{"id":39498,"date":"2019-10-21T09:42:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T13:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=39498"},"modified":"2019-10-18T09:45:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T13:45:43","slug":"my-trip-to-the-grocery-store-healthy-eating-on-a-student-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2019\/10\/21\/my-trip-to-the-grocery-store-healthy-eating-on-a-student-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"My Trip to the Grocery Store: Healthy Eating on a Student Budget\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"Does anyone else find grocery shopping challenging? Now that I live off-campus, I\u2019m fully responsible for grocery shopping and making all my meals. At first it was really overwhelming\u2014 I didn\u2019t know how often to shop, what to buy, and how to balance healthy eating with my student budget. Now, I\u2019ve figured out a pretty easy way to structure my grocery shopping, so I thought I\u2019d take you all along on my weekly grocery store trip!\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nTo prepare for my trip, I begin by creating a grocery list based on four categories: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.\r\n\r\nFor breakfast, I think about what will give me lots of energy in the morning and is relatively quick to make. This week, I decided to get ingredients for oatmeal. So, I bought a bag of oats, some\u00a0<\/span>oat milk, and apple sauce, which I\u2019ve found is a super easy thing to add to oats to make them taste delicious.\r\n\r\n\"A<\/a>\r\n\r\nFor lunch, I try to keep things portable and easy to take to school. This week, I decided to pick up ingredients for bean salad. I make this meal all the time, from an online recipe I found<\/a>. I basically just mix together beans, beets, celery, and a sweet vinegar dressing which is easy to make. It\u2019s an especially good lunch because I can take it to school in a tupperware, and it\u2019s meant to be eaten cold, so I don\u2019t have to worry about finding a microwave on campus to reheat it. Additionally, beans are a great source of protein, which gives me lots of energy throughout the day.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\"A<\/a>\r\n\r\n
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Completed bean salad!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nDinner requires the most planning for me. I go grocery shopping once a week, and I always try to plan out at least three meals I can make that week. I tend to make a lot of food when I cook a dish, that way I can spread leftovers out through the next couple of days and not have to cook every day.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nBut, I've found it important to not get too many fresh ingredients, because they sometimes go bad by the end of the week. Because of this, I always try to think of one meal I want to make out of fresh ingredients, and two other meals I want to make out of dried\/non-perishable ingredients.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThis week, I chose to make a stir-fry with tofu, eggplants, broccoli, and tofu for my fresh-ingredients meal of the week.\r\n\r\n\"A<\/a>\r\n\r\nI also bought ingredients for two more meals which won\u2019t go bad quickly\u2014 I bought a jar of pasta sauce and potato gnocchi, in addition to soba noodles, which are super easy to make into an amazing peanut noodle salad<\/a> that I love.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"A<\/a>\r\n\r\nI also pick up snacks which are easy to take to school, and add fun variation into my diet. This week, I got granola bars for class, and kombucha for a special treat!\r\n\r\n\"A<\/a>\r\n\r\nSo, grocery store trip complete! What are your top tips for grocery shopping and meal planning?","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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