Spend Smart. Eat Smart. » food groups http://blogs.extension.iastate.edu/foodsavings Ideas, resources, and recipes to help you eat healthy for less Mon, 13 May 2013 21:10:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 4 tips for healthy eating on a budget http://blogs.extension.iastate.edu/foodsavings/2010/10/18/4-tips-for-healthy-eating-on-a-budget/ http://blogs.extension.iastate.edu/foodsavings/2010/10/18/4-tips-for-healthy-eating-on-a-budget/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:01:46 +0000 peggym http://blogs.extension.iastate.edu/foodsavings/?p=1584
  • Eat breakfast. This is the most important meal of the day and the most common one to skip. It’s also typically the fastest and the cheapest to make. Think oatmeal, toast, eggs, pancakes, fruit, low-fat milk.  Just eating breakfast helps charge your brain and body.
  • Buy staples. Beans, pasta, and oats are really inexpensive and filling. Canned fish or frozen vegetables don’t go bad before you can use them. Eggs are a very inexpensive protein as are beans and peanut butter.
  • Plan ahead. When you are hungry and rushed, it is hard to think of budget foods. Make a slow-cooker recipe that will last several meals. Divide the food into several containers to make it easier to reheat. Or, keep the ingredients for an inexpensive meal on a shelf so you don’t have to think what to make when you are tired. A nutritious meal includes something from each food group: grain, meat, fruit, vegetable, and milk.
  • Watch what you drink. Coffee, soda, energy drinks, and alcohol can be dehydrating and costly. Water and milk are healthy and inexpensive. Refillable water bottles pay for themselves within days.

    • -pointers from Peggy

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