Tips on Grocery Shopping

In an effort to lose, or maintain your weight, shop for low fat/low calorie food items like the following:

• Fat free or low fat milk, yogurt, cheese, and cottage cheese
• Light or diet margarine
• Eggs/egg substitutes
• Sandwich breads, bagels, pita bread, English muffins
• Soft corn tortillas, low fat flour tortillas
• Low fat, low sodium crackers
• Plain cereal, dry or cooked
• Rice and pasta
• White meat chicken or turkey (remove the skin)
• Fish and shellfish (not battered)
• Beef: round, sirloin, chuck arm, loin and extra lean ground beef
• Pork: leg, shoulder, tenderloin
• Dry beans and peas
• Fresh, frozen, canned fruits in light syrup or juice
• Fresh, frozen, or no salt added canned vegetables
• Low fat or non fat salad dressings
• Mustard and catsup
• Jam, jelly or honey
• Herbs and spices
• Salsa

Make your Favorite Recipes Healthier

Substitutes for Healthier Ingredients - Modify Recipes

You stock healthy foods in your pantry, but what do you do with them? How do you modify favorite family recipes so that they’re more in line with your healthy eating plan? It’s not as hard as you may think. The key is to incorporate healthier alternatives into your daily eating routine.

Learning how to cook good, healthy meals is an important part of learning to eat healthy. Click here and you can search for recipes based on Keywords, Ingredients or the Meal Type that you would like to cook.