Affordable ways to eat healthy

[Flossy1978]

Thanks LOL.

[Pursuivant]

Not all sh*t and giggles: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/matkat/art-1288552086411.html

Having an "aperitif" and "digestif" and a good swig for breakfast usually keeps the blokes in good health

[tuulen]

Let me add that although I did learn how to live without refrigeration, I do have a refrigerator, quite small, with a separate freezer compartment, and it has an "energy star" rating, very efficient, meaning that it uses about as much electricity as a medium-size light bulb.

[Upphew]

Let me add that although I did learn how to live without refrigeration, I do have a refrigerator, quite small, with a separate freezer compartment, and it has an "energy star" rating, very efficient, meaning that it uses about as much electricity as a medium-size light bulb.

Medium sized light bulbs have been banned for a while here... :/

[tuulen]

Let me add that although I did learn how to live without refrigeration, I do have a refrigerator, quite small, with a separate freezer compartment, and it has an "energy star" rating, very efficient, meaning that it uses about as much electricity as a medium-size light bulb.

Medium sized light bulbs have been banned for a while here... :/

OK, but my point is that I do have a refrigerator, and that it uses very little electricity.

[tkf]

I've been making carrot juice its fairly inexpensive

Zap a bunch of chopped carrots in the microwave then blend them with orange juice and a apple. I added some grated ginger for added zing

[BlackCountry]

I go to lidl every couple of weeks, pretty much just to get chicken breasts as for 5.99 for 560g and none of that bloody horrid marinade it's the best place i've found.

then i freeze all the breasts individually and just take a couple out every day, Xtra brand frozen veg from s-market is cheap and decent so i use lots of that along with lean minced beef, economy pasta sauces etc, all pretty reasonable from there too,

and eggs seem to be cheapest at siwa of all places, luckily we live pretty close to all those

Me and my GF eat really healthy for not much more than UK prices

[AnnikaL]

Boiled eggs, yes I do keep them in fridge. Uncooked, why bother. They aren't stored in cold in stores either and in nature they would be sat on.

I keep hens for eggs, so know a bit about storage. Eggs don't really need refrigeration but they will deteriorate if they undergo a lot of rapid temperature changes, this changes things like the consistency of the white and you start to get bigger air pockets too. The supermarkets tend to maintain a fairly constant temperature but since the home environment might vary it's perhaps convenient to put them in the fridge. Also, when eggs are laid they have a natural waxy coating that prevents bacteria from getting in. You shouldn't wash eggs because it takes the coating off. If you wash them then you probably are better to keep them in the fridge, but also to eat them pretty quickly. It is bacteria getting into the egg that causes it to spoil, rather than the egg getting old (though obviously older eggs are more likely to have suffered a 'breach').

[masao]

Hi.
Just simple Googling tells you a lot.
The raw eggs should be stored in cool place (it's printed in the carton box).
The best before date indicates that the egg can be used as a raw cooking material at least until that date (assuming that they are
stored correctly). Even after the BB date, the eggs can be boiled, cooked safely for quite some time.
As AnnikaL said, the eggs do not like temperature changes, that causes droplets gathering on its surface and pipi may
gets in through its breathing micro holes.

t, masao

[Upphew]

Yes, yes. I get all that. I'm after the *exact* reason for the sell-by date *with or without* refridgeration. As I asked.. "is it because the waxy coating starts to break down?" Not asking you but redirected back to Annika.

My money would go to empirical testing and experience.

Quick googling: one producer informs that one day in room temperature equals 7 days in fridge and another that eggs should stay fine for a month over the date in fridge.

[AnnikaL]

I keep hens for eggs, so know a bit about storage.

Just curious about the sell-by date on the egg carton. Is that the date at which the waxy-coating on the eggs breaks down leaving the egg more susceptible to bacterial infiltration?

In fact, for many commercial 'large scale' operations they WILL wash the eggs and then they put some kind of oil/barrier on that is meant to replace the original coating that they have washed off - and I guess this may last less time than the natural coat.

The answer is, I'm not personally sure of the exact rationale behind use-by dates on eggs because I'm not part of a commercial egg operation, but I know that if you're a backyard keeper and want to sell eggs than regulations from DEFRA in england dictate that you need to make sure your best before date is within 4 weeks of the egg being laid. It seems logical this has something to do with the natural barrier breaking down after this time. But in reality, the egg will probably last a bit longer. Who ever really sees a rotten egg? I've only encountered 2 in all my life. One was quite recently, it was actually less than 4 weeks old but was an egg from a new hen, smaller than usual and the shell was a little thin.

[tkf]

I go to lidl every couple of weeks, pretty much just to get chicken breasts as for 5.99 for 560g and none of that bloody horrid marinade it's the best place i've found.

then i freeze all the breasts individually and just take a couple out every day, Xtra brand frozen veg from s-market is cheap and decent so i use lots of that along with lean minced beef, economy pasta sauces etc, all pretty reasonable from there too,

and eggs seem to be cheapest at siwa of all places, luckily we live pretty close to all those

Me and my GF eat really healthy for not much more than UK prices

Thats great advice.

Prisma were selling bags of frozen chicken breasts "which was nice" I have'nt seen them for a few months, maybe its a summer thing.

Does anybody know about breakfast cereal, im thinking weetabix might be ok?

[Rosamunda]

Lidl does a "luxury" muesli (in a metallique-blue wrapper) which is packed full of nuts, fruit and seeds. Definitely my favourite. Weetabix is good too - the plain ones are not too expensive and, as far as I remember, there is no added sugar.
But regular porridge (plus frozen blueberries) is even cheaper and probably more healthy.

[tkf]

Lidl does a "luxury" muesli (in a metallique-blue wrapper) which is packed full of nuts, fruit and seeds. Definitely my favourite. Weetabix is good too - the plain ones are not too expensive and, as far as I remember, there is no added sugar.
But regular porridge (plus frozen blueberries) is even cheaper and probably more healthy.

Thanks

Whats the deal with blueberrys here? They taste great, and I think they have a higher nutrition value than normal. But they are not standard blueberry's are they?

[Upphew]

Whats the deal with blueberrys here? They taste great, and I think they have a higher nutrition value than normal. But they are not standard blueberry's are they?

Bilberry aka European blueberry.