Recently, a friend asked me if I have a list of things I buy and where I find them. So, I feel it is time to dust off another old blog post. I've been wanting to do it, so this is a good time! It's from November 2011, which marked one year of our healthy lifestyle. The list is basically the same now, but the stores have changed things once in a while. I don't shop at Sam's Club as much these days, since they've chosen less healthy versions of some of the products. A good change at the Harris Teeter store in our neighborhood is the inclusion of Ground Bison and Ground Grass-fed Beef!!! Granted, we would like more variety, but I'll take what I can get! Different Food Lion stores in our area have different organic and health food styles. It's funny to see the same chain have such variances. I was disappointed to see the one in our neighborhood take the raw milk cheeses and other great items off their shelves because of lack of interest. However, soon after, I found another Food Lion down the road just a little bit, which has an amazing healthy section! Just keep shopping around (literally), reading ingredients, and watching your goal!
For more selection, there are some great places to buy food online, such as U.S. Wellness Meats and Vitacost.
Are you a Coupon Queen? I know some ladies who are great at couponing, and can probably be titled Coupon Queens. I’ve never achieved that status. I tried once, but failed. I discovered I was buying things I wouldn’t normally buy, just because I had a coupon. Nowadays, we buy “out-of-the-ordinary” items that are almost never put on sale and rarely put on a coupon. That’s OK, though. That is a sacrifice we are willing to make. I know: It sounds crazy to most. We are choosing to spend more on food that is nutritious and will enhance wellness, so that we spend a lot less on medicine to mask illness… and, boy, does it feel great!
Here’s a typical day in the life of our grocery shopping.
Weekly:
Almond Milk
Coconut Milk
Granny Smith Apples
Berries
Bananas
Almond Butter
Smucker’s Simply Fruit
Butter
Raw Milk Cheese
Grass-fed Beef
Ground Turkey
Organic Free-range Chicken Breast
Free-range Eggs
Spinach
Mixed Greens
Broccoli
Feta Cheese
Organic Cream Cheese
Ezekiel Bread
Applegate Sliced Turkey
Veggies: Beans, Peas, Lima Beans
Cucumbers
Stonyfield Whole Milk Plain Yogurt
Coconut water and/or Naked juice for kidderz lunches
(We mostly drink water at our house.)
Splurge item: SoDelicious coconut ice cream!
On-hand, not purchased weekly:
Bolthouse Honey Mustard Dressing
Bolthouse Raspberry Dressing
Bolthouse Ranch Dressing
Garlic
Onions
Peppers: Green, Yellow, Red
Crushed Tomatoes
Black Beans
Pinto Beans
Coconut Oil
Protein Powder for shakes/smoothies
Raw Nuts: Almonds, Pecans, Cashews, Pistachios
Dates
Red/Pink Salt
Fresh-ground Pepper
Xylitol
Stevia
Almond Flour and/or Meal
Coconut Flour
Coconut Flakes (unsweetened)
I got an awesome deal on eggs this week! My brother and his wife raise chickens, and they are sending some eggs to us, by way of our parents. Yay!! (Aren't big brothers and parents the best?!)
Keeping it simple is the key!
Have fun experimenting with nutrition!
“We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.”
Numbers 11:5 (NIV)
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