The grocery store was insane on Sunday afternoon! Holy moly! I guess that I shouldn’t be so surprised, considering it was Sunday afternoon and all, but I didn’t expect it to be that crazy.
To deal with the grocery store insanity, my husband and I divided our shopping list and hit the aisles on our own. Dividing and conquering the list made our trip to the grocery store so much faster than if we had shopped together.
Shop
Here’s this week’s cart:
- Arugula (NuVal score: 82)
- Arnold 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins (NuVal score: 37)
- Canned tomatoes
- Heinz Ketchup (NuVal score: 3)
- Non-fat milk
- Granny Smith apples (NuVal score: 96)
- Eggland’s Best Eggs (NuVal score: 33)
- Whole Wheat Penne
- Tomatoes (NuVal score: 96)
- Cucumbers (NuVal score: 93)
- Bananas (NuVal score: 91)
- Celery (NuVal score: 96)
- Onion (NuVal score: 93)
- Carrots (NuVal score: 99)
- Deli ham
- Finlandia Swiss cheese slices (NuVal score: 24)
- Shrimp (NuVal score: 75)
- Romaine lettuce (NuVal score: 100)
- Chobani Greek Yogurt Vanilla (NuVal score: 73)
- Chobani Greek Yogurt Blueberry (NuVal score: 63)
- Sweet potato (NuVal score: 96)
- Tomatoes (NuVal score: 96)
- Broccoli (NuVal score: 100)
- Vlasic Kosher Dill Pickles (NuVal score: 5)
- Sprouts (NuVal score: 96)
- Liquid Egg Whites
- Kiwis (NuVal score: 100)
- Oranges (NuVal score: 100)
- Everything bagels
Trade
Shady Brook Farms Ground Turkey (NuVal score: 33) for Shrimp (NuVal score: 75)
Nature’s Pride Double Fiber 100% Whole Wheat Bread (NuVal score: 31) for Arnold 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins (NuVal score: 37)
Save
Instead of buying apples individually, I purchased a whole bag, which cost me about half the price per apple! You can also save money by buying oranges and potatoes this same way. Just make sure that you will eat them all– otherwise, you are just throwing away money!
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hmm… it’s interesting that the different flavors of Chobani get different scores. if anything, i would have thought the fruit flavor would score higher. interesting!
I’m surprised ground turkey and arugula aren’t higher. Maybe ground turkey breast is higher as it’s leaner? Not bad scores, of course, but I figured they’d be higher!
I like the buying fruit in a bag tip Tina! This may sound funny, but being a Mom with all the colds kids catch in the winter I also like the idea of the bagged fruit coming into contact with fewer hands
Have a good week!
I’d definately trade up and go for shrimp! It’s always such a treat