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My favorite markets and what I purchase from them.

  1. Aldi's 
    • Eggs - between 22 and 75 cents a dozen (No kidding!)
    • Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast - regularly 1.99 a pound but on sale every couple of weeks for 1.69 a pound. HUGE chicken breasts, 6 of them are 5 pounds!
    • 85/15 Hamburger Meat - Organic Grass Fed meat for 4.49 a pound, can't beat that with a stick!
    • Mandarin Oranges - 2.29 for a 3 pound bag every couple of weeks
    • Great deals on fresh fruit and berries each week.
  2. Costco 
    • Bai Water - my favorite flavors are the coconut infusions; however, the fruit and berry selections are quite tasty also.About as much caffeine as a cup of green tea; I am assuming the antioxidants are the coffee fruit and white tea extracts.
    • VitaminWater Zero - All of your daily recommended allowance for Niacin, B-6, B-12, and Pantothenic Acid; plus electrolytes. Great to have at work, gives you a nice B lift!
    • Kirkland Signature Hormel Pre-Cooked Bacon - because.... Bacon!
    • Fresh mushrooms
    • Fresh sweet onions
    • Fresh broccoli
    • Organic Riced Cauliflower - Awesome alternative to rice, goes great with a curry or by itself.
    • Organic Chicken Stock
    • Organic Bone Broth (when available)
  3. BJ's Wholesale
  4. Kroger
    • Duke's Mayonnaise
    • Small items like frozen veggies
  5. Good Foods Grocery
    • Coconut Aminos 
    • Boiron Homeopathic Medicine
  6. Tom Leonard's Farmers Market
    • Meat on sale
  7. Amazon
    • Cacao Nibs - great for taming the munchy monster. It doesn't take much to curb your appetite for sweets, these little gems are intense.
    • Maca - https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-555/maca
    • Orgain Protein Powder 

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