Healthy eating can be done within a budget with proper planning.
Zach Cohen is a registered dietitian and nutritionist who created 18 meals out of $50 Walmart groceries. This is about $2.70 per serving for him.
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Zach offers TikTok advice on how to live a healthier lifestyle.
Affordability is often a deterrent to trying to improve your diet. Prices for produce, meat, and more have skyrocketed, wiping out some of the healthiest options.
However, with proper planning, it can be done.
The self-proclaimed “CEO of Affordable Meal Prep” teaches viewers how to stay on budget and eat healthy on TikTok, ZachCoen.
He shops at affordable stores like Aldi and Walmart and plans his meals so that one product can be used in several different ways.
On one of his recent Walmart trips, he spent only $48.62 to make 18 meals. This averages him about $2.70 per serving.
Shopping list
Using the grocery cart, Zak created three different recipes.
- chicken tortellini soup
- Meat and vegetable stew “Sankocho”
- frito burrito bowl
He was able to make six servings of each meal using some ingredients he already had at home, such as chicken and seasonings.
Here’s everything Zach bought:
- beef broth $1.98
- Chicken Brothers $1.33
- Softrito $2.28
- shredded cheddar $2.22
- Shredded octopus blended cheese $2.22
- carrots, 98 cents
- Tortellini $5.63
- Spinach $2.28
- Corn $2.28
- Cabbage $1.32
- red bell pepper $1.42
- plantain, 68 cents
- potato $1.87
- Floor $2.02
- onions, 87 cents
- tomatoes, 77 cents
- ground beef $5.57
- Stew beef $9.27
- Fritos $2.18
- Frozen corn 58 cents
- tomato sauce 44 cents
His YouTube channel has a video showing all the recipes.
healthier options
There is an entire community on social media dedicated to sharing affordable and healthy eating.
One of them is Halle, who shares her favorite recipes on TikTok, Hallebuttafuso.
Using a meal plan she found in an app, she bought meals for the week on Aldi with a budget of $100, but only spent $85.
I was able to make 21 meals and 14 snacks.
The plan was high in protein, as it was specifically intended to help her overall health.
Some of the meals she made were burgers with sweet potato fries, Mediterranean tuna salad with pita bread, and pesto avocado breakfast burritos.
See Aldi’s shopper grocery haul feeding a family for less than $8 a day.
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