Cooking on a budget - and making small life style changes

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!

This year 2019 I,(we) (us) are going to try to do things a little different. I am going to attempt to cook new things for my family but on a reasonable budget.  I have found that to eat healthily you have to be somewhat creative because it can be very expensive.  Things like fruits and vegetables, for example, are very expensive.  

There are lots of fruits and vegetable from other countries that are extremely rich in nutrients that we don't explore because we are not familiar with them.  So I am going to choose a lot of different foods and prepare them for you to help make meals interesting.  I am very excited and you will be able to see how unusual food cooks up.  Let me know if you know of any food you would like to learn more about and I will add it to my meal planning. Keeping it simple is what my plan is for this year.
I have already begun by going shopping and pricing some of the produce items in my favorite Supermarkets.  I will also be visiting Giant, Shoppers, Sprout, Aldi and Wegmans so keep a look out for my upcoming Blogs  One of my plans is to make my own homemade Applesauce and Tomato Sauce, this is going to low a lot of costs

I plan to get rid of the store-bought salad dressing and make my own house dressing using lots of lemon/lime juices and olive oil.  I am also planning to make my own seasoning and spice mixes and video while I am doing it. I hope this helps you and your family also. I believe that if you eat better you will feel better and your overall health will be better.  I know that what I am about to do is not a perfect answer but I know it will be better and healthier than what I have been doing.  So hang in there with me and together we will see what happens.

Other things I will do to help in exercise, is to park the car farthest away from where I am going, walking around a few times in the Supermarket. Do stretches while waiting on line. Stretch in the morning when I get out of bed. These simple little things can make a difference in how you feel during the day.  I will use the stairs instead of escalators or elevators and I will remember to walk briskly, you might want to try this also!

At the end of this year, I will then be able to report on how all my small changes helped me during 2019 so again Have a Very Happy New Year!!!!!!