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Quick Weight Loss Tip - #6: How to Save Money on Diet Foods

Dieting can be expensive but with a bit of savvy, you're pockets will be singing Jingle, Jingle!

Prepared diet-friendly dinners, such as found in your market's frozen food section, work terrifically well with tight schedules, but they can be costly. But the high cost of losing weight doesn't stop there. We need to look no further than the healthy produce and fruit section at the market.

Prices can be steep on fresh fruit and vegetables - with some food costs varying due to their seasonal life and value. While the dieter can turn to frozen or canned, there's just nothing like fresh.

For example, if you've ever tasted English peas fresh from the garden - you know that they are like butter melting in the mouth. So sweet, so creamy - and that buttery flavor, even with no oils or other fats are added. And they take so little time to prepare.

Now if we were to taste a canned English pea, we'd likely be left with a mushy aftertaste. The skins are generally very tough, too - and the liquid, it's very off-putting to the palate. And the canned peas almost-always have a grayish hue.

Frozen peas tend to be bright green but unfortunately the freezing process leaves them with a hide that's tougher than Hoss Cartwright's worn saddlebag. Fact is, fresh almost always tastes best - particularly where certain foods are involved like the English pea.

Therefore, to go fresh - as well as save money at the market while dieting, look for those seasonal offerings and build your menu for the week around them. For example, in February through late spring asparagus and strawberries make their way to the market. In the fall, look for varieties of winter squash to be in abundance - as well as pumpkin, turnips, greens, and spinach.

There's nothing quite like a pot of turnips cooked with turnip greens and served with a wedge of light cornbread. So filling and so delicious - and when in season, so fresh and economical.

The Importance of Having Quick Meals on Hand While Dieting

While keeping expense in check is vital to our finances, it's equally important to have ready-made foods on hand while dieting. It's just too easy to grab a package of full-blown potato chips when nothing else is in sight. Here are a few dieting tips to assist:

- Always keep a bowl or basket of fresh fruit on hand. Pick the best, non-flawed specimens from the market as possible. The more beautiful the fruit is to the eye, the more attractive it will appear in that kicky basket in the kitchen. On that note - be sure to place the basket or bowl where you can see the thing - not lost and hidden in some corner to where you won't even notice it until the fruit starts to rot and stink.

- Whenever possible, race against the clock and win by preparing nutritious diet-friendly meals in your humble kitchen. Freeze, then grab later when on the run. Great diet friendly meal suggestions that can be prepared in advance for fridge or freezer include tasty recipes that you'll only find at Diet Bites: Skinny Enchiladas | Pigs in the Blankets | Tom's Fireplug Chili

- Other healthy snacks to keep handy include any of the following: nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts), seeds (pumpkin, sunflower), jerky (beef, turkey - and all different varieties), fresh vegetables like carrots, celery sticks and cucumbers.

Rice cakes, popcorn cakes, whole grain crackers, corn tortilla shells and popcorn kernels that can be popped using hot air also makes for a healthy treat.

Even peanut butter when consumed in minimal portions can fit into a healthy diet plan.

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