There are the just two of us and we have different needs  

When we shopped at Safeway, we had smaller bags, but at Superstore, the bags are larger and not in the one or two portions. I do think the salad bags are economical, but the trouble is at Superstore, they tend to put out the bags when they are almost ready to expire or all expire on one particular date. So what they do is, for example on Dec. 1 they will put those that expire on Dec 15, and on Dec 7 those that expire on Dec 15, and on Dec. 14, those that expire on Dec. 15, so supposing you are having company over for Christmas and you buy one of the large salad bags, there is none there that expire on Dec. 29, so no matter what you will have brown lettuce for Christmas.
I was thinking of buying whole chicken and in fact, we have a whole chicken down in the basement, but we have not had company where I had to eat. My daughters\-in-laws and my sons who are wonderful cooks, have brought food over. In fact, we had some steaks and had to cut them into stews because we had not had a chance to treat anyone with them.

We do have hearts of romaine at Superstore, but they package three at a time when one or two would be enough, and they pack them so tight that the bags split and that is no good. I wish we had individual salads, but the only individual kinds are macaroni and potato and coleslaw and for someone who has to not eat as much fatty stuff, that is not a good idea and with all the preservatives, I hate to get preserved myself. I used to make a good potato salad, but not anymore since it is too tempting and do not want that to happen.

Right now I am putting out our plates individually, but I run out of ideas. And the last time we shopped it was at night and all the spinach was gone (I am talking about the fresh spinach) True they had some in those organic packages but there were not in sale for that week, so here I am it is Friday and all we have left is head lettuce, broccoli, carrots, one tomato, celery, green onions, and red and green peppers. I put peppers, and onions into everything -except desert of course. He does not like green beans, I like green beans, we cannot eat corn, he does not like that and I cannot eat corn except in rare instances.
And now since he cannot move as much, he requires less food and he has a medium build and worked hard when he was well. I am sick and tired of doing the same thing all the time.

I do understand! My husband would eat green beans but NO other type! That left out chili, navy beans and ham, etc. which were staples of my childhood diet.

How about a different salad dressing? add some fat free mayonaise to ketchup, mustard and honey or brown sugar substitute. It's like a rich, mellowed down BBQ sauce and it's delicious!

I use the olive oil dressing. We did buy some cream dressing but that was because we were having company, but normally I will only use dressing with olive oil, although there is a kind made with yogurt that I like. Oh and the chili thing. He loves his runny but I love mine thick and I love beans in mine, but he does not like that much. So I guess when we make chili, it will be one kind for him and one kind for me.

He does not like romaine. He says that it is tough. Of course, it is his false teeth that he has, the kind from the denturist who thinks that everyone has grinders and no canine teeth. I have one crown or capped tooth that the dentist says is a canine, but it certainly is not - it is a combined tooth. And the lettuce gets stuck on the back of his teeth. I also think, even though he does not admit it, that because of his ALS he is starting to have difficulty swallowing and maybe I should make him soups instead. but we are still waiting for confirmation from the als center for him to be an outpatient.
I do have a President's choice Mastercard and I get a discount plus points towards groceries as well as a special club for Safeway,

I am trying to get him to eat healthy, but he does not like whole grain stuff. The only way I can get him to eat brown rice, for example, is to make curried rice and with that you need butter or margarine and that is not good for me. I tried to get him to eat whole wheat pasta, but he did not like it. What I have been doing is making spaghetti squash and putting spaghetti sauce over it for me and giving him his plain white pasta with the spaghetti sauce and adding a salad or in the case of lasagna, making an eggplant lasagna for myself and a regular one for him.

What about potato boiled for you then mash the rest with butter for him maybe put grated cheese in it.salad for you,supermarket bags have what you need then leave for next day.What I do is cook seperate things in bulk put some in the freezer for another time.My husband is fussy as well it drives me mad sometimes.You could try buying him some of those fortiefied breakfast cerials like rice crispies that way you know he is getting extra vitamins but don't tell him.It is important that you eat properly as with out you there will be no one to look after him.Good luck.

I cannot eat potatoes, but I can eat cauliflower made to look like potatoes. I am waiting until we get our new microwave so I can try that. I have not tried them yet. I sort of love brocoli but not cooked, so that disguised cauliflower that is also in the cabbage family, has to be very good for me to like it.

I had a hard time trying to get my husband to let me get yogurt. He cannot stand the stuff, but now he does. It is just that now we have some bills to pay =- the motel bill for instance, and now with the new furnace, and I do not want him to go back to the cheaper is better then healthy bit.

I know how it is with bills..but your health is nothing to mess with, so hope he doesn't revert back to old ways..

So do I. We had to go grocery shopping today because we are having the van safety checked this week and of course, he followed me around. But I was smart. I went to the produce section first, and got one unhealthy lettuce for him, and spinach for me and then I got some dates for him, some nuts and flaxseed for me, so I sort of alterated things and last week, I did get the tomato pastes and canned tomatoes. Also since we started to watch Rachel Ray, he sort of does not mind me getting more healthy stuff. And I told him that I spent less. So I am a more careful shopper.
On and he did not get his drumsticks. He is going to eat chicken thighs and I will have the chicken br*sts.

I would love to do that, but he has the old fashioned ideas about diabetes, the ones where you could not eat vegetables and you do not need whole grain products. So what I do is sneak them in. I can disguise brown rice, but unfortunately he can catch whole grain pasta. I did buy some whole wheat buns when we were in the motel while the house was getting fixed though. He sort of liked that.

It is me that has to be careful of the carbs. I have a diabetic book and it recommends things that have the low glycemic index. So I can eat pasta but have to be careful of potatoes unless they are the young red potatoes. I can eat rice, but it has to be brown rice but since it is in the med. level, not that much. As for bread, well I can eat rye crackers and sprouted bread but not the regular whole wheat bread. I do mix the lettuce with brocolli, green onions, tomatoes, spinach, etc. except my husband does not like spinach or romaine lettuce. I got some rocket or ariguila but it was near the end of its storage so that was not that good.

I do make a list, but he goes and wants me to show him the flier and then tells me what to get. Unfortunately as we are on a budget, I cannot get what he wants. The last time was when we bought candies for the Halloween kids, and that made a mess of things. We went $30 over budget and that meant going without what I considered necessary. So I really do not want him to 'suggest' things, unless it is in small packages. So if he wants drumsticks, I will get a small package, but not the family sized.

Just having two people with different needs of what to eat is hard enough and we cannot take advantage of getting large packages. I do not want to eat chicken all one week, beef all one week, pork all one week, because usually here there is a big sale of beef one week, pork another week, etc. And they do not keep the produce fresh at Superstore, not like at Safeway. And the salad package at Superstore are the large kind while I want one that will just last a week.

I hear ya on that!