Healthy and nutritious food doesn’t
necessarily come at a cost. Don’t believe us? Read on. You’ll be pleasantly
surprised to know how easy and workable a healthy diet is.
Healthy grocery that costs less:
Brown
Rice
You can use brown rice as side dish for salads,
casserole, stew etc. Plain brown rice also tastes great with soy sauce or with
creamy squash and nuts. You can also
make a super healthy brown rice salad.
Diet
Pasta
You get a whole variety of pasta in the
market. You can choose whole wheat or even multi grain pasta. One of the
healthiest ways to have pasta is having boiled pasta in salad with a generous
serving of veggies. You can also have your pasta with seafood like shrimps,
salmon, muscles etc. if you are a vegetarian, try adding white beans and boiled
lentils.
Whole
Wheat/Multigrain Bread
Make a veggie sandwich with whole wheat bread.
You can also have boiled egg sandwich which is a wholesome meal with carbs and
protein. Add light mayonnaise, if you have to. You can also have bread on the
side of almost everything.
Lentils
Lentils can be very versatile food. You can
have boiled lentils and rice with your choice of herbs, or you can have it in
stew. You can also make sprouts with lentils. To make sprouts, soak lentils
overnight, then drain water and let the seeds germinate. Within a day you will
see tiny shoots springing up. Your sprouts are ready. Now you can have sprouts
in salad, soup, stew, casserole, almost anything.
Yogurt
Choose non-fat yogurt. You can have it as
parfait with fruits and chia seeds, smoothies, seasonings, on the side with
rice, or have it plain as a quick snack.
Fresh
Greens and Seasonal Fruits
Go to the farmers market if you can. Fresh
vegetables and seasonal fruits are amongst the healthiest foods you can have
and they are budget friendly as well. Exotic fruits are costly and not
necessarily as healthy since they are not meant for local climate.
Oats
This food is also very versatile. Have oats
with skimmed milk, granola, yogurt & fruits, or as crumb dressing for
desserts. You can also grind oats into a fine powder and use it instead of
flour for cakes, muffins, pancakes etc.
Eggs
Eggs are one of the richest source of protein.
If you are still very conscious, you can use just the egg white. Eggs can make
a complete meal by themselves or can be a great accompaniment to any dish,
breads, brown rice, salads or any other food.
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