how do i eat healthly on a budget?

Question

im a disabled lady so i cant move around much and am on a bugdet i find all the healthy food quite expensive and dont wish to resort to vitamins.i wish to lose weight,and eat healthyer,do you no what foods would be best with out going over the bugdet and what would give me all the nutriants i need,and my family a healthyer life.

Answer 1

Go to Tescos and check out their value ranges. The mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and chicken are really very good value. Soups made from all the veggies that are on offer, plus porridge with apples (I get windfalls and glean blackberries and sweet chestnuts from the woods)

Try an allotment or pick your own and freeze batches of fruit. Vitamins are a waste of money with the exception of Vit C if you dont like oranges, and Cod Liver Oil because it helps the joints.

A good multivitamin from a chain supermarket should be enough.

Get out into nature and see what is on offer there. Almonds, chestnuts, sloes, blackberries, mushrooms (be careful and get someone to show you who knows...the eastern europeans know more than we do!) Plus anyone who grows their own might be able to give you some in exchange for a little help, ie. being indoors for deliveries, etc. Good luck and good health!!

Answer 2

Id suggest fresh vegetables they don't have to be expensive and you can often find a local grower who will deliver you a veg box the good ones will provide you with in season veg at times that suit you and your budget. Eating healthily just means getting a good balance of fruit veg meat and carbs, eating 5 small meals or 3 square meals is good and a good breakfast helps your metabolism and sets you up for the day. you are more likely to loose weight if you eat regular small meals and try to cut out fat and salt. bare in mind that cheap ready made meals are not healthy generally speaking and you can eat much cheaper if you buy and make it your self!

Answer 3

some approaches to diminish down your procuring bill: attempt procuring in Lidl or Aldi incredibly than a classic food market because the stuff is a lot more competitively priced. basically pay attention that the fruit and veg can on occasion bypass off faster, so do no longer purchase too a lot. Make a procuring record - %. what you'll make for the week, and purchase in hardship-free words what you elect for that. attempt to make bulk nutrients that can very last some days. I made a casserole on Sunday and it lasted till Tuesday and did not cost a lot money. Dont purchase some thing pre-prepared and get each and every of the fruit and veg loose (notwithstanding this isn't conceivable in ALdi!) incredibly than pre-packed. I.e. no prepared salad leaves. purchase issues that are in season. even as procuring meat attempt to bypass for more competitively priced cuts - seek for suggestion from from a butcher (both in food market or at a butchers shop) about diverse cuts and they could help you %. lesser widely used cuts which will cost a lot less, and he may also inform you approaches to practice dinner it. similar is going for fish - attempt such issues as Coley that you will be able to get extremely cost effectively and is fairly resembling cod (it is also better sustainable, so that you will be doing all of your bit for fish stocks!). I were given sufficient coley for 4 people those days for better or less £2 contained in the food market. As some different person stated attempt dried pulses - you favor to soak maximum of them till now utilising, yet they're extremely low-cost and intensely healthful, plus a unprecedented thanks to bulk out a meal. Soup is continuously a strong aspect to make and could be low-cost - you could put in regardless of you've left over on your refrigerator, and would upload frozen or tinned vegetables to it aswell. attempt frying an onion, then including your vegetables of determination (say potato and cauliflower), then including inventory and simiring till tender, then blending and including slightly milk.

Answer 4

you cook from scratch. No jars tins etc. Just buy veg, and lots of wholemeal bread. Butter I suggest, as you will need fat. Rice is cheap and good, but remember, after it goes cold throw it away, as it becomes toxic after going cold. No chicken, unless corn fed. No meat except fillet steak, cheaper than a pint, may i add, and no take aways, no burgurs no cheap market fish fingers three thousand for a quid, if you know what I mean. What i used to do, when i was poor on a budget, was make my own pies. Buy minced STEAK, slow cook, with onion, make pastry, freeze them, do apple pies too. If you have a freezer, you can batch cook i.e. five litres at a time, cost. 13 quid, but you get chilli, curry, pasta sauce, etc, all fresh, and frozen in your freezer. It is easy when you get into it. Never buy at M and Spencive. Just get veg. good bread, butter for the fat, you will be fine. p.s once my doctor told me something interesting. He said. vitimin pills are the rip off of the western world, and all a person needs in this (u.k.) country is one slice of wholemeal bread, or a bowl of weetavix or cornflakes....obviousley we require taste bud, more than that but you will not die. try putting grated cheese on cauliflour....fantastic, cheap, and all the vit you need for a month.

Answer 5

Fresh fruit and veg is not as expensive as people make out and providing you are prepared to cook properly and ditch the expensive prepacked rubbish you will get on fine. If you can grow your own veg it will be even cheaper. Try a few pots of veg and salad stuff, easily cultivated even from a wheelchair.
Do get some protein in your diet though as just veg is NOT healthy

Answer 6

if anyone can get to a fruit and veg market it is sooo much cheaper than the supermarkets , same with the meat markets - can get tons of chicken and freeze it in smaller portions , also cook a biggish pot and freeze in containers.....i got a smoothie maker for Christmas - hardly use it despite good intentions - so eat what you like in moderation , and i find healthy food spiced up tastes better than fatty food which can be quite bland.
Home made soup is great and easy to make , but a bit boring - i'd say a bit of what you fancy does you good , its about getting the balance right - like with the budget!
Whatever you do - enjoy it!.....and i know we feel so much better after eating something healthy rather than something stodgy - but i'd say , have both!

Answer 7

Hi! The decision to eat better is a really good one! As the wife of a chef and a personal trainer I can tell you that you only need to eat a few ounces of first class protein a day the rest should be made up of carbs BUT not stodgy ones, you need quionoa (pronounced "keen whaa" and believe me is far easier to get hold of than you think. You also need to eat loads of vegetables (no, not potatoes) spuds are ok but only now and again. A great way of having a little short cut to eating brilliantly is to get a juicer - you can get all the benefit of a 2 pound bag of carrots into a pint of carrot juice.
A HUGE benefit (and free!!!!) is to drink loads of water, it does untold good to your system (too much to put here but email me if you want more info).
Hope this helps.x

Answer 8

Don't fry foods, grill them
Avoid burgers, sausages chips etc as they are full of fat
No cakes and biscuits

Oatcakes
Tomatoes
Lots of fish but not in batter
Home made soup
porridge
fruit
vegetables - cabbage
stir-frys (because its done with little oil and over a good heat cooks quickly)
baked potatoes
chicken (but don't eat the skin)
casseroles made with tomatoe sauces
make your own tomatoe dressing with onions, chopped tomatoes and garlic etc
and lots more

you could also log into the weightwatchers webpage for useful hints

Answer 9

fresh fruit and vegetables are not as expensive compared to a ready meal. Why don't you make healthy dishes in bulk and freeze them.
Think about your health and quality of life. A life of diabetes, hypertension, cholestrol if you choose ready meals and other convenience product or a healthy, refreshing life where you have energy, and your health and real flavoursome foods! What ever happened to the satisfaction of making a real dinner and sitting down to eat it?

Answer 10

Fresh veggies are always inexpensive and brown rice is very cheap. Stay away from anything that goes in the microwave. Make your own salad(not bagged) and eat a lot of turkey. Ground turkey is cheaper and better for you than beef.