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What Are the Best Ways to Buy Fresh, Healthy Food Without Spending Too Much?
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May 28, 2025
Eating healthy doesn’t have to mean draining your wallet. In fact, with the right strategies, you can stock your kitchen with fresh, nutritious foods without overspending. Whether you’re feeding a family or just trying to eat better for yourself, smart grocery shopping can make a massive difference in both your health and your budget. Listen now for real-world, no-fluff tips—and read more here: 👉 https://reluctantlowcarblife.com/how-can-i-grocery-shop-for-fresh-healthy-foods-on-a-budget/ #HealthyEating #GroceryBudget #FrugalLiving #CleanEatingTips #SmartShopping #BudgetMeals #ReluctantLowCarbLife #HealthyFoodOnABudget
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hi this is Anita from Reluctant Low Carb
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Life I want to start eating more fresh
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foods and then begin to think well how
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do I do it if I'm on a budget because
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the truth is that a lot of times the
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ultroessed food is cheaper And it can be
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cheaper in two ways One the overall cost
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might be cheaper when you buy the food
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itself And two it may simply just last
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longer on your pantry shelf So you don't
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end up tossing it away because it's no
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longer good So you know you find that it
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becomes cheaper because it can stay
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there on your pantry Don't pantry shelf
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You don't have to worry about it Well
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here's a few ideas for you to be able to
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um eat fresh on a budget First of all is
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shop seasonal produce first If you're
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living in a part of the United States or
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another part where there's lots of
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seasonal produce when the seasonal
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produce is out shop that produce first
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You know spring there could be things
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like asparagus spinach strawberries
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maybe summer tomatoes zucchini berries
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peaches Fall squash apples broccoli and
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you know winter you could see there
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might be some root vegetables there for
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you to be able to have You can go on to
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Google and search uh seasonal produce
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and put your state in there um you know
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before shopping to see what's in peak
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supply during that time and that might
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help you to build a um to plan your
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menus around them Um shop sales and
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markdown strategically you know once a
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week you know check out the store flyers
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and clearances And a lot of times you
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even though a lot of these are for the
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all type processed foods a lot of times
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you can find clearances too for produce
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And a lot of times it's for produce and
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other or meats and other things which
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maybe they have an over supply of or
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maybe it's in season so they're able to
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get a good price on it Buy frozen when
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fresh isn't available You know there's
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some good choices in the frozen section
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that you can be able to buy and you can
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keep it in your freezer Uh things like
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mixed vegetables chopped spinach um
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cauliflower rice uh berries green beans
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u mango chunks These are all things that
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you can be able to um you know keep
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frozen Avoid um prepackaged carbs You
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know things like you know flavored um
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instant oatmeal pre-made sandwiches or
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wraps that might have carbs in them You
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know pasta meal kits might be tempting
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but they could be really full of a lot
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of carbohydrates especially if you like
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that mac and cheese That that cheese is
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not real on that mac and cheese U
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microwavable rice or you know and even
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like you know packaged mac and cheese
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Snack packs of crackers cookies or trail
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mixes could have a lot of multi-process
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in them If it comes in a box or has you
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know 20 plus ingredients skip it If it
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has ingredients in it you don't see in
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your kitchen skip it Shop at farmers
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markets fruits and vegetable stands This
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is sort of fun You can get to know some
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of the farmers You can talk to them
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become their friends You can um you'll
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find out more about their produce about
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how they produce it And it can all not
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only be a a great way to socially do
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things but it can also be a great way to
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be able to buy your uh fruit You can
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maybe get lower prices in some of the
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ugly fruit maybe some of the produce
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that isn't perfect You can maybe get
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bulk deals and if you can you know teach
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yourself to can or to freeze Um could be
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something great for you to learn Get
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your you know invest in what we've
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invested in here is we have those little
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vacuum pack bags and a vacuum pack
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sealer absolutely love those Put a lot
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of things in the freezer Like we
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pre-make granola and then I put granola
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into my freezer in serving bags and then
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each morning I have like a um I might
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have like my granola with my um fresh
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yogurt you know I and I don't buy
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flavored yogurt If I want to put flavor
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in the yogurt I will add the flavor
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myself And so you know those are all
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things that you can do to make sure
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you're eating healthier preserve the
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freshness You know freeze or can which I
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mentioned before like freezing and
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canning is great And also I've mentioned
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before is vacuum packing Meal plan
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around what's on sale If you kind of
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know what's on sale meal plan around I
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you know there's nothing that I love
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more than fresh corn If you happen to be
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in an area in a time where there's fresh
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corn you can plan to have a meal with
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some meat and fresh corn Great meal to
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have You know stick to you know core
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lowcost staples There's a lot of you
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know budget friendly power foods Um eggs
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Eggs used to be more low cost even
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though it got more expensive They're
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going down now in price Brown rice or
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quina Um canned beans
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uh rolled oats cabbage carrots bananas I
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just did a great recipe yesterday where
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this is all over It's on YouTube A lot
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of people are doing it where you have
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frozen bananas and you freeze the
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bananas and then you put some fruit in
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them and you can make yourself like an
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ice cream smoothie Uh really kind of a
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fun way to be able to use bananas
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Um you know whole chickens you can get
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you know you usually cheaper than the
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pound You can cook a whole chicken You
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can use it throughout the week You can
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even like freeze some of it if you need
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to Or you can go to places like Costco
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other places buy rotisserie chicken
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We've done that a lot Buy a rotisserie
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chicken and then you know have it for
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several
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meals Cook once eat it twice or three
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times You know that's an idea You cook
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it once eat it twice three times freeze
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it and then cook it
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again you know if you don't have time
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then take it out of the freezer heat it
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up and then you know exactly what's in
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it So these are all some ideas for you
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to be able to use you know really find
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ways to be able to eat fresh There's if
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you get creative if you plan ahead
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there's lots of ways you can do it If
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you're not sure there's lots of advice
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out there on the YouTube that you can
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see people that are you know packing
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things and uh preparing meals for a
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whole week or other things like that
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that you can learn from So there's
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really no excuse today for people not to
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be able to find a way to be able to eat
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fresh if they really want to And even on
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any budget that you're on you can find a
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way to be able to still be able to eat
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fresh If it is still very expensive
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consider growing a little garden Even if
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you live in an apartment we have a
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garden growing up on our balcony Grow a
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garden Start growing your own food and
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your get your own seeds And it can be
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very therapeutic can be a great way to
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be able to you know understand more
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about nature And if you grow your garden
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you can really get a great produce You
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can use all that produce and even end up
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maybe eventually giving it away to some
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people You might have so much there This
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is Anita from Reluctant Low Carb Life
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Thank you so much for listening We hope
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that you'll join with us and thinking of
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ways that you can be able to first of
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all eat foods that are fresh Eat foods
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that are help you feel full If you're
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eating fresh foods you will feel full
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longer and then putting making fitness
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become part of your life and routine
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Thank you so much for listening If you
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