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| Downside: no foil lid to lick |
The number one easiest way to eat healthy and save money is to pack your lunch. You know exactly what’s in it, so you don’t find yourself wolfing a Baja Fresh burrito or a food truck grilled cheese and wondering how many years of your life you’re losing to this mystery food. Also, when you pack a lunch made up of smaller snacks, you can eat it slowly all day so you never get too starving and subsequently hangry.
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| The perfect lunch is a sum of its parts. This lunch had to last me from 10 am to 8 pm AND IT DID. |
A perfect high-protein and fat snack that will fill you up for hours is greek yogurt. The vegetarian version of whole30 allows whole milk greek yogurt, so I didn’t have to sacrifice my favorite snack (thank the lord). However, the greek yogurt cups you buy at the store can be expensive and frankly pretty unhealthy. Flavored varieties are usually packed with sugar without the benefits of fresh fruit. So why not make your own!
Trader Joe’s plain whole milk greek yogurt is $2 for a container with 2 cup-size servings, but I only use a half cup in my lunch, so it ends up costing about half as much as buying the pre-packaged yogurt cups.
Throw a half-cup of yogurt in your little container or jar, and then top it with actual fresh fruit instead of the gross “fruit on the bottom” syrup. I think berries last well throughout the day, but sliced bananas are delicious too. If you’re feeling #extra, you can dice up half an apple and microwave it for a 45 seconds with a teaspoon of cinnamon and put that on your yogurt. I’m also a firm believer that crunchy food makes you feel more satisfied, so I like to top my yogurt with chopped almonds or cashews.
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| Chobani? I've never heard of her. Fage who? |
Fruit and nuts included, the homemade yogurt cup might be closer to $1, but it’s infinitely more delicious and satisfying than the store-bought stuff.
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| Ready to sit in a minifridge for 8 hours :) |