Rookie

[hooley68]

Hi I am a rookie married with twin 4 year old boys, any advice for me on my first grocery shopping trip?

[MadcityVegan]

Yes, plan your meals ahead of time!

This is what I have really enjoyed..

Stir frys
Bean Buritos
Baked Potatoes
Homemade Chili (Pace Picante makes a great chili base)
Homemade Soup
Frozen Hashbrons cooked in a non stick skillet
Air Popped Popcorn
Oatmeal with Frozen Berries, Rasins & Bananas.

Hope this helps.

Good luck to you!

[fulenn]

Definitely plan your menu before you go. We have been keeping menus in a book for over a year now and it is a great help when you are tired or sick to be able to pull out menus and ingredient lists from months before and get ideas for the coming week. We list what we will eat each day on one page and what we need from the store on another. With children in my family, this really seems to make the difference for us.

Good Luck and welcome!
Fulenn

[hooley68]

Thankyou, you are so nice to give me this info,I will take all the suggestins and try it out .This is amazing,I got such a quick, heipful response

[Faith in DC]

Bag of potatoes
brown rice
favorite fruit in season
favorite veggies in season
frozen veggies
canned beans
canned tomatoes/sauce/puree/paste
jarred marinara with no added fat
liquid smoke is a major addition for me to get soups/beans to taste meaty for the family

Keep things simples, pick a new recipe a week and try it. Make a pot of soup.

[fulenn]

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liquid smoke is a major addition for me to get soups/beans to taste meaty for the family

Keep things simples, pick a new recipe a week and try it. Make a pot of soup.

I lOVE using liquid smoke in my beans. It really does have almost the same taste as when I used to cook with meat.

Fulenn

[Faith in DC]

Yep certain foods I just couldn't get use to cooking vegan, because they didn't taste right. Bean soup is one, and green beans and new potatoes is another, also greens is another.

[veganfairy1]

Hello, just joined...
I keep everything simple, in fact, McDougall says to only have a few favorite recipes and switch them around.
I do oatmeal, or frozen hash browns (no oil), and fruit. Baked potato or yam in the microwave, with frozen corn, and to keep it tasty I will sometimes add barbecue sauce (always with the least sugar, and no oil), then it feels like a barbecue dinner. Other times I might have homemade chili, or soup. My favorite is brown rice with broccoli and a little sweet and sour (Yoshida's has no fat, but again has some sugar) but only a small amount. I hate to cook, so simple is the way to go.
Hope this helps.

[50spark]

So what do you find yourself buying/eating the most of?

[veganfairy1]

Oatmeal and Potatoes because I can top a potato with other stuff and make it seem like a different meal.

[f1jim]

To make your life easier and to promote adherence I'd say what you remove from your pantry is just as important as what you bring home. Clear out the garbage food and donate it to some food bank if you feel guilty about it going to waste. Trust me on this...It's important to have the old stuff out.
f1jim