{"id":71728,"key":"Vegetarian_on_a_budget","title":"Vegetarian on a budget","latest":{"id":1208020,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T23:21:32Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Soy-whey-protein-diet.jpg|thumb]]\n\nCutting food costs in important for many households. Fortunately, there are many ways vegetarians can save money while still eating healthily. A vegetarian diet should already be less expensive than a meat-based diet. Here are some more tips to save:\n\n* '''Grow your own''' - Even the smallest of gardens can help save food costs. For example, someone living in an apartment can grow runner beans.\n* '''Buy in bulk''' - Buying grains and legumes in bulk is usually cheaper than pre-packaged. Dry mixes for popular vegetarian foods such as falafel can also often be found in the bulk section of some grocery stores.\n* '''Eat locally and in season''' - Fruit and vegetables grown out of season typically have a high price tag because of the transportation costs. Besides cutting down on price and carbon footprint, locally-grown foods are often fresher and better-tasting. Shopping at a farmers market can further lower costs for producers and consumers.\n* '''Preserve and store''' - Freezing and canning cut down a waste. Produce can be acquired in season when plentiful and cheap, and saved for the off-season.\n* '''Shop at ethnic grocery stores''' - Tasty, affordable vegetarian ingredients can often be found in South Asian and East Asian shops. See also: [[Vegetarianism in Asia]]\n* '''Get a [[CSA]] share''' - This option may be difficult for those living paycheck-to-paycheck, as CSAs typically require a lump sum payment at the beginning of the growing season. However, over a period of months the savings add up for a CSA member because they avoid many costs which are passed on to consumers in other sales models.\n* '''Organic or conventional?''' - Large-scale, pesticide-using farming operations receive government subsidies, which organic operations typically do not. Thus the consumer cost for conventionally-raised produce is typically lower than for organic.\n\n== Cheap vegetarian recipes ==\n\n== External links ==\n\n* [https://www.vegetariantimes.com/skills/how-to-eat-vegetarian-on-a-budget How to Eat Vegetarian on a Budget] - Vegetarian Times\n* [http://lbveg.com Low Budget Vegetarian]\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20200805030727/https://www.wikihow.com/Be-Vegetarian-on-a-Budget How to Be Vegetarian on a Budget] - WikiHow\n* [http://www.wisebread.com/25-frugal-items-for-your-organic-vegan-grocery-list 25 Frugal Items for Your Organic Vegan Grocery List] - WiseBread.com\n* [http://www.nomeatathlete.com/cheap-healthy-eating/ The No-Nonsense Guide to Eating Healthy and Vegan Without Going Broke] - No Meat Athlete\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20170622134917/http://www.savvyvegetarian.com/blog/advice/grocery-shopping-cheap-easy-healthy-vegetarian-meals Cheap Easy Healthy Vegetarian Meals] - SavvyVegetarian.com\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20170329213806/https://www.learnvest.com/knowledge-center/do-vegetarians-save-money/ Is a Vegetarian Diet Actually Cheaper?] - LearnVest.com\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:Vegetarianism and veganism]]"}