“Want to eat salad but cannot understand why grass so expensive?” — Singaporean shares healthy eating woes

“Always eat economy rice, want to eat salad but cannot understand why grass so expensive,” the netizen shared. “Always taobao from kopitiam because fast and convenient, forgot to eat fruits because lazy to buy and cut.”

A handful of netizens responded to the post by sharing their tips and tricks for eating healthy. From easy-to-prepare meals at home to cheap eats when out. Singaporeans joined the conversation to help the netizen.

“I always have caipng becuase it’s cheap but I always get food coma after lunches,” shared one commenter. “After some time, I decided to reduce my rice intake. For a while, I was spending (S)$14 every day eating salad for lunches, and it was really not sustainable for my wallet (cries…). So I try to go for healthier options apart from caipng, such as sliced fish soup, beehoon or just sliced fish soup without any carbs. That helps both the food intake and the expenses, but really have to control the hunger.”

“Salads are probably best prepared at home,” wrote another. “If you can spend one weekend day doing meal prep for say half the week you’ll have changed up half your diet and saved money at the same time for eating well. Beware of dressings, though – that’s often the part that can turn salads into even higher calorie meals than pizzas or burgers.”

Another shared an economic option for eating out, saying, “Salad in food court is also affordable. Or I just buy veggies to make my own salad, it’s cheaper and doesn’t take much time.”

And as for saving preparation time on meals from home, a netizen suggested, “Orange. No need to cut and wash. Same as banana, plus filling also.”

Do you feel like you are not eating healthy in Singapore and what did you do?
by inaskSingapore