Shopping List

So what does one buy when starting the ketogenic lifestyle? Below you will find the typical foods and foodstuffs that we purchase regularly. You may find other things online. Please do. Try them out and let me know!

We DO NOT buy ALL of this all the time. We tend to have some of it on hand pretty often though

As with anything, Always Read The Label!

Meat: we buy what is currently on sale and try to make new meals with cuts we have never used.

Pretty much any REAL meat is good. REAL meaning not processed. not with ingredients other than the meat itself. And yes FISH IS MEAT!

• Beef

• Chicken

• Pork

• Fish

• Double check shellfish. SOME contain carbs, like oysters for instance

• Canned Tuna

As for processed meats we buy:

• 100% beef hotdogs ( I like Nathans)

• Gaspar's linguica

• Bologna (Be careful with this. It is very easy to eat a bunch)

• Spam

• Breakfast sausage

• Bacon

• Salami

• Prosciutto

Dairy:

• Unsweetened Almond Milk

• Heavy Whipping Cream

• Eggs. Eggs are amazing

• Grass Fed Butter (We use FInlandia)

• Sour Cream

• Mozzarella cheese

• Sharp Cheddar Cheese

• American cheese

Fats and Oils:

• Coconut Oil

• Olive Oil

• Ken's Blue Cheese or Buttermilk Ranch Dressing (Soybean oil. Thumbs down)

• MCT will be bought for the summer to make cold coffee in the am. (Takes the place of coconut oil)

• Green Olives

• Coconut milk in a can. Not for drinking

Veggies and Fruit:

• Avocados. Dear lord avocados.

• Spring Mix Salad

• Romaine lettuce

• Brussel Sprouts

• Broccoli

• Cauliflower

• Kale

• Zucchini

• Summer Squash

• Cucumbers

• Pickles

• Grape tomatoes

• Mushrooms

• Green Beans

• Eggplant

• Bell Peppers

• Asparagus (wrap that shit in bacon. trust me)

• Spinach

• Celery

Random stuff:

• Protein Powder

• Pork rinds ( I have a problem with these)

• Cocoa Powder

• Baking Powder

• Natural Peanut Butter

• Seltzer Water

• Michelob Ultra

• Shirataki Noodles

• Swerve Sweetner

• Truvia

• Halo Top Ice Cream (Damn it is so good)

• Diet Soda

• Mio drops with electrolytes

• Bullion Cubes

• Rao's marinara sauce (get at pricerite save $5)

• Rage cheese creations

• Mayo

• G. Hughes sugar free bbq sauce

• Mustard

• Sriracha

• Frank's red hot

• COFFEE

There is probably more that we buy, I just can't think of it all off the top of my head.

Do you know of anything awesome we should try?! Let us know in the comment section!