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Clean Eating Staples

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One of the best parts about eating healthy for me is that almost all of my meals are created from simple staples that I get every grocery store visit. I don’t really have time… let me correct that… I don’t really have the patience to read labels every time I go to the store. I have kids crying, climbing, needing to go to the bathroom and who knows what else! I go in, grab my stuff and GET OUT!

Clean Staples

So here are the basics:

  1. Loads of fruits and vegetables, I use the dirty dozen, my budget and the quality of the produce that day as my guide for what I purchase organic.
  2. Opa Bolthouse Ranch or Drew’s Ranch dressing
  3. Bread with the 100% Whole Grain stamp on it if I’m not making my own bread
  4. Organic chicken from an Amish farm in Indiana
  5. Highest quality of Ground Turkey
  6. Highest quality of beef– We purchase a portion of a cow from a local farmer. This makes the price less than $2 a pound plus we know where it came from.
  7. Silk unsweetened almond milk
  8. Nature’s Path cereal sometimes as a treat for my kids and husband
  9. Nature’s Path bars for my husband’s lunch-bucket
  10. Kettle Brand potato chips for my husband’s lunch-bucket (seems that he is getting all the treats!! I guess that’s okay.)
  11. Eggs with no hormones, free range– We have chickens of our own but they can’t keep up with our demand!
  12. MaraNatha almond butter and sunflower seed butter
  13. Fage 2% plain Greek yogurt
  14. SO Delicious coconut milk coffee cream (This is MY treat! I drink one cup of coffee with this or tea with honey of a morning and water the rest of the day.)
  15. Horizon dairy products (milk, cottage cheese, sliced cheese and sometimes shredded cheese)
  16. Oat flour– I get mine from an amish store but you can also get Bob’s Red Mill flours
  17. Low sodium plain rice cakes
  18. Krema peanut butter
  19. Baking staples (baking soda, baking powder, organic vanilla, cocoa powder- darker the better & NO sugar)
  20. Loads of frozen veggies in steam bags– be sure the ONLY ingredient is vegetables
  21. Unsalted butter
  22. Old fashioned rolled oats
  23. Wildtree sauces and seasonings
  24. Honey from a local farmer
  25. Maple syrup from a local park– Remember, I live in a small town so if I can find these things I am sure you can too. Just do a little hunting, searching and asking others.)

Check out my Pinterest Clean It Up board to find clean recipes.
Also find My Clean Food Review board to see how recipes rate with our family.

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