Grocery

JonathonMars

Going to the grocery today--what thing do you recommend I add to my food "oeuvre"? Pretty much been eating the same things for almost 50 days--yogurts, cottage cheese, eggs, grilled chicken, black beans, tuna, salmon (on occasion), more almonds than I ever wanted to eat, occasional PB, bananas, oatmeal, Fiber One and Kashi Go Lean Cereal, milk, and protein powder. Sometimes I get cilantro.

Basically just tired of the same old line up, mixing and matching is getting tiresome!

PixEm

I would love to help, but that is pretty much what I am eating myself. I have allowed my self at 4oz piece of lean steak and aspargus as a treat. I love steak!!!!

popat89

Hummus, Feta cheese, grape tomatoes, ezekeil 4:9 sprouted bread, tostada shells, salsa, vanilla almond milk, blueberry milled flax seed, Trader Joe's Indian fare (Madras Lentils and Punjab Chole), TJ's reduced guilt mac and cheese. Hope this helps! I roam Trader Joe's and grab whatever looks delicious. Much of their food has really simple ingredients lists. I especially love their ethnic food.

mrs_schultz2012

i LOVE ice cream...so "skinny cow" ice cream bars are a big hit with me!

I also tend to buy a lot of Special K bars, fruits and veggies, wraps, whole grain pasta, brown rice

Justacoffeenut

check out the recipe topic site and see if you come up with any ideas.

My staples are, baby mixed salad greens, chicken, ground turkey, lean ground beef, carrots, celery, onion, cabbage, sweet potatoes, speghetti squash, beans of all kinds, fruits, whole grain bread, and for a treat peanut butter, kraft indulgence dark chocolate cream cheese (both great on hot toast in small amounts)

Hope that helps

baxgilter

Pita bread, english muffins, carrots with hummus Im a super fan of lately, add fruit to your cottage cheese to mix it up, yup thats all I got

LishieFruit89

apples
spinach
cucumbers
tomatoes
watermelon
pineapple
kiwi
strawberries
green beans
asparagus
brussel sprouts
cauliflower
scallions
tilapia
chicken breasts
greek yogurt
almond milk (mix it with your protein powder, its so thick and creamy like drinking chocolate milk - i have a chocolate protein powder lol)
quinoa
feta cheese
navel oranges
veggie chips
laughing cow cheese wedges

bevsdietfor2011

You could try getting some fruits and veggies: kiwi, carrots, celery, cucumbers, eggplant, squash etc and snack or cook with them. If you need recipes you can go online or I can send you some of mine if you would like. Make omelets and add chopped veggies etc and i will try to come up with some other ideas.

Bev

JonathonMars

Recipes scare me. They have so many ingredients to log, and require preparation skills. Currently, I just randomly mix things together. All I have to do is occasionally scramble an egg, or put a piece of chicken on the George Foreman.

DesignGuy

LOL. Your list looks a lot like my list. I also second hitting Trader Joes. They have a lot of good things there.

e_gracey

You could try some new veggies that are easy to cook: sweet potatoes/yams or beets are my favorite. You can cook them whole in the oven without peeling, and they are super tasty and healthy. Maybe try lentils, organic apples, string cheese, goat cheese. Otherwise, your grocery list looks pretty similar to mine (except I'm picking up babyfood too).

emgs52

oatmeal!!!

amyhoss

Egg beaters and almond milk

JonathonMars

I live in one of the most uninhabitable places on earth--the closest Trader Joe's is currently 3 hours away, but in a few months we will have one about an hour away. I'm very excited! I keep hearing amazing things about that place!

Starklover

Salad stuff! It is super easy to prepare and most of the stuff I put in my is little to no calories! if you like dressing but dont want to use ranch or italian or whatever, try salsa! You can mix and match so much stuff with salad... I like to make a big bowl of it and I create a recipe for it, so then whenever I want it I just scoop out a bowl and then use the recipe to add instead of adding it all seperatly. Good luck, hope you find something new and yummy!

BriskisGrl

check out the recipe topic site and see if you come up with any ideas.

My staples are, baby mixed salad greens, chicken, ground turkey, lean ground beef, carrots, celery, onion, cabbage, sweet potatoes, speghetti squash, beans of all kinds, fruits, whole grain bread, and for a treat peanut butter, kraft indulgence dark chocolate cream cheese (both great on hot toast in small amounts)

Hope that helps

do you have any good flavorful ground turkey recipes???? Also I'm not into breakfast very often but occationally do love a bagel and cream cheese. Cream cheese on toast less calories??

Lfabry

I'd recommend more veggies. Having a spinach salad everyday for lunch has really helped me. I put black beans on top since I don't eat meat but you could just as easily top your salad with animal protein. I use spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumbers, carrots, celery, radishes, green onions. Pretty much any type of veggie you like can go into a salad. Just be sure to select a healthy dressing.

Lfabry

Great call on using salsa. Super low-cal and super flavorful. Instead of mixing up a huge salad, I chop all of my salad veg in advance when I have time. Then when I want a salad, I just use a half-cup measure to throw veggies on top of my spinach.

kiminikimkim

What do you mean by food "oeuvre"? I speak french and that word seems out of place unless you meant your grocery list is a work of art of some kind.

I suggest you buy ingredients to make meals that last for many leftovers: Vegetable beef stews (turnips, carrots, celery, onions, stewing beef, vegetable stock), crock pot meals like pulled pork or slow roasted chicken or healthy meatloafs (made with leftover stale bread. I like taco mix spices. I make a batch of taco meat with ground turkey. Dinner time I have tacos as a meal then I like to use the leftover taco meat to make open face grilled cheese for lunch the next day.

My locavore boyfriend depends on what the farmer's basket supplies us. We get odd things like lebanese cucumbers, mustard greens, rappini, Kale, beets, lentil sprouts etc. I make beet and kale chips for snacking.

Sometimes just taking a walk to the farmer's market can inspire some fun new things to eat.

JonathonMars

I do eat, normally, either a salad, or just eat spinach leaves with olive oil and 1 tbsp. of Newman's Own Light Balsamic Dressing. In fact, that's what I'm having now. Love how olive oil can pretty much make my salad into a meal with its calories! Haha.

fmbomzo

Cruise through Trader Joe's. I just had a vegetable bird's nest. It was delicious. I also like black bean burgers.

I posted this before I read your previous post about not having a TJ's close by.

JonathonMars

Eh, it is out of place. Perhaps I should have said, "tableau"? I don't speak French. But I use words in all kinds of weird ways. Like Milton, I sometimes think about...a word and its origins, and evoke it in that fashion.

1lizette1

when I eat salad I put the dressing on the side in a small dish. Each time I go to take a bite I dip my fork into the dressing then the salad. This way I get a taste of dressing with every bite and I use 1/4 of what I might have drizzled on the salad.

sunnyflower1177

try some california pizza I eat it and I'm still loosing weight!!!Yippee

Justacoffeenut

www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/577815-grocery-shopping-staples-eating-clean

mhotch

Whole wheat pasta with what ever fresh veggies are in the fridge. Cut up some ham, chicken, or shrimp for some extra protein.

I just made a SIMPLE recipe I found in the NY times this weekend.

angel hair pasta 4 oz
broccoli 2 cups
Parmesan cheese, 1/2 cup grated
chicken stock 1 1/2 cup
garlic clove

Cook pasta until about 1/2 done
cook broccoli and stock about 8 minutes {broccoli should be soft}

add cooked broccoli and stock, cheese, and garlic to a blender and puree, then return to pot,
add pasta to the puree and cook together until pasta is done.

this was about 2.5 servings. it was delicious. I didn't have enough Parmesan, so I added grated asiago cheese, and a few tbs of chopped onion. My son loved it.