Dietitian’s Confessions: Grocery Shoppers Anonymous

by Michelle Dudash, Chef and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

August 6, 2011 • 3 comments

It’s happened too many times to count. I run into the grocery store with the intent of purchasing one or two needed ingredients, not even grabbing a shopping basket. By the time I make my way from point A to point Z, I manage to arrive at checkout precariously balancing a stack of items between my hands, arms and upper body.

Last Saturday after a weight training session, Scarlet and I headed to Fry’s Marketplace for rice and plain Greek yogurt that I needed for recipe testing. After passing just two aisles I thought, “Well, we are here already, we may as well shop.” Scarlet had already nestled into her favorite car cart (yes, those obnoxiously large shopping carts I thought I would never push in a million years).

Here is a look at everything else I purchased.

Produce

Blueberries

Wholly Guacamole classic

Raspberries

Yellow squash

Zucchini

Cherries

Plums

Deli

Potato salad

Sundries

Wolfgang Puck soups: vegetable barley, chicken tortilla

Dole fruit cups in 100% fruit juice

Uncle Ben’s 90-second rice pouches

Wolfgang Puck iced coffee (8/7/11 Update: it tasted very good)

Gefen whole wheat orzo

White rice

Rice-A-Roni

Muir Glen organic tomato paste

Muir Glen organic whole tomatoes

Spaghetti

Dairy

Chobani Greek yogurt

Vegetarian-fed eggs

Fage Greek yogurt

Shamrock low-fat cottage cheese

Freezer

Earth’s Best mini waffles

Working at Blogher Conference has been intense. I have so much to share with you when I get back home. Enjoy your weekend everybody. Tonight I’ll be dining at Nobu (I’m doing the Nobu dance right now). Will you be up to any exciting food-centered activities this weekend?

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