{"id":17712,"date":"2021-07-22T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=17712"},"modified":"2021-07-01T09:50:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T13:50:34","slug":"favorite-inexpensive-vegan-foods-of-2021-summer-interns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/07\/22\/favorite-inexpensive-vegan-foods-of-2021-summer-interns\/","title":{"rendered":"FAVORITE INEXPENSIVE VEGAN FOODS OF 2021 SUMMER INTERNS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By\nJulia Comino, VRG Intern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a\nlow-income plant-based teenager, I am always on the lookout for delicious vegan\ndishes that won\u2019t break the bank. Thus, I tasked myself with finding out the favorite\nlow-price vegan foods of my fellow interns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucia\nRivera, a current intern at The VRG from California, has been vegetarian for\nten years and vegan for one. Like me, some of her favorite cheap vegan foods\nare beans. Beans are a nutritious staple that can be the base of a meal or\nadded as a side to any dish. No matter if you buy beans dry in bulk or canned,\nthey are an inexpensive and nutritious food to stock up on. Lucia also offered\nsome advice for finding low-cost vegan groceries, \u201cChoosing\ncertain places to shop can be helpful. For example, a grocery store like\nGrocery Outlet often offers the same vegan meat substitutes for a lot cheaper\nthan a store like Sprouts or Whole Foods does.\u201d I have found this to be true as\nsome of my go-to items, vegan pasta, soups, frozen vegetables, and even cans of\nbeans, are cheapest at stores like Dollar General or Family Dollar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Callie Showalter, a current intern from Washington who has been\nvegetarian for nine years and vegan for four, and Rachel Eldering, a dietetic\nintern from Virginia and vegetarian of six years, are also fans of beans.\nCallie\u2019s favorite inexpensive go-to vegan dish is Spanish beans and rice, and\nRachel dishes out rice, beans, and vegetable dinners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to finding cheap vegan snacks, I recommend\nthinking about what snacks you already eat that happen to be vegan. Callie\nShowalter snacks on carrots and hummus, popcorn, and apples with peanut butter.\nLucia Rivera goes for a classic, peanut butter and jelly. Ksheetisha Bhat, an\nintern from Michigan and a vegetarian since birth, loves snacks such as vegan\nfruit gummies or chips with salsa. And I\u2019m a fan of nuts, dried fruit, and\ngranola. When you stop looking for foods labeled as vegan, and start looking\nfor plant-based foods you already love you will find that you already know of a\nlot of cheap vegan food options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope that hearing some of the low-cost\nvegan favorites of The VRG interns ensures you that so matter your financial\nsituation, there are vegan foods that can fit your budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For information on other low-cost vegan foods and menus, see: https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/nutrition\/#nutrition-meal-plans<\/a> https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/21\/i%E2%80%99d-like-to-be-vegan-but-i%E2%80%99ve-heard-it%E2%80%99s-expensive-is-this-true\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contents of this posting, our\nwebsite, and our other publications, including Vegetarian Journal, are not\nintended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained\nfrom a qualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient\ninformation from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a\nstatement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be\nmade. Please use your best judgment about whether a product is suitable for\nyou. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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