We have gone vegan for the most part, mainly due to the sorry quality of meat in our local food stores. We buy a lot of dried beans and grains and we make a lot of soups. I do buy vegetables that can be expensive (broccoli, cauliflower, celery, etc) and the bits I don't use like the celery hearts, broc and cauliflower stems go into veggie broth. I have about 8 containers of broth in my freezer.

We are also very fortunate to have three Asian and E. Indian markets in our neighborhood and the produce there is not only inexpensive but very high quality. I would also echo Betty's post above about sprouts. We bought a 2 LB bag of dried mung beans and I make sprouts once a week.

Deb