Healthy Eating On a Budget
You don't have to
sacrifice good taste and healthy options, even on a very tight budget. Here are
a variety of resources to explore to help you master
healthy
eating even in today's challenging financial times. First check out
DELICIOUS DINNER RECIPES and 4 Weeks
Simple Menus PDF
for many ideas:
4 WEEKS SIMPLE
MENUS.pdf
Oregon State University Extension Service is an excellent resource:
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http://healthyrecipes.oregonstate.edu/stretching-food-dollars-0; a Stretching Your Food Dollars PDF
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Need help getting food? http://healthyrecipes.oregonstate.edu/need-help-getting-food
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Many healthy eating links: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/nep/nutrition-links/
Hy-Vee has a series of weekly menus for:
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Special diets (regular, heart healthy, diabetic, weight control: http://www.hy-vee.com/meal-solutions/weekly-menus/weekly-menu.aspx#3
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30 meals for $3: http://www.hy-vee.com/meal-solutions/30for3/default.aspx
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Budget menus: http://www.hy-vee.com/meal-solutions/weekly-menus/budget-menu.aspx
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Recipe planner: http://hy-vee.gsnrecipes.com/Recipes/RecipeCenter.aspx
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Special Diets (low sodium, gluten-free): http://www.hy-vee.com/meal-solutions/special-diets/default.aspx
Meals Matter.ORG:
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Meal planning tools: http://www.mealsmatter.org/MealPlanning/
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Nutrition and healthy living: http://www.mealsmatter.org/Nutrition-Healthy-Living/
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Recipes and meal ideas: http://www.mealsmatter.org/RecipesAndMeals/
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Healthy lifestyle tools: http://www.mealsmatter.org/Tools/
California Olive Committee
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Eating well in tight economic times (includes many recipe and food ideas): http://www.calolive.org/health/general-nutrition/healthy-eating-in-tight-economic-times.aspx
For Diabetes Meal Planning:
Diabetes Meals On
$7 A Day--Or Less!: How to Plan Healthy Menus without Breaking the Bank
(Paperback)
by Patti Geil (At Amazon).
To search the Internet:
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