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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Mar 11, 2021, 04:19 PM Mar 2021

This 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 you’re missing ingredients for your favorite recipe, you’re likely to rush over to your local supermarket. But what if you don’t 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 OP
Brilliant soothsayer Mar 2021 #1
Interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #2
Love it when people do this leighbythesea2 Mar 2021 #3

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,916 posts)
2. Interesting.
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 05:38 PM
Mar 2021

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

(1,200 posts)
3. Love it when people do this
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 07:12 PM
Mar 2021

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.

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