Comments on: Top Ten Tips for Nutritious Shopping in a Recession http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2008/10/13/top-ten-tips-for-nutritious-shopping-in-a-recession/ eat a bit better™ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:09:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Greg Everage http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2008/10/13/top-ten-tips-for-nutritious-shopping-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-2403 Greg Everage Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:30:34 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=336#comment-2403 <a href="#comment-1197" rel="nofollow">@Jo </a> Jo, love your response. Your whole point on "real food" is dead on and solid. Along with your comment on the comparison between the cost of fast food to buying whole food. I feel you would enjoy our site and we would love to hear your feedback on Family Eats. Congratulations on raising some healthy and smart kids. Good luck and keep getting the word out. @Jo

Jo, love your response. Your whole point on “real food” is dead on and solid. Along with your comment on the comparison between the cost of fast food to buying whole food. I feel you would enjoy our site and we would love to hear your feedback on Family Eats. Congratulations on raising some healthy and smart kids. Good luck and keep getting the word out.

]]> By: Part 2 – Recession Trends: Fresh Food on the Chopping Block : Foodessentials http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2008/10/13/top-ten-tips-for-nutritious-shopping-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-2377 Part 2 – Recession Trends: Fresh Food on the Chopping Block : Foodessentials Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:32:55 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=336#comment-2377 [...] Yes, fast food is fast (surprise!). But home-cooking can be too. The secret to shopping and cooking quickly and healthily is in planning in advance. If you have a list of what you will be eating each week, you can get a better idea of your overall nutrition choices, and if you need to change them. If you can limit your grocery shopping to once or twice a week, you will not only save time and money, but you will be less inclined to take all those non-nutritious shortcuts like takeaway and instant meals. By the time you drive to get food each day, you can cook something just as quickly, which probably tastes better and is healthier for you. (Fooducate blog, 2008) [...] [...] Yes, fast food is fast (surprise!). But home-cooking can be too. The secret to shopping and cooking quickly and healthily is in planning in advance. If you have a list of what you will be eating each week, you can get a better idea of your overall nutrition choices, and if you need to change them. If you can limit your grocery shopping to once or twice a week, you will not only save time and money, but you will be less inclined to take all those non-nutritious shortcuts like takeaway and instant meals. By the time you drive to get food each day, you can cook something just as quickly, which probably tastes better and is healthier for you. (Fooducate blog, 2008) [...]

]]> By: Affordable Nutrition Index Introduced at Dietitians’ Conference | Fooducate http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2008/10/13/top-ten-tips-for-nutritious-shopping-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-1975 Affordable Nutrition Index Introduced at Dietitians’ Conference | Fooducate Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:37:35 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=336#comment-1975 [...] Some of the easiest ways to save money in the supermarket while still eating healthfully are to buy produce in season, or frozen/canned, cut soft drinks out of your diet, limit the number of snacks you buy, and come prepared with a shopping list. More suggestions here. [...] [...] Some of the easiest ways to save money in the supermarket while still eating healthfully are to buy produce in season, or frozen/canned, cut soft drinks out of your diet, limit the number of snacks you buy, and come prepared with a shopping list. More suggestions here. [...]

]]> By: Do Food Stamps Really Contribute to Obesity? | Fooducate http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2008/10/13/top-ten-tips-for-nutritious-shopping-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-1353 Do Food Stamps Really Contribute to Obesity? | Fooducate Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:32:04 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=336#comment-1353 [...] More suggestions here. [...] [...] More suggestions here. [...]

]]> By: Jo http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2008/10/13/top-ten-tips-for-nutritious-shopping-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-1197 Jo Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:05:18 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=336#comment-1197 Buy real food and eat real food. A baked potato is more filling and satisfying than potato chips.Popcorn popped on the stove or a popper is cheaper and more filling, and more nutritious than cheetos. Add real butter, much better than the fake "butter" in the micro bags. There is no doubt about it, real food will keep you satisfied longer than junk. Tried and true in my house with lean,constant eater 23yr. old Son, and lean 19 yr. old Daughter, both athletes and active. And as they get older they adopt these strategies as their own, and say "see Mom, I was listening to you."I have always found "real food', and that is what we call it in our home, to be more affordable than junk, convenience food, already prepared food, fast food, ALWAYS.Try it.For those Dollar Menu items at the fast food joints, substitute, a bag of Brown Rice, $1.23 at WalMart, good for at least five meals w/ some left over, or not, still cheap. Even a reglar brand of brown rice would end up costing less than a disgusting meal from a fast food joint. There is just no comparison, it is NOT cheaper to eat non-nutritious meals. I think people use it as an excuse for lazy. Or, they just do not know anything else as that is what they were raised on. We need to educate and assist. Thank God WIC is getting the idea and beginning in Oct., adding Whole Grains, Fruits and Veggies, Tuna, Tofu,and more Healthy choices to their program. That is wonderful.Moms need all the help they can get, and this is a good beginning in educating , hopefully these habits will stick. Buy real food and eat real food. A baked potato is more filling and satisfying than potato chips.Popcorn popped on the stove or a popper is cheaper and more filling, and more nutritious than cheetos. Add real butter, much better than the fake “butter” in the micro bags. There is no doubt about it, real food will keep you satisfied longer than junk. Tried and true in my house with lean,constant eater 23yr. old Son, and lean 19 yr. old Daughter, both athletes and active.
And as they get older they adopt these strategies as their own, and say “see Mom, I was listening to you.”I have always found “real food’, and that is what we call it in our home, to be more affordable than junk, convenience food, already prepared food, fast food, ALWAYS.Try it.For those Dollar Menu items at the fast food joints, substitute, a bag of Brown Rice, $1.23 at WalMart, good for at least five meals w/ some left over, or not, still cheap. Even a reglar brand of brown rice would end up costing less than a disgusting meal from a fast food joint. There is just no comparison, it is NOT cheaper to eat non-nutritious meals. I think people use it as an excuse for lazy. Or, they just do not know anything else as that is what they were raised on. We need to educate and assist. Thank God WIC is getting the idea and beginning in Oct., adding Whole Grains, Fruits and Veggies,
Tuna, Tofu,and more Healthy choices to their program. That is wonderful.Moms need all the help they can get, and this is a good beginning in educating , hopefully these habits will stick.

]]> By: Yes We Can! Eat Healthily & Cheaply | Fooducate http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2008/10/13/top-ten-tips-for-nutritious-shopping-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 Yes We Can! Eat Healthily & Cheaply | Fooducate Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:14:12 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=336#comment-1155 [...] Here are some more suggestions in Fooducate’s Top Ten Tips for Nutritious Shopping in a Recession. [...] [...] Here are some more suggestions in Fooducate’s Top Ten Tips for Nutritious Shopping in a Recession. [...]

]]> By: The Recession has Created 5.5 Million more Obese Americans | Fooducate http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2008/10/13/top-ten-tips-for-nutritious-shopping-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-942 The Recession has Created 5.5 Million more Obese Americans | Fooducate Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:41:23 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=336#comment-942 [...] we refer you our Top Ten Tips for Nutritious Shopping in a Recession? These include cutting carbonated soft drinks from your grocery cart, using coupons only for healthy [...] [...] we refer you our Top Ten Tips for Nutritious Shopping in a Recession? These include cutting carbonated soft drinks from your grocery cart, using coupons only for healthy [...]

]]> By: Hives Remedy Guru http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2008/10/13/top-ten-tips-for-nutritious-shopping-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Hives Remedy Guru Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:42:57 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=336#comment-549 We have started to go shopping every 2 weeks it means being super organized but what a savings! My grocery list is always on my cupboard so everyone writes down items that are empty. We also have a family white board where I ask my kids to put down their favorite meals. To make things more fun I even change our table settings so the kids feel it is a treat. We light candles, do fun themes at holidays and the kids help to decorate. Great post! We have started to go shopping every 2 weeks it means being super organized but what a savings! My grocery list is always on my cupboard so everyone writes down items that are empty. We also have a family white board where I ask my kids to put down their favorite meals. To make things more fun I even change our table settings so the kids feel it is a treat. We light candles, do fun themes at holidays and the kids help to decorate. Great post!

]]> By: Q4 Food Spending Down - Good or Bad for Our Health? | Fooducate http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2008/10/13/top-ten-tips-for-nutritious-shopping-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Q4 Food Spending Down - Good or Bad for Our Health? | Fooducate Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:03:51 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=336#comment-449 [...] out our top ten tips for healthy shopping during a [...] [...] out our top ten tips for healthy shopping during a [...]

]]> By: Eat your veggies. « What did I just eat!? http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2008/10/13/top-ten-tips-for-nutritious-shopping-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Eat your veggies. « What did I just eat!? Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:26:42 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=336#comment-246 [...] read this post www.fooducate.com/blog/2008/10/13/top-ten-tips-for-nutritious-shopping-in-a-recession for tips on nutritious shopping in a recession. Posted in Smart Shopper. Tags: fresh vegetables, [...] [...] read this post www.fooducate.com/blog/2008/10/13/top-ten-tips-for-nutritious-shopping-in-a-recession for tips on nutritious shopping in a recession. Posted in Smart Shopper. Tags: fresh vegetables, [...]

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