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Fruit
and Vegetables:
- Romaine
and/or Bibb (Boston) lettuce
- Spring
mix salad bag
- Tomatoes
- Plum
tomatoes (Roma)
- Broccoli
- Cucumbers
- Onions
- Carrots
and/or fresh baby carrots
- Bananas
- Apples:
Red Delicious, Gala
- Pears
- Fresh
baby spinach
- Red
potatoes
- Yukon
gold potatoes
- Green
beans
- Oranges
- Fresh
herbs: parsley, basil, chives, etc.
- Any
fruit or veggies that are in season at the time, like: berries,
winter squash, summer squash, asparagus, etc.
- Frozen:
Birds Eye zucchini/summer squash, green beans, corn, cauliflower,
mixed veggies, and/or any of the above that freeze well. Canned
veggies are also good if you prefer; just try to get the no salt
added ones.
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Meat,
fish, poultry:
- Skinless,
boneless chicken breast
- Skinless
chicken drumsticks
- Skinless
chicken legs
- Skinless,
boneless chicken thighs
- Lean
beef (at least 92% fat free): tenderloin, ground
- Lean
pork (white meat: boneless pork chops or tenderloin)
- Lean
ground turkey breast (white meat only)
- Laura's
Lean Beef hamburger patties
- Turkey
breast, skinless
- Hewbrew
National 97% fat free all beef hot dogs
- Turkey
bacon
- Oscar
Mayer Naturals ham
- Boar's
Head 47% lower sodium turkey (deli counter)
- Salmon
(wild Alaskan, Sockeye)
- Shrimp
- Scallops
- Halibut,
cod, or talapia fish
- Salmon
burgers
- Bumble
Bee low sodium tuna fish (canned)
- Lobster
or lump crab meat (once in awhile!)
- Bread:
- Nature's
Own 100% whole wheat bread
- Tousayan
100% whole wheat pita bread
- La
Tortilla Factory low carb wraps (large)
- Thomas'
100% whole wheat mini bagels
- Thomas'
100% whole wheat English muffins
- Alexia
whole grain dinner rolls
- Whole
wheat tortilla shells
- Any
bread that says: 100% whole wheat or whole grains on the package.
I try to avoid breads that have high
fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners in them, but sometimes
I'll tolerate a bit of it for the sake of having something tasty
until I can get a better alternative.
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Dairy,
eggs, and substitutes:
- Skim
milk (nonfat)
- Fage
0% Greek yogurt (nonfat)
- Fage
2% Greek yogurt with side cherries
- Stonyfield
Farms organic plain nonfatyogurt
- Promise
fat free "buttery stuff"
- Philadelphia
light cream cheese
- Breakstone
2% cottage cheese
- Breakstone
fat free sour cream
- Laughing
Cow Lite cheese wedges
- Laughing
Cow Mini Babybel lite cheese
- Kraft
2% milk swiss cheese slices
- Kraft
fat free shredded cheddar cheese
- Sargento
reduced fat provolone cheese
- South
Beach reduced fat cheddar cheese slices
- Sargento
or Polly-O part-skim mozzarella cheese
- Reduced
fat blue cheese crumbles
- Grated
parmesan cheese
- Lissanatti
almond cheese
- Silk
lite soy milk (plain)
- Large
eggs
- Egg
Beaters (egg substitute; mainly egg whites)
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Cereals,
grains, canned goods:
- Brown
rice
- Wild
and brown rice blend
- Whole
wheat pasta
- Barilla
lasagna noodles
- Whole
wheat couscous
- Mother's
unsalted rice cakes
- Oatmeal
(+steel cut oats)
- Goya
or Bush's black beans
- Goya
or Bush's kidney beans
- Goya
or Bush's white beans
- Whole
wheat flour
- Lentils
- Quinoa
- Cheerios
- Honey
Nut Cheerios
- Kashi
Cinnamon Harvest cereal
- Nature's
Path corn flakes cereal
- Nature's
Path Smart Bran cereal
- Dole
crushed pineapple
- Unsweetened
applesauce
- 100%
fruit juice
- No
salted added canned veggies: corn, green beans, peas, etc.
- Hunt's
no salt added tomato sauce
- Hunt's
no salt added tomato paste
- Canned
diced tomatoes
- Natural
peanut butter and other nut butters
- PB2
powdered peanut butter (online at: www.bellplantation.com)
- Canned
100% pumpkin
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Snack,
dessert, and side items:
- Luna
bars (made by Clif)
- Pria
bars
- Alexia
frozen poatoes for baked fries
- Cascadian
Farms baked fries
- Trail
mix
- Kettle
Bakes baked chips and pretzels
- Snyder's
unsalted pretzels
- Stonyfield
Farms nonfat frozen yogurt
- Breyer's
100 calorie ice cream cups
- Tofu
Cuties frozen sandwich treats
- No
Pudge Brownie nonfat mix
- Back
to Nature Classic Creme cookies
- Back
to Nature Graham Sticks
- Almonds
- Walnuts
- Peanuts
- A!laska
organic chocolate syrup
- Dried
cranberries and other dried fruit
- Sunsweet
prunes
- Sun-maid
seedless raisins
- Cool
Whip: non-fat
- Kashi
TLC cookies: oatmeal dark chocolate chip
- Whole
wheat crackers
- Wasa
crispbread crackers
- Wasa
lite crispbread crackers
- Popcorn
- Baked
corn chips
- Breyer's
All Natural ice cream
- Weight
Watchers ice cream cups
- Ben
& Jerry's frozen yogurt
- Salsa
- Hummus
- Polaner's
All Fruit (100% fruit spread)
- Smucker's
Simply Fruit (100% fruit spread)
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Condiments,
spices, and extras:
- Extra
virgin olive oil
- Canola
oil
- Red
wine vinegar
- Apple
cider vinegar
- Yellow
mustard and spicy mustard
- Dijon
mustard and whole grain mustard
- Heinz
no salt added ketchup
- Hellmann's
Canola oil mayonaise
- BBQ
sauce (I get different kinds from Whole Foods)
- Pickles
- Roasted
red peppers
- Pickle
relish
- Evaporated
cane juice (sugar)
- Erythitol
(natural zero calorie sweetener)
- Mrs.
Dash salt free seasonings
- Ground
cinnamon
- Dry
oregano
- Dry
parsley
- Dry
basil
- Dry
rosemary
- Ground
nutmeg
- Fresh
nutmeg
- Ginger
root
- Black
pepper (pepper mill)
- Garlic
powder
- Onion
powder
- Chili
powder
- Paprika
- Cumin
- Unsweetened
cocoa powder
- Tea
and green tea
- Coffee
- Annie's
lowfat honey mustard dressing (organic section)
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