Planning ahead for your grocery store adventures can really make a difference in your checkbook. Many health professionals suggest we eat better or recommend that we eat certain foods for our health, but it can be overwhelming and expensive to sample the latest craze in healthy foods.

Here are a few tips that can help anyone on a budget to shop and cook in a more reasonable and cost-effective way.

Read the entire column and the recipe at http://www.ncpad.org/343/2022/National~Nutrition~Month~-~Healthy~Grocery~Shopping ~on~a~Budget.