Help me make a list...

DTetz
DTetz Posts: 109 Member
edited September 24 in Health and Weight Loss
A grocery list... I need to go to the grocery store tomorrow but I am looking for some healthy ideas... maybe I will get some ideas that I haven't tried... change things up a bit... so what do you usually get when you go to the grocery store?

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  • monylove311
    monylove311 Posts: 251 Member
    blueberries and steel cut oats and bananas. I also freeze the blueberries and use them in smoothies. Yum.
  • Crystals422
    Crystals422 Posts: 382 Member
    Almonds and greek yogurt
  • azalea30
    azalea30 Posts: 19
    Buy some mountain bread ( in the UK i think you guys call it pita bread) and make mini pizza for dinner. so put some cherry tomatoaes chopped up,onion,spinish,haloumi (chicken if you eat meat or bacon) and use some tomatoa paste for the base and low fat cheese on top. its yummy easy and only takes about 10 mins to make. and be cooked.
  • terim3006
    terim3006 Posts: 12 Member
    fresh spinach, fresh veggies as much as possible, Lean Cuisine Meals, Sara Lee Light and Healthy bread, tuna, hummus or garbanzo beans, pita chips, animal crackers (chocolate are best!), oatmeal, tilapia, chicken, apples, craisins to go on cereal. Melba toast. Hope that helps. Oh and eggs. We keep a few boiled ones on hand for salads and snacking.
  • BryanAir
    BryanAir Posts: 434
    I could use some new ideas too. There are some things that I always get.

    Onions
    Mushrooms
    Pomelos
    Apples
    Greek Yogurt
    Wasa Bread
    Chicken Breasts
    Almonds

    I want to try fresh starfruit and mangosteen if they are ever in my grocery store.
  • prila13
    prila13 Posts: 222 Member
    I love to buy the whole wheat pita bread along with lowfat shredded cheese and pizza sauce with the hormel turkey pepperonis and make myself pita pizzas for lunch. I guess you could also cut up fresh veggies and make a veggie pizza but I love pepperoni.
  • Mrs_McFadden
    Mrs_McFadden Posts: 1,139
    Don't forget hummus!
  • rharris86dc
    rharris86dc Posts: 635 Member
    My staples are:

    Wheat wraps (tortilla or otherwise)
    Asparagus
    Apples
    Berries (whatever is on sale!)
    Low fat shredded cheese
    Turkey
    Filling cereal (some fiber type stuff, to keep me going)
    Green Peppers


    I love making sandwich wraps with the turkey and whatever veggies I have on hand, and scrambled egg whites w/ veggies is my favorite weekend breakfast!
  • ukgirly01
    ukgirly01 Posts: 523 Member
    Pease pudding, Its virtually fat free, counts as a veg portion and tastes great. yum
  • myukniewicz
    myukniewicz Posts: 906 Member
    cottage cheese (mix it with sugar free blackberry preserves & fresh blackberries = ah-may-zing)
    oatmeal
    greek yogurt
    salmon burgers
    tillapia
    zucchini (grill it. its loaded with potassium and low in calories)
  • tn2010
    tn2010 Posts: 228 Member
    My game is to get as many fresh, unprocessed foods as possible. If it comes in a box, can, jar or a bag it has to have ingredients I recognize and can pronounce. My staples:
    Greek Yogurt
    Rice Cakes (I like Rice Thins by Real Foods)
    Almond Butter
    All manner of veggies
    Low-fat cheese (string cheese or Laughing Cow wedges are my favorite)
    Small pieces of dark chocolate for those hard-to-ignore sweet cravings
  • CARNAT22
    CARNAT22 Posts: 764 Member
    Since I have started here my weekly staples are now:

    Small wholemeal loaf (slices are aprox 55 cals each)
    Mini wholemeal pitta breads
    Cucumber
    Cherry tomatoes
    Pack of fresh peppers (yellow, red and orange)
    Rocket leaves
    Red Onions
    White Onions
    Corgettes
    Baby New potatoes
    Broccoli
    Lemon's
    Fresh Basil

    Humous
    Chicken breast
    Small packet (250g) of lean mince meat
    Turkey breast

    Baked Beans

    Plus with my plan I still buy ready made things like potato croquettes (half a pack is less cal's than most other potato types) and frozen oven chips (again surprisingly low in cals) so I can still have a few cheat nights. Chicken, oven chips and beans for kess than 400 cals - excellent!

    From the above I can knock up healthy stir-fries or make a big side salad to go alongside my evening meal. I make sure I have a big portion of veg or salad very single evening.

    I still make things like Spaghetti Bolognese / Chilli and rice / Chicken curry BUT I make sure my portions are controlled...
  • fitnesspirateninja
    fitnesspirateninja Posts: 667 Member
    Apples
    Pears
    Almond Milk
    Shredded Wheat (the big biscuits)
    Almonds
    Dried Cherries
    Lean ground beef (97/3) or ground turkey
    100% whole wheat bagel thins or sandwich thins
    Natural peanut butter or almond butter or sunflower seed butter
    Frozen blueberries
    Frozen pinapple bits
    Cucumbers
    Red leaf lettuce
    Carrots
    Kale
    No salt added diced canned tomatoes
    100% whole wheat penne pasta
    Garlic
    Red onions
    Kashi dark chocolate coconut bars
    Green & Black's dark chocolate
    Lundberg brown rice cakes
    100% whole wheat couscous or brown rice or quinoa
    Red and golden beets
    Red or blue potatoes
    Extra virgin olive oil
    Balsalmic vinegar
    Morningstar Farms chix patties
    Helen's tofu steaks
  • carolyne2
    carolyne2 Posts: 109
    Here's my suggestions:

    Butternut squash
    Sweet potato
    Rye bread with pumkin seeds
    Chilies
    Ginger
    passion fruit
    Spinach leaves
    2% Greek yogurt.
    All veg and fruit as basics
    Canned baked beans
    Canned chopped tomatoes
    Chicken
    Extra lean minced beef
    Fish
    Low fat sausages
    Pork
    Semi skimmed milk
    Flora extra light
    Wholegrain rice
    Wholewheat pasta
    Noodles
    All sorts of herbs and spices
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