Those are three adjectives that you don't always find together... My dad used to say "My girl, you get what you pay for." This translates directly into the food we eat.Yeah, you may be getting "a deal" when you shop at a discount grocery store buying prepackaged food in bulk. But that box of brand name snack bars isn't fit to feed your dog let alone your child.
You're wondering how to make your dollars stretch in these economic times? Stop buying what you've been conditioned to think is food - things in boxes and bags with fancy marketing. This is 'synthetic food'. It's not real. These items are designed packages of chemicals we've been brainwashed to think of as food. You are not getting any value for your money or nutrition for that matter.
Do you want good, cheap, food? Start with what your grandmother knew as food. Eggs, raw fruit, raw vegetables, meat in its purest form. Don't know what to feed your kids? That box of poppin' tarts isn't doing them any good - again, just marketing and chemicals. Try bananas and apples. Instead of gummies, try raisins. Get the idea? Read the ingredients in your peanut butter. If there are more than three ingredients, it's not worth the money. Peanut butter should be ground peanuts - that's it. Try almond butter, sunflower seed butter. There are lots of options.
You don't have to buy everything organic to feel you are eating right. A good place to start is buying food in it's simplest form. As close to natural as possible. Look past the marketing, read the ingredient list, figure out what fits in your budget and experiment. Try something new once a week.
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