cant believe i havent been following the vegan thread... full disclosure, i'm not practicing a vegan diet, but i'm like 90% there, and i want to be 100%. my biggest obstacle is money (in college full time, and practicing several hours a day on two different instruments, plus working 40+ hours a week)
any tips on vegan diet while on an extremely low budget? i typically spend between $15-$25 a week on food, and i don't go out to eat
currently i eat lots of cabbage, carrots, tomato, cucumber, peanuts, avacado, (thank fuck for ALDI always having decent priced avacados), bananas, apples, grapes, peanut butter, bread and veggie burgers/hotdogs
i also have a couple cans of bushs vegetarian beans and top ramen soy sauce flavor (the vegetarian one) but i want to get rid of these two in favor of black beans and regular spaghetti and tomato sauce
i shop on mondays and usually make it to saturday midday before i'm so low on food i break down and go buy a frozen pizza or whatever. i really want to get away from it but it's hard to beat satisfying that cheese craving and filling my belly for $2.50 at the same time. the vegan pizzas are like $7 and up, and it's a bit too much for me. i'm not hooked on the idea of pizza or anything, i just get freakin hungry by the end of a saturday and knowing i have to make it all through sunday with what little bit of food i have left just makes me break down. sometimes i go for a 6 pack of apple fritters, but i think they use eggs to make those so :/
maybe i need to just suck it up? or maybe theres a nifty vegan life food hack (lol sorry) for getting through those cravings? big ass bowl of noodles? eat 10 bananas in a row? sorry ill stop now
thanks for any suggestions