Eating a clean diet isn’t always the least expensive way to eat but it is certainly the most beneficial for your body. I like when Sophie wrote (see other blog) about spending hard earned money on less quality food you put in your body. It’s really a choice you make as with anything in life. You can choose to take care of your body and spend more on your health or you could choose to put the cheapest meal you can find in it. You wouldn’t put the least expensive fuel in your brand new luxury car but you would do it to your body. I know it’s easier said than done, I’m a dreamer but I’m also a realist. Sometimes we don’t have the money to buy the best quality foods but we can make the effort. How many times do we have the extra money to put towards ‘hobbies’, like tobacco or alcohol but can’t find the extra couple bucks to make the right food decision?
I’ve found a few ways to save a penny or two that might help you make a better decision should you make that choice. You can call it cheap or ‘pinching pennies’ but it might cross off one less excuse when it comes to nutrition.
In our local grocery store at around 5 pm they put all the good quality bread on sale with a ‘reduced’ sticker because it won’t keep as long as the ‘cheap kind’ (cheap both in price and quality). I can get a loaf of bread for $1.87 that is regular $5.50, if I go around 5pm.
It just so happens right across from that grocery store I found a sushi place that sells a $5.00 sushi roll for $1.00. They throw what is left away right before they close at around 5:30pm.
In the meat section there are always ‘reduced’ stickers. Sometimes the meat isn’t cut the right way and sometimes its ‘reduced for quick sale’ which mean the expiry date is up soon. I either eat it that night or put it in the freezer.
Coupons are always great. We don’t often take the time to look or cut them out, and who wants to stand behind grandma at the cash register while she is searching for coupons. Trust me, it all adds up.
Shopping at a less expensive grocery store is a way to save money. I found a store that sells everything at reduced price because their chain does not have storage space; everything they have is on the shelf, and the prices are much less than the popular chains.
And lastly, the health food store I shop at has 15% off the first Saturday of every month. It doesn’t seem like much, but again it adds up.
There is never one way to go about something, if things seem too expensive look for alternatives. Your bank account might thank you for buying the cheapest brand but your body certainly won’t.