How do you eat a nutritious diet while keeping your grocery budget low? The good news is that cheap food isn’t necessarily unhealthy food. You can cut food costs by eating more meals at home, and by making sure they feature some of the healthiest foods.

Many get misguided that it’s the finances that determine a healthy meal.Well; there are plenty of awesomely nutritious foods that can keep you healthy in 2010 without spending a fortune.

Here are some of the cheap but awesomely nutritious foods that should never luck on one’s diet.

-Avocado; One will wonder why I have not characterized it with fruits. Yes, avocado is more than a just a fruit, it does miracles. It’s rich in vitamins and proteins. Avocado is a good replacement for the expensive eggs. It perfects nails, hair and gives one a baby skin. This explains why we even have avocado oil.

Apart from its multipurpose functions to the body, avocado suits every meal. It can act as a vegetable, fruit and a starter

-Irish potatoes; Speaking of Irish, many relate the food with chips which are definitely expensive. Did you know that one can have Irish as a side dish; it all depends on how it’s prepared.

Boiled Irish contains carbohydrates while smashed Irish with spices and vegetables in it gives both energy and proteins to the body. Irish teamed with greens {dodo}, little water and tomatoes also make amazing soup.

- Silver Fish {Indagala}; In terms of proteins, silver fish is incomparable to meat. Apart from frying these tine fish for soup, they can also be mashed to powder.

This powder is often put in porridge, especially for kids. Silver fish soup is a perfect match for bananas and rice.

-Green Vegetables [dodo]; It’s sad that many underestimate the importance of this cheap and nutritious vegetable. It’s roughage as well as a vitamin giver.

Dodo teamed up with carrots for every meal is known for eradicating sight problems. And ofcourse any meal with dodo looks colorful even before eating it.

-Sugarcanes: This year have more sugarcane. Their sugars and glucose content doesn’t compare to artificial sugar.

Sugarcane can be a starter. There also blenders meant for making sugarcane juice.

-Lemon; are you lacking vinegar for your salad? Why not try lemon? Squeeze one piece of lemmon on your salad. Also African tea with lemon tests wonderful.

Lemon can also be a side fruit for meals. Lemon heals flu, clears skin irritation and rids of bad breath. Lemon is a must fruit for every household.

Dry beans; Beans are rich in proteins. They can be a side dish or stew can be made out of them. They also spend long before going bad.

And as you enjoy the next meal, always opt for fruits for they are cheap and rich in many food values.

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