My Top 10 Grocery Picks from Kroger

I find most of my grocery staples at our local Kroger store. I also shop at Thrive Market and our local farmer's markets when possible. Below are my top 10 grocery picks when choosing food to fuel our family.

#1 - Fresh Vegetables & Fruits

I opt for organic and try to get in season when possible. We eat lots of leafy greens, green beans, Brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, gold/red potatoes, and carrots. For fruit, we normally get blueberries, apples, bananas, strawberries, and sometimes oranges.

#2 - Meats

We purchase a 100% grass-fed cow from a local farm and I try to get any other meats from local farmers markets, but when I do get meat from Kroger, this is what I choose. I look for Organic meats where the animal was humanely raised and wild-caught fish that isn't farmed and doesn't have added colors.

• Farmer Focus Organic Chicken Breast & Thighs

• Safe Catch Tuna

• Organic Ground Turkey

#3 - Grass-Fed / Organic Dairy Products

I always read labels and opt for grass-fed and/or organic, where the animal was not treated with antibiotics or hormones.

• Maple Hill Grass-Fed Milk

• Kerrygold Grass-fed Butter

• Stonyfield Organic Probiotic Yogurt

• Organic Cheddar Cheese & Cream Cheese

• Ghee Clarified Butter

#4 - Organic Pasture Raised Eggs

Lots of chickens are raised in horrible environments, given hormones to make them bigger and antibiotics because they are sick from being confined in cages. If you want to see the standards for any other eggs in your grocery store, check this website out. Below are the eggs we choose when we do not get them from a local source.

• Pete and Gerry's Eggs

• Vital Farms Organic Eggs

  
  

  

  
  

#5 - Organic Bone Broth

We use broths when cooking soups, rice, quinoa, pasta, and more. These are great because they are high in protein and a good source of collagen.

• Pacific Foods Organic Broths

  
  

#6 - Pasta & Sauce

When choosing sauces, I look for simple ingredients that I can understand and ideally low sugar. For pasta noodles, I look for organic (at least non-GMO) options and make sure the ingredients are simple. The Jovial brand below is my favorite and they also have cassava pasta if you are not eating grains.

• Simple Truth Tomato Basil Pasta Sauce

• Simple Truth Mushroom Sauce

• Yo Mama's Foods Vodka Sauce

• Carbone Marinara Pasta Sauce

• Jovial Organic Brown Rice Spaghetti

• Simple Truth Gluten-Free Penne

#7 - Nuts & Seeds

Lots of nuts and nut butters have added seed oils. Check the label to make sure the nut chosen is the only ingredient. For peanut butter, look for just peanuts (and maybe salt). Companies will add processed seed oils to help stabilize the peanut butter so the oil doesn't separate and cause it to settle at the top. It can be a hassle to stir the nut butter, but after one good stir, you should be good to go.

We choose a variety of nuts to add to salads or make a homemade trail mix to snack on throughout the week.

• Santa Cruz Organic Peanut Butter

• Organic Peanut Butter

• Organic Almond Butter

• Simple Truth nuts

#8 - Baking

We are mostly gluten-free so we use almond and cassava flour in recipes from muffins to pizza dough, but I still have wheat flour on hand for homemade bread or recipes that call for it.

• Almond Flour

• Cassava Flour

• Organic Wheat Flour

#9 - Snacks

For a long time, it was hard for me to find a good cracker alternative without a bunch of processed ingredients and seed oils, but I finally found Mary's. We use these to replace anything we would use crackers for previously.

• Mary's Crackers

• Collagen Peptides

• IQ Bars - These are not at Kroger, but I wanted to mention them. We get them from Thrive or Amazon.

#10 - Fun Items

• Unreal chocolates - instead of peanut butter cups and other chocolate items, choose from the Unreal variety. We don't eat these daily, but I like to throw a few of the dark chocolate gems in my popcorn on movie nights or eat a peanut butter cup on Halloween.

• Siete Tortilla Chips - I wish Kroger had an organic version without seed oils, but for now this is what we choose for when we have parties or need chips for dipping.

• Just Cranberry Juice & Tart Cherry Juice - We add these to mocktails.

For a printable version of my grocery staples, click HERE.