Staples in your kitchen.

Ever notice that the same items are written on your grocery list again and again? What are those staples that you always need in your house?

Mine are milk (fat free for me and whole for my 2 year old son), Sara Lee 100% whole wheat bread, fresh fruit (nectarines, apples, plums), deli sliced cheese & turkey, plain fat free yogurt, and bagged lettuce for salads.

Eggs

Skim Milk

Coffee

Splenda

Oatmeal

Fruit

Chicken breast/ground lean turkey/pork loin/frozen raw shrimp

Sara Lee Delightful Multi-Grain

Diet Coke

Frozen veggies

Onions

Potatos

Lettuce

Several types of dressing & condiments

So many spices I don't have room to list them all

At least two types of flour

Sugar

Little Debbie snack cakes for my husband (I can't STAND them, thank goodness).

 

Naturally More PB (because I go through it like crazy!), Almond Breeze, red grapes, lettuce/salad mix, frozen broccoli, diet peach snapple, light wheat bread, random cereals.

Fresh spinach, turkey, apples, sara lee 100% whole wheat, soy milk, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, whatever cereal that is on sale at the time xD

I shop online and my 'favourites' list of of the stuff I buy most often contains.... canned tomatoes, broccoli, carrots, onions, new potatoes, spring onions, chestnut mushrooms, ham, apples, bananas, brown rice, wholewheat pasta, yoghurts, salad leaves, tomatoes, bread flour, lentils, dried kidney beans, dried chickpeas, porridge oats, sausages, chicken breasts, salmon steaks and beef steaks.

heads up, my list is pretty long :)

skim milk, vanilla soymilk, bran flakes, bananas, apples, spinach, frozen brussel sprouts, egg whites, yogurt, celery, cucumber, hummus, pre-sliced cheese, lunch meat, oats, bananas, eggs, salmon filets, tuna steak, chicken breasts and thighs, steak, frozen broccoli, frozen cauliflower, pumpkin seed butter, microwave popcorn, hot chocolate mix, potatoes, and most likely there's more that i'm forgetting.

True.  I don't even know why I have a shopping list for groceries.  Always and without fail:  apples, oranges, lettuce mix, brocolli slaw, chicken, steak, *white bread, wheat bread or whole grain, whet/whole grain english muffins, *banana muffins, *whole milk, skim milk, eggs ... The rest as I run out: cream cheese, cereals, yogurt, blueberries ......
Oh, my dog gets donuts on a weekly basis !!
*For the not so healthy eaters in the house.

soy or 2% milk, Special K or Fiber One cereal, fresh apples, fruit cups, packaged fresh fruit ( pineapples & watermelons), frozen broccoli, nuts, water, wheat or honey wheat bread, eggs, chicken, frozen meals (lean cuisine, SBD), snacks to take to work like granola bars

Every Week My Grocery List Consists Of:

- One Large Tub of Spinach

- 4 to 5 Bell Peppers (Red, Orange or Yellow)

- 3 to 4 Onions (BIG red or yellow ones)

- 2 to 3 Zucchini &/or Summer Squash

- 1 to 2 Eggplants 

- 2 (10 - 12 ounce) fillets of Salmon 

- Nori (Bag of 50 sheets preferably)

- 3 to 4 Cans of Tomato Paste

- 3 to 4 Cans of Green Beans

- Frozen Asparagus, Green Beans, Spinach, Broccoli & Bell Pepper/Mushroom Blend

- 2 to 3 Portobello Caps 

- 2 to 3 Leeks

- 2 Heads of Cabbage (One Red/ One Green)

- Garlic/ Herb Seasoning

- Pre-Made Foods (to accompany meals I make - like Grilled Vegetables or a tiny bit of chicken stir-fry that I enlarge) 

- Sun-Dried Tomatoes (to use for a dressing for roasted vegetables or salad) 

- 1 to 2 Egg White Cartons 

- 1 Large Eel Fillet

- 2 (10 to 12 ounces) fillets of other fish that looks good

*I already have frozen Grass-fed Beef, Bison, Elk & Ostrich in my freezer so I am good to go in the meat department!

*This reminds me that I am running low on food but I made a pact with myself that I wouldn't go grocery shopping until Friday or Saturday!! I do hope I keep it! ha ha!

Soymilk, bananas, Peanut butter, and basil pesto.

Must always be on hand. No excuses.

Oatmeal, bananas, peanut butter, cucumbers, apples (when they're not growing on the tree in the back yard!), flatout wraps, turkey breast, fat free cream cheese, fat free milk, fat free cottage cheese, dry pinto beans, Ezekiel bread, frozen broccoli and spinach, organic tempeh, eggs

I make quite a few grocery trips...if I am out of one of those, I go =P

Without fail, there's ALWAYS:

Bananas, apples, blueberries, strawberries, green bell peppers, cucumber, various melons, lettuce, Kashi Blueberry cereal, Silk Vanilla Soymilk (switching to just organic milk soon, pro'lly, though), frozen corn, frozen peas, Morningstar Veggie Sausage Links, bag of sugar (my father drinks loooooads of sweet tea, we go through 5lbs a week even if I don't bake anything), and usually brown rice.

I have two seperate grocery lists:

Farmers Market (Through most of the summer, give or take):

-Apples

-Peaches

-pear

-corn

-zucchinni

-bell peppers

-asparagus

(after frost)

-brussell sprouts

-cauliflower

-broccoli

-apples

-occasionally a really nice cheese or some prosciutto  from the Italian vendor

The Grocery Store:

-turkey lunch meat

-whole wheat bread

-couscous

-cans of beans

-coffee

-bananas

-rice

-sesame oil

-lemon

-milk

-egg

i've gotta have at all times:

sweet potatoes, red peppers, eggs, salmon, lemons, whole wheat pasta, dried fruits, plenty o nuts, peanut butter, goat cheese, coffee, bananas, red wine, and loads o' olive oil - one good organic one for finishing sauces and dipping bread in and the utilitarian cooking one

items i eat almost every day:

Skim milk

bottled water

quaker weight control oatmeal

apples (red delicious)

baby carrots

wheat bread or double protein bread

sliced lunchmeat: turkey, low fat ham, and fat free cheese

pre-made lettuce in a bag

grape tomatoes

perdue perfect portions chicken breast

frozen spinach

fat free salad dressing

progresso light soup

activia light yogurt

diet swiss miss hot cocoa

Essentials... I think I covered them all!

Produce:

Broccoli, baby spinach, baby carrots, Fuji or Gala apples, pears, bananas, red and green onions, green & red peppers, sweet potatoes and/or mini potatoes (preferably a bag with blue, yellow & red), mango, blueberries, cucumber, some kind of melon (usually cantaloupe or watermelon), garlic. 

Meat, etc:

Eggs, egg whites, boneless skinless chicken breasts, extra-firm tofu, canned, no-salt albacore tuna, salmon, bison steak or burgers, canned beans (kidney, black, chickpeas).

Dairy:

Plain yogurt (non- or low-fat), 1% cottage cheese, individually portioned cheese (for lunches), goat cheese. Silk Light soy milk

Bread/Grains:

Sprouted grain flax bagels, whole grain wraps, Nature's Path Multibran flax cereal, All Bran Buds, Bob's Red Mill quinoa/oat bran/steel cut oats/granola/wheat germ, brown rice.

Condiments/etc:

natural peanut butter, apple butter, honey, agave nectar, pure maple syrup, real fruit + no real or artificial sugar added jam, cinnamon.

Nuts/seeds/etc:

almonds, cashews, walnuts, sunflower seeds, dried cranberries, raisins, ground flax seeds, sesame seeds. 

soymilk
spinach
liquid egg substitute
greek yogurt (vakos is best!)
celery
baby carrots
broccoli
other fresh veggies
apples
grapefruit
tangerines
other fresh fruit
sometimes tofu
(and i have a crapload of bread in my freezer because i used to work at great harvest :D so screw sara lee...that isn't real bread.)

I live by myself, so I never buy a huge amount. Plus I live in the UK so many brands/names of food will differ.

Bread- Usually weight watchers or tesco danish loaf (around 60 cals)
Eggs
Laughing cow extra light (20 cals per triangle)
Philadelphia extra light mini-pots (30 Cals per pot)
Salad- Lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes
Veg- Onions, Peppers, courgettes, broccoli, aubergine (eggplant), peas
Meat: Skinless chicken breast, turkey breast steaks, pork mince
Tinned: Baked beans, spaghetti Hoops
Chilli peppers
Garlic
Fresh herbs
Rice

Chicken Breast, Kashi Golean, Fiber One, Skim Milk, Canned tuna, Eggs, Wheat Bran Bread and probably to be inducted soon: Low fat cottage cheese.

I live in a dorm so I usually eat lunch and dinner in the dining hall.  Lots of soups with beans thrown in, 100% whole grain open face sandwiches (hold the mayo), pepper instead of salt, skim milk......

 

But I've lately eaten breakfast in my dorm.  More peaceful, better way to focus on the coming day.  If I'm up late studying (or if my schedule of the day dictates an early dinner), I'll also have something to snack on at night.

 

My list includes:

 

Skim (or 1%) milk

Cheerios

Old fashioned oatmeal

Cinnamon, vanilla, splenda

Coffee grounds, filter, creamer

Cocoa powder (the baking type)

Apples, oranges, and bananas (I steal them from the dining hall)

Bulk bags of popcorn (I air pop mine in the microwave, in a brown paper bag, with a packet of splenda and a dash of cinnamon)

Milled flax seed and wheat bran (for my oatmeal)

That's about it at this time.  Yay breakfast!

It varies alot, but here are some usuals:

skim milk or 1%, cheerios, apples, lettuce, carrots, yukon gold potatos, green bell peppers, 99%fat free chicken breast, raw turkey breast, 93/7 ground sirloin, frozen broccoli, pepperidge farm light oatmeal bread, whole grain rolls, annies whole wheat bunnies, egglands best eggs, ICBINB spray, curves 90-cal microwave popcorn, splenda, all kinds of tea (oolong, tazo awake, raspberry tea, etc.), brown rice, stonyfield farms all natural frozen yogurt, kraft 2% milk or ff cheeses (american, sharp cheddar, etc.)