need a grocery list!!!

My typical shopping list:

Apples
Bananas
Strawberries
Grapes
100 cal packs of craisins

Celery
Carrots
Baby tomatoes
Peppers
Onions
Sweet Potatoes
Canned peas
Canned corn
Frozen broccoli
Frozen stir fry veggies

Assorted canned beans (for my turkey chili)
Canned diced tomatoes (for my turkey chili)
Canned tomatoes & tomato paste (to make marinara sauce)

Chicken
Lean beef
Shrimp
FF hot dogs
Ground turkey meat (for my turkey chili)

Skim milk
FF / LF cream cheese (I like the WW ones that come in 1pt packs)
Eggs
LF shredded cheese
Yogurt

Light english muffins
Wonder lite bread
Arnold's sandwich thins
Oatmeal


SF/FF jello mix
SF/FF pudding mix
100 cal cookie packs
Salsa

Brownie mix
can of black beans
**for black bean brownies - I make them and freeze them

No soda
nuts
fruit
whole grain bread
yogurt
100 calorie pack snack cookies
chicken

Do you read Hungry Girl? She publishes a really good shopping list of healthy, lowfat stuff that's ideal for WW followers too.

http://staging.hungry-girl.juicyorange.com/assets/root/pdfs/ShoppingListJune09.7.pdf

edited to include up to date link

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Posted by dcstephanie

Do you read Hungry Girl? She publishes a really good shopping list of healthy, lowfat stuff that's ideal for WW followers too.

http://staging.hungry-girl.juicyorange.com/assets/root/pdfs/ShoppingListJune09.7.pdf

edited to include up to date link

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hmm... i'm gonna print this out and give to FH since he's doing the grocery shopping while i'm in NY this weekend!!

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Posted by dcstephanie

Do you read Hungry Girl? She publishes a really good shopping list of healthy, lowfat stuff that's ideal for WW followers too.

http://staging.hungry-girl.juicyorange.com/assets/root/pdfs/ShoppingListJune09.7.pdf

edited to include up to date link

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Thanks for that link!!! I need to get back in the game to!

I like to buy a lot of fruits and make smoothies they are very filling!!
- make sure to buy a lot of spinach and other leafy greens
- also, spaghetti squash- great substitute for pasta and no guilt! Fm for a great recipe!

Shop the perimeter of the store. Produce, meats/fish/poultry/soy, dairy.

That's my rule of thumb. I try to have 85% of my stuff from the perimeter, 10% whole grain stuff from the aisles (whole wheat pasta, light bread, oatmeal, etc.) and 5% random stuff...dried fruits (I'm on a date kick right now), nuts, jam...that kinda thing.

Sometimes in the winter though, I end up buying more frozen veggies than fresh.

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Posted by MissB

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Posted by dcstephanie

Do you read Hungry Girl? She publishes a really good shopping list of healthy, lowfat stuff that's ideal for WW followers too.

http://staging.hungry-girl.juicyorange.com/assets/root/pdfs/ShoppingListJune09.7.pdf

edited to include up to date link

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Thanks for that link!!! I need to get back in the game to!

I like to buy a lot of fruits and make smoothies they are very filling!!
- make sure to buy a lot of spinach and other leafy greens
- also, spaghetti squash- great substitute for pasta and no guilt! Fm for a great recipe!

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wow!! this is great. thx soo much!!:)

Get some 100-calorie packs for snacking (look at me, i automatically go right to the snacking! lol).
I like the popcorn because you get a lot in the bags. I also like the cheez-its and choco-covered pretzels. MmmMmmm

Also, get some high protein snacks, like nuts (lol nuts!).

I also keep a lot of beans in the house, so when I make regular tomato sauce with pasta, I throw in some northern white beans or cannelloni beans and maybe some spinach and it becomes a LOT healthier and a lot more tasty.

Also, for pasta, buy the Ronzoni smart taste kind. It's White pasta enriched with Calcium and Fiber. I buy that because I'm not a huge fan of whole wheat pasta (altho it IS okay). I figure, the smart taste is better than regular and it tastes the same. Plus, I don't drink a lot of milk, so the extra calcium does a body good.