Gallery: Healthy, Nutritious and Cheap? YOU BET! 6 Ways to Eat Healthy On a Budget

Cooking a healthy meal isn’t just a matter of finding the lowest calorie foods in your fridge. It starts at the kitchen counter, planning your week’s worth of meals. That’s right—the time you spend planning and then picking items in the store will make or break your meal prep. Make sure you select and purchase the most healthy kinds of foods. Then, when you get home, you can prepare some delicious and nutrient rich meals.

Oh, what's that? Your budget is super small? That's no problem! Preparing a nutritious meal while keeping the cost relatively low is a surprisingly easy feat if you know what to look for. Buying a package of ramen noodles may be the cheapest way to go, but it’s definitely not the healthiest. The key here is to balance cost and nutrition.