Sunday, August 13, 2006

I went grocery shopping today

And what did I buy? I went to Super Target and Rainbow - no speciality or health food stores today. I do not shop for just the week - I shop sales and coupons and stock up.

At Super Target I bought:
Corn Starch (some little boy used the last of mine up doing science experiments creating quick sand!) - good to keep on hand for cooking and as a thickener in gravies and sauces.
10 lbs of potatoes
Organic Baby Carrots
Wishbone French Dressing and Thousand Island (while both of these contain high fructose corn syrup which I tend to avoid, they do not contain any artificial colors - most mainstream salad dressings do)
Del Monte Fruit Cups (for his school lunches when school starts in a few weeks, they were on sale today and I had a coupon - hence the reason to buy them now)
2 lbs fresh plums
1.5 lbs apples
2 lbs fresh cherries
2 lbs organic strawberries
6 silk yogurts

At Rainbow I bought:
2 packages of Tostitos Scoops Tortilla Chips (tomatoes are coming in the garden and we need something to eat the fresh salsa with!)
2 bags of Bob's Red Mill GF Flour Mix
3 quarts of Soy Dream Ice Cream (Vanilla, Strawberry and Vanilla Fudge) - today is my birthday and I love the Vanilla Fudge so I am treating myself!
1 Family Pack of Chicken Drumsticks and 1 of Chicken Thighs. I cut the skin off and divided them up into 3 packages for future meals and froze.
4 lbs green grapes
2 cantalopes
2 lbs from the bulk containers of Brown Rice

I buy a lot of fruit and ingredients for making meals - not a lot of processed foods - but that is me and my preference - I like cooking and I have never felt that all of those chemicals are good for us. I do not buy a lot of veggies because I have a large garden and I also have a Farmer's Market near my work on Thursdays.

Bush's Original Baked Beans


This is one of Andy's all time favorite meals when I cut up hotdogs into little pieces and stir them into this. He would eat Hot Dogs and Beans every day if I let him! Posted by Picasa

Old El Paso Thick N Chunky Salsa


I believe most salsa is GFCF - Andy loves chips and salsa as a snack. I do not buy that much salsa as I make my own - but the batch I canned last year was too hot for Andy, so I do keep some around. Posted by Picasa

Thai Kitchen Instant Rice Noodle Soup


A great instant lunch - Dan and I tend to eat more of these than Andy does. Comes in a variety of flavors. Posted by Picasa

Rosarita Traditional Refried Beans


Again, there are more than one variety of this product. I do not know if they are all GFCF - this is what we buy. Read labels and call manufacturers because ingredients do change. Posted by Picasa

Classico Spaghetti Sauce


I make a lot of my own spaghetti sauce from scratch, but when I am busy working and don't have time (or Dan is making dinner), this is a nice alternative. I do not know if the other varieties are GFCF or not - this is the only one we buy. Read labels and call manufacturers - ingredients change! Posted by Picasa

San-J Organic Tamari Wheat Free Soy Sauce


Regular soy sauce is not GFCF. I use this in a lot of recipes. Posted by Picasa