Our Family Of Five’s Grocery Haul + Meal Plan (Week of August 21st)

This week’s grocery haul was a mix of shopping for the week and stocking up a little bit for future weeks.

There were a couple of sales on ground meat at Whole Foods this week, so we took advantage and grabbed a few extras of things we typically buy anyways. When you’re feeding a small army like we are, it’s always a great idea to grab a few extras when things go on sale!

Let’s start with the stuff that is for this week.

• We grabbed a family pack of free-range & antibiotic free chicken breasts (also on sale, so we saved a few more bucks!), some wild-caught rockfish and some pork chops.

• Some potatoes to roast in the oven & pair with our pork chops.

• Bone broth, just because it was on sale and store bought bone broth can be pretty pricey, so I always grab a few extras when they’re marked down and keep them on hand in the pantry for whenever I don’t have the homemade stuff around.

• Some seasoning (garam masala) for the rockfish.

• Organic Cold brew - we don’t normally care for cold brew around our house, but felt like giving it a try just to mix things up, and this Chameleon brand in particular came highly recommended.

• Cascade Mountain sparkling mineral water for a little bit of added minerals, hydration, and honestly just to mix it up a little from drinking plain old water.

• Plenty of leafy greens for salads and to add alongside eggs for breakfasts.

Plenty of fresh fruits and veggies for meals and snacks.

• Asparagus to go alongside our proteins

• Fruits for snacking (strawberries and plums as the seasons are starting to change things up!)

• Cucumbers & cherry tomatoes for snacking.

Our favorite yogurts! When I’m not making my own, these are the brands of yogurts I grab. Siggi’s is so thick and creamy - The plain is my favorite because I can add whatever I want to it or use it in recipes (like I am this week). And sometimes I’ll grab a few different flavored ones for the kids too. Each cup contains 15-16g of protein each, which is way more than the typical 5g of protein in most of the yogurts you’ll find on the shelves on your grocery store. More protein means a much more satisfying snack!

Ellenos (in the back) is another favorite yogurt of ours, although we typically eat it as a dessert instead of a snack or breakfast because it is so rich and sweet. We definitely don’t have it around as often, but we like to have fun and pick out a flavored one every now and then. This time my oldest picked tart cherry.

Now for a couple of things that aren’t a part of this week’s meal plan, but we decided to stock up on.

• Grass-fed Ground Beef.

• Grass-fed Ground Lamb

• Ground Venison Ancestral Blend - a mix of ground venison meat, venison liver, venison heart, and some ground beef. Blends like this are a great way to get in some variety and try out some super nutrients dense foods (such as liver) that you may be unfamiliar with or a little nervous about trying for the first time. Meatloaf and chili are 2 great options for trying something like this out if you’re not quite sure what to make.

This Week’s Meal Plan:

(some things not pictured above)

• Masala baked rockfish with turmeric rice and yogurt.

• Pork chops with oven roasted potatoes and asparagus.

• Mediterranean salad with chicken breasts, cherry tomatoes, kalamata olives and feta cheese.

• Hot Honey Salmon Bowls

• Chicken sausage, frozen broccoli & rice

Photo of the Hot Honey Salmon Bowls we had this week - my favorite way to eat salmon!! This is one of the recipes included in my Simple & Nourishing 4 Week Meal Plan. Click here to check it out!

Breakfasts are simple and usually consist of smoothie bowls, yogurt bowls, and eggs and/or some kind of sausage from the freezer alongside veggies and sourdough or sprouted wheat toast.

Snacks are usually veggies, fruits, cheese, nuts, yogurt, cottage cheese, sweet potato crackers and occasionally, applesauce pouches.

Lunch is usually leftovers from the night before, but if we don’t have any of those we’ll usually make some kind of salad, pair a protein with some healthy carbs & veggies (like tuna on a slice of sprouted wheat bread topped with micro greens, or brown rice & chicken burgers with spinach).

I hope this post was helpful! Happy Nourishing.