Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half: Healthy Eating Hacks! | Toni Okamoto From Plant-Based on a Budget

[@travisn346]

The host of this show might be the happiest guy ever. Simple things like good food can be a source of joy. He found his passion.

[@davidsheriff9274]

He used to be very obese, he had gastric bypass surgery.

[@keyplayer5]

It’s so refreshing to hear a vegan talk about budgeting. Great video!

[@meowmix1023]

I'm in KY and after the storms last week I had no power for 2 days and lost everything in my fridge and freezer, but I have plenty of potatoes, beans, rice, and bananas. A church asked if I needed food, but I thanked them and said no because I'm good until I get paid. Had I not had those items I would have been stuck eating boxed and packed food which kills my body.

[@laurastephenson2516]

I grew up on pintos, but, I much prefer black beans. Home made marinara is so much better than jar. I've found out, it freezes well. You can make it on prep day, and put the rest in small zip lock bags, and freeze.

[@blue-fj9ky]

Great topic! Big bags of frozen veggies, dried beans, and brown rice at Walmart will provide one with superior nutrition at the lowest cost of any diet. I think those items should be offered free through government programs. Get an electric pressure cooker and it becomes fast food! For those, like me, with a lazy streak, cans of beans , tomatoes and corn at Walmart. The organic ones are little more than $1 where I live!

[@lisaweinzapfel4240]

Loved this guest!

[@luluandmeow]

The wonderful thing about canned beans/veggies and pasta/rice/lentils/dry beans & chickpeas is that they last for years, just add fresh/frozen greens for a great meal

[@rmlhardage4952]

I have been eating this way for going on 4 years. Lost 50 lbs, brought my colesterial meds and blood pressure down. Eating plant based saves lots of money especially with meat prices. Enjoying your show.

[@peter5.056]

Today, we're having pinto beans and collard greens, with a pasta/veggie jambalaya. That's gonna be our food for today, and I'm baking a fresh bread in my SCANPAN on the stovetop.

[@amandahollifield3297]

This video was AWESOME! Get her back on here ❤

[@margarett923]

Toni and Chuck just being such cute dorks 💗 I love it!

[@JW4REnvironment]

I am grateful to hear Ms. Okamoto's well-reasoned and in-depth approaches to healthful and tasty eating at a reasonable cost of time and dollars! She really thinks through many ideas such as meal prep and keeping a well stocked pantry. Thank you to PCRM for all the insightful guests you present, including Ms. Okamoto!

[@peter5.056]

Take note - pinto beans and brown rice are less than a dollar per pound. Add some veggies and spices to make a jambalaya, and you can get a MASSIVE pan of great food for

[@pdblouin]

Beans here are about a Canadian dollar per pound, yes. That's about $2 per 3000kcal. If I lose my job that's how I'm eating, probably. But the fresh veggies, especially in winter in Canada...those hurt the wallet. I eat mostly root vegetables and frozen fruit, but sometimes I wish I could eat a pound of fresh kale per day without going broke.

[@peter5.056]

@@pdblouin yeah, that's one of the hazards of living in the north;)

[@joanramler7831]

Us to. We eat super cheap by creating our meals around what’s on sale, buying bulk beans, eating from the garden (or the freezer where we store some of our garden fruits and vegetables), etc. It’s super inexpensive and we eat SO well. Crazy fun.

[@evamalone9759]

Rice is not healthy. Full of arsenic.

[@bitfinesse]

@@pdblouinhow much does a head of purple cabbage run you up there? I’ve been having two per day for the last six months. Sickeningly cheap in the US 👊🏼

[@brg2743]

We don't meal plan. We save more by buying low cost items and those on sale. We keep stocked up on what we use. If we bought for a meal plan, the cost is higher. Stock up when the prices are low and you will save more. Then cook from your pantry and freezer. Menu planning does not save as much as just keeping stocked up. We have done it both ways. To each his own.

[@JohnFisherChoir]

her book is one of the best sellers on amazon right now, amazing!

[@dorothyedwards7225]

Congratulations Toni. Thank you for doing this book, this is helpful for many people. I believe that is key, sometimes short on time, money, and at times both. Great video.

[@jamesmoore4023]

I eat meat, but want to transition to mostly plant based if not fully eventually. Just ordered an air fryer and instant pot to help. Considering a vitamix. I follow this channel, Simnettnutrition, and looking for more to get recipes and tips.

[@kathysharp7551]

Oh, also Nutmeg Notebook on yt has recipes and tips.

[@kathysharp7551]

Yt remove led my first reply, so I'm going to try again with multiple replies.

[@kathysharp7551]

Yt Well Your World (recipes and tips) and Chef AJ (interviews people so a wealth of possible leads)

[@kathysharp7551]

Documentary movies re health and the food industry - available on Yt Game Changers (re vegan athletes) and What the Health.

[@kathysharp7551]

Good luck finding the resources you enjoy 😊

[@SeanHillofficial]

This is good!💯

[@carbivore]

Toni's slow cooker book is awesome!

[@davidhutchinson5233]

Very instructive and super helpful. Thank you Chuck and Toni. Very much appreciated.

[@lindaripp5902]

Thanks

[@rawlioness]

This is soooooooo good!!!!

[@Mialuvsveggies]

I have her book! Plant Based on a Budget! Excellent quick & easy Whole Food recipes

[@sarahdee374]

Is her book WFPB, particularly oil-free cooking?

[@charliemorrison8168]

I also eat lots of rice and beans if I am strapped for money. If you keep your meals simple with no more than 3 or 4 ingredients or just monomeals will also save you money.

[@lostintheseventies7969]

rice and pasta are a starch,not good for your liver-perhaps,in moderation

[@yoganana76]

I ordered the book when Dr B recommended it the other day - can’t wait to get it!! Congrats on your success Toni! 🤗

[@wishingb5859]

Because I am living off my pantry right now. I will tell you that the food pantries near me don't hand out almost anything WFPB. And then they do have vegan food, it has salt and oil. You can forget ever finding anything organic. But they have about 6 shelves of white pasta. I am telling you that because of COVID, I stocked my food pantry and I still have enough food for dinners for a year. I probably would be suicidal right about now if I hadn't. But all of you young people, please plan ahead. Elderly people are eating meals that cost 50 cents to 75 cents at the most. I didn't know that you really have to understand that is going to happen ahead of time. I used to laugh at the preppers but, no, they were right. Just plan before you buy. Only buy things you actually eat.

[@dottiea.2186]

I'm the same way..❤️👍 enough for 2 years..😊

[@wishingb5859]

@@dottiea.2186 That is so fabulous. Every day, I thank God that I did it. Every single day.

[@wishingb5859]

@@dottiea.2186 Part of the reason I am so adamant about telling people to stock up is that the Mississippi River dried up so much that ships could only do half loads and that is where our grains come from. And the Colorado River system has been about 5 years from Dead pool and 60% of the food for America is grown in California from that water. Plus rivers in Europe dried up. Once I have a salary again, I will get several long term storage buckets. If food suddenly doubles in price while it halves in quantity and quality, I will be as prepared as possible.

[@wishingb5859]

I lost my salary last year and I can tell you that before COVID I had never thought of stocking a pantry but now, I would tell everyone to do it. I haven't had a paycheck since last August but I had filled milk crates with cans of no-salt beans and cans of no-salt diced tomatoes and metal tins of steel-cut oats and a pail of rice. The thing is, even if you go on food stamps, it is only $2 for 3 meals. A can of tomato paste is over $2. A can of soup is $2. Nutritional Yeast can be $8. To add a can of tomatoes to a recipe, you have to skip a meal and a half. You have to skip 8 meals to buy Nutritional Yeast. Elderly people are seriously hungry. Please everyone have at least a few pails of long-storage food for yourself before you reach that age. A pail of rice. A pail of pinto beans. A pail of oatmeal.

[@twistinacolina9160]

I get my nutritional yeast from the bulk section at my local health food store. I mention this because I didn't know it was available there for a couple years and I was buying the expensive stuff. Check bulk food options in your area!

[@pawcatsfly]

Thank you. These last few years peoples situations have changed in an eye blink. More folks who never imagined it could happen to them find the world upside down. I'm so glad you're advising us to prepare. It's been an adventure, trying to put a positive spun on it, but I also grew up in the 50s so it was almost like going back in time to the way many of our families lived back then. Again, thanks for your great tips.

[@wishingb5859]

@@twistinacolina9160 They don't sell things like that where I live. In fact, the last of the health food stores in my area closed during COVID. I went around looking at all of the bulk food sections of the grocery stores when I stopped getting a salary and ours sell nuts, trail mix, granola, popcorn, and there was one bin of rice and one bin of green lentils. Not even an oatmeal.

[@twistinacolina9160]

@@wishingb5859 that's too bad. So many things closed due to covid.

[@wishingb5859]

@@pawcatsfly Yeah, I had stable employment for 50 years and now, I talk to people who it took them a year to get a part-time job at Ocean State Job Lot. I am so grateful that I prepared. I also thought about things like having a bidet. People who are unemployed don't have any money for toilet paper or toothpaste or shampoo or laundry detergent. But I have a steamer so I can do water-only cleaning. I haven't had to "go without" yet. But if I hadn't stocked up, this time period would be devastating.

[@taniaallan5702]

Just ordered Toni’s book!

[@free2muse]

Hello from Taiwan!

[@matthewhuot4189]

Golden flakes, mmmmmm, yes love it.

[@janeschade7875]

I struggle with the sauces and the how to make a Budda bowl so I just ordered your book because will bulsiewicz talked about you on a podcast and that’s when I went and ordered it ! so I’m waiting anxiously for the help. I hope your book will give me. I have been a whole food plant-based eater for about four or five years just making simple things but I crave bigger easier bowls that I could put sauces over. I just don’t know how to get there..

[@leonieduplessis4467]

Very spotty bananas and cut it in slices without the skin just easier to use after been frozen

[@kathysharp7551]

Love the facial expressions re never having sweet potato or brown rice before going plant based😂

[@l.j.2043]

I love this guest...Toni Okamoto. I have talked a bit about Plant Based Eating with one of my sisters and she said she could never afford this way of eating...that it is too expensive. I told her that she could shop at Walmart, Fry's etc and stay basically in the produce section with some grains and beans and all that is way cheaper than all the meats, dairy and processed foods. She definitely needs to be on a budget and it would help her so much...budget wise and health wise. I haven't made it 100% plant based, but I am probably 80 % and improving my health.Thanks to both of you for all you do!

[@wishingb5859]

If you live in the part of the country that has WinCo, I hear that is the way to go. I am jealous if you have one.

[@heidinoggle]

pineapple with BBQ sauce base is awesome!!!

[@Michelle7.17]

Whoop! Whoop! We hear you now😊👍🏻

[@LesliePajuelo]

TVP, Textured Vegetable Protein also needs a rebrand

[@lisengel2498]

Such a very good basic question: how to fit kitchentime in a superbuzy Life ? 🍀💚🐸

[@luluandmeow]

Buy canned legumes/veggies, frozen veggies (already washed & chopped), pre-cooked rice, pasta, potatoes, sweet potatoes, all you need is a pot, a non-stick pan and a microwave

[@matthewhuot4189]

I also, am a big fan of dumping stuff on top of other stuff. 🤣👍 pasta, rice, tortillas, potatoes.

[@peter5.056]

I find extremely ironic that ppl think a wfpbd is MORE expensive than the SAD....it's exactly the opposite!

[@Companionanimalstx]

We have sound! 😉

[@peter5.056]

Hey! 400K subscribers! WHOO!!! Congrats:)

[@l.j.2043]

I love pineapple on my pizza too.....people just try it once....you might just like it. LOL

[@majorenkova]

Nutritional yeast gives me anxiety. It's very high in histamines.

[@travisn346]

Use Dr. Schulze's Superfood. His nutritional yeast is non-fermentable. Quality makes all the difference. Not to mention you'll be getting more nutrition in one serving than most people get in a week.

[@dorothyedwards7225]

👍👍👍

[@jeremycanfield8530]

I'd partake in a whole food, plant based mosh pit.

[@katalinhalom7960]

There is sound now; I'm watching from Austria.

[@donnafisk2014]

Another question...why do vegans want food that taste like meat?not against vegan diet,most of my food is plants and herbs

[@donnafisk2014]

A balance diet consist of meat for B12,and other minerals,also quilty fish along with lot of plants veggies, why does it have to be one way to eat? Eggs are good also, babies brains do not grow on low fat plant only good.

[@charliemorrison8168]

Why do people keep referring to salt as sodium? I actually need more sodium but no salt.

[@janeanson8520]

🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@judyhendrix812]

So I bought her cookbook but was disappointed to see her use plain white flour? Surely whole wheat would be more healthier.

[@patriciamccrea8236]

Such a sweet lady

[@bigant5552]

RIP MAD DOCTOR & LIL DEBBIE

[@lynnsanelli1838]

No one here or Mastering Diabetes stressed organic and non-gmo only. Unbelievable to me. So important even if saving money, priority should be for organic and gmo-free; also no linoleic acid vegetable seed oils. Skip the Starbucks, etc, and put it towards organic.

[@donnafisk2014]

Why change the name??it is what it is...

[@gomezaddams6470]

Nope, no sound.

[@donnafisk2014]

Intelligent people know what nutritional yeast is...why change the name unless you want to market it to people that do not do their own research on much