Healthy Dinners on a budget?

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  • My600PdLife
    My600PdLife Posts: 57 Member
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  • txaggiekelly
    txaggiekelly Posts: 4
    I came across an AWESOME website. She makes real food, but modifies them to be healthier.
    Tons and tons of recipes.

    Gina's Skinny Taste
    www.skinnytaste.com
  • margieward82
    margieward82 Posts: 406 Member
    Everyone is right on with their suggestions! I make as much from scratch as possible too. Another couple items you might want to look into are: lentils, tofu and qionia (I know that's not right but someone please correct me!) on the phone and can't remember the right name now.
    Eating healthy on a budget doesn't have to be hard at all! I find it a little tough if you are doing low carb because brown rice, beans and pasta or grains help stretch a meal cheaply and easily. But buy one sale, freeze anything you can, buy frozen veggies (but check the ingredient list! Watch for hidden added sugar and salt).
    Soups are a great way to stretch a buck too! And can of "rotel" or italian stewed tomatoes, any leftover chicken, a bag of mixed frozen veggies and some chicken stock (or even water) and it's a meal!
    Lean hamburger is great too! Don't knock it people, but be sure to make sure you are buying lean! Then meatballs (for spagetti or as a sandwhich), from stratch version of "hamburger helper" style dishes, meatloaft, hamburger steaks, salsbury steak are all easy and yummy. Taco salads are easy and cheap to make, especially if you use the left over beans to make your own refried beans! Iceberg lettuce is usually cheap and goes a long way.
    Avoid all the pre-packaged stung because you are paying for convinience. Buy in bulk and break it into single serving sizes as soon as you get home.
    Feel free to message if you need more ideas!
  • ajsruby
    ajsruby Posts: 1
    I find that fresh fruits and vegetables a REALLY cheap at my local Bulk Store (such as : Sam's Club & GFS).In fact I refuse to buy carrots or celery anywhere else because you get SO much more for you money. Buy the mixed salad bag and add a head of plain lettuce to it and have a side salad with every lunch and dinner,. You can also do this with fruit you can either buy the frozen mixed bag or have whatever is in season. Frozen veggies are cheaper at the local supermarket .. The key to saving more is spending more time going to different stores to buy things.
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