Some form of trail mix (it has many names made by many companies worldwide but it is a mixture of) ready to eat grains, raisins, nuts, banana slices, etc. and get the one which already has sugar on it unless you like to put it on by yourself. You can eat it dry as a snack, put milk on it as a cereal, or put some syrup, or honey, or favorite jam (I'll get to that later) on it, mix and eat. Or, you can even cook it on cold winter mornings. Do not put any more stuff on it than can cover what you are going to eat without any leftover. Otherwise, you are just wasting product and it really does not make it taste any better. And what's more, Wikihow has a page on doing your own How To Make Healthy Trail Mix. But I prefer to let someone else do all of the work even if it is not quite as healthy. Just do not let it become the main staple of your diet. "What did you have for breakfast." "Trail mix with milk." "And for lunch?" "Uhh..Trail mix - .I just didn't have the time." "I won't even ask about dinner."

Condiments (sauces, spreads, syrups) – you will be using a lot of these because your food just won't taste like it used to. The list goes something like this: Maple syrup, jam, barbecue sauce, sweet and sour sauce, mayonnaise, oil and vinegar (already mixed), and on and on according to taste. You might take a look at something you will never use but innovative - the periodic table of condiments aka Table of Condiments That Periodically Go Bad. Now, for something you could use but probably will not Course and Condiments, etc. 12,802 Recipes Hey, I never said that I would not give you something of value here.

Note on jam
If you are thinking of saving funds by buying the cheapest jam – don't. You will just think it tastes lousy and go out and buy a good one. The extra 50 cents or so is worth every penny and you will have saved yourself from making the first bad investment.

Range free where the chickens are out there doing their social thing and not in individual cages and under a lot of stress according to the range free people, or at least cage free if you want the farmer to at least do something humanitarian for the chicken who gives us so much. I must start buying them. The lone-chicken-in-a-single-small-cage people say that letting it out really doesn't help the chicken, but it would sure help my conscience. It's nature's gift to the world when fertilized but when it is not, it is fair game for us humans and other creatures who love eggs. Very high on protein and a gift in the most perfect of containers. Buckminster Fuller couldn't beat it. And then there is everything you ever wanted to know about eggs in one website Egg Nutrition Center (read the fact sheets and FAQ).

My tendency is not to eat fruit so the next best thing is to buy fruit juice but because they are heavy and I walk home, I look for the frozen concentrates of orange, and others which just need added water to use. This is usually the real stuff, so you are getting the nutrition which comes from freshly squeezing or biting into one. And of course, you are getting those raisins in the granola or whatever mix. The only other fruit I buy are grapes. They last a long time in the refrigerator and are great for snacking - just wash. Another tip: If you buy fruit, do not buy any more than you will eat in 3 days. More, and it will probably just sit there and get rotten. Small trips are better than one trip and a lot of wasted food.

I now seldom buy potatoes because after a week or two during which I have not used them, I find them rotten and if not rotten then soft. One tip here, put some cloth or other cover on the potatoes in a basket a little bit off the floor that allows a lot of air to circulate. And do not keep them in the plastic bag in which you brought them home. See Harvesting And Storing Potatoes But me, I just throw a towel in there. In any case, I have to check to see if they are green (not good if eaten in large quantities), cut off the shoots which have invariably grown in that time, cut and slice, boil in water or bake for 20-30 minutes all of which for me is a drag. So, unless this whole process has some internal visceral meaning for you, buy frozen chips or powdered potatoes and be done with it. Of course, the fresh potatoes are the cheapest and taste the best and that might outweigh the inconvenience of it all. If you are really into potatoes, than visit Aki's Kitchen on the subject.

I use frozen peas, green beans, etc according to taste. Very easy to thrown in with the meat or tofu you are frying and keeps over long periods of time.

The one thing I buy raw all of the time is onions (I will deal with lettuce, tomatoes, and cabbage next time). White are less sharp than the red. That is all I know, but it is great fried, sliced on top of hamburgers or soy burgers, potatoes – just about anything. They say that keeping your mouth shut while cutting keeps you from tearing. But, do not answer someone or make a comment while showing them how it is done, and do not take a deep breath, do not sneeze, do not say ho hum – It’s the little things that count here. And, if you have a cold and have to open your mouth to breath, you will just have to suffer.

Back to vegetables. According to the experts Harvard School of Public Health (very readable and lots of good stuff) you need 4 1/2 cups of fruits and vegetables a day to ward off all kinds of things. Well I am just not getting that amount of input and need to rethink my intake proclivities.

Well, that's it for this month. Next month the list continues including whatever else I eat in the meantime. I will run out of food items shortly and then will get to the other stuff.

Eating Out As I said before, do it as often as your budget allows. It’s the best food you are going to get for a while. Plus the fact that it allows you to interact with someone if only the waitress or waiter. Hey, that’s contact. This is particularly true if you are between jobs, on vacation, retired, etc. There is one rule I follow, tip well. The extra 10% over what you would normally give will not kill you and everybody will be very pleased. The manager who sees his help smiling when he is paying lousy wages and there are not enough customers. The server whose saving for that trip to Kathmandu, caring for a sick mother, behind on rent and utilities. Who knows what, but that is what she/he is working for, and its hard work so help them out. Also, they will be glad to see you come back. One other thing, ask for their opinion on what is good and follow it even though it might not be exactly what you had in mind – a better way is to pick two things that you can stomach and ask which in their opinion is the best. They know because they have seen it being cooked and probably ate it themselves before starting the shift. In any case, they are the closest thing you are going to get to an expert on the subject – at least at that moment.