Making A (Grocery) List; Checking It Twice

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

Making a (Grocery) List; Checking it Twice (NAPSA)—Do you go food shopping without a grocery list? I try to bring a list every time. What a disaster when I don’t! I forget to buy the foods I need most and end up with “off the list” items that I shouldn’t have bought. Shopping with a list also helps you to stock your kitchen with high nutrition foods. And it does not take much work. Organize your list based on types of foods. “Start your list with fruits and vegetables,” suggests Jo Ann Hattner, MPH, RD, a family nutrition Mindy Hermann expert based in Palo Alto, California. “Putting them on thelist can help you and your family to get your minimum five daily servings. Think first about what is in season. Then fill in your list with choices from the frozen and canned aisles.” Ask your children to add their favorite fruits and vegetables to the list. Packaged salad mixes save time and are easy for even young children to prepare. Baby carrots are fun to dunkinto salsa, yogurt dips or ketchup. Tangerines, grapes and baby bananasare Grocery List Categories Fruits and vegetables Lean meats, poultry, fish Dairy products Cereals, grains and breads Frozen foods Canned foods Snacks Condiments and other items grains like quick-cooking brown rice, whole wheat couscous or whole wheat pasta. Include lean meats, poultry and fish on yourlist. Meats and poultry that will not be eaten within a couple of days can be wrapped well and frozen. Fresh fish tastes great but canned fish, like tuna and salmon, are convenient alternatives to keep on hand. Add healthy lunchbox andafter school treats. Pretzels, baked chips, low-fat granola bars, yogurts, and frozen fruit bars are kid pleasers. It is okay to run out of snack foods that you would rather not have in the house. You and your kids will eat less when you haveless to choose from. Ask Mindy Q: Are frozen fruits and vegnaturally child-sized. etables as nutritious as fresh? A: Frozen fruits and vegetables Put an assortment of whole grains on the list. Whole Grain have the same nutritional benefits Total and other whole grain cere- as fresh. They are particularly als help start your day with the useful to have in the freezer durfirst of three daily whole grain ing the winter months, when servings. Whole grain pita, tor- many fresh items are out of seatillas, and rolls add variety to son. Include single varieties, like lunch sandwiches. Dinner prepa- spinach or peas, as well as vegration is a breeze with whole etable or fruit combinations. wanneneee eee -e eee --- eee OND oo eae nne eee ee ee eee --- eee Note to Editors: This is Series V—2 of 26.

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