EATING HEALTHY on a BUDGET

  How can you eat healthy and not spend all your $$. It is much easier that it was 10 years ago. Here is an interesting article on how to eat healthy on $3.37 per day.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/01/05/healthy-diet-pattern.aspx?x_cid=20160131_tweet_healthy-diet-pattern_twitterdoc


I'm going to try eating healthy for $5 per day over the next month. I will let you know how it goes.

Here are some tips that can help you eat healthy and lower your food costs in the process.

1. Organic Produce - If you eat the skin (grapes, berries, spinach, etc.) it is worth buying organic. You will get more nutrition and not expose yourself to as many chemicals (herbicides, pesticides, GMO's, etc.) Smaller regional type grocers (Sprout's, Natural Grocers, etc.), Farmers Markets, and Food Coop's (www.utahcoop.org) generally have a good supply and lower prices. A good way to get variety is to buy whatever Organic Produce is on sale that week.

2. Beef, Chicken, Turkey, Eggs, Butter,  etc. - Farmers Markets  and Food Coops generally have local, organic, grass fed, sources at a good price. Sprouts, Natural Grocers, etc. also have decent prices. Smiths has a good selection of what they call Simple Truth, which is usually organic, no chemical, grass fed, etc.

3. Amazon Prime - Subscribe and Save - This Program works great for almost anything that is nonperishable. Coffee, Coconut Oil, Sardines. Canned Tuna, Canned Alaskan Salmon, etc. Items ship once a month and you can change your items and amounts every month.

Here are some items I will be eating each week. In no particular order.
1. Organic Kale - generally $0.99 per head at most stores. $0.49 per serving
2. Pastured Organic Eggs - $4 dozen at the food coop. http://www.utahcoop.org/, $1.00 per 3 eggs
3. Organic Coffee - can usually get at Sprouts or Amazon $6.99 per pound, $.33 per 12 oz. cup
4. Pistachios - $6.99 per pound at Sprouts. $0.75 per serving
5. Raw Almonds - $5.99 per pound at Sprouts, $0.65 per serving
6. Avocados - $0.77 each at Sprouts.
7. Grass Fed Organic Butter - $3.99 per 16 oz. Sprouts. $0.25 per 1 oz. serving.
8. Organic Coconut Oil - $14.44 for 54 ounces $0.27 per ounce. Amazon
9. Organic Broccoli - $0.98 per pound at Sprouts, $0.33 per serving.
10.Wallaby Organic Full Fat Kefir - $3.99 per 32 oz. at Sprouts. $0.49 per serving.
11. So Delicious Coconut Milk - $2.50 per 64 oz. at Sprouts, $0.48 per 12 oz. serving.


best of health,

emmett