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5 Ways to Improve Your Diet on the Cheap

5 Ways to Improve Your Diet on the Cheap

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Join (or Start) a Cooking Co-Op — Because everybody's strapped for time, and because it's often just as easy to cook for 10 as it is for two, the cooking co-op concept makes a lot of sense. The idea is that you team up with a few friends and neighbors and take turns cooking an evening's meal for the entire group. This way, participants get home-cooked meals several nights a week while only having to cook once. How-to books are written on the subject, but cooking co-ops don't have to be complicated. The biggest issue is finding members who are not only into the idea, but who agree on what exactly constitutes a healthy, tasty dinner. It's probably wise to hold a few potlucks for stealthy taste-testing before bringing up the idea and inviting members to a cooking co-op dream team. **Next:** Skip the Appetizer **SPECIAL REPORT:** See Healthland's Full Guide to Life in 2011 **More on It's Your Money:** Neat, Simple Idea: The Cooking Co-OpGetty Images

January 3, 2011 6:38 AM EST

Eating healthy doesn’t have to mean spending a lot of money. Here are five easy ways to fatten your wallet while trimming your waistline in 2011, courtesy of Healthland’s friends at the It’s Your Money blog. (For even more fun with resolutions, check out New Year’s Resolutions: The Good, the Bad and the Annoying.)

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