How to Eat Healthy...and Cheap
Want to eat healthy but afraid of the costs? Eating fresh, amazing food and keeping you and your family healthy can be easy and cheap!
Instructions
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Eat Local. Eat Seasonal. This is a huge, huge step in saving money on your food. Try to do all or most of your shopping at your local farmer's market. It will be hard to ween yourself from having bananas available everyday but it will be worth it. Buying produce when its in season is an amazing cooking and eating adventure. It also saves energy, money, and helps support your local food system! The prices will be lower because you are buying produce that hasn't been packaged and shipped. Cut out the middle man, save money!
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Waste not. Its great to plan your weekly meals and then shop according to that. But be flexible! If you have more of a certain ingredient than you thought, change up your menu to incorporate that item. Running low on groceries? Don't go shopping until you've used up all of your produce. This way you won't let something go bad in your excitement to use your new produce. Again, this can be another exciting experiment in cooking and eating. Use it all! Think about holding on to scraps for soup broths, too!
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Do it yourself. Make your own, make your own, make your own! Love pickles? Find a recipe to use up that fresh produce from the farm. Pickle and jar lots of stuff different produce. Make healthy Harvard Beets. Freeze fresh herbs for the winter. Try making your own jam or preserves. Make your own nut butters or nut milks easily with a food processor. Great for the environment. Great for you.
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Eat out less. I know eating out is a lot of fun, trust me. But the truth is, finding a recipe and making it yourself is one of the most fulfilling experiences if you have the right attitude. Be adventurous in the kitchen, try new recipes to keep yourself from feeling like cooking is just a chore. Pay attention to how you and your loved ones react to this home cooked meal, enjoy it.
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Scour the world for coupons. Check the internet, join sites that have daily deals. This is helpful for eating in and eating out. I recently received a coupon for $35 worth of groceries for only $15 dollars! Coupons are worth it, and they aren't just in your newspaper anymore. Check the net, save big.
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Tips & Warnings
Be flexible.
Be creative.
Bask in the glory of putting an effort into what nourishes your body.
