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Related: About this forumThis Registered Dietitian Proves Eating on a Budget Is Possible in the Most Creative Way
Hat tip, a poster at Joe.My.God. earlier this week
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This Registered Dietitian Proves Eating on a Budget Is Possible in the Most Creative Way
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Updated: Jan. 06, 2021
This registered dietician creates healthy menus using only food purchased from Dollar General to prove eating healthy on a budget is possible.
When youre missing ingredients for your favorite recipe, youre likely to rush over to your local supermarket. But what if you dont have a grocery store nearby? What if the closest thing to a food market you have is a Dollar General? Can you still eat well? Can you eat healthily?
How One Dietician Came to Love Dollar General
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This Registered Dietitian Proves Eating on a Budget Is Possible in the Most Creative Way
Taste of Home Editors
Updated: Jan. 06, 2021
This registered dietician creates healthy menus using only food purchased from Dollar General to prove eating healthy on a budget is possible.
When youre missing ingredients for your favorite recipe, youre likely to rush over to your local supermarket. But what if you dont have a grocery store nearby? What if the closest thing to a food market you have is a Dollar General? Can you still eat well? Can you eat healthily?
How One Dietician Came to Love Dollar General
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This Registered Dietitian Proves Eating on a Budget Is Possible in the Most Creative Way (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Mar 2021
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soothsayer
(38,601 posts)1. Brilliant
PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,485 posts)2. Interesting.
I only go to the dollar stores for certain specific things, like sunglasses. I've never really paid attention to the food they sell.
leighbythesea2
(1,291 posts)3. Love it when people do this
There are some good people out there making recipes with low cost ingredients!
Another woman did her masters around this. The 4$ a day on snap budget.
Book is called Good and Cheap.
