Healthy recipes and meal plans on a budget
Healthy eating suggestions
Quick ideas for meals and snacks:
- sandwiches or mountain bread filled with lean meat or fish and heaps of salad
- salad vegetables eg carrots celery, cucumbers with a low fat tzadiki dip
- a boiled egg on toast
- baked beans
- plain yoghurt with 1 cup mixed fresh fruit
- 100g tuna with mixed salad
- stir-fried vegetables
- vegetable soup made with low carbohydrate vegetables
- smoothie with carrots, celery, fresh beetroot, ginger, yoghurt or skim milk and frozen berries
Limit or avoid takeaway foods if at all possible, or try the following options:
- vegetable soup stir fry vegetables with chicken or beef
- grilled fish or chicken with vegetables
- for more sample meal plans, recipes and tips see the Basics of Healthy Eating.
(recipes to go to dietitians for evaluation prior to being uploaded)