Budget healthy

jacqui75
jacqui75 Posts: 1
edited November 9 in Recipes
Has anyone got any healthy recipes for a family on a very strict budget?

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  • VGibson12
    VGibson12 Posts: 4
    Chicken soup!
  • VGibson12
    VGibson12 Posts: 4
    http://realfoodlovekc.wordpress.com/2014/11/22/how-to-make-chicken-soup-that-doesnt-suck/
  • tamelamcmurray
    tamelamcmurray Posts: 10 Member
    This site has regular and low-fat options. I have been referring to this site for years-love it! http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/recipeindex.htm
  • hotcoffee692
    hotcoffee692 Posts: 167 Member
    edited January 2015
    You might like http://www.budgetbytes.com/ ; she has a lot of recipes. The healthiest ones are probably the ones tagged "beans and grains" and "vegetarian". A price estimate per dish is included for all recipes, which is a good guide.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Not recipes per sei, but the following staples...

    - beans (dried and in bulk)
    - potatoes
    - rice
    - eggs
    - hardy vegetables the keep like broccoli and cabbage and carrots
    - whole chickens and chicken parts
    - cuts of beef like top round that need marinating to be tender (cook to medium and slice thinly against the grain
    - fattier cuts of beef and pork in general
    - Frozen vegetables on sale
    - meat on sale
    - dairy on sale
    -
  • purebredpolly
    purebredpolly Posts: 318 Member
    Oatmeal is a very budget friendly food. Add fruit, add pumpkin, add a bit of brown sugar. Experiment with spices like cinnamon, or nutmeg.

    Go to your dollar store and pick up some frozen fruit and raisins, grab a few bananas from the grocery. Some milk, brown sugar, a squirt of pancake syrup, a dollar of jelly, and a dab of peanut butter, sweeteners, spices..... you've got a breakfast for a family for under $2. If that's too much for you budget, go for plain oatmeal sweetened with sugar. Still low calorie, but half the cost.

  • Krueger92
    Krueger92 Posts: 109 Member
    Chicken and rice my friend!
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