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Originally Posted by Schmoodle
Jelly, not sure what your situation is exactly but I think you should not give up so easily. I cook for a family too, and they eat what I eat and nobody has complained. If you are doing most of the cooking then I think you could have your family eating SB recipes without them even knowing it (if you think they'd have a problem with it). They are just healthy meals. Sometimes I make spaghetti and meatballs for the family and I make whole wheat noodles, or if I make regular noodles, I just have the meatballs and sauce with parmesan or mozzarella melted on top and a salad. How about, meatloaf, chili, taco soup, would they eat those things? I think you should talk to your mom about this, since you are trying to do the right thing for your health (and theirs), and if you do most of the cooking it seems fair that you should have some input to the grocery list. Maybe you could check out the flyer where she shops and see what healthy stuff is on sale and let her know. Even if you could cook up some chicken breasts for yourself once a week and keep them in the fridge, then on nights when they are eating things you don't want to eat, you will have an option. Keep some hardboiled eggs on hand. If I've got a can of black beans and a can of tomatoes with peppers in the cabinet, I've got a quick dinner for me. Your situation is difficult, but I think if you really want to do this, you can figure out a way.
Okay, thinking a little more about this, here are the healthy, SBD compliant foods that I consider a bargain:
canned tuna, bought on sale 50 cents/can
large containers of cottage cheese or plain yogurt (you can add your own flavorings if you want).
dried or canned beans
eggs
frozen veggies - not the little fancy steamer packs, but large sized bags of store brand frozen broccoli, etc. and spinach, which I consider a huge bargain considering how much fresh spinach it takes to make that little frozen block.
Meats that I can buy on sale for $1.99/lb or less - chicken breast, pork loin, lean hamburger, ground turkey.
This time of year the fresh veggies get pretty cheap.
Is it true that junk food is cheaper than healthy food? I've never bought too much junk, but it's always seemed to me like it's cheaper to cook stuff from scratch than buy it prepared.
Veggies I can always talk my father into getting, cause he knows the only veggie I really eat is broccoli, LOL, so that's no prob.. and i buy the birds eye steamfresh cause they actually cook right in the microwave unlike others. My mom orders stuff from Omaha, meats and fishes, but I looked at the nutrition on those and they got alot of fat and other stuff, wasn't sure that was healthy or not.. but not much I can order from that, lol
I got tuna here, not the one in light juice I don't think tho, but I don't like to eat tuna cause it leaves a nasty fish taste in my mouth, which would prob decrease my appetite, LOL. My mom buys cottage cheese all the time, but the reg, not special ones. Yogurt I can never eat cause I don't like it, I will only eat Dannon Light N Fit Strawberry, that's it, and even that I can't eat much of.
I got bush beans somewhere, but do I want to fart all day and night? LOL
BTW they say that bush beans helps ur bowels, well not much helps my bowels (i've been constipated for years) except ice cream and anything that has lots of dairy. I don't know if Prune Juice is exceptable on the SBD but if I need to I will have to drink it, ur bowels are important too.