Your typical grocery list

[Tater]

Pink Lady apples or Granny Smiths
Red seedless grapes
Nectarines (if in season)
Bananas
Red, yellow and green bell peppers
Purple onions
Red leaf lettuce
Romaine lettuce
Tomatoes
Avacado
Brocolli
Cucumber
Mushrooms
Baby carrots

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts or strips
Sole or flounder filets

Milk 1%
Yogurt - typically Tillamook
Medium chedder cheese
Butter
Orange juice
Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches

Brown rice
Whole wheat pasta
Natural or classic black bread
Oatmeal
Luna bars

Peanut butter - Adams, natural style creamy

Mallotpois: I too enjoy grocery shopping! It gives me inspiration to try new things in the kitchen!

[Running Mommy]

Right now I'm in fresh fruit heaven! All my fave 'pit' fruits are coming into season! I could eat an entire bag of cherries and apricots! OMG!! My poor gut in the summertime!! When I was a kid my mother had the pepto bismol stocked up this time of year just for me!
Here is my list- which includes things for the boys which I won't touch marked with a *
i've been trying to stay away from high fructose corn syrup and any trans fats
romaine lettuce and /or red leaf
bag of organic mixed baby greens for fast salads
bag of organic baby spinach
organic baby carrots in single serve bags
green onions
red/orange/yellow bell peppers
radishes
beets
broccoli
green beans
maters of all sorts (grape, beefsteak)
mushrooms*
portabellas*
onions
taters (baking and baby red)
peaches
strawberries
apricots
cherries
melon (water,honeydew and cantalope) *
ready made lean ground beef pattys
pork tenderloin
skinless chicken breasts
ground turkey
turkey bacon
hebrew national 50 cal hot dogs or jennie o turkey dogs
lo cal hot dog buns
flat out low carb wraps (for fiber and low calorie count)
delightful low cal bread
low carb tortillas (see flatbread)
lipton tea bags *
barilla low carb penne (again for low cal + fiber)
cans of diced tomatoes, sauce, paste etc. some regular, some italian style, some mexican style
kashi go lean cereal
low sugar fruit loops or similar low sugar cereal- or cheerios *
weight smart oatmeal *
clif Z bars (from Trader joes bought in bulk when I go there)
snyders multigrain pretzels
roasted almonds
fat free cheese slices
fat free shredded mozzarella
low fat cheddar
blue label yoplait yogurt
butter
eggs every other week
fat free milk
sugar free ready made jello pudding
horizon farms kids smoothies *

Also I always have on hand...
low cal salad dressing from kens steakhouse (sweet vidalia onion and raspberry walnut vinegraitte are my faves)
blue cheese dressing *
shredded parm/romano cheese
crutons
cans of beans of all sorts
rice - white and uncle bens quick cook brown
olive oil (in bottle and spray)
canola oil
apricot and strawberry jam -low sugar or all fruit
peanut butter- chunky! no trans fat or sugar added
505 bottled salsa's and other mexican sauces
frozen diced green chiles from NM
misc vinegars to make home made dressings and marinades
hot wing sauce
misc stone ground mustards
ketchup
bbq sauce - sweet baby rays- tho I make a killer coca cola sauce myself
all the fixins to make my own pizza dough in my breadmaker
and of course being the baker that I am... almost every ingrediant known to man to bake a cookie, or cake!

[pikato]

Running--Have you tried Ken's Lite Asian Sesame Dressing??? I swear it is to DIE for!!

[Running Mommy]

Ohh I have not!! And I LOVE chinese chicken salads!! I'll have to keep a look out for it!! thanks!

[GLC1968]

I have a 'generic' list of the things we always need/use. This way, I can set DH to the task of marking off what we already have on hand, so that he's 'helping'.

It's in an excel format so I've made a .gif out of it:


(sorry it's so difficult to read!)

[DrBee]

Wow! That's thorough!

[valve]

pretty impressive lists.

Mine is very simple.

• Pasta; spaghetti and Angel Hair
• Spaghetti Sauce (lowest sodium)
• Whole Wheat English Muffins
• High Fiber Whole Wheat Bread
• Peanut Butter (Low fat, creamy)
• Spinach
• Tortilla
• Black Beans
• Tomatos
• Green Beans
• Salsa (lowest sodium, which is hard to find)
• Oranges
• Oatmeal
• Powerade
• Bottled Water
• Chickpeas for Hummus
• Whole Wheat Pitas

Hrm thats all I can think of that I 'normally' pick up


Anything you see missing in my diet? As in, need more protein, etc etc

[winddance]

I have my shopping list from Wednesday:

cherries and/or grapes
wheat tortillas
organic ground beef (tacos!!)
lettuce
onion
spinach
kidney beans
cucumber
fat free feta
red pepper
fat free sour cream
sharp cheddar
blue tortilla chips
olives
low fat yogurt (cherry, no artificial sweeteners)
powerade
twizzlers

I love food.

[Brandi]

Organic milk
orange juice w/pulp
organic egg's
plain oatmeal
english muffins
sour dough bread
Yaki soba noodles (fresh) really good with stir fry veggie's and quick!
fresh soba noodles w/broth (again good with frozen stir fry veggies)
frozen stir fry veggies
whole milk (for homemade ice cream)
cream (for homemade ice cream)
lemon soda water
stormin norman's coffee
whole chicken's
smoked gouda
turkey cutlets wrapped in bacon (trader joe's)
tortilla's
bean's
jasmin rice
brown rice
tortilla chips
jalapenos (for home made salsa)
italian tomatoes (for salsa again)
sweet onions
bell peppes
mushrooms
what ever fruit is on sale
but I mainly buy my veggies from farmers market on mondays
there I buy
mixed bag lettuce
tomatoes
cucmbers
fruit
bread
and soap my friend makes awsome bar soap
that's the staples more or less oh and beer and gin if it is on sale and we are out! I am the gin and tonic drinjer and my husband is the beer drinker. Beer makes me sneeze.

[ladyjai]

lol.. what a thread...

I have areas and flesh them out depending on what's on sale or interests me:

Weekly:
-beans, legumes and/or lentils
-rice and/or grains
-oatmeal - usually irish/steel mill style
-soy dogs
-fresh fruit in season
-fresh veges in season
-potatoes
-bananas
-meat - tends towards poultry, but i love buffalo burgers
-bread (whole grain, nine grain, the heavier the better!)
-nut butter (usually peanut)
-goat's milk
-something sweet and bad for me
-cheese
-something processed and great for ride food, cookies, or such

Periodically:
-olive oil
-coconut oil (used for cooking, wonderful enhancing flavor for any meat!)
-condiments, salad dressing, marinades, etc
-healthfood store versions of macaroni and cheese
-eggs
-flour (whole wheat, spelt)/cornmeal
-sugar (fructose, or something equally "health concious")
-honey - love raw when i can get it. so do the ants
-rice milk (great for when I need something and there's no goats milk)
-pasta
-alacer electromix
-canned soups, trader joe's stew
-frozen veges
-clif bars or equivalents
-yeast
-salt and spices

[Glassy]

My shopping list is sad..

2% Milk
All Bran cereal
Bread
Cream cheese (sometimes I buy light)
Apples - other fruit that is cheap
Hot chocolate
Spinach and sometimes baby carrots
a HUGE tin of Coffee

Yikes... Maybe I should take a lesson from your shopping lists