Shanelle05's Journal, 26 June 2012

For less than you pay for those pre-packaged microwave dinners, you can buy cans of tuna or white chicken breast meat packed in water. Make your own healthy low sodium and low fat microwave foods by combining chicken and white rice and veggies, freezing them. I got on this kick by looking at healthier alternatives for my dog, and heck, it was so good I made some for me. You can eat a whole can of white tuna packed in water - even as a snack. There is little calories and lots of protein. Both of these options are pretty cheap. Noodles, rice and beans are plenty cheap if you cook your own. You have lots of economic alternatives; it just takes some time and experimentation.  

BTW, I know some of those microwave dinners like you get at Dollar General or places like that, that don't even have to be refrigerated, are pretty cheap. But you've got to ask yourself, "How healthy can these really be?" Grandma always said, "If it don't rot, don't eat it!" I know there are "low sodium" and "low fat" dinners out there, and I love the taste of them, but almost everything has a lot of preservatives in them, and I worry about that. If they are truly healthy meals, you're probably going to pay quite a bit for them. 

If it don't rot, don't eat it :) I like that. That's good advice. I think I will look into buying cans of chicken or tuna like you said. I currently get the pouches of salmon. I love salmon. I was thinking about just getting lots of bags of the steamfresh veggies. They're my fav. I could just get a lot of those. I wouldn't have any problems eating those for every meal. It does get boring though... 

That's the spirit! Just don't buy so much of the veggies that they get slimey before you have a chance to eat them. I did notice that when bringing raw cauliflower to work to munch on, it's best not to put it in the same sandwich bag as the other veggies. For some reason, it doesn't play nice with other veggies. Watch for fruit in the grocery store. When they first get it in, prices are sky high. Then when they realize that people aren't buying the boatloads they brought in, they have to discount it like crazy to get it bought up before it rots - I mean like 500% or more reduction.