grocery list

In the beginning of my journey, I found it helpful to go to the market and spend time searching for healthy foods and reading lables. Educating yourself is the best thing you can do. No one knows how and what you eat but you. Good luck.

Get a bunch of those lean cuisine plus desserts meals. Yum

I need a healthy grocery list under $100 that will last about 2 weeks. I'm not a real big cooker, so quick and easy meals and snacks are what I'm looking for. Thanks for the help!

I use fitness buff, Tosca Reno's list for her Eat Clean Diet. You can print it out and take it with you. You don't have to get everything on the list at one time, but can use it as a general guidance to find healthy foods and most of it can create 2 weeks worth of food in one run. Most of my bills are under $100 and i get a few bags of groceries.

http://www.eatcleandiet.com/uploaded_files/downloads/ecd_grocery_list.pdf

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/collections/healthy_budget_friendly_recipes

Searching online for eating healthy on a budget helps too.

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/collections/healthy_budget_friendly_recipes

Searching online for eating healthy on a budget helps too.

Great suggestion! It's better to cook/bake your own food in bulk and freeze some of it, than to purchase prepackaged foods. The prepackaged are loaded with unhealthy amounts of sodium, and you get more meals out of the cost that you spend to get multiples of the package. That's very important, especially if you have a family you are feeding, as well.

this is what hubby and i just bought for $96 at our grocery store - prices may vary! this will feed us for about 2 weeks, i'm guessing.

5 lbs of clementines
bunch of bananas
2 cucumbers
1 green pepper
2 big bags of salad
2 lbs frozen cauliflower
2 bags whole wheat pita
copious amounts of yogurt, both Greek and regular, including one of those 32 oz tubs
almond milk
tempeh
tofu
apples
pears
fudgsicles (my guilty pleasure)
cottage cheese (again, one of those hugs ones)
mushrooms
eggs
canned soup
dried beans
lentils
celery
hummus
2 large boxes of grape tomatoes
2 lbs baby carrots

we also had some other random things in there like light bulbs and garbage bags, haha. you can probably get this cheaper if you buy all generic and more foods in season. also, groceries here are a bit expensive

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Depends on what you like to eat but I buy frozen veggies ...stir-fry and brocolli. The frozen keep longer.
I also like baked potatoes ...makes a great lunch with "a little" cheese and butter and some steamed broccoli
I also like soups and chilis ...they make great leftovers
I love quesadillas, so I always have tortillas and fat free refried beans on hand.
Frozen fruit and bananas for smoothies, oatmeal or cereal.
Pasta, quinoa, brown rice.
Spaghetti sauce
General tso sauce (you can use on meat or veggies and it's good with rice)
Bocoa burgers or chicken patties (side these with sweet potato fries...super easy to make yourself, and cheaper)
French bread (use with spaghetti and/or make french toast)
My biggest recommendation is make things yourself and then split it up for dinner and then lunch the next day. It's healthier since you control the ingredients and you're getting several meals out of one dish.
Also, make a salad at the beginning of the week. Then use it everynight on the side of dinner. A bag of spinach...add some carrots, celery, onion, cucumber, and tomato. Any left over veggies can be cut up and used in your soup or taken to work for snacking. I also always have min-pretzels and hummus on hand.