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Anonymous
share your tips 
favorite low cost but healthy meals? pretty much anything we eat the same things over and over frozen veggies rice or pasta chicken or beans |
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I make veggie soup, taco soup, pasta w/ frozen veggies, ground turkey and bean whole wheat tacos. It's not hard to eat healthy on a budget you just need to be creative.
Try www.cookinglight.com www.foodnetwork.com and click on healthy recipes also the rachel ray website has loads of healthy recipes invest in spices and you can cook up lots of yummy recipes with very few ingredients! |
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My friends are doing a blog on how to eat healthily using coupons and sales at area grocery stores. Check it out:
http://redemptionunlimited.blogspot.com/search/label/cheap%20healthy%20weekend |
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My DH is not American, and where he grew up, the meat portion of the meal was always a side instead of the main piece, so we try to do that -- make the veggie the largest portion, then the rice/bread/potato/tortilla/etc complement and then the meat portion a side. Cutting down the size of the meat has been a good thing for our budget.
We also try to eat at least two vegetarian meals a week. We do a bean/lentil meal and then a veggie or tofu meal. I've even taken savings to a new level by no longer buying canned beans, but instead cooking dry beans (in my crockpot!) at home. Buy and bulk and it saves a lot and stretches a long way. I buy frozen whole wheat pizza dough at Giant ($1 or so) and sauce, cheese, etc and make pizza at home. I load the veggies and it's a much healthier option than delivery. I am selective about the organics I buy -- most organics are for my toddler, but we try to do the "dirty dozen" and then meat/other produce when on sale. I don't feel the need to buy organic pita chips and other things of that nature. Re: tofu. I finally got my husband to like tofu by making sure it has a meatier texture. I keep it in the freezer instead of the fridge, and then defrost for 24 hrs in the refridgerator before I want to use it. I squeeze all water out of the tofu before cooking it. I've found that this produces a really nice textured tofu, if that's an issue for you. |
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Google this: cheap healthy recipes
You'll come up with all sorts of sites. |
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google this: i am annoying
and you will find a picture of yourself, pp! |
Anonymous
Your response was annoying and rude. PP was just giving you a helpful tip that really works. Try it! |
Anonymous
I'm leaving the e-sandbox now. The others are mean and aren't playing nicely. 
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As the economy sinks, private vegetable gardens are growing. My neighbor and I are both planning on planting fruits and vegetables, but of different varieties, and do a co-op type thing with them. We will share everything that comes out of our gardens.
In addition my in-laws live on the water and we will get fish and crab from them all summer. We also purchase rice in 25lb bags (half Asian family). We mix meat into things, but rarely have a whole chicken breast or a steak. |
Anonymous
Is it pretty easy to catch enough fish and crabs for two households? |
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We buy meat when it's on sale and freeze some for use later.
Ground turkey is always a good bet. Leaner than beef and less expensive, too. We do a lot of turkey tacos and turkey burgers on the grill. And I think ground turkey is buy-one-get-one-free at Safeway this week.
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Anonymous
Ewww, is it on The Bay? Are the fish safe to eat? |
Anonymous
Are you serious? Do you think grocery store fish is safer to eat? Think again. |
Anonymous
It is fairly easy. There are only two of them, and the know how much their grandkids love crab and fish, so they always get enough for us. |
Anonymous
I thought the grocery store fish were from the deep ocean or farm raised. And aren't they inspected? No? |