 |
From: L. Golbez ( -68.34.117.99)
Subject: Re: Food Costs for Vegan Groceries?
Date: July 4, 2012 at 9:27 pm PST
In Reply to: Food Costs for Vegan Groceries? posted by David on July 1, 2012 at 5:28 pm:
The short answer is, usually, yes - at least it has been for me.
However, it doesn't have to be because of specialty ingredients and
doesn't need to be very much difference. The reason it's usually a bit
more is because vegan food tends to be lower in caloric density. You
need to eat more of it so it costs a bit more. Still you can save a lot
by focusing on unprepared foods, getting bulk grains and legumes, and
skipping the stuff that doesn't offer a lot of nutritional value. If
you're not getting a lot of calories for your buck, then you should be
getting a lot of vital nutrients. So greens and fruits are good. Date
sugar and agave, not so much. Since you're a chef, I imagine you won't
want to strip everything down to the bare essentials though. Take what
I say with a grain of salt then. Special sweeteners are not necessary
to survive as a vegan, for sure, but they might be important to make a
recipe work. What do I know? Basically, you've got two kinds of cheap vegan food: 1. Cheap scratch ingredients / whole foods in pure form (rice, bananas,
etc.) 2. Absolute garbage (potato chips, cheap cookies, etc.) The latter is the reason why a vegan diet tends toward either being more
expensive or more unhealthy than an omnivore diet. However, rice,
legumes and cheaper fruits like bananas can balance this out pretty
well.
Follow Ups:
Post a Followup
|
