My family has to tighten the belt on the budget even further. Will this affect my efforts to eat healthy? I asked my Twitter friends and got great suggestions and advice:
@emeralds3: I love tinned sardines in tomato sauce, finely chopped onion and diet mayo. 24p per tin Asda. also stir into pasta. Iv started the Cambridge diet £37. pw, but i spend that on food anyway, no cooking save elec. no driving for food, no petrol!!
@unsafeatanysize: beans and rice! Dried beans are even cheaper. Cook beans, add canned diced tomatoes, chopped onion, garlic, cumin-cheap! cooking your own food is cheaper and healthier than processed food or eating out
@CoachToLose: When on a budget choices are still important. For instance whole wheat pasta, more filling and better for you.
@PatBarone: Frozen veg and fruit are cheaper than fresh, more nutritious than canned. Maybe u can blend them in.
@allisonclark: Frozen veggies and fruit!! yay!
@jules23: hamburger helper. usually $1 +u buy the beef, but lasts least 2 dinners and usually 7-8 pts a cup. Add a veggie or salad
@TweetMyPoints: I have an incredible homemade alfredo sauce that combined with pasta & spinach salad is super cheap! HIGH in points though!
@eatingforlife: BEANS! Delicious, nutritious, and filling! Oh yeah, and farmer’s markets! They’re amazing for good prices, as long as you get stuff that’s locally grown and not imported
@keepingmehonest: Budget staples for our house: bag of frozen chicken breasts, tons of wheat pasta and the local farmers’ markets. Good luck!
@dietDebbie: I picked up some ground turkey, tomatoes and bread – add this to my fresh greenbeans, canned kidney beans -this wk I’ll be OK.
oh man, that’s a tough question – I would have no where to start! Being healthy is so expensive (yet I guess its a trade off because being overweight & unhealthy is expensive medically when it all catches up to us!)
I usually cut corners in other areas to make up for the extra money I spend on buying organic foods. Nutrition is a top priority in my life now!