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3 Easy Budget Savvy Salads to Savor

When it comes to budgeting groceries, let’s be honest: veggies are often the first to get the boot.

Why? It’s simple math: they’re expensive and don’t offer a lot of Calories for what you pay. Unfortunately, this means some of the best foods for optimal health and a long life are getting shafted, and other foods are taking their place.

For instance, it’s really easy to grab a bag of potato chips and know you’re getting a lot of calories for only a few bucks, as a side to a sandwich or soup. Similarly, how simple is it to make endless amounts of spaghetti with bread as a side because everyone knows that a side salad won’t contribute nearly the same amount of calories as cheese bread will.

What a lot of people are beginning to practice is either nixing their salad dressing entirely, or putting it on the side. I’d like to suggest that, in keeping a balanced diet and being mindful of total Calories consumed, we can not only keep the dressing but increase the amount of it.

How?

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Crispy Spirally Sweet Potatoes

Crispy Spiralled Sweet Potatoes

This one is a forever favorite. I might need to buy a second spiralizer to officially call the potato curling a family pastime. It’s that good.

Sweet Potatoes are friendly on SO many different “diets” – paleo, gluten free, lectin free, lactose free, vegan, vegetarian, (etc) – it seems only fitting to design a delicious, family friendly, fancy side out of these nuggets. We’ve done just that.

$ – SAVVY: Sweet Potatoes are a weekly staple food for us — from a nutritional and cost perspective — it earns an A+. Organic sweet potatoes earn a B from a cost-per-Calorie basis, but fear not – I talk more about this below.

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