January 2012
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How to Find the Best Deals in the Grocery Store
eatforhealth:
Produce.
Break up the bunch. You pay by the pound for mostfruit and vegetables, so don’t feel required to purchase the prepackaged amount. Pull off only as many bananas as you’ll actually eat before they turn brown, and leave behind excess grape clusters to save more and waste less. Likewise, if a store is advertising three of something (kiwifruit, lemons) for 99 cents, know...
Eating Healthy on a Budget: Don't Skimp on...
eatforhealth:
Cheap food doesn’t always mean bad food. There are plenty of ways to get affordable healthy food on your table without busting your budget.
Cheap food doesn’t necessarily have to be junk food — and adding nutrition to your diet doesn’t have to be costly. In fact, eating healthy on a budget is within reach.
“Healthy eating doesn’t need to be expensive,” says Lanah J. Brennan, RD,...
Don't have time to cook everyday?
eatforhealth:
Do you have 1 hour a week? Then you have time!
I grocery shop once a week then I take an hour and prepare everything for the week! I make rice, beans, bake salmon, etc. whatever I buy to eat for the week I make ahead of time and put it all in the fridge ready to be taken to work!
Don’t like the idea of prepping your food? Watch your favorite show WHILE cooking. I download all my...
Myth: Junk food is cheaper than healthy food
eatforhealth:
TRUTH: Many people succumb to this myth and I don’t blame them. When you walk into a fast food restaurant, the price is clear. Sometimes, it’s even in the name (i.e. ‘The Dollar Menu’). At first glance it would seem that there’s no burger you could make for $1.00 – especially not a healthy one! However, it’s simply not the case that highly processed meals are less expensive...
