what are your diet/healthy food staples?

we got to the point now, where we are very conscious food shoppers..clip coupons look for deals etc.

so we tend to plan our dinner meals for each week, and buy accordingly. i work nights, the wife works days..so we make our own lunches and breakfasts.

i usually have oatmeal, greek yogurt, whole grain cream wheat, egg white, whole grain cereal, soy milk, grapefruit for breakfasts.
for my lunches, i make myself brown rice with different veggies, veggie burgers with whole grain bread, all natural peanut butter, quinoa, etc..
for snacks, i have almonds, roasted unsalted soy nuts, cottage cheese etc.

Frozen berries
Gluten free bread - frozen and toasted
Eggs
Cottage Cheese
Organic yoghurt
Mixed Raw nuts
Peanut Butter
Ryvita Crackers

Then I plan what I'm going to cook for lunch, go and buy just enough ingredients for it. Cook a massive batch, portion it into 5 and have the same thing for lunch all week. I don't eat meat so this works is fine for me

The healthy food staples I always have on hand:

Yogurt
String Cheese
Nuts (Almonds, cashews, soy nuts)
Boneless skinless chicken breast
Jicama
Avacado
Berries (Blueberries, Blackberries, Strawberries)
Fiber One 90 cal bars
Natural Peanut Butter
Celery
Lettuce

These are just a few things that I always have on hand!

low fat Cottage cheese
low fat greek yoghurt
low fat cream cheese
milk
diced tomatoes
frozen veggies
eggs
almonds
oats
drinking choc
natural peanut butter
tuna
chicken
lean beef
kangaroo

additionals for high carb days:
low carb wraps (for pizza)
pasta sauce
buckwheat pancake mix
ricecakes
sf maple syrup
whole wheat noodles
chicken stir fry sauce
wholemeal flour
sf puddings
sf jello
cinnamon

Now I hungry, at least I now have a list!

Buy whatever you can frozen, or freeze it. The ice box is your friend!

I could not agree more!
I buy fruit that is in season (when they are their cheepest and tastiest!) and I put it in one cup portions and freeze them!
That way I have them all year long to make smoothies

I do the same thing with vegetables. Like zucchini - I slice it up in one cup portions and freeze it

HEALTHY FOOD STAPLES
- plain fat free greek yogurt.
- light soy milk
- frozen fish (tilapia, salmon, mahi-mahi, haddock)
- frozen veggies (brussels sprouts, broccoli, spinach)
- brown rice, jasmine rice
- eggs
- low sodium tomato sauce
- low sodium string cheese
- goat cheese
- romain lettuce hearts
- almonds, pistacios
- veggie burgers, veggie bacon
- Ezekiel low sodium bread
- portabella mushrooms

cheerios and special k
apple sauce and fruit cupts
unsalted roasted almonds
chobani vanilla yogurt
whole wheat/ whole grain bread
peanut butter
apples and bananas
other fruit
boca burgers
skim milk
rice cakes/ low sodium pretzels
carrots
other vegetables
brown rice
string cheese
green tea

This thread is great for ideas! tnx for starting it

We usually keep:
milk (almond for me, cow for everyone else, and extra cow's milk to make yogurt with)
fruits: banana, apples, grapes, strawberries
veggies: baby spinach, romaine lettuce, onions, carrots, frozen broccoli
rice cakes
peanut butter
eggs
whole wheat bread
brown rice
rotiserie chicken-I buy the one from Sams and freeze the meat and use it on salads
tuna

Broccoli has become my new best friend in this journey. i have the cambells v8 garden broccoli soup cartons everywhere (90 calories per serving!!) they are super filling and taste great, and a bunch of bags of broccoli cuts mixed with carrots and cauliflower, just $2 a bag, 30 cal per serving, they are meals that hardly go bad, are ready to go in 5 mins or less, and taste awesome. my ultimate secret: to cut out putting oil or butter on the broccoli and be able to eat it raw i put a little bit of freshly ground sea salt and pepper with lemon rind. which cuts out the tablespoon of olive oil i used to stir in.

Smoothies, whole wheat products, lean meats, frozen veggies, fresh fruits, Rice cakes, natural peanut butter (dark chocolate or red wine for a reward:D)