Grocery list staples!

Potatoes
Carrots
Bag of lentils
brown rice
celery
pinto beans
refried beans
oatmeal
chickpeas/garbanzo beans

Why has almond milk become so popular? I've never found a reason to buy it, esp. since it has hardly any protein and I gave up cereal a long time ago.

Is it just to use in place of milk for fewer calories?

Special K Vanilla Cappucino protein shake!
Sargento Ultra Thin cheese slices, 40 calories of REAL cheese
Arnold or Fiber One sandwich thins
Blue Diamond Vanilla Almond Milk with Hint of Honey
McKenzie deli meats
frozen fish
bananas
lunch pack/single serve cups of applesauce or fruit packed in juice
Sara Lee 45 calorie wheat bread
quick oats
frozen berries (to go in the oatmeal!)
A variety of Smart Ones or Lean Cuisine frozen 1 serving meals, just in case the family wants something I should not be eating.

Eggs
P3 Protein snack pack
cheese
chicken
steak
Kashi Golean Crunch
almond milk or 1% cow milk
a bunch of salads
some type of burger (beef, chicken, turkey, or fish)
low carb tortillas
fat free greek yogurt

I'm in my 9th week post op vertical sleeve gastrectomy. Hello sleevers! I can't speak for the folks with the little egg stomachs (i.e. gastric bypass folks) but here's what I can eat right now:

greek yogurt, low fat
low fat cottage cheese
string cheese, part skim
cherry tomotoes
organic carrot juice
Bettern Eggs
Low fat swiss cheese slices
Sugar free popsicles
tilapia, wild caught
mahi mahi, wild caught
shrimp
chicken (deli meat is nice but has lots of salt)
Treats:
Herseys special dark sugar free mildly sweet chocs (great for constipation but many may not tolerate the Sorbitol)
Werthers original sugar free caramel coffee hard candy (Sorbitol alert!)


If you have Trader Joes or a Whole Foods nearby and can eat this stuff -t these are in shrink wrap packages

steamed lentils
beets! (also available in cans)
****ake mushrooms (saute and add to your Bettrn eggs and a slice of swiss cheese for a fast, great breakfast)
little finger potatoes, (you may be able to tolerate the skin if you cook the heck out of them, likewise with...
yam or sweet potato

If you get tired of throwing out packages of pre-washed greens ....try Trader Joes
micro greens (delish on cottage cheese)

I still use a Costco Premier protein shake for breakfast with a cup of carrot juice and that gets me through an hour workout session in the early morning. Try to keep organic. Your liver is working hard with all that fat cell breakdown ...why add to it with pesticides?

whey protein
almond milk
almond butter
acai smoothie packs
frozen blueberries/strawberries & unfrozen
bananas
avocados
sweet potatoes
tilapia
chicken
ground beef
coconut oil
traders joes baked peas
eggs
milk
tuna
quinoa
basmatic rice
cheese
so on so on

Eggs, apples, bananas, celery, carrots, deli turkey, coconut milk, pbutter, chicken, bacon, yogurt

Just did my shopping today
chicken breast
Greek yogurt
low sodium honey ham
salad greens
spinach
blueberries
tomatoes
nectarines
onions
guacamole
fresh salsa
eggs
pretzels
sandwich thins
frozen veggies
dark cherries
chocolate
pretty much nothing canned, i try to buy everything fresh or frozen.

Greek yogurt (both plain and with fruit)
eggs
turkey sausage
cheese
peanut butter
English muffins
tortillas (I found low carb ones that are only 80 calories and I use them for sausage/egg burritos once or twice a week)
salad fixings
tomatoes
carrots
broccoli
bananas
apples
grapes
blueberries (to eat with plain yogurt and granola)

We get fresh meat from the butcher shop rather than the grocery, and that's usually ground chuck and chicken breasts, sometimes a roast or pork

Chicken Breast
Soy Milk
Quinoa
Spinach
Tomato
Cilantro
Lemons/Limes
Yogurt
Honey
Banana
Apples
Berries

I am an almond fetishist. Most nuts actually, but I cant have many kinds in the house cause one of my kids is dealthly allergic to peanuts, and peanut contaminated stuff.

So I get almond milk so I can have almond flavored coffee. I also buy blue diamond almonds, and hershey milk chocolate bars with almonds.

We are vegetarians, and we are budget conscious. I buy food in catagories, and stock up during sales.

Protiens-
beans, cottage cheese, yogurt,reduced fat cheese, cows milk for the kids, eggs, protien cereals, soy protien shakes/bars, meat subs, tofu

Fruit- fresh, frozen, dried, or canned in water

Veggies- fresh or frozen, and starchy ones like potatoes as well.

Bread/grains- cereals, granola, whole grain breads/tortillas, rice,pasta

Fats and oils- nuts, margarine spread, mayo,cream cheese, hummus,guacamole

other- spices, sauces, wine...etc

Looks like we all have a lot in common!:
Plain Greek yogurt
Berries
Mushrooms
Tuna
Chicken
Avocados
Frozen steam able veggies
Fuji apples
Almond milk
Eggs
Pickles
Deli meats
Cheese
Cottage cheese
Various types of uncle bens ready rice
Jack Daniels & coca cola

Chicken boob
Pork loin
coconut oil
spinach
broccoli
egg white fluid
green beans...lots and lots of green beans

Honeycrisp or Fuji Apples
Bananas
Lemons
Baby Spinach -- Big Bin
Chicken Breasts
Boneless/Skinless Chicken Thighs
Femur/Soup Bones (for the dog)
Smoked Roasted Almonds
2% Promised Land Milk
Vital Farms Half and Half (Gotta have it for coffee)
Pasture Raised Local Eggs
Tons of Plain Fage 2% Greek Yogurt
Stoneyfield Farms Lowfat Vanilla Yogurt
Acacia Honey
Almond Butter (individual packets of Justin's)
Frozen berries: cherries, blueberries, raspberries, several bags -- great for dessert mixed with a little yogurt
Frozen Steamable Veggies -- so easy at night!
Chocolove brand dark chocolate with almonds and seat salt - yum!

Bi-Weekly Trader Joe Trips:
Frozen Steel Cut Oats -- so easy for mornings-mix with some greek yogurt for protein
Frozen Organic Brown Rice -- 3 minutes-- best rice ever
Shredded Wheat Cereal and T.J.'s O's (evening snack)
Frozen Cooked Edamame
Frozen Grilled Asparagus
Frozen Flabread type pizza for when I really want pizza - way less calories and delicious
Valrhona dark chocolate

I never eat out so this is a long and $$$ list but so worth it.

Apples
Oranges
Grapefruit
Berries of all sorts
Vanilla Greek yogurt
Cottage cheese
Real cheese sticks
Nuts of all types
Thick cut sandwhich meat
These are my staples and the rest is based on what I decide to cook for the week.