Clean Eating Grocery List for Beginners

In my 31 Day Clean Eating, Meal Planning and Prep I am sharing with you my clean eating grocery list for beginners.

Is my list perfect or complete?

No, but it is a great starting point to get you to the store and out with foods that are clean and healthy to feed your family.

When I began to shop for clean eating foods it was a bit overwhelming I have to admit.  I felt like I was thrown into this organic whirl wind of veggies and grass fed meats.

I don’t want you to go through that same angst as I did.

Now Let’s Shop!

Fruits

  • Apples
  • Oranges
  • Bananas
  • Grapes
  • Berries of all types
  • Mango
  • Pineapple
  • Peaches
  • Plums
  • Avocados
  • Any many more types of fruit, but those on the top our favorite to choose from.

Veggies

  • Carrots
  • Broccoli
  • Carrots
  • Cauliflower
  • Bell Peppers in any color
  • Asparagus
  • Eggplant
  • Spinach
  • Kale
  • Squash any type
  • Celery
  • Pees
  • Green Beans
  • Sweet Potatoes
  • Onions – I personally love Sweet Ones
  • Any of course any other vegetable you like, but those are my family’s top veggies.
Clean Eating Grocery List for Beginners

Nuts and Seeds

  • Peanuts
  • Walnuts
  • Cashews
  • Almonds
  • Sunflower Seeds
  • Pumpkin Seeds
  • Tahini (ground sesame paste)
  • Flax Seeds
  • Chia seeds
  • Natural Peanut Butter
  • Almond Butter
  • Coconut Butter

Dried Beans

  • Garbanzo Beans – aka chickpeas
  • Black Beans
  • Lentils
  • Kidney Beans
  • White Beans

Grains

  • Quinoa
  • Gluten Free Oats
  • Corn Meal
  • Buckwheat

Dried Fruits

  • Cranberries
  • Raisins
  • Blueberries
  • Mejool Dates

Flours

We are a gluten free family so if you are not you will have to research flours with gluten.

Here are my top suggestions: Almond Flour, Coconut Flour, Gluten Free All Purpose Flour, and Oat Flour

Condiments

Clean Ketchup very hard to find, but there are brands without all the bad stuff. Mustard without sugar, Raw Honey, Pure Maple Syrup, Molasses.

Herbs and Spices

When it comes to herbs and spices you can buy the ones in the bottle.

Stay away from pre-mixed packages like Taco Seasoning as many times they are fills with MSG, added sodium and you can create your own homemade cheaper and cleaner too.

Coffee and Teas

Healthy Oils and Fats

Cold Pressed – Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Coconut oil, Real Butter, Avocado oil, Grape Seed Oil.

Diary

Unsweetened Almond or Coconut Milk, Plain yogurt, (we stopped drinking regular milk four years ago, but do you research on that)

As for cheese we buy it in blocks and shred it ourselves and use sparingly, but sometimes it is nice to have when eating pizza.

Brown Eggs – we get our eggs from a local farm and they taste way better than from the store as well.

Meats

  • Grass fed Beef
  • Organic Chicken
  • Ground Turkey
  • Pork
  • Fish (Salmon, Tilapia, Tuna in Water)

This clean eating grocery list for beginners is only some of the many clean foods you could have in your cart.

The key with shopping at the store is to make sure most of your cart is filled with the veggies, fruits, healthy fats, and meats.

Learning to eat clean is a journey and my top picks may not be your top picks.

Have fun and be okay with failing in your kitchen it is how we learn.

Come back tomorrow as I share my Top 5 Healthy Fats and why you want them in your diet.

What are you top five foods you put in your grocery cart post below? Or if you have anything not on the list you like post that too?

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Clean Eating Grocery List for Beginners

Until Next Time, Stay Beautiful! Amee, Inspired Housewife

6 thoughts on “Clean Eating Grocery List for Beginners”

  1. A great list full of good things – thank you! Just seeing someone else’s shopping list and suggestions helps me improve mine.
    I”m a fellow 31-Dayer (from the Family & Life category) and I”m having a ball learning from everyone. Happy October!

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    • Hi Linda.

      Awe thank you so much I will go check out your series. There have been so many good ones, but hard to keep up.!

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    • Thank you trying to help people navigate and not feel the overwhelm!

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  2. Great list Amee. I love dried apricots, apple and pineapple too. We do a lot of our veggie shopping down the street at a farmers stand. I feel spoiled as it so convenient. & good!

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    • Awe man I wish we had a farmers market, but winter is coming and those are starting to close down. I love those dried fruits as well. Thank you <3

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