I lived for a long time on homemade burritos. You can make good tortillas with flour, water, salt, little yeast if you want them more bready (which I do). A can of refried beans makes three burritos. A little cheese goes a long way (I like extra sharp cheddar, as the strong flavor means you need less of it for the taste). You can make 3 at a time, and keep them in the fridge. Microwave for 1 min, and you're good for lunch or dinner.
Don't forget to mention that the only thing egg producers have to do to claim they are "free range" is put a tiny chicken door on the factory building.
This article might be better described as Healthy Ingredients for Under $1
That said the list is pretty good but the message is simple if you actually take time to think about what you eat and prepare your own food you can eat much better for less.
Rice and beans is a cheap source of protein that I enjoy eating. Use brown rice and it's even healthier. BTW: brown rice cooked in a pressure cooker is as fast as white rice in a regular pot (or rice cooker).
I'm not sure I understand the point of this article. I would say that the healthiest foods are almost always cheaper, but will require preparation.
Yea anybody can go buy a big bag of brown rice, some meat and veggies and have extremely cheap meals (I do this for most meals). But most people do not want to exert that kind of energy for food, and don't much care about nutrition anyway.
I used to make a turkey chili for lunch--one crockpot full would last about four days. The ingredient cost totalled about $12. That's just the main dish, for the same price per day as a regular hamburger, medium fries, and a soft drink at McDonalds.
This week I made a quinoa salad. The grain boils for 15 minutes, which also hardboils eggs perfectly, so I chop in a few vegetables and get an easy, healthy, cheap, reasonably tasty meal. But it's far from trivial to find such a combination.
Not to mention there were only two ads completely out of the way. One was a google ad way at the bottom. The other was a flash ad that I wouldn't have noticed unless I clicked on it via flashblock.
Sardines--I love good sardines. Unfortunately, good sardines are like $3 a tin. Crappy sardines are less than $1 a tin, but they're approximately inedible. This is shopping at Wal-Mart grocery.
Anybody know of a good brand of sardines you can buy cheap online, or another way to get good sardines for $1-2 per tin?
Amazingly, yams are both sweeter and lower in glycemic index than potatoes! Definitely a great food. I also eat "yam leaves" most times I go out for seafood.
