What are the food staples you buy at the grocery store?

I'm actually working hard at eliminating the grocery store from my life, my food shopping consists of;

Organic beef from a local farm, purchased at the farmer's market

Organic eggs from a local farm, purchased at the farmer's market

Fresh fruits and veggie at the farmer's market (not a lot currently in season here in Michigan)

My CSA starts next week and I'll be getting a weekly box of all kinds of organic produce (greens, berries, broccoli, apples, herbs, melons, squashes of all varities)

I buy non homogonized, vat pasturized milk and butter from a local dairy, the closest thing as straight from the cow you can legally get here in Michigan and yes, that means it's full fat but I don't drink milk so it's only consumed in cooking and I believe it's much healthier in it's least processed state.

I buy raw honey at the farmer's market, used for sore throats and to slightly sweeten tea and in cooking

I order raw milk cheeses from a local co op and sometimes find them at the farmer's market

At the actual store, I buy

Almond milk
Raw Almonds (Trader Joe's Just a handful bags are awesome for grab and go and not expensive)
Canned tuna
Tilapia
Salmon
Organic, air chilled chicken breasts
Fresh veggies I can't get at the farmer's market or through my CSA yet. (lots of spinach and kale for smoothies)
Steel cut oats
Lemons (for water and green smoothies)
Mint (for water and green smoothies)
Plain greek yogurt
Almond Butter
Coconut Oil for cooking and health and beauty needs.
Olive Oil

I don't eat bread, but the kids do so I buy them organic 100% whole wheat bread

GOOD bread, not that crappy iron kids white bread or whatever. I like to splurge on a gorgeous loaf of sunflower honey wheat bread for 3 bucks. It's my guilty pleasure, plus I can make homemade croutons with any extras. Delicious carbs...

Don't forget to try to look for healthy options to what you currently eat. There are healthier frozen pizza, not red baron, leaner hamburgers, healthier sweet potato french fries (make your own), and more delicious less healthy desserts, skinny cow ice cream is delicious. Trial and error.

Agreed! Substitution has been key for me. Personally, I can't completely ban certain foods (kudos to those who can)- I end up unhappy and binging on them later- but I've been successful so far (21 lbs down) with substituting and moderation. Low-fat cheese instead of regular (Fresh & Easy, if there's one near you, has an amazing 2% string cheese). Cooking spray instead of only olive oil (some olive oil is okay, just not a ton of it). Ground turkey instead of ground beef. You can probably use a lot of the same recipes you used before, just using low-fat, non-fat, and light ingredients instead.

Shrimp and bay scallops are good too- they are small, quick to cook, and low-cal so it feels like you're eating a lot for not many calories! I saute a pound of them in 1 tablespoon of olive oil and lots of garlic (add any herbs you like, or lemon and pepper). That, with plenty of grilled or pan-cooked (with olive oil flavored cooking spray, pepper, and herbs) veggies makes a great dinner for two.

Also, some snacks I like (when I want something other than fruit or veggies): 94% fat-free popcorn (butter or kettle-corn flavored...I get mini 130-cal bags); Apples with reduced fat peanut butter; Light string cheese. Skinny Cow anything.

A few things I usually keep on hand for when the sweet tooth kicks in, are fiber one brownies, skinny cow ice cream treats, and/or edys sugar-free real fruit popsicles.

I keep Edy's frozen fruit bars (lime!) for my sweet tooth!

Lately I pick up a container of baby spinach a couple of times a week. It goes into smoothies, into salads, into scrambled eggs, into nearly everything! Love it!

Quick oats. If I was only allowed to buy one thing at the grocery store for the whole week, it'd be oatmeal!

Baby Spinach
Avocados
Brown Rice
Hummus
Low calorie tortilla wraps
Eggs
Lots of oatmeal
Various teas and herbals
Soya Milk
Almond Milk
Lots and lots of broccoli (frozen and fresh)
Tomatoes
Tons of fruit - especially bananas
No sugar cranberry juice
lean pork, turkey, chicken...
A box of low cal cake slices every two weeks.

I also like to keep plenty of fresh herbs and spices to hand to liven things up.

strawberries, oranges, broccoli, yambean, cucumber, vegetable pears, tuna, panela cheese, plain yogurt, eggs, turkey ham.. Thats like my top 10, I might buy something else if I see it and I like it.

Ezekial bread
Arnold sandwich thins
eggs
chicken
salmon
deli turkey
grassfed beef
cheese
mixed greens
grape tomatoes
cucumber
whole wheat pasta
avocado or wholly guacamole
zuchini/yellow squash
frozen veggies
greek yogurt
honey
peanut butter
oatmeal
fruit - a few of these each week (banana, apple, pear, grapes, strawberry, blueberry, kiwi, pineapple, mango)

These are the basics, but we eat a variety of foods... so there are a lot of other items most weeks, but these are EVERY week.