On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:32:02 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> wrote:

>Has anyone else had to make any compromises due to rising prices?
>I've just had to cut back on other items but I'm reluctant to "cheapen"
>our diets. It's too important.

When James got laid off a couple of years ago (I was a vegan at the
time, and he's a type-2 diabetic), we decided to make a game out of
getting the best food we could get for the limited amount of money we
had to work with. We eat a lot of beans and rice and TVP (they're
really cheap), but we do interesting things with them, and they're
usually alongside the freshest in-season veggies we've ever had,
because we have a lovely produce market and several great farmer's
markets here. We both feel we eat better than we ever did before, on
less money. We eat almost no prepared foods at all, and very little
meat, but we're healthier than ever, and our budget (even though we
both have relatively low-paying jobs) isn't stretched beyond its
capacity.

serene
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