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Aside from the occasional late-night trips down the grocery aisle at the CVS across the street from my apartment building, I am a fairly predictable grocery shopper. I tend to hit Trader Joe's at least once a week and then supplement those groceries with a trip to the farmers market or a local produce stand. On a weekly basis, the top 10 things you will almost always find me buying are yogurt, milk, cheese (I like my dairy products), tofu, quinoa, light coconut milk (a recent obsession), fruit (nectarines, plums and apples these days), grass-fed beef, arugula and tomatoes (not a very titillating list I'm afraid). Of course, there's always loads more coming in and out of my kitchen than that (I'm a person who buys a new variety of salt nearly every month) but those are the basics.
What are the 10 things that you find yourself buying most often? Snack foods? Bread and peanut butter? Kraft singles? Share the dirty details of your grocery bags.
This post inspired by Mary at the WC Dish. Picture by Esther17.
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8-20-2007 @12:10PM Kassie said... 1) Soy Milk
2) Fresh Fish
3) Lettuce
4) Granola Bars
5) Prepared Sushi
6) Kombchuba
7) English Muffins
8) Laughing Cow Light Cheese wedges
9) Amy's Frozen Dinners
10) Tomatoes
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8-20-2007 @12:27PM Barry said... 1) coffee (Peet's French Roast)
2) loads of fresh, if possible organic, veggies
3) smoked salmon
4) loads of seafood
5) white and red wine
6) Trader Joe's Plain Frozen Naan
7) fake eggs
8) salsa
9) garbanzo beans (canned 'cus I'm lazy)
10) chocolate almond "milk" (yeah, right, "milk")
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8-20-2007 @12:46PM Jessica said... 1. Fresh Produce- LOTS of it
2. Frozen Brussels Sprouts
3. Cheerios- original
4. Milk- skim & whole
5. Eggs- Jumbo
6. Joseph's low carb/flax lavash
7. Laughing Cow light cheese wedges
8. Tofu Shirataki fettuccini noodles
9. Perdue perfect servings chicken breasts
10. flour- usually King Arthur bread flour
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8-20-2007 @12:37PM James UK said... 1.Milk (skimmed, for Tea and Coffee)
2. Breakfast Cereal (Current fave: Crunchy Nut Clusters, and Cinnamon Grahams)
3.Indian food "ready-meals" - Tarka Dahl, Aloo Gobi, Rice etc.
4. Bread... got to be rustic, granary, brown and covered in seeds and such.
5.Kettle Chips - Plain salted, biggest bag they do here in the UK.
6.Carte D'Or Lavazza ice cream
7.Pre-packed sandwiches (Egg Mayo et all)
8.Soy Sauce
9.Pepsi Max
10.Diet Cream Soda
James UK
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8-20-2007 @12:46PM eva said... 1. Rice noodles
2. Canned salmon
3. Silk Soylatte
4. Bagged organic spinach
5. Fueru wakame, dried
6. Dried or fresh mushrooms--any type will do! I'm sort of a huge fan.
7. Dried beans/lentils
8. Jasmine rice
9. Cranberries
10. Dagoba Xocolatl bars
11.* single Little Debbie Strawberry shortcake rolls (*just so you don't think I'm a total, unrealistic health nut. 'Cause I'm not.)
Also, this is on top of whatever is local. overabundant and best at the farmer's market . . . and I always have a big block of some delicious melty yellow cheddar on hand, for those necessary grilled cheezies.
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8-20-2007 @12:45PM MJ said... Kraft cheese slices, italian sparkling wine, sangria wine, gourmet items marked down that are discontined. special salts, onions, shallots, lemons, red potato, tuna in oil, cokes and always beer!
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8-20-2007 @5:11PM jan said... 1. Tofutti Cuties Ice Cream Bars
2. Diet Coke
3. Steak on sale
4. Canned smoked oysters
5. Ritz Crackers
6. Fruit Rollups
7. Reddi-Whip - the one you squirt (for my espressos)
8. Mango
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8-20-2007 @12:53PM Carolyn said... 1. Organic 1% milk
2. Salmon
3. Blueberries
4. Spinach
5. Artisan bread (too hot to bake in AZ right now)
6. Orange juice
7. Bananas
8. Dove dark chocolate
9. Eggs
10. Yogurt
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8-20-2007 @1:09PM Indada said... 1. Cereal (theres always at least 3 in my cupboard.
2. Peanut Butter
3. Milk
4. Eggs
5. Yogurt
6. Cheese
7. Diet Coke
8. Bread (usually more than one kind)
9. Ice Cream
10. Celery Hearts
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8-20-2007 @1:14PM wendydb22 said... I go to the store about every other day to shop for dinner that night. I have a Wholefoods within 2 blocks of my house; which is very convenient. But for staples here is my list:
1. Skim Milk Organic
2. Cyrpress Grove Goat Cheese
3. Everything Crackers
4. Hummus or Zhadziki (sp?)
5. Celery/Baby Peppers/Baby Carrots
6. Rotating brands of Kashi cereal (blueberry morning at the moment)
7. Wholegrain bread
8. Kraft singles
Arlington, VA
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8-20-2007 @1:18PM Julie said... 1) Garlic
2) Eggplant
3) Watermelon
4) Cat food is a must (I have 3 little furry four leggers)
5)Pasta
6) rice
7) salmon
8) Avocados
9) Grated Romano Cheese
10) Blue Cheese
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8-20-2007 @1:37PM K said... 1) Dairy products, mostly Greek Yogurt (never without it), butter (ditto), a variety of cheeses, and skim milk.
2) Bakery. I am a sucker for interesting bread and I'll try virtually all crackers, although my always-have standard is Ak-Mak, carried by Trader Joe's, thankfully.
3) Fruit. Berries, citrus fruits, and I think I keep the banana boats sailing by buying and throwing out bananas as soon as they are too spotty.
4) Salty. Crunchy salty things. Usually Newman's Own Protein Pretzels, but my new madness is Glad Corn. That stuff is made by the devil and dusted with crack and I crave it nightly. Or Stacy's Sea Salt Pita Chips.
5) Protein. Chicken, fish, shellfish, and lots of Black Forest Ham, my favorite lunch meat. Edamame pods always available for snacking.
6) No reason to have these items but I always do: Diet soft drinks, Izze Soft Drinks, Lipton Peach Iced Tea, Crystal Light To Go, and assorted beverages, Frozen Popsicles.
7) Lots of whatever my current week's obsession is. This week? All flavors Indiana, particularly the scrumptious Veggie Masala Burgers from TJs, canned Daal from Cost Plus, Tastee Bite packages, and Basmati rice.
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8-20-2007 @1:39PM schlake said... 1: 6 pounds of ethically raised chicken wings
2: prepack of "poultry herbs"
3: carrots
4: celery
5: onions (Can you tell that #1-#5 all go together?)
6: potatoes
7: dried pasta
8: slavery-free chocolate (this should have been #1!)
9: canned tomato products
10: bottled water (RO in bulk in reusuable bottles)
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8-20-2007 @1:41PM Marisa McClellan said... Wow, you people are (for the most part) universally healthy eaters! I'm impressed.
Hey K, you mentioned Ak-mak crackers. Those are my favorite crackers in all the world. Have you ever tried them dipped in yogurt? Heaven!
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8-20-2007 @1:58PM K said... Nope, never have! I always have Greek Yogurt on hand (see my list), so perhaps I shall. I think the Black Diamond brand of extra sharp white cheddar from Canada is pretty damn perfect, and on top of Ak-Maks -- my favorite lunch. Bonus? Ak-Maks are both economical and really low calorie. Get them at TJ's people. Whole Grain, toasted with sesame seeds, slightly sweet, not salty.
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8-20-2007 @2:04PM annie said... 1. Organic Skim Milk
2. Greek Yoghurt
3. Onions
4. Garlic
5. Eggs (preferably from free-range chickens)
6. Manchego & Romano Cheese
7. Fresh fruit & Veggies from Farmer's Market
8. Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
9. Ground Beef
10.Flour (all-purpose and bread)
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8-20-2007 @2:43PM rkent said... 17.
1) Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
2) Splenda
3) Low sodium cottage cheese
4) Dannon Light and Fit yogurt family pack
5) Lettuce (whichever strikes my fancy)
6) Grape tomatoes
7) Stone fruits (since they're in season)
8) Berries of all kinds
9) Chicken breasts
10) Boca burgers
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8-20-2007 @3:09PM Eric said... 1) Unsalted Butter (Plugra, if I'm near TJs)
2) Eggs
3) Sugar - only C&H
4) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
5) Chocolate 99% of the time, Callebaut 835NV, or Callebaut morsels.
Can you tell I bake obsessively? Literally not a trip goes by that at least one of these isn't on my list. Usually two. Frequently three.
6) local fruit - whatever's ripe, preferably organic, but short of citrus and tropicals, it has to come from Washington/OR/BC and be seasonal. Citrus, I always try to by RipeToYou.
7) fresh fish - line-caught, local, sustainable
8) ice cream
9) trader joe's frozen brown rice - a totally guilty secret, but it goes with everything, it takes two minutes to nuke, and it is a better fast side choice than virtually any other starch
10) Fresca. Usually, 5 12-packs at a time.
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8-20-2007 @3:16PM Jan said... Well, for one, I hope on your next trip you get some reusable grocery bags instead of those wasteful plastic bags :)
1) Coconut milk (both light and full fat.. arrhhhhh.. and if you are wondering, my body fat is 6%. Coconut fat is super healthy and great for strength trainers)
2) Quinoa - another super food.
3) extra virgin olive oil
4) apples apples apples!
5) broccoli
6) baby arugula
7) almond breeze (unsweetened)
8) almond butter
9) macadamia butter
10) butter
11) Meat meat meat
all in one reusable bag!
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8-20-2007 @3:28PM Marisa McClellan said... Jan, I actually almost always use reusable bags. That picture isn't mine, it's just one I found to illustrate the post.
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