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Food List 
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The following are types of foods that I always (or usually like to have) on hand. They are my staples or just good healthy finds! I also include where I buy them (usually the cheapest place I can find them!) and some good ideas what I usually use them for.
Fruits/Veggies:
- Apples (Costco)
- Asian Pears (Trader Jo's)
- Cutie clementines (Costco)
- Bananas (Costco or Trader Jo's) - good frozen to make smoothies really thick like a millkshake or "fry" them
- Zucchini (Food 4 Less or Trader Jo's) - omelettes, sautee them, or just salt and cook them
- Tomatoes (Costco or TJ), Onions, Mushrooms, and Bell Peppers - all good for stir-fry, omelettes, salads
- Big bag of frozen veggies (Costco)
- Frozen blueberries (TJ) - snack on them, put them in oatmeal & yogurt
- Hearts of romaine lettuce (Costco)
- Cans and cans of pumpkin!! (Food 4 Less) - LOVE this stuff. I put it in my oatmeal or make pumpkin smoothies
- Butternut squash (TJ) - sprinkle with cinnamon/splenda or with seasonings and bake. YUM
- Spaghetti squash (Food 4 Less) - eat like you would spaghetti!
- No sugar added applesauce
- Frozen bag of stir fry veggies
Dairy/Protein:
- FF plain greek style yogurt (TJ) - add all kinds of mixins (SF pudding mix, splenda & cinnamon, fruit)
- FF light yogurt - Dannon is good for 1 point
- Light cottage cheese (TJ or Safeway) - same points as FF & tastes better! I love to mix it with no sugar added applesauce, cinnamon/splenda, put some in my oatmeal
- Light soy milk (Food 4 Less) - I prefer 8th Continent or Silk
- Egg Starts (Costco)
- Turkey slices (TJ)
- FF shredded cheese or soy shredded cheese (Safeway or TJ) - soy cheese tastes sooo much better!
- Light laughing cow cheese wedges
- Boca burgers
- 99% FF lean ground turkey - taco pie or meatloaf! yummm
- FF refried black beans
Bread Products:
- WW pita pockets (TJ)
- Light oroweat bread slices (Food 4 less)
- La Tortilla Factory tortillas (TJ) - quesadillas, breakfast burritos, sandwich wraps
- Multi Grain Oats (TJ) - oatmeal!! So much better for you than the pre-packaged instant kind and you can flavor it sooo many ways
- Thomas Light English Muffins - spread laughing cow cheese on them or use as buns for a boca burger!
- Fiber One/TJ high fiber cereal
Misc:
- Better n' PB - not great but you can't really tell a huge difference if you make a sandwich with it
- SF jelly
- No sugar added bread & butter pickles
- FF Sesame soy dressing (TJ)
- Popcorn kernals
- SF jello
- FFSF hot choclate powder
- Lots of tea!!
- Cocoa powder - make your own hot chocolate!
- Light BBQ sauce
- SF/no sugar added popsicles/creamsicles/fudgesicles
hmmm that's all I can think of for now!
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Meal Ideas
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The following are my favorite meals and what I generally eat (although it definately varies)!
Breakfast:
- Oatmeal (1/4 cup multi grain oats, 1/4 cup water, couple spoonfulls of pumpkin, 1/4 cup SF applesauce or cottage cheese, cinnamon, splenda...then cook! I also love to make Custard Oatmeal: 1/2 cups oats, 1/2 cups milk, 1 stirred egg. Bring to boil on the stove then simmer until it thickens. Very good with berries or pumpkin mixed in!)
- Omelettes
- 1/2 light english muffin with veggie sausage patty & FF cheese. I don't have this often but it's an idea!
- Fiber One/TJ high fiber cereal or Shredded Wheat
Lunch/Dinner:
- Quesadilla (La tortilla, 1/4 cup FF cheese, 1/4 cup FF refried beans. Fry with 1 tsp oil. Top with FF sour cream)
- Fried pita (WW pita cut in half, 1/4 cup FF cheese, 1 slice turkey. Fry with 1 tsp oil. Put a couple slices of tomato in. SOOO good)
- Sautee zucchini, onions, bell peppers, mushrooms: Spread 1 wedge of light laughing cow in a WW pita pocket. Stuff the veggies in. yummy
Top a salad with the veggies
Top WW couscous with the veggies; add FF or soy cheese
- Sautee above veggies with garlic. Add a cup of spaghetti squash, 1 wedge of light laughing cow cheese, and a couple spoonfuls of pasta sauce. Cook until cheese is melted. When cooked and in your bowl, top with soy cheese so it melts. AMAZING
- Boca burgers on light english muffin
- Grilled cheese (2 slices light oroweat bread, 1/4 cup FF cheese, spray butter or 1 tsp oil)
- Trader Joe's 99% FF burritos (frozen). Filling is completely core as well (count the tortilla)
- Turkey meatloaf made with light BBQ sauce
Snacks:
- Pumpkin smoothie (1 cup light soymilk, 1/3 cup canned pumpkin, splenda, splash of vanilla extract, cinnamon./pumpkin pie spice, ice...blend. YUMMO)
- Popcorn (put 1/4 cup popcorn kernals in brown paper bag. Fold over and staple the top and cook. When done, top with 1-2 tsp oil, spray butter, salt & pepper)
- Fruit!
- Fried bananas (slice a banana. Spray pan with spray butter or oil and put banana slices in. While they're cooking, keep spraying with spray butter and put lots of cinnamon & splenda on. Cook until mushy but still in their "circles"). soooooo delicious!
- FF ricotta, SF chocolate fudge pudding mix, splash of milk. Mix in....tastes like brownie batter!!
- Carrots/cucumbers dipped in FF sour cream dip (mix sour cream with onion soup powder or ranch dip mix)
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