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PRODUCE!!!! I fill my cart with anything that looks good. Lots of veggies. I clean & steam everythign so they are ready to go in salads or for snacking and Qualker mini rice cakes ( blackberry pomagranet are sooooo yummy) an you can eat a bunch of them. Makes a nice low cal snack, & they come in so many flavors now that they work for savory or sweet cravings

I think I will have some now LOL

Almond butter!

Quinoa (instead of brown or white rice). Spinach (much higher in good vitamins, helps to get the dark rings out from under your eyes too), frozen and fresh fruits for smoothies, bran (to add to the smoothies to give it more substance), greek yogurt, baby carrots, hummus (baby carrots and hummus make a great noon-time snack, little higher in the fat, but its the "good" fat), ... yeah I think thats it... good luck!

Some of current favorite foods:
Better Oats Oatmeal: great variety and they taste great! The Oat Fit ones are ~100 calories a pouch
Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop - 100 Calorie Mini Bag of Kettle Corn: Sweet and salty, you get a lot in the bag and it fills you up
Kale- Love kale! I tear it into small pieces, toss in some olive oil, salt it and pop in a 425 oven for ~8-10 minutes. Comes out nice and crispy.
Yoplait/Chobani Greek Yogurt: I usually get Chobani because it's cheaper, but the Yoplait Greek yogurt was on sale this week and they have great flavors. I had the key lime, peach and strawberry.

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Here are my favorites :
1) Blue Diamond 100 calorie almonds. My favorite are the cocoa roasted dark chocolate
2) Turkey Bacon
3) English Muffins Lite
4) FRUIT
5) Green Giant steam vegetables
6) Whole wheat brown rice
7) Tilapia

this is good stuff. hope they keep coming cause my grocery list is in serious need of revamping...just starting out.

dole mandarin oranges no sugar added
atkins shakes - 160 calories, 15 grams protein
cauliflower - steamed, drained & mashed with salt, pepper and a little butter
canned beets with no sugar
frozen fruits with no added sugar to make smoothies - frozen works better because it thickens the smoothie
spinach for iron
the steamable veggies in the frozen section
love, love, love the frozen sweet potatoes
the frozen regular mashed potatoes are wonderful - as good or better than fresh and a lot easier

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a good fruit salad is to mix 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1 large can mandarin oranges (in natural juices),1 (8) ounce tub fat free kool whip, a few nuts if you like them (and I don't mean kin folks), and 1 small box sugar free orange koolaid. Let sit overnight. It's luscious and low on calories. Fills that sweet tooth with fruit and dairy added in.

Blueberries, Kiwi fruit, raspberries, blackberries, gala apples - all of these things get put into my morning oatmeal in various combinations with a scoop of ...
Liberte Greek Yoghurt (0%fat, vanilla),
Liberte tzatziki - great for dipping raw veggies in, and also for dipping in melba toasts if you eat them
freerange eggs and grain fed, free range chicken, salmon, shrimp, halibut, tilapia (or whatever white fish is a good price!)
Renees Asian Sesame salad dressing (good for salads and for fish); low fat lemon poppyseed dressing (same as other one, versatile)
romaine lettuce, dole's already shredded cole slaw (put it in all salads for the 'crunch' factor - who needs croutons? not me! also use it to make vegetable soup with a can of organic tomatoes, shredded carrots, and whatever veggies need using up before next shop), red and yellow peppers, cucumber, spring onions, fingerling potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli
organic large flake oats, quinoa, whole grain pasta (though don't eat that very much)
organic salsas (good on fish or on omelets)
multi-grain ryveta crispbreads
swiss cheese, rye bread. almonds and clif bars
...this is pretty much my regular grocery list although i switch up the veg and fruits and fish based on prices. i've stopped shopping in the 'middle aisles' of the grocery store - most of the best stuff is in the outer aisles :-)
cheers

Some frozen veggies, so you can add veggies to any meal in a pinch.

Powdered non-fat milk. This is good if you use milk occasionally, but not often enough use up a whole carton before it goes bad. It keeps for a long long time, and you just mix with water as needed.

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on my last trip I bought:

hummus
raspberries
strawberries
tuna
greek yogurt (plain - 80 calories and 17 grams of protein )
salmon
potatoes
brussel sprouts
natural peanut butter
soy milk
green beans
bananas
clementines
red beans
hot sauce (I put it on like everything)
banana peppers
fresh bread
pork (accidentally bought spare ribs instead of baby back -- fortunately my bf will eat it =P)