Grocery Staples!!! What are your must haves? or Great finds?

Kate48230

Xtreme Wellness has a low carb, whole grain, 71 calorie tortilla that is soft and even my picky kids like them. I get them at Kroger.

Rubey81

Walden Farms Calorie free, sugar free - Dressings, Mayo & BBQ Sauce & syrups

http://waldenfarms.com/

Arctic Zero 150 cal per pint Ice cream
http://www.myarcticzero.com/

PB2 & PB2 Chocolate - Real peanut butter but less fat and only 45cal per two tbsps
http://bellplantation.com/

Joseph's Bakery's High Protein Flax/Oatbran & Whole Wheat Lavash Bread. - 100cal per wrap. - Great for making pizzas and chips etc.
http://www.josephsbakery.com/p-10222-Flax-Oat-Bran-and-Omega-3-Square-Lavash

Greek yogurt
turkey pepporoni
hard boiled eggs
egg whites
chicken breasts
tuna steaks
laughing cow cheese wedges
spinach
Monster Milk

breakingthepath

chicken
potatoes
carrots
turnip greens / whatever's cheap
dry beans
canned tomatoes
egg noodles
sliced turkey...

My pantry faves are usually at one extreme or the other when it comes to effort and nutrition. Baking powder and yeast sit next to obligatory college staples like spaghettios (and yes, ramen). I have the food budget of an undergrad because I am one and try to make the best of it.

tinam76

thanks for the tip i hope it makes me happy because i love salad but dry salad is sad lol i actually been eating salad with 2tbs and it makes me wanna cry

magerum

Boneless & Skinless Chicken Breast (18 lbs / week. 10.5 for me alone, yay meat)
97% lean ground sirloin 1 lb
Dry roasted almonds 1 lb
Fresh spinach 3 lbs
12 Chobani's
2 loafs 45 cal bread
PB2
2 lbs mixed frozen veggies
60 ozs brocolli & cauliflower
2 lbs pasta
Whey Protein (2 lbs)
Quaker Oats, old school rolled oats tub (lasts 3 weeks @ 1/2 cup a day)
No sugar added ice cream 1 gallon
Frozen potato O'Brien 2 bags
2 6-packs of sugar free jello pudding

The above is my typical weekly consumption, the wife and kids are a different story. I'm also eating 3000-3100 cals daily to maintain so maybe I'm a bad example. When I was on 1200 cals a day (for 7 months) the menu was the same, just a lot less of it!

- M

Kagard11

Great staples! Thank you all for sharing!

AC417

Lots of veggies. Nothing really in particular, just whatever looks good and whatever is on sale at Sprouts.
Onions
Garlic
Mixed greens for salads
Oranges
Bananas
Lemons (for my salads)
Canned tomatoes (for spaghetti sauce, salsa and chili)
Brown rice
Steel-cut oatmeal
Pinto beans (I try to eat a lot of beans for fiber)
Skinless boneless chicken breast and thighs (thigh meat is best for chicken fajitas)
Lean meats (flank steak, sirloin steaks)
Turkey bacon
Eggs
Almond milk
Cow's milk (for my brother. He drinks a gallon every two days all by himself)
Fiber One cereal
Chobani yogurts with fruit (lots of protein)
Santa Fe whole wheat tortillas
Nature's Own whole wheat hamburger buns (lots of wheat and has some vinegar, which is good for me since I'm trying to eat low glycemic)
Olive oil and canola oil