What are 10 Things that are ALWAYS on your grocery list??

What are 10 Things that are NEVER on your grocery list??

10 Things ALWAYS on my grocery list:

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:

Blueberries
Rolled oats
Chicken breast
Olive oil (for my spray can)
Garlic
Fresh ginger
Onions
Cucumber
Apples
Honey
Tomatoes

Things I never buy
Chips/crisps
Processed cereals
Sugar
Cake mix
Frozen pizza
Ice cream
Spam (eek)
Peanut butter
Sausages
Chocolate bars

Ten things always on my list are:

1) Cottage Cheese
2) Raisin Bran
3) Milk
4) Bread
5) Dog Food
6) Frozen dinners for hubby
7) Pop
8) Some kind of meat

(Can't think of anything for 9 and 10)

NOT on my list

1)Beans
2)Water
3)Fish
4)Chips (I end up buying them anyway!)
5)Anything from the deli (Too expensive)
6)Alcohol

(Can't think of anything else )

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

ALWAYS, in no particular order:

• Bagged, pre-cleaned baby spinach
• All-Bran Extra Fiber (if needed)
• Kashi Go Lean (if needed)
• Light 'n Lively nonfat flavored yogurt
• Dannon nonfat plain yogurt
• 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!

Sarah -

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!

ALWAYS

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

I can't limit it to 10 items. I try never to allow myself to run out of:

• 0% milk
• 2% plain yogurt (I can't hack FF )
• Balsamic vinegar
• Bananas
• Basmati rice
• Black peppercorns
• Cabbage (red and white) (for coleslaw)
• Carrots
• Dried beans and pulses
• Dried chilis
• Fish (sole, salmon)
• Frozen peas
• Marmite
• Oxo (low salt)
• Sirloin steak (I grind it myself for burgers)
• Skinless, boneless chicken breasts
• Thinly sliced ham
• Tinned pineapple in juice (for shakes)
• Tinned tomatoes
• Tinned tuna, packed in water
• Vintage cheddar, gouda, or Stilton (a little goes a long way)
• Whole wheat bread
• Whole wheat couscous

Never on my list:

• Any tinned fruit in syrup
• Artificial sweeteners
• Ground/minced meats
• Salt
• Sugar (In the last 18 years I've bought it twice in case visitors want it in coffee)
• Tinned meat

I do buy cakes, cookies, and sweeties, etc. for hubby, but I don't care for them anyway so I'm rarely tempted.

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. )

____Always___

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

10 Items Always on my List

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

I can't stick to 10 either.

Always

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!