Ever notice how the same items end up on your grocery list over and over again? There are some staples that we try to make sure we have and then some, like buying items that can double (or triple) as more than one thing (it can save a ton of money). For example, rolled oats can be used to make oatmeal, granola bars, or be ground up into oat flour to make something else.
I’ve come up with a list of healthy foods that you may appreciate adding to your grocery list at some point or another, especially if you have kids. Some of them are my personal favorites.
Think of ALL the possibilities with these foods as you read through them (I have given you some ideas along the way).
- Black beans
- Brown rice/ancient grain/quinoa based pasta
- Organic eggs
- Low sodium pasta sauce
- Plain kefir
- Plain Greek yogurt
- Frozen fruit of your choice (at least 3)
- Fresh fruit of your choice (at least 2)
- Steel cut or old fashioned rolled oats
- Chia seeds
- Sunflower seed butter
- Elderberry jelly or jam
- Frozen vegetables of your choice (at least 3)
- Fresh vegetables of your choice (at least 2)
- Organic milk, rice milk, coconut milk, or almond milk
- Salsa
- Applegate anything!
- Olive oil
- Garlic
- Coconut sugar
- Whole wheat, almond, or white whole wheat flour
- Lemon
- Quinoa
- Brown rice
- Brown rice tortillas
- Organic cheese (your choice)
- Rice cakes
- Natural peanut butter or almond butter
- Organic butter
- Flaxseeds
- Spelt, ancient grains, or whole wheat bread
- Old fashioned grits
- Organic chicken
- Pure maple syrup
- Black bean or quinoa tortilla chips
- Honey
Got any more healthy foods you would add to this list? What’s the one health food you must always have in your house?
I love quinoa and KALE!!!! I keep kale and fresh veggies in the house at all times.
Isn’t it great when you find something you like and will eat?!?!
My grocery list is VERY similar to this. My boyfriend and I always get 5 bunches of bananas, which, needless to say, always garners questions from the check out people haha.
LOL! I can only imagine the looks you get in the check out line!
Wow! I’m impressed! i have all but 2 of those on your list! I would add Hemp seeds!
Great minds think alike!
I feel better that most of these are on my weekly list! Great info.
Good to hear we like the same things!
We keep so many of these items regularly stocked in our house. I don’t think we could survive without fruit, whether fresh or frozen or both!
Kathryn, I’m the same exact way with fruit! Got to have both!
The struggle of convincing my boyfriend to switch to brown rice (AND bread!) is real! He grew up with white and doesn’t what to pay extra to change. I buy it anyways
I admit, brown rice is a BIG taste difference. There’s also whole white wheat bread, perhaps that might be less of a shock..lol…
This is such a great list! Love quinoa, beans, spinach, eggs, fish…pretty much everything!
Spinach is a good one! That is probably my favorite vegetable.
Great list. I’m happy to say I have most of that in my house. ;o) I freak out if we are low on eggs, cauliflower or maple syrup. Otherwise, I’m good.
Thanks! Love maple syrup! I absolutely refuse to eat pancakes without it!
These are great! When in doubt, I just add more and more veggies to my shopping list. I like to try new ones all of the time, so I’m constantly perusing the grocery store to see what they have in stock!
Thanks! You can never go wrong with produce!