What is usually on your grocery list?

Apples.

Most other foods I don't need to buy EVERYTIME, but with 3 kids who all love apples (plus me- who loves apples)- We need to replenish our apply supply each store visit.


Other frequent purchases are: beans, ground turkey, spinach, frozen berries, random veggies, bread (which I almost never eat but my husband can go through a couple loaves a week it seems!), Nuts (almonds, pecans, whatever) Bubbly Water- we go through LOTS of bubbly water!

And flour. My son loves to cook/bake pizza crust, cookies, big soft pretzels, scones, etc....

Chicken, Oatmeal, Ezekiel Bread, Egg Whites, Broccoli, Salad, Cucumbers, 90% Cacoa Chocolate, 2% string cheese, Tilapia, Lunch meat - This covers most of meals

36 lbs of cheese.

NOTHING ELSE.

But you gotta have some beer with that don't you? An otherwise perfect list.

Here in Colorado, you can only get crap 3.2% alcohol beer at the grocery store, some weird holdover from prohibition. So beer is never "officially" on the grocery list.

That sucks. Colorado is the home of two of my favorite breweries (Left Hand and Avery).

I know! It's actually kind of a good thing- because no one really buys beer at the grocery store, we've got some really-well stocked liquor stores with every type of beer you could imagine. I guess legislators have tried to pass laws to sell full-alcohol beer in the grocery stores but they keep getting shut down because all the liquor stores would go out of business. But it is ironic that the beer-brewing capital of the U.S. can't even sell their beer at the grocery store.

Now Texas- you wanna talk good stuff? Lets talk about your states ice cream and BBQ. OMG.

I'm trying to follow a low calorie diet - these items are always on my shopping list.

Skim Milk
Low Calorie Cereal (Life, Special K, or Cheerios)
Low Calorie Yogurt (Dannon Light and Fit, or Dannon Light and Fit Greek)
Arizona Diet Blueberry Green Tea
Thin n Trim Deli Meats
Purdue Perfect Portions
Blueberries & Strawberries (when in season)
Crystal Light
Pasta
Low Calorie Bread
100 Calorie Snack Packs
Skinny Cow Truffle Bars (frozen food isle)
Veggies & Fruits

tons of fruits/veggies
frozen chicken
seafood (low in fat)
turkey (breast & ground)
egg whites
low cal granola bars
pita pockets or tortilla shells
lean cuisine meals
string cheese
turkey hot dogs
turkey sausage
crystal lights mixes for water

Eggs
Spinach
Carrots
Grape Tomatoes
Some combo of : Green beans, avocado, snap peas, peppers, broccoli with variations based on what's in season and what looks best
Grapefruit
Lemon/lime
Some combo of Apples, cherries, blueberries, strawberries, depending on season and freshness
Pasta
Wraps or rolls
Chicken
Beef or Turkey
Sandwich meat
Almonds or sunflower seeds
Many varieties of cheese
Greek Yogurt or luna bars
Milk
1 dessert snack

That's pretty much the show.

Nuts
Veggies
Fruit
Fish
Coffee

free from milk
free from bread
chicken
free from rice
mixed frozen veg
free from sauces e.g curry or chilli
sugar free squash
free from crackerbreads

I recently started juicing (not a juice fast), so my basket at the grocery store has changed tremendously. Now it's usually cucumbers, lemons, apples, pears, oranges, beets, ginger root, lettuce, spinach, bananas, carrots, pineapple, chicken, nuts, long-grain brown rice... oh, and protein powder. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but that's the gist of it for the most part.

Taking in so many veggies has really been great. I mean, as my body purges the crap in favor of the goodies from the veggies/fruit, not so much, lol. But afterwards, I feel great and have a lot more energy.

For me and my hubby:
Chicken Breasts (the single packaged, natural kind)
Almond Milk
Low Fat String cheese
greek yogurt
carbsmart banana creme pie yogurt for smoothies
PB2
bags of steamable veggies
green lettuce or organic romaine lettuce for salads
Spinach (organic) when it's NOT contaminated
Raspberries
Apples
Shredded 2% cheese
Eggs
Liquid Egg Whites and Egg Beaters
Waters
Crystal Light
Coke Zero
Pop Chips
Lunch Meat
Sara Lee 45 Cal bread
Wheat Bread (for him)
Laughing Cow Light swiss cheese or the strawberries and cream cheese wedges
Canadian bacon
Salsa
Canned pumpkin
Soda Water

For our 4 year old:
Yogurt
Milk--fat free
Natural PB
Simply fruit blackberry or strawberry spread
popcicles
Soup
animal crackers
Motts for Tots 40% less sugar juice
Rice Krispies
Nutrigrain bars
Cars fruit snacks
Cliff Bars for Kids

usually as much meat as i can afford
peanut butter
eggs
whole wheat bread

veggies
fruit
salad
chicken
pork chops
fish
eggs

Luckily I have a garden I maintain so first, I raid it.
Tomatoes - slicing, roma and yummy grape tomatoes
cucumbers
watermelon
cantaloupe
green beans
red, yellow, orange bell peppers
jalapenos
sweet potatoes
strawberries
grapes
wild plums
lettuces
onions
apples

Store bought items:

skim milk
low fat sour cream
low fat and/or fat free shredded mozzerella and chedder cheese
old fashioned oats
Special K with berries (for my husband, not me)
Splenda
An assortment of keurig cups
frozen fruit, mostly strawberries and blueberries, a LOT if I have no fresh, for smoothies and to put in my oatmeal
romaine lettuce
various low cal salad dressings, usually vinagrettes that I could easily make myself and should!
almonds
almond butter
Healthy Life whole wheat bread 35 cals per slice
avocados
Great value spicy mustard
whole grain pasta
Lean ground beef 97/3
Frozen salmon steaks
frozen tilapia
frozen trout
naturally smoked bacon
no nitrates turkey deli meat
chicken breasts
honey ( i use it in smoothies and homemade salsas)
tortillas for homemade pizzas (delicious)
roasted soybeans
mushrooms
redi whip

FAGE GREEK Yogurt (0%)
Eggs
Chicken
Fish
Onions
Tri-colored peppers
Botteled Water

Topco Original Almond Milk
Chobani Fat Free Plain Yogurt
Boar's Head Low Sodium Chicken Breast
Boar's Head Low Sodium Lacey Swiss Cheese
Fish
97% lean ground beef
Freshly ground chicken sausage
Pears
Bananas
Blueberries
Cherries
Avocado
Celery
Salad Mix
Frozen Veggies (to supplement whatever our garden is not producing at the moment: grean beans, broccoli, asparagus, collards, mustard greens, turnip greens, spinach)
Several Varieties of Lean Cuisine
Sweet Potatoes
Irish Potatoes
Great Value No Salt Added Canned Green Beans
Cereal (Post Bran Flakes & Special K Honey Oat)
Bolthouse Mango Vinaigrette Dressing
Wishbone Light Creamy Caesar Dressing
Eggs/Egg Whites
Mrs. Baird's Bread (wheat or honey wheat)
Stone Fire Tandoori Naan Bread (wheat, if available)
Health Valley Low Sodium Soups
Snyder's No Salt Added Pretzels
Nabisco Triscuit Hint of Salt
Original Sun Chips
Sabra Olive Hummus
Margaritaville Cream Cheese Mango Salsa Dip
Snackwell's Devil's Food Cakes
Dark Chocolate
Edy's Slow-Churned Low-Fat, Low-Sugar Chocolate Ice-Cream