rice, lentils, chickpeas and beans are cheap, extremely easy to prepare, and you can live on these for some time without fear of major vitamin deficiency. throw some fruit in there too for vitamin c and you should be okay for a while. where i live i can buy a big bag of mixed dried beans called 'italian soup mix'. it costs about a dollar and makes an incredible amount of food. keep your eye out for something similar. dried split peas come in big bags for cheap too.
as for skeptics... all you can really do is be the healthiest and happiest you can... people who want the same for themselves will follow you. people who don't, won't.
Can you go to the grocery store with her, when she goes next? Or could she give you a small food budget for your stuff, and you could go to the store yourself
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When my roomies and I need to eat cheap, we make some rice and stir fry broccoli. That and oriental ramen. We eat a ton of spaghetti.
We help alleviate our money problems by dumpster diving. I know it's not appealing to everyone but we basically never buy bread because we just get bags of it from bakery dumpsters. A lot of people get veggies this way but we haven't had much luck.
Try and eat fruit and veg that is in season as it will be cheaper than stuff out of season as a rule. Things like soups, stews, pasta and stirfry can keep you going for awhile and you can just use whatever vegies are cheap at the time you make them. You can also serve them on whatever carb you have available at the time eg rice, potatoes etc Plus you can also make lots in bulk and freeze it for later
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I definitely support others in suggesting dried legumes of some sort. My favourites are chickpeas and red kidney beans, which I think are some of the cheapest here. It helps if you have a pressure cooker because you can rehydrate them quickly, but I went years with out a pressure cooker, so it's quite do-able.
I'm not a fan of lentils myself but they're dirt cheap and quite quick to prepare.
If you can splurge on a few spices (or already have some) that might help you. Spices mean you can make the same meal every night but season it differently and not get bored so quickly.
My favourite cheap meals were:
Pasta + some vegetables + tin of cheap tomatoes + some spices
Stirfry of some vegetables, tofu, with soy sauce.
Beans and vegetables (sometimes with tinned tomatoes and curry powder) on rice.
Fat Free Vegan has quite a few recipes to use legumes in.
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where i live i can buy a big bag of mixed dried beans called 'italian soup mix'. it costs about a dollar and makes an incredible amount of food. keep your eye out for something similar. dried split peas come in big bags for cheap too.
as for skeptics... all you can really do is be the healthiest and happiest you can... people who want the same for themselves will follow you. people who don't, won't.
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When my roomies and I need to eat cheap, we make some rice and stir fry broccoli. That and oriental ramen. We eat a ton of spaghetti.
We help alleviate our money problems by dumpster diving. I know it's not appealing to everyone but we basically never buy bread because we just get bags of it from bakery dumpsters. A lot of people get veggies this way but we haven't had much luck.
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ohh... there is a bakery in town here. I should check it out-- only thing is is that I'd never know the ingredients
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I once remarked that I wish someone could cook for me. then someone said that would be impossible because I'm vegan.
I laughed and grinned at her and said,"Sounds about as easy as a baked potato to me!"
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I'm not a fan of lentils myself but they're dirt cheap and quite quick to prepare.
If you can splurge on a few spices (or already have some) that might help you. Spices mean you can make the same meal every night but season it differently and not get bored so quickly.
My favourite cheap meals were:
Fat Free Vegan has quite a few recipes to use legumes in.
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