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April 2008 
Eating organic (and veggie) on $7/day
Posted on Feb 28th, 2007
by 
Duff
Duff
This article on MSN has tips on how to eat an organic, mostly vegetarian diet based on veggies and grains for $7 a day by shopping at Whole
http://health.msn.com/dietfitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100153740
Interesting quotes:
“Fruit is expensive—even apples—so fruit is a luxury”
“On this diet, you don’t need to worry about overeating carbs because you are not going to be able to afford to”
...suggest[s] adding seaweed to your meals a couple of times a week to improve your mineral intake. She likes dulse and kelp...
...the bulk aisle, the backbone of affordable food shopping...
Moderation is the key to eating nuts affordably, she says. “You have to find them for a good price and use them discriminately. Don’t just eat the bag and snack away unconsciously. Say, ‘This meal I need two tablespoons of nuts to help round it out.’”
How cool that this is on MSN! Perhaps the world is changing, eh?
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Wow! Yeah, no kidding.
VERY cool! I like this!
What a great day for tips !
No WF here, but it principles apply - thx.
:)
p.s. I think Whole Foods is great overall, by the way. But it is waaaay too easy to spend $70/day on food if you don't have some serious self-discipline when you shop there!
that's a great article! I noticed that since I went vegan I spent a lot more money on the neat meat 'n' cheese replacement products than I did on meat 'n' cheese before.
now that it's been a while, I've gotten better, but some of the advice they gave in the article makes a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing!