MUSHROOMS (I could eat a mushroom with anything! )
onions and often garlic (I put them in everything :yum: )
Yogurt
MILK MILK MILK (Ugh - we breed milk drinkers! I hate the stuff!)
Apples (DD loves them)
Fish (usually cod, sometimes salmon)
Bacon
Cheese
Chicken broth (I use it to cook often)
Granola Bars or Cereal Bars
Carrots
Whole Wheat Bread (I found an organic one that I LOVE!)
Sunflower seeds and/or nuts
Cola (for DH )
10 Things NEVER on my grocery list:
Liver
Spam (I would NEVER EVER buy ANY disgusting canned meats if it were up to me but DH loves them and he takes the to work as a snack I won't TOUCH it and I don't want the kids to have it either - I liken it to dog food! )
Eggplant (YUK)
Peas (YUK)
Most Meats - we only eat beef (not hamburger), turkey and chicken
Pigs Feet
Sugar Cereals
Cookies, chips, etc (If they are in the house, *I* will eat them!!)
Box meals like Hamburger Helper, Rice-a-Roni, etc
Fish that still has the head - I love fish, but I just can't deal with a whole one. :yuk:
You know, I had pickled pig's feet once, and it wasn't so bad! BTW, I just moved to Oregon from West Seattle. Miss the water; don't miss the traffic.
10 Things Always on my List
plain, nonfat yogurt (for me)
frozen berries (for smoothies) (for me)
black forest ham (for DH)
Tillamook cheese (for DH)
chicken
nonfat milk
bananas
Big River bread (for DH--I'm trying to get him to at least eat whole grain!)
apples
fresh vegetables
10 Things Never on my List
ice cream (sigh)
candy
cookies
chips
sugared cereals
full fat dairy products
okra
leeks
chicken feet
tabloid magazines
Light n' Lively lowfat cottage cheese (the single serving 4-packs)
Tilapia
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Tuna in those handy dandy packets (I get both the small and big sizes)
Pepperidge Farms low-carb whole wheat bread
Rosemary Tortillas by La Tortilla Factory (made with EVOO - yum! only 3g unsaturated fat and a whoppiing 12 grams of fiber apiece!!!)
Reduced fat feta
Paul Newman's Lowfat Dressings (they're like 400-500 grams lower in sodium than other brands -- sometimes I doctor them)
Bottled lemon juice
Fresh lemons
Fresh garlic
Liquid Smoke (if needed -- a little goes a long way, but I always keep it on hand)
Canned whole tomatoes (from Italy)
Low sodium canned dark red kidney beans
Low sodium canned garbanzo beans
Fresh baby carrots
Bagged, pre-cleaned spring mix
Fresh tomatoes (if I can, I splurge on vine-ripened and/or organic)
Salmon
Red onion
Frozen blueberries
Frozen raspberries (more fiber than blueberries)
Frozen spinach
Frozen kale
Frozen asparagus
Brown rice (if needed -- I buy big bags -- but I eat it almost every day)
In season low-cal, low glycemic fresh fruit, like apples, plums, peaches, etc.
Crystal Light pink lemonade (yumm!)
Carbonated water (with NO sodium)
I Can't Believe it's Not Butter spray (if needed)
Romaine lettuce
Lowfat turkey breast chops
Eggs
Zucchini
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (if needed -- cold pressed and the greenest I can find)
Butter (I rarely need to buy this because I use so little, but even just a tiny bit can go a long way when it comes to flavor in cooking)
Skim milk (with added Vit A and D)
Frozen soybeans (I eat these almost every day; I get C & W brand -- virtually no fat, high fiber, and slightly more protein than carbs)
Hellman's light mayo (if needed - I use very little)
Grey Poupon Dijon mustard
Balsamic vinegar (use this like crazy)
Parmigiano Reggiano or Pecorino (if needed -- I use very little of each but always keep some on hand for grating -- again, a little bit goes a long way)
Baby new potatoes (lower glycemic and already portion controlled!)
Extra lean ground beef (93% lean)
Green or red peppers (good sauteed with chopped new potatoes and the ground beef!)
NEVER:
Processed, packaged meals
Frozen dinners
Chips and other salty treats
Cookies, muffins, or other wasteful, high-sugar items
Juice (too high-glycemic)
High sodium ANYTHING
High fat stuff
Anything with empty calories and no nutritive benefit
Fresh herbs, because I grow them all in batches and save boucoup bucks!
If I feel like I have to have a treat, I almost always go OUT to have it rather than keeping it on-hand in the house; if I do get it to have at home, I get just enough for the one meal.
I think that's pretty much it for me!
Last edited by lessofsarahtolove; 06-30-2005 at 06:54 PM.
Reason: I can't believe I forgot the tuna!!
I had to laugh at you liquid smoke. I came home the other night and I was like, "What the heck? Why does my house smell like it's on fire?"
There was my 4 year old Husky with the EMPTY bottle between his paws. He drank it and used it as a parfum. I immedaitely dumped him in the bath tub (a great injustice in his mind). Afterwards, I was like, "Oh don't you smell better!" and he leaned over a breathed on me - smoke breath. Argh! What a riot!
STRAWBERRIES
RED AND WHITE ONIONS
AVOCADOS
LOWFAT COTTAGE CHEESE
SKINLESS BONELESS CHICKEN BREASTS
LETTUCE
CHEESE OF SOME SORT (LOWFAT MOZZ OR CHEDDAR USUALLY)
LOW CARB WHOLE WHEAT BREAD
EGGLANDS BEST EGGS
SPRING WATER
NEVER
GRITS
SQUASH
TURNIPS
FISH
LIVER
LIMBURGER CHEESE
HONEY
CANDY BARS
GUM
SODA
Oh my gosh, we were supposed to pick just 10 things??? Crikey, how did I forget that part?? Woopsie! Oh well, I couldn't have narrowed it down to 10 anyway.
Jessica, that is so funny!! That crazy, mixed up puppy....man, I love dogs! (You would love mine just as I would love yours, I'm sure. )
Some fruit that is on sale
Bananas
FF Yogurt (No Artificial sweetener, though)
Whole Wheat light bread
Kashi cereal
LF Cheese (2% cheddar and/or mozz)
Frozen stir-fry veggies/peppers
tuna
lettuce
NEVER
Sugary cereal ('cause I'd eat the whole box at once)
beef or pork (don't eat the stuff!)
fruit canned in syrup
candy
cookies
chocolate milk
creamy dips/sauces
ice cream
Bottled Water (Although I find it them silly and my recycling bin overflows with the little plastic bottles, the best way to get me to drink alot of water is to have these little babies in my house at all times! Then I can just grab one and sip, sip, sip all day.)
Whole Wheat Tortillas
Milk (Soy for me, skim for everyone else in family)
fruit: bananas, apples, grapes
frozen berries for smoothies YUM
plain and banilla low-fat yogurt
tuna
turkey
chicken tenderloin
cheese, shredded, fat-free or low-fat. I adore sharp chedder, the sharper the better, but haven't found any in a low-fat or fat-free form
baby carrots
broccoli
romaine
cereal (Kashi, Life, Cracklin' Oat Bran, oatmeal, Quaker Oat Squares)
10 Never On My List
Liver (I don't care how many vitamins they have! I will not eat the parts of an animal that filter impurities-EEEEW!)
Fruit Snacks
Chips (Although when shopping with DH these items will sneak into the cart with assistance from him but I don't eat them even if they are in the house)
Cookies
Snack Cakes
Lunchables (Have you ever read the nutrition info on a box of these?! And people feed them to their children?!)
Squash
Ice cream
Frozen Pancakes
Frozen dinners
Last edited by taekwondomom; 07-01-2005 at 02:17 AM.
tomatoes
green peppers
onions
carrots
celery
bok choy
bean sprouts
peas
broccoli
bananas
whatever fruit that's on sale or in season
bread (although I don't eat it often)
WW pasta or veggie pasta
pasta sauce
kashi cereal
FF yogurt w/o aspartame - usually silhouette brand
LF cheese
skim milk
popcorn for air popcorn popper
popcorn seasoning
frozen veggies
a couple Lean Cuisine pastas in case I don't have time to cook
boneless skinless chicken
some other kind of lean meat
haddock when it's on sale
olive oil
PAM or similar type butter spray
eggs
calcium added orange juice
apple juice
Never
canned meats
processed meats
liver or other animal organs
sausages
lunchables (I'm with taekwondomom)
chips
candy
chocolate
sugary cereals
any seafood except haddock
Can you tell I LOVE veggies and don't really care for meat?
Lets see. My grocery cart is a little different now that I am not "dieting" and am pregnant. BUT when I was totally ON PLAN I lived with the following:
Skinless- boneless chicken breast
fat free skim milk
Special K red berries
I can't believe its not butter spray
Fruit, fruit and more fruit
Diet Iced Tea with Lemon
Spring Water
Splenda
Blue Bunny Sugar Free Popsicles or Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwiches- for a little treat
Pepperidge farm whole wheat low cal bread
WOW potato chips (for the snack attack)
Low fat cottage cheese
Yougert
Sugar Free Jello
Salad Mix
Fresh Veggies ALWAYS
Tuna
I think I went OVER 10
Oh well. I am getting so excited about having the baby and getting back on plan!!!
10 on the list...
english muffins
eggs
onions
cheese
lettuce
sandwich stuff for hubby
pasta
seafood
diet pop
catfood
Never on my list...
dogfood (cat only household)
most meats
candy
any condiments..yuck!
beans
peas
brussel sprouts
potatoes
cake/baked goods mixes
milk
Damn....this makes me realize I need to make a stop at the store soon!
Your Grocery List?
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I try never to allow myself to run out of:
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Oh well, I couldn't have narrowed it down to 10 anyway.
That crazy, mixed up puppy....man, I love dogs! (You would love mine just as I would love yours, I'm sure. 
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