Basic Clean Eating Shopping List

I can get a lot of my shopping done between Trader Joe's, Target, Walmart and supplement stores (like Vitamin Shoppe).  Other great places to try are Amazon.com, Publix, Ingles, and Costco.


Pantry


• Baking powder
• Baking soda
• Vanilla extract
• Stevia
• Cinnamon

• Almond flour or Coconut flour (Trader Joe's)
• Coconut oil spray (Trader Joe's)
• Unsweetened apple sauce
• PB2 (Walmart - powdered peanut butter with significantly less calories & fat than regular peanut butter)
• Almond butter
• Natural popcorn (great snack in place of chips if you're craving something salty!)
• Steel cut rolled oats (not the quick cook kind!)
• Qunioa
• Brown rice
• 100% Whole-grain bread (Ezekial brand from Trader Joe's)
• 100% Whole-grain pasta (Trader Joe's)
• 100% Whole-grain wraps (Trader Joe's)
• Mrs. Dash no-salt seasoning
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Agave syrup
• Organic honey

                                                      Dairy

• Pasteurized liquid egg whites
• Eggs
• Nonfat plain Greek Yogurt (Chobani brand is my favorite!)
• Nonfat Vanilla Greek Yogurt (Chobani)
• Unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• Low fat cottage cheese

Produce

• All fresh or frozen fruits & veggies! (beets, broccoli, asparagus, peas, carrots, beans, spinach, kale, tomatoes, berries, apples, bananas, kiwi, pears, peaches, etc!)
• Avoid canned products

         Meats

• Tofu
• Seafood of all kinds (Mahi Mahi, Tuna, Tilapia, Shrimp, etc)
• Pork chops/tenderloin
• Deer meat
• Chicken

          Supplements

• Protein powder without sucralose in it (try Whey Factors)
• Delicious Greens 8000 powder (for those who don't eat enough veggies!)
• Quest Bars (eat in moderation)
• Flax seed (Trader Joe's, maybe Target)
• Chia seed (Trader Joe's, maybe Target)

This is not an exhaustive list by any means! You can find clean items everywhere, just make sure to read labels and don't get anything with "added sugar."  Keep track of where you find clean items and new interesting clean items so that you can always go back for more :)

Two Ingredient Clean Pancakes

Clean Eating involves a lot of cooking for yourself.  Unfortunately, I really don't like cooking!  But, I had to learn in order to commit to eating healthier because it's awfully hard to eat clean at restaurants or by eating microwavable foods.

The reason I love this recipe is because it only has two ingredients and only takes a few minutes total to prep & cook!  It yields about 4 pancakes, depending on what size you make them.

Ingredients

• One large banana
• Two eggs (yolk and all!)
• 2 tbsp ground flax seed (optional, found mine at Trader Joes)
• Coconut oil spray (found at Trader Joes)
• Sugar-free maple syrup

Directions

1. Put the banana, eggs, and flax seed in a blender and blend!
2. Spray a large skillet with coconut oil and put it on the stove set to medium high heat.
3. Pour whatever size pancake you want onto the skillet (I can fit about two pancakes on mine).
4. Cook until the tops and bottoms are a tan color.
5. Top with sugar-free maple syrup!

The Happiest 5K :)

This morning, my friends and I ran The Color Run - aka The Happiest 5K! It was an amazing experience; we had so much fun.
Lately, I've been all about experiencing new things, seeking out my own happiness.  I do a lot of thinking about what I'd like to do in life and not enough actual "do-ing."  So, I started with The Color Run.  Tomorrow I'm going to a Carolina Panthers football game just for the sake of going and in about 2 weeks I'm going sky diving!
I intend to keep planning new, exciting things to do so that I have stories to tell when I'm older instead of just a bucket list that grows longer each day and never gets checked off. Now that I really think about it, I think Mac is my inspiration for living life instead of just day dreaming.  He's a big "do-er."  Not one to sit around much.  And he has definitely introduced me to new experiences.