What do you always put in your basket?

Angellore

So, I now do my shopping online. I am in the UK. What items do you buy on a regular basis, the key foodstuffs which help you stick to your healthy eating plan and lose weight? I work shifts so need food that is quick and easy for work days, but love cooking on my days off.

kr3851

My favourite is a frittata - I make at least one a week.

I always have chicken breasts (I grill them when I get them then freeze or refrigerate for later), eggs, spinach, mushrooms, shredded lite cheese, tuna, beef mince (the lowest fat one available), tinned tomatoes, brown rice. I also make sure I have plenty of frozen broccoli and cauliflower.

Sweet potato fries have just come out here and they're pretty good on the side of something else.

Another thought is to buy heaps of stuff that you can cook up on your days off and freeze in individual containers. I used to cook once a month - big pots of casserole, stirfry, curries etc. Then I take out and defrost in the microwave whatever I feel like when I get home. Also handy to take to work for lunch!

jenilla1

The things that always go in my cart are yogurt, ground turkey, reduced fat cheeses, frozen spinach, and pasta. Yes, I said pasta. For some reason, I like to combine pasta with vegetables, so it encourages me to eat my veg. If you watch your serving sizes, pasta's great! I eat it almost every day. (Try brown rice pasta - yum!) :drinker:

jujubean1992

i always buy fruit i can eat at work!

Just_Bethy

As a mum of 4 with a hard working hubby I ALWAYS make sure I have Lean Cuisines or Healthy Choices on hand..I can't always eat what I cook for them and sometimes I don't feel like cooking a separate meal...So I can pop a healthy small balanced if not very tasty meal in the micro...Also sugar free puddings..I LOVE them..60 cals of sweetness if I need them!!!

Elleinnz

This is my weekly shopping list....

Cans of the following:
Beetroot
Lentils
Chickpeas or Cannellini Beans
Artichoke Hearts
Chopped Italian Tomatos, or if you can get them canned Cherry Tomatos
Tuna in Brine (the small cans is a perfect protein serve for lunch)

Shaved Ham (we get them in little packs of 50g here - perfect protein serve for lunch)

Fillet Steak - cut into 100g serves.....
Salmon Steak - cut into 100g serves
Chicken Thighs - without skin and bone - 1 and a half thigh is about 100g - so I portion them in zip lock bags when I get home
Fat Free Cottage Cheese (I like the Garlic and Chives)
Fruit Yoghurt
Oatmeal
At least 2 packs of Frozen Berries
Brocolli
Cauliflower
Carrots
Mushrooms
Baby Spinach Leaves
Organic Eggs
Ryvita Crispbreads - Original

Frozen Vegetables - We get something called Steam Fresh here - portion sizes that you pop in the microwave for 3 minutes...

Then lots of stuff for a big salad every lunch, Lettuce, Tomatos, cucumber, sweet peppers.....

I take about 10 minutes to pack my lunch / afternoon snacks every morning, and I can make dinner in less than 20 minutes thanks to my trusty microwave

hush7hush

Yogurt!
I can't live without it.

marylouise86

bananas! we must look mad when we do our online shop as we order so many! lotsa of other fruit too..easy and healthy snack!

taurie

I'm in the UK too.

What a great idea. It's great to see what people are buying to keep them on plan.

I always plan my meals for the week so I'm prepared when I go shopping.
I always get...

FOR BREAKFASTS:
Fage 0% Greek yogurt
granola - cereal
blue berries
strawberries
bananas
agave syrup
filtered coffee
skim milk

FOR LUNCHES (I always cook a big batch of beans and rice at the weekend to take to work during the week. I try different recipes every week. Fridays I buy lunch and I keep canned soup on hand has an alternate)
coriander
black beans
brown rice
garlic
onions
tinned chopped tomatoes
salad leaves
artichoke hearts
cherry tomatoes
tinned Amy's soups


FOR DINNERS:
honey and soy mackerel, prawns, salmon, or tuna steak
chicken breasts
fillet, ribeye, or sirloin steak
salad leaves
peppers
beet root
feta cheese (full fat)

FOR SNACKS/ occasionally will have this for a light dinner under 200 cals:
vine cherry tomatoes
mozzarella (full fat)
Ryvita
basil
extra virgin olive oil
balsamic glaze

FOR TREATS
Freedom frozen desserts
dark chocolate to eat with strawberries
wine

witchyboots

Just bumping this so I can reply when I get home from work! xx

Laura_beau

I'm in the UK too- and do my monthly shop online, with a few trips to my local morrisons when I'm running low of anything. My staples are:

Breakfasts:

Alpen Light bars- Fudge flavour (yum)
Weetabix oaty bars (I eat breakfast at my desk mostly.....)
Low fat natural yoghurt
Oats & More- Honey flavour
Nimble/ WW bread
Laughing cow extra light cheese
Mattesons turkey bacon rashers- for weekends!

Lunches:

Melba toasts- they come in mini packs of 10- 110 cals for 10!!!!
Cottage cheese
Cup a soups- thai chicken is my fave
quinoa, orzo or cous cous salads with either a little harissa paste, sundried tomato & garlic paste (Gia) or pesto mixed in for flavour.
Tuna
Wholemeal pitta breads
Turkey Ham
Turkey breast slices
Salad- lettuce, tomatoes, spring onions, rocket, cucumber
Low fat dressings- I like asda lemon & pepper or asda yogurt & mint
Low fat Feta
Low Fat Halloumi
Olives
Eggs (weekend omlettes)

Snacks-

Crab sticks
cherry tomatoes
Go ahead slices
Crisps around 100 cals (Skips, french fries, wotsits, wheat crunchies, sunbites)
2 finger kit kats- around 100 cals

Meat & Fish

Asda Turkey sausages
chicken breasts
turkey mince
Pork loin steaks
Flavoured Turkey steaks- morrisons (I love the chinese & minty ones)
White fish fillets- basa/coley/pollock
tuna steaks
Prawns

Veggies/Fruits

Aubergine
courgettes
peppers
onions
asparagus (when not rediculously expensive!)
butternut squash
sweet potatoes
cauliflower
broccoli
red cabbage
garlic
ginger
lemongrass (I do a lot of thai/asian cooking)
coriander
mint
basil
Apples
Berries

Storecupboard

Red lentils
Brown rice
Polenta
Wholewheat pasta
quinoa
Chickpeas
Split yellow peas
Wholewheat cous cous
Indian curry paste- usually pataks madras
Fry light 1 cal spray oil- olive oil &/or sunflower
Garden peas
Sweetcorn
Pesto
WW pasta sauces
Low fat coconut milk
Kidney beans
tomato puree

Plus- I make sure that my spices & herbs are well stocked, a must for tasty food!!