Grocery Shopping

When you first start on a new eating regime, you inevitably must go grocery shopping. Many of my friends find the grocery store intimidating and they don't know what to do with anything when they get it home. Well, I'm here to help.  First you must get over your intimidation and buy some groceries.  Here is a photo of my grocery cart from my shopping experience today.

When you walk into the store you are usually in the fruits and vegetable section, which for most of us is the most intimidating because it's healthy food that needs preparation. However, I promise it isn't that hard to prepare these foods. Later blogs will show you these foods and how to prepare them.  Not only do I eat vegetarian, I also eat gluten free so you will see most of the items in this cart are for my diet. However there is still some lunch meat for my dear husband. You have to look for foods that will accommodate your entire family to switch from the fast food diet you are currently on to a more healthy diet without have a mutiny on your hands. Look for foods with rich colors and textures that will help you to be excited to fix them for your family. We eat every color of the rainbow so that we can always get all the nutrients to make us want to eat more good stuff. This may not seem easy but cooking at home makes a difference with your caloric intake.

Here's what I purchased today:

3 red peppers (they were on sale)

1 bunch asparagus

1 orange (they haven't been good lately but I keep trying)

1 container of strawberries

1 bunch of banannas (they were a great price $50/lb)

2 bunches of lettuce (romaine and green leaf)

3 avocados

3 roma tomatos

1 2 lb bag of potatos

1 red onion

1 lb shrimp

1/2 lb Boars Head Turkey (deli meat)

1/2 lb Boars Head Chicken (deli meat)

1 jar Kroger brand pickles

1 lb organic butter

1 pint soy creamer

1 doz eggs

1 bag of tortilla chips (Santina, all corn)

1 Bob's Red Mill Pizza Dough

1 bag Veggie Shred Cheddar

1 box Rice Chex

1 Kroger Coffee (it's cheap and delicious)

1 box Kroger Tea bags

The rest of this week I will use these items along with some I had in my pantry and will document our dinners. I hope this will help you with your Battle2Heal your eating habits.