[type2in NY]

Blackberries: just bought 2 pints $7.00
1 QT Black Diamond Almond Milk $2.69
1 QT chocolate UNSWEETENED soy milk $2.59
21 oz Planters Roasted Almonds $8.99
2 lbs smoked Turkey Breast $16.00

I figure as little as I eat these days it might as well be healthy snacks, when I snack.

[yannah]

my grocery bill is INSANE.

[type2in NY]

Originally Posted by yannah

my grocery bill is INSANE.

I've gotten by with relatively inexpensive grocery bills as I'm an online guru for shopping items at all the local stores and buying the healthiest food at the best price and we go store, to store, to store.

But certain items are very hard to find and when you do find them they charge through the nose.

[yannah]

I gotta eat.and I gotta eat right.

I foud a store called "Marcs" that I love.
my almond meal is two bucks less there than at the local grocery. it is a discount store with healthy food. pretty excitng.

[type2in NY]

Originally Posted by yannah

I gotta eat.and I gotta eat right.

I foud a store called "Marcs" that I love.
my almond meal is two bucks less there than at the local grocery. it is a discount store with healthy food. pretty excitng.

Yep. Cool stuff, you are lucky. These stores around here sell piggy food, i swear. Gotta search all over, including the organic farms out in the boonies.

[ShottleBop]

Originally Posted by type2in NY

Blackberries: just bought 2 pints $7.00
1 QT Black Diamond Almond Milk $2.69
1 QT chocolate UNSWEETENED soy milk $2.59
21 oz Planters Roasted Almonds $8.99
2 lbs smoked Turkey Breast $16.00

I figure as little as I eat these days it might as well be healthy snacks, when I snack.

No Trader Joe's out your way, I guess. They sell the Almond Breeze brand for $1.99 a quart, and the almonds for a lot less. Costco would sell two pounds of smoked turkey breast for a lot less than $16.

[Penny]

Originally Posted by type2in NY

Blackberries: just bought 2 pints $7.00
1 QT Black Diamond Almond Milk $2.69
1 QT chocolate UNSWEETENED soy milk $2.59
21 oz Planters Roasted Almonds $8.99
2 lbs smoked Turkey Breast $16.00

I figure as little as I eat these days it might as well be healthy snacks, when I snack.

Must cost a whole lot more to eat in NY, than Ohio.
I just got a pint of blackberries $2
Soy Slender unsweetened milk $2
1/2 pound almonds $3.00
1 pound of Deli Turkey breast $5.49

I had a terrible experience at my favorite Meijer store, because some guy in another country didn't activate my credit card, almost had me in tears (and that is hard to do).
But, I still got my stuff pretty cheap.

[jenb]

I think I must own a berry farm by now, based on the amount of $ I've spent on blackberries and strawberries since I started low(er) carbing. I'm happy to give up pizza, rice, and full-sized tortillas, but "As God is my witness, I will never be without berries again" (even out of season!)

Jen

[type2in NY]

Originally Posted by ShottleBop

No Trader Joe's out your way, I guess. They sell the Almond Breeze brand for $1.99 a quart, and the almonds for a lot less. Costco would sell two pounds of smoked turkey breast for a lot less than $16.

Theres a Traders Joe's over in Western Mass that my brother goes to. Hes about 40 miles closer to it then I am. For us it is at least 85-90 miles one way. I may be making a trip there, even in Albany (the capital of NY good low carb choices are very limited).

With a good 20% of the state overweight thats a shame.

No Costco that I'm aware of (Off to Google it now).

Looks like Costco is down near NYC + Long Island....this is like 200 miles away, one way:

Costco Locations and Store Hours - New York

[jkane13]

Originally Posted by type2in NY

Blackberries: just bought 2 pints $7.00
1 QT Black Diamond Almond Milk $2.69
1 QT chocolate UNSWEETENED soy milk $2.59
21 oz Planters Roasted Almonds $8.99
2 lbs smoked Turkey Breast $16.00

I figure as little as I eat these days it might as well be healthy snacks, when I snack.

Healthy? I would not consider those to be healthy in the real world. High markup, "health nut", well heeled marketing type foods yes, but healthy to the normal average American, no.

Find a berry farm and pick your own. That's healthy. Exercise from picking, fresh to eat, and not as expensive.

Almond milk is never cheap. Soy milk is an abomination. I am not going to tell you to drink real cow milk as I understand for you, it might not be healthy, but for most of the population, it is. As for cheap ... ask any dairy farmer how much they get paid for a gallon of milk. Then decide if it is too expensive.

Almonds are not required in a diet. There are many other sources of the same nutrients that are much less expensive.

Turkey may be cheap meat, but smoking it is not cheap. Get a turkey and smoke it your self.

<Rant Mode On>
All this **** lately about how healthy foods cost so much drives me NUTS! When I grew up, healthy eating was found out of our garden and in the no-name cans of food from the local grocery store. It was cheap, and very healthy! For meat, we had a whole cow slaughtered as needed and cut our own meat out of it keeping it in the freezer. We had 3 very large freezers and a very large fruit cellar for the canned fruits which were picked in season.

Today, if you do any really healthy food storage and don't buy the name brand expensive "health nut" foods, you are somehow killing yourself and your family. Grrrrrr! Just not true!
<Rant Mode Off>

I wish that made me feel better, but it doesn't since I know most people still think they have to buy things based on their marketing rather than looking for real world healthy choices.

[ShottleBop]

Yeah, and you had to walk to school every day, 6 miles, through the snow, too.

Not everyone lives near pick-your-own farms, or has a yard in which to garden--or even access to a farmer's market, you know. And you're simply assuming that these are "designer" products, as opposed to what folks can find in a store comfortably close to them.

[type2in NY]

Originally Posted by jkane13

Healthy? I would not consider those to be healthy in the real world. High markup, "health nut", well heeled marketing type foods yes, but healthy to the normal average American, no.

Find a berry farm and pick your own. That's healthy. Exercise from picking, fresh to eat, and not as expensive.

Almond milk is never cheap. Soy milk is an abomination. I am not going to tell you to drink real cow milk as I understand for you, it might not be healthy, but for most of the population, it is. As for cheap ... ask any dairy farmer how much they get paid for a gallon of milk. Then decide if it is too expensive.

Almonds are not required in a diet. There are many other sources of the same nutrients that are much less expensive.

Turkey may be cheap meat, but smoking it is not cheap. Get a turkey and smoke it your self.

<Rant Mode On>
All this **** lately about how healthy foods cost so much drives me NUTS! When I grew up, healthy eating was found out of our garden and in the no-name cans of food from the local grocery store. It was cheap, and very healthy! For meat, we had a whole cow slaughtered as needed and cut our own meat out of it keeping it in the freezer. We had 3 very large freezers and a very large fruit cellar for the canned fruits which were picked in season.

Today, if you do any really healthy food storage and don't buy the name brand expensive "health nut" foods, you are somehow killing yourself and your family. Grrrrrr! Just not true!
<Rant Mode Off>

I wish that made me feel better, but it doesn't since I know most people still think they have to buy things based on their marketing rather than looking for real world healthy choices.

ALL THOSE FOODS ARE AMONG THE HEALTHIEST AVAILABLE....sorry you lack a clue.

[kgm0612]

Do you have a Super Walmart close by? From what I understand, their groceries are much cheaper than the regular super markets, like Stop & Shop.

Also.........CVS has Planter's brand nuts on sale this week at 2 for $7.00. My sister picked me up the NUT'rition (South Beach Diet Mix) consisting of almonds, cashews & macadamias.

Karen

[foxl]

Originally Posted by jkane13

I wish that made me feel better, but it doesn't since I know most people still think they have to buy things based on their marketing rather than looking for real world healthy choices.

Jeff, in this world, TIME is also a commodity. I have MADE soy milk, and indeed it WAS cheaper, but great heavens it was messy and time-consuming, especially clean-up! You also have to factor labor -- not just actual, but potential -- into the making of these products.

And who in h3ll has time to go out ot a pick-ur-own place, especially when you know you are gonna melt out there??? I bet you do not have kids, or if you do, you also have a wife who would secretly like to wring your neck, LOL.

Heck, just try going from purchasing mostly starch products, to buying fresh (and even FROZEN!) veg and fruits. And nuts. And meats. ANYTHING that is not almost all starch and vegetable oil with chemicals for "texture," "flavor" and "preservation," is a lot pricier, I agree.

[inkvisitor]

It is true that a lot of us don't have access to farms and farmers' markets (though for me, in Houston, we have a decent selection of the latter).

I do think that no matter where you are, it is beneficial to buy local and buy unrefined as much as possible.