Wednesday, March 12, 2025

HEALTHY GROCERY HAUL | 3.12.25


Okay we're back on this lovely Wednesday with another semi-healthy focused grocery haul. I'm always the first to admit when I fall off the wagon which unfortunately happens all too often... after my birthday week and Valentine's Day, it was pretty much balls to the walls on eating everything I wanted. This week we're getting back on some disciplinary action and like with most things, ya gotta put your money where your mouth is (quite literally in this case, no??). Hehe- jokes aside, not having healthy food options at home is pretty much a recipe for disaster with clean eating. I was stuck in this endless cycle of "I'm getting back on the healthy train tomorrow" which just kept going and going and going. I kept thinking WHY can't I get out of this and then I realized like with everything else, spending money would solve all of my problems.

Lol- in reality I *should* be saving by eating at home versus ordering takeout but my grocery bills might beg to differ on that, these prices are still wacky as hell. It isssss what it isssss (and it's not good!!) -lol.

Okay this is kind of a recap of where I started in January but sticking to what works, works! As of now, I've learned I have to keep breakfast and lunch easy peasy if I'm going to eat healthier at home. I bought some eggs to try and kick my current Starbucks habit but keeping it totally real- I'm not too motivated on giving that up just yet. I can moderate my calories pretty well, plus it's something I look forward to that helps get me out the door in the mornings. They've also ruined me with the convenience of mobile ordering- I order as I'm leaving the house and by the time I arrive, it's always waiting on the counter for me. Consciously I know I need to dial it back a bit so maybe I'll aim to replace 1-2 of the days with eating at home. 

The lunch plan that works for me is some type of deli meat + cheese with greek yogurt. It seems to be the easiest meal for me to get higher protein in with lower calories. I'm pretty sure I recapped all of this in my last grocery haul but I like to do the Oikos Greek Yogurt with some variation of meat/cheese roll-ups or a wrap/sandwich. I love these Hero Tortillas or this Hero Seeded Bread for that! Worth the splurge- great nutrition/ingredients + yummy.

We love a protein/potato/veggie dinner but I actually had some new ideas for this week. I found a Baked Mozzarella Tomato Chicken recipe that I want to try out so I grabbed the essentials for it and originally planned to also try the viral TikTok ground beef/sweet potato bowl (it's ground beef cooked with taco seasoning, cubed sweet potatoes, cottage cheese, avo + hot honey on top!), however it's getting pushed to the future. I ordered a new bottle of Mike's which hasn't come yet and they were sold out of cottage cheese so TBD on that. I also ended up finding chicken drumsticks on sale so we love an improv. I'll probably use my fave Greek seasoning for them- it's so easy and is great on chicken with a little lemon and EVOO. 

Everyone did us a solid this week by putting all of the Yasso items on BOGO which I can never pass up and then you've always got a few stragglers, ya know? Mine this week is the Catalina Crunch Snack Mix (on BOGO at Publix!) plus two different breads which is rando, lol. 

DAIRY
+ Mozzarella Cheese
+ Smoked Gouda Cheese   
+ President Salted Butter 

PRODUCE
+ Brussel Sprouts 
Honeycrisp Apples 
Sweet Potato
+ Red/Orange Bell Peppers
+ Diced Red Onion 
+ Cherry Tomatoes 
+ Avocado 

PROTEIN
Chicken Breasts
Chicken Drumsticks 
+ Eggs 
+ Hickory Smoked Deli Turkey 

GRAINS/BREAD
+ Rustik Oven Hearty Grains & Seed Bread
+ Pepperidge Farm Oatmeal Bread 

MISC:
Yasso Sea Salt Caramel Bars
Yasso Cookies & Cream Bars
+ Yasso Sea Salt Caramel Poppables 
+ Catalina Crunch Cheddar Snack Mix 
+ Spices: Chili Powder, Smoked Paprika & Sesame Seeds

What are you shopping for this week? 

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