A friend of mine asked me to blog my grocery list. I thought that was a great idea! Grocery stores can be totally overwhelming. It's so confusing to make healthy choices when you are confronted with a wall full of soup that all looks the same.
Before I got into the habit of reading ingredients on labels, I used to buy whatever had the coolest packaging. Unfortunately nicely designed labels on the outside do not always equal healthy food on the inside.
ALWAYS READ THE INGREDIENTS! I was amazed to find that very few foods have just the basic ingredients. Almost everything has sugar, high fructose corn syrup, artificial color & flavor and a host of other additives I can't even pronounce.
My rule of thumb, if I can't pronounce it... I don't eat it.
Here is an example of my typical grocery list:
- almond milk (Silk)
- honey
- onions (2 or 3)
- red bell peppers (2)
- baby spinach
- carrots
- squash (1)
- cucumbers (1)
- free range chicken (1 or 2 packages of 3 breasts)
- grass fed ground beef (1 or 2 packages)
- 1 bag nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts)
- hard tofu (1 package)
- multi-grain wraps (1-2 bags)
- hummus
- Mary's Gone Crackers
- bananas
- strawberries
- blueberries
- cantaloupe
- refried beans
- organic brown or wild rice (1 bag lasts awhile)
- salsa
- veganaise (dairy free mayonaise)
I may not get all of these items every week but those are the basics. I usually make a seafood run every week or so to Valley Seafood in Wilkes-Barre, PA for salmon, haddock or flounder.
The Lyme diet has some handy shopping lists online if you are following the main diet:
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