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PHAC - Home : Healthy Pregnancy: Low Cost Nutritious Choices
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Low Cost Nutritious Choices
These are good choices for your budget and your growing
baby!
Why?
- Pregnancy is a time to focus on eating foods with more nutrition.
- Choosing basic foods that are not processed will cost less
and will be healthier for you, your baby and your family.
How?
- Focus on low cost nutritious choices in each of the four food
groups.
Milk & Other Calcium Foods
- milk powder
- plain milk or yogurt
- canned sardines or salmon (with bones)
- canned milk or UHT milk
Vegetables, Fruit & Berries
- squash
- local berries in season
- potatoes
- turnip
- unsweetened fruit juice (canned or frozen)
- apples
- cabbage
- carrots
- wild greens or vegetables from your garden
Breads, Cereals & Bannock
- bread
- rice
- macaroni or spaghetti
- homemade bannock, muffins
- barley
- rolled oats
Meat & Alternatives
- wild meat, fish and birds
- baked beans
- dried beans, peas and lentils
- ground beef
- eggs
- canned fish
- chicken thighs
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