Healthy food is expensive?

[Hawtbod02]

What healthy food is expensive? Is it the lean meats? Veggies aren't really expensive right?

[Aurorasmom]

i have no idea.  we do 95% of our grocery shopping at sprouts, which is a farmers market type grocery store, and i spend less than $40/week for breakfast, dinner and snack foods.

[schultzal]

All food is expensive where I live, especially quality meat & produce. That doesn't mean I will buy junk though. I look at it as an investment in our long term health. :)

[armygirl16]

Mainly meat, a lot of my snacks are extra because they are just for me because hubby won't eat them lol. Farmers market (when it starts up again) will be a lot more expensive.

[musicpisces]

Well, my portions are smaller, and I don't buy treats (...as much) anymore, so that made a big dent.  We buy mostly organic, and it's still not awful.  I cook everything from scratch, which I think saves us a lot. 

[Hawtbod02]

Thank you for responding. I have changed my eating habits tremendously and I don't really see it being a problem in price as many people say. It makes me think "Well.. am I really buying healthy food"? :[ 

[noahscott]

lean meats are more expensive but i think a lot of the issue is in a lot of families the whole family doesn't want to diet so all the "healthy" food is extra money. also if they want to get the snack stuff like the fiber one's or special k things they are really expensive.

[cntrdmom]

One problem for me is that while I'm eating a vegan whole foods diet, everyone else still wants meat and snacks etc. so it's a little more. And due to current circumstances we are paying fr more convenience than usual.

[armygirl16]

This is why it is more expensive for me. My husband eats wheat process bread but I go for the healthier multigrain whole wheat breads. I eat veggies, he doesn't (although my daughter does). I eat hummuce with carrots, string cheese, Greek yogurt, flax seed meal, fish, etc....all of which he doesn't. So it is more expensive in our case, but if your whole family is eating healthy than it can be the same or cheaper. My husband is sooo picky so it's hard to do very healthy meals with him.

Quoting noahscott:

lean meats are more expensive but i think a lot of the issue is in a lot of families the whole family doesn't want to diet so all the "healthy" food is extra money. also if they want to get the snack stuff like the fiber one's or special k things they are really expensive.

[mcginnisc]

I spend a fortune on healthy food here. 

A whole chicken is running about $5 per lb right now, chicken breasts are between $5-$6 per lb. Ground turkey is normally almost $4 per lb. 

Tomatoes are $4 per pound, apples were $7 for 1.5 lbs, salad mix is $3 each, berries were $4 per pkg ( 1/2 pint)...Organics are twice as much around here, so there are times I don't get Organic. The cheapest thing I got at the store on Sunday was an English Cucumber and it was $2. Nice... I'm averaging $200 per week eating healthy. I rarely buy processed items..I keep small bags of chips, fruit snacks, and treats for dd's lunch box, but other than that- not much. Heck, bread that does not have HFCS is $4 per loaf where I live. We've eaten cleanly for several years now and our grocery bill increased when we started this lifestyle.. 

[beadingmom17]

I don't find it to be a big a hinderance as some do. I strategize where I buy certain things and in the end still come out to roughly $300/mo for groceries (inc things like toilet paper, paper towel, etc).

I can't wait until spring/summer. I hit the farmers market and get everything so much cheaper and fresher than the store!