Amazon • The Container Store • Costco • Cost Plus World Market• Kohl's • REI • Target • Trader Joe's
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Amazon
The Container Store
Costco
Cost Plus World Market
Target
Trader Joes
Shopping Lists:
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The best coffee/espresso powder (for baking)
Beef sticks (also available at Target)
Zinc lozenges (peppermint)
Time-release melatonin (also available in 300mcg instead of 3mg)
Roasted sprouted pumpkin seeds
Other stuff:
Nice (overpriced) wooden spoon (I use it to stir things in my nonstick skillets)
Plastic clear lazy-Susan (I use one for spices & one for condiments to bring to the table)
Soft warm high/low automatic nightlight (that unfortunately blocks the entire outlet)
Silicone turner (the handle can melt, so I rest it on the handle of the frying pan)
Tide Ultra Stain Release Free for sensitive skin
Cascade platinum dishwasher actionpacs (dawn + oxiclean)
Best All-Purpose cleaning spray (I otherwise use PineSol)
Dawn soap (for diluting and filling the foaming ones)
Clear liquid softsoap (for refilling my foaming ones)
Men’s Dove soap (that smells nice)
The best deep conditioner (hair)
Q-tips (you shouldn’t go off-brand)
Kleenex slim pocket packs (better than the bricks for pockets and bags)
Listerine floss (thicker/more effective than Glide, but still doesn’t shred) Update: I am now obsessed with the much thicker Cocofloss (expensive but epic)
Snack size ziplocks (this is a great size, but the freezer ones are generally better for the multiple uses I tend to need, so I go straight from this size up to the quart size)
GF protein clif bars that are pretty much candy bars, but delicious! (and have fewer grains)
Oreo Thins (mint) (I don’t get them now that I’m not doing gluten and trying not to do sugar, but omg, they’re delish!)
Better than Bouillon chicken broth base w/o onions or garlic (low Fodmap)
Bob’s Red Mill 1-to-1 gf flour (hefty 44oz resealable size)
Alexandre A2 whole milk & ultrafiltered low fat milk & chocolate milk & yogurt (also available via Azure which has more variety)
Kerrygold aged cheddar (slices and sticks—whichever is on sale 😅)
Red miso (refrigerated tub)
Organic napa cabbage (for kimchi)
Clusters of beets for pickling (I think golden aren’t as good but they’re way less stressful because they won’t turn everything they touch hot pink)
Organic fresh ginger (for stir fry and congee and tea and sauces)
Organic mandarin oranges
Cocojune coconut yogurt (plain or unsweetened vanilla — perfect keto treat)
Boulder Canyon avocado oil potato chips (handful of types—we currently like the thin ones)
Fody ketchup (onion and garlic free: low fodmap — also available via Thrive which usually has better pricing)
Red Boat fish sauce (smaller quantities are sometimes available at Walmart and now also at TJ’s)
Rice ramen (gf)
Roti beef bone broth (onion and garlic free: low fodmap)
GF breaded fish (sticks, cod, etc.)
Organic ground pork
Gusto sopressata salami
(I keep it in my notes app and use it every time I go to make sure I’m not missing anything important — it’s arranged by the pattern that I walk through the store)
Cheese (though I now try to find cheese from happier animals)
Dried fruit and nuts
Tea & coffee
Misc in that aisle
Meat
Frozen foods
Treats
Breads & rice
Spices and sauces and oils
Misc in that aisle
Eggs & dairy
Booze
More treats
Seasonal:
I use Thrive for more dietary specialty items, but their prices are unbeatable and they have relatively frequent sales so I can stock up on rotation. One warning: their search function is quite bad, so if you don’t find something, maybe try a different term?
Pamela’s gf pancake mix
Pamela’s gf big fig bars
Fig jam (sweetened with grape sugar)
Fody medium salsa (garlic and onion free!)
Grass-fed beef gelatin & collagen
Jovial rice pastas (tons of types)
Rice ramen from lotus foods (also at WF/Amazon)
Fody ketchup (also at WF/Amazon)
Navitas energy cubes (also at WF/Amazon) — only ever on super-sale (regular price is crazy!)
Schar gf table crackers (saltine replacement, but more buttery)
Schar gf chocolate honeygrams (a little grainy, but in a good way if you like British digestives)
Schar gf entertainment crackers (ritz replacements and busted up a bit, a great gluten free oyster cracker replacement in soup)
Snack packs of mild marinated artichokes (cheaper regular price at TJ’s)
Snack packs of grass fed beef (for
Amy’s vegan butternut squash soup
Amy’s vegan mushroom bisque (you might be able to get the (more delicious) one with porcini at Walmart or Target for a similar price)
Eden foods mirin
Eden foods garbanzo beans
Eden foods sauerkraut (except you should make it at home
Organic nuts
Seasonal:
Pamela’s gf graham crackers for holiday pie crusts (e.g. cheesecake)
The best instant whipped cream: Lucerne whipped heavy cream (orange-ish cap)
The best string cheese: Lucerne low-moisture mozzarella
The best shelf-stable bone broth w/o onions or garlic: Imagine
Morton lite salt (also at Walmart)
Frozen wild-caught salmon
Mt. Olive dill pickle relish (no onions or garlic)
Mt. Olive dill pickle chips (no onions or garlic)
Mixed nuts in-shell (seasonal?)
They let you make a list on-site, so I did that for a friend who just moved into his own apartment
They sometimes have great prices, though I don’t know how stable they are. I’d check the following:
Amy’s Quinoa, Kale, & Red Lentil soup (6pk or 12pk)
Amy’s gf mac & cheese
Mason jars
Ball plastic mason jar lids
Aussie bites
Bacon crumbles (for faster fried rice with
Cashew clusters
GF crackers (there are a couple different types, I stock up when they’re on sale)
Almond butter (larger than TJ’s)
Hue lights (occasional good sales for bulbs)
Nest thermostats (occasionally good deals)
Nest smoke detectors (occasionally good deals for sets of two)
Jelly bellies (not good for you and it’s unclear why anyone would ever need so many, but one of the most incredible candies ever created—Willy Wonka level)
Extra fancy mixed nuts (the salted ones are kinda too salty, so ideally you could mix the unsalted ones with the salted ones, but they’re also ok as-is). A lot of people are low In selenium, which should resolve with a Brazil nut a day.
Pecan halves (for making
(the cheapest place to get the newest version of the 14oz Ember mug—they have an exclusive on sage now and it also goes on sale a couple times a year)
Fizzy water in cans
🚧 Things to add:
Warm wool socks for layering
Hydro flask items (especially good prices on lids)
Ember smart mug (better deal at Costco if you’re ok with grey sage green)
Spin pins
Hair ties
Other stuff from the
(My new favorite food producer—excellent job treating beans for reducing toxins, excellent Japanese products. I’m very impressed.)