Hey friends! So a lot of you guys have been requesting that I do a grocery haul
video so that is what I'm going to do today. I just just went to the grocery store
actually we go to a few different grocery stores. I am going to share what
I just bought this morning. So keep in mind that this is just a general haul
for today. This isn't everything that I eat every single week because stuff like you
know sugar and eggs and whatever that lasts for more than a week I dont have
to get every single week. So this is just kind of what I needed today. If you want
to see everything that I kind of keep in my house maybe you would prefer to see a
fridge and or pantry tour. So if that is something that interests you
comment below and let me know. Also usually especially since we moved to LA
I have been loving the farmers markets and we didn't get to hit one up today
but if you guys are interested in seeing a farmers market
kind of tour / haul comment below and let me know that as well. so we are
starting out with the produce. So we try to make a big portion of our diet whole
foods. So we love our fruits and vegetables and
I'll just kind of hit a few points for some of these. So these personal sized melons
here are awesome, they're delicious and the summer they've been on sale I mean I guess they're in season
but they're on sale so you can get them for 2 to 3 bucks from a melon and I can eat a whole
one of those in a day. Sometimes I will just put it on the counter and kind of
leave it there with a cutting board and a knife and I'll go get a few pieces whenever I want
it but I love those personal size melons especially when they're on sale. We have
some celery. Christian has been on a celery and peanut butter kick nonstop
since our snacks meal prep episode. Lots of bananas. We eat a lot of bananas in this house.
Grapefruit. I'm obsessed with grapefruits. This may be a bad idea to take it out, it's
kind of doing a balancing act here. But grapefruits, I eat at least one a day. I've
been obsessed with them, I've share them with you in my what I eat in a day's.
Tomatoes, ok so tomatoes are one of the things I do buy organic. It's not for any kind
of health or sanitary reason I just think they taste so much better and I
notice that if they taste better I'm more inclined to eat them so I started
buying organic tomatoes. I've also started buying organic strawberries and
if the blueberries and raspberries are on sale I'll by those but I don't usually
cuz they're a little too expensive. But strawberries I notice a huge
difference so I've been buying those organic. I also buy organic spinach. So these big
big tubs of spinach here. First of all spinach is supposed to be one of the dirtier
food so I like to buy that organic but also I notice that it lasts longer when
I buy organic. Now I don't buy everything organic. Lemons I don't buy organic
unless I'm like zesting them
because then you know you don't know what kind of pesticides are on the outside.
So that's when I buy organic for that. We don't buy like organic celery and stuff but
will we buy local. So one great thing about LA and I'm sure a lot of other places
is at the grocery store they have an organic section but they also have a
local section. So even if you can't afford the organic stuff you can still afford the
local stuff which is always awesome. Avocados, peppers, snap peas, oh my god these are one of my
favorite crunchy snacks and I love dipping them in hummus. So I do have a
homemade hummus, I actually have like a million homemade hummus recipes if you
want to check them out but I don't make my own home every single week and you
know I mean I could I guess but I don't. So anyways this is just plain old
regular hummus and snap peas one of my favorite crunchy snacks.
Broccoli slaw. This stuff is a lifesaver. Now I showed this to you in my meal prep lunch video I think,
Asian slaw anyways it's delicious and I mentioned this in that video but
broccoli slaw is different than like coleslaw base because it's not like lettuce
shredded up it's broccoli and like cabbage and carrot but so it's really nutritious
It's really hardy and it lasts a lot longer. It doesn't get as like wilty. So that is
most of the produce. We've got some grapes, we've got some parsley.
Oh frozen stuff. So frozen vegetables are a great way to get that nutrition in
without having to spend a bunch of money. These are really cheap. These were like 99
cents each or something.
Three pepper an onion blend. There's just onions and peppers in here. So I like
to throw those in like a skillet dinner. Pearl onions, I LOVE ONIONS, so yeah that's just kind of basic
produce and we may not get through all of this for the week. For instance all of these bananas
these are super yellow these aren't gonna be ready to be eaten for days but and we
still have some produce left over from our last gracery trip but this is just what
we got today. Moving on from produce. It's hot in here.
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Ok so on to dairy. Now I don't eat a lot of dairy especially the past few
months but in the dairyish section I get almond milk. I also get cashew milk which
is super creamy but I already have some So I didn't get it this week I just got the
regular unsweetened almond milk. I love cooking with it, drinking it, whatever.
Actual dairy that I got blue cheese crumbles. Now I'm obsessed with cheese
and I don't eat very much of it unless I go out. If I go out to eat I pretty much always have
some sort of cheese on my plate. But I love getting blue cheese or
feta cheese. I kinda get whatever is the best deal of the day and I like to add
it to eggs because it gives a lot of flavor and if you use a white strong
cheese like a blue cheese or a feta or gorganzola or something like that because
it's so strong you need a lot less. So I don't have to use very much to still
feel like I'm getting to indulge in my cheesy flavorr so this whole thing was like
three something. It was cheaper to get this like deli package deal than to get
the prepackaged ones. Like per ounce it ended up being cheaper so this is what I got
for this week. Also I've got some new neufchatel cheese which I don't use on a
regular basis but I'm doing some cooking for like upcoming Christmas stuff. I know it's like
kind of sad it's September and I'm alredy thinking Christmas but anyways that's what you gotta do when
you're planning out recipes. So I have a lot of cooking stuff going on.
Also cooking wise moving on from dairy cuz that's literally all the dairy.
Unsweetened shredded coconut this is for baking. These dairy free chocolate chips.
They did not have these in Florida but they have them in LA and
I love them. They taste just taste just like dark chocolate chips but they're dairy free. They're
made of cane juice and cocoa butter pretty much so I mean they're not any
better for you but if you're struggling with like lactose or trying to not
as much dairy or whatever. They are kind of expensive though. Also for baking
canned pumpkin. You guys it's pumpkin season. Are you excited? Thumbs up if you're stoked for pumpkin
season. So I've also got some light coconut milk which I love to bake and cook with. Oh also baking,
applesauce. Great fat substitute when
baking so this will be in some of the Christmas desserts. Alright protein. So I have here
some deli cut oven roasted chicken breast. This is low sodium. So this is the kind I know
deli meat is like super controversial because the problem is usually it's
really processed. So if you buy it like in the refrigerated section in the
prepackaged stuff it tends to be really processed, have a lot of sodium, and it's
generally just not as like environmentally friendly so if you buy
it at the deli counter where they like slice it in front of you you can get
lower sodium versions are super flavorful they last long time and it
actually doesn't end up being that much more expensive. So we're looking at some
of the prepackaged like natural deli meats they may not have not been organic
but they were natural but pre-packaged and they ended up being like almost 50% more
than this. This was like eight bucks a pound. It's LA so that's probably high
compared to most places. Like in Florida I know it was cheaper than this. We just like snack on
this, put it on sandwiches, whatever do you know turkey roll ups or chicken
roll ups. So if I am going to buy deli meat I try to buy like the less processed.
Here we have some chicken breast. This is organic so if the organic stuff goes
on sale I do buy it. I can't always afford it but when it's on sale I buy it and
then I freeze it and save it. Or you know free-range whatever you can get so it
doesn't work for everyone's
lifestyle but I try to do that when I can. Shrimps! So these have been like one of my
one of the things I've been buying lately to get protein. I've been trying
to eat more seafood but it's like becomes kind of a pain to prepare in the
middle of the day. So these are already cooked and ready and rather than buying like the
platter with the cocktail sauce, I just have like a separate thing of cocktail
sauce or you can use whatever sauce you want and these are usually like 8 to 10 bucks a pound
and I buy like a half to three-quarters of a pound so it's not cheap by any
means but having the protein readily available and accessible like you can
eat this right now that makes it much easier for me. So also talking about easy protein
one of the things I struggle with because I cook so much from Mind Over
Munch like think about Thanksgiving Day and how you get so tired from cooking so
many things and you're just like drained from standing all day. That's like every day of my
life so the last thing you want to do after Thanksgiving Day is go cook
dinner right so that's how I feel every single day so from my lifestyle buying some of these like
convenience foods really helps me stay on track because I'm not gonna just like
cook again after I've been cooking all day. For instance rotisserie chicken
this is one thing that makes my life so much easier. It's already cooked ready to go
it's definitely not cheaper than you know roasting a chicken on your own or buying chicken and you know
whatever but it makes my life so much easier. Also grilled and ready chicken breast strips.
I actually just bought these last week for the first time to try them out cuz they were on sale. It was like 2 for 1 or
whatever but they're really great because it's just lean chicken breast
and you can just heat up in the microwave, eat it cold, whatever and it makes
my life so much easier. I don't have to prep that stuff if I don't have time
to. So again might not work for everyone you know no judgment here. You
have to do what works for you. So sometimes I buy quinoa this week I didn't need
any cuz I had some leftovers so I bought some brown rice and I just buy the
instant kind. It take like 10 minutes over the stove it's a lot easier. I also have
some of this black bean penne and this is red lentil rotini. So these pastas
I share them in my what I eat in a day videos before. They are literally, what was that...They are
literally one ingredient. This one is non GMO organic black beans this one is
non GMO organic red lentils. That's the only ingredient in this pasta and look at it.
It looks like real pasta. You see that little cut out? Anyways, I haven't tried the red lentil one
yet actually but the black bean penne I've had a few times it's really good and the beauty of these
babes in a serving this one has you know it still has the carbs because
the only ingredient is beans so like macronutrient wise
relative to carbs it's not much better for you but it's gluten free
there's no wheat in this
and there's 22 grams of protein in a serving of it and 21 grams in this. So I
mean that's pretty awesome especially if you're trying to do more plant-based
protein sources and stuff so these are awesome. Now I've gotten them at Whole Foods before and
they're really expensive but I found them at my Ralph's today and they were like 3 dollars
less per box so you can find them at other places. Raw cashews. Oh my god I'm obsessed
with these. These are like my number one snack but when I buy them in like the box, actually I have the box.
When I buy them in like this kind of box, you can see it's almost empty, they like go
stale so much quicker and I can't eat the box that fast. I mean I can but I try not
to. So the only place I can find these bags around here is Whole Foods. So Iliterally go to Whole Foods to get my
raw cashews because in the bag they just last a lot longer.
Also another great snack roasted salted edamame. Now this isn't the brand I
usually get I just couldn't find the one I usually do but I'm sure it's the same. It's a
great crunchy snack with protein. The only ingredient is soy beans, sea salt and
there's 10 grams of protein in a serving of this. Really awesome really
crunchy. Canned goods are another way to get those nutrients in without paying a lot
of money. So diced tomatoes I use all the time. I usually buy the no salt
added but it does it really matter because for beans I drain and rinse them
anyways. Here's another protein I didn't talk about tuna, canned tuna. I don't eat it that much but
when I'm having like quick lunch days it's a great way to get a lot of protein. Make
like a little tuna salad.
Butternut squash soup creamy. Now soups can be tricky, you gotta read the label especially
when it says creamy. A lot of times that means like
whole cream has been added so there's a lot more fat but this brand is pretty good. It's organic and
basically just butternut squash, potatoes, onions. Tomatoes sauce. I do make my own
tomato sauce sometimes and freeze it but this is one of my favorite ones when I
don't have time to make it and I buy it just a tomato, basil, organic one and then
I just found these at Target I've never seen them before
Simply Balanced purees. So there's a spinach puree, a butternut squash puree, and
a carrot puree.
Literally the ingredient is just like spinach, or squash, or carrots, or whatever.
they're just pureed so I can add them to like soups or smoothies or whatever I don't really know
what to do with them yet but they're on sale because they're new so I figured
I would them out. Last but certainly not least my coconut water. I'm obsessed with
the stuff. I drink it every day after I workout usually cuz it's really hydrating, there's a
lot of electrolytes. It's just freaking delicious. It can be kind of pricey so I buy these
packs of them when they go on sale because the pack will be like $5 so
instead of it being like $2 or $2.50 a bottle it's like you know $1.25 a bottle or
whatever so it's a little bit better and like is this essential to my life? No, but I
just really like it makes me happy so I'm gonna drink it. So this whole haul
was about like $140
which isn't terrible and for LA especially isn't as terrible as it could be but we
have to shop around so you know we don't buy everything at Whole Foods. That being
said it also for two people. It's for me and Christian and it's going to last us you
know more than a week all of this stuff won't be gone in a week. I also told you guys
that I do make the choice to spend some extra money on some of those
time-saving convenience foods because from my lifestyle I need that. You know
that works for me without that I know from experience I'm not as likely to
stay on track so you know you may not agree with like buying some of those
time saving foods and you might just say "Well make it yourself", but the truth is I
really don't have time to do that and it's my choice. So you know if it works
for me I'm gonna do it and that's what I encourage you to do. You know Christian
and I we don't eat out very much maybe like once a week. We kind of budget more
money to go to the grocery store then to eat out and and a lot of this food
honestly goes to Mind Over Munch. So it's extra food that I'm cooking on top of
normal life. It's not just you know regular breakfast, lunch, dinner for the
two of us. So that is it for this haul video today. If you guys do want to see
some of those video ideas that I mentioned earlier like the fridge and
pantry tour or the farmers market visit and haul definitely comment below let me know. Give
this video a thumbs up if you want to see those videos and if you enjoyed this
one because it is really great feedback from me and I guess that's it. So I will see you
on Thursday for a brand new episode and I hope you guys have a great week.