Must haves on your grocery list

I frequently buy onions, garlic, shredded cabbage, hot sauce, plant milk (either coconut or almond), canned tomatoes, canned beans, dark chocolate, raw cashews, chili paste, jalapeno peppers, tofu, and potatoes.

I always have eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes, potatoes, cheese, green onions, sweet potatoes, beef, pork and chicken, lots of condiments like hoisin sauce and mustards, beans of all type, Special K cracker chips (8 boxes in different flavours in the cupboard right now), popcorn, milk, diet ocean spray cranberry juice (10 calories a cup) - I like to have choices, and with this stuff around, I can usually pull together any meal that takes my fancy on the spur of the moment, or make any recipe that catches my eye.

Jif Creamy, skim milk, 2% cheese singles, yogurt, chicken breasts, eggs, butter (margarine\Brummel&Brown\real - I use it all, frequently), saltines, bagged Italian salad, parm cheese, sunflower seeds, Ken's FF dressing, Oatfit instant oatmeal, apples....gosh too much to list!

Plain Greek Yogurt
String cheese
Skinny Pop popcorn
Yves veggie dogs
Red seedless grapes

The usual recurring items on my list:
• I eat a lot of soup, rice & beans w/ veggies & meat, cottage cheese, yogurt, eggs, tuna/fish/egg salad - these account for the majority of my shopping list..

Produce:
- apples
- bananas
- (occasional) salad mix

Meat:
- chorizo/polish sausage and/or rotisserie chicken

Organic/Etc section (Wegmans):
- Clif Bars
- GF crackers/mini toast

Dairy:
- Yogurt
- cottage cheese
- eggs

Canned/Non-Perishable:
- Mixed vegetables (for soup)
- Tuna
- Fruit spread (for the yogurt, cottage cheese)
- Crackers
- crushed/diced tomato (for soup)
- mushrooms (for soup, rice & beans)

Latin Aisle:
- dried beans (soup, rice&beans)
- masarepa (for arepas, sort of a corn-based english muffin)
- canned beans (soup, rice & beans)

Frozen:
- Fish
- spinach and/or collard greens
- italian green beans
- corn
- peas
- other misc veggies
- edamame

We pretty much always have:

Romaine, tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, carrots, broccoli, brussels sprouts, green beans, green onion, yellow onion, and garlic, lemons and limes
Renee's Caesar and Greek feta dressing, hot sauces, mustard, multiple vinegars and finishing oils
Cheddar cheese, Parmesan shavings, light goat cheese, full-fat sour cream, eggs
POM juice, grapefruit Perrier, Coke Zero, Barq's Root Beer (husband...blech)
Chicken thighs, salmon fillets, shrimp, ground turkey, thick-cut bacon, whole frozen poultry of some kind, Morningstar chipotle black bean burgers, Happy Planet Thai Coconut Soup
Canned tuna, canned chicken, pickles, jarred jalapenos, black and green olives, Salt Spring coffee beans
Quinoa, jasmine rice, short pasta,"ancient grains" bread (lol), naan, flour tortillas, croutons

Then my husband chooses some frozen convenience food as he doesn't really cook so he needs options for when I'm not there: perogies, potstickers or spring rolls, calamari, those broccoli and cheese stuffed breaded chicken things, pizzas, whatever he can find that looks appealing to him in the frozen aisles at Costco pretty much.

We also get tortilla chips and Pringles for him, veggie straws and Angie's kettle corn for me, and occasionally a bag of those Brookstone chocolates.

We are super boring. I eat a giant salad with a black bean burger, egg, or can of tuna/chicken thrown on top pretty much every night. He has either chicken thighs or salmon in some way and also eats a lot of salad, just includes a lot more starch and animal fats than I do, since I'm pretty light and I have a way lower TDEE than him, even though I run regularly.

I buy whatever is on sale, so it's different every week. But here are my must haves

Plain greek yogurt
Frozen fruit and veggies
Munching veggies like carrots and celery
Whole chicken
Lean roasts
Chicken breasts
Wild rice when its on sale
chicken and beef broth
cheese
salad veggies
loads of eggs
bagged sole and halibut
chickpeas to make hummus
avocado, because YUMMMY
hot cereal because its winter here
green tea, lots of green tea
milk
honey


I've decided that I only want to eat nutrient dense food that fuels my workouts, so meat, veggies, whole grains, dairy, nuts, fruit and of course, the occasional treat! So, if it isn't meat, vegetable, whole grain, eggs or dairy, a nut or a fruit I just don't buy it.

My body is thanking me. Even if I go way over my calorie goal, at least I know I'm fueling myself. So I don't worry too much.

My list is pretty much the same as @LiveLoveFitFab minus the green tea and + dark chocolate.

@ds41980 I hope you don't live in the UK as we're currently having an iceberg lettuce shortage (due to bad weather in Europe). One of the major supermarkets has started rationing them to three per person!!

Protein Bars
Tootsie Pops
Chocolate Lucky Charms
Bananas
Milk

Those are about the only things I buy basically every time I go to the store.

My wife and I alternate cooking nights, so we sit down on the weekend and plan what we're going to do for the week and then we make a list of stuff and go shopping for anything we don't have on hand.

We shop at Costco, so a lot of stuff in bulk...so some trips are bigger than others.

i try to vary what i batch cook every week but things that i have to have in the house are

eggs
cans of tuna
frozen shrimp
plain greek yogurt
pb2
almond milk
canned coconut milk
low sodium vegetable broth
pasta
a few types of cheese options including cream cheese
lemons
mushrooms
garlic
avocado
some sort of veggie burger / chicken /sausage option
multigrain sandwich thins
tortillas
chocolate chips

i rotate other fish or vegetarian proteins as well as fresh veg and frozen fruit depending on mood and menu

Eggs
Egg whites
Almond milk
Peanut butter
Frozen berries
Frozen veggies
Spinach and Kale
4 Mexican cheese blend for eggs
Turkey bacon
Old fashion oats
White rice
Chicken tenderloin
Apples

eok902 wrote: »

My list is pretty much the same as @LiveLoveFitFab minus the green tea and + dark chocolate.

@ds41980 I hope you don't live in the UK as we're currently having an iceberg lettuce shortage (due to bad weather in Europe). One of the major supermarkets has started rationing them to three per person!!

Rationing lettuce? It's like Churchhill's era all over again...jk

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