Healthy Food on an Unhealthy Budget

What’s your favorite healthy food that can be bought on a college student budget? I’ve decided that I’m really going to crack down on my poor eating habits. As a college student, I’ve always bought the food that was the most affordable. Unfortunately, this is usually generic-brand pizza, toaster streudels, and whichever soda is on sale. In order to combat this, I’m looking for suggestions for healthy, easy-to-prepare foods that won’t break the bank.

There are some great answers here, such as:

• A cup of rice and a vegetarian stir-fry
• Replace soda with water
• Pasta primavera
• Fruitshakes/smoothies
• Cheese and crackers
• Nuts
• Beans (flavored with a little meat)
• Fruits and vegetables

Learning to eat (and prepare) more meals at home is an excellent way to reduce your food budget and eat healthfully. Find a source of recipes that you trust and learn to prepare them. (Here’s a good online recipe page that features many cheap and healthy meals.)

If you’re looking for healthy food on a small budget, then fruits and vegetables and other whole foods are the way to go. They’re the basic building blocks of a nutritious diet, and they’re much cheaper than processed foods.

Article source: http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/06/01/healthy-food-on-an-unhealthy-budget/