If you want to create a grocery list focused on great health, you’ve come to the right place. First, I want to check that you’ve read pantry essentials part 1? Have you started taking action on it? If so, with a little bit of forethought and planning, you will now be in the habit of purchasing and using healthier versions of everyday items.
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As a reminder, the items we covered last time were coconut oil, olive oil, chick peas, chopped tomatoes, coconut cream, buckwheat, quinoa, natural sea salt, peppercorns, and tamari.
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Here are a few more you can consider adding to your grocery items list:
Breakfast accompaniments
- Rolled Oats or Quinoa flakes if you’re gluten-free (although gluten-free oats can be found). Great for making morning porridge as well as using in healthy baking recipes.
- Almond milk. A healthier alternative to commercially produced cow’s milk, which has had all the good enzymes removed through heating and filtering processes. Ensure you select unsweetened almond milk or make your own (it’s just almonds and water!)
- Chia seeds. A wonderfully nutritious addition to smoothies, porridge, and cereals.
- LSA. Stands for Linseed, sunflower, and almond. This is simply a blend of ground nuts, which adds nutrition to smoothies and can be sprinkled over cereal and porridge. You can also purchase LSC – linseed, sunflower, and chia. In fact, it takes about one minute to make your own LSA or a similar combination. If you have a food processor, just add any combination of raw nuts and seeds, grind them up, and that’s it. Fast, easy, and cheaper than the bought stuff.
Before we continue with a few more suggestions for your healthy grocery list, have you considered the type of cookware you use and how healthy it is? Check out these healthy options for cookware to accompany your healthy grocery choices.
Spreads for your grocery items list
- Nut Butter. Avoid ‘mainstream’ peanut butter if it has had sugar added to it. Instead, choose natural peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter, or another type of nut butter (check the label to make sure there’s nothing else added). It can be used in cooking, e.g., to make a delicious satay sauce for stir-fries. Note that peanuts are legumes, not tree nuts like many people think.
- Honey. Wonderful to have with lemon and hot water as a winter immune-boosting drink. Also, a great sweetener to use in baking. Honey has a much lower GI (glycaemic index) value than sugar. Therefore, it will have less impact on blood sugar levels. Ideally purchase raw honey, which has all its original nutrients still intact.
Choose organic varieties wherever possible and base your nutrition regime on plenty of ‘real’ food. This is primarily vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, seeds, eggs, and meats.
Adjust your grocery items list today for a healthy food kitchen! You’ll also want to check that you’ve read my top five tips for healthy eating habits.
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