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.)
5 Ways to Improve Your Diet on the Cheap
Going to the trouble of preparing meals, shopping for ingredients and cooking at home obviously takes time. But it's time well spent: a home-cooked meal costs a fraction of its equivalent in take-out, and so long as you avoid the obvious no-nos — processed ingredients, calorie-laden frozen dishes — dinner prepared at home will almost always be healthier than anything picked up in a hurry at the drive-thru. If you're accustomed to ordering out or dining at restaurants three nights a week, for the good of your diet and your wallet commit to scaling back on restaurant bills by cooking one extra meal per week. Next: Pay for Groceries With Cash, Not Credit SPECIAL REPORT: See Healthland's Full Guide to Life in 2011 More on It's Your Money: Q&A with the $5 Dinner Mom