Grocery list staples!

shireeniebeanie wrote: »

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?

• Meat: chicken, pork chops or tenderloin, ground pork+beef to mix for Balkan-style grill
• Fish: Tuna cans + some sort of fish fillet, alternate between fatty/white types
• Frozen veggies to steam/roast for a quick side dish
• To fill out the meals: beans, lentils, peas, corn, pasta
• For salads: in winter 80% carrots, turnips, beetroot, cabbage, salads of some sort (i.e. seasonal)
• For sandwitches: hummus, roast pepper spread, some mayo for when nothing else will do, deli meats, full-fat cheese and cream cheese
• For snacks: fruit, string cheese, cookies...
• Eggs, 2% or 3.25% milk and yoghurt, unbleached flour and yeast for the breadmaker for bread and pizzas, philo pastry or puff pastry, occasionally cereal
• Coffee, tea, honey... beer/wine, when we con afford it (they count as staples too, no ?)

kayeiam wrote: »

<~~~~ is diabetic, so my list is a bit different from others. I never buy pasta, potato's, breads, rolls, bake goods of any kind, and green peas and corn about once every 6months or so. No ketchup, no sugar.

Weekly:
--Blue diamond almond milk (has to be blue diamond, can't stand silk brand)
--V8 low sodium veggie juice (to get the potassium I need)
--Fresh mushrooms
--assorted fruits (apples, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, grapefruit, tangerines, oranges, mango... depends on what is on sale)
--cucumber
--blue diamond lightly salted roasted almonds (if I need them, I buy a huge bag that lasts awhile.
--spaghetti squash, spaghetti squash, spaghetti squash. Love this stuff and it is good for a diabetic to eat. (although I do not like to make it with spaghetti sauce at all)
--some sort of lunchmeat (deli style, smoked chicken breast, salami, pastrami, pepperoni) again depends on what is on sale and the prices if not.
--Head iceberg lettuce
--tomato's of some sort, Vine ripe (if on sale), cherry tomato's (off season right now and price is too high), grape tomato's (not my favorite, but this is what I am getting right now due to price's)
--mini sweet peppers
--carb master yogurt (lower carbs for a diabetic.. find at Kroger)
--Tam-ex-ico (spelling may be off) Low carb wheat tortillia shell
--Frozen broccoli spears
--either fresh or frozen asparagus
--cheese, shredded and blocked.. Love my cheese
--cottage cheese
--Pouch's of low sodium Tuna, or pink alaskin salmon (these are for work)

Every 2 to 3 weeks:
-- 1 to 2 banana's
--egg's
--avocodo's (usually 2-3)
--Cauliflower
--Fresh broccoli
--Frozen brussel sprouts
--Frozen broccoli and cauliflower
--Kroger sugar free gel bites (strawberry and blackberry) or sugar free jello cups
--Jicama (yam bean)
--zuchini
--Pork or beef roast if on sale, chicken breasts fresh or frozen depending on price
--Jennie-O or Kroger turkey patties
--Fish (salmon, cod, swai, ocean pearch) again, depends on what is on sale
--chicken of the sea 5oz can of alaskin pink salmon
--Hellman's mayo (got to be Hellman's)
--Real bacon bits. (I make BLT's wth these in my tortilla wrap)
--Mrs Dash seasonings (use variety, garlic and herb, garlic and onion, chipotee)
Monthly to longer
--Vitamin D
--Cinnamon capsules
--Black pepper
--Mrs Dash seasonings (use variety, garlic and herb, garlic and onion, chipotee)
--Flax seeds
--Peanuts, cashews, pistachio's
............and the list could go on.. LOL