Potatoes, dry legumes (although canned is fine if your budget allows)

I like to keep frozen fruits and veggies, in the freezer so for those days in between pays I have back up. I also keep dried beans, rice and pasta in the cupboard for the same reason plus I love beans. I stock up on all kinds of fresh veggies and fruits so their is always a variety. Lots of spices for flavor, canned goods such as tomato sauce, canned tomatoes etc. I stay away from processed foods as much as possible and if you have a slow cooker and if you are a meat eater, Skinnytaste.com is a great place to go for recipes. Learn how to read labels, cook and eat whole foods. If you are not a meat eater http://minimalistbaker.com/ is a great site and very simple easy recipes.

QueenbBeltran wrote: »

Can someone Please give me a typical shopping list that would make all meals in one day? I am trying to start this as a newbie and have no idea what to shop for or what to put on the Menu for each meal thru out the day. Any suggestions are cool for me at this point as long as they are honest and completely verified by this site as Good things to eat,

I think it might be easier to make a list for the week, just because some things you might buy you could use throughout the week. I find it easy to be a little repetitive with breakfast and lunch.

For example, I typically will but a couple of bags of frozen fruit which will last over a week and a bunch of kale, along with a carton of almond milk (and some stevia to sweeten).

This would give you a breakfast smoothie for every day of the week.

For lunch I typically start with a salad and than have something a little heartier, like a chickpea salad or a sprouted grain sandwich with sprouts tomato and avocado.


So a list of for breakfast and lunches and snacks for the week could look something like this:

For daily breakfast Smoothie
bag of frozen mixed berries
almond milk
Stevia sweetener drops (this will last for months and months)
bunch of kale
mixed salad greens

for daily snacks:
bag of apple

For a sandwich:
sprouts
sprouted grain bread
bag of avocados
bag of tomatoes

OR

For a chickpea salad
2 cans of chickpeas
1 bag of sun-dried tomatoes
a can or jar of olives
cucumber
(assume you have seasoning and lemon juice/olive oil already)

QueenbBeltran wrote: »

Can someone Please give me a typical shopping list that would make all meals in one day? I am trying to start this as a newbie and have no idea what to shop for or what to put on the Menu for each meal thru out the day. Any suggestions are cool for me at this point as long as they are honest and completely verified by this site as Good things to eat,

Here is my week:
Dinners:
White bean and kale soup in crock pot
1.5 cups white beans, ~8 oz any dark green like kale, swiss chard etc, 6 c. veggie broth, 2 cloves garlic, 1 potato chopped, 1/4 t red pepper flakes, low all day

I make the veggie broth in the crock pot ahead of time, then save for the week- need come celery, onions, carrots. To be really frugal, save end parts of the veggies in the freezer until you have enough, then cost = free.

Mac and Cheese
This is for the kids- speical request. H and I will eat leftover soup again. Pasta, little bit of cream, whatever cheese we have around. Probably Cheddar.


Pasta with tomato sauce
Pasta, sauce, Parmesan on top. Sauce I make like so (this makes enough for 2-3 meals at least): 1 can tomato paste, 2 pint jars diced tomatoes, 3-4 cloves garlic, 1 t salt, 1 t sugar, ~2 T italian spices. Crock pot on high with lid off all day (experiment with this- you may only need it on low, my diced tomatoes are pretty watery).

Quiche
1 pie crust (so butter, flour, water) eggs, a little cream, 8 of cheese, chopped veggies of your choice

Pizza
Flour, yeast for crust, leftover tomato sauce from Pasta night, whatever veggies you want

Tacos or taco salads
Black beans, salsa, lettuce, cheese, corn tortillas

Lunches: Dinner leftovers or rice and beans or soup (I freeze individual portions of those when we have them for dinner- I make a big batch) with fruit and veg

Breakfasts: oatmeal with raisins and flax or eggs with sauteed veggies- make oatmeal ahead in one big batch and portion out if you like. Make eggs as muffin tin egg bakes if you want to do it all ahead.

Shopping list:
Oatmeal
flax
raisins
eggs
veggies for eggs- can be frozen if cheaper- bell peppers, mushrooms, onion, etc
salt, pepper, hot sauce, other spices as needed
whatever you want for between meal snacks- nuts, fruit, carrots, hummus, etc
Dinner ingredients (listed above with each meal)
Frozen veggies for dinner side dishes
whole wheat flour, yeast to make bread if you want (or Ezekial bread)

That is what we are eating this week! A bunch of this stuff we keep in stock- I buy beans by the 25 lb bag, same with flour, a bunch of the veggies I freeze from our garden in the summer, etc. To keep prices low, I try to be flexible- I buy whatever veggies for the pizza, quiche, etc that I can frozen, and the rest I get what is cheapest rather than being rigid about broccoli quiche or peppers on pizza.

when I started I found the best way to shop is to meal plan for the entire week - so decide what you will eat every meal for the entire week and make a list. places like aldi and lidl are a lot cheaper for nuts/oats some fruit and veg and some meats and fish (although I end up still having to go to sainsburys for some stuff which they don't sell for example egg whites. plus their dairy (milk. cottage cheese) tends to expire quicker so I don't buy that from there either)

breakfast and lunches are pretty much the same everyday in my house

either oats with nuts, seeds, raisins, fruit, honey, flax etc with either almond milk of whole milk

or a spinach and fruit smoothie make with almond milk (we buy uht almond milk as we go through so much and is cheaper then fresh - frozen fruit and veg also tends to be cheaper than fresh so you can save money there)

lunches is grilled frozen chicken breast with salad or veg - with or without brown rice or sweet potato
or I often batch cook soups or some cheap cuts of meat in the slow cooker to have in a salad

dinners we have
grilled salmon with veg and sweet potato
homemade burgers with salad
a whole roast chicken with salad or veg (pls leftovers for lunch)
steak and salad
smoked mackerel and veg
skinless and boneless chicken thighs

basically we tend to stick to meat or fish with vegetables and either sweet potato or wholegrain rice.

weekends we get a little more adventurous keeping it all clean with whole ingredients. none of our food is bland we use lots of different spices to make things interesting and we incorporate foods that take a bit longer to prep I.e beans/pulses/quinoa - all really cheap

QueenbBeltran wrote: »

Can someone Please give me a typical shopping list that would make all meals in one day? I am trying to start this as a newbie and have no idea what to shop for or what to put on the Menu for each meal thru out the day. Any suggestions are cool for me at this point as long as they are honest and completely verified by this site as Good things to eat,

I usually shop twice a week, and make a big meal that lasts me for a few days (lunch and dinner). I'm working on doing weekly meal prep, but it takes practice! Also, I don't eat grains, sugar, soy, or potatoes. I stay away from processed foods, aside from my frozen veggies and fruits and oil/spices.

Produce:
Bulk lettuce or mixed greens
Avocado
Garlic
Onion

Frozen:
Kale, spinach, mushrooms, peppers, Brussel sprouts, etc. (you can easily sautee these or mix them with your greens as a salad...I don't buy these every time, just when I'm running low)

Dairy:
Eggs (boil half when you get home)
Plain yogurt (I get Greek, in a big tub)
String cheese

Meat:
Fish or chicken (I try to get on-sale)

Pantry:
Almonds or walnuts, raw (for snack!)
Olive oil
Tuna (water packed, no salt)

A normal day of eating:
Breakfast: boiled egg, string cheese OR 1/4 avocado; a couple bites of veggies from the night before
Lunch: Big bowl of lettuce/mixed greens with some leftover meat and veggies and olive oil and salt and pepper
Dinner: Fish/chicken with sauteed, grilled, or roasted veggies on the side (this week I made roasted brussel sprouts in the toaster oven and ate them for three days with other stuff!)

Beans!

Bulk dry beans are cheap and you can add them to other dishes for protein or eat them alone.

Tofu is pretty cheap and high in protein. One lb cube of organic tofu is around $1.99

Bag of potatoes. They are so versatile. I never get sick of them.

suzan06 wrote: »

QueenbBeltran wrote: »

Can someone Please give me a typical shopping list that would make all meals in one day? I am trying to start this as a newbie and have no idea what to shop for or what to put on the Menu for each meal thru out the day. Any suggestions are cool for me at this point as long as they are honest and completely verified by this site as Good things to eat,

Here is my week:
Dinners:
White bean and kale soup in crock pot
1.5 cups white beans, ~8 oz any dark green like kale, swiss chard etc, 6 c. veggie broth, 2 cloves garlic, 1 potato chopped, 1/4 t red pepper flakes, low all day

I make the veggie broth in the crock pot ahead of time, then save for the week- need come celery, onions, carrots. To be really frugal, save end parts of the veggies in the freezer until you have enough, then cost = free.

Mac and Cheese
This is for the kids- speical request. H and I will eat leftover soup again. Pasta, little bit of cream, whatever cheese we have around. Probably Cheddar.


Pasta with tomato sauce
Pasta, sauce, Parmesan on top. Sauce I make like so (this makes enough for 2-3 meals at least): 1 can tomato paste, 2 pint jars diced tomatoes, 3-4 cloves garlic, 1 t salt, 1 t sugar, ~2 T italian spices. Crock pot on high with lid off all day (experiment with this- you may only need it on low, my diced tomatoes are pretty watery).

Quiche
1 pie crust (so butter, flour, water) eggs, a little cream, 8 of cheese, chopped veggies of your choice

Pizza
Flour, yeast for crust, leftover tomato sauce from Pasta night, whatever veggies you want

Tacos or taco salads
Black beans, salsa, lettuce, cheese, corn tortillas

Lunches: Dinner leftovers or rice and beans or soup (I freeze individual portions of those when we have them for dinner- I make a big batch) with fruit and veg

Breakfasts: oatmeal with raisins and flax or eggs with sauteed veggies- make oatmeal ahead in one big batch and portion out if you like. Make eggs as muffin tin egg bakes if you want to do it all ahead.

Shopping list:
Oatmeal
flax
raisins
eggs
veggies for eggs- can be frozen if cheaper- bell peppers, mushrooms, onion, etc
salt, pepper, hot sauce, other spices as needed
whatever you want for between meal snacks- nuts, fruit, carrots, hummus, etc
Dinner ingredients (listed above with each meal)
Frozen veggies for dinner side dishes
whole wheat flour, yeast to make bread if you want (or Ezekial bread)

That is what we are eating this week! A bunch of this stuff we keep in stock- I buy beans by the 25 lb bag, same with flour, a bunch of the veggies I freeze from our garden in the summer, etc. To keep prices low, I try to be flexible- I buy whatever veggies for the pizza, quiche, etc that I can frozen, and the rest I get what is cheapest rather than being rigid about broccoli quiche or peppers on pizza.

Thank you. Your list is helpful.
This month I actually tried lentils. Wow! They are really versatile and good.

Where do you buy your large bags of beans?
In our area I have only found small bags.