Healthy, tasty, cheap eating besides Ramen

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<li>Low Fat Yogurt (usually super cheap depending on the brand and store… it’s pretty easy to use coupons/sales to only pay like 0.40 a container) The only thing to watch is the sugar content of some brands. </li>
<li>Luna Bars (not cheap, but if you wait until they go on sale and buy a 6-pack box, you can get it down to like >$1.00 a bar)</li>
<li>Homemade Salsa (really easy to do, just buy the ingredients when they go on sale and you can make a huge tupperware container that will last you forever)</li>
<li>Homemade Tortillas (Alton Brown did an episode on this… apparently it works out to something like 0.14 cents per tortilla to make your own)</li>
<li>Loose leaf tea (way cheap when you order online and will save you SO MUCH money in comparison to buying bagged tea, coffee, or soda)</li>
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<p>Other tip:

  • This isn’t really healthy, but it’s pretty convenient and cheap. If you live near a Qudoba, sign up for their special members only card and wait for them to email you coupons (normally it’s like a “rainy day”) type of thing. If you order a burrito with chicken (or another protein) and rice, they only charge you $3.40 for it. The trick is to tell them at the checkout that you only got a tortilla, chicken, and rice and that they should charge you separately. If you combine that with a BOGO coupon or a 1/2 off, it works out to $1.70 per burrito, which is pretty darn cheap. Then I just freeze them and eat them whenever I’m pulling an all-nighter or something. It’s also super easy to then just add whatever toppings you want (cheese, beans, sour cream, salsa, whatever).</p>