What are YOUR #1 cheap, healthy foods?

I make homemade pizza dough with wheat flour and flax meal -- it's way cheaper than takeout. Chili is a favorite inexpensive meal, as well. I also love eggs, onions, potatos, canned beans, canned tomatos and sauce, brown rice, pasta (just watch your portions), frozen veggies, etc. They are great cheap staples in my kitchen.

Bell peppers are expensive here A rainbow pack (only 3 peppers!) is usually about 6.99. Sometimes (not very often) It'll be on sale for 3.99. Sometimes green peppers go on sale for 99 cents a pound and I stock up, but usually I think it's around 2 dollars a pound, red, yellow or orange is 4 dollars a pound.
Chicken is also CRAZY expensive, which sucks cuz I LOVE chicken lol.
Also can't eat bread, gluten intolerant, but it's great for the kiddoes, they like PB sandwhiches, very cheap!

You mentioned that fresh veggies are expensive. I suggest you try the frozen ones. They tend to be frozen as soon as they harvested so you aren't really loosing any nutrition.

I notice people are posting "Eggs -- whites only!" The yolk is only bad for you if you have a *known* cholesterol *problem.* If you've had your cholesterol checked, and your *doctor* says that you're good to go, there's no reason you shouldn't eat the whole egg.

My cholesterol has never been a problem for me, so my go-to (and cheap!) breakfast is a hard-boiled egg & a banana. When you look at it in front of you, you think, "That's never going to fill me up!" but all that protein combined with the (good) carbs from the banana make for a quite filling, low-cost breakfast. I boil a half-dozen eggs on Sunday & buy a bunch of bananas, and I'm good for the week! (don't keep cooked eggs longer than a week; they'll go bad).

I'm also a fan of mushrooms. They bulk up a meal without adding calories. Of course, gourmet mushrooms can be expensive, but regular ol' white mushrooms work, too. You can also get them canned, but they're not nearly as good or as filling as fresh.

So,
Bananas
Hard-boiled eggs
Mushrooms

>greens
>too expensive

Where the hell are you shopping, woman? Whole Payche--- I mean, Whole Foods?

It's expensive for her because where she lives (New Brunswick) there isn't a lot of land that can be farmed - mostly potatoes. So fresh vegetables are expensive.

Good answers so far. Chicken should also be high on your list... usually you can find bulk breasts on sale (sometimes fresh and sometimes frozen). Also, there are usually a type or two of fish on sale if you eat fish.

I get my bananas free... and I only buy what's on sale. I can live on the same fare for days and still like the taste! lol!!! buy what's on sale and drink lots of water!!!

Dried beans. Super cheap. Soak them overnight. Rinse and throw them in the slow cooker with fresh water or broth/spices/veggies/whatever in the morning before you leave the house. They taste a thousand times better than canned and you can use them in many recipes for a good source of protein and fiber.

I am trying to cut the food budget a bit but still eat healthy foods. I made a list of healthy foods that are also cheap, but I am looking for more suggestions. I think it would also help to remind people that it really doesn't always cost more to eat healthy. Yes, it costs more for some things in different places, for example rice. I pay 7 dollars a box for brown rice, which from what I have read is a lot more than other people pay, but it will last me 2-3 weeks of eating it probably daily. So yea, it may seem like it costs a lot but if you think about how much it is per serving, it's probably only a few cents.

So here is my list:

Bananas
Apples
Carrots
Rice
Beans
hamburger
Frozen veggies
Peanut butter
Oats
Eggs
Nuts
Potatoes

Unfortunately, most veggies here are too expensive (except frozen) so carrots are really the only ones that are affordable when you are watching your budget.

Oats, Eggs, bananas and quinoa were my main staples on this tight budget week.