Paleo on a Budget

1. Make a grocery list throughout the week.
2. Buy frozen!
3. Think ahead.
4. Shop local.
5. Buy in BULK!

Stop One: Meat, Fish and Eggs

• majority of your food budget should be spent
• buy more and freeze it for laterstick to meat from ruminants (beef, lamb, elk, bison/buffalo, goat or venison)
• last stop at the dairy case for pastured, organic eggs.

Step Two: Produce

• So if you’re strapped, don’t worry about organic or local – just buy as much of the dark, leafy stuff (think “nutrient density”) as you can afford and don’t waste money on the nutritionally-sparse veggies like celery, iceberg lettuce and cucumbers.
• If it’s in your budget, use the Seasonal Produce Guide to help you make good fruit choices off-season, but remember, vegetables are always your top priority.

Stop Three: The fats

• Coconut milk
• shredded coconut
• avocado
• If it’s in your budget, check out the nuts and seeds last so make sure you invest in raw or dry-roasted
• Finally, got some extra money left over?-cold-pressed EVOO-organic pastured butter-unrefined coconut oil