Where to Buy?

Many of you are probably looking up recipes and seeing ingredients like, coconut flour, almond meal, and coconut milk and wondering where on earth you get these things. The good news is that they can be found locally and not too expensive.

Almond Meal-can be found at Shop-Rite, Whole Foods, Wegman's but is extremely cheap at Trader Joe's (if you want to make your own, almond meal is just ground up raw almonds)
Coconut Flour-can be found at Shop-Rite, Whole Foods, Wegman's, and Trader Joe's
Unsweetened Shredded Coconut- can be found at Shop-Rite, Whole Foods, Wegman's, and Trader Joe's
Almond Butter-can be found at Whole-Foods, Wegman's, and Trader Joe's (Maranatha is a good price and a doesn't need to be stirred)
Coconut Water-can be found at Shop-Rite, Whole Foods, Wegman's, and Trader Joe's
Coconut Milk -can be found at Shop-Rite, Whole Foods, Wegman's, and Trader Joe's
Coconut Milk Yogurt-can be found at Whole Foods and Wegman's (good as a snack or to make smoothies)

I wanted to give everyone an idea on where to find some of these things, because they will come up often in the recipes that I will post. As you get more use to cooking Paleo, you will become more familiar with substituting almond flour instead of white flour, when you see it in a recipe.

Also, obviously you don't want to waste your whole weekend shopping at multiple stores. Don't think you have to go to all these different stores to get special ingredients. We shop primarily at Shop-Rite and usually hit Whole Foods or Trader Joe's once in a while to stock up on some almond butter or almond meal. (probably less than once a month)

In terms of produce, you can get in anywhere. I know a lot of you rave about the produce at Whole Foods and many Paleo people only eat organic produce. We buy our produce based on what's on sale at Shop-Rite or we try and head out to produce junction.

We were able to buy all of this at Produce Junction today for just under $20. One of the ways to stay motivated and eating Paleo is not to be spending your whole paycheck every week on groceries.

*suppose to say deadly at the end* (I'm reckless with the typos in case you haven't noticed. spell check only gets you so far)
**supposedly Whole Foods employees frown upon customers dropping flour on the ground, even if flour is toxic and disgusting