What do you get from the grocery store?

Ilovepeppers · July 2011

I'm going grocery shopping tonight and looking for food ideas. I need "food staples" in your diet.. I also need simple lunch/dinner ideas (as im not the best cook). I don't eat meat so that makes it even harder!

Thanks a lot everyone!

kdelost630 · July 2011

Every week when I go to the grocery store, I buy veggies like broccoli, carrots, radishes, zuchini, etc... and then either pasta or a grain (quinoa, cous cous, etc...) to make a stir fry. I usually add soy sauce and peanut butter for flavor. Simple. Easy. Quick. And since it's just me, it usually lasts for two or three dinners.

BossSauce69 · July 2011

My fast vegetarian standby is getting some veggies and polenta and throwing them on a George Foreman grill. It is super easy and delicious.

mehaugen · July 2011

I eat all vegetarian except for dinner. My new thing is vegetarian salads every day for lunch. You can get ideas from saladpride.blogspot.com, and salads don't require much cooking (if at all). Right now I do gorgonzola with dried cranberries, and balsamic vinaigrette. Yum!

For breakfast I always eat eggs with some sort of veggie and cheese. I switch it up to keep it interesting.

allenlisa · July 2011

Fresh fruits & veggies are always on my shopping list. multi-grain crackers, low fat cottage cheese, hummas just to name a few...

Vegetable Tortilla Lasagna

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 large zucchini (about 10 ounces), cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices
3/4 cup frozen corn, thawed
1 1/4 cups grated Monterey Jack cheese (about 1/4 pound)
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1 cup bottled tomato salsa (about 9 ounces)
six 6-inch corn or flour tortillas
a 7-ounce jar roasted red peppers, drained and patted dry
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Preparation

Preheat oven to 500°F. and brush 2 shallow baking pans with oil.
Lightly grease a loaf pan, 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 by 3 inches, and trim tortillas with scissors into six 5- by 3 3/4-inch rectangles. Cover bottom of loaf pan with 2 tortillas, overlapping them in middle. Spread 1/4 cup salsa over tortillas and top with half cheese mixture, half zucchini, half peppers, half corn, and 1 tablespoon cilantro. Make another layer of tortillas and vegetables in same manner. Top with remaining 2 tortillas, 1/2 cup salsa, 1/4 cup Monterey Jack, and 1 tablespoon cilantro. Cover lasagna with foil and bake in middle of oven 12 minutes, or until heated through and cheese is melted. Let lasagna stand, covered, 5 minutes before serving.
You can also add in some diced chicken or black beans (drained) to get some protein.

Fitzgeraldguy · July 2011

TVP for sure...easy to cook and goes with everything.

Best.

janiepumphrey · July 2011

I like to stick mostly to the meat, fish, produce, and bulk bin sections of the grocery store - the healthiest and most nutritionally dense, least processed foods are found there.

Before you start changing your diet around though, I think you should look at what you're eating currently, and figure out which nutrients you're not getting enough of. Then find some whole, natural foods to help you get those nutrients.

This website has useful reports in Reports > Nutrition section where you can see your nutrient intake over time for several major vitamins and minerals. You can also see a daily summary of all nutrients (next to the "finished logging" button on your Food page). Chances are you're consistently low in at least one nutrient, and consistently high in others. You can google or search at nutritiondata.com to find foods that are natural sources of the nutrients you're low in. Look for whole, natural foods - something you could get from the meat, produce, or bulk section of the grocery store.

Find 1 regular thing in your diet that's not contributing much in the way of nutrients, and replace it with 1 thing that gives you more of what you need. For example, I recently removed butter and oil from my diet and I added sardines and kale - because I get plenty of fat from meat and fish and nuts so I probably don't need more fat, but I did need more calcium and iron. Calorie for calorie it was an even trade but now my nutrient intake is a lot better.

Kalrez · July 2011

Vegetarian here too! Here's my shopping list:

- whole grain pasta
- quinoa
- fresh fruits - bananas, a pear or two, maybe a plum or apple, occasionally an orange. not a ton of stuff.
- frozen veggies. Bird's Eye Normandy Blend in the huge bag, Steamers, etc
- various canned veggies - trying to switch from canned to frozen/fresh
- packets of salmon. in the tuna isle, in the little ziploc-type package. While I consider myself to be vegetarian, I allow myself to have salmon twice a month.
- cheese cubes
- avocado
- hummus
- baby carrots
- cucumber
- CELERY! delicious

- powdered whey protein
- peanut butter
- organic eggs
- organic milk
- cottage cheese
- portobello mushroom caps for grilling
- whole wheat bread

I get other stuff for my non-vegetarian, non-dieting boyfriend. But the above is the bulk of our groceries.

brittanybee07 · July 2011

Some good staples to have in your fridge are: fat free yogurts, fat free milk, sliced turkey, fresh and frozen fruit (apples, oranges, berries), lettuce, spinach, baby carrots, celery, bell peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, onions, tomato, eggs, hummus, tortillas. Some good things to have on hand in your pantry are whole grain bread, fat free refried beans, other beans, oatmeal, and other whole grain cereals.

Some easy lunch ideas:
-Hummus wrap: Tortilla, veggies like lettuce peppers and spinach, and hummus.
-Cheddar, Turkey and Apple sandwich: Sounds weird but pile turkey, cheese, and thinly sliced apple pieces with mustard on whole grain bread and enjoy!

girlnumber57 · July 2011

Dice some fresh tomatoes, garlic a little salt and pepper and basil (fresh preferably) and leave on the counter in a mixing bowl while you cook some whole wheat pasta. Mix it all together when its done cooking. Yummy yummy yummy. You could even sprinkle on some Parmesan or Feta cheese.

This is a summer staple for us because it is so easy and doesn't heat up the kitchen too badly. I add chicken breast to my husbands.

threeringedgirl · July 2011

i just got back from the grocery store AND just made a delicious simple vegan pizza.

-pilsbury thin crust pizza
- pasta/tomato sauce
-daiya mozzarella chees (vegan cheese)
-veggie toppings of your choice (i used onions and black olives)
- season as you see fit (my choice was garlic powder and oregano)

takes maybe 20min start to finish inclulding baking!!!

ALSO
i always keep raw nuts on hand although they are fatty they are a great source of preotein and can be added to anything in addition to a block of tofu in the freezer (when you freeze tofu it takes on a different texture more similar to chicken) set it out to defrost like you would meat in the morning and marinate it then sautee and eat yumyumyum

Kalrez · July 2011

Recipes that I like:

+ Avocado & tomato salad. Just chop some up, add some hard boiled egg if you want. Enjoy. No sauce. Just delicious.

+ Portobello Mushroom Burgers: Grilled on the George Forman ... mmmm!! (http://tinyurl.com/5r9sc7p)

+ Calzones! I normally get a roll of pizza dough, cut it in half, and make two huge calzones - for me and & the BF. You can stuff them with anything. I like spinach, mushroom, and olives, but you're free to do whatever. (http://tinyurl.com/5w7ux8v)

+ Quiches. Again, put whatever you want inside. Eggs + whatever. (http://tinyurl.com/65ugvpx)

+ Can't go wrong with soups. I really like Bob's Red Mill vegi soup mix which I found at Kroger. (http://tinyurl.com/y8uvzrt) I normally add some fresh celery and carrots to the pot. I also use a vegan chik'n stock (http://tinyurl.com/6z5fodw)

I get a lot of inspiration from FoodGawker. The photos make everything look so delicious. Most of the recipes I've tried haven't been too labor intensive, which is great. http://foodgawker.com/tag/vegetarian/

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