EAT LEAN GREEN F…Wait, Not That Kind Of Green.

 How much does it cost to eat healthily? Many people would agree it is expensive, a kale salad for fifteen dollars compared to a greasy burger with a drink for five dollars – choices will be made today. With the popularity of healthy lifestyles, many “fad-diets” are too extreme, harmful, and just plain dumb. On the other spectrum of good popular food diets, there are many choices such as vegetarian, keto, and Mediterranean. There are many more to name so it can be just as chaotic because there are TOO MANY CHOICES and most people don’t understand or even know what is best for their lifestyle. Sadly enough, many individuals find themselves eating the green in their pockets more than the green on their plates. It’d be better to have something stuck in your teeth than nothing in your account, right? This begs the question – what can you do to have both broccoli and benjamins? 



Well, you can have your broccoli and eat it too (for once!). This problem has been mediated due to one thing of course – Meal Prepping. Everyone has heard it before and the great benefits of it such as saving your health and time. Instead of paying 30+ dollars a day for the whole week, you can use that 200+ dollars for two week’s worth or more of groceries. However, even with the pros of prepping there are still major drawbacks. The main problem is too little time – time to cook meals for seven or more days; no one has the time in this busy world between kids, careers, and themselves. Even more so, you could potentially just ruin the meal by burning it or not cooking it correctly. Ever had medium-rare chicken? (I hope not). Lastly, a very common problem that many individuals can relate to, is buying too much food that goes to waste or even too little, which leaves you with an empty stomach and even worse an empty bank account.  

This all wastes time, food, and most importantly money. What is a person to do? Eat cheap greasy food all day? Not with these hips, honey. 

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