Yesterday you learned what food to buy and ideas of what type of stores to hit.
Today...
The Plan
It's what I buy most of the time, It's not perfect, but progressing and some things you just need.
My list to get you started...
Fruits & Vegetables | Dairy | Meat & Protein | Nuts & Seeds | Grains | Pantry |
All of them | Hormone Free | Wild Pacific Salmon | Almonds, raw, smoked & sliced | White Whole Wheat Flour | Marinara |
All Colors | Milk | Anchovies & Sardines (for sauces) | Pecans | Gluten Free | Whole Jarred Tomatoes |
Organic (except for the clean 14) | Plain Yogurt | light tuna | Cashews | buckwheat flour | Tomato Paste |
In Season- where available | Full Fat Block Mozzarella | Pastured Chicken | Walnuts mostly for salads | oats, flour & rolled | |
Local- Where available | Full Fat Block White Cheddar | Grass Fed & Finished Beef | Macademia Nuts (when on sale) | quinoa | Can Organic Corn |
Blue Cheese & other fancy | Bison (as $ available) | sometimes Hazelnuts | brown rice | Organic Taco Shells | |
As much as you can get your family to eat. | Pastured Butter | Humanely raised Bacon (+ no sodium nitrite) | sometimes Pistachios | amaranth | Organic Corn Chips- use minimally |
Fresh | Pastured Eggs | sometimes turkey sausage | Almond Flour | organic corn- for popping | |
Dried | sometimes | Pine Nuts -not nuts :) | Coconut Flour | ||
Canned | Cream Cheese | Black Beans | Apple Cider Vinegar | ||
Ricotta | Pinto Beans | Whole Flax Seeds | Gluten | White Vinegar- large amounts to clean | |
Fresh/Frozen Basil | Garbanzo / Chickpeas | Chia Seeds | barley | White basalmic vinegar | |
Fresh Cilantro | Butter Beans | Pumpkin Seeds | Bulgar Wheat | Rice vinegar | |
Sunflower Seeds Shelled | rye | Lemon Juice | |||
Frozen Spinach 4 Smoothies | Sesame Seeds | spelt | Organic Soy Sauce (Tamari) | ||
Frozen Berries 4 Smoothies | Whole grain pastas | Mustard- Reg & Spicy | |||
Frozen Mangos 4 Smoothies | Maple Almond Butter | whole grain min. ingredient crackers | Tahini | ||
Frozen Bananas 4 Smoothies | Nutella- Someday I'll make my own | Good Whole Grain Bread | Nori- for sushi | ||
V8 100% juice 4 Smoothies | Whole Grain Tortillas | ||||
Good Sea Salt | |||||
Whole Food Caves | Fats | Drinks | Pepper | ||
Coconut Flakes | Olive Oil | Nespresso Coffee | Paprika | ||
Ghirardelli Chocolate | Coconut Oil | Red Wine | Garlic- in all forms | ||
Dark Beer | Onion- in all forms | ||||
Real Maple Syrup | Avocado | lemons for lemonade | Ground Mustard | ||
Raw Unrefined Honey | Olives | Oregano | |||
Turbino Sugar- used minimally | Cumin | ||||
Cocoa (not dutch) | Cinnamon- A lot | ||||
Ginger- A little |
OK, now it's your turn. Make it yours. Make it whole. Make it realistic. Make Progress.
Enjoy your food.
Enjoy your food.