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My Weekly Shopping Cart
POSTED BY Rosemary ON Dec 10th, 2011
Written by; Rosemary Seguin CNP, NNCP
As a Certified Nutritionist and Mom of two little one’s I’m often asked “what do you buy on a weekly basis?” I think this is a great question because it helps them learn and understand what foods they should really be putting into their basket weekly and what foods are better left on the grocery shelf for a “special” occasion and not necessarily on their weekly grocery list if you get my drift.
This reoccurring question has inspired me to share with all of you what I put into my weekly grocery basket and hopefully inspire and teach you a few things about how to shop, what to look out for on packaging labels, what ingredients to be aware of and some fun, healthy tips along the way to make your shopping experience more healthy for you and your family! So stay tuned each week to “my weekly shopping cart” blog post and learn how to shop more healthfully for you and your family.
This week’s shopping tip: Never shop on an empty stomach! I know you’ve probably heard this a thousand times, but now you’ve heard it 1001! It’s so important to obey this rule it’s worth saying another 1000 times. When you shop hungry you let your guard down and tend to buy things that are not healthy because your body is in starvation mode or should I say “craving” mode. When you’re hungry, your blood sugar levels drop and are no longer balanced, this is when you crave all sort of things like snack foods or sweets. So do yourself a favour and have a snack before you shop!
Here's a picture of some of the grocery products I bought this week!
My shopping cart this week:
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Produce |
Grocery |
Meat |
Other |
Frozen Foods |
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Organic Avocados |
Sarah’s Fine Foods – 100% Whole Wheat Wraps |
100% Beef – Hormone & Antibiotic Free Lean Ground Beef |
Organic Eggs |
Silver Hills – Sprouted Grain Bread |
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Bananas |
Late July- Organic Crackers |
Yorkshire – Certified Organic Boneless Chicken Breasts |
Sunflower Kitchen – Hummus with herbs |
Ezekiel – Sprouted Grain Bread |
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Organic Raspberries |
Earth’s Best – Green Pea’s and Brown Rice |
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Organic Cauliflower |
Sasha – Cocoa Snaps |
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Organic Broccoli |
The Ginger People – Hot Coffee Ginger Chews |
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Organic carrots |
Knudsen – Organic Spritzers – Grape and Raspberry |
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Organic Ambrosia Apples |
Numi – Organic Mate Lemon Tea |
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Organic Oranges |
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Organic Bartlett Pears |
Pacific Foods – Organic Almond Milk |
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Organic Celery |
Le Soste De Ulisse – Extra Virgin Olive Oil |
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Organic Spinach |
Novomel – Orange blossom, unpasteurized honey |
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Organic Baby Arugula |
Neal Brothers – Organic Roasted Garlic Pasta Sauce |
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Gold Top – Organic Cold Milled Brown Flax Seed |
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Nuts to you – Organic Almond Butter |
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Crofter’s – Organic Strawberry Jam |
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Sprouted Organic Whole Grain Goodness! Easy to digest and full of protein and fiber. This is a weekly staple in my house!
