Grocery Haul ft. WIC at Kroger 🍎🫑🧀🥪🥛🥚

Hey, so I am currently 27 weeks pregnant with my baby girl & this is what I am approved for on WIC. I normally get all my WIC items at Kroger, since their produce section is always amazing to me! I don’t get EBT, so anything else I buy is out of pocket; so I’m lucky that I can get WIC. I budget my paychecks by taking $50 out every 2 weeks for food I will have to buy out of pocket. Everything I else I budget and make sure I can cover with WIC. A few tips and tricks will be below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

- Fruit & Veggies: I always look for good organic produce, certain things I don’t mind because I want to stay in my $52 budget for WIC. Also note that you can get frozen fruit and veggies, also can good fruit & veggies within the $52 limit as well. However I prefer fresh!!

- Bread & Egg: I always get the good bread either Sara Lee or Nature’s Own ❤️ However you can also get 16oz brown rice or pasta in substitute of bread! For the eggs they only have 2 that are WIC available, so I grab what they have (not too picky on that)

- Cheese: I normally get a different one every time lol. Mild Cheddar, Pepper Jack, Mozzarella, Provolone, & etc. Whatever I can get on WIC. I normally write a grocery list prior to leaving to see what cheeses I have at home that I haven’t used, and make note of what I would prefer. I have a cheese grater that I use to make shredded cheese 🧀

- Cereal: There are a lot of choices that you can use for your 36oz of cereal! I get Special K & Cheerios the MOST!! However I also got Cream of Wheat, Grits, & Oatmeal so that now I can have a variety. I bought honey, granola, & chia seeds out of pocket for toppings. & you can always add fresh fruit such as banana’s, blueberries, & strawberries! Even top with peanut butter!!

- Peanut 🥜 Butter: I get 16oz of peanut butter! & this is so good because I use a lot of it. With my apples, oatmeal, sandwiches, protein shakes and etc. It’s really good to just have in the house!

- BEANS 🫘: So there actually are a lot of choices that you can get depending on the store you go too. Chickpeas/Garbanzo beans, black beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, white beans, & so many more. They give you the option to pick 64oz bag or 64oz can. I chose can because it’s more convenient for me! I use beans on top of my salads, & I’m always making a bean soup (especially in the cold months), or even a Chili!

- Juice: So this is an easy but hard one. Hard because what FLAVOR do I get lol! When picking juice you just have to make sure that it says 100% juice! I normally get cranberry, apple, or grape. & I haven’t seen orange juice on WIC, so o always pick that up separately!

- Milk: You can get 7 Containers of Milk. However my boyfriend does not drink milk at all, nor does he eat cereal. So it’s just me, & I prefer silk mainly because regular milk messes with my stomach! I only go through 4 maybe 5 & even I need more it’s still on my WIC card so I can just go grab it! I don’t take what I don’t need because there are other people who have WIC, EBT, & even spend cash on soy milk. So no need to have an empty shelf to let it spoil at home.

- Yogurt: CHOBANI is my go to brand because mainly it is name brand. However it’s like $8 out pocket and WIC covers it so why not. They have so many different flavors. Strawberry, Cinnamon & Honey, Vanilla, Plain & etc. I do love the plain yogurt because I also use it as a sour cream, or top it on my everything bagel! However you can also get Yoplait, and Store Brand.

WHAT I BUY OUT OF POCKET: $50 LIMIT!!!!

- Protein: Chicken, Turkey Meat, & Salmon

- Pasta: Protein Chickpea Pasta Noodles, & Ramen

- Condiments & Seasoning (As Needed)

- Snacks: Chocolate, beef sticks, chips & etc (I only spend $10 here so it’s definitely LIMITED)

- Water & Ollipop, Zevia or Poppi (Whatever is the cheapest or on sale)

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