Jackie's Stock-up List

Jackie's Stock-Up List

Ideally, these are the things that I would always have in my cupboard and fridge so that I don't have any excuses for not having a good breakfast, lunch, or dinner.  You can make many great crockpot meals from these too.

Breakfast:

·        Protein powder

·        ½% milk

·        Hard-boiled eggs

·        I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray

·        Pepperidge farm mini whole-wheat bagels (toasted)

·        Low fat cream cheese

·        Banana

·        Bag of small snack-size apples

·        Turkey bacon (occasionally) or the small thin bacon from Sam's Club that you can just do a couple of pieces at a time in the microwave (I keep it in my freezer).  I like having one piece occasionally, or having a small "decadent" garnish on some potato or green beans.

·        Land O' Lakes Light Cream (made with cream and milk, no fake stuff

Lunch:

·        3 oz. cans of tuna or chicken (3 pack)

·        Hellman's Low Fat Mayo (15 calories per serving)

·        sliced almonds

·        Laughing Cow Light Cheese (garlic and herb)

·        Wheat Thins Fiber Selects crackers (I eat 5 crackers with one Laughing Cow cheese)

·        Light string cheese

·        Mini round sandwich breads (50 calories each) (Arnold or Pepperidge Farms?)

·        Markets of Meijer smoked turkey (at the deli)

·        Steve's Backroom hummus (half the fat of most store-bought hummus) with cauliflower or celery

·        Homemade ranch dip, made with low-fat greek yogurt, the above low-fat mayo (equal parts of each), ranch powder

·        Ken's Light dressings (ranch, Asian, etc.)

·        Healthy Choice Split Pea or Bean with Ham soup

      Dinner (or lunch):

·        Any beans (garbanzo, northern, kidney beans, fat-free refried (La Preferida or Rosarita in the ethnic section are the best).  When they are on sale, buy a whole case.

·        Beef and chicken broth (buy a case of each)

·        Campbell's reduced-fat cream soups (buy a case when on sale and use coupons)

·        Canned diced tomatoes (Buy a case)

·        Hunts spaghetti sauce (not as sweet as most store-bought sauces)

·        Bags of all kinds of frozen veggies, Meijers has some really cool varieties of mixed veggies

·        Bags of individually frozen chicken breasts, chicken breast tenders, and boneless/skinless thighs

·        Super lean hamburger (94/6)

·        Romaine lettuce - fast and easy to cut, lasts a long time, holds up really well when cut thin for a garnish, super nutritious

·        Baby spinach

·        Bags of baby carrots, match-stick carrots for salads

·        Cauliflower and celery

·        Plastic fruit cups of mandarin oranges, great for Asian salad or on a stirfry

·        Bags of broccoli slaw (good for stirfry, but watch expiration date, comes fast)

·        Water chestnuts - great crunch in stirfry

·        Fresh mushrooms - adds fuller taste in a stirfry or raw on a salad without the calories

·        Reduced fat shredded cheese (not fat-free)

·        Garlic garlic - from Tastefully Simple

·        Large container of taco seasoning from Sam's Club

·        Onion soup packets

·        Other spices

Snacks:

·        Weight Watcher Chocolate Fudge "snack size" frozen bars (only 45 calories, has fiber, and really delicious, no fake sugar)

·        Almonds - Sam's Club has natural no-salt ones that are great.  I keep these in my car and eat 10 when I am on the road, instead of a fast-food burger like I used to do.

·        Small apple - cut up with a little bit of crunchy peanut butter

Drinks:

·        Flavored coffee: I love my Keurig coffee maker for one cup at a time.  Favorite flavors: pumpkin spice, Jamaican Me Crazy, Hazelnut

·        Tim Hortons flavor shots have NO sweeteners in them, so you can add your own stevia or Splenda to taste, and bring your own light cream.  My 2 favorites are pumpkin spice and hazelnut.  Their decaf coffee is phenomenal if you are trying to break the caffeine habit. 

·        Lemon or limeade made with lemons, limes, water and stevia

·        Lipton Cold-Brew tea bags - regular or decaf

Fast food (if I must eat a meal while in the car):

• McDonald's Grilled Chicken snack wrap, light on the honey mustard or ranch, and I rip off as much extra tortilla as I can with an unsweetened iced tea, with Splenda and two lemons