- “THIS SIMPLE SHOPPING LIST will give you everything you need to dive right into the New Abs Diet and the New Abs Diet Workout. BUY ONCE Blender Ground flaxseed, 1 pint Multivitamins, such as Centrum, 1 jar BASIC SHOPPING LIST—THE ABS DIET POWER 12 AND RELATED FOODS Almonds, slivered or whole Beans of choice Spinach, fresh or frozen Dairy (fat-free or low-fat milk and vanilla yogurt) Instant oatmeal (unsweetened, unflavored) Eggs Turkey, sliced Peanut butter, all-natural (no added sugar) Olive oil Whole-grain breads and cereals Extra-protein (whey) powder, vanilla and chocolate, 1-quart containers Raspberries, fresh and frozen Plus: Black beans Blueberries, frozen Canned tuna Cannellini beans Chicken breast Craisins (dried, sweetened cranberries) Garbanzo beans Grapefruit Green vegetables of choice Italian salad greens Lean ground beef Long-grain rice Mixed greens Pecans Pine nuts Roasted cashews and peanuts, unsalted Shrimp, frozen Strawberries, fresh or frozen Trout, smoked salmon, or other lean fish of choice Whole-wheat pasta SHOPPING LIST-INGREDIENTS FOR RECIPES (SEE RECIPES FOR INDIVIDUAL AMOUNTS) Avocado Baby carrots Balsamic and red wine vinegars Bananas Barbecue sauce Basil Beef jerky Brown rice Canadian bacon Canned chicken stock Canned mandarin orange slices Canned peeled tomatoes Canned pumpkin Cantaloupe Carnation Instant Breakfast packets Cayenne pepper Celery Chili powder Chives Chocolate syrup Cilantro Cinnamon Corn, frozen Cornmeal Cucumber Curry powder Dijon mustard Dried chili mix Fat-free mayonnaise Flat bread Flour French baguette French green beans Fresh ginger Garlic Green and red bell peppers Ground buffalo Guacamole Housin sauce Honey Honeydew melon Honey-wheat English muffins Instant grits Italian-seasoned bread crumbs Italian seasoning Jalapeño peppers Ketchup Lean sirloin steak Lean sliced roast beef Lemons and limes Lemon juice concentrate, frozen Low-fat balsamic vinaigrette, ranch, and Thousand Island salad dressings Low-fat ice cream (vanilla and butter pecan) Low-fat Italian salad dressing packet Maple syrup Mexican-style tomatoes Mint, fresh or dried Mushrooms Navy beans Onions, green, red, and white Onion soup mix Orange juice Oranges Oregano Paprika Parsley Peanut oil Pork chops, boneless Portobello mushrooms Prosciutto Red pepper flakes Reduced-fat cheese (American, blue cheese, Cheddar, cottage, cream, feta, mozzarella, ricotta, Swiss) Raisin bread Raisins Red and Granny Smith apples Reduced-sodium soy sauce Roasted red peppers Romaine lettuce Rosemary Rye bread Salsa Saltine crackers or bread crumbs Sauerkraut Spaghetti sauce Stir-fry sauce Steel-cut oats Sweet corn Tabasco sauce Tomatoes Tomato sauce Tortilla chips Trans fat-free margarine Turkey bacon Turkey sausage Watermelon Whole-wheat pitas Whole-wheat toaster waffles Whole-wheat tortillas Worcestershire sauce” The New Abs Diet: The 6-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life (The Abs Diet) (David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker). Page 26