Eat Vegan on $4 a Day

Not only can a plant-based diet be good for health, it can also be easy on the pocketbook. Learn how to forgo expensive processed foods and enjoy flavorful meals based on delicious, high quality basic ingredients. Author Ellen Jaffe Jones has scoured the shelves of popular supermarkets and big-box stores and calculated exactly how much it costs to eat healthfully and deliciously. One week's worth of menus shows how these recipes can be combined to get a per-serving cost of $4 a day, less than an average meal at a fast food outlet. Readers find out how to adapt their favorite recipes, cook with beans and grains, and use bulk buying to get big savings.