But I Can’t Afford to Eat Healthy

That is a phrase often said.

Ideally everything we eat would be organic and grass-fed from our own backyard or our neighbor.  That’s not going to happen any time soon, so we go with the best option we can afford as a single income family.

I challenge you to take the money you use to eat out, buy soda, chips, cookies, and cereal for one week, and buy “health food.”   There is almost always a meat, vegetable, and fruit loss leader. This is why unless it’s a special occasion, I don’t make a menu then shop. I shop, and then we come up with ways to eat it.

This article was first published on March 29, 2014 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.