sweet potatoes, or affordable protein bars. Other stuff I get as a non organic b/c last time I purchased my yummy spinach as an organic, well it went a slimy weird green and smelled awful.

I have nuts, seeds, veggies/fruit a must. eggs yum

So far can get brown rice and Quaker oats rice minis /rest listed I have or cannot get sadly

Stella_Mayfair

I don't cook them, just microwave and add to my meal.

Example, rice, red kidney beans and bbg sauce yummy

FatFreeFrolicking

Chicken
Salmon
Eggs
Brown rice
Sweet potatoes
White potatoes
Earth Balance
Peanut butter
Bananas
Strawberries
Watermelon
Cantaloupe
Blueberries
Avocados
Asparagus
Green beans
Nature's Promise spring mix
Onions
Garlic
Nuts
Protein bars
Crackers
Pretzels
Popcorn

lhopex3

Lemon**** (drinking warm lemon water is a miracle - let me know if you have any questions about this)
Beets
Lettuce
Cucumber
Tomato
Fresh yellow-fin tuna/salmon
Apple Cider Vinegar
Free range chicken breast
Peaches
Unsweetened Almond Milk
Watermelon
Blueberries
Mango
Zucchini (for zucchini spaghetti!)
Onion
Garlic
Snow peas
Mushrooms
Avocado
Farm fresh, organic eggs
Asparagus
Ezekiel Bread
Flax seed
Hemp seed
Sweet potatoes
Parsley

These are just some - let me know if you'd like more info. Eat a rainbow of vegetables every week and you won't be disappointed If it's expensive, follow the sales/visit farmers markets and you'll be trying new things often which keeps food exciting and diverse - also amps up the cooking skills.

Stella_Mayfair

Lemon**** (drinking warm lemon water is a miracle - let me know if you have any questions about this)


These are just some - let me know if you'd like more info. Eat a rainbow of vegetables every week and you won't be disappointed If it's expensive, follow the sales/visit farmers markets and you'll be trying new things often which keeps food exciting and diverse - also amps up the cooking skills.

Ty yea my dad is gung ho on lemon water.

I have heard the farmers Market is so much more money-sadly it is

jdhcm2006

Healthier items I couldn't live without:

Spinach (great for green smoothies, the taste is much lighter than kale)
Frozen fruit (i like the antioxidant blend from target)
Eggs
Wheat bread
Chicken
Eidopro flavorless protein powder
Frozen Corn (I love it. I don't care what anyone says about it)
Shrimp
Crystal light packets
Sweet potatoes (I love making fries with them)
Dark chocolate (I love Bark Thins - I get the pretzel and almond ones)
Benefiber
Peanuts
Almonds

Unhealthier items:

Bacon (perfect for my breakfast sandwich)
Rainbow sherbet
Minute Maid Just 15 lemonade

And although it's not a food. I could not live without my Ninja Pro Prep. It makes making smoothies a breeze

huggymama

Cashew pieces and nutritional yeast for making super low-cal cheesy sauce
raw vegan protein powder
psyllium husk
fruit for the freezer ready for the blender
coconut water
rice milk
coconut oil
beans and lentils
range of veggies - mushrooms, onions, pumpkin, carrots, leafy greens etc
soba noodles
green tea
camomile tea - I have 3 kids and need the calming effect. Plus it helps me sleep better!

Stella_Mayfair

Healthier items I couldn't live without:


Shrimp
Sweet potatoes (I love making fries with them)

wish I could find sweet potatoes they are so yummy, shrimp? frozen? how do you cook?

spirit095

Eggs
Canned tuna
Chicken
Mixed salad
Yogurt
Fruit
Milk and soy milk
Green tea