Making a Grocery Shopping List
Grocery shopping lists are made from your weekly meal plan and they help you avoid buying items you don’t need.
- Create a list. Write out a list of meals and snacks for the week. Always include foods like fruits, vegetables, and almond milk that might not be part of a recipe but are basics for healthy eating.
- Organize your list. Make a shopping list by organizing it into the flow of your store or by food groups. Download a free template.
- Keep an ongoing grocery list in your kitchen or on your phone. Add items to your list as they run low.
Download grocery list template here
Plan Your Meals
As you write your grocery shopping list, meats, poultry, and fish are proteins. Fruits and vegetables are carbohydrates. Brown rice, oatmeal, bread, pasta, and cereal are complex carbohydrates.
An example of planning meals may look something like this:
BREAKFAST: Plant protein cereal with almond milk
First snack: Apple with nut butter.
LUNCH: Veggie burger on bread with tomato and lettuce.
Second snack: Carrots and hummus.
DINNER: Fish, Zucchini noodles, and broccoli.
If you get hungry after dinner eat a snack that is high in protein (leftover fish from dinner, egg whites, or a protein drink.)
Writng lists can help us stay organized and can actually help us save money.
You may grocery shop according to your budget, health goals or by a products expiration date. If you are someone who only likes to shop twice a month make sure the items you are purchasing will remian in date.
For the most effective grocery shopping trip. Write your shopping list:
- Plan your meals
- Write out your grocery shopping list, including the quantity
- Organize your list according to the store you are shopping in
- Keep an ongoing list to help you remember what items are running low.
- Take coupons with you.
Learn more here for an enjoyable, less stressful shopping experience and a pantry full of delicious foods.
Author: Heidi Fleming; Lifestyle Architect
She helps people create a personal blueprint for healthy living and healthy aging. She encourages and coaches others to find their path and maintain their goals for healthy living, clean label living, and healthy aging. Take a look around and become part of a modern, mindful, and memorable experience.