How Do You Plan Low-Cost & Low-Calorie Meals?
“Hi, I’m Nancy Dell. I’m a Registered Dietitian and a Certified Diabetic Educator. I own Nancy Dell And Associates Nutrition Counseling in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts. Today we’re going to talk about low cost, low calorie meals. To make a meal low calorie, it’s very simple. Take what you normally cook and add extra vegetables. Try to make half your plate vegetables. That will dilute the rest of the meal because the vegetables are so low in calories and give you a lot of chewing power. When you are talking about getting protein in the meal, you want to use your leanest versions. Things like chicken, fish, turkey, pork tenderloin and round cuts of beef are also very low in calories; almost the same as chicken. Your grain part of the meal or your starchy part of the meal can be potato, rice, corn, peas; but keep it to about a quarter of the plate to keep the calories in check. Now you can make these meals low cost by shopping your supermarket fliers and buying things that are on sale; bu
