Eating healthy is not expensive

We went to the in laws a few weeks back and were asked what did we want off the Deliveroo app😀

A cabbage, spud and bacon dinner would definitely have been cheaper, and more filling.

You are ignoring the fact that if you have a stressful job and kids it can be hard to find the time and mental energy to plan out meals and cook instead of picking convenience. Tiktok and YouTube are designed to distract people from the other things they should be doing

70 and 80% Lidl bars are "actual" chocolate. This kind of chocolate is good for you and has a lot less sugar than our regular brands.

Cadburys, Nestle, are mostly sugar, palm oil and additives. You are eating sugar and its keeping you hooked for more. Cadburys cannot even call their bars chocolate anymore, check out their labels. this is because the cocoa content does not come up to the levels required …20%….to be called chocolate. Very bad for you.

yes I agree. The good thing is that more and more people are becoming aware of the poor quality chocolate from the big brands like Cadburys and Nestle. For the first time last Christmas there were hundreds of tins of those bloody awful Roses and Quality Street left in shops. They're pure rubbish, no flavour except sugar. Tins full of wrappers, palm oil and sugar, you couldn't give them away.

Likewise Easter Eggs are stacked to the ceilings in most supermarkets now, they are not moving, not being sold out. Lidl and Aldi do their own brands too, aisle after aisle of sugar. But if you take time to read the labels the ones Lidl and Aldi sell rarely have palm oil, yet the overpriced rubbish from Cadburys is full of it and double the price. So if you must buy Easter Eggs, buy better quality ones….. and boycott Cadburys.

There are a few good Instagrammers who are now calling this stuff out, raising public awareness. Its good.

as far as I know, they call it Dairy Milk now…………not Dairy Milk chocolate. This is a photo from their packaging partner last May, the word chocolate does not appear on any of the bars anymore.

Honestly with the price rises of fast food and even pre packed meals in the shops I genuinely can't fathom how someone could even begin to try the eating healthy is expensive schtick.

Like go into a SV for example 1kg of baby potatoes is €1.50, a 4 pack of large bean tins €1.75, tinned corn I think was 40c last time I looked. You could get 3 for €10 on nice big packs of chicken thighs or legs etc

Like for what €13 there you'd have that spent now on an burger, chip and drink.

A pre packed dinner from chef in the box is €5.50 now.

You can cook the food in advance and freeze it have it set then for the week or weeks in advance etc.

The OP is simplistic in assuming that the same solution is going to be appropriate for all. It assumes that bulk buying and batch cooking are options that work for everybody, but many people just don't belong to the appropriate demographic and end up having to go to more expensive single serving options. It assumes that people don't have dietary requirements or food intolerances. It assumes that people don't have physical or visual disabilities that prevent or hinder their ability to do their own cooking.

Meanwhile it ignores the real problem which is that everything has just become too expensive.

Slow cookers and air fryers are great.

Put everything in the slow cooker early in the day and time it to come on at lunch to be ready for dinner

And batch cooking for two days - eg bolognese to last two days, or chicken curry, or lasagne.

Eggs are a cheap source of protein and tuna. Natural or Greek yogurt as well