Top 10 Budget-Friendly Foods - Diet and Nutrition Center - EverydayHealth. You don't have to cut back on healthy foods as you're trimming your family food budget!
Here are 10 top picks for economical and delicious healthy foods. With the economy suffering and food prices rising, your family’s grocery bill might be in need of a few budget cuts. Unfortunately, because of the misperception that healthy foods always cost more, nutritious foods like fresh produce are often the first to get bumped from grocery carts. 246 Healthy Recipes (That Won't Break the Bank) Eating Well on a Budget – the Dirty Dozen & the Clean 15. In a perfect world all food would be organic and we would all be able to afford as much of it as we need.
Since that world does not (yet) exist, we need to find ways to stretch our food-dollar while eating safe, non-contaminated foods. Some fruits and vegetables are more vulnerable to the chemicals used in conventional agriculture, while others remain mostly safe even when sprayed with pesticides. Meet the Clean 15 and the Dirty Dozen. The Environmental Working Group has compiled these two lists after analyzing the harmful pesticide residue in some of our most common produce.