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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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and you don't have to worry about it
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well here's a few ideas for you to be
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able to um eat fresh on a budget first
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of all is shop seasonal produce first if
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you're living in a part of the United
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States or another part where there's
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lots of seasonal produce when the
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seasonal produce is out shop that
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produce first you know spring there
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could be things like asparagus spinach
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strawberries maybe summer tomatoes
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zucchini berries peaches fall squash
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apples broccoli and you know winter you
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could see there might be some root
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vegetables there for you to be able to
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have you can go on to Google and search
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uh seasonal produce and put your state
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in there um you know before shopping to
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see what's in peaks supply during that
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time and that might help you to be able
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to um to plan your menus around them um
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shop sales and markdown strategically
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you know once a week you know check out
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the store flyers and clearances and a
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lot of times you even though a lot of
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these are for the all type foods a lot
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of times you can find clearances too for
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produce and a lot of times it's for
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produce and other or meats and other
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things which maybe they have an over
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supply of or maybe it's in season so
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they're able to get a good price on it
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buy frozen when fresh isn't available
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you know there's some good choices in
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the frozen section that you can be able
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to buy and you can keep it in your
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freezer uh things like mixed vegetables
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chopped spinach um cauliflower rice uh
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berries green beans u mango chunks these
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are all things that you can be able to
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um you know keep frozen avoid um
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prepackaged carbs you know things like
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you know flavored um instant oatmeal
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pre-made sandwiches or wraps that might
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have carbs in them you know pasta meal
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kits might be tempting but they could be
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really full of a lot of carbohydrates
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especially if you like that mac and
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cheese that that cheese is not real on
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that mac and cheese uh microwavable rice
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or you know and even like you know
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packaged mac and cheese snack packs of
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crackers cookies or trail mixes could
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have a lot of multiprocess in them if it
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comes in a box or has you know 20 plus
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ingredients skip it if it has
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ingredients in it you don't see in your
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kitchen skip it shop at farmers markets
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fruits and vegetable stands this is sort
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of fun you can get to know some of the
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farmers you can talk to them become
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their friends you can um you know find
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out more about their produce about how
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they produce it and it can not only be a
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a great way to socially do things but it
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can also be a great way to be able to
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buy your uh fruit you can maybe get
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lower prices in some of the ugly fruit
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maybe some of the produce that isn't
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perfect you can maybe get bulk deals and
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if you can you know teach yourself to
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can or to freeze um could be something
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great for you to learn get your you know
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invest in what we've invested in here is
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we have those little vacuum pack bags
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and a vacuum pack sealer absolutely love
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those put a lot of things in the freezer
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like we pre-make granola and then I put
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granola into my freezer in serving bags
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and then each morning I have like a um I
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might have like my granola with my um
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fresh 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 freezer can which I
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mentioned before like freezing and
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canning is great and also I 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 they 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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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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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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you 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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