How to eat healthy and save money |
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Unfortunately, we are not all able to grow healthy food in our own garden.
With the increasing prices it is good to know where and what kind of food to buy.
Take time for serious shopping, allow yourselves trial and error.
In this way you will find out where you can make the best purchase.
If your city has more health food stores, find out who has the better deals for certain foods.
You will be surprised when you realize that in some expensive stores some items are costing less than elsewhere.
If you think you do not have the money for high-quality, ecologically grown food, just add up how much you spend a month on chips, sauces, pizza, snacks and other junk food.
Processed foods contain unhealthy additives that increase appetite. It can become very expensive addiction.
Remember two things:
1. Do not eat just for the satisfaction of your taste buds, because that will encourage you to buy expensive and unhealthy food items
2. Avoid frequently eating out, because in such a way you will spend more money.
Practical tips
Bread
Try to find a local bakery that offers fresh bread without additives. Organic bread and sourdough bread with sprouts are the healthiest. If possible, buy a bread maker and bake your own bread at home.
Cereals and pulse
Price of organic grains and beans is relatively affordable, especially if you buy them directly from the local eco-farmers (try to find one nearby). Use the extra virgin oil, lemon and spices to add various flavors to grains.
Avoid canned beans. Dried beans should be soaked in water the night before you plan to cook them. Organic lens is healthy and inexpensive and does not require any pre-soaking.
Most other legumes such as black beans and chickpeas also do not require soaking before cooking.
Some experts recommend that the grains are soaked overnight to remove phytic acid which blocks nutrients.
Soaking the oats overnight allows you faster and healthier preparation in the morning. In the morning, cook oats until it boils, turn off the heat and let it stand covered for 15-20 minutes.
Vegetables and fruits
Finding fresh organic fruits and vegetables at affordable prices is the hardest part of the job. This requires serious planning.
A good solution is to find older people who sell their own fruit and vegetables at the market. Many of them still do not use pesticides, but it is safer to ask them to prove that claim.
It is best to eat vegetables raw or lightly steamed. Preparing salad with dark green vegetables and grated carrots every day is a great way of consuming vegetables.
You can buy a cold pressing juicer and make fruit and vegetable juices. Or, according to the Boutenko method, you could make green smoothies with the blender.
You can not find organic vegetables and fruit that will fit into your budget? At least, try to avoid these 12 types of fruits and vegetables, since they contain pesticides the most.
Buy only organic:
- apples
- celery
- strawberries
- peaches
- spinach
- nectarines imported
- grapes imported
- pepper
- potato
- homemade blueberry
- lettuce
- kale and leafy vegetables…
…because they may contain high levels of pesticides.
Foods that do not contain a lot of pesticides are:
- onion
- corn
- pineapple
- avocado
- asparagus
- peas
- mango
- eggplant
- melon
- kiwi
- cabbage
- watermelon
- sweet potato
- grapefruit
- mushrooms.
Soups
Do not buy soups because they contain harmful MSG - a flavor enhancer, or the "practical" cans. Cook your soup at home using the old-fashioned way with vegetables and potatoes. Cook enough soup to last you for several days and store it in the fridge.
Bean sprouts
Sprouts are another way to make your cuisine healthier and varied.
There is no food that is as rich in valuable nutrients and ingredients as bean sprouts.
Germination takes two to seven days, depending on the type of seeds or beans used.
The most frequently used are alfa alfa sprouts, but soybean, wheat, barley or bean sprouts are also common.
Actually, most diverse plant species can germinate, such as legumes (soy, beans, alpha alpha), grains (wheat, corn, barley), cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, radish, mustard) plants from the onion family (onions, chives).
You can even buy a machine for germination that will make sprouting process even easier.
Germination table
This article gives just a few suggestions on how to eat healthier for less money. Be determined and you will surely find other practical solutions.
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