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Hey guys. I'm new to the site and thought I'd kick off my forum interaction by asking what are the must haves, essential items in your grocery cart for healthy, tasty and fun eating. I'm working hard to cut out the unnecessary items in my kitchen, save money and eat the foods that will best build muscle and help lean me out as well.

So, what are the top several items every fitness nut should have in their cart?

For me it's:

Oatmeal, nuts (esp Walnuts and Almonds), whole grain or multi-grain pasta, fresh fruits and vegetables, yogurt, whole wheat bread, pita or crackers, low fat cheese, brown rice, lentils, beans, salad greens, humus, salsa (or ingredients to make it - ditto for pasta sauce), frozen berries, a chicken, all natural peanut butter, jam, dried fruits, dark chocolate, soy milk, Kashi Go-Lean cereal, Grape Nuts, and Uncle Sam cereal.

almonds, oatmeal or some sort of fiber cereal, cottage cheese, honey, bananas & other fruits, nonfat milk, nonfat yogurt

A combination of the aforementioned items.

flieslikeabeagle saidFor me it's:

Oatmeal, nuts (esp Walnuts and Almonds), whole grain or multi-grain pasta, fresh fruits and vegetables, yogurt, whole wheat bread, pita or crackers, low fat cheese, brown rice, lentils, beans, salad greens, humus, salsa (or ingredients to make it - ditto for pasta sauce), frozen berries, a chicken, all natural peanut butter, jam, dried fruits, dark chocolate, soy milk, Kashi Go-Lean cereal, Grape Nuts, and Uncle Sam cereal.

What he said. I don't buy the chicken since I'm a vegetarian. I do buy vegetarian chili that has about 20 grams of protein per serving, REGULAR cheese(if I'm going to eat cheese, I'm going to eat the good stuff), small sized bagels with philly cream cheese, vegetable soups, veggie burgers, teriyaki rice chips, Asian noodles to be cooked with veggies, eggs eggs and more eggs, peanuts-love to snack on these, and low fat sour cream for the chili...yum.

I live a block away from a grocery store that has a salad bar. After work on tuesdays and thursdays it is salad night and I will make myself a salad at the salad bar....I actually look forward to these nights, lol.

Lube
Carrots
Cucumber

I always go to the deli and get fresh sliced turkey and ham for sandwiches.. forget the prepackaged stuff.

*Always some kind of fresh fruit

*Yogart

Cool guys, thanks for the great input

MadeNUSA saidLube
Carrots
Cucumber

Just use condoms on the veg ok, as if it snapped off you´d have to go to ER.

We did the list thing a while back and I wrote an amazing list. No idea where it is...

at the moment it´s something like

oatmeal, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, nuts (brazil, walnut and almond), apples, oranges, bananas, milk, yoghurt, tuna, chicken, turkey, salmon, onions, spinach, bell peppers, carrots, potatoes, jaffa cakes, oat biscuits, olive oil, peanut butter, honey, cornflakes, ham, bread. this is my present food rut.

broccoli, baby carrots, kiwi, low fat chocholate soy milk, banana strawberry orange juice, whole wheat bread, whole wheat english muffins, kashi dark chocolate and black cherry granola bars, turkey (sandwiches), chicken breast, eggs, pro-biotic yogurt.

and i do most of my shopping at wholefoods, so most of it is organic.

add to the above
juice
frozen mixed vegetables
herbs & spices
squash
egg noodles
low sodium chicken broth
quinoa
whey protein powder
multivitamin
green tea

Edamame
Eggs
Canned Tuna
Almonds/Walnuts
Oatmeal
Apples/Oranges/Blueberries
Coffee
Chicken Breast
Wild Salmon

Those are the must haves

I go for high fiber, high water content, low fat foods. They fill you up, while getting you good nutrition.

Lots of veggies that are high in fiber (carrots, jicama, peppers, cucumbers, celery, cauliflower, broccoli, squash, beets -- cut them on Sunday and bring them to work as snacks all week), whole wheat pasta, 100 calorie english muffins (for some reason, they manage to pack 8 grams of fiber and 5 grams of protein into these lower calorie muffins than the 120 calorie, 1 fiber/2 protein muffins - I just don't get that), 94% fat free microwave pop corn (particularly keen on the kettle corn - sweet and salty and filling but lo-cal), no sugar added ice pops (25 calories per), bran flakes, baked potato chips, anything with a Kashi label on it - TLC bars, crackers, cereals, shrimp, scallops, tuna, lean meat, chicken and/or turkey sausages (Aidels has several varieties that are less than 140 calories - with some sweated onions and peppers, a little lo-fat yogurt and a whole wheat pita you've got a great, tasty, satisfying meal for less than 300 calories), Boursin (an herb and garlic cheese spread that is "whipped", so a little goes a long way), Scharffenberger 5 gram chocolate squares (pre-measured bites that make it it possible to withstand temptations), etc.

chuck says quinoa - he's right!!!!

Quinoa is great - so much better for you than rice or cous-cous, just as easy to make.

Ice cream, pickles, mini wheats, pepsi, kraft mac & cheese, everything to make my special mariana sauce, some sort of pasta...probably a snickers...I could go on for days.

Needless to say, I eat whatever I want!

Whetever is in-season, local, and sustainably produced. Thank Dog we have more choices these days (well, in many locales).

I leave out the processed, preserved stuff. That'll only make you fat and leave you exposed to things like cancer taking hold.

If it has names like "Kraft", "General Foods", "Kellogg's", or "Tyson" you can bet that some scientist decided what's best for you, rather than nature which is how we were been surviving up until the 1980s.

raw organic almonds, organic eggs, skim milk, multivitamins, bananas- the bigger the better lol, some ribeye steak incase friends come over, a bag of mini carrots, some tuna salad and rolls, non-concentrate orange juice, non-fat yogurt, granola, organic dark chocolate, good turkey bacon, raw sea salt and fresh pepper, local organic honey, low-fat popcorn, and personal lubricant ;)

I'm not going to add much to what everyone else has said.

My everyday stuff:
oatmeal/raisins
fat free/lactose free milk
raw almonds
apples/bananas
lean meats
fresh vegetables
100% whole wheat bread

I also make turkey chili a lot, and always have home-made hummus on hand (I like to cook, so I make pretty much all my meals).

MadeNUSA saidLube
Carrots
Cucumber

LOL - funny

Beef, Chicken Breast, Pork, Salmon, Red Tuna, shrimp on fridays, panko, dulce de leche, fresh fruits and veggies, oatmeal, honey, sunflower seeds deshelled, quinoa, black beans, rice yamani, miso, firm tofu, furikake, mirin, olive oil, almonds and other nuts, eggs, fresh blood orange juice when in season other wise orange, mugicha, oolong té, milk and yogurt I eat in moderation and prefer whole milk. Japanese curry mix XD

Many of the same things mentioned above.

But one new one -- I love Mexican and other spicy food, which isn't always the healthiest thing to make. But recently I tried vegan taco filling and totally love it. Can use it in any Mexican dish that calls for ground beef, and it's really tough to tell the difference.

This is the one I buy. You should add it to your shopping list for sure.

Broccoli is the only thing I make sure that I buy each time I grocery shop. Even if I have some at home, I'll buy more. I'm as superstitious about it as I am doing cardio, like if I don't, I'll step on a crack and break my mother's back.

Joecifer saidI'm not going to add much to what everyone else has said.

My everyday stuff:
oatmeal/raisins
fat free/lactose free milk
raw almonds
apples/bananas
lean meats
fresh vegetables
100% whole wheat bread

I also make turkey chili a lot, and always have home-made hummus on hand (I like to cook, so I make pretty much all my meals).

I forgot all natural peanut butter, and eggs. I always have those on hand too.

Awesome, awesome. Thanks guys. Helps me break out of my grocery rut.

eye of newt
toe of frog
powdered bat wings

oh, wait, you said grocery list.

Never mind.