Choose these foods more often.
Meat, Poultry,Fish,and Shellfish
- Chicken or turkey
- Fish
- Lean cuts of meat
- Beef: round, sirloin,chuck arm, loin
- Pork: leg, shoulder, tenderloin
- Lean ham and extra lean ground beef
Dairy Products
- Skim or 1% milk
- Low-fat or nonfat yogurt
- Cheeses lower in fat and sodium
Fats and Oils (Use only small amounts)
- Margarine (liquid, tub, stick, or diet)
- Oils (like canola, corn, safflower, olive, peanut or sesame oil)
Sweets and Snacks (Don't choose these too often, if you are watching your weight. Some may be high in calories)
- Popsicles, frozen yogurt, sherbet
- Angel food cake
- Fig bar cookies, gingersnaps, animal crackers, vanilla wafers, jelly beans, hard candy
- Plain popcorn, unsalted pretzels
Fruits and Vegetables
- Fresh, frozen, canned, or dried fruits (like oranges, apples, bananas, grapes, berries, prunes, peaches, melon, fruit cocktail)
- Fresh, frozen or no salt added canned vegetables (like green beans, carrots, greens, zucchini, cabbage, tomatoes, broccoli, squash)
- Fresh, frozen or canned fruit juices
Breads, Cereals, Pasta, Rice, Dry Peas and Beans
- Sliced breads (like wheat, rye, or white)
- Sandwich buns, dinner rolls,pita breads, English muffins, bagels
- Taco shells, plain tortillas
- Unsalted low-fat crackers (like graham crackers)
- Cooked hot cereals (not instant)
- Rice
- Pasta (like plain noodles, spaghetti, macaroni)
- Dry peas and beans (like split peas, black-eyed peas, chick peas, kidney beans, navy beans, lentils,soybeans)
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Comments: 23
Thanks for the advice!
Wonderful and Useful Info" Thank You !!
Thanks for these lists. PIF
Thanks for the advice!
Thanks
I am a terrible food shopper! I try to eat a lot of fruits and vegetables though and my daughter too.
This is my grocery list for the most part.
good info thanks
thats a good list, I always try to have onion soup mix and mushroom soup also.
good tips .thanks
thats almost my shopping list :D ~~hh
I have to disagree with a couple of things on the list.
Margarine is a no no.... Use real butter
Canola oil is also not good. Use olive oil instead
We also try to not eat anything that came out of a can. It's already overcooked and therefore low in nutrients
most of the time my shopping cart has more drinks than anything else, especially now that it's hot
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good lists
oops...forgot to say I'm here from HH
Thanks for the info.
Wonderful list I buy a lot of chicken and hamburger HH
great info
i need to update my shoppin list
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Very nice list i buy a lot of chicken.
PN
chicken, burger, veggies, fruits and popcorn.........
I am not the best shopper, I tend to buy a bunch of crap!
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LOL! I tey as I know we all do, some good tips though! PN
Good hints, though I use nothing but olive for oil. For both flavor and the heart benefits. I am surprised also margarine is still recommended over butter? I had learned that it wasn't natural, not a real fat and very close to plastic. If one's arteries were to clog with that it would be a hardening not easily dealt with by angioplasty whereas with butter it is animal fat, natural and soft, easily reduced with the balloon. Perhaps I've been misled?
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Wise suggestions HH