Quote (Gastly @ Mar 31 2016 01:26pm)

Dunno about the States but I get along pretty cheap, meat's expensive y'know.
Buying lentils/legumes in bulk helps a tonne and using whichever veggies are currently in season lowers the cost quite a bit. Curries, dhals and soups are cheap as fudge after the initial investment in some spices (they last a long time).
Usually I cook for a shitload of food at once and eat it as long as it lasts.

Last week I made borscht. 1e/kilo for cabbage, half a euro for half a kilo of potatoes, one euro for 1kg of beetroots and a euro for some 800g kidney beans. The onions and the garlic were xx cents. Added in some bay leaves, salt and black pepper.
Ate it with rye bread which was like 30 cents per package. If you can be arsed to do it baking your own bread makes things even cheaper.

that makes for something along the lines of five to six euros for the week's dinners.


Yh this, doubly so if you drink shitloads.
Might also want to consider something for the iron as it's not as readily bioavailable from a vegetarian/vegan diet.

Quote (Beowulf @ Mar 31 2016 04:25pm)

It's not any more expensive than regular eating if you plan it out.

As far as nutrients go eat variety and eat enough. Vegans look like skeletor because they don't eat enough and over train

It all depends on what you like. I go through phases during the year (never vegan but vegetarian) where I crock pot large amounts of

sweet potatoes
bell peppers
red peppers
carrots
cabbage
brussel sprouts
onions
tomatoes
broccoli
apple cider vinegar

and I eat that all day every day for months and months at a time and I am easily at my strongest and healthiest during this time

I grow a lot of my own vegetables but depending on location and type of store you shop at you could handle it for 50-100 a week

If you're a vegan for the long term look into into a b12 supplement

If you eat enough calories you will hit necessary protein

Quote (Gastly @ Mar 31 2016 04:26pm)

Dunno about the States but I get along pretty cheap, meat's expensive y'know.
Buying lentils/legumes in bulk helps a tonne and using whichever veggies are currently in season lowers the cost quite a bit. Curries, dhals and soups are cheap as fudge after the initial investment in some spices (they last a long time).
Usually I cook for a shitload of food at once and eat it as long as it lasts.

Last week I made borscht. 1e/kilo for cabbage, half a euro for half a kilo of potatoes, one euro for 1kg of beetroots and a euro for some 800g kidney beans. The onions and the garlic were xx cents. Added in some bay leaves, salt and black pepper.
Ate it with rye bread which was like 30 cents per package. If you can be arsed to do it baking your own bread makes things even cheaper.

that makes for something along the lines of five to six euros for the week's dinners.


Yh this, doubly so if you drink shitloads.
Might also want to consider something for the iron as it's not as readily bioavailable from a vegetarian/vegan diet.

Quote (GodSmiter @ Mar 31 2016 01:37pm)

Thx for the posts guys.

that crock pot recipe sounds nice. I also like sweet potatoes.

As for rye bread I gotta try that. I want to try eating borscht at a restaurant before I try something like that on my own, just so I know how its supposed to be done lol.

Quote (Beowulf @ Mar 31 2016 04:41pm)

apple cider vinegar is the key

brings out the flavor of those slow cooked sweet potatoes and it flavors the rest of the veggies all night

so much easier to take down piles of veggies when they are tasty and slow cooked. I don't know what your diet is like now but if you get rid of all processed/sugary foods and drinks and only drink water and large quantities of a variety of vegetables you will feel pretty damn good after a few months

I don't eat much fruit because I don't find it necessary (you can get all of the same nutrients from vegetables without the sugar)

just know many vegans go apeshit with the fruits and destroy their teeth so keep up with the brushing/flossing and dentist visits

Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Mar 31 2016 09:05pm)

..ha , liked they would have the energy .

Quote (GodSmiter @ Mar 31 2016 09:08pm)

Besides the discipline in trying to get all the nutrients in a vegan diet... how expensive is it? I don't know the budget on this stuff.

Quote (Handcuffs @ Mar 31 2016 05:59pm)

The Vegan Deities grant boundless energy to those who achieve at least level 4 veganism. :]

Quote (Handcuffs @ Mar 31 2016 02:01pm)

It depends on whether people are knowledgeable about food and/or know how to cook.

On average, when done right, vegan diets are less expensive. However, people who don't know how to cook and try to go with packaged "meat-imitation" products will find that those are quite expensive.

Quote (Beowulf @ Mar 31 2016 09:25pm)

If you're a vegan for the long term look into into a b12 supplement

Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Mar 31 2016 10:02pm)

...all that energy is spent in the endless pursuit of wild nuts and edible grasses . :)