What are your GROCERY LIST MUST-HAVES?

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  • obscuremutant
    obscuremutant Posts: 3
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    Smuckers All Natural Peanut Butter
    Birds Eye Fozen Vegetables in the giant bag (Normandy or California Blend)
    Boneless Chicken Breasts
    Whole Wheat Bagels
    Two different kinds of fresh fruit, usually apples and oranges but not always
    Old Fashioned Oats
    Yogurt..all kinds
    Grape Nuts (to mix into my yogurt)
    Red Beans or Great Northern Beans (dried) to cook with a little ham
    Rice
    Individually packaged nuts
    Cottage Cheese
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
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    Weight Watcher's ice cream bars... they have the absolute yummiest ice cream bars in the world.
    Skinny Cow Ice cream novelties...pretty good too.
    Egg whites
    Sara Lee 45 calorie whole grain white bread
    Cheerios
    Pork loin
    Chicken breasts
    Greek Yogurt (just discovered greek yogurt.. yum!)
    Bags and bags of fresh baby spinach
  • KyliAnnHobson
    KyliAnnHobson Posts: 551 Member
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    I'm making out my grocery list right now, so this is very helpful! I'm excited to try greek yogurt and edamame!
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,250 Member
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    Hiya.. I have to restock my fridge/pantry with good foods. I'm wondering what are the staple healthy things that you always buy or must always have in your fridge/pantry to keep you on track. :) Thanks.

    Mine are eggs, skimmed milk, flavoured water and oranges (which I have to go out tomorrow to buy more of, because I more often than not eat four per day LOL)
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
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    I'm on the greek yogurt bandwagon - fage is the brand i love. Fruits and veggies of course. Nuts so i can satisfy a need for a little crunch in my oatmeal etc...lots of leafy greens, crab and shrimp, laughing cow cheese (processed junk but fills the need for cheese - i'm addicted to cheese lol), string cheese, hot sauce (for zip), hummus, corn tortillas (i can have two for 110 cals when i need a breadlike item), protien drinks (i find it hard to get in enough protien) and bars for when i don't have time for bfast (i do premier drinks from costco and think thin bars from trader joe's, both lower in sugar and fat than most), oatmeal (cook a pot and you'll have breakfast for the next few days), beans, chicken, egg beaters for scrambles....yep, that's the gist.

    If you like cheese, may I suggest Ile De France Brie Bites. You can find them in the Safeway deli department where they have the imported cheeses. They come in individual little containers and are real mini-bries with the "brie rind" and all. They are delish and only 70 calories. A tad expensive though. I think they were about $5.99 for a package of 5. Well worth it for a very special weekly treat!
  • arctiknitter
    arctiknitter Posts: 119 Member
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    apples
    edamame
    veggies (broccoli/spinich/carrots!)
    chobani greek yogurt (love black cherry)
    red meat
    shrimp
    dried cherries and nut mix for my afternoon pick-me-up
    LaCroix sparkling water-helps deal with the craving for a beer or glass of wine
    brown rice
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,967 Member
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    Apples
    Bananas
    Strawberries
    Grapes
    Broccoli
    Carrots
    Eggs
    Almonds
    Peanut butter
    Turkey for sandwiches
    String cheese

    Other stuff varies but those are pretty much what I always buy.
  • Caffeine_Addict
    Caffeine_Addict Posts: 178 Member
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    Hiya.. I have to restock my fridge/pantry with good foods. I'm wondering what are the staple healthy things that you always buy or must always have in your fridge/pantry to keep you on track. :) Thanks.

    Mine are eggs, skimmed milk, flavoured water and oranges (which I have to go out tomorrow to buy more of, because I more often than not eat four per day LOL)

    lol that's exactly what I just ran out of. And I'm a december baby too :smile:
  • mes1119
    mes1119 Posts: 1,082 Member
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    eggs
    bananas
    apples
    greek yogurt
    chicken
    ground turkey
  • Katie3784
    Katie3784 Posts: 543
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    Whole wheat bread, whole grain pasta, variety of fresh fruits, fresh or frozen veggies, yogurt(I like Activia), lowfat or skim milk., and lots of water.
  • gollyitsmolly
    gollyitsmolly Posts: 54
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    I'm not an food elitist, I swear! I live in SF so It's easier to be picky with where my food comes from. I try to source as many of my produce from local growers/farmer's markets. All the chicken/turkey /eggs I try try try to get from free range sources. Same with fish, I won't buy tilapia from Thailand/china because of the way it is farmed and the impacts on the ecosystem. I sound preachy...I'm really not sorry!!

    ground chicken breast
    chicken breast
    ground turkey breast
    eggs
    tilapia when I can find it from farmed from US or S. America
    tuna in water when I can find it responsibly caught
    nf cottage cheese
    unsweetened vanilla almond milk
    rolled oats
    cinnamon
    hot sauce
    broccoli/asparagus/green beans depending on season
    natural almond or peanut butter
    avocado
    spagetti squash
    baby spinach
    berries
    ruby red grapefruit
    sweet potatoes
    carbonated water
    greek yogurt
    fresh salsa
    brown rice
    brown rice cakes
    ezekiel bread/pitas or tortillas
  • lillystargazer
    lillystargazer Posts: 62
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    Fresh baby spinach
    Arnold's Multi-grain Sandwich Thins
    Hummus- Spinach & Artichoke or Roasted Red Pepper
    Frozen and fresh veggies
    Bananas, Apples, Strawberries
    Boneless, skinless chicken breast
    Italian seasoned breadcrumbs (many uses)
    Reduced fat or low fat cheese
    Eggs
    Almond milk
  • Kayla165
    Kayla165 Posts: 118 Member
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    Laughing cow cheese
    Ritz crackers
    English muffins
    Fresh fruit/ veggies
    Special k fruit and yogurt cereal( For my late night sweet tooth)
    Greek yogurt
    Eggo waffles
    Proggresso soup(under 100 calories and sooo filling)
  • sweetoblivion314
    sweetoblivion314 Posts: 55
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    Maple Buckwheat cereal by Arrowhead Mills
    Udi's Gluten-Free multi grain Chia bred
    Sweet Potatoes
    Greek Yogurt
    Cashews
    Jif Natural peanut butter

    ETA: Vanilla Almond milk either by Silk or Almond Breeze

    I would recommend that you switch to a peanut butter that has only one ingredient: peanuts. Jif Natural, while supposedly healthier then normal hydrogenated and heavily salted peanut spreads, still contains extra sugar and salt. Real peanut butters such as Adams or the kind that you get from the grinder at Whole Foods, contain only one ingredient, roasted peanuts, with no extra sodium or pointless sugar.
  • kiki41
    kiki41 Posts: 80 Member
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    unsweetened almond milk
    edamame
    chicken breasts
    almond butter
    ezekial bread
    greek yogurt
    honey and agave nectar
    fresh berries and apples, bananas
    quinoa
    sweet potatoes
    my protein powder
    fish
    oat flour to bake with
    liquid egg whites
    celery etc
    yum!!!
  • good2bthaking
    good2bthaking Posts: 325 Member
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    chicken, fruit, veggies, hummus, and popcorn. Love the popcorn for evening treat!
  • sweetoblivion314
    sweetoblivion314 Posts: 55
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    Spinach, liquid egg whites, apples, walnuts, Newman's Own black bean and corn salsa, veggie burgers, chobani yogurt, frozen fruit mixes, frozen edamame, balsamic vinaigrette, veggies like bell peppers, beets, and mushrooms, quinoa (pre-rinsed), and chicken stock to cook the quinoa in :)

    Liquid egg whites are great for protein, but they have almost no nutritional value beyond that. You may as well just be drinking protein powder.
    Whole eggs, however, contain tons of vitamins and nutrients and are extremely healthy. The yolk is where the developing fetus gets all of its nutrition.
    It has also been shown that eating 2-3 whole eggs a day helps improve fat loss and muscle gain as well as help develop healthy hormone and nutrient levels in the body.
    The idea that the fat in eggs will harm you has been dis-proven many times. This myth needs to die.
  • SLaw4215
    SLaw4215 Posts: 596 Member
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    Special K Cracker Chips
    Progresso Light Soup
    Cheerios (Multi Grain)
    Arnold Sandwich Rounds
    String Cheese
    Light Yogurt
    Almonds (Dark Choc 100 calorie packs)
    V8
    Chrystal Light
    Broccholi Slaw
    Almond Unsweetened Vanilla Milk
    Boneless Skinless Chicken Tenderloin
    Shrimp
    Sabra Hummus singles
    Baby Spinach
    COFFEE
    Hood Country creamer (less calories than light cream, creamier/sweeter than milk)
  • clarinh0
    clarinh0 Posts: 28
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    Natural probiotic yoghurt
    Broccoli
    Ham
    Milk
    Rye bread
  • Caffeine_Addict
    Caffeine_Addict Posts: 178 Member
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    This is super helpful guys :flowerforyou: Thanks!

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