Advice for a starving student?

[Anonymous]

Advice for someone who is hungry all the time, but has little money to spend? preferably something fulling, and it needs to be health, or at least not directly unhealthy ( ex. french fries etc)

[523206720]

Lettuce is a cheap source of nutrients
Eggs are a healthy cheap sources of protein
Milk combined with edamame forms a complete protein if you get the normal milk at 2% fat that is NOT enriched with vitamin A
Also take a multivitamin that has everything you need on it.
Flaxseed oil for omega 3 instead of fish which costs more.
You could also try eating whole wheat sandwiches with swiss cheese which contains 8 grams of protein, bread which contains 16 grams of protein, and certain types of meat which may contain another 8 grams of protein.

Recommend:
1. Sandwich
2. Milk
3. Lettuce

This will meet your nutrition needs and is cheap. The sandwiches cost $15 dollars a week and cover 40 grams of protein each.

[XRabbitHeartX]

Oats porridge OR plain muesli with plain yogurt.. this usually fills me up for quite a while. I eat this for breakfast and lunch sometimes and it is relatively cheap. Other than that make some toast with a spread on like a low fat cheese spread. Pasta is also cheap. I'm also on a tight budget so I feel ya :3

[kambo_trick3y]

Eggs. Brown Rice. Potatoes are some good starters.

Vegetables can be found cheap, but you need to go to the right stores. I know this is going to sound stereotypical but Asian stores are usually pretty good to buy vegetables cause they're back end and not as commercial as Acme or other stores like that. I've bout most vegetables for a half or even a quarter of the price than I have at other stores, even the corner store or cheap stores like Bottom Dollar or Save A Lot. Give it a try.

[Levin]

Is this some kind of American thing where vegetables are supposedly expensive? Here a fresh broccoli is 49p. A cabbage, what, 65p. 1£ for a bag of sweet potatoes.

Brown rice is extremely cheap for the number of meals you can get out of it. It's meat which is seemingly the expensive component of any meal, which is fine, cause you can do without it!

[kambo_trick3y]

@Levin

Beats me. I don't agree with it either. I guess health is supposed to be expensive here in America.

[Asker]

Try living in norway... everything is expensive lol

[kambo_trick3y]

Try out the Asian market recommendation. If it's anything like America, things will be way cheaper. Worth a try at least.

[Levin]

Are those vegetables not that cheap there? I don't mean the over packaged, processed crap, I mean, just fresh whole vegetables. Food is still expensive here, but it's not like it's cheaper than take-aways. Maybe it is for the amount of calories you get. But 200 calories of something wholesome is a damn sight a lot better for you than 500 of crap. And you don't need as many calories when you eat well.

[BertMacklinFBI]

buy a bag of sweet potatoes. wash 1 and wrap it with saran wrap, microwave for about 2 1/2 - 3 minutes. slice and eat as a snack.

[Asker]

hmm... i might just try it!

[BertMacklinFBI]

its one of the best ways to do healthy snacking. lots of fiber, sweet potato is in the top 10 super foods, and its complex carbs, very nutritious. plus, using the microwave won't drain its nutrition unless you do it for too long, so about 3 minutes is perfect to make it soft enough to eat. but you need water, so rinse that baby.

[nickdg]

I had the same problem in college. Some of the cheap but healthy foods I ate a lot of were potatoes, brown rice, bananas, eggs, chicken, beans, cans of veggies when they were on special. Check the grocery store advertisements often too. There are a lot of better alternative to ramen noodles!

[nickdg]

1 whole chicken can make so many meals. Start with the meat to eat some as part of meals. Collect the broth to flavor noodles or rice. Boil down all the bones to make soup. That is a lot for $5 or so.

[akadatank44]

Buy a whole Turkey breast at the grocery store relatively cheap per pound. Cook it in a crock pot and put some water in it and season it with Larwy's Season Salt on top. Let it cook throughout the day. Also start using coupons at the store and get the ads and only buy things on sale and what you need.

[sweetone13]

Drink lots of water and of possible buy in bulk. Take your time when you eat. It takes 20 min for your stomach to realize you're full. Eats lots of fibrous veggies to cuz fiber makes you full.

[sherbearee]

buy things in bulk... bread, potatoes, bananas, lettuce, etc. are inexpensive and catch them when theyre on sale or something..

[Asker]

not a bad idea... but i need protein... any cheap protein sources?

[sherbearee]

there's a lot of cheap deli meats like bologna, or you can get a eggs in cartons to last you a few days... though depends on your budget

[NateInAk]

There's always ramen, but it's hard to feel healthy eating something that's cheaper than gum.

[TadCurious]

Peanut butter and whole grain bread. Orange juice. Apples.

[SurströmmingLover]

How about eating Greek yogurt with corn flakes or French toasts as snacks during the day?

[Asker]

im lactose intolerante and i dont like corn flakes... and im not a big bread eater... but i guess i could eat some oatmeal and soy yoghurt or something

[MoshingExec]

Depends. Where are you located?

[Anonymous]

Omelet, put something in it like broccoli or ham.

[Asker]

i dont get very full on omelet... or i do for like 30 min lol

[Noboddy]

Eat a lot of rice based meals.

[adquidorator]

beans, potatoes, nuts

[Despondency]

What's the budget?

[Asker]

ca. 17 US dollars a week