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Mark Etinger
Are you looking to buy groceries online? Before you begin, it's helpful to construct a shopping list. Here's a list of 25 items no kitchen can go without that are available from any home delivery service. 1. Sweet Potatoes: Creamy, sweet, and full of vitamins, these are a must have veggie. 2. Beans: When coupled with rice, this is a cheap protein that is tasty and easy to add to any meal. 3. Bananas: Potassium and fiber make this food a staple in your fruit bowl. Plus, in baked goods, you can use a banana instead of an egg. 4. Veggie Broth: For soups, casseroles, and mashed potatoes, veggie is healthier than chicken. 5. Frozen veggies: Add them to many meals and feel better about spending less. 6. Flaxseed: This is a great additive to cereals, yogurt, oatmeal, or to bake in cookies. The fiber and omega 3s come out when it's all ground up. 7. Canned tomatoes: Pasta sauces, chili, tomato soup - tomatoes are versatile and healthy. 8. Nuts: Protein, fiber and fat make nuts a necessity to any diet. They lower your cholesterol and benefit your skin the more you eat. 9. Eggs: These often misconstrued protein globules are actually quite healthy for you. While you should eat them in moderation, they contain a chemical called coline, which improves memory, as well as tons of antioxidants to keep your body healthy. 10. Coffee: Caffeine is good for your memory, and can help you complete tasks. If you're going to drink a lot, spread it throughout the day. 11. Avocado: Tasty in salads or by themselves, these fruits have lots of important vitamins and fats. 12. Mushrooms: These flavor absorbers can help bolster your immune system and lower blood pressure. 13. Yogurt: Eat it for breakfast or throughout the day as a snack. You can choose the flavored kinds, or you can add honey or maple syrup to plain. 14. Tuna: Protein. A lot of it. 15. Pasta: All kinds of pasta are healthy, and can be made with a lot of different sauces for variation. 16. Onions: You can use onions in practically any dinner concoction. 17. Preserves: Buy all natural, or else you're just eating empty sugars and corn syrups. 18. Oatmeal: The best thing about oatmeal is what you can add to it. I take cinnamon (another healthy spice), raisins, brown sugar, and milk in mine. 19. Beets: Loaded with vitamins and antioxidants, you can eat beets fresh in a salad over the greens, or you can sautee the greens in garlic and olive oil. 20. Cabbage: Low calorie and high in vitamins, this cruciferous vegetable is really, really good for you. 21. Guava: Packed with vitamins, this fruit also contains more lycopene than tomatoes or watermelon. 22. Dried Plums: Prunes have tons of antioxidants and are sweet. 23. Pumpkin seeds: High in magnesium, these seeds are the most nutritious part of your pumpkin. 24. Milk: With milk comes strong bones, and choosing 1% or 2% makes it healthy enough to drink daily. 25. Green tea: Another antioxidant booster, this tea has lots of other positive health effects.
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