Healthy Eating On a Budget


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Healthy Eating On a Budget

You don't have to sacrifice good taste and healthy options, even on a very tight budget. Here are a variety of resources to explore to help you master healthy eating even in today's challenging financial times. Check out:

DELICIOUS DINNER RECIPES and 4 Weeks Simple Menus PDF for many ideas: 4 WEEKS SIMPLE MENUS.pdf

Oregon State University Extension Service is an excellent resource:

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/kbrec/recipes-0 Stretching Your Food Dollars PDF (An excellent how-to guide on healthy planning) It takes awhile to upload but is worth it!
Recipes for healthy kids: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/kbrec/recipes-0
Food Hero website: https://www.foodhero.org/

Hy-Vee has a series of weekly menus for:

Special diets (regular, heart healthy, diabetic, weight control: http://www.hy-vee.com/meal-solutions/weekly-menus/weekly-menu.aspx#3
30 meals for $3: https://www.hy-vee.com/meal-solutions/
Budget menus: http://www.hy-vee.com/meal-solutions/weekly-menus/budget-menu.aspx
Recipe planner: http://www.hy-vee.com/meal-solutions/recipes/default.aspx
Special Diets (low sodium, gluten-free): http://www.hy-vee.com/meal-solutions/special-diets/default.aspx

HealthyEating.Org:

Meal planning tools: http://www.healthyeating.org/Healthy-Eating/Meals-Recipes/Family-Meal-Planning.aspx?Referer=mealsmatter
Nutrition and healthy living: http://www.healthyeating.org/Healthy-Eating/Healthy-Eating-Tools.aspx
Recipes and meal ideas: http://www.healthyeating.org/Healthy-Eating.aspx
healthy kids: http://www.healthyeating.org/Healthy-Kids.aspx

For Diabetes Meal Planning:

Meal Planning & Lifestyle Principles for People with Diabetes and What to do About Weight Gain!

Diabetes Meals On $7 A Day--Or Less!: How to Plan Healthy Menus without Breaking the Bank (Paperback)
by Patti Geil (At Amazon).

To search the Internet:

Explore Healthy Eating on a Budget: Do a Google search and you'll find many great articles on the Internet

OR search: Eating healthy tight budget

; Eat healthy low budget

; Healthy meals budget; F rugal healthy meals

Food Reflections Electronic Newsletter: focusing on food, nutrition and food safety from the University of Nebraska, http://food.unl.edu/web/fnh/fr-archive Can subscribe and review past issues. The COOK IT QUICK and Volumetrics Weight Control sections are superb. This newsletter is exceptional.

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