Healthy for Less

Let’s talk about eating healthy and saving money.
I hear a lot of jibber jabber on how eating healthy is expensive. UMM NO!!! Eating junk food is expensive. $3.50 for a bag of Doritos that won’t even keep you full? Please. I can do so much with $3.50.
Let me show you what a typical healthy shopping cart looks like on a Sunday afternoon supermarket sesh and how it can last me the whole week. These are Trader Joes prices-ish (I’m doing this off the top of my head):
Cassey’s typical grocery haul

• bag of pre-washed baby spinach $1.99
• a few crowns of broccoli $2
• 24 oz bag of baby carrots $1.49
• can of garbanzo beans to make hummus (for baby carrots) $1.00
• 1 dozen eggs $1.49
• 16 oz package of sweet cherry tomatoes $1.99
• bag of frozen chicken breasts (about 6-7) $7.00
• 32 oz tub of plain nonfat greek yogurt $4.99
• carton of unsweetened almond milk  $1.99
• frozen edamame bag $1.99
• bananas 19c each x5 $1.00
• a few sweet potatoes $2.00
• TOTAL: $28.93

I usually already have dried oats and quinoa at home. But if you don’t oats are super cheap, like $2-$3 for a huge tub that’ll last me MONTHS at a time and quinoa is around $3.99/lb. I also always have raw unsalted almonds at home too and at Costco it’s like $10 for a hugggeeee bag that lasts me the whole month or more.
Also, based on the season, I may buy more berries or squash or whatever that’s on sale.
So yea is under $30 for a whole week expensive? I think NOT!!!! Divide that my 7 days and it’s $4.28 a day! I mean, a meal at McDonalds or Burger King is over $5 nowadays and won’t even keep you full. It’ll just make your sluggish and bloated. Eew.
Yup! So eating healthy is soooooooo not expensive. I am smart with my money when it comes to spending and even smarter with picking my foods when it comes to nourishing my body.
Also, you’ll notice that a lot of the things (nearly all) on my list require cooking. But nothing that an electronic steamer can’t take care of or some simple sauteeing and boiling. Also, I find cooking to be super therapeutic so it’s like you’re buying ingredients for a hobby or for playtime. I love experimenting in the kitchen and finding new ways to tantalize my tastebuds.
Oh and I forgot. If you don’t have Sriracha add $1.99 to that list. Big bottle will last be about 6 months :)

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