Comments on: Healthier Foods Save Dough! Shopping Healthy On A Budget http://foodandhealth.com/blog/2009/04/358/ Cooking and eating healthy has never been more easy or delicious - find out more with Food and Health Communications Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:08:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angie http://foodandhealth.com/blog/2009/04/358/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Angie Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:10:12 +0000 http://foodandhealth.com/blog/?p=358#comment-363 Thanks, Judy. I always enjoy the educational information you present. I really enjoy your blog! Thanks, Judy. I always enjoy the educational information you present. I really enjoy your blog!

]]> By: Meredith Hansen, RD http://foodandhealth.com/blog/2009/04/358/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Meredith Hansen, RD Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:22:39 +0000 http://foodandhealth.com/blog/?p=358#comment-362 Judy, Thank you for the information posted on your blog about cost of food. Did you look at the preparation time for preparing the meal from scratch versus using a pre-made meal? While the cost of the food is usually less expensive when you make things from scratch, the time you spend preparing the food may not outweigh the difference in cost. I love to make things from scratch but as life gets busier and you have 1/2 hour to prepare and eat a meal--from scratch can be hard. It would be great to see a presentation that compares time as well as cost. Most of the time the target audience is parents and with as many activities that their children are in these days....a from scratch meal may seem impossible to them because of the preparation time. Thanks, Meredith Hansen, RD Food Service Director Waterloo Community Schools Waterloo, Iowa Judy,
Thank you for the information posted on your blog about cost of food. Did you look at the preparation time for preparing the meal from scratch versus using a pre-made meal? While the cost of the food is usually less expensive when you make things from scratch, the time you spend preparing the food may not outweigh the difference in cost. I love to make things from scratch but as life gets busier and you have 1/2 hour to prepare and eat a meal–from scratch can be hard.
It would be great to see a presentation that compares time as well as cost. Most of the time the target audience is parents and with as many activities that their children are in these days….a from scratch meal may seem impossible to them because of the preparation time.
Thanks,
Meredith Hansen, RD
Food Service Director
Waterloo Community Schools
Waterloo, Iowa

]]> By: Kathleen Thomas RD CD LD CDE http://foodandhealth.com/blog/2009/04/358/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Kathleen Thomas RD CD LD CDE Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:18:25 +0000 http://foodandhealth.com/blog/?p=358#comment-361 Instead of expensive foods like lean hamburger, I point people toward using inexpensive hamburger, cooking it and then pouring off the grease, add 1 cup of hot water, stir, and then pour off the grease. Or cooking the hamburger in a cup of water, when cooked pour off the water, then brown. Healthy and inexpensive. Pork Roasts are a great deal $.80-1.50 a pound, bake, refrigerate. Then trim off the fat, makes casseroles, pulled pork sandwiches, etc. Cheap. Chicken: frozen thighs. Bake it or boil it, refrigerate it, trim off the fat/skin/bones. Makes, casseroles, White chicken chili, chicken spaghetti sauce, chicken sandwiches. I find people do not understand the pyramid. They really can not see how a meal should look by seeing the pyramid. Look at the Plate Method. It really makes meals easy. www.platemethod.com Kathleen Thomas RD CD LD CDE Consultant Instead of expensive foods like lean hamburger, I point people toward using inexpensive hamburger, cooking it and then pouring off the grease, add 1 cup of hot water, stir, and then pour off the grease. Or cooking the hamburger in a cup of water, when cooked pour off the water, then brown. Healthy and inexpensive.

Pork Roasts are a great deal $.80-1.50 a pound, bake, refrigerate. Then trim off the fat, makes casseroles, pulled pork sandwiches, etc. Cheap.

Chicken: frozen thighs. Bake it or boil it, refrigerate it, trim off the fat/skin/bones.

Makes, casseroles, White chicken chili, chicken spaghetti sauce, chicken sandwiches.

I find people do not understand the pyramid. They really can not see how a meal should look by seeing the pyramid. Look at the Plate Method. It really makes meals easy.
http://www.platemethod.com
Kathleen Thomas RD CD LD CDE
Consultant

]]> By: Carolyn O'Neil http://foodandhealth.com/blog/2009/04/358/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Carolyn O'Neil Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:53:48 +0000 http://foodandhealth.com/blog/?p=358#comment-360 Don't forget milk!! An 8 ounce glass of milk costs .25cents and provides 9 essential nutrients!! I've been hearing so much about folks struggling to afford "protein" foods..which can be the most expensive part of a meal... but they might not realize that drinking milk provides protein too! Carolyn O'Neil, registered dietitian and co-author The Dish on Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous! www.dishondieting.blogspot.com for more info on milk and nutrition/value www.whymilk.com Don’t forget milk!!
An 8 ounce glass of milk costs .25cents and provides 9 essential nutrients!! I’ve been hearing so much about folks struggling to afford “protein” foods..which can be the most expensive part of a meal… but they might not realize that drinking milk provides protein too!
Carolyn O’Neil, registered dietitian and co-author The Dish on Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous! http://www.dishondieting.blogspot.com
for more info on milk and nutrition/value http://www.whymilk.com

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