If you think that a healthier diet is synonymous with a more expensive diet, well, you are wrong, or rather: we all know that steak and turbot cost an arm and a leg, the same if we look for made pasta on the shelves of specialized shops. with cereal or brown rice mozzarella. At this point it would be as much as having a feast of white truffles , than planning an expense with everything that doctors and nutritionists recommend for proper nutrition.
I, who live “economically”, have always been very attentive to a diet that is as healthy and correct as possible, with an eye on shopping.

Here are ten healthy foods I buy that are (still) cheap. Often they are foods that turn out to be healthier than others that we make abundant use of without knowing that in addition to costing enough , they are also of the lowest quality . An example: how many of you eat smoked salmon? And the various “seafood salads”?
Here is my list of 10 foods that will lighten the cost of your shopping but not its quality:
VEGETABLES:
1) Fennel, celery, cucumbers, onions and carrots: none of these vegetables have ever cost an arm and a leg. They are healthy, diuretic, also excellent raw.
2) Seasonal vegetables that are difficult to clean: beets, ribs, cabbage, radicchio, various lettuces, cabbage. They cost very little if you choose to take them loose, or not already washed and cleaned for you. You just have to buy them and have time to clean them, perhaps freezing them in order to have them ready later.
3) Pickles: pickled gherkins and pickled vegetables are excellent for completing dishes and cost very little. They are filling. There is only one but: check that the ingredients are only vegetables and vinegar. No sugar. No oil.

4) Olives : they are cheap, tasty, useful for supplementing the fat content of your dishes.
CARBOHYDRATES:
5) Legumes and potatoes: beans in particular, but all legumes bought in bulk cost very little and must never be missing from your table. They are nutritious and also complement your protein profile. Potatoes can effectively make up for bread and pasta.
6) Oat flakes: Rolled oats are great for making oatmeal. Even from organic, a half-kilo package costs less than two euros, and allows you to make a very healthy porridge for breakfast for two weeks.
7) Rice and wholemeal pasta, whole grains: they cost more than their refined sisters, but even here, you can find them in bulk, and they cost much less than many crap that says “multifibre” and “soup ready in ten minutes”.
PROTEINS:
8) Eggs: packs of ten are often the subject of offers and allow you to have a good source of animal protein for less than two euros.
9) Anchovies, sardines and mackerel in oil: if well drained, they are an excellent alternative in all those non-seaside cities where the fish is frozen and still costs a lot. Just drain them to enrich a plate of vegetables, a potato salad, a mixed salad. They make up for your lack of omega-3 fatty acids. Be careful not to salt the rest of the dishes.
10) Low-fat and white yogurt: lo yogurt, together with ricotta, is an excellent food resource both for your intestinal health and in terms of protein. And the half-kilo jar of yogurt, even from a local brand, remains a healthy product, unless you find surprises in the labels (like sugar).