KPsquared
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Re: WW girls...what does your typical food shopping list look like?
This is a great comprehensive shopping list from Hungry Girl. I obviously don't buy all of this every week but there are some great ideas here:
Hungry Girl's June 2008 Supermarket List
Dairy, Dairy Alternatives and Eggs
Fat-free cheeses Kraft Fat Free Cheeses (slices and shreds) Lifetime Fat Free Cheeses (shreds and blocks) Fat-free cottage cheese Fat-free ricotta cheese Fat-free cream cheese
Low-fat cheeses The Laughing Cow Light Cheese Wedges (and Light Gourmet Cheese Bites!) Galaxy Veggie Slices & Shreds (soy-based cheeses) Light string cheese Weight Watchers reduced-fat cheeses (pre-portioned shreds, snacks and more!), Sargento Reduced Fat cheeses Reduced-fat parmesan-style grated topping (usually found in the pasta aisle)
Fat-free liquid egg substitute Egg Beaters, Better'n Eggs, Nulaid ReddiEgg
Fat-free or low-fat yogurt Yoplait Light, Dannon Light & Fit, Weight Watchers, Yoplait Fiber One Fage Total 0% Greek Yogurt, Fage Total 2% Greek Yogurt with Fruit
Fat-free yogurt smoothies Dannon Light & Fit, Weight Watchers
Light soymilk and non-dairy beverages 8th Continent Light Vanilla Soymilk, Silk Light Vanilla Soymilk (refrigerated) Almond Breeze in Unsweetened Vanilla, Unsweetened Original and Unsweetened Chocolate (located with the non-refrigerated soymilks)
Assorted low-calorie condiments Fat Free Reddi-wip Cool Whip Free (in the freezer aisle) Coffee-mate Original Fat Free liquid creamer Coffee-mate Fat Free or Sugar Free French Vanilla powdered creamer Fat-free half & half Fat-free sour cream Fat-free mayonnaise
Cereal
Puffed stuff Puffed wheat, puffed rice, puffed corn, shredded wheat Kashi 7 Whole Grain Puffs
Cold cereals Fiber One Bran Cereal (original) Kashi Vive Barbara's Bakery Puffins Special K Cinnamon Pecan Kix
Hot cereals Quaker Instant Oatmeal packets Quaker Simple Harvest Instant Multigrain Hot Cereal
Meat & Seafood
Deli-style slices Nearly fat-free turkey slices (5% fat or less) Applegate Farms sliced ham (or lean ham from the deli counter)
Lean, skinless, boneless chicken breast Tyson Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, Perdue Fit & Easy Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
Extra-lean ground turkey breast Jennie-O Extra Lean Ground Turkey Breast, Butterball Extra Lean Ground Turkey Breast
Fat-free (or nearly fat-free) hot dogs Hebrew National 97% Fat Free Beef Franks, Yves Meatless Hot Dogs or Tofu Dogs, Ball Park Fat Free Franks or Bun Size Smoked White Turkey Franks, Hoffy Extra Lean Beef Franks
Seafood Canned/pouched tuna in water Canned/pouched salmon in water Bumble Bee Prime Fillet Albacore Steak Entrées Real or imitation crabmeat Frozen or fresh shrimp and scallops Frozen or fresh fish filets (tilapia, tuna, and orange roughy are awesome!)
Assorted meaty extras Hormel Turkey Pepperoni or Yves Meatless Pepperoni Jennie-O Lean Turkey Burger Patties Jennie-O Extra Lean Turkey Bacon
Veggies
Giant romaine lettuce leaves and cabbage (great for wraps!) Salad greens Frozen veggies (steamable ones!) Butternut squash (for HG's special fries) Onions (for our ROCKIN' onion rings) Baby carrots Pickles Jicama (the vegetable that tastes like an apple!) Spaghetti squash Red bell peppers (cut into strips for a crunchy snack!) Cucumbers AND celery (we love 'em both!) More fresh vegetables (your choice)
Fruit
Fresh fruit (we love red seedless grapes, Fuji apples, pears, clementines, melons, cherries, apricots, and Ruby Red grapefruit!) Canned fruit in juice or water (like pineapple, mandarin oranges, peaches, etc.) Frozen fruit with no added sugar (strawberries, mixed berries, peach slices, mango chunks, etc.) No-sugar-added applesauce (Mott's Healthy Harvest and Mott's Plus come in a bunch of fruity flavors!)
Soups & Other Canned Goods
Low-calorie canned soups Campbell's Soup at Hand, Campbell's Select Gold Label Soups, Progresso 99% Fat Free Soups, Progresso Light Soups (60 calories and 0 POINTS® value per serving -- endorsed by Weight Watchers!), Amy's Light in Sodium Organic Soups (especially the Chunky Tomato Bisque!)
Broths Fat-free chicken, beef, or vegetable broth (look for ones low in sodium) Canned low-fat turkey or veggie chili Hormel Chili in Turkey or Vegetarian, Health Valley Chilis
More guilt-free soups Tabatchnick Soups (located in the freezer), Mishima instant soups (the Miso and Edamame ones are the best!)
More canned fun Canned pure pumpkin (Libby's is the best!) Canned hearts of palm Canned sweet corn kernels (Green Giant's Mexicorn has peppers in it!) Canned beans (S&W has some awesome varieties) Canned tomato sauce (or low-calorie, low-fat jarred ones) Canned crushed tomatoes (low in calories like sauce, but thicker!)
Packaged Snacks, Bars, Cookies, Crackers, Chips & Popcorn
Quaker Rice Snacks Quaker Rice Cakes Quaker Quakes Multigrain Minis Quaker Mini Delights
Sugar-free or no-sugar-added pudding cups Jell-O Sugar Free Pudding Snacks, Sugar Free Handi-Snacks, South Beach Diet Pudding Cups (with fiber!), Hunt's No Sugar Added Snack Packs Kozy Shack No Sugar Added Rice Pudding and Tapioca Pudding
100-calorie-or-less snack packs and treats Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs (any variety) 100 Calorie Right Bites and 100 Calorie Mini Bites (we love Fudge Shoppe Grasshopper and Lay's Cracker Crisps) Hostess 100 Calorie Packs Special K Snack Bites 100-calorie packs of Blue Diamond Almonds Hershey's, Reese's, and York 100 Calorie Bars Entenmann's Little Bites 100 Calorie Packs Weight Watchers Snack Cakes VitaMuffins (freezer aisle!)
Bite-worthy bars South Beach Living Snack Bar Delights Fiber One Chewy Bars Kashi GoLean Bars Curves Bars Quaker Sweet & Salty Crunch Granola Bars Quaker Chewy 90 Calorie Granola Bars Special K Cereal Bars and Bliss Bars
Low-fat chips Guiltless Gourmet Potato Crisps and Tortilla Chips Kettle Bakes Potato, Pretzel, and Pita Chips Popchips Baked! Lay's Potato Crisps
Soy crisps Quaker, Genisoy, Glenny's
94% fat-free mini microwave popcorn bags Jolly Time Healthy Pop Mini Bags, Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop! Mini Bags, Pop Secret 94% Fat Free Snack Size
Freeze-dried fruit Gerber Mini Fruits, Just Tomatoes, Trader Joe's, Sensible Foods Crunch Dried Snacks, Funky Monkey, Cereal Toppers
Assorted guilt-free snack foods Gerber Fruit Puffs and Veggie Puffs Everybody's Nuts! California Pistachios Sunkist Almond Accents Jell-O Sugar Free Gelatin Snacks Krinkle Sticks
Breads
Light english muffins Weight Watchers, Thomas' Light Multi Grain or 100 Calorie Original, Western Bagel Alternative
Low-fat flour tortillas (with around 110 calories each and high in fiber) La Tortilla Factory Whole Wheat Low-Carb/Low-Fat Tortillas (sometimes labeled Smart & Delicious Low Carb High Fiber), Mission Carb Balance (Soft Taco Size), Tumaro’s 8” Low in Carbs or Healthy Flour Tortillas
Light bread (low in calories and high in fiber) Wonder Light, Weight Watchers, Nature's Own Light, Nature's Own Double Fiber, Arnold's Bakery Light, Pepperidge Farm (Light Style, Very Thin, Classic Whole Grain), Sara Lee Delightful Bread, Fiber One breads
Light buns Wonder Light Hamburger and Hot Dog Buns, Nature's Own Double Fiber Buns, Pepperidge Farm Classic Whole Grain White Hamburger Buns and Hot Dog Buns
Low-calorie bagels Western Bagel Alternative, Weight Watchers, Kim's Light Bagels
High-fiber pita bread Western Bagel Alternative, Weight Watchers
Ice Cream & Frozen Novelties
Fat-free or low-fat ice cream Dreyer's/Edy's Slow Churned Light Ice Creams, Dreyer's/Edy's Loaded, Breyers Double Churn FREE
Low-fat ice cream sandwiches The Skinny Cow, Weight Watchers, Klondike Slim-a-Bear 100 Calorie Sandwiches
Bars and more The Skinny Cow Bars (especially the Skinny Dippers!) Weight Watchers GIANT Ice Cream Bars (Sorbet, Cookies & Cream, Chocolate Cookies & Cream, Latté and more) Fudge bars (like Weight Watchers GIANT, Healthy Choice Premium, and No Sugar Added Fudgsicles) Sugar Free Popsicles Fruit bars (like Blue Bunny FrozFruit, Fruitfull Juice Bars, and Dreyer's/Edy's No Sugar Added Fruit Bars) Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Bars (look for the ones with "Lites" in the title) Starbucks Frappuccino Bars Weight Watchers pre-portioned ice cream cups Weight Watchers Fruit Sherbet and Ice Cream Bars
Sauces, Dressings & Spreads
Low-calorie salad dressings Girard's Fat Free Dressings, Wish-Bone Bountifuls, Kraft Free Italian Fat Free Dressing, Hidden Valley The Original Ranch Fat Free, Wish-Bone Light salad dressings, Newman's Lightened Up Salad Dressings, Litehouse Vinaigrettes (check labels for the low-cal ones)
Spray dressings Wish-Bone Salad Spritzers, Ken's Steak House Lite Accents, Newman's Own Natural Salad Mist
Light buttery spread or light whipped butter Brummel & Brown, Land O'Lakes Whipped Light Butter, Smart Balance 37% Light Buttery Spread
Sugar-free maple syrup Cary's Sugar Free, Mrs. Butterworth’s Sugar Free, Log Cabin Sugar Free, Joseph’s Sugar Free
Guilt-free extras Salsa Smucker's Sugar Free Preserves Frank's RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce Hellmann's/Best Foods Dijonnaise Ketchup (Heinz is the best, and Heinz Reduced Sugar is a super-low-cal option!) Mustard Vivi's Original Sauce Carnival Mustards Reduced sodium or light soy sauce I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Spray KC Masterpiece Classic Blend BBQ Sauce (only 10 calories per serving!)
Frozen Foods & Meals
Veggie burgers Boca Meatless Burgers (Original), Gardenburger Veggie Burgers, Morningstar Farms Garden Veggie Patties, Dr. Praeger’s Veggie Burgers (blot the oil!), Amy’s Veggie Burgers
Ground-beef-style soy crumbles Boca Meatless Ground Burger, Morningstar Farms Meal Starters Grillers Recipe Crumbles
Breaded-chicken-style soy patties Boca Meatless Chik’n Patties Original, Morningstar Farms Chik Patties Original
Guilt-free wraps, burritos, etc. Boca Meatless Breakfast Wraps, Amy's Burritos, Cedarlane Low Fat Garden Vegetable Enchiladas
Sassy sandwiches Lean Cuisine Panini Sandwiches, Healthy Choice Panini Sandwiches SoLean Breakfast English Muffin Sandwich SoLean Cheeseburgers Jimmy Dean D-Lights breakfast sandwiches Lean Cuisine Flatbread Melts
HG pizza finds Amy's Spinach Pizza in a Pocket Sandwich South Beach Living Pizza Amy's Cheese Pizza Toaster Pops Lean Cuisine Brick Oven Style Pizzas Kashi All Natural Frozen Pizzas
Entrees and more Boca Meatless Lasagna Boca Meatless Chili Morningstar Farms Corn Dogs (meatless) Amy's Mexican Tamale Pie Kashi All Natural Entrees Healthy Choice Café Steamers Kellogg's Special K Original Waffles
Beverages
Diet soda Coke Zero, Coke Cherry Zero, Sprite Zero, Diet Coke Plus, Diet Rite Pure Zero, Fresca
Coffee and tea Millstone Coffee, Dunkin' Donuts Coffee Celestial Seasonings Tea, Stash Tea
Sugar-free powdered drink mixes Crystal Light, Wyler’s Light, Disney Magic Selections, Lipton Iced Tea To Go
Water and assorted guilt-free sips SoBe Adrenaline Rush, Sugar Free SoBe Lean Swiss Miss Diet Hot Cocoa Mix (make sure to get the 25-calorie Diet one!) Dasani Water, Aquafina Water Hint Water, Metromint Water Minute Maid Fruit Falls
Baking Goods, Spices, & More
Pantry staples Whole-wheat flour Rolled oats (regular, not instant) Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips Pillsbury Reduced Sugar Cake Mixes Low-fat honey graham crackers Better'n Peanut Butter (if your market doesn't have it, go for reduced-fat PB)
No-calorie sweetener packets Splenda, Sweet'N Low, Equal, stevia
Nonstick cooking spray Pam No-Stick Cooking Spray, Pam Professional High Heat
Assorted spices, seasonings, etc. Vanilla extract Cinnamon Pumpkin pie spice Garlic powder Onion powder Dry seasoning mixes (taco, fajita, chili, etc.)
Low-calorie marinades Mrs. Dash, Lawry's, Newman's Own
More must-haves Splenda No Calorie Sweetener, granulated (comes loose in the box, not in packets) Splenda Flavors for Coffee Mrs. Dash Seasoning Blends Unsweetened cocoa powder Torani Sugar Free Syrups Sippah Milk Flavoring Straws Instant coffee crystals
And Of Course... House Foods Tofu Shirataki noodles (find 'em refrigerated, near the other tofu products)
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