Grocery List

Parents are pressed for time. That's why you don't typically make shopping lists, and sometimes come up short for healthy ingredients.

Use this list as a first step toward keeping on hand the ingredients you need to fix delicious and nutritious meals.

Breads and Grains

• Whole grain bread
• Fortified infant cereal
• Fortified pasta
• Fortified rice
• Fortified whole grain cereal with at least 3 grams fiber per serving
• Prepared pizza crust
• Frozen whole grain waffles or pancakes
• Tortillas
• Sandwich wraps
• Pretzels
• Pancake mix
• Cornbread muffin mix

Fruits and Vegetables

• Apples
• Bananas
• Berries
• Broccoli
• Carrots
• Cauliflower
• Corn
• Eggplant
• Frozen fruits and vegetables, such as blueberries, corn, and peas
• Grapes
• Kiwi
• Lettuce
• Melon
• Onions
• Pears
• Potatoes
• Romaine Lettuce
• Spinach
• Squash
• Tomatoes
• Zucchini
• Jars of pureed fruits and vegetables for baby

Milk Products

• Milk
• Yogurt
• Cottage cheese
• Cheese
• Evaporated milk
• Powdered milk

Meat and other high protein foods

• Canned, dried or frozen legumes
• Tofu
• Fortified soy beverage
• Canned tuna fish
• Peanut butter or other nut butters
• Whole roasting chicken, or turkey (save carcass to make soup)
• Eggs
• Skinless chicken or turkey breast
• 100 percent ground chicken or turkey meat
• Lean cuts of beef and pork

Condiments

• Mayonnaise
• Salad dressing
• Relish
• Mustard
• Ketchup
• Balsamic or red wine vinegar
• Olive oil
• Canola oil
• Jelly or jam
• Butter or margarine
• Low sodium chicken bouillon cubes or packets
• Soy sauce

SOURCE: Healthy Foods, Healthy Kids, A complete guide to nutrition for children from birth to six years old (Adams Media, 2002) by Elizabeth M. Ward, M.S., R.D