If you've been keeping up with my posts lately, you'll know that I recently began receiving food stamps. I am documenting my grocery hauls and meal plans here, partly to keep notes for myself and partly to inspire anyone else who might be eating vegan on a budget.
Friendly reminder: If you need a helping hand, please reach out to the resources in your community. Social services offices and food pantries welcome everyone -- including you. Nobody should have to struggle alone.
Let's get into my meals!
Day One
- Coffee and a bagel with cream cheese
- Pasta and wilty cabbage left over from last week, and some grapes
- Vegan Orzo Verde

Day Two
- Coffee and a bagel
- Instant ramen with peanut butter and sriracha
- Leftover orzo
- Non-dairy Oatmeal Cookie Ben & Jerry's
Day Three
- Coffee and a bagel
- "Spaghetti," which was actually just random pasta shapes from my pantry and some leftover sauce
- The weather was nice, so my roommate made "cookout food": grilled hot dogs, fries, and macaroni salad
- Lemon bars
Day Four 3/5
- Coffee and a bagel and grapes
- Instant ramen with some Daring wings left over from the Super Bowl
- Baked chickpea and spinach rigatoni (it's this recipe, but instead of stuffing shells, I just stir it all together with regular pasta and throw it in the oven)
Day Five
- Bagel with peanut butter
- I had planned to get Chinese food with a friend, but that got postponed at the last minute, so I grabbed a bag of "Sweet Kale Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing" at Aldi ($3.29) and made boxed mac and cheese
- More ice cream
Day Six
- The last of the lemon bars
- Leftover rigatoni
- Tacos with homemade nacho cheese
I have started making my nacho cheese with canned potatoes and carrots. It's not as good as making it from scratch, but once it's mixed into everything else, it's pretty good. I always keep this stuff on hand, and as you'll see in next week's grocery haul, I replaced the cans I used.
Day Seven
No photographic evidence from this day, but I believe I ate:
- Bagel and peanut butter
- Leftover taco fixin's
- Pizza
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