Hello, and welcome to today's ten-minute chill, which is a grocery haul.
Somebody actually requested this - they wanted to see what I was going to get,
and my fridge and my pantry shelves were pretty much empty,
so I kind of had to stock up.
I got a lot!
I went to both Walmart and Whole Foods. I don't usually do that -
I'll usually trade off between the two -
but I wanted to make sure that everything I had was pretty much stocked up.
I first went to Walmart, because they have really inexpensive
grass-fed and grass-finished beef in a high percentage of fat.
Unfortunately, their stocks were low, so I had to get one with a lower percentage of fat,
but I also was able to scoop up a few ribeye steaks.
I like to have one of these a week, pretty much.
And I got a couple of bags of their frozen salmon - it's wild-caught.
I like it when it has a skin on it.
It's super easy to make, and it holds for a long time in the freezer.
So usually I'll just leave this in the freezer, and I might have one a week,
or maybe two per meal once a week, but
this option was more just to stock up and make sure I have something to eat,
if for some reason I'm not able to go outside.
With my keto diet, this is a very substantial food.
It has fat, it has protein, and it's satisfying, and I enjoy eating it.
I found some organic gee.
It says it's grass-fed, which is pretty cool.
It's by this brand Carrington - I didn't know that this was a thing,
but they have it at Walmart, and I was able to snag two containers of it.
I also got a couple of bags of avocados - they are very unripe,
so I guess a week from now, I'll probably be eating a lot of guacamole.
For drinks from Walmart, I got some La Croix. They're the berry flavor.
And for greens, which are my favorite,
I got some romaine lettuce and one container of spring greens.
I usually prefer to buy the clamshell containers because you can actually recycle them,
but at Walmart, they only have the organic romaine lettuce in plastic bags.
Or at least that's the only ones that I could find at this time, so that's what I got.
That was really the vast majority of what I usually eat.
That's a lot of, like, fresh stuff and produce from Walmart.
So from Whole Foods, I got more just - kind of - like, extra pantry-type stuff
and a little bit more "snacky" items.
I got some more of this bone broth collagen - I really like the chicken flavor.
And this is dehydrated, so it just sits on your pantry shelf and you add hot water to it.
I guess it's probably obviously not as great for you - there's probably something in it
compared to a bone broth that's a liquid that you might make yourself,
but it's very shelf-stable and easy to keep around.
I got a couple boxes of tea: I got organic Peppermint and an organic Throat Coat tea.
I do not have a sore throat - I just drink this through, because I like the flavor.
It's actually licorice, and it has some like slippery elm and marshmallow
and cinnamon bark, and it's one of my favorite teas,
so even if I'm feeling fine, I drink that.
For all the snacky stuff I got at Whole Foods, I have some Epic pork cracklings
that are jalapeño flavored.
They are so good, but I also am very keto, so for someone
who's just eating a standard diet, they might not be the best thing.
But to me, wow - delicious! [laughs] They're so good!
I also got these Epic meal bars that are "Rise and Grind."
They have 9 grams of protein in them.
They're supposed to serve as like a breakfast meal replacement.
In general, I'm really trying to stay away from sugar, and I don't eat carbs
besides vegetables usually, so a lot of that is reflected here.
I did buy some meat from Whole Foods that would able to stick around for a while.
I got a couple of these sugar-free bacons, I got some of this
grilled chicken breast, and some prosciutto.
The other day, I did go to a co-op and I got a couple of these cartons of eggs
while I was dropping off my compost at the co-op, so I was able to get these.
They're local pastured eggs.
And that's pretty much what I will be eating for the next few weeks.
You know, you get some bacon and eggs in the morning,
have some snacks maybe in the afternoon,
have a big old salad with some meat for lunch...
So that's my grocery haul for the day and for the next two weeks -
I guess three weeks maybe? We'll see how long I can stretch this out for.
I hope that satisfied my one subscriber who said that they
wanted to see what my grocery haul was.
Was that enough for you?
[laughs]
I hope you're staying safe and staying healthy, and
'til next time!
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