Rigo: Blog 2

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Melissa Gunby

27 February 2019

Eating Healthy on a Budget

●       The Fist tip for eating well on a budget is eating fresh food when it is in season. Consider stocking up and keeping it frozen for the future. These types of food would be your typical fruits and veggies.

●       Second tip is planning meal preps ahead of time this could be some sort of protein, carb, and fat all together in a meal to get all your nutrients. This will help you have your meals planned out for everyday instead of rushing to a fast food joint for a $1 burger. Also meal preps help diet better which is a plus for people trying to lose weight or stay healthy.

●       Third tip is to keep your refrigerator all organized, by having each section of food in each of their place such as a veggie section, meat section, and fruit section. This will help make food easier and also help keep a low budget on buying food. For example it will be easy to spot what is needed in the household and what is not, this will prevent over buying food.

●       The four tip is going to be repurpose leftovers, what this means is having leftover ingredients and putting them all together into one to make a great meal. For example if there was leftover rotisserie chicken last night you can put it in a sandwich for the next day. This will help save a lot of money also you won’t be eating the same things over and over again .

●       The fifth tip is going to be shop at your local farmers market, this might be a bit more pricey but at the end of the day you are helping your community while having fresh organic food. It will be best on buying the food in bulk which will help more on saving money. This is bette over any un-certified products that possibly contain any chemicals.