What's in my trolley: Part 3 with Teagan

At the start of the new year, I shared a photo of my weekly shop as the start of this series – giving sneak peeks into the weekly food shops of some healthy Aussie mums. This week, we meet Perth blogger, Teagan. I am going to hand you straight over to her so she can tell you all about what’s in her trolley.

Hey! I’m Teagan – mama to two crazy redheads, and one man child! I’m a lifestyle blogger and social influencer over at Two Kids Raising Kids. When it comes to food and health, I’m all about balance! I want to raise our children to see food as fuel, to be respected and enjoyed, but never to control their lives. We eat mainly fresh, wholesome and nourishing meals throughout the week, but what you don’t see in the photo below are the couple times a week Nick or I sneak down to our local IGA for a “treat” once the kids are in bed! I hope you enjoy this sneak peak into our trolley, and if you want to see more of us you can find me over on Instagram or read more of my content on the blog.

What’s in my trolley: Blogger, Teagan from Two Kids Raising Kids

What’s in my trolley quiz

Each week as part of this series, I ask my guest blogger the same questions to get a little more insight into their healthy shopping. Here’s Teagan’s Q+A.

1. Where do you normally shop?

I do my big, weekly shop at Coles to get the bulk of our groceries. I used to get my (cape seed) bread from Bakers Delight, but have found a similar loaf at Coles, so if I’m feeling too lazy to walk across the centre I’ll make do with that! We also love to shop at Source Wholefoods for things such as spices, nuts and seeds, pasta, oils, healthy snacks and kombucha! Throughout the week if we need a top up, we’ll run down to our local IGA.

2. Who is in your family?

Myself, my partner Nick, and our two children Charlie (3) and Cooper (18 months).

3. Dietary requirements?

We don’t have any dietary “requirements” per se. But there are certain things that we like to limit in our diet. Neither of our kids have any processed sugars or junk foods, such as lollies, chocolate, cake, flavoured yogurts etc. Despite what this shop looks like, we also limit dairy, as Charlie was lactose intolerant as a baby and a lot of dairy still upsets her tummy. Cooper also has a mixture of almond and coconut milk in his bottles, we like the Pure Harvest brand.

4. How long will this shop last you?

This shop was for the week before the Xmas and New Year break. I had planned a few big meals that I could portion and freeze so that we had dinners to pull out during those days where we couldn’t be bothered cooking or going to the shops.

5. What is not in this haul that you eat regularly?

Not a lot to be honest! We’re big on eating our fridge and pantry right down before we do a shop, so a shop like this would usually last us 2 weeks with a top up of fruit and veg.

The kids breakfasts (Vitabrits or rolled oats)
Spreads (Pics smooth peanut butter, or Vegemite)
Rice cakes
Microwaveable brown rice and chia seed pots
Onions
Organic, grass fed beef eye fillet steaks
Organic chicken stock
Quorn vegan schnitzels
Turkey mince
A few trips a week to our local sushi train!

We use the app CluckAR to check that the eggs we buy are actually free range.

That’s what’s in Teagan’s trolley! Make sure you follow me on Facebook and Instagram so you don’t miss next week’s mystery guest post for a sneak peak at their weekly shop (Hint: It’s a peadiatric dietitian). If you missed them, don’t forget to check out Part 1 with myself, a Registered Nutritionist and Part 2 with Dietitian Kate Wengier.

Sarah Moore is a mum, and university qualified Registered Nutritionist. She has 10 years’ experience working with families to improve their health and well-being. Sarah has a simplistic and practical approach to family nutrition and offer private consultations and group information sessions in Perth, Western Australia. You can find her on Facebook and Instagram for more healthy tips and tricks.

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