Top tips for eating HEALTHILY on a budget

LameWolf

Develop sudden-onset deafness when OH mentions "second helpings". (Works for me, anyway LOL)

SunnyGirl

Have a freezer tub ready along with the plates so when you're serving up meals you can put the leftovers straight into the tub and hopefully stop any second helpings. I hide my tub in the microwave whilst we're eating until it's cool enough to put into the fridge/freezer

weezl74

SunnyGirl wrote: »

Have a freezer tub ready along with the plates so when you're serving up meals you can put the leftovers straight into the tub and hopefully stop any second helpings. I hide my tub in the microwave whilst we're eating until it's cool enough to put into the fridge/freezer

I do this too, I think a lot of people have the mindset of having seconds if there's some in the pan, even when not hungry... To be honest we rarely eat what I've just cooked, usually I portion it all up and eat from the freezer! Seems to work for us! DH is a 6 foot 3 bloke with a speedy metabolism, so would just keep on eating if you let him!

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Don't go shopping when you are hungry - it's too easy to grab just anything rather than think about what you should be buying because your stomach is taking over from your brain.

gingernutbizkit

stop being a loyal customer - to shops and products

tessie_bear

my ideas;
$ buy reduced food
$ have a list but if u see something cheap adapt your list
$ buy a freezer and store reduced stuff
$ shop at markets for fruit and veg
$ eat seasonally
$ dont be afraid to try value ranges
$ use up leftovers
$ make your own ready meals...dont buy them
$ read store mags for heads up on offers and mocs

hth
tess

maman

Definitely consider buying frozen veg. It's often even cheaper than even seasonal, local stuff and with no waste.