Monday 8 July 2013

What are some healthy foods to eat while dieting?

Here's a healthy food list.. You can pick what you like -- I use this to feed my whole family.

Healthy Food List What I Put Into My Refrigerator:

Turkey Bacon

Sliced Turkey Meat

Sliced Chicken

Tortellini

Colorful Vegatables

Orange: Carrots, sweet potatoes, red peppers, yellow/orange peppers, butternut squash, beets, spaghetti squash, etc

Green veggies: Avocado, peas, green beans, peas, snap peas, broccoli, spinach, lima beans, Romaine lettuce, Butter lettuce, green leaf lettuce, etc.

Fruits: Oranges, tangerines, apples, grapes, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, kiwi, bananas, plums, peaches, cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon

Milk

Sliced cheese, such as muenster, cheddar

String cheese

Yogurt, preferably plain

Cottage cheese

Dijon mustard

Flavored vinegar, such as orange

Bleu cheese or feta cheese

Healthy Food List for My Freezer

NOTE ALL FRUIT HAS NO SUGAR ADDED

Mango

Blueberries

Strawberries

Raspberries

Bananas (when they get too ripe, peel them and freeze them for smoothies)

Cooked cubed sweet potato

Uncooked sweet potato cut in french fry wedges

Butternut, acorn, spaghetti squash (cooked and cut)

Guacamole—vacuum packed plastic packages

Flank or tri tip steak, trimmed before freezing

Broccoli

Green Beans

Peas

Edamame beans

Corn (limited use)

Lima Beans

Freezer Meat

Bag of Frozen Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

Tyson Chicken Fingers

Tyson Teriyaki Chicken

Halibut pieces

Chicken Pierogies

Chicken sausage. We like Aidell’s Chicken/Mango and Chicken Apple

Healthy Food List for My Pantry

Pasta, any shape about 4 boxes

2 Cans of black beans

1 can of Pinto Beans

1 can Kidney Beans

3 cans of white beans (great northern or cannelli)

1 can garbanzo beans

1 can mild peppers

4 boxes cereal (Quaker Life—Regular Flavor, Multi Grain Cheerios, Cheerios –Regular Flavor, Kix, Crispix, Chex – Wheat, Rice, and Corn, Honey Bunches of Oats—regular flavor)

1 canister steel cut oatmeal

1 canister quick cooking oats

Fortified whole wheat bread with sugar less than 2g/slice

Corn tortillas or whole wheat flour tortillas

“Power Bars” (I prefer Luna)

2 boxes of reduced sodium chicken broth

1 box tomato or tomato/red bell pepper soup

Herbal tea/Decaffeinated coffee

No sugar added fruit jam

Peanut only peanut butter with no added oil or sugar

Almond butter with no added oil or sugar

Cashew butter with no added oil or sugar

2 cans of tuna packed in water

Nuts – all raw or dry roasted with no oil added

Whole almonds

Sliced almonds

Walnut pieces

Cashews

Pecans

Dried apricots

Brown raisins

Golden raisins

Bottle of extra virgin olive oil

Bottle of vinegar – we prefer balsamic, orange flavored and raspberry flavored

Reduced sodium soy sauce

Bottle of apple vinegar

Bag of unbleached flour

Bag of sugar

Can of baking powder

Butter (unsalted is better for baking)

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