Eating Healthy On A Low Income

Find a way to buy food in bulk. Even on-line might be better than the stores in your area.
Find a way to buy food in bulk. Even on-line might be better than the stores in your area.

Get enough for a month or two of brown rice and lentils.
Mix the brown rice (Basmati rice has the highest protein content) and the lentils and cook them together in a rice cooker. (Rice cookers are really cheap and go on sale a lot.) Add any kind of vegetables to this.

To save money on fuel costs, steam the vegetables above the rice as it is cooking in a steamer basket.

Add some olive oil, lemon juice, ginger, garlic.

Eat nuts and seeds for snacks that are higher protein. Sunflower seeds are inexpensive.

Try adding raisins or dried fruits (no sulpher) right into the rice when it is cooking for more flavour.

Snacks: Buy organic popcorn in bulk. Get an air popcorn popper. (You can't burn it then.)

Potatoes, onions, apples, pears, cabbage, celery, carrots are all inexpensive. Try to find organic versions.

Get to know any local gardeners in your area. Barter with them, doing gardening chores for some vegetables or fruits.

Search carefully for any organic farmer anywhere close to where you are. Support this farmer with the little that you do have so that you can both survive.
Find a way to buy food in bulk. Even on-line might be better than the stores in your area.

Get enough for a month or two of brown rice and lentils.
Mix the brown rice (Basmati rice has the highest protein content) and the lentils and cook them together in a rice cooker. (Rice cookers are really cheap and go on sale a lot.) Add any kind of vegetables to this.

To save money on fuel costs, steam the vegetables above the rice as it is cooking in a steamer basket.

Add some olive oil, lemon juice, ginger, garlic.

Eat nuts and seeds for snacks that are higher protein. Sunflower seeds are inexpensive.

Try adding raisins or dried fruits (no sulpher) right into the rice when it is cooking for more flavour.

Snacks: Buy organic popcorn in bulk. Get an air popcorn popper. (You can't burn it then.)

Potatoes, onions, apples, pears, cabbage, celery, carrots are all inexpensive. Try to find organic versions.

Get to know any local gardeners in your area. Barter with them, doing gardening chores for some vegetables or fruits.

Search carefully for any organic farmer anywhere close to where you are. Support this farmer with the little that you do have so that you can both survive.

Plant a small garden yourself. Try container gardening. Grow fresh herbs from seeds on your windowsill.

Sprout beans. Sprouting beans and grains skyrockets their health value.

Buy beans in bulk (black beans and Adzuki beans are easy to digest) and rinse, soak and cook them from scratch, add brown sugar and spices and make baked beans or refried beans.

Buy organic, non-GMO corn tortillas and wrap all this up in them.

Learn to make soup. The recipe is called "Stone Soup"

Take a clean stone and put it in a pot of boiling water. Put any in-season vegetables, onions, potatoes and anything around the kitchen, chicken, etc. add a bay leaf....simmer for about 20 minutes.

(p.s., you don't need the stone.)

Be sure to check out your local food pantry, and see if you qualify for food stamps. There are some food-buying co-ops that you can find or organize yourself. In our area (Wisconsin) it is called "SHARE." They pool their money to get better deals from food distributors.

Network with others in the same position you are. Make a lot of food together and share it. Take turns. It goes further, you waste less and cooking and eating is much more fun than eating alone.

Stay away from packaged foods to stay healthier. Shop around the outside of the grocery store. Fresh produce, frozen foods, bulk beans, grains, popcorn.

Good luck. Things will turn around soon. Keep looking up, keep your health up, and you will be ready for it.
Plant a small garden yourself. Try container gardening. Grow fresh herbs from seeds on your windowsill.

Sprout beans. Sprouting beans and grains skyrockets their health value.

Buy beans in bulk (black beans and Adzuki beans are easy to digest) and rinse, soak and cook them from scratch, add brown sugar and spices and make baked beans or refried beans.

Buy organic, non-GMO corn tortillas and wrap all this up in them.

Learn to make soup. The recipe is called "Stone Soup"

Take a clean stone and put it in a pot of boiling water. Put any in-season vegetables, onions, potatoes and anything around the kitchen, chicken, etc. add a bay leaf....simmer for about 20 minutes.

(p.s., you don't need the stone.)

Be sure to check out your local food pantry, and see if you qualify for food stamps. There are some food-buying co-ops that you can find or organize yourself. In our area (Wisconsin) it is called "SHARE." They pool their money to get better deals from food distributors.

Network with others in the same position you are. Make a lot of food together and share it. Take turns. It goes further, you waste less and cooking and eating is much more fun than eating alone.

Stay away from packaged foods to stay healthier. Shop around the outside of the grocery store. Fresh produce, frozen foods, bulk beans, grains, popcorn.

Good luck. Things will turn around soon. Keep looking up, keep your health up, and you will be ready for it.
Get enough for a month or two of brown rice and lentils.
Mix the brown rice (Basmati rice has the highest protein content) and the lentils and cook them together in a rice cooker. (Rice cookers are really cheap and go on sale a lot.) Add any kind of vegetables to this.

To save money on fuel costs, steam the vegetables above the rice as it is cooking in a steamer basket.

Add some olive oil, lemon juice, ginger, garlic.

Eat nuts and seeds for snacks that are higher protein. Sunflower seeds are inexpensive.

Try adding raisins or dried fruits (no sulpher) right into the rice when it is cooking for more flavour.

Snacks: Buy organic popcorn in bulk. Get an air popcorn popper. (You can't burn it then.)

Potatoes, onions, apples, pears, cabbage, celery, carrots are all inexpensive. Try to find organic versions.

Get to know any local gardeners in your area. Barter with them, doing gardening chores for some vegetables or fruits.

Search carefully for any organic farmer anywhere close to where you are. Support this farmer with the little that you do have so that you can both survive.

Plant a small garden yourself. Try container gardening. Grow fresh herbs from seeds on your windowsill.

Sprout beans. Sprouting beans and grains skyrockets their health value.

Buy beans in bulk (black beans and Adzuki beans are easy to digest) and rinse, soak and cook them from scratch, add brown sugar and spices and make baked beans or refried beans.

Buy organic, non-GMO corn tortillas and wrap all this up in them.

Learn to make soup. The recipe is called "Stone Soup"

Take a clean stone and put it in a pot of boiling water. Put any in-season vegetables, onions, potatoes and anything around the kitchen, chicken, etc. add a bay leaf....simmer for about 20 minutes.

(p.s., you don't need the stone.)

Be sure to check out your local food pantry, and see if you qualify for food stamps. There are some food-buying co-ops that you can find or organize yourself. In our area (Wisconsin) it is called "SHARE." They pool their money to get better deals from food distributors.

Network with others in the same position you are. Make a lot of food together and share it. Take turns. It goes further, you waste less and cooking and eating is much more fun than eating alone.

Stay away from packaged foods to stay healthier. Shop around the outside of the grocery store. Fresh produce, frozen foods, bulk beans, grains, popcorn.

Good luck. Things will turn around soon. Keep looking up, keep your health up, and you will be ready for it.