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Triguy98 posted 50 weeks ago.
Sodium is sodium, and frozen dinners pretty much always have a ton of it.
I know its hard to believe, but if you shop right, it can be cheaper to eat healthy. Frozen veggies, canned fruit, find a meat market for lower prices on better quality chicken and hamburger. Use canned Salmon in pasta sauces....
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UFTriGator posted 50 weeks ago.
That's definitely a ton of sodium, but that's not going to be the only thing you need to worry about with frozen dinners. Those things are filled with all kinds of crap you don't want.
Whole wheat pasta, brown rice, and potatoes are cheap and easy to cook. And like Triguy said, frozen veggies and canned fruit. Also, tofu is cheap and healthy....the trick to making it taste good is to season it really heavily and to buy the firmest stuff at the store (makes it seem closer to meat). It's usually in the produce section.
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zanzabar88 posted 50 weeks ago.
Agree with Triguy and Gator, buy fresh veggies and whole wheat! It's really just as easy as the frozen meals.
However, if you're sweating alot the sodium is nothing to worry about. Heck, there's 200mg in Powergel, and I easily suck down 2-3 of those in a long run. The lack of nutritional value in the frozen dinner is a different story.
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theShiba posted 50 weeks ago.
Def. agree with all of the above...
Canned tuna is also a really great buy. I'm on a really tight budget too, so I know what it's like to have to stretch a dollar. You can get cans of tuna pretty cheap (<$1), and a can is usually good for about two or three sandwiches. Slap that on some whole wheat bread with some veggies and you are good to go. You can find cheap bread at the "bread outlet"... not sure if they have those where you are from?
Here in California, we have stores that sell bread that is about to go past its "sell by" date. But, the bread will usually last for more than a week if you keep it in the fridge, and it sometimes costs as little as 99¢.
Don't forged the all-American pre-post workout meal: The PB&J. Peanut butter is cheap (even the natural kind) and so is jelly. I go through a jar about every two weeks, but that adds up to about $2 a week buying really good peanut butter.
I also like to scramble a couple of eggs with whatever meat I can get my hands on. Throw in some onions, peppers, whatever, and put it on bread. It's sort of a "breakfast sandwich" but it's great any time of the day, and is full of great protein.
Notice how a lot of this stuff is revolving around whole wheat bread? My philosophy is this: I can get bread really cheap and use it for a lot of things... get my complex carbs. It's also a lot quicker to deal with than pasta...
I could go on for days with stuff like this... but I think you get the idea ;)
Steer clear of the frozen stuff man... it's all about having a variety of whole foods. Simple is usually the healthiest option.
hey, im a poor college student and i saw banquet frozen dinners for a buck each. i got them and realized that the turkey dinner with peas and potatoes has 1047mg of sodium. would this be good to eat? is it a bad type of sodium (ie saturated fat in ters of a fat) or is it what i want? are there even bad types of sodium? thanks
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