Whats on your shopping list?

Vikings

I know g'em has a great post here on the basics but just wanted to get a wider idea on what everyone keeps in their cupboards!

Or more importantly.. what do you buy? Where do you do your shopping?

How much do you spend? And from what you buy are you sorted for the week, how many meals do you get from that one shop/spend?

I really (understatement!) need to vary my diet and im looking to pick up some ideas from you kind folks! At the moment (at least when im in work) I usually have about 3 sandwhiches (6 slices brown bread :eek:) over the course of the day - 10 hours shift so spread out a bit, mostly with tuna and a little mayo or else maybe ham and cheese or something... but I know this isn't the best for me.

Maybe if I start eating like you guys I can start working out like you guys and eventually start looking like... well, I won't go that for just yet

Hanley

WOOOOOOOOOOAH that is TOO freaky. I came online to open a thread the exact same. I'm primarily curious as to how much people are spending per week on food.

Degsy

Scrambled eggs and porridge in work,meat/chicken/fish and potato in work(non gym days no spuds),steak(sirloin 20 euro per week),tuna(lots,usually in an omelatte),turkey mince,pork or lamb roasting joint once a week,bannanas,uncooked peanuts,apples,mandarins.Whey supplement not included or occasional pint of milk.Total spend..150-200 a week on food only.

EileenG

I go to the Farmer's market in Temple Bar every Saturday and buy about 2 dozen eggs (hen and duck), lots and lots of vegetables, depending on what is in season. Lots of cauliflower, beetroot and brussel sprouts at the moment. Some organic meat, cheese, oats, nuts, flaxseeds, olives and olive oil, maybe some hummous or anchovies. Some game if they have it.

Then I go to Tesco and buy more vegetables and nuts, family stuff like milk, cereal, bread, fruit. More meat, chicken drumsticks, fish, goat's milk, 0% fromage fraise, greek yogurt, sugarfree jelly.

I usually get cottage cheese in Lidl, along with some cold meat or fish for lunches.

If I'm going Southside I'll buy some Lindt 99% chocolate in Fallon & Byrne or Avoca. That's my treat.

lindak

Chicken , salmon darnes , tuna , veg( brocili , carrot sprout, cauliflower , yogarts, strawberies , banana , apples , pears mandarins , stir fry veg, rice , pasta , baby potatoes, seasame seeds ,linseeds, oat bran, wheat germ, porridge, brazil nuts . pesto, olive oil , chocolate for my B/F he can get away with eating it ! ... My shopping is around 120 - 160 per week and that breakfast, lunch and dinner for two people shop in dunnes !

FunkZ

Porridge oats.
Bananas.
Mushrooms.
Chicken fillets.
Smoked salmon.
Chicken tikka.
Tins of tuna.
Brown rice.
Wholewheat pasta.
Cheese.
Eggs.
Mince (sometimes).
Brown bread.

I'm lucky though, I live at home so I can just add this to the family shopping list. And stuff like the chicken tikka smoked salmon is a good bit cheaper in Lidl! Get eggs in the market.

Killme00

Veg:
Red Onions
Red Peppers
Green Peppers
Tomatoes
Chilles
Garlic
Ginger
Spinach
Potatoes

Fruit:
Bananas

Meat:
Chicken Fillets
Turkey Fillets
Round Steak
Pork Chops

Other:
Wholemeal Pitta Bread
Beans (the best emergency food on the planet)
Cheese (Mature Red Cheddar, Swiss and some laughing cow)
Milk
Natural Yogurt


This is my weekly shop and it costs about 50ish euro. I do a monthly shop which includes all the other stuff like Pasta, Rice, noodles, olive oil, cereals and pasta sauces and the like. The most expensive items are obviously the meats. Chicken is very overpriced in this country, so i tend to buy more Turkey than Chicken these days. Unfortunately i dont eat fish or eggs but i never find variety too much of a problem.

rubadub

Skim milk
eggs
ryvita on offer
soda bread- dunnes/mc cambridges (I prefer the dunnes square wheaten, very crumbly)
oats
beans
curry/chinese sauces
spices
chicken fillet
steak
"healthy living" cheese
low fat cheese spreads
iceberg lettuce
onions
apples
oranges
diet club orange/coke zero

then comes the weekend...
few gallons of beer
burgers/pizza/kebabs/chinese/battered fish/chocolate
big cycle & workout to work it all off

amazingemmet

Mince beef
mince turkey
Salmon
30 eggs
cheese
frozen berries
spinach
tomatoes
onions
sweet potatos
avocados
brocoli
a few tins of tomatoes
rice or pasta

Mainly costs me about £45 so about €60

cavanmaniac

Meat - chicken fillets (lots of), Lean minced beef, smoked salmon, frozen salmon fillets, occasional turkey mince, occasional sirloin steak, lamb cutlets sometimes

Veg - Onion, mushroom, tomatoes, frozen cauli/brocc/spinach/peas/carrots etc. and frozen roasting veg

Other - Flahavans Quick oats porridge, skim milk, plain glenisk yogurt, McCambridges bread, cashews/pistachio nuts, bananas for post-gym, mandarin oranges/grapes, omega 3 eggs

I spend about 150pw on grub

rubadub

Several people have mentioned mince here. I presume many are buying lean mince too which can be quite expensive. I buy cheap cuts of steak, round, rib or cheapo "minute" steaks (with no cut given, I presume round?). I then trim all the fat off- have a look to see if it will be easy to cut it off before buying. Some rib steak is very "marbled" and hard to remove the fat, round steak is easy.

Then I get a good big scissors and start cutting the steak up into small bits. I use this in spag bol type dishes (minus the spagetti), or in currys & stir frys.

It ends up cheaper than buying the lean mince, also ends up with less fat, and at least you get to see the cut that went into the dish.

I also sometimes liquidise it and make burgers, using iceberg lettuce instead of a bun.

Black Swan

If in So California and like to cook as I do, two of you can eat healthy and quite well on $15 to $20 USD a day shopping at Trader Joe's (a discount health food market chain). YUM!

How Strange

Readybrek
Prunes
Supermilk
Sunflower seeds
Linseeds
Seaseme Seeds
Organic free range eggs
Rashers (weekend treat)

McDonells Hummus
Spelt Crackers
Oat Biscuits
Edam Cheese

Potatoes
Salmon Steaks
Cornfed Chicken fillets
Free Range Chicken
Turkey Mince
Bratwursts (for when I throw caution to the wind!)
Courgettes
Carrots
Peppers
Broccoli
Cabbage
Pickled Red Cabbage
Mushrooms
Sauerkraut
Low fat coconut milk
Jasmine or Basmati Rice

Apples
Oranges
Mixed fruit and nuts

Killme00

rubadub wrote: »

Several people have mentioned mince here. I presume many are buying lean mince too which can be quite expensive. I buy cheap cuts of steak, round, rib or cheapo "minute" steaks (with no cut given, I presume round?). I then trim all the fat off- have a look to see if it will be easy to cut it off before buying. Some rib steak is very "marbled" and hard to remove the fat, round steak is easy

QFT

Lothaar

www.branaganmeats.com

Check the above link out. They sell the cheapest and best quality meat I've ever tasted. It's a wholesale butchers with a trade counter and they deliver! 5oz chicken fillets are €1 each. Fillet, rib-eye, striploin, sirloin and minute steak are all reasonably-priced too. Since I started going to Branagans, I cut about €20 off my weekly shop... yet I am eating better than ever. (BBQ rib-eye is on tonight's menu. Can't wait.)

timetogetfit

100% old fashioned oatmeal
36 eggs
6 portions of lean steak
6 large chicken fillets
12 fist sized potatoes
2 bags of broccoli
2 bags of cauliflour
ballymalloue relish/ketchup
coffee/ and decaf
myoplex shakes
udos oil