I really need ttc diet advice.

[alicarr74]

We have a food budget of 150-200 dollars every two weeks for food together. I am finding it really hard to not only eat healthy, but enough on this budget. What foods are conceiving wise, as well as cost effective?

 

[chelsealynnb]

Fresh fruits and veggies, meals made from scratch are much more cost effective than buying commercial brands pre made. Pinterest is a great place to find healthy meal options that can work with a budget. That's where I find my recipes. I also find it helpful to plan out my meals a week in advance and shop for only those items, so you aren't buying a bunch of random stuff at the store that doesn't make a complete meal.

 

[BrittBS]

It's actually a lot cheaper to eat healthy than buy all the processed junk! When my family started eating healthier our weekly grocery bill went from $150-$180 to around $80-$100. I plan out my meals every week on paper and make a list from that and ONLY buy the stuff on my list. Some of the sites I use are thegraciouspantry.com skinnytaste.com pinterest skinnymom.com I'll try to find a few more that I use!

 

[SweetPotatoPi]

Yes, what the PP's said! Also, if you have a farmer's market you can get to shopping there will be a lot less expensive than shopping at the grocery store. There's sooooo much yummy, fresh food that you can make from scratch that's also TTC friendly and cheap. Taking a little extra time to plan meals out is so worth it .

 

[itsnowmyturn]

Also try batch cooking and freezing, generally speaking the more u buy the cheaper it is I.e. buying a large tray of something will cost less than buying 2 smaller ones therefore over the course of a year u will save a fair bit. It is exhausting cooking so many meals in one go, in fact I only cooked about 2 weeks worth of meals a lot of ppl do a months worth. However when u get home from work and don't have to cook it is kinda awesome lol.

If u don't want to batch cook u could start shopping with ppl so if u have other ppl on ur street u cud join with them and buy everything in bulk which will work out cheaper. For instance I bought a 3kg bag of pasta it was £2.30 but the 500g bags were 50p so I effectively only saved 70p but if u did it with neighbours and went to a wholesalers ur savings would be huge.