My $1.50 a Day Challenge: Eating a Plant-Based Diet on an Austere Budget - article from Forks Over Knives

For those who think it is too expensive to eat healthy,

Read this article on how the author lived on a five-day $7.50 budget.

My $1.50 a Day Challenge: Eating a Plant-Based Diet on an Austere Budget 

Summary of her article included what she purchased:

• 10 lb. bag of potatoes = 99¢
• 2 lb. bag of carrots = 99¢
• 1 lb. bag of brown rice = 99¢
• 1 lb. bag of brown lentils = 99¢
• 2/3 lb. of brown rice pasta = 99¢
• 2 cans of tomato sauce = 99¢

Also bought ½ lb. of organic oatmeal (from the bulk section of Whole Foods) for 42¢. And set aside 30¢ for some spices from pantry.

And her daily menu:

• Day 1: Masala mashed potatoes, lentil stew with spices, carrots and brown rice. Divided it into three meals, which was plenty for the day.
• Day 2: Oatmeal with carrots, boiled potatoes seasoned with salt and pepper, leftover lentil stew and fresh carrots.
• Day 3: Potato stew with tomato sauce, leftover brown rice and lentil stew, and fresh carrots.
• Day 4: Baked potatoes, brown rice with carrots, curry-flavored oatmeal with carrots, sprouted lentil dal. Sprouting the lentils made them taste fresh and light, and baked potatoes are so good! Added a lime this day for 33¢.
• Day 5: Pasta with tomato sauce, lentils, and carrots, plus baked potatoes. And spent the remaining 45¢ on ½ lb. of fresh organic spinach! There was enough pasta left over for lunch the next day. Ended up with about two pounds of unused potatoes.