{"id":127,"date":"2009-03-03T12:06:10","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T12:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/03\/eat-well-for-less.html"},"modified":"2009-03-03T12:06:10","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T12:06:10","slug":"eat-well-for-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/03\/eat-well-for-less.html","title":{"rendered":"Eat Well for Less"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that money is tight, many people are spending less money on everything, including food.&nbsp; Eating out in restaurants, and buying take-out food is no longer affordable for many of us.&nbsp; At the same time we&#8217;re working harder and time is short and getting shorter.&nbsp; The good news is that there is a happy medium between spending less for food and taking the time to shop and cook.&nbsp; It just requires some conscious planning and a little variation in activity.<\/p>\n<p>Look to foods that are nutritious and inexpensive, instead of high-calorie\/high-cost fast food or prepared foods.&nbsp; Use frozen or canned foods, which often have higher nutritional value than fresh ones.&nbsp; Take a few minutes to cook a pasta dish with a frozen vegetable medley, for example.&nbsp; Or try a casserole with rice, beans, low-fat cheese, and tomatoes that you have made ahead of time, and extended for a couple of meals.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of hamburgers and French-fries via a drive-through, pick-up some frozen low-fat potatoes and turkey-patties and heat them up.&nbsp; That way, you&#8217;re not eating fried foods or high-fat saturated beef.&nbsp; It takes only a few minutes more, and even less if you have taken time at the beginning of your week to make a shopping list and bought them in bulk at the store.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a great article by Jane Brody of the New York Times that talks about this, and provides some good ideas.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/03\/health\/03brod.html?nl=8hlth&amp;emc=hlthb2\">Take a look here.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>There are many more healthier foods that are fast and less costly if you take a little time at home:&nbsp; salads, cabbage, soups, stews, chili, rice, pasta, tortilla wraps, burritos are just a few ideas.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to hear your creative ideas for lower-cost easy-to-make foods.&nbsp; Please post them below.<\/p>\n<p>This is a subject I&#8217;ll be writing about often, so please return to this website often (www.Beliefnet.com\/drnorris), and bookmark it or RSS-it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that money is tight, many people are spending less money on everything, including food.&nbsp; Eating out in restaurants, and buying take-out food is no longer affordable for many of us.&nbsp; At the same time we&#8217;re working harder and time is short and getting shorter.&nbsp; The good news is that there is a happy medium&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3,10,6,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet","category-health","category-lifestyles","category-recipes","category-weight-loss","category-wellness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eat Well for Less - Dr. Norris J. 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