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How To Live On Plant-Based Foods With Only $50 Per Week

Posted on June 27, 2016 By 42 Comments on How To Live On Plant-Based Foods With Only $50 Per Week

Many people complain that turning to a vegan diet is a costly issue because healthy eating is so expensive. Of course, you will very probably need to spend more money on healthy food than on junk food. However, one should not ask why healthy food is so expensive but rather why junk food is so cheap. By the way, there is no such thing like junk food: Either it is food or it is junk. The following article should provide you some useful tips or guidelines on how to eat healthy plant-based food if you only can afford to spend $50 per week. Investing this amount of money should be feasible to most of us!

Having a tight grocery budget is something most all of us can relate to at least at some point or another. We all have our ups and downs when it comes to a food budget, and if you’re ever had to watch every penny, you know it can be tough. Sadly, a whole foods, plant-based diet is still seen as an incredibly hard task to manage. “Healthy eating is too expensive!”

How many times have we all heard (or said) that?

Well, the options are now easier than ever and more affordable when it comes to eating a healthy, whole food and completely plant-based diet if you want to give this a shot. If you have $50 per week to designate for groceries, you can easily eat healthy, cheap, and stay full and satisfied at the same time. The USDA reports that of March in 2015, the average food cost for females per week ranged between $47 (low-income) to $57 (moderate income). Mens’ budgets were roughly $20 higher in each group. Many of us buy way more than that each week, and yet find ourselves with food leftover and possibly throwing food out week after week. We’re all human and let cravings, moods, and multiple trips at the store influence our ability to stay on a food budget and eat what we have.

So, let’s take a look at how eating healthy, plant-based, and budget-friendly can be done.

Spend $20 on Fresh Produce

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Always keep $20 of your food budget for fresh produce. This will do several things all at once: First, it keeps you accountable for choosing the best foods possible first, it ensures that you have a good amount of fresh food in your diet each week, and it prevents you from spending all your $50 on boatloads of fruit and vegetables you likely won’t be able to eat in a week. If you can choose organic, please do. It’s much healthier for you due to less pesticide exposure, and is very easy to do these days with more stores offering affordable organic foods.

Here’s a great idea to start with:

1. One bag of chopped organic kale  (or spinach)- $5

2. One head of broccoli (and/or cauliflower!)- $3

3. One bag of organic apples (or bananas, etc.) -$5

4. One bunch of organic celery -$3

5. Two Avocados or Sweet Potatoes, Onions, etc.- $4

If you want to designate $5 more dollars to your budget here, choose lettuces like romaine, or a spinach mix instead. Don’t want apples one week? Choose some oranges and bananas instead. And if you’re one of the few people that doesn’t like avocados, buy a different veggie or more fruit instead. If you need to carry a calculator with you, do it! Or, just use your phone and tally up as you go.

Spend $10-$15 in the Bulk Section

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Now it’s time to head to the bulk bins. Here you’ll want to buy some grains, beans, nuts, and seeds, except … don’t go crazy with amounts. You don’t need a pound of almonds to eat all week long and don’t need a pound of beans either. Or, skip the bulk beans if you don’t like soaking them, and spend a few dollars on some canned options instead. Purchase nuts and seeds in 1 ounce amounts and only choose a few different ones each week.  Remember, you can always try a new kind next week.

Here are some good examples of what you could buy:

1. $3 worth of whole grain oats

2. $3 worth of raw almonds

3. $2 of beans

4. $2 of whole grain quinoa or rice”

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Comments (42) on “How To Live On Plant-Based Foods With Only $50 Per Week”

  1. Louise Valiquette says:
    June 27, 2016 at 5:31 pm

    my grocery bill dropped when i went plant based. meat are expensive

    Reply
  2. Robin Kennedy says:
    June 27, 2016 at 5:59 pm

    Well if course plant based is cheaper than meat… I don’t get the argument against it being cheaper. Of course it can be more expensive if you replace it with imitation meat products but grain based breakfasts will always be cheaper than breakfast meat and egg breakfasts… Grains and beans and potatoes are much cheaper than meat and dairy products. Fruits and veggies aren’t that expensive either

    Reply
  3. Mabe Garcia says:
    June 27, 2016 at 6:01 pm

    See Chris Herbstritt? My meals are cheaper than yours 😉

    Reply
  4. Halina Kunysz says:
    June 27, 2016 at 6:09 pm

    My grocery bill is higher – all organic but I will never go back ! Vegan for life! Trying to convert hubby. Daughter already on board

    Reply
  5. Chris Herbstritt says:
    June 27, 2016 at 6:15 pm

    But mine taste better.

    Reply
  6. Mabe Garcia says:
    June 27, 2016 at 6:16 pm

    For you lol

    Reply
  7. Debbi Jayne Morton White says:
    June 27, 2016 at 6:38 pm

    Shahni Arnold

    Reply
  8. Robin M. Jackson says:
    June 27, 2016 at 7:11 pm

    Hollis think we can do this??

    Reply
  9. Amee Victoria Adams says:
    June 27, 2016 at 7:13 pm

    My only problem is I want it all!! I want strawberries, cherries, grapes, kiwi, mango, and I could go on and on with the fruit, lol! Luckily I have a garden with all my veggies!

    Reply
  10. Lenny Mark says:
    June 27, 2016 at 7:45 pm

    Plantas lokas !!

    Reply
  11. Nicola Leonard says:
    June 27, 2016 at 8:08 pm

    Jon Shepherd-Smyth saw this

    Reply
  12. Beth Ann says:
    June 27, 2016 at 8:18 pm

    Derek Sherwood

    Reply
  13. Jenny Tatge says:
    June 27, 2016 at 8:54 pm

    Chelsea Green

    Reply
  14. Lidiia Olszowy says:
    June 27, 2016 at 8:56 pm

    Not in Alaska

    Reply
  15. Hollis Jackson says:
    June 27, 2016 at 10:02 pm

    Would be awesome if so!

    Reply
  16. Sami Green says:
    June 27, 2016 at 10:09 pm

    Michael Green

    Reply
  17. Mike Barré says:
    June 27, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    I’m a professional shoplifter. i live on plant based foods for 0$ per week. I haven’t paid for groceries in over a year.

    Reply
  18. Mike Barré says:
    June 27, 2016 at 10:20 pm

    I even steal cat food for all the feral cats in my neighborhood (down town)

    Reply
  19. Mike Barré says:
    June 27, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    I’m like Robin Hood for$#%&!@*s sake. Someone should make a statue of me or something.

    Reply
  20. As Emm says:
    June 27, 2016 at 11:46 pm

    Fatima Adreas

    Reply
  21. Dani N Austin Collins says:
    June 27, 2016 at 11:47 pm

    Not for a family of 5 in South Carolina

    Reply
  22. Ziggy Daniels says:
    June 28, 2016 at 1:12 am

    $50 a week is not possible for most low income vegans or those on food stamps(less than $25 a week for food in most states), I would also suggest advising folks to grow their own and sign up for community garden plots, or to use their local farmers market…………….

    Reply
  23. Iraiz Hernandez says:
    June 28, 2016 at 2:17 am

    Daniel Flores Acosta

    Reply
  24. Olivia Laughlin says:
    June 28, 2016 at 4:38 am

    Linda Voci Laughlin

    Reply
  25. Misty Ray Loughnane says:
    June 28, 2016 at 4:58 am

    Misty Ray Loughnane

    Reply
  26. Roxanne Brown says:
    June 28, 2016 at 5:09 am

    Sara Wyld

    Reply
  27. Marga Preston says:
    June 28, 2016 at 5:29 am

    I never think about bulk items…. Thanks for the reminder!

    Reply
  28. Vanessa Kindell says:
    June 28, 2016 at 5:54 am

    Pfft I rarely even spend that much. Usually it’s less than $35.

    Reply
  29. Cliff McMath says:
    June 28, 2016 at 8:02 am

    sometimes you just have to have filet mignon or lobster.

    Reply
  30. Cliff McMath says:
    June 28, 2016 at 8:06 am

    You can’t eat at McDonald’s for 50 bucks a week.

    Reply
  31. Kate McBride says:
    June 28, 2016 at 12:09 pm

    Mollie McBride

    Reply
  32. Mollie McBride says:
    June 28, 2016 at 12:12 pm

    <3

    Reply
  33. Fran Way says:
    June 28, 2016 at 4:27 pm

    Jojoe Joejoe Tullock

    Reply
  34. Sierra Fotouhi says:
    June 28, 2016 at 5:38 pm

    Kevin Garrison

    Reply
  35. Angelica Mora says:
    June 28, 2016 at 5:48 pm

    Annette Colon!!!

    Reply
  36. Vanessa Pierson Vanderhoof says:
    June 28, 2016 at 7:01 pm

    Our grocery bill is higher especially with 3 of us in the house but its well worth it!!

    Reply
  37. Sandra Cotto says:
    June 28, 2016 at 7:33 pm

    Carlos Peraza

    Reply
  38. Joejoe Tullock says:
    June 29, 2016 at 12:06 am

    Yesss!!

    Reply
  39. Andrea Bartnicki says:
    June 29, 2016 at 11:56 pm

    Rory Sailor

    Reply
  40. Daisy Aranda says:
    June 30, 2016 at 4:34 am

    Matthew Ruiz

    Reply
  41. Tess Neely says:
    June 30, 2016 at 12:39 pm

    Pippy

    Reply
  42. Crystal D Day says:
    July 19, 2016 at 2:47 am

    those prices don’t work here…and island in Alaska, almost double the cost of everything 🙁

    Reply

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