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Eating Healthy On a Budget

Buying fruits and vegetables will not shrink your grocery budget. In fact, it may increase it if you do not know what to look for when you are shopping.

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The first rule when shopping on a budget is to buy produce that can give you the most nutritional bang for your buck. I like asparagus, but at $3.99 a pound, I am unable to justify this purchase on my $100.00 a week budget. However, kale is only $1.33 a pound and you can purchase a huge bag of it for under two dollars. This can last you an entire week!

A lot of people are reluctant to eat kale or any vegetable that is not your basic salad ingredient. Believe me, I used to purchase a bag of kale and it would sit in the back of my fridge for two weeks before I finally threw it away when it started to rot. As my grocery budget shrunk, I took the plunge and found a recipe online for kale. My first attempt at making this dish was not exactly pretty. The kale was overcooked and parts were blackened because I had the heat on too high. There was not enough seasoning (although I did follow the recipe exactly). My husband managed to eat it, but I could tell that it was something he hoped I would never cook again.

Normally, this would have ended my foray into the world of greens, but never one to give up, I decided to try again. This time I took the basics of the recipe and decided to do some experimentation. After all it couldn't come

See my recipe for kale below:
Take 2 - 3 giant kale leaves.
Tear off from stalk.
Wash and pat dry.
Put 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pot or skillet.
Add the kale turn heat on low.
Add apple cider vinegar 2-3 tablespoons.
Add onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, and salt (this is all to taste).
*I don't measure I just go by taste and everyone likes more or lesS of any ingredient.

You only wilt the kale on the cook top for 2 minutes.
Just enough to warm it up while you stir and mix the ingredients.
I don't like it overcooked and to wilted.
I like the leaves to remain fluffy.

You can add black olives to this recipe, onion, chopped garlic and red cabbage.

It tastes like a warm salad and is very yummy. Although when I mentioned this fact to my husband, his response was, "I don't like my salad warm." Of course he does like this dish!