I*m sorry to hear about your situation!!! Hope everything go better for you soon!!! Have a quick knee recover as well!!!

About quick Vegan food that you can prepare, I like to prepare quick things as well & cheap stuffs!!!

Something that I always do is Nachos with veggies!!! Just cut tomatoes, onions & parsley!!! All raw, mix everything with salt & oil & then eat it with some nachos!!! :]

Another one is Pita pizza, you just do the same veggie dip, cut tomatoes, onions & parsley mixed with salt & oil!! I recommend to put the Pita bread on the toaster for a few mins so it get soft, if you dont have a toaster you can use a pan!!! :]

Hope this is helpful!!! :]

You should see if your family is eligible for food stamps. They help out tremendously!

If you can use your street team points I’d say get peta’s college cookbook I love it and most things I can find at the store like beans, quinoa, ect, nothing fancy. Also peta has some great recipes here. But yes shop in bulk, when you are poor beans are your friend. rice too and tortillas are cheap to buy or the mix and make your own. Wraps too with some hummus, off-brand, just a smidge and throw in some rice and beans and seasoning. Yummy.

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Also sometimes foods facebook profile has coupons you can print if you Like them.

I like vegan fajitas!

and this recipe
http://simplygluten-free.com/blog/2011/03/african-stew.html

It seems like a lot of work and ingredients but they’re all cheap and make A LOT of food. I like to eat it over rice and a bag is real cheap.

To make it for simple and cheaper I use peanut butter instead of Sunbutter. Frozen spinach and leave out the arugula. You don’t really need to chilli peppers because I feel they didn’t add heat at all (I ended up using hot sauce in my bowl). And I prefer to use yukon potatoes instead of the sweet. It just tasted odd using the sweet, I liked to spice mine up and make it have a mexican feel then I would taste a sweet potato and the falvors clashed.

Resort to noodlecups for a few months.

Oh I’m always on the stir fry bandwagon! lol
I also have a rice cooker/steamer, so I toss in a few cups of brown rice and some stir fry veggies (Walmart style: $2 a bag) and I’ve got dinner for a week. I LOVE rice, and I can leave it unseasoned when I put it in the fridge so I can have a new flavor every time I eat it.

You can make vegan stir fry for literally 10 bucks, and have leftovers to freeze. Basically, get cheap bulk frozen vegetables, and tofu, and fry, then steam it. I have it once or twice a week and it takes 15-20 minutes. (for sauce, anything from orange juice to vinegar to soy sauce is good, corn starch will help it stick.) My family’s a bit overbudget, too, so I know what you’re going through. Good luck, I hope your troubles end ASAP!

Oh that’s incredibly kind of you, but I assure you I don’t need any charity.
Thanks, though =]

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Thanks! Let me know if you need any other assistance and such

I’ve done the banana ice cream thing a million times over! Sometimes because I don’t wanna spend $6 on a tub of ice cream, sometimes because I don’t have any, or sometimes because I like not gaining a ton of weight xD
My brother (who mocks my veganism all over the place) actually told me about the banana thing because he’s trying not to eat too much junk food, but he tosses a little bit of peanut butter into the mix!

I’ve been looking into tuna salad recipes, but generally I just stick with my tofu egg-less salad. It’s heavenly and CHEAP!

Today I’m stopping at Wegman’s for a few essentials. Mostly bulk rice and veggies, but I NEED my daiya mozzarella cheese no matter how broke I am! xD

Thanks for your understanding. Good luck to you as well =]

-Banana “ice cream” made of frozen bananas put into the food processor. It comes out like “soft serve,
but to harden it all you have to do is refreeze it . I like putting either chocolate syrup or frozen strawberries on mine .
-There is a recipe somewhere for chickpea tuna salad. If I had the link, I’d post it. It does require veganaise.
-Pancake recipe: http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/the-white-pig-blueberry-pancakes/

^^ I’ve tried all of those, and they work wonderfully.

We’re having a little trouble financially, too, so I know it must be stressful for you. Hope things get easier soon.

PS: I don’t mean to make it sound like I’m CRAZY poor right now. We’re still much better off than a lot of people are. So don’t feel too bad. It’s not like we’re starving and the electric company is sending us threatening letters or anything. We’re just a little over budget lately and trying to make the most of the money we have right now.

I’m sure we’ll be back on our feet again in no time =]

You guys are swell.
The only reason we’re having so much financial trouble is that our car has had to have a lot of repairs lately, so hopefully once we’ve caught up on the bills that we’ve been behind on because of car repairs, we’ll be able to go back to our normal lives. But thanks for the support.
I realized that I can also save money buy freezing my vegan yogurt, so that I can buy the larger, cheaper tubs of it and not have it go bad before I use it. (I love breakfast parfaits!)

Hopefully some frozen veggies and instant mashed potatoes will help get me buy for the next few weeks.

I’m collecting a bunch of really simple recipes that don’t require too many ingredients so that I can eat well while I’m on a tight budget.

Thanks again for helping out. You’re wonderful! <3
Also, I checked out Rachel's link! Most of the stuff on it I knew about, but I was so excited about Baco's! How cool!?

We (my sister and I, two vegans) usually make it with about 60 dollars for 3ish weeks: instant noodles, potatoes, broccoli, carrots, onions, juice, soy milk, frozen fruit, bananas, oatmeal, salad ingredients, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, apples, rice, bread, tofu, flour (and spices / condiments / extra bulk but only if we’ve run out). A lot of it can be used to make quick stir fry or just noodles and veggies, we get some vegetables from our garden, throw together some fruits for smoothies or breakfast, then some sandwiches, soups, or salad for lunch.

So, I’ve been vegan for about 3 1/2 years now. It’s never been a problem for me, and as much as I like to try to eat healthy, it really is easier for me to just go and buy the processed vegan mock-foods that are not only not all too healthy, but also more expensive than eating naturally.
The problem is my family is going through some financial trouble right now. Usually I buy what I can at Walmart and then all my specialty foods come from Wegman’s. Also, I am currently unemployed. I’ve been looking for a job, but the job search is now on hold because of a recent injury to my knee and an impending possible surgery.
I was wondering if anyone hand any really cheap recipes that don’t take a lot of prep time (being on my feet too much is hard because of my knee, fortunately my boyfriend and mother help with the cooking and stuff right now). Also, we have a vegetable garden, which helps defer costs a little, but I’d like to also buy things that will last a while, so I don’t have to try to eat everything I buy within a week or else it goes bad.

Really anything to help defer costs a little.
Also, if you have an extra $5 and wanna help out, I have a few Fiverr gigs up right now if you wanna check them out (http://fiverr.com/ikki_nikki)

Thanks for reading my rant! <3