How To Feed Your Family Healthy Meals on a Tight Budget

Expand the description and view the text of the steps for this how-to video. Check out Howcast for other do-it-yourself videos from Stabbey and more videos in the Grocery Shopping category. You can contribute too! Create your own DIY guide at http://www.howcast.com/videos/... or produce your own Howcast spots with the Howcast Filmmakers Program at http://www.howcast.com/filmmak... Sure, junk food offers lots of calories for not much money. But you can create your own "happy" meals that are tasty, nutritious, and inexpensive. To complete this How-To you will need: Oatmeal Evaporated or powdered milk Frozen and canned vegetables Seasonal fruits Bananas Apples Air popper and corn kernels Nuts Inexpensive cuts of meat Peanut butter Eggs Chunk light tuna Beans Brown rice Baking skills A Crock-Pot Step 1: Start with hot cereal Start the day with a hot cereal; they're much cheaper than cold cereals. Oatmeal is a nutritional winner and very inexpensive if you buy a container of plain, old-fashioned oatmeal. Step 2: Stretch your milk Stretch your milk dollars by diluting a can of evaporated milk or some powdered milk with water to create whole milk. Step 3: Stock up on frozen veggies Stock up on frozen vegetables when they go on sale. Unless your produce was just picked, it's just as healthy — or even more so — to eat the frozen stuff, which locks in the nutrients. Tip: Canned vegetables are another cheap alternative to fresh, but rinse them before eating because many are loaded with salt. Step 4: Eat fruits in season Limit your fruit purchases to whatever is in season, the exception being bananas and apples. The former are relatively inexpensive year-round, and the latter are low in calories, high in fiber, and may reduce your risk of heart disease and cancer. Step 5: Snack happy Enjoy healthy snacks without spending a fortune by air popping corn kernels and buying nutritious nuts like almonds, walnuts, pecans, and peanuts. Buy in bulk. Step 6: Limit meat consumption Only eat meat two or three times a week, and make cheap meats as tender and tasty as pricier cuts by marinating them overnight or slow-cooking them in a Crock-Pot. Step 7: Eat alternative proteins Make the most of alternative sources of protein, like peanut butter, eggs, chunk light tuna (which is not only the cheapest kind of tuna, but also contains the least mercury), and beans. Tip: Buy bagged beans in bulk — the kind you soak overnight. They're cheaper and healthier than canned beans, which are high in sodium. Step 8: Eat brown rice Eat brown rice. It's a bit pricier than white, but much better for you and still a nutritional bargain. Step 9: Indulge in dessert Indulge in desserts by making them from scratch using nutritious ingredients that you have on hand. Bake your own oatmeal and peanut butter cookies; mash and freeze overripe bananas for "ice cream"; bake bruised apples with a little honey. Thanks for watching How To Feed Your Family Healthy Meals on a Tight Budget! If you enjoyed this video subscribe to the Howcast YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/subscri...

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: Howcast

Length: 02:41
Rating: 4.850117
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