Well, I was watching a show with a friend of mine called "You are what you eat" and it's a show on the BBC channel all about a woman who goes around to people who have been nominated by someone else about their out-of-control eating habit... and changes their lifestyle and whatnot. I'm watching and going "How much I'd LOVE to be able to eat like that... a TRUE vegatarian diet of fruits and veggies and beans and whatnot but my finances wouldn't allow. I WANT to do this but living on 30$ or less a week is challanging when you are trying to make meals of things. You can't get a week's worth of fruit and veggies in today's market for less than 30$. I just cannot see that being done. My grocery bag doesn't EVEN reach the top on 30 bucks. I am surprised I can get by on what I get. I was on the Raw Food thing for about a month but I had the help of a friend on Food Stamps who was getting a bit more than me with NO income BUT FS and we could not do it more than that and most of it was the Master Cleanse. I am trying to figure this out! I am also challenged in taste. I have tried a LOT of fruits and vegetables but I found that I don't like a whole lot of them. I don't like apples (except green sometimes) or melons or most oranges or most berries. I like Bananas alright and grapes are ok (green) but I just can't find much I like. I don't like meat, I don't like fruit and I have a hard time finding lots of veggies I like... So I end up eating breads, cereals, beans and prepared veggie patties to get by.
Can anyone give me help on this? Today I was able to get 2 bell peppers, a thing of celery, 1 package of frozen bean and cheese burritos, 1 package of frozen Brussels Sprouts, 1 Salad, cube sugar (for coffee which I don't drink more than 4 to 6 cups a week) and that's ALL for 20$. (Because I went out to eat since I was starving and on the move not knowing when I'd get home.)
I have a fricken dehydrator and a juicer and all that since I was planning on going raw but... I just don't see it happening again...