Eating healthy on a budget can seem difficult, but it can be done! Being creative can help you stick to your budget and incorporate nutritious foods into your diet. Try to incorporate some of these healthy foods under $1 into your weekly menu planning.
#Apples (crude with skin)
#Bananas
#Child Carrots (crude)
#Custom made or Canned Beans (kidney, pinto, garbanzo or naval force)
#Crisp or Canned Tomatoes (pressed in tomato juice, lessened salt adaptations)
#Oranges (organic product 2-7/8" breadth)
#Pears (crude)
#Lentils (cooked)
Pearled Barley (cooked)
Yogurt (plain, low fat or sans fat)
#Eggs
Broccoli
#Sweet Potato (cooked, prepared in skin)
Dark colored Rice (cooked)
#Apples (crude with skin)
- Extraordinary for: Snacks, green servings of mixed greens, primary dish plates of mixed greens and natural product servings of mixed greens
- What's a serving? 1 extensive apple
- Nourishment Info per serving: About 116 calories, 5.4g fiber, 17% Daily Value for vitamin C, 7% Daily Value for potassium
#Bananas
- Extraordinary for: Snacks and organic product plates of mixed greens, yogurt parfaits, and smoothies
- What's a serving? 1 banana (extensive)
- Nourishment Info per serving: 121 calories, 3.5g fiber, 14% Daily Value for potassium (487 mg), 20% Everyday Value for vitamin C
#Child Carrots (crude)
- Extraordinary for: Snacks, goulashes, stews, veggie platters and side dishes
- What's a serving? 8-10 child carrots (3 oz)
- Nourishment Info per serving: About 30 calories, 2.5g fiber, 234% Daily Value for vitamin A
#Custom made or Canned Beans (kidney, pinto, garbanzo or naval force)
- Extraordinary for: Green servings of mixed greens, dishes, stews, hummus and bean stew. Sorts of beans run from half less sodium kidney beans and dark beans to white beans and garbanzo beans.
- What's a serving? Each can contains around 3.5 (1/2-glass) servings.
- Sustenance Info per serving (for canned kidney beans): About 105 calories, 7g protein, 7g fiber, 8% Daily Value for press, 9% Daily Value for potassium
#Crisp or Canned Tomatoes (pressed in tomato juice, lessened salt adaptations)
- Incredible for: Italian and Mexican formulas, bean stew, stew, and meals. Flavor alternatives run from no-salt-added cut stewed tomatoes to diced tomatoes with garlic and olive oil.
- What's a serving? One can contain around 3.5 (1/2-container) servings.
- Sustenance Info per serving (for canned tomatoes): About 20 calories, 1g fiber, 6% Daily Value for potassium, 19% Daily Value of vitamin C
#Oranges (organic product 2-7/8" breadth)
- Awesome for: Snacks, green servings of mixed greens and natural product plates of mixed greens
- What's a serving? 1 expansive or additional vast orange
- Sustenance Info per serving: About 70 calories, 3g fiber, 138% Daily Value for vitamin C, 7% Daily Value for potassium
#Pears (crude)
- Awesome for: Snacks, as a canapé with cheddar, green plates of mixed greens and natural product servings of mixed greens
- What's a serving? 1 expansive pear
- Sustenance Info per serving: About 133 calories, 7g fiber, 16% Daily Value for vitamin C, 8% Daily Value for potassium
#Lentils (cooked)
- Awesome for: Soups and stews, frosty bean plates of mixed greens and dishes
- What's a serving? ½ glass cooked
- Sustenance Info per serving: 115 calories, 9g protein, 8g fiber, 18% Daily Value for press, 10% Daily Value for potassium
Pearled Barley (cooked)
- Awesome for: Soups and stews, frosty plates of mixed greens and dishes
- What's a serving? ½ glass (cooked)
- Sustenance Info per serving: 97 calories, 3g fiber, 6% Daily Value for press
Yogurt (plain, low fat or sans fat)
- Awesome for: Smoothies, yogurt parfait, plunges and dressings
- What's a serving? A 6-ounce holder is typically a serving.
- Sustenance Info per serving: (for 6 ounces of without fat plain yogurt): 95 calories, 10g protein, 34% Daily Incentive for calcium, 12% Daily Value for potassium
#Eggs
- Awesome for: omelets, hard boiled, plates of mixed greens
- What's a serving? 1 medium egg
- Sustenance Info per serving: 63 calories, 4g fat, 164mg cholesterol, 6g protein
Broccoli
- Awesome for: steamed as a side dish, prepared in plates of mixed greens, blended with dark colored rice or entire wheat pasta dishes
- What's a serving? 1 container crude, ½ glass cooked
- Nourishment Info per serving (1 container slashed crude broccoli): 31 calories, 0g fat, 0mg cholesterol, 11% Daily Value for vitamin A, 135% Daily Value for vitamin C
#Sweet Potato (cooked, prepared in skin)
- Incredible for: prepared, pounded, steamed
- What's a serving? 1 medium potato (2" distance across, 5" long, crude)
- Nourishment Info per serving: 103 calories, 0g fat, 0mg cholesterol, 4g fiber, 438% Daily Value for vitamin A, 37% Daily Value for vitamin C
Dark colored Rice (cooked)
- Incredible for: panfry, steamed with veggies
- What's a serving? ½ container cooked
- Nourishment Info per serving: 108 calories, 0mg cholesterol, 2g fiber
#Green Peas (solidified, cooked)
- Incredible for: blended into dark colored rice or entire wheat pasta dishes
- What's a serving? ½ container cooked
- Nourishment Info per serving (cooked): 62 calories, 0mg cholesterol, 4g fiber, 4g protein, 13% Daily Value for vitamin C, 34% Daily Value for vitamin A, 7% Daily Value for press
#Fat-Free Milk
- Incredible for: cool drink
- What's a serving? 1 container
- Nourishment Info per serving: 83 calories, 8g protein, 30% Daily Value for calcium, 11% Daily Value for potassium
Normal Oatmeal
- Incredible for: hot oats, breakfast, preparing
- What's a serving? ½ container cooked
- Nourishment Info per serving: 83 calories, 0mg cholesterol, 2g fiber
Spinach (crude)
- Incredible for: plates of mixed greens, steamed as a side dish
- What's a serving? 1 glass crude or ½ container cooked
- Sustenance Info per serving (1 glass crude): 7 calories, 0mg cholesterol, 1g fiber, 56% Daily Value of vitamin A, 14% Daily Value for vitamin C, 5% Daily Value of iron, 5% Daily Value for potassium
Solidified Mixed Vegetables
- Awesome for: brisk side dish, add to soups/stews
- What's a serving? ½ glass cooked
- Sustenance Info per serving: 59 calories; 4g fiber, 78% Daily Value for vitamin A, 5% Daily Value for vitamin C, 4% Daily Value for potassium
Solidified Corn on the Cob
- Awesome for: brisk side dish, kid well disposed
- What's a serving? 1 ear
- Sustenance Info per serving (for a cooked cob that yields around 2 oz cooked corn): 59 calories, 2g fiber, 5% Daily Value for potassium