Shopping Basket - Whats in yours?

vibez

What are the healthy essentials in your weekly shopping basket?

Things i would try buy:

Quinoa
Cottage Cheese
Almonds


Add to the list!

Brian?

spinach, lots of spinach
Chicken fillets
Steak
Pinhead oatmeal
Peppers, onions, tomatoes, courgettes and anything else that can be stir fried
more spinach

EileenG

Organic eggs.
Salmon and other fish.
Steak and whatever other meat was on sale.
A couple of whole chickens (I'm feeding a family here).
Cheese,
Milk.
Nuts (almonds and mixed unsalted)
Broccoli,
Cauliflower
Brussel Sprouts (lots!)
Green beans, runner beans.
fennel and/or celery
black kale
mushrooms,
Spinach,
Rhubarb.
Fruit
Porridge.
bottle of red wine.
Extra virgin olive oil
Apple cidar vinegar.
sugerfree jelly.
yogurt.
Coffee
Tea
Cocoa
Gelatin
tins of tomatoes.
tins of tuna
Tube of anchovy puree.

BraziliaNZ

cheap lager, pain killers, 50 packs of cigarettes, hot sauce

Brian?

EileenG wrote: »

Organic eggs.
Salmon and other fish.
Steak and whatever other meat was on sale.
A couple of whole chickens (I'm feeding a family here).
Cheese,
Milk.
Nuts (almonds and mixed unsalted)
Broccoli,
Cauliflower
Brussel Sprouts (lots!)
Green beans, runner beans.
fennel and/or celery
black kale
mushrooms,
Spinach,
Rhubarb.
Fruit
Porridge.
bottle of red wine.
Extra virgin olive oil
Apple cidar vinegar.
sugerfree jelly.
yogurt.
Coffee
Tea
Cocoa
Gelatin
tins of tomatoes.
tins of tuna
Tube of anchovy puree.

Can I come around for dinner?

Macha

Full chicken to roast
cottage cheese
low fat organic yogurt
apples
carrots
onions
garlic


Vegetables & fruit would change with the seasons. There's nothing I hate more than eating the same food all year round and having it flown in from Peru just for me.

cozmik

Pretty much the same as EileenG but I also eat whole grain bread.

Extraplus

briankeating wrote: »

spinach, lots of spinach
Chicken fillets
Steak
Pinhead oatmeal
Peppers, onions, tomatoes, courgettes and anything else that can be stir fried
more spinach

Sorry for going OT, but any tips on how to cook spinach? I love the stuff but have no idea how to cook it

Brian?

Extraplus wrote: »

Sorry for going OT, but any tips on how to cook spinach? I love the stuff but have no idea how to cook it

I mainly eat baby spinach raw, use it any way you would lettuce or to garnish pasta dishes.

With older spinach I would wilt it, take out the stalks and mix it with Ricotta or cottage cheees. This can be eaten on its own or made into a very tasty Lasagne.

There are so many ways to eat it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/food/recipes/queryengine?templatestyle=refine_by_1_gg&orig_kw=spinach&config=db&scope=recipes&page=1&pagesize=15&attrib_26=keywords&oper_26=eq&val_26_1=%2Bspinach&attrib_2=programme_name&oper_2=eq&val_2_1=&attrib_3=chef_name&oper_3=eq&val_3_1=&attrib_12=healthy&oper_12=eq&attrib_13=quick&oper_13=eq&attrib_10=vegetarian&oper_10=eq

wasabi

Extraplus wrote: »

Sorry for going OT, but any tips on how to cook spinach? I love the stuff but have no idea how to cook it

I buy frozen and I usually defrost it in some butter in the pan and throw my poached eggs on top of it for breakfast. Or make it into omelette.

corkcomp

mine looks similar to Eileen's but with wholegrain bread, oatmeal and lots of blueberries and raspberries and without the eggs ... well maybe I will skip the wine this wk, Christmas excess and all that

Brian?

wasabi wrote: »

I buy frozen and I usually defrost it in some butter in the pan and throw my poached eggs on top of it for breakfast. Or make it into omelette.

That sounds nice, you can take that a bit fancier as well. Put the spinach in the bottom of a ramakin, break an egg on top then stick it under the grill. When the egg is almost done grate some cheese on top and grill again until its melty delicious. Not sure if thats staying too healthy though.

jdivision

Chicken
Pork steak
Minute Steak
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Courgettes
Aubergine
Peppers
Red onions
White onion
Carrots
Parnsips
Parmesan
feta
Smoked salmon (actually been meaning to get the lowdown on this and whether it's good for you, Eileen do you know if this is bad for you if you've candida?)
Porridge
Hash browns (my occasional indulgence, no wheat)
Beans or lentials when I've run out (pan fried chicken with puy lentils and some roasted root veg with balsamic vinegar!)
Occasionally Maris Pipers for roasts.
Eggs and lots of em for omelettes

Relative staples for me

EileenG

briankeating wrote: »

Can I come around for dinner?

If you wash up, feel free!

EileenG

Extraplus wrote: »

Sorry for going OT, but any tips on how to cook spinach? I love the stuff but have no idea how to cook it

If it's washed and bagged, you can actually microwave it in the bag. If it's fresh mature spinach, rinse it well, pull out the stacks and cook quickly in the washing water. It only takes a couple of minutes. I often throw it onto a non-stick frying pan with a lid, and it cooks in seconds.

Baby spinach makes a lovely salad.

watna

I'm actually off to my first post christmas shop in about an hour. There is nothing in the house. Have my list to hand!

Fruit/Veggies (we actually get these at the veggie market on Sundays - we got all of the below last Sunday - we'd been away for two weeks so it was a huge shop!)

Spinach
Broccoli (lots of both of these, we eat them practically every day)
Green beans
Radishes
Kumara
Lettuce
Carrots
Pumpkin
Oranges
Apples
Bananas
Tangellos
Blueberries
Red Chillis
Garlic
Avocado
Lemons

I was buying a lot of asparagus but it has a very short season and there was none at the market last Sunday

Everything Else

Chicken Legs/thighs or a whole chicken (breasts are far to expensive here so I de-meat these)
Beef Schnitzel steaks
Pork mince
nuts (cashews and walnuts)
Seeds (pumpkin and sunflower usually)
Potatoes
Diet Soft drinks (my vice! )
muesli
yoghurts
wholemeal bread
cold meats (lean ham)
olive oil
balsamic vinegar
pasta (wholemeal if I can persuade my OH)
Greek or natural yoghurt
few tins of tomatoes
tins of corn, kidney beans and chickpeas
salmon/tuna steaks

Hmm, think that's everything!

DéiseGirl

I like to keep my store cupboard stocked with things like tins of pulses, brown pasta, various grains and tomatoes in different variations (chopped tomatoes, passata, puree etc) along with oils & vinegars. I have dried pulses as well. At the moment I'm actually trying to use up a lot of what's in there because I'll be going to Newry in a few weeks for a "big shop". I top up what I have with natural yogurt, cottage cheese, salads, brown bread, milk and cheese if I've run out...a Curly Wurly stockpile in the freezer is an essential as well :eek::o


Usually my favourite vegetables are peppers, courgettes, aubergines and the like but lately I've been trying to get inventive with carrots and shpuds seeing as they're a lot cheaper. Once spring comes around I'll start planting rocket and other salad leaves but for now I'm getting slim pickings out of the garden and having to buy the salad in. Always have a bunch of bananas to hand as well. I have an extremely well stocked cupboard of herbs and spices and I find that really helps when throwing a meal together because you have so many different options for flavouring dishes. When I rented I only had room for a few jars of herbs and spices so almost the first thing I did when I got my own place was expand my collection. Bordering on the obsessive really

Eilswen

Eileen G...do all girls have the same shopping basket!???

I sure do...maybe add in a bold packet of choccie biscuits and it's a dead heat!

Attol

Mushrooms, lots of mushrooms.
Onions
Noodles
Carrots
Broccoli
Quorn
Tofu
Cheese
Stirfry sauces
Tomatoes
Avonmore carton soups

If the boyfriend is shopping with me then generally I end up getting things like Doritos and Ben and Jerry's. I try to keep my treats limited to when I'm hanging around him and it's actually helped me shed over a stone and a third since the start of the summer.