How expensive is healthy eating?

As the title asks.........just how expensive is healthy eating?

I often hear people say 'I can't afford to eat healthy' and 'junk food is much cheaper'

But is it??

Before becoming a Slimming World member, I would've said the same as well as the first few weeks of becoming a member but now?  No certainly not.  

The first few weeks as a Slimming World member I did find it expensive.  The key is to build up a small 'larder' of foods.  Basics aren't really that expensive - pasta, beans, tinned tomatoes, tinned spaghetti, passata, tomato puree - these are all cheap foods and either free or superfree foods.

I love bargain hunting and seeking out cheaper items.  It does pay to shop about.  I'm aiming to update my blog with bargain buys so watch this space.  I love shopping around, sad I know, but I love finding a bargain.  I do understand that people don't have the time to shop around, however, if you do your research you can shop around on what little time you have available.  For example, a Thursday evening my husband finishes work earlier so he can nip to Tesco for example, I pop to Morrisons during the day after I've dropped my son off at nursery and on  Sunday we pop to Aldi.  I'm quite lucky as to where I live as I'm within easy reach of 2 x Asda's, 2 x Morrisons, Tescos, Sainsburys, 2 x Icelands, Herons Freezer Foods, Aldi, Lidl, Home Bargains, B and M's and Discount UK, so picking up a good bargains isn't really that hard for me.  As I see it its 'A penny saved is a penny in the pot!'

Right................ Here are some of my store cupboard items:

Tinned Tomatoes (chopped, plum and cherry)

Beans

Spaghetti in tomato sauce

Pasta (various shapes/sizes) inc cannelloni and spaghetti

Dried egg noodles

passata

Tomato puree

Tinned mushrooms

Tins of peas

Tinned sweetcorn

Tuna in brine

Red kidney beans

Heinz five beans in tomato ketchup

Sausage and beans (not SW but my son loves them)

Pasta shapes in tomato sauce (characters etc)

Dark soy sauce

Light soy sauce

Oxo cubes (chicken, beef, lamb, vegetable)

Bovril Cubes (beef)

Fry Light

Fillipo Berio Mild and Light Olive Oil cooking spray
Herbs, spices and seasonings
Stock cubes/liqud etc

I also have 3 freezers at the moment - an underbench, fridge freezer and a chest/box freezer in my shed, which is filled with good, frozen vegetables, meats


I'll be writing up another post very soon with a list of cheap staples that can make Slimming World on a budget even easier for you!

I shop around for bargains and I'm more than willing to post up on the blog what bargains that I find on a daily basis whilst I am out shopping. x

©Cheznal x