By Sarah Simmons My name is Sarah and I have been mostly plant-based for a year. Before, I was vegetarian for four years. It may not be the easiest transition to make where you live, but for sure anyone can do it. You just need to find your reason and stick with it. No matter what you love and think you ...
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Want to save money on milk? Purchase non-dairy!
On a recent visit to my favorite grocery store, I noticed the majority of people with milk in their carts were purchasing almond milk. I went over to the dairy section to investigate why that may be and found that it's because Almond Breeze was the second cheapest 1/2 gallon option available. In addition to being ...
Hip Hop is Green
Last week I had the privilege of attending a Hip Hop is Green dinner in Oakland, CA with my friends stic.man of Dead Prez and well-known holistic nutrition expert, Afya Ibomu. The dinner was held at an elementary school where children were introduced to healthy plant-based foods, nutrition information, and ...
How To Make an Easy Vegan Meal: Quinoa Salad
Next in my series of easy, inexpensive versatile meals is a Quinoa Salad. I used this recipe in the video, but really it's just a guide. Once you make the quinoa, the possibilities for spicing it up are endless. You can do any kinds of olives, chopped spinach or kale, garlic, finely chopped steamed carrots, and ...
Say Yes! To Vegan Soulfood: Evolving the Soulfood Tradition for the Plant Based Kitchen
I'd like to give a special "thank you" to Afya for writing this beautiful article about Vegan Soul Food. If you don't have it already, please pick up her latest book A Vegan Soulfood Guide To the Galaxy. -Toni By Afya Ibomu Soul food in general is comfort food prepared and eaten in most ...
Plant Based on a Budget Challenge – 1 Person – Week 4
Welcome to the Plant Based on a Budget Challenge! First off, thank you very much for considering this challenge. We’re hoping to show that a plant-based diet can be done without breaking the bank, and we really hope it works out for you! There’s no specific day to start just seven days of eating plant-based foods at ...
Plant Based on a Budget – 2 People -Week 4
Welcome to the final week of the challenge! This has been a really great experience for me, and I hope that it has been so for you as well. My partner David and I have been able to save almost half of our income for the month, which has never happened. We never realized just how much money we were spending on ...
Plant Based on a Budget Challenge – Family of 4 – Week 3
Welcome to week 3 of the budget challenge. It has been a lot of fun, but a lot of work! I hope you all are enjoying the meals. The items came in under $100 for me again. Also, I understand you may not all live on the westcoast and have access to these prices, but I encourage you to shop around, use ...
Plant Based on a Budget Challenge – 1 Person – Week 3
Welcome to the Plant Based on a Budget Challenge! First off, thank you very much for considering this challenge. We’re hoping to show that a plant-based diet can be done without breaking the bank, and we really hope it works out for you! There’s no specific day to start just seven days of eating plant-based foods at ...
Plant Based on a Budget Challenge – 2 People – Week 3
Welcome to week 3 of the Plant Based on a Budget food challenge for 2 people! One of the things that I would like to address from the comments is the varying prices of food. I am fully aware that unless you are shopping at the same grocery store that I am, it is unlikely that our prices are going to be the exact or ...
Plant Based on a Budget Challenge – Family of 4 – Week 2
Welcome to week 2 of the budget challenge. Hopefully, you enjoyed last weeks meals. This week was cheaper than last week. I was pretty excited when I finished at the checkout and saw the final price! I counted on the fact that you will still have some peanut butter, tahini, and bbq sauce left ...
Plant Based on a Budget Challenge – 1 Person – Week 2
Welcome to the Plant-Based on a Budget Challenge! First off, thank you very much for considering this challenge! We're hoping to show that a plant-based diet can be done without breaking the bank, and we really hope it works out for you! There's no specific day to start just seven days of eating plant-based foods at ...
Plant Based on a Budget Challenge – 2 People – Week 2
I'm going to get real for a second: there was a point during the first week that I felt extremely overwhelmed and asked Toni if I could opt out of the challenge. Too much work, adding too much stress. And then I thought about how privileged I am to have this meal planning be a chore for me, or something that I can ...
Plant Based on a Budget Challenge – Family of 4 – Week 1
Welcome to the Plant Based on a Budget Family of 4 Challenge. I had a lot of fun putting this together. It was also fun going shopping and really paying attention to prices and making sure we could keep the bill under $100. I was really worried when we got to the check out, but we did it! The meals ...
Plant Based on a Budget Challenge – 2 people – Week 1
[Some disclaimers] I went vegan for ethical reasons. I bring this up because while I do care about my health as well, I do not beat myself up about using oil, salt, sugar, etc. We are not really people who eat breakfast. For this challenge, we ate oatmeal every day except one for breakfast. It was filling, but to ...
Plant Based on a Budget Challenge – 1 Person – Week 1
Welcome to the Plant-Based on a Budget Challenge! First off, thank you for considering participating in this challenge. Whether you’re here because you’d like to save money, become healthier, try a plant-based diet, or all of the above, I welcome you. I’m Toni Okamoto, the founder of Plant-Based on a Budget, and I’m ...
“7 Ways to Eat Good on a Hood Budget” by Stic of Dead Prez
Dead Prez has been the most inspirational Hip Hop group in my life. I first heard their album "Lets get Free" when I was in middle school, and it introduced me to ideas of healthy living, questioning authority, the importance of happiness, being proud of my brown skin, among many other powerful ideas that I wasn't ...
