I recently shared about how I’ve changed my diet to help manage my MS (you can read about it here) and I thought it might be helpful for some if I went into a little more detail about what shopping for an “aqua-vegan” diet looks like on a day-to-day basis. (Aqua Vegan basically means vegan + seafood). Every week I hit the grocery store to stock up on food for the week and most weeks I buy exactly the same things. I also keep a pretty stocked pantry, which I’ll talk about in another post, but these are our regular grocery purchases!

When it comes to grocery shopping I’m definitely an outside aisle shopper; meaning most of the contents of my cart come from the aisles around the perimeter of the store. I do most of my shopping at the Great Canadian Superstore because they generally have great selection, fresh produce, and it’s literally a one minute walk across the street from my condo!

In the order I throw things in my cart, here’s what I buy each week for our little family of two adults (I’ve attached links on any products I name specifically so you can see what they look like.) : 

• PRODUCE
  • 1 head of green leaf lettuce 
  • 1 head of kale
  • 1 stalk of celery 
  • 1 bunch of asparagus
  • 1 bag of 5 peppers (red, orange and yellow)
  • 1 jalapeno 
  • 1 5lb bag of carrots
  • A few tomatoes 
  • 1 bag of bean sprouts
  • 1 bag of snow peas
  • 1 cucumber
  • 3 beets
  • 1 onion
  • 2 sweet potatoes
  • 1 medium piece of ginger root
  • 1 large bag of pre-washed spinach
  • 1 bag of shredded cabbage mixture
  • 1 bag of 5 avocados
  • 12 bananas
  • 8 apples
  • 1 cantaloupe 
  • 1 bag of kiwi
  • fresh berries (blackberries, strawberries or raspberries) 
• PROTEIN 
  • 1-2 small fresh salmon fillets
  • 1 bag of frozen raw peeled shrimp
• BEVERAGES
  • 2 cartons of unsweetened almond milk (When they have it I get one of the unsweetened coconut/almond blend and one plain almond)
  • 1 carton of cashew milk (I prefer the consistency of cashew milk on cereal and granola because it’s quite a bit creamier than almond milk)
  • 1 bottle of Simply Apple Juice
• GRAINS
  • 1 loaf of Silver Hills Squirrelly Bread (I have to limit my gluten intake, but when I do eat bread, this is my go-to)
• HEALTH FOOD
  • Nature’s Path Vanilla Sunrise Cereal
  • Neal Brothers Food Organic Blue Corn Chips with Flax (these are Clark’s favourite chips ever. Amazing with homemade salsa)

About once a month (or once every two months) I also stock up on:

• Rice
• Vermicelli rice noodles
• Round rice paper
• Quinoa
• Lentils
• Frozen fruit (we get these at Costco)
  • 1 large bag of blueberries 
  • I large bag of pomegranate seeds 
• Coconut oil
• 1 large bag of almonds
• 1 large bag of cashews
• 1 large bag of pistachios 
• 1 jar of almond butter
• 1 large bag of gluten free oats 

And if I am craving an easy, sweet treat, I pick up one of my two favourite vegan treats:

• A box of Quinoa Chocolate Chip Cookies (You can get these at Costco)
• Chocolate-covered coconut milk dessert bars

These are both awesome, and so satisfying when I just need a little chocolate!

Anything you buy on a regular basis that I’m missing out on?