Grocery List

Chicken
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Baby carrots
Fresh baby spinach
Mozzarella cheese
Pine nuts
Cashews
Brown rice
Whole grain flour
Whole salted butter
Lean ground beef

That's the basics right now...I won't go till Friday though so I have time to add more lol.

Just went today to get some stuff.

Strawberries
Blueberries
Blackberries
Apples
Bananas
Baby carrots
Asparagus
Baby Spinach
Romaine
Mushrooms
Cucumber
Black forest ham
Salami (for hubby...still working on him..lol)
Boneless skinless chicken breast (x3 GREAT sale on!!!)
Eggs
Milk (1% & whole milk for my baby girl)
Black beans
Smart pasta
Classico Florentine Sauce
Jello snacks (for the kids)
Mini granola bars (for the kids)
Sierra trail mix

That's it I think...doesn't seem like much when I type it all out...so where did my money go?! LOL

Shopped today - I bought:

lots & lots of frozen veggies
(prefer fresh, which I'll get at the local markets here - can't beat having a supply in the freezer if I feel lazy)

(stocked up on these 5 items, since I've been paying 2X or even 3X as much! )
eggs
fat free yogurt
fat free milk
fat free sour cream
fat free cottage cheese

70% fat free cheddar cheese
light cream*
3 generic versions of Special K's cereals: almond/strawberry/chocolate
very low fat ground chicken
low fat hamburg (only beef for the month)
breakfast turkey sausages
Italian turkey sausages
tuna - canned - solid white in water
Maruchan ramen noodles (occasional meal for two: one pkg, plus veggies, chicken or tofu & other ingredients to balance flavor)
wh.wheat bread (1 loaf)
onion bagels (1 pkg)
carrots (fresh)
onion
potatoes (boy, do THESE last way longer than they ever used to!!)
granny smith apples
fresh blueberries
fresh bean sprouts
sesame oil
sriracha sauce
soy sauce
lemon juice
fermented black beans
dried ****ake mushrooms (see below, hahaha)
ranch dressing (dried - add small amt to yogurt to use instead of mayo)
fat free, sugar free pudding snacks

*discovered when I visited my daughter that all I need to use is 1 or 2 teaspoons of light cream in my coffee!! And it actually tastes good, instead of me just throwing the whole cup out, as I've been doing, lol.

Didn't get much fresh veggies/fruit at this grocery store, as the little markets near me have the best. I can walk or take the bus & get enough for a day or two. Yum. But I made sure I stocked up on everything else that is really inexpensive there.

I use a lot of lemon and/or lime juice in my cooking - I love it. Also like balancing flavor, as in Vietnamese food, which has become a big favorite of mine (not eating out for awhile til I've lost more weight) - sweet, sour, salty, spicy. Makes dishes SO much more flavorful.

Also got a couple of things for my son, but I won't touch those, so it's not important. He's lost LOTS since I started, too - he's eating the same way, plus he just started doing freelance landscaping, which is REALLY hard work. He actually should be eating more, so I got a couple of things I know he likes (and doesn't tempt me, lol).

Hahaha - I tried to edit & add the exact TYPE of mushrooms I bought - I left out one 'i' and MFP thinks I'm swearing - like when I caught my arm in the folding door tonight... didn't know I should have yelled... Shii - TAKE MUSHROOMS!!

ROTFL!!

I'm going to try again.. that was: dried shiitake mushrooms.

My list for the week:

chicken boneless skinless
frozen salmon wild Alaskan
canned tuna, canned salmon

Apples (tons)
Peaches
Mango
Raspberries
Blueberies
Strawberries

Tomatoes
Romain lettuce
Endivie lettuce
Peppers
Mushrooms
Carrots
Squash
Zucchini

Brie cheese
Hommus with garlic
Walnuts

Rob's old fashioned muesli
Landsberg Muesli bread

Milk fat free (2 % for daughter)
Greek joghurt 0 %

Haribo gummi bears
Kashi cookies
Milka or Lindt chocolate

A1
Ken's lemon pepper sodium free marinade

Standard items:

Boca burgers
Sandwich Thins (Orowheat or similar)
Laughing cow wedges
Kashi Go Lean cereal
Almond Milk
Atkins Shakes

and.... whatever fresh veggies from the Farmer's Market. We go there first and then base the meals for the week around the fresh veggies.