What's on your grocery list?

[Tiffany123]

I will be going to the store after my meeting and I need to know what you CAN'T leave off your list to help you through the week?

I like the Fat Free Pringles, Boca Burgers, Lean Cusines...

Help me make my list! Don't forget the snacks!!!!

Thanks!
Tiffany

[Kelly_S]

Boneless skinless chicken breast; Louis Rich or Tyson seasoned beef and chicken strips; 2% Kraft cheeses; lean pork chops; Blue Bunny No Sugar Added Fat-Free bars (orange/cream + raspberry/cream or fudge + fudge/cream or sherbert); WOW Tostitos; salsa, salsa and more salsa.

Kel

[Wolfangel]

Hey Kelly...do you recommend Salsa??

[Kelly_S]

Wolfangel, why yes, yes I do! LOL! ;)

[edhodge]

Orville Redenbacher's 94% FatFree Popcorn, lots of frozen and fresh vegs, fresh shrimp, Chef's Choice Shrimp stirfry (3 pts. for the whole bag- great emergency dinner), Snackwell cookies (esp. the vanilla cream sandwich cookies), light bread, fat free mayo, mustard, Tastations hard candies (esp. the caramel kind), WOW chips, Granny Smith apples, fat free milk, Rice Krispy cereal, Equal packets... oh I could go on and on but I hope this helps!

Diane

[Bumby]

Much of the above, plus...
5 Brothers Tomato and Basil pasta sauce
Balsamic vinegar
Hebrew National 97% FF hot dogs
Egg beaters
V8 plus calcium
Health Valley vegetarian chili with lentils
Progresso Tomato Vegetable Italiano soup
Vegetarian sausages, ground "meat," etc...

[Kelly_S]

Splenda (rather than Equal in my book).

I more thing on the salsa it goes great as a dressing on salad, topping on a baked potato and all for zero points!

[Wolfangel]

SALSA!

:D

[lalala]

Hmmm. I haven't been home for any amount of time recently.

brocolli, ground turkey breast, buttermilk,
luna bars, 1% milk, frozen oriental veg. mix (new to me,used to hate frozen veg.), frozen shrimp or fresh if avail., braising greens
good full fat cheese to top turkey casseroles, satsumas (seasonal fruit)

if i'm peckish, sushi

don't usually eat junkish food except for baked chips, 97% fat free turkey pepperoni on occasion

don't have blue bunny here (thank goodness)

[Kelly_S]

93-96% lean ground beef or ground round; various fresh and frozen veggies to make veggie soups or other soups; Uncle Ben's Converted Rice (3 points per cup cooked without butter or margarine); baking potatoes; salsa, salsa and more salsa (ok ok I know enough with the salsa)

Kel

[afrikando]

broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, spinach, mushrooms, sweet taters, beets, lemons, onions, low-fat tofu, diet squirt, pelligrino, skim milk, kashi good friends cereal, health valley black bean chili, fresh fish, shrimp, fat-free catalina dressing, canned tomatoes, garbonzo beans, and the one vice i don't think about changing (yet)... half and half for my coffee!

[Itryharder]

Also FF Cool Whip, FF cooked and instant puddings, Lite Bread, 98% FF tortillas,
chicken cutlets, popcorn, diet cocoa,
LF shredded cheeses, LF Bisquick--Good question.,

[NASCAR Woman]

afrikando ~ I think you win for the healthies selections I've read.

I don't shop other than for veggies as needed and chicken as needed. Oh, and salsa! What would the world be without the salsa????????????

[Tally]

Great topic!
I didn't see anyone mention them yet so . . .

Wishbone Just 2 Good Salad Dressing (2 T = 1 point)
Brummels and Brown Blueberry spread (1 point)
Duncan Hines All Bran Blueberry Muffin Mix (makes 12 muffins, 3 points each)
couscous
spaghetti squash

[lighter]

You're got some good suggestions. I would suggest you sit down and make a menu plan for several days and make up your shopping list from your plan. I hate it when I want to make something and have to run to the store. Or on the other hand I buy something for my "plan" and then weeks later wonder what I was going to use the can of X for.LOL
Don't for get Pam regualar spray and the butter spray is good on pop corn. I Can't Believe it's Not Butter Spray is great on vegetables. And I vote for the Splenda loose in the pkg (not packets) instead of Equal. You can bake with Splenda and no aftertaste. Sugar free jello also. Don't buy a cheaper whipped topping. Fat Free Cool Whip brand is the very best.

One of my W W cook books had suggestions on stocking a healthy kitchen.

------------------

Ann P

[Terri54]

cinnamon streussel rice cakes, fat free cool whip, veggie burgers, grapes, (grapes are very expensive right now) pam butter spray, and lots of veggies. :) :) :)

[SaraB]

Great topic! I always love getting new ideas. I would add to the many mentioned above: stir fry sauce, turkey polish sausage, canned artichoke hearts (I love them on salads or by themselves with ffree italian dressing), Yoplait ffree yogurt, all flavors, light string cheese (one 1 point!)

[Garbanzo Bean]

Tiffinay--

Here are my favourites that I can't live without--I'm probably doubling up on some of them but, Oh well--here goes it--


vegetarian baked beans
Fat Free hotdogs (I like Oscar Meyer the best)
Brussel Sprouts
Broccoli
Litpton Cup-o-Soup (the cream of mushroom and cream of broccoli only have 1 pt per pkg-- not bad for a quick snack)
Fat Free refried beans --even the 1% fat ones are really good
Fat free soft tortillas
Fat Free cottage cheese
Chinese apple pears (REALLY YUMMY!--they may be called something else in the States)
SALSA! SALSA! SALSA and more SALSA--bring on the SALSA!!! Can't get enough of it!! :D:
SALSA on a baked potato with maybe a little bit of grated cheddar cheese on top (I use regular cheddar because the points are the same as the low fat--at least it was before the new program started)
Snackwell cracked peppercorn crakers
Bean sprouts added to a green salad--adds a really nice crunch to the salad!
Balsamic vinegar
Fat Free fudgscicles
Shreddies
V8 Juice
Dill Pickles
Garlic flavoured pam
GARLIC! GARLIC! and more GARLIC!--Just like the Salsa--Bring on the Garlic!! :D :D :D
GARBANZO BEANS!!!--YUMMY

Have fun grocery shopping. With all the wonderful ideas and suggestions everyone has given you you will have a kitchen full of really yummy and healthy foods!

Enjoy
Garbanzo


[This message has been edited by Garbanzo Bean (edited 12-20-2000).]

[Garbanzo Bean]

I forgot to add portobello mushrooms to my list. I absolutley love them grilled.

[Bumby]

Hey, Tiffany--when you finish your grocery shopping, can we all come over?

[Tiffany123]

Oh my. LOL....
Um, my cart is overflowing.

I work late, until 6:00, so by the time I get home and fix something it's so late, and my honey has already fed the kids...so I grab something fast. I do like the Fat Free hotdogs, and Boca burgers, and fat free pringles. I also like the frozen packages of broccoli and cheese and cauliflower and cheese.

For breakfast, I LOVE Egg Beaters, with some Buddig ham chopped up in it, and some fat free cheese...YUM!!

I was hoping to come up with some new ideas, maybe something I was missing...and thanks to you all, I have some new ideas!

Thanks guys, and if you are ever in Illinois, I'll fix ya some dinner.

Tiff

[Helen B]

Kelly S - is there any particular brand or type of salsa you recommend?

Helen

[Kelly_S]

Check out the Salsa Recommendations thread at http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//Forum16/HTML/001536.html

I like Rojo's and Fry's (Kroger's) for store brands but I perfer to make it myself. ;)

[lhendricks]

I'll add a few things:

I like the Simply Smart milk that is skim, but has "body."
Yoplait Lite because of flavors like Boston Creme that taste like dessert.
Fruit that comes in glass jars in the cooler section (mangos, citrus, apricots)
Morningstar Garden Burgers (since Bocas have been mentioned many times)
sugar-free Italian syrup I bought a case of this from coffeeam.com and use it on everything, but especially in a mug of milk in the microwave! Yum!
chocolate lowfat pop tarts - a VERY occassional treat because they have four points!

I survey each of the major grocery outlets (and BJs) on a regular basis to sniff out new pointsworthy items. I was very excited to find Blue Bunny products last year (KELLY S. is right, they are great) and Skinny Cow this year. Happy hunting!

------------------
There are many paths up the mountain but we'll all reach the peak if we just keep climbing.

[Candybots]

I like me some polenta! The best is Melissa's No Fat, which I've found in the produce section at the supermarket. It comes in a 1 pound roll (like a sausage) and THE WHOLE THING is 4 points! You can cut it into slices and fry them, but I like microwaving a bowlful until it turns into spicy cornmeal mush and stirring in some tomato sauce, along with some zucchini and mushrooms.

Also Morningstar Farms black bean veggie burgers. Great to heat those up and roll them up in a tortilla with salsa and fat free sour cream.

I still need a soda fix every now and then, so I get Diet Rite, which doesn't have caffeine and is sweetened with Splenda.

My latest thing is acorn squash... I just cut one in half and bake it, then season it with some cumin and butter spray and have it as a meal.

And soup! Progresso's Tomato Vegetable Italiano is only 2 points for the whole can!

[Water Rat]

Oh I recently found this polenta - or a brand very similar - and it comes in various herb flavors too. Very yummy with zucchini cooked with tomatoes, onions and garlic.

Boca has some breakfast sausage things that are good too, spicier but smaller than the burgers. Very good with an egg beater omlet and some SALSA for breakfast.

I always have FF sour cream in the house. Mixed with salsa it makes a great no point salad dressing, as does seasoned rice vinegar.

Another thing I can no longer *live* without is Light Laughing Cow spreadable cheese. It comes 8 wedges to a round container. A little pricy but each wedge is only 1/2 point and is great on toast/bagel for breakfast, or on some lf crackers for a snack. Heck, I've had it on good sourdough bread along with some red wine for a great picnic! :D

And I love the new Ruby Red Grapefruit flavor of Crystal Light.

Fresh fruit and veggies are always on my list - and believe me in Alaska they're not cheap in the winter!

And S&W brand specialty beans - Santa Fe and Caribbean Black are my favorites. I make a pseudo-taco salad by starting with lots of lettuce, some shredded cabbage, and adding some tomato, warmed up beans (usually the Caribbean black beans), some avocado and/or cheese if I have the points to spend, and then top with the FF sour cream and salsa mix. Served with a warm ff tortilla, it makes a great (and huge) low point lunch.



------------------
Pat

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down." - Mary Pickford

[brigette]

Healthy Choice butter flavored popcorn
Sweet Escapes bars
LF or FF tortillas
vegetarian FF refried beans
eggs
Sargento Light Mexican cheese
Dannon light yogurt (esp. cappuccino flavor)
Breyer's light yogurt (esp. apple pie flavor)

And from the internet, Baker's cookies and Aspen muffins.

------------------
Brigette >^.^<
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste great with ketchup.

[sweetsurrender]

:) :) :)Bumping up for VegasBride :) :) :)

[Garfield]

You already have three items on your list that I always get. :)
TO that, I would add:
Orville Redenbacher Smart Pop- SNACK SIZE
Weight Watchers Honey Roasted Peanuts
Kraft Cheese Slices-( the 2% milk slices that are 50 cal. per slice
Healthy Choice Lean Lunch Meats
Healthy Choice Hot Dogs
Hot Dog Buns- Wonder Lite(1 pt buns) or the Aunt Millies 98% fat free Potatoe Hot dog bun- 2pts. but so delicious that it's worth that extra point.
A bag of those mini boxes of Sunmaid Raisins
egg beaters
Breakstone Snack SIze Cottage Cheese
Hunts Snack Pack Puddings- the Banana Cream is to die for. 3 worth while points. :)
Graham Crackers
Peanut butter
Mrs. T's Low-Fat Pierogi
Dove Bars-chocolate on chocolate- the best flavor. Oh, I know,Iknow- but worth it if you save up the points and made sure you got in all the healthy stuff first. A nice once a week you deserve it treat! :) - You'll Always find a box in my freezer!
Nutella!- ummmmmmm! What more can I say. :) :) :)

Happy Shopping!

[quilting lady]

Besides alot of the above, I get :
fruit leather
assorted veggies and then roast them
ff tortillas
fruit salsa (Good eatin!)


------------------
BEING FAT IS HARDER THAN ANY DIET!

[Lenore]

Things I check to make sure I've got enough to last the week (a little strange, because I can't digest dairy well):

Simply Delicious awesome chocolate frozen dessert (2 pts for 1/2 cup)
Picante V-8 12-oz cans
Bernsteins roasted garlic vinaigrette (1 pt per 2 tbsp)
Silk plain soy creamer (1 pt per 4 tbsp)
Chevre spreadable goat cheese (1 pt for 1/4 container, tastes kinda like cream cheese)
Chicken or turkey sausage, or 93% lean beef, or pork loin chops
Smartpop popcorn
Fresca and Stewart's Diet Root Beer
Tuna
Low-fat Mayo
Orowheat light nine-grain bread (1 pt for 2 slices)
Hebrew National reduced fat hot dogs
Jalapeno or garlic-stuffed olives (instant cheap snack if I come home hungry)
The makings for pumpkin pudding (large can Libby's pumpkin and butterscotch pudding)
Big bag mixed prepared organic greens

[This message has been edited by Lenore (edited 02-13-2001).]

[Tato]

When I joined WW my leader showed us a grocery list she carries with her all the time. I made one after discovering which items I seem to buy over and over and didn't want to ever forget to pick up (I live 40 miles from town so can't run pick up something if I forget it). This is my list I carry in my planner. (Of course I make another list of items I also need to pick up when grocery shopping).

Pace Picante Sauce (1/2 gal) (free food! use on everything!)
WOW Potato Chips (1 oz = 1 pt)
WOW Tortilla Chips (1 oz = 2 pt)
Land o' Lakes Fat Free Sour Cream
Large plain unsweetened yogurt (store brand)
Hidden Valley Party Dip mixes
Chicken bouillion (low sodium)
Beef bouillion (low sodium)
Lettuce
Carrots (2 5-lb packages, one for me and one for my horses!)
Lean Cuisines (buy these on sale)
Smart Ones (also buy on sale)
Lean boneless pork chops (buy on sale)
Lean ground round beef
Lean stew meat
Boneless chicken breasts (buy on sale)
Del Monte Mexican Recipe tomatoes
Hunts tomato sauce
Chili powder/spices
French style green beans
Mission 10 inch FF flour tortillas (3 pt)
Mission 7 inch FF flour tortillas (2 pt)
Onions
Green bell peppers
Fruit
Swiss Miss No Sugar Added Hot Cocoa Mix (get from Sam's Club) (1 pt)
Large Quaker Caramel Corn Cakes (1 pt)
Canadian Bacon (from Sam's, 1 pt)
Roman Meal Light Hamburger Buns (2 pt)
Light Sourdough bread (2 slices for 1 pt)
English Muffins
Kroger Pepper Jack cheese slices (2 pt)
Pepsi One
Diet Orange Slice
Diet A&W Root Beer or Diet Mugs Root Beer (whichever is on sale)

[djp1959]

Does anyone purchase things from Market Day?
These are some of my favorites through Market Day. (10% of the price is tax-deductible)
Chicken Steaks-2 pts each
Turkey Steaks-2 pts each
Ham Steaks-3 pts each
French Breadsticks-2 pts each
Natural Grill Cod Fillets-2 pts. each
Chicken Italian Sausage-2 pts. each link

I like these things because they are quick to prepare. Most go from freezer to pan and cook quickly.

Some other things I like from the grocery store-
Joseph Campione LIGHT garlic bread-6 pts for WHOLE THING! found in the frozen food section by other garlic breads
Bryer's light strawberry ice cream-2 pts for 1/2 cup
FF Cool Whip
Now I'm really hungry!!

------------------
Donna
dpomatto@ncusd203.org (work)
dpomatto1@aol.com(home)

[lolo]

Hi Brigette
Can you tell me where to get the muffins and cookies Lo