Kasz216 said:
HappySqurriel said:
Kasz216 said:
I will say that a bag of potatoes is cheaper then the equivlent fast food and quite possibly the heathiest food item in the world.
I agree with most of the rest of what you say... but the healthy foods are there and cheaper then even fast food if you know what your doing.
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There are lots of inexpensive and (generally) pretty healthy food, and at one point in time I calculated that it took (roughly) $5 a day to meet the basic nutritional needs of a grown adult with enough flexibility to prevent people from becoming (too) bored with their diet ... The problem is that it takes effort and time to make food using these basic ingredients and the average person will favour more expensive foods that are quicker to cook (and often less nutritious)
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Oh yeah. People are lazy.
I've been trying to compile a list of such health foods myself... though not being too successful.
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Back in the day when I first moved out of my parents house I figured that I could buy £15 worth of adequet nutritional food a week, cook a big batch of 7 - 10 servings over a couple of hours one day and live off the batch for the week, merely heating it up in the oven. It works. Each week you do something different so you don't get bored, you get to eat healthily and you only have to cook once a week. It was a real time and effort saver so I could focus on other things. win-win
