Healthy Shopping Checklist

Eating healthy is easier when you have the right foods on hand for snacking and preparing meals. This includes ready-to-eat meals, fresh fruits and vegetables and fresh meat. If possible, purchase meat fresh and cook it right away or freeze it for a meal later in the week. While meat that has been breaded and deep frozen may be convenient, fresh cooked meat tastes much better and is more satisfying.

Planning your meals ahead takes time and patience but it will ensure you have all the ingredients you need for healthy eating. Look through your cookbooks and check online for new recipes of old favorites. Find healthier ways to prepare some the foods you love.

When planning your healthy shopping checklist, you will want to add some herbs and spices to season your foods. Keeping these on-hand will help to enhance many dishes and make cooking and eating much more enjoyable. There are many other foods that you can stock as staples for several dishes you like to prepare. You’ll enjoy your meals so much more when you have everything you need to prepare them right.

Even if you don’t cook every night, planning a shopping list will help you to select healthy snacks and quick fix dinners that won’t have you standing over the stove for an hour. Adding a variety of these kinds of foods will give you a healthy alternative to stopping by a fast food restaurant on your way home from work.

If you take your lunch to work, you will definitely want to add your lunch items to your healthy shopping checklist. Be sure to get plenty of food, so you don’t run out before your next trip to the supermarket. Sticking to your managed diet is easy when you have everything you need to make a healthy, well-balanced meal.

A few healthy items to consider adding to your weekly list:

Cinnamon
Oregano
Basil
Thyme
Ginger
Pepper
Seasonal Fruit
Bananas
Strawberries
Watermelons
Peaches
Mango
Oranges
Lemons
Limes
Colorful Vegetables
Squash
Broccoli
Sweet Peppers
Leafy Vegetables
Spinach
Cabbage
Kale
Root Vegetables
Beets
Sweet Potatoes
Onions
Coconut Milk
Granola
Oatmeal
Quinoa
English Muffins
Eggs
Meat
Poultry
Fresh Fish
Seafood
Olive Oil
Ezekiel Bread
Flax Seed
Walnuts
Almonds
Greek Yogurt
Tofu