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4 Responses to “Trader Joe’s Healthy Shopping w/ Cassandra and Maggie!”

1. Sara Says:

   August 26th, 2010 at 7:48 am

   That was great. Thanks Forrest, Cass and Maggie!

   My husband Mark and I make a point of going shopping every Sunday. I pretty much plan our dinners out for the week and we get the usual supsects for our breakfasts/lunches/snacks. Since we both work regular shedules, our M-F needs are pretty repetitive, which makes it easy to plan. As far as dinner goes, I just plan the main course, and then for the starch we always have stuff on hand…brown rice, whole wheat pasta, potatoes, couscous, whole grain bread. And, we almost always have a salad with our dinner. To save time, we buy baby carrots and grape tomatoes, since they don’t need to be chopped up. We buy an old-fashioned head of lettuce ( I think it tastes better than the lettuce in plactic bags) but I prep. it on Sunday so it’s super quick to toss in a bowl later in the week. And lately, we barbeuce two chicken breasts on Sunday when we get back from shopping to have those on hand for sandwiches or salads during the week. That was Mark’s idea :-)

   My favorite healthy meal? I have lots, but one that was especially pleasing recently was grilled boneless center-cut pork chops, homemade applesauce (all you do is chop up apples, put them in a pot, add a tocuh of water, bring to boil, then simmer for 20 minutes and mash it up), homemade wedge fries (baked on a cookie sheet with olive oil and salt and peper) and salad. It was easy, and made us happy!

   We buy our meat and eggs at Whole Paycheck, I mean Whole Foods, (the meat has no added hormones, no antibiotics, is fed organic feed and the critters get to walk around outside) but we buy most everything else at Lucky. Less spendy.

   Woo-hoo! Go Bootcampers!

   Sara B.

2. Aubyn Says:

   August 26th, 2010 at 8:07 am

   I shop at Sprouts…and a new store just opened in Sunnyvale this
   summer! There are tons of organic foods at a fraction of the price
   for what you would find at Whole Foods.

   My favorite meal breakfast which is Cheerios (plain) with
   Almond Breeze Almond Milk(unsweetened) followed by snack of
   a slice of Alvarado Street Essential Flax Seed Bread(Only 50 cal
   per slice and 6.5 Net Carbs per slice) with cream cheese
   or spread…YUM!

3. Sara Says:

   August 26th, 2010 at 8:26 am

   I just wanted to add to my comment above that Forrest has taught me a lot about healthier eating. I do the things I do because of Forrest’s guidance over the last 8 months. We didn’t use to eat so well. Gotta give props where they are due!

   Sara B.

4. Forrest Says:

   August 27th, 2010 at 10:04 am

   @Sara, the pork chops and applesauce sounds gooooood. And I like Mark’s idea on the chicken breast ready-to-go. Thanks for the props!!

   @Aubyn, only 50 cal per slice for flaxseed bread? Good find!! I’d like to try that!

   Thanks for your comments!!