Smart and Healthy Grocery Shopping

At the grocery store,it is tempting to focus on special deals such as buy one get one free cerealdeals. These deals can distract you from buying products based on theirnutritional benefits for yourself and your family. It is important to savemoney on weekly shopping trips without sacrificing the health of your family. Make smartergrocery shopping choices by following these tips.
Try to spend more time shoppingfor fresh products and buy only minimal purchases from the dry food aisles andfrozen food sections of the store. Buy fresh by focusing on shopping in theproduce department and the meat department. If it would help, create a grocerylist that starts with visiting the produce aisle.  In general, you will also want to skip the deli departmentbecause many of the foods that you could buy in this area are processed justlike dry foods and frozen foods.
Plan your meals. Forexample, buy enough fresh meat, not frozen, by counting the number of dinnersthat you need to cook for the week, and then buy meat accordingly. In addition,if you need to, buy larger packages and cuts of meat and then split them upinto smaller portions and freeze for later in the week.
Also, try to buyorganic as much as your budget will allow.  Organic fresh fruits and vegetables are not just emptycalorie products like lettuce and cabbage; they are also potatoes, carrots,apples, oranges, bananas, beets, onions, peppers, and so forth.