economical & healthy foods

It’s rare to find a page that has a list of economical yet healthy foods, and given it’s rareness, you’re saden by it’s imperfections on such a simple thing: http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22145/52070-20-healthiest-foods–1 The intro is too long, making our reading that much harder, and the title is misleading as most items on the list aren’t typically under $1.

Oats: “a dollar will buy you more than a week’s worth of hearty breakfasts” – really now? then why don’t you link to this imaginary store of yours? Still, oats do cost less than most other foods.

Eggs: the price of eggs have been rising, so we can’t add this into our new and better list below.

Kale: “usually a dollar a bunch” – what’s that? $1 a lb? well, we’ll take your word on it.

Potatoes: we’re not sure how “dirt cheap” these are, but we do know that they’re not complex carbohydrates, not whole grain so thus will not be listed.

Apples: good item!

Nuts: not economical

Bananas: not the most nutrient-dense food, but good for its price at ~50 cents a lb

Garbanzo Beans: yep, beans are a good choice at 0.50 – $1 a lb

Broccoli: one of the most healthiest foods, though we’ll need to find out their typical cost prior to adding them to the list.

Watermelon: need to find typical cost

Wild Rice: brown rice works

Beets: need to find typical cost

Butternut Squash: “usually less than a dollar a pound” – need to verify that

Whole Grain Pasta: good choice!

Sardines: not one of the heather fishes, but it is cat food: http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/product_detail.asp?pf_id=3022327

Spinach: “year round for less than a dollar” – need to verify that

Tofu: another good choice

Lowfat Milk: “but per serving, it’s still under a dollar” – why would you go per serving when servings are different quantities for different items which makes it a bad measure.. this is just stupid

Pumpkin Seeds: very bad choice, too high in saturated fat

Coffee: not a health food, jus a regular food

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And there we have it, version 0.1 of the new and better list of economical & healthy foods (and it’s organized):

Apples
Bananas
Kale
Oats
Whole Grain Pasta
Garbanzo Beans
Tofu