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Not only is eating healthy on a budget possible, but it doesn’t have to take all of your time and energy to do it! Shelly Longenecker from Dinner for a Dollar is here today to tell us how.
Listen in for all kinds of awesome tips around how to make healthy eating happen for less. Believe it or not, it is possible to eat a whole food, allergy free, veggie-forward diet for $1 per person per meal.
Some of the highlights include:
- What is the average food budget – are you “exceptional”?
- Tips on saving money while still eating well
- Save time, money, and energy while feeding your family
- Why you should be reducing the number of times you go to the grocery store (and how to do it)
- What your calendar has to do with saving money on healthy food
- How to make an effective food plan
- How to balance money and time when it comes to food
- Why recognizing your limits and being honest about them is so important to taking care of your family
- One easy change that you can make to your shopping list
- To bring your kids or not bring your kids to the grocery store
- What a “budget” menu looks like for a family of 6
- The meal planning “formula” to make feeding your family easier
- Tips for “stretching” meat further
- Food values and food equations
Links to things we talked about in this episode:
- Shelly’s website: Dinner for a Dollar
- Shelly’s book: Dinner for a Dollar
- Sign up for the Dinner for a Dollar email list to get a free book chapter and two-week meal plan
- Dinner for a Dollar on Facebook
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