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1. grateful says:

   July 13, 2010 at 11:00 am

   I feel your pain, I am a college student who loves healthy, delicious food and I can’t afford it. I love salmon (which is prettey expensive) and fresh produce (but living alone, they spoil quickly). I also love diversity, so I hate to buy the same thing and eat it over and over. Here are a few ideas that I have come up with that are healthy, delicious, and pretty cheap. I used to buy the prewashed bags of “spring mix” for salads, but they are pretty expensive and would go bad fast, so now I just buy spinach. It is healthier than iceburg lettuce, and if it starts to go bad I just toss it in a frying pan with olive oil cooking spray, onions, and a little balsalmic vinegar. The olive oil cooking spray is much cheaper than olive oil… and is zero calories… so I swear by that. At breakfast time I love eggs and to keep them healthy I eat one whole egg with one egg white. You can do only egg whites if you want, but about two whole eggs per week is perfectly healthy. Buy your tuna or other more expensive, non-parishable items in bulk. I shop at different grocery stores depending on their specials, and use coupns especially at stores that double them. I try to eat a lot of the same stuff just cooked differently so I don’t have to waste so if I get eggs for breakfast I will maybe make egg salad sandwhiches for lunch (i don’t use all the yolk and use fat free mayo). Get bone in chicken breast, its much cheaper just a lot more work. I either bone it and pan fry it in cooking spray or bake it in the oven (leaving the bone to bake it actually makes it much moister). There are certain things that just cost more and its awful but you just have to spring for them. One thing I love but find ridiculously expensive is pita chips. So, I buy whole grain pita bread and cut it into wedges, spray with cooking spray and sprinkle with garlic (or any flavoring) and bake in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes or so. They are just as good and half the price. And 1/2 pita made into chips (it makes 8 for me) is only about 70 calories! I dip these in salsa or hummus. You can do the same thing with whole grain bread to make croutons for salad to save on money and calories.
2. Ryan F says:

   July 13, 2010 at 5:45 pm

   A rule of thumb, healthier food is more expensive.
   But what I do is shop at Costco.
   You can by 2 kg of chincken for $20, minute rice and beans. There’s a healthy meal right there..
   You can also buy eggs or egg whites. A month supply of egg whites is like $12 I believe.
   If you eat healthy, get used to repetitive and bland food.