Grocery List

These are a few items that are always on my grocery list I thought I would share!

• Starbucks Iced Via
• Dark Chocolate Almond Milk, Vanilla Almond Milk
• Brocoli Slaw
• Morningstar Veggie Spicy Black Bean Burger
• Popped Rice Cake Chips (the mixed bag with sweet and savory)
• Fiber One 90 calorie brownies/coffee cakes
• Sun Dried Tomato Turkey from the Deli
• Thin sliced provolone from the deli
• Marscapone (to use instead of butter)
• Oroweat Health Nut Bread
• Smart Taste Spaghetti Noodles
• Light Alfredo sauce
• Organic Tomato Sauce
• Tyson frozen chicken breast (both uncooked and pre-cooked)
• McCormicks Grill Mates for marinating
• Fresh Fruit 
• Light and Fit Greek Yogurt
• Red and Orange Peppers
• String Cheese
• Special K cereal with protein 
• Cottage Cheese
• Instant Oatmeal Mix
• Jasmine Rice for a rice cooker
• Uncle Ben's 90 Second Ready Rice
• Avocados

These are mostly handy, fast things to eat. My husband and I marinate and grill probably two bags of frozen chicken twice a week, and then eat it throughout the week. He cuts it up and puts it in pasta with different vegetables and sauces. It makes dinner making go by much, much faster. I like to eat a sandwich for lunch almost every day. If I feel like it's a little more unhealthy, I only eat one piece of bread. I love Oroweat Health Nut bread over any of the low calories bread because I don't like eating and feeling empty afterwards. It's nutty and filling and soft AND healthy. Perfect! I also like to overload my sandwich with broccoli slaw instead of lettuce (or tomatoes, I hate tomatoes)

Another good fast healthy lunch, is a bowl with 3/4 or so cup of rice, half of an avocado, cut up tyson grilled frozen chicken, and soy sauce. That is always a go-to for me when I don't have time to think of a nice healthy meal for myself, and my daughter eats it too!

When it comes to fruits and veggies, when we buy them we cut them up into snack portions the same day. We saute the broccoli slaw onions and peppers into almost every dinner so when we get those, we cut them up into pieces and freeze them so they are ready to go. I always am saying I don't diet, because you can't deprive yourself. If you want something, eat it! Try to eat a smaller serving of it. It's a lifestyle change. You want to be able to eat like this for the rest of your life and be satisfied. We won't always have the metabolism of our teenage selves, we need to stop eating like it!