Food basics. Everyone has their own food habits, likes and dislikes, allergies, diets and all but theiare some simple staples everyone should have.
- Protein: in any form. You need some form of protein so that you aren't always hungry. Pick a form and stock up on it. You can have it in many forms just make sure to always have something with lots of protein. Here is a good list of proteins
- Beans: any type of plain beans (kidney, garbanzo, black beans) pick one you like and by a few cans of them. They are great to throw on salads or into soups. Just keep them on hand all the time
- Tuna: If you like fish or tuna
- Greek yogurt: This is one of my absolute favorites. I always have some in my fridge
- Eggs: They are the easiest things to make
- Meats: if your going for healthy stick to chicken or fish, sometimes I pick up some nice ground beef if I want chili or beef if I want stew
- Fruits: This one is tough everyone has their favorites, and then their is the fact that fruits are seasonal. I like fresh fruits and normally I just pick something up to snack on. If you can't find the fruits that you like try the frozen food aisle, you can always defrost them and add them to salads, oatmeal, or yogurt.
- Veggie: All sorts. The easiest thing to make is a salad. All you have to do is chop and assemble. spend the money on spring mix or spinach, they have more nutritional value than the iceberg lettuce and it tastes better. Remember some veggies come in cans and the frozen food sections. They may be cheaper and easier to prepare so make sure to check them out as well.
- One or two splurge foods, for me that includes ovaltine (for chocolate milk, or hot cocoa.) and peanut butter. I like ovaltine because even though its chocolate it still has good for you vitamins and minerals. I don't have it everyday but when you really want chocolate its perfect.
- Others: some things I like to keep on hand include:
- pasta: throw some pasta veggies and some sort of protein together and I have myself dinner for a couple of days
- milk: Dairy and non dairy depending on how I feel
- salad dressing: god for salad and marinade