Cheap healthy food

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  1. SlickMick

    SlickMick Guest

    What`s your best bet if you want to eat healthy AND cheaply?

    Anyone has favorite recipes for somebody on a budget (or a good website/book to suggest)?

    I don`t need anything fancy. I`m quite happy eating bananas, cold cuts and peanut butter as I like these, but it would be nice to have variety for a change.
     
  2. SenorRamirez

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  3. democritus2k

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    Beans and grains with lots of veggies.

    If you have extra dough, maybe splurge on some poultry, lean beef/pork, or fish.
     
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    Eggs, tinned fish.
     
  5. gumbo2176

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    Try some Quinoia (Keen-wah) It is a grain that is very high in protein. I'll cook some down in a low sodium chicken stock to add some additional flavor. On its own, it has a slightly nutty taste to me. You can add some fresh veggies to it as it cooks, like chopped onion, green onions, diced carrots, peas etc. for more texture.

    I'll do something similar with a brown rice mix I like to eat. I'll boil it till about 3/4 done and drain it and set aside. I'll take vegetables with a little sesame oil and stir fry them, add some low sodium soy sauce, maybe some shrimp, fish or chicken stock then add the rice to finish cooking. Stir fried rice is healthy for you and easy to make.

    I grow most of the vegetables I eat so I know what I'm consuming. Besides, there's nothing like fresh out the garden produce for great flavor.

    Cold cuts are not cheap and full of sodium used for preserving them. I tend to stay away from them but do like a good ham sandwich on occasion.
     
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  6. democritus2k

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    :good

    Same here. You get your money's worth just from your first harvest.

    We got tomatoes, kale, collard greens, lettuce, cucumbers, green beans, eggplants, etc.

    Soon we'll also have apples, pears and persimmons.
     
  7. HairyHighlander

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    Buy a different herb each week, some you can use with a soup for instance, tattie n basil, tattie n chilli etc etc........spice rack/herbs.


    Check RDJ too, he is into this stuff.


    Also, as mentioned, grow your own...though it does take time...... its worth it, as i am finding out myself.
     
  8. HairyHighlander

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    Pork ?


    Aint that the shittiest of all meats ?


    Lamb is fatty.....as is Pork though i always thought Pork was lower down the scale of protein.
     
  9. SenorRamirez

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    Fat is very important too...not only protein and carbs are important
     
  10. democritus2k

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    Well, beef if you can afford it but obviously pork is so much cheaper. Some cuts are leaner than others, so it depends on what you end up buying.
     
  11. gumbo2176

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    I buy a good bit of pork and boneless pork loin is one of my favorite cuts. I buy it whole and cut it myself to whatever thickness I desire. I'll leave them about 1 inch thick for grilling or I'll leave it whole and cut it about 1/4 inch thick and roll it while cutting to make a long sheet of pork. I'll then layer herbs, onions, spinach or chard and a bit of cheese, then roll it up like a huge jelly roll, tie it off and bake it. Great stuff there.

    Right now I'm smoking a 10 lb. Boston Butt pork roast. It is fattier than a lot of cuts but the fat really cooks out as it smokes for about 10 hrs. at 225 degrees.
     
  12. democritus2k

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    Dang, you making me hungry over here. :D
     
  13. lfcirishdog

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    Frozen vegetables, tuna, brown bread, beans,
     
  14. LongJab

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    Those whole roasted chickens major supermarket chains carry (Like Kroger). $4.99 for the whole damn chicken. I can get 4 meals out of them, with each meal having more than 12oz of chicken. And they are already cooked.
     
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  15. SlickMick

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    @ Gumbo

    The stir fried rice recipe sounds really good/tasty. Definetely something I'm going to try out. :good

    Is it practical to grow your own vegetables if you live in an apartment?

    Nice. That sounds like a great deal.