What Does Your Grocery Shopping List Look Like?

[kitchensqueen]

I'm just curious to see what everyone buys from week to week. This week, my list is -

Rotini

Rigatoni

Egg noodles

Chicken stock

Beef stock

Kidney beans

Pinto beans

Tomato paste

Canned tomatoes with chiles

Tapenade

Dill pickles

Ketchup

Cannelini beans

Yellow potatoes

Broccoli

Mushrooms

Leeks

Edamame

Green onions

Bacon

2 lbs ground beef

Cubed lamb

Chicken thighs

Whole duck

Pancetta

Italian sausage

Margarine

Egg replacer

Flour

Sugar 

[CoBabyMaker]

ground beef

chicken

pork butt*

ground turkey

chips*

tortillas*

soda*

sour cream*

cheese*

cilantro x2 *

jalapeno*

black beans*

rice*

limesx10*

onions

potatoes

sweet potatoes

cucumbers

lettuce

salad (bag of salad free with purchase)

kiwi

bananas

avocados

bell peppers

oranges

tomatoes

frozen peaches, which they didn't have

sunflower seeds

sugar

butter

peanut butter (also free with purchase)

chocolate chips

enjoy life chocolate bar

I made some impulse buys: rice tortillas, artichoke, broccoli and cauliflower

*for Cinco de Mayo with our small group from church

[craft_media_hero]

I was just thinking about this today!

This week's groceries:

eggs

tortillas, corn and wheat

Greek yogurt

lettuce

rice cakes

crackers

cheese but I couldn't find any for the right price and skipped it

coffee

fruit, in season

green vegetables

Everything else is in the pantry/freezer, or I'm waiting for it to come into season in the garden!

[youngspiritmom]

I wanted to post a thread similar to this one called "Share your unique grocery list items!"

I tend to buy the same basic items every trip (oranges, cucumber, spinach, onions, potatoes, chicken, fish, cottage cheese, milk, crackers, mac and cheese, rice)....

and I've been getting burnt out on the tastes. There is not any room in the budget for extra stuff, so any unique suggestions to swap something for something more interesting are highly appreciated.

[kitchensqueen]

Originally Posted by youngspiritmom 

I wanted to post a thread similar to this one called "Share your unique grocery list items!"

I tend to buy the same basic items every trip (oranges, cucumber, spinach, onions, potatoes, chicken, fish, cottage cheese, milk, crackers, mac and cheese, rice)....

and I've been getting burnt out on the tastes. There is not any room in the budget for extra stuff, so any unique suggestions to swap something for something more interesting are highly appreciated.

It depends on how you cook with this stuff, but some swaps that I came up with off the top of my head -

oranges > pineapple, mango

spinach > kale, swiss chard

onions > get a different variety than you normally buy; they have different flavors, shallots

potatoes > get a different variety; if you always buy russets, try fingerlings or yellow wax

chicken > turkey or pork

fish > shrimp or crawfish, shellfish

crackers > pretzel chips

mac and cheese > buy plain macaroni and make your own sauce

rice > couscous

[youngspiritmom]

Originally Posted by kitchensqueen 

It depends on how you cook with this stuff, but some swaps that I came up with off the top of my head -

oranges > pineapple, mango

spinach > kale, swiss chard

onions > get a different variety than you normally buy; they have different flavors, shallots

potatoes > get a different variety; if you always buy russets, try fingerlings or yellow wax

chicken > turkey or pork

fish > shrimp or crawfish, shellfish

crackers > pretzel chips

mac and cheese > buy plain macaroni and make your own sauce

rice > couscous

Thanks these are great ideas! :D