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6 months of healthy eating

For the past 6 months, I’ve been posting a picture of my weekly grocery shopping.

Here you can see what I typically keep at home.

What you see in these pictures had made up +-85% of what I have eaten in the past 6 months. How cool! I hate letting anything go to waste, and I generally finish it all by the end of the week. I am a flexitarian or weekday vegetarian. The weekends are all about bacon, cheese, and braai (BBQ).

Over 6 months, all this food has cost R8195.

I get 5 – 7 breakfasts, lunches, and dinners (and snacks.)

My maths skills are no good, but it works out to less than R20 a meal. Anyone who says that eating healthy is expensive is making excuses!

This will be my last post in this series. I have proven my point to myself. I always shop at a Pick ‘n Pay supermarket in Cape Town, South Africa.

How do you manage a healthy diet?

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It starts in the cart

This is what I got for R430 (+- $43) from Pick ‘n Pay Supermarket in Cape Town, South Africa, this morning.

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300 g walnuts
300 g pecan nuts
100 g Brazil nuts
100 g macadamia nuts
1 Kg pink lady apples
1 lemon
5 bananas
2 papaya
800 g strawberries
4 oranges
500 g raisins
250 g mini Italian tomatoes
2 avocados
20 g rocket / arugula
20 g basil
cauliflower & broccoli
1 Kg carrots
130 g rice cakes
500 ml unfiltered apple cider vinegar
rice cakes

Living healthy in South Africa

This is what I got from Pick ‘n Pay supermarket in Cape Town, South Africa this morning for R365 (+- $36.3.)

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200 g Brazil nuts, almonds, macadamias, pecans
400 g Tahini
800 g strawberries
5 bananas
3 papaya
1 pineapple
7 naartjies / tangerines
1.5 Kg pears
1 lemon
2 avocados
200 g mini Italian tomatoes
1 Kg carrots
20 g rocket / arugula
20 g fresh mint
cauliflower & broccoli
1 litre full cream plain yoghurt
6 free range XL eggs

Healthy eating in South Africa

Here’s what I got for R290 (+-$29) at Pick ‘n Pay supermarket in Cape Town, South Africa last Sunday.

Health grocery shopping South Africa

800 g strawberries
3 papaya
7 tangerines / naartjies
1 Cayenne pineapple
5 bananas
1 lemon
1 Kg pink lady apples
200 g mini Italian tomatoes
2 avocados
cauliflower & broccoli
1 Kg carrots
20 g rocket / arugula
3 x 165 ml coconut cream
150 g macadamias, pecans, & Brazil nuts
100 g hazelnuts
6 free range eggs

It starts in the cart

This is what I got last Sunday for R270 (+-$27) at Pick ‘n Pay supermarket in Cape Town, South Africa.

healthy grocery shopping South Africa

200 g Brazil nuts, macadamias, pecan nuts
100 g walnuts
100 g almonds
3 papaya
1 Kg Pink lady apples
1 lemon
1 Queen pineapple
5 bananas
2 avocados
250 g mini Italian tomatoes
cauliflower & broccoli
1 Kg carrots
2 brinjals / aubergines
1 red onion
20 g fresh mint
20 g fresh parsley
garlic
ginger

Healthy living in South Africa

Here’s what I got for R310 (+- $31) last Sunday from Pick ‘n Pay supermarket in Cape Town, South Africa.

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250 g walnuts, Brazil nuts, macadamias, cashews, pecans
400 g strawberries
3 papaya
7 narrtjies / tangerines
1.5 Kg pears
1 Queen pineapple
1 Kg apples
5 bananas
1 English cucumber
2 avocados
250 mini Italian tomatoes
1 Kg carrots
2 brinjals
30 g fresh thyme
30 g fresh basil
250 g mushrooms
ground cinnamon refill

My R270 (+- $27) healthy food spend

I ate pretty unhealthy (unhealthily?) on the weekend but this healthy spend should get me back on track.

This is what I got for R270 at Pick ‘n Pay Supermarket in Cape Town, South Africa.

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150g cashews, almonds, Pecans
100g Brazil nuts
100g Walnuts
2 x 165ml coconut milk
1 litre plain full cream yoghurt
1.5 kg avocado
3 papayas
+-6 small bananas
1 pineapple
half tray tangerines / naartjies
2 brinjals (aubergines)
cauliflower + broccoli
400g green beans
1 onion
250g mushrooms
500g popcorn kernals

This is what I got last time.
This is the other food that I generally keep at home.

What does R270 worth of groceries look like for you?

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Be healthy y’all!

My R300 (+-$30) real food spend
What does $30 of real food look like to you?

What does $30 of real food look like to you?

This is what I got for R300 (+- $30) at Pick ‘n Pay Supermarket in South Africa:

50g sliced beef biltong (jerky)
1l full cream/Greek style yoghurt
6 large free range eggs
100g Brazil nuts
100g Pecan nuts
100g Cashew nuts
100g Walnuts
500g white mushrooms
2 avocados
1 pineapple
3 bananas
3 papayas
400g baby marrows (zucchini)
80g wild rocket (Arugula)
400g green beans
1kg carrots

You can see other food I generally keep at home here.

What does $30 of real food look like to you?

See what I got last time, here.

This is what R320 (+-$32) of real food looks like to me

I bought this at Pick ‘n Pay Family Supermarket in Cape Town, South Africa: All nicely packaged in plastic!

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1 large mango
4 small breakfast papayas
1 large Cayenne pineapple
3 medium bananas
1 bunch table celery
1Kg carrots
250 gram mini Italian tomatoes
1 English cucumber
1.5 Kg small avocados
80 gram Wild rocket (Arugula)
1 Kg Rolled oats
165Ml coconut cream in a tin
1 litre low fat plain yoghurt
100 g shelled Brazil nuts
100 g raw cashew nuts
100 g Walnuts

Here is other food I generally keep at home.

What does $32 of food look like to you?

You can see what I got last time, here.