Dear Journal,
Last night I went grocery shopping. As I was standing in line I thought about the cashier and all the different kinds of people and groceries she encounters. I've been thinking about posting about useful food items to have on hand. Notice the healthy foods to have available to eat. This might be long and boring but it will give you a good idea what I feed my family. If I put a $, this means it is far cheaper to go this route. I won't always have these on hand depending on the season, quantity on hand, and how they are priced. So here it goes:
Canned Goods -
green beans, corn, sweet potatoes, mandarins,
gallon size pineapple chunks $ (once open separate into plastic ware and freeze appropriate portions),
gallon size applesauce $(once opened we keep ours in the refrigerator in a one of those huge gallon size pickle jars),
gallon size peaches $, canned pumpkin
gallon size apple slices $(freeze or refrigerate depending on family size)
tomatoes, tomato sauce and paste
Cream of mushroom and chicken soup (or you can make it :O)
Spaghetti sauce, Baked beans, Mini-Ravioli, Tuna, pickles (gallon jar $)
Coffee(this is for my husband), raisins
Staples & Condiments (we are the queen and king to this one)
Aluminum-free baking powder, cornstarch, cream of tartar,
cocoa powder, chicken/beef bouillons,
pumpkin spice, garlic salt, onion powder, basil, oregano, pepper, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, chili powder, taco seasoning, Ovaltine, yeast,
vital gluten, jello, puddings, vanilla abstract
Parmesan cheese, processed Velveta-type cheese, mini marshmallows
Tea, Peanut Butter, Jam
brown/white rice, instant mashed potatoes, spaghetti, macaroni, wide-egg, lasagna, manacotti noodles,
navy,pinto, northern beans,
wheat and all-purpose flour or hard and soft wheat kernels, 7 grain,
cornmeal mix, oatmeal (quick or old fashion), chocolate cream a wheat,
mayo, mustard, barbecue sauce, tartar sauce, vinegar, salad dressing, ketchup (we go through tons of ketchup!), pancake syrup, unsulfered black strap molasses $,soy sauce, honey and sugar, instant powdered milk, brown sugar, evaporated milk, shortening, corn or vegetable oil, chocolate chips, cake mix, almond bark,
Potato and Corn chips, some cold cereal sometimes
Refrigerated/Freezer items
1% milk, qt. size yogurts, cottage cheese, cream cheese(lighter version)
light sour cream, buttermilk(for biscuits), butter and margarine, spread
eggs, wheat germ (not a refrigerated item but we freeze)
shredded mozzarella/cheddar cheese (32 oz size -I freeze it and use it as I needed for cooking), pepperoni slices
Block of sliced cheese (This is getting quite expensive so I try to get it on sale.), minced garlic
Sliced bologna, 5lb ham which I slice at home $, ground sausage,
5lb frozen chicken strips, fish, chicken, ground chuck, pork chops, beef roast (which I have cut in small pieces), pork roast,
tater tots,
ice cream, orange, apple, grape juice, spinach, corn, broccoli
Fresh Produce
Granny Smith/ Golden delicious apples, pears, kiwi, celery, green peppers, leaf lettuce, carrots, onions, potatoes, spinach(one of our favorites), strawberries, broccoli crowns, sweet potatoes
Whew! Did I miss something? We do occasinally get hotdogs and the like. Let me know. If I did and we eat it I'll come back and fill it in with italics. Now, I'm off to make a nutritious dinner, and pumpkin pie. We do occasionally get hotdogs and the like. And I didn't mention the little Debbie Cakes my husband brings in every once in a while, but that was intentional. They aren't really healthy so I try to avoid them in my shopping. But every once in a while...we splurge or poison ourselves with the nitrites. The thought is awful isn't?
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4 comments:
Awww....you sound like such a good mother! I have only 1 child who loves fruit. The other 2 prefer the "poison" tehehehe
Ours would too, except we've made it a breakable rule here that before we get the poison stuff like chips or sweet cakes...(isn't the thought awful, and nevermind the nitrites)they have to have a fruit or veggie. Sometimes it's pickles,mostly apples, sometimes kiwi, peaches, broccoli w/dressing....You get the idea. It takes awhile for the 2yr. olds to catch on but appetite wins out in the long run.--- I forgot to add salad dressing!
you mean vanilla extract and italics right?
I got a huge thing of vanilla at Sam's club--well, huge relatively speaking.
I buy mostly frozen veggies rather than canned. They are mostly better for you and taste better (to me). I do get canned red kidney beans (for bean burritos) and canned spinach and canned tomato stuff. Always wheat bread. You might consider ditching margarine. I use primarily olive oil and occasionally butter. Hmmm maybe I should post on this rather than writing a book on your comments. lol
You know I've had second thoughts about margarine, sometimes you can tell its not the real thing. And yes thank you for clarifying the vanilla extract and italics. I get a little forgetful sometimes and think backwards ex. cheese cream....must have something to do with the Spanish coming out of me.
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