When it’s time to go grocery shopping I am a creature of habit. I buy a lot of the same items over and over and really don’t deviate too much. I focus on the protein, healthy fats, vegetables and healthy carbs and fill my cart up with those. I of course like to try new products and do so from time to time if I see something that catches my eye. This week I found some new things to try out which I will share below. I do most of my shopping at Stop & Shop and Trader Joe’s, occasionally I go to Shop Rite but mostly the first two get most of my share of wallet. This week my grocery shopping looked like the below:

What is on my healthy grocery shopping list each week:

Vegetables: green leafy things like brocollini, brocolli, snap peas, brocolli rabe, string beans, green squash, red bell peppers, onion, celery, carrots, asparagus, spinach, avocados,

Dairy/Protein Sources: fat free cottage cheese, organic fat free plain Greek yogurt, organic skim milk, unsweetened almond milk, cage free eggs, hard boiled eggs, grass fed organic ground beef, lean ground turkey, lean ground chicken, shredded mozzarella cheese

Other: raw almonds, organic granola, salsa, sun dried tomato, garlic, organic old fashioned oats, cinnamon, natural organic crunchy peanut butter, strawberries, bananas

For snacks I love to eat celery, baby carrots and a mix of avocado and salsa. This is a snack food that I like since it’s better than chips and dips, but still let’s me enjoy something while at home watching a movie. I love how crunchy celery is and when its cold it’s delicious! The carrots are great to put in a ziploc bag and bring to work for a mid day snack too.

I load up every lunch and dinner with green vegetables. Not only are they filled with fiber to keep you full, but they are packed with nutrition and vitamins too. Some of my favorite green veggies are asparagus, snap peas, brocollini, green beans and green squash. I love to make them with a little seasoning, bragg’s liquid aminos and some coconut oil. The more vegetables in your diet the better so I always pack my fridge with produce.

Seasonings are key to make foods that most people find “boring” actually really tasty. I love to use sea salt and pink himalayan sea salt, fresh basil and I just found this new bbq seasoning from Trader Joe’s which is a great healthy swap for using bbq sauce in my slow cooker with chicken.

While I was never a huge fan of eating hard boiled eggs they do make for a quick, easy and high protein snack. You can also dice them up, put some salsa on top and eat right out of a bowl (we love to do that in my house). These packages are super easy and under $3.50 and I will pack 2-3 for work sometimes if I know my day is busy and won’t have time for heating up meals.

I finally got my hands on some Arctic Zero fit frozen desserts. I had been seeing these all over Instagram and when I saw them in the grocery freezer I picked up the cookie shake flavor. These are not super sweet like ice cream, but they do have a similar thickness and are fun to add to a protein shake. The entire pint is only 150 calories so there is no guilt if you eat the entire thing in one sitting. I have to try out more flavors and also I have read a lot about the Halo ice creams too, which I have to pick up next time I go to Whole Foods.

Here is a quick picture of the seasonings I use most often in my kitchen. They are the perfect mix for healthy and tasty dishes! I love the Trader Joe’s seasonings; bbq rub & poultry rub. They are great on chicken and even on beef too! I’ve been using the Gourmet Collection roasted garlic and red bell pepper in a ton of my cooking – I found that at TJ Maxx! I use Bragg’s Nutritional Yeast in veggies and soups and Bragg’s Liquid Aminos I put on almost all my vegetables. It’s so delicious and gives great flavor (plus 16+ amino acids too!)

Lastly, each evening I always have my cottage cheese parfait. Cottage cheese is a great casein protein; it digests super slow and allows your body to repair and use this protein overnight, which is great to feed those muscle gains! I use 1 cup of fat free cottage cheese, a handful of raw almonds, some cinnamon, 1/2 scoop of BSN Syntha6 peanut butter protein and some organic granola. It is like my own dessert and I look forward to it every night.

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