$1.50 Vs. $14 Vegan Burrito

[@MerleONeal]

Hello everyone! Due to BuzzFeed protocol, social distancing was enforced on set, in addition to that, everyone was COVID tested before the shoot to ensure maximum safety precautions 💚

[@VeganPanda4]

Love you guys! Genuinely curious, if you got tested and were negative why do you have to distance?

[@Janae2000]

@@VeganPanda4 extra precautions I’m assuming

[@mai6553]

@@VeganPanda4 if you get a neg test it means your immune system isnt reacting to an active infection, and are sick or could become sick soon, not that youre not a carrier / your body is a host but isnt fighting + immune-system-ing, as far as I understand. When I get tests they give papers that says a negative test is just a negative test, it is a snapshot in time, not an "all clear hall pass". Good and bag bugs, viruses, and immune systems dont act in binaries like negative or positive, so masks, social distancing, vaxes, and general hygiene are just variables that we can choose to utilize like tools, while tests are more like a photograph instead of a tool bc its just a snapshot in time not a preventative measure. Using all possible tools as well as snapshots provides the most safe equation. Thinking about things systemically instead of black and white is always a good practice. Hope that helps!

[@annyms5092]

God bless, Jesus loves you and died for you all

[@rf9031]

No one cares.

[@AliceQuinnRose]

They should’ve asked her how much she’d pay for each of them. Then told her the actual price.

[@hopegold883]

Excellent idea.

[@Xephorian]

Yes!!

[@napqueen9377]

Genius!!

[@emdegn1904]

Ahhh Rachel should've toasted hers! It would have made a world of difference!

[@racquelrobinson3030]

I love how they know cashews are expensive. When I watched these American cooking videos, they use 4 cups of cashews like it's water.

[@adyanuwu8690]

SAMEEEEEEE

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

sunflower seeds give a similar creaminess too!+

[@racquelrobinson3030]

@@ivetterodriguez1994 Thank you!!!!

[@elleb3478]

Unless you go to Aldi or Lidl… a big bag is £1.80

[@patriciakelly1953]

DDSq

[@bewithyou9976]

Lol for $1.50 I would’ve bought a can of refried beans, wrapped in a flour tortilla with salsa on the side. But go off Rachel

[@kaylawaters2691]

Or a potato, bell peppers, onions, and seasonings in a tortilla.

[@user-sf9gs2pg1b]

@@kaylawaters2691 I love potatoes ;-; mmm Also, I cut open a bell pepper and it had baby bell peppers inside. It horrified me, lol. And, uh, I like looking at conjoined fruit :^) bananas are interesting.

[@amypetty5013]

I mean, that would defeat the entire purpose of the video. The point here is to be creative and fancy, not to just do what the average person would do. There's zero purpose in even making a video around that. Seems rather crass to attack Rachel for literally doing her job.

[@rn2787]

Homemade beans, vegan cheese, homemade vegan green chile, guacamole, papas, and pico del gallo. You save money by making everything yourself and you have lots of extra beans and green chile left over.

[@CAFEM0N0]

“don’t try this at home if you have celiac disease” noted 😭✅

[@hlongshlongs8729]

Good advice for sure 👍

[@SummerinDecember01]

I loved it when Merle always said both Temperatures C and F, some don’t and that make me really confused when trying to follow the recipe since in my country we mostly use C, so thank you so much again😭😭

[@courtneymichelle5746]

“It taste like burrito night at Jan’s” 😭

[@jessicamompoint1849]

Gotta sneak in some seasoning in order to eat it.

[@annyms5092]

God bless, Jesus loves you and died for you all

[@tristanjanniere7352]

@@annyms5092 PTL!!!

[@ameliabeckley8038]

@H Due racism against a white person? Do your research on what racism is and the history behind it HAHAHA

[@annyms5092]

@@tristanjanniere7352 what?

[@SarahSettimo]

I'd make Rachael's with the addition of black beans and roasted potato/hashbrowns

[@jsanto210]

Add some rice and she would have had a greater chance at winning

[@petrificustotalus9307]

It’s official: Goodful is basically Merle and Rachel now. No one’s complaining though :)

[@ΚελλυΠαπαδατου]

Finally Merle got the expensive one 🤣

[@oAgL214]

Exactly my thought 🤣

[@annyms5092]

God bless, Jesus loves you and died for you all

[@mht4908]

She got the expensive lasagna before

[@Tiarose88]

@@annyms5092 get a life

[@deaddarling497]

@@annyms5092 please do not try and force a religion, keep this a positive place

[@vicmor8688]

love how merle’s crema is more expensive than rachel’s burrito LMAO

[@tinyjungle_]

The unfortunate reality of vegan food is the $1.50 burrito would cost $14 at a restaurant. So sick of places overcharging for cheaper ingredients. It's criminal.

[@mht4908]

Well you have take into account the rent for running the business as well as labor work, so it's not 100% based on overcharging. But yeah, I'd much rather make it myself for a couple dollars than get the same thing at a restaurants for $15+. If I'm going to eat out, it's best to order something that can't be easily homemade

[@tinyjungle_]

@@mht4908 As someone who grew up in the restaurant business I do account for those things. Everything else being equal, vegans are clearly overcharged for cheaper ingredients. I do tend to use your strategy of ordering things that are more difficult to prepare or require a lot of work at home.

[@deerinheadlights9784]

How did I just find your channel recently? I have been vegan over 4 years and this is so entertaining. Love these videos. I’ve watched several today

[@TutorialsbySaraLee]

oh my god same! I've been binge watching for the last 3 days!!

[@stefanypena7326]

This Vs. videos are so daaamn good 👌

[@lolalifejournal]

A mix of the two recipes would make the perfect burrito! 🥰

[@blackcowboyrob]

I really wanna see Merle make a vegan pumpkin pie and a vegan key lime pie 🥧 ☺️

[@himemiya]

my fav part of this series is the *taunts in vegan*

[@TUG657]

Great series! More of these please!

[@Jumbaride]

You two are absolute nerds, and I am here for it. Keep up the good work! ❤️

[@mariondumont7634]

For my burritos, I just put red beans to replace the meat. I cook them with dried tomatoes sauce, hummus, and a little bit of powdered safran.

[@inderjitkainth5353]

Probably so much cheaper too

[@JadeWrite]

Merle is so competitive it's always so entertaining and funny 😁

[@marktrujillo1089]

I love this series!!

[@avbabyatalig8351]

Go girl that's was intense you go girl why because ? $ 1.50. Seriously i can't do that. Wow

[@sushiluvrluvzme]

Or gloves lol

[@davinar34]

I feel like they should do a video on “base ingredients” or “pantry essentials”. Then when they do these videos the math makes a little more sense. Like it’s $1.50 out of what you have in your pantry. Because a regular person may not have these things on hand and they’d have to buy the whole item not just 50 cents worth

[@Adelicows]

I know right? Flour, water, salt, tofu... such bizarre ingredients. Who has flour in their pantry? Nobody. That was easily an $80 burrito.

[@RonjaK4]

@@Adelicows I feel like everyone has flour in their pantry?

[@fendybendy6466]

@@RonjaK4 I'm 90% sure they were being sarcastic lol

[@RonjaK4]

@@fendybendy6466 hahaha oh you’re right! I was already like damn 😂

[@ehmha3641]

I love these videos. I am not a vegan nor a vegeterian but I don't eat a lot of meat and love to substitude dairy and meat for plant base ingredients and these videos are so fun yet Inspirational

[@XxFluffyxX]

I hate it when they measure cost by how much they used! The $1.50 burrito was soo not that cheap

[@AstraeaAchelois]

It is though :/ you have to think further ahead

[@XxFluffyxX]

@@AstraeaAchelois not everybody has the cash on hand to spend on things like this. Let’s take any item that people use in vegan recipes: maple syrup, for example. It’s most economic to get a large amount of it so that the unit cost is smaller, yes? But that means you’re spending 20 dollars on syrup right now, with the expected use of it later - whenever that may be. If you’re living below your means to the point that you can only afford $1.50 for breakfast, why would you dish out that much money? You wouldn’t - right? Sorry for the paragraph, but eh, just my 2 cents

[@emsha6836]

I see your point but that's just how it is. Usually you also have to buy a whole packet of rice and eggs to make fried rice for example. Even though you buy whole packets the fried rice is still a cheap dish. Just like in normal life you have to use groceries for multiple meals and portions. For that reason the single portion calculation is not wrong. This videos still givea good ideas for cheap vegan meals

[@XxFluffyxX]

@@emsha6836 I understand that but at the same point a large portion or rice and eggs is still very cheap - whereas one pound of silken tofu is upwards of 3 dollars. Where rice is cheap, it will also last you weeks, while tofu is comparatively (by unit price) expensive and will be 3 meals

[@emsha6836]

@@XxFluffyxX yeah of course I see what you mean but the problem not lies that they are use expensive products for seemingly affordable meals. It's vegan products which are just expensive and sometimes not exchangeable for the same taste. As a result everybody have to look for themselves which ingredients they use.

[@Wadetrtl]

For $1.50 I would have gone with TVP but this looks cool too. Also in what world can you include silken tofu with that budget??! Not where I'm from...

[@JeyIrwin]

RIGHT?!? where i live silken tofu costs like €3.smth (3-4 dollars) 😭

[@kaylajaned6764]

I think it's funny that they were staying across the room from each other for social distancing, but didn't wear masks to cook someone else food 😂

[@renatosilva9142]

There are no studies showing covid is transmitted by food.

[@kaylajaned6764]

Best practices are to wear a mask when handling food.

[@kay-bc3vl]

I honestly think they are standing far apart for filming purposes and so that people wouldn’t go off about cdc guidelines. If they were all tested for covid beforehand they would have been ok to stand close to each other. They just didn’t want to hear y’alls mouths about it 😜

[@ridhii1734]

@@renatosilva9142 there are no studies showing its not tho

[@MR-jq7bk]

Go off. This is such a valid point and also the same air is ventilating in the space as Merle and the production crew. Let's just be real please.

[@mocprod731]

could you do a expensive version without using something from beyond meat or impossible meat? :(

[@pizzaaly]

i think it’s just easier to spend the budget if they buy vegan meals.

[@AstraeaAchelois]

@@pizzaaly but there's no need for it, you could cut cost a lot using actual whole foods to replace instead of processes junk

[@QueenKrystina]

@@AstraeaAchelois they’re not trying to cut cost for the expensive version, in fact they’re generally trying to do the opposite

[@sweetkarma1345]

@@AstraeaAchelois I agree, non processed all the way, add some beans and rice or somethin.

[@AstraeaAchelois]

@@QueenKrystina you're right

[@sleepy.liv.]

the queens are back at it again!

[@mayacarrothers8766]

your videos always leave me inspired with a smile on my face 😁🌱

[@ofisalavea9970]

1:14 WTF I THOUGHT SHE SAID “I REALLY LIKE SATAN IN MY BURRITOS”

[@COGS21]

"Not today seitan!" ~ Wynonna Earp

[@Mindup2run]

Awww...you guys actually made it thank you so much!!!! I laaave burrito and this looks really goooood!!!!

[@imsotiredofthis]

maybe they should add a value to time. That seitan seems kinda time consuming to make, a restaurant would never charge $1.50 for it.

[@NatashaRaisorGlam]

I’m going to make both these burritos. I’m going to add Tapitio sauce so they don’t taste like Jans burritos😂😂

[@oAgL214]

Tapatío 🥰 I kind of prefer spicier salsas but tapatío has this flavor 🤤 that makes me keep wanting more!

[@miniwolfsbane2407]

@Natasha Raisor Frank's Red Hot is also really good. :) Like, REALLY good.

[@mycousinvegan5131]

LOL!!!

[@NatashaRaisorGlam]

@@miniwolfsbane2407 Yep, Franks is yummy

[@THEHORSELOVER235]

Give us an update

[@bethaniejify]

I love these challenges!

[@mycousinvegan5131]

I love these challenges! Its funny how the pricing is broken down for each product used. kudos

[@lisasim]

This looks so yummy! Are there any written recipes out there? Thanks!

[@ptatoesaurus7008]

can I have Merle's shirt? 🤣I love it, I need a shirt like that in my life!

[@clara-5732]

Me too

[@maggotst.pierre2361]

Looks very 90s

[@ptatoesaurus7008]

@@maggotst.pierre2361 very 90s 😏 love bold pattern

[@Sarahliz_s]

We need more of these in 2023!! ❤

[@Pyrion93]

Yesss more of this!!

[@Choucheeeenn]

You all like to have a complicated life. Beans, instead of seitan or impossible meat, more cheap vegetables (onions for ex) and you're good to go. It's cheaper and faster (and healthier).

[@SadLittleClownGore]

Some people don't like beans, or don't like the taste

[@Choucheeeenn]

@@SadLittleClownGore Beans are the cheapest, but (depends where you live) you can replace them with so many cereals or legumes (chickpeas, peas, soy, lentils, corn, rice, quinoa) or even starchy vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatoes, tiger nut, butternut and other squash...). The trick to be on a budget is dry food in bulk, and fresh food directly at the farm or in local market, especially at the end of the day when they lower the price of everything. Then you just have to mix and match that, to have a balanced diet.

[@SadLittleClownGore]

@@Choucheeeenn yeah I get what you're saying, but you're forgetting that these people like cooking, sometimes they don't want an easy quick meal!

[@Choucheeeenn]

@@SadLittleClownGore :) sure, but you can cheaply challenge yourself with a whole jackfruit, plantain or weird mushrooms then :) (I'm hungry now xD )

[@Shadeadder]

I'm pretty sure Rachel's is just a glorified wrap. Swapping out some of the seitan and crema for rice and beans would have made a world of difference.

[@herlveri8297]

more of this please 😂 i really love watching Merele

[@sarahrobb8294]

Was Merle just imatating old Greg😂😂

[@StrawberryLegacy]

I love these challenges soooooo much

[@theking-bw7hu]

I THINK THEY SHOULD DO BURGERS NEXT

[@suedaviana8295]

The fact that she says the price before the choice was made kinda ruined it for me

[@primelad2696]

This looks amazing 🤩

[@fuzzy_paper8025]

'thats not true, i wanna win' I LOVE MERLE

[@AnaIRPiteira]

I love your budget meals challenge! I like your solo videos and content but the friendly budget wars, awesome. :) Hope you do more.

[@analisestock7623]

the smile I needed

[@hannahpham1298]

they look amazing!!!

[@svimmelhet]

Standing across the room from each other but rubbing and breathing all over food meant for someone else, what’s the point?

[@kaylawaters2691]

Hopefully they washed their hands before, during, and after cooking.

[@Gabrielaaaa__]

Anyone else not vegan but loves this series 😂😊

[@felipebbastosdg]

I would love if Rachel and Merle tasted each others food!

[@miniwolfsbane2407]

Dude, if you're making your own seitan, I would've gone the extra mile and made more. Stuff that thang!! If your making your own, it is cheaper, so why not? That said, I now internally cringe when it's not made with soy flour. It takes the chewyness away tons for me and makes it edible. I don't know how people eat it "straight" anymore. I use it as a binder, not the main event.

[@HoneyMoser]

My guess is because she had to stay within the dollar fifty budget, so she had to make just enough for one burrito

[@KrisRN23935]

I’m kinda disappointed nobody thought to use Tofu as a filling. Less carbs, more protein. And it can be delicious.

[@kmann6903]

When I see her use a pinch of seasoning we shouldve known she lost. That was definitely a Jan move.

[@mossymindful]

i really want to try the homemade seitan because its so cheap!! but as usual, things that are cheap take a lottttt more work. i may have to stick with tofu

[@gospeldva]

I think you should do a video where you two do both the 1.50 test and the 14

[@Lala47362]

Would love to see a version of this challenge but the price you’re given is the cap on your grocery bill (excluding some staples like oil and basic seasonings). It would have to be a bit higher, maybe 15 dollars for the cheap burrito and 30 dollars for the expensive one

[@khush7890]

2:28 surprised wheat milk isnt on the market yet

[@citykitty31]

Can you do some low Fodmap recipes

[@TheeJoieDeVivreGarden]

Merle’s burrito was the size of a newborn 😂😂😂…totally here for it!

[@kierraadele]

They both look great!!omg yum

[@clara-5732]

I love merle’s skirt, please where do you buy it?

[@trcolavi]

I literally thought there was a dog behind the couch...nope just Merle hiding

[@teamaquist2905]

*To the 1% That Sees this, I Hope You Have an Amazing Day ❤️💗*

[@Urmom-ek3js]

Oh and I hope you have a great day too

[@maureentaylor4939]

Digging the Keith Herring moment!

[@emiliamodrusan]

I LOVE Merle's shirt!!

[@zorahaeby2092]

In what world is silken tofu the cheap mans cashews 😭 *cries in swiss*

[@kaylawaters2691]

I thought she was going to say peanuts. Peanuts are pretty cheap. Lol.

[@readwellwritewell]

That shirt is a mood :O

[@Gabbs_0.x]

It wasn't meant as a burn but Rachel saying "Bring Aria back" is a pretty sick burn. Like, bring back your boyfriend that always chose my food over yours." deeeeeeng.

[@eliotezralycosa1537]

Or other meat subs before a stir fry place closed called flat top they had lots of vegan vegetarian proteins that were really good

[@kylestewart3971]

Producers got so mad because someone said a vegan lifestyle is more expensive, in a fog of anger they said a burrito is $1.50

[@heraday]

This is hilarious 😂 I'm trying the ariyan tomorrow

[@ciaralauren6156]

I love when people try to pretend they social distanced for these videos lol

[@tricianafaatiliga562]

It depends what you put inside if the burrito more indgerients more cost

[@eliotezralycosa1537]

I didn’t know seitan was just flour

[@SemesterAtSeaHopeful]

You guys should make 3 of each so you can all try all 3!

[@shazzycromo]

Merles burrito looks INSANE 😍

[@catfishes77]

Shout out to jasmine's shirt ! Love you girl!

[@s.r2723]

Burrito night at Jan's 🤣🤣🤣 omg. That was so awesome.

[@wraithofsolidarity]

Is Impossible meat vegan? I heard something about GRAS approval from someone the other day. Am uber-hungry now, regardless. xD

[@mckennaroper5015]

merle's burrito looked incredible

[@kita3256]

Girl where the beans and rice? Lol

[@denisenova7494]

I love the fact that everyone in this video is a "natural beauty" if you know what I mean. Like: They don't wear huge amounts of make up and their looks don't distract from theie skills (nothing wrong with it if some people enjoy dolling themselves up. I just think it's refreshing to see such natural styles on YT).

[@ohnelson1988]

A bean, rice and sweet potato burrito with guac and salsa would be cheap, easy, far more nutritious and likely much more delicious than the seitan burrito, just sayin'!

[@AshGurl2897]

Looks great except lettuce does not belong in any burrito.

[@the1andonly_angelacatana481]

LMFAO let's socially distance while the entire time talking over the food we are making 😹😹😹

[@KingsMom831]

YT GOLD RIGHT HERE!😁

[@wuhoolife]

May I know where Merle's shirt is from?

[@eliseerickson5994]

but was the $14 burrito > 9x better than the $1.50 burrito????

[@BezoomnyBratchny]

Your mind works the same way mine does. "Of course fine dining provides better food, but is it proportional?"

[@priyakparmesh]

i loved merle's shirt

[@cofixoffical6630]

I Love this viedios you guys make Make us more

[@Bazziness]

Make a vegan burger after this!