Sorry, Eating HEALTHY is NOT Expensive

[@martinav934]

Please continue making these whole foods recipes, they make me so happy. I made this soup like a million of times but I am still fascinated and would watch any bean content in general again. 😂 I wonder if you could come up with some recipes for some less known bean or lentil varieties or their combos.

[@Psartz]

Today, I prepared an Indian dish using traditional Indian spices. The dish includes soya chunks, fresh mushrooms, broccoli, frozen peas, frozen bell peppers, chickpeas, onions, and frozen ginger and garlic cubes, and it was accompanied by roti, a type of flatbread. The meal filled a large pot, which should suffice for 2-3 days, and it cost approximately £7. In comparison, a 250g steak is priced at over £5, which only serves as a single meal. It is evident that a plant-based diet is one of the most economical nutritional choices available. The misconception regarding the high cost of such a diet likely arises from plant-based meat alternatives. Many individuals transitioning to a plant-based diet assume it entails consuming plant-based meat products, which can be more expensive.

[@InfiniteQuest86]

I'm glad you said almost exactly the same thing as me but aren't enjoying a lot of ignorant pushback in response.

[@sojourner4726]

Going over the grocery bill like you did is probably one of my favorite things you’ve done. Also, I’m really loving the new direction because these are meals that I can actually make.

[@telaferrum]

Started watching this video 2 hours ago. When the carrots came out I decided I wanted a carrot, went for a 90 minute walk (just to get steps in), bought a carrot for 25 cents, then came home and ate it while finishing the video. Anyway, looks like a great basic veggie bean soup!

[@gohawks3571]

IDK if this helps anyone, but I'll put it here just in case. It how to fast cook beans - it's not super fast, but if figure out you want beans today, this is the 2.5 hour version: 1 LB beans 5 Cloves Garlic 2Tbsp Salt Sort beans & place in stock pot. Cover with water. Bring to a boil. Boil 1 minute. Set aside (whole pot with water) and cover. Allow to soak 1+ hours. Drain & rinse Place back in pot. Add garlic & salt. Cover with water again. Bring to boil. Reduce to simmer. Cook 40 minutes. I hope that is helpful 😊

[@roku3216]

Handy middle ground with the carrot skins: scraping lightly with the back (dull) side of the knife takes off stains and ugly but leaves most of the good part of the skin. Cheap good eats for the win! Thanks for this reminder.

[@Beck-u7g]

Great idea, so easy! Thanks!

[@ThatDogBarks]

1. I love your new direction. B. It really is the best sauce ever. So sweet and Smokey.

[@day2658]

I am loving these whole food plant based meal videos. Happy Holidays!

[@CaptivePuppet]

I’ve been losing weight and gaining muscle lately. I’m so glad this channel has changed to focus more on health along with my lifestyle changes. It aligns with my values.

[@tayne5009]

I eat soup for lunch in the colder months, I make large batches, freeze them in single portions pots and move one from freezer to fridge the night before. They’re usually almost defrosted by lunchtime. Curried parsnip, red pepper and sweet potato and minestrone are the three I make the most. I put canned beans in all of them.

[@Marshalicious]

I'm not vegan, but I usually eat vegan (or vegetarian meals). I tend to cook stuff like this for me a lot, because I grew up with a vegetarian sister and cooking 2 meals (one with meat and one without) was too much of a hustle. I find comfort in vegetarian and vegan foods, and I don't really see a difference, to me is food and that's it. So I love trying out recipes from your channel!

[@barbara5495]

Awesome that you and your wife are running a 1/2 marathon this weekend and you're also training for Boston!! I ran Boston many years ago - 1996 (in which I qualified for!!). Good luck and it's wonderful you're raising funds for a charity - kudos!

[@JTMusicbox]

Your dish looks incredible! I find often healthy food is way less expensive but takes more prep time. If you make a dish predominantly with dried rice and beans you purchase in 10lb bags the price per portion is astoundingly low.

[@sodacard-s2t]

And ethnic stores are the best places to find those large bags!

[@mayhu3282]

Batch cooking large quantities really helps saving time. I typically batch cook every ten days or so, make 16 portions of 4 different dishes, plus soup and vegan burgers using some of what I've cooked, and spend about 1.30 hrs cooking, which amounts to probably less than 5 minutes per meal. I eat from those for part of the week and freeze a lot of portions.I also have a series of quick meals recipes taking less than 10 minutes. The combination of my batch cooking meals, frozen meals, 10 minutes meals and big salads keeps me fed in a very healthy, affordable and not time consuming way all week. I've improved very much in all of those things compared to my previous omnivore days 3 years ago.

[@InfiniteQuest86]

I don't understand the people who say it's expensive to eat healthy. Three days of meals for the price of one steak. Wtf.

[@crystald3655]

One srake here is about 50 dollars now. Which is alot of families budget for TWO WEEKS for groceries, and with groceries going up in price with safety and quality going down and food deserts expanding more and more people aren't lying. For me to make a similar dish here it'll likely be around 40 dollars and that's without the expensive olive oil and using store brand beans, non organic produce etc. And it's less than a week of meals. Some families only have 30 or 40 dollars for two weeks of meals.

[@InfiniteQuest86]

@crystald3655 Geez. Where do you live. I thought his price was pretty exaggerated and I live in the highest cost of living area in America. Obviously not a food desert though.

[@angelacarr2481]

​@InfiniteQuest86 Not everyone lives in the U.S. Where I live, even basic groceries are expensive. Cheaper than eating out, yes, but not cheap. It also depends on your budget. Steak is out of the question for many, and more and more people here depend on food banks these days. Some are a lot more privileged than they realize. It's good to cultivate gratitude and generosity. 😊 That said, it's a great recipe with a million variations. 😋

[@InfiniteQuest86]

@@angelacarr2481 Well said. Thanks for your perspective!

[@angelacarr2481]

@@InfiniteQuest86 You're welcome. I try to see both sides and speak kindly. 😀

[@topdogpenguin]

If you want to make this recipe even cheaper (and tastier in my opinion), you can substitute the vegetable broth with a teaspoon or two of better than bouillon. I think the roasted vegetable or the no-chicken bases would both be delicious in this soup!

[@seesterran3822]

I also like that it takes up a lot less room, so it’s easier to keep on hand.

[@leibatt2]

I use both for extra flavor

[@lmelior]

This is the stuff! I always have carrots/celery/onions and veggie broth handy, and it's basically impossible to mess up a soup starting from that. Any veggie, any legume, pasta, rice, quinoa...doesn't matter what you toss in there. Just season to taste and it's gonna taste great, and it can be as inexpensive as you want. Potatoes are quite cheap now in warmer climates ($2.99 for 10 lbs at my local Aldi), and those are a great cheap way to bulk up a soup. My family is currently a little obsessed with roasted chickpeas, which would add some great texture and flavor and additional protein in here, or just the other day I made some tofu Italian sausage crumbles that turned out amazing, and that would be great sprinkled on top. So many options!

[@Simte]

Soup season is all year round for my wife as well haha. Really good recipe, thanks for sharing.

[@gingerfoxx1476]

With windchill, temperatures here in NH were -11F or colder this morning. I decided to make a big batch of split pea soup. Simple, delicious, nutritious, filling and inexpensive. I'm sure everything in the pot was under $10 and it will make meals for days. Plant based eating is very affordable when you cook from scratch and choose your ingredients wisely.

[@evanreilly595]

Not that you weren’t happy before but you guys are just radiating joy now and I am here for it

[@lindahartman4543]

snowed here since yesterday afternoon, now I want to put on a pot of soup!! Thank you for the inspiration.

[@JosiePants76]

It used to be cheaper where I am (in Canada) to eat healthier, but now, not so much. Food prices are crazy and literally go up every single time we go shopping. It's scary and there's no end in sight.

[@MiriamStigsdotter]

Agree, food prices are crazy over here in Sweden too. Vegetables are really expensive and what used to be cheap, potatoes, carrots, onions and so on, arent anymore. All tomato products are very high in price. So even eating cheap is expensive

[@AwkwardPain]

still cheaper than buying meats here. But yea, food prices keep going up because in capitalism line MUST go up. There are no parties in NA that _really_ want that to change

[@JosiePants76]

@awkwardPain - Yes, inflation happens, greed happens, but this is beyond the norm. It's absolutely bonkers. I've never seen prices go up with every single visit. You're right though, meat prices are nutty.. very glad to not be spending my money there. Over a decade now. We used to save a ton of money as vegans, but these days it's just not happening.

[@RonsonDalby]

Same in Australia. 🙁

[@sodacard-s2t]

⁠I think that during Covid producers discovered that there are still people who can and will pay the price to get the items they want. Until those people finally stop, the prices will not drop. It’s happening now with the fast food restaurants. They took the $ Deals off the menu and started charging $12-$15 per meal. Enough people finally stopped going there so now they are again trying to compete on the $ Deals just to lure the people back.

[@paulgaras2606]

It’s protein that costs the most. I recently discovered that it’s cheaper to fill in protein gaps with soy protein isolate mixed in water than to try and get all the protein into meals. That way I can enjoy a hearty leek and onion soup with a crusty loaf of bread and chase it with a 30g unflavored spi/h20 rather than trying to work chickpeas / tofu into everything under the sun.

[@LilSirAxolotl]

This is my weekend rn 😅 making sauces, soups, stuffings for pita bread and wraps. I bought kilos of vegetables for 50% off because they were almost on their expiration date So I got two months worth of lunch and dinner in my freezer for so cheap! Leaving me with more money to spend on anything else I need or want. And it's all super delicious and healthy

[@anewman1976]

OO:08 I calculated that temperature that's a hot summers day here in Ireland!

[@ailblentyn]

Had a lovely and thrifty carrot soup tonight with homemade bread our teenaged son made. (Making your own bread is not the cheapest option, but it’s a great thing for a young person to know how to do!)

[@leibatt2]

Agreed, it's a wonderful skill to learn. For high quality bread, homemade is hard to beat! The same sourdough I make at home costs a fortune at the grocery store.

[@sarahallegra6239]

I don’t even like soup all that much as a category, but this makes me want to eat it right now! Looks delicious! I’m excited for even more whole/food, plant based meals!

[@belindafirley]

Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family! Thank you for all that you kindly share with so many! Much love and God Bless from our family to all of yours from Australia xxx

[@zlatanonkovic2424]

I prefer to add the liquid from the beans to the soup as well. Adds a ton of flavour and makes the soup creamier. Love this new direction you channel is going. You really change peoples life for the better ❤

[@ElonBomani]

You look great 😊 So happy for you and your audience because you are helping people save themselves🙏🏽❣️

[@dsbmblade5053]

Monica is definitely your biggest fan! What a sweet, loving lady she is. 💜

[@sodacard-s2t]

That looks so good! And I love your suggestions for two different tastes and texture variations. And I already have all the ingredients for all the variations! It is 30 degrees here so I’m glad I don’t need to go out.

[@emartin851]

I'm a soup year round fan too, my hubby thinks I'm nuts for eating soup in the summer. 😂

[@shellym79]

When cooking for one it's very expensive or you have to eat the same thing for 3 meals a day before it goes bad. Yes you can freeze things but there's only so much space in a freezer. Also depends where you live. Lentils and carrots are cheap but that's about it.

[@sodacard-s2t]

Dried beans and rice are cheap especially if you have an Indian grocery in your area. I am fortunate to live close to two and their prices even on produce, grains, and spices are amazing. I never knew that there were that many varieties of beans. Also, Asian grocery stores have multiple forms of dried soy products at unbelievable prices (compare to our Soy Curls). They can also be a good source for fancy mushrooms; not cheap, but definitely less costly than Kroger. (Their many varieties of dried mushrooms ARE inexpensive!) At least we vegans don’t have to worry about the cost of eggs and poultry impacted by bird flu.

[@40bdg]

Looks yummy, and I like your suggestions on how to adapt this recipe for different meals. Thanks!

[@taj3618]

Eating in general is expensive nowadays

[@Fazian01]

been making bean soups the last few weeks myself! a little tomato paste goes a long way too

[@stevenkarter7259]

I love this healthy style cooking❤

[@barbara5495]

Well here in Syracuse, NY it's a balmy 18 degrees! Just made a big pot of bean/lentil/veggie soup! Yours looks delish! Thank you!

[@andrewwashere82]

78° is an almost uncomfortably warm heat setting in my car. 😂 But to be fair, it is 50° right now outside where I live. And I just walked out, in my jammies (shorts and t-shirt) to get the mail. Which the neighborhood mailbox is a few houses down, so I'm used to it.

[@jenwylie4093]

I'm team soup all year long! This looks great!

[@adventuresinAI1982]

I don't think it's really about it being expensive. I think it's that it's more time consuming. (which is fine by me for the most part). People have gotten used to instant gratification.

[@MLDGM]

Agreed, people are pretty lazy and don't want to spend 30 minutes cooking a soup which they consider bland because their taste buds have gotten used to so much salt, sugar, and other unnatural ingredients.

[@lyndsaybarwell1443]

True, unless you have food intolerances to lentils or beans. I do sometimes but I've found it's worse when I'm stressed at work.

[@Catinthedesert]

Substitute sweet potatoes for Carrots and add lentils to boost potassium.

[@alisonhendry2928]

Soup is good for the soul! Thanks for this one. I could not stop hearing this soup is “ souper” 😂😂

[@potridge]

My hubby and I do our own grocery shopping because he follows the SAD way of eating. He spent $109.18 and didn't even get any meat! I spent $45.98 and was set for the week. Unbelievable!

[@lorriangus]

This looks delicious. ❤

[@tamiauger2766]

Eat a rainbow everyday. I LOVE soup. Thanks for sharing. -28°Celsius here today brrrr

[@retired_man_about_town]

75 degrees here in Southern California.... Loved the video.

[@CharleyFelino]

I have always said that!!!! Home healthy cooking it's cheaper, my friends eat out and fast food too, they struggle with weight and health issues, but they rather not take the time to cook at home.

[@gibberishname]

As an omnivore, this is the kind of vegan food I really go for. It's not TRYING to be omnivorous (which _always_ results in disappointment and failure), it's just a straightforward dish with delicious ingredients cooked well.

[@louisea966]

yum - i just made bean soup. except now i am trying to figure out how i can get a bag or 5 of 15 bean soup beans

[@ACF-h2v]

Why do you drain the canned beans? The liquid has so MUCH flavor! (If I need dry beans, I drain the liquid and keep it in the freezer for the next time I'm making soup)

[@gsinclair2813]

Summer here in Australia but I love soup

[@princessl.d.g.]

1:41 I eat a healthy pesco-vegetarian diet for $300 every month. It's definitely not expensive to eat healthily.

[@xfortunesquex]

Recently, I discovered a really easy money saving way to eat veggies. You can get a bag of frozen veggies, toss them in a little oil and your favorite seasonings, then put them on a foil covered, lightly oiled cookie sheet and bake at 450 for 20-30 minutes, depending on how cooked you like your roasted veggies. It's super cheap, and you don't have to worry about them going bad as quickly as fresh. I'm also a very picky eater (embarrassing and I hate it, but that's life), and I've found that this is an acceptable way for me to get some veggies in without them being slathered in a condiment. A bit of onion powder, garlic powder, salt, dill, and a little lemon are a good way to mimic a ranch dressing flavor 😁

[@Kascie]

7:46 It's souper good 🤣

[@fmradio42]

I never knew Moby was a great cook.

[@Asyd739]

Eating less is not expensive either!! 😂

[@CaptivePuppet]

True! The vast majority of Americans are overeating due to the sneaky chemicals in ultra processed food that prevent us from feeling full. We evolved to have breaks from food. Our biology isn’t meant for all this convenience.

[@hollystop]

Could you do a video on premade meals/things you can make in less then 10 mins? Time is money these days

[@aubreyvandyne5284]

Ok, It's it's....yum 😃

[@lebeucherie]

Damn dude I haven't seen one of your vids for a while. You lost weight and you look good! 💪

[@caroleneuok5890]

Looking good.

[@illuminationed]

gotta get me some ditalini -- do you recommend a brand of pasta?

[@abbynormal7525]

I love soup ❤

[@calihello3726]

Looks delicious but that was about 1/4 cup of olive oil, not 1 tablespoon.

[@Glocktuah]

Souper tasty looking

[@ComradeBlinkyUwu]

It absolutely can be. If eating healthy is easy and cheap for you, you are privileged. For people with less access to a proper kitchen, time, or people in food deserts, it often can be expensive and inaccessbile. I don't understand the nature of this video, you can share what you do and maybe give advice about how YOU eat healthy and cheap without minimizing the VERY REAL issue of overworked people with very little time and money who sometimes don't have access to proper grocery stores. If you don't understand why it might not be cheap and easy for some to eat healthy, you have a lot of growing to do. This channel has recently taken quite a nose dive into diet culture BS so I'm not surprised to see another poop take. Good luck, hope you never end up in the position where you have to learn the hard way that eating healthy is very difficult and expensive for some. Glad you haven't had the misfortune of knowing that through experience.

[@lizardmilk]

Why does anyone peal a carrot. There used to be no skin. It’s silly. Wash it with a brush. That’s all you need.

[@joyceedwards9652]

When I was a kid it was nothing for my mom to put 2-3 big onions in chili or spaghetti sauce!!!

[@amandawood7015]

15 bean soup, I would be farting for a month😂

[@mizzythereal]

Wait I’m stuck on it’s 78 degrees In Florida n that’s cold 😭 what I’m in ny I would kill for that right now

[@101survivalist]

Anyone else struggle with a lot of indigestion after eating lentils? Ive tried different colours of lentils and taking extra care to rinse then but they always leave me gassy. Would love to hear if its just a me problem or theres a solution.

[@oksanakaido8437]

Yeah, I also struggle to digest lentils/beans. The only things I've found to really help is taking an alpha-galactosidase digestive enzyme (Beano or the generic equivalent), or eating less lentils/beans (hard to do, since I love them and try to prioritize protein when I can!).

[@smaug660]

Dried bean and lentils are crazy cheap, pretty much everywhere on the world

[@Jaanikins]

I think what’s lacking is people’s knowledge in making healthy dishes so they make excuses such as “it costs too much” in order to make it.

[@charivnick]

cute and healthy!

[@theetravelhippie]

yummmm

[@KuemmelRitter]

The main problem i see here is from a perspective of healthy food, this meal is not very much perfect because of the lacking amino acids in this form of food arrangement. Of course, if you eat the right things for the rest of the day you can maximise the amount of real protein eaten ( full essential amino acid spectrum as in animal based protein of any source), but that is not stated further in these type of videos, which i find sad because of the importance of protein, not only for athletes but quite frankly for everyone. If you eat enough complete protein in other sources its a perfectly fine meal but if you only eat beans you throw away a lot of the potential benefits of a high protein diet. But overall i love the channel and im sure youre aware of this i just wrote this comment to maybe bring the topic to life, love the videos and sorry for the bad English, im german.

[@crystald3655]

This is a plant based channel. Also animal products are unhealthy not to mention cruelty issues in factory farming and dairy.

[@dennissmith6452]

Unfortunately, I have to battle the boredom factor….

[@ZoeXspecturm4698]

BEANS!!

[@vampiric4real]

it is bloody hot here

[@OneTheBlue]

The title of this video begins with,"Sorry", and then proceeds to state something positive, "Eating healthy is not expensive." Why would someone apologise for saying something positive?

[@crystald3655]

For some it not the truth.

[@joesweeney6262]

Thanks for sharing this. I love to cook a very similar dish. Whole chickens are by far the cheapest protein here (can be as low as usd$1.50 a kilo). When on special, I buy two large birds and break them down into various meal sized cuts (you get enough for 12 decent serves) , then hard roast the bones and make stock. The stock is then used to make essentialy what you've done, though I use dried lentils, chickpeas and beans. If feeling fancy, throw in a chopped up chorizo to add extra flavour, or top with a roasted chicken theigh or two on top with a little roasted chicken. It is basically a casoule, but comes out at less than $2 a hearty serve. I don't make it because it is cheap. It is just freaking delicious. If vegan, it can be made with homemade vegitable stock (also dirt cheap to make). Homemade stocks are the bomb and dramatically reduce the overall cost of a meal.

[@joshinthebuddhistvegan1733]

It really isn't necessary to pay a lot to eat vegan 😊 You just have to shop around 🛒

[@crystald3655]

Not always as Aldi isn't even cheap anymore they usually are matched with Walmart.

[@earfdae]

Except most underserved communities don't tend to have easy to actual grocery stores, they have convenience stores. It's structurally setup for poorer, underserved communities to not have good access to fresh produce, etc.

[@toddmeier9743]

I'm NOT tech ready.....where is the recipe?

[@patrickdowd4868]

Love the video, but why are you sorry about it? 😆

[@gnomesayin1440]

Not gonna name any names, but there’s a “climate justice activist” who’s passionate about saving the planet. There was an interview where she mentioned eating vegetarian for environmental reasons, but then argued that: “eating vegan is expensive”. She’s hella trippin’ big time, must not cook for herself Lolololololololololol.

[@XX-qi5eu]

If you don't include the recipe--I don't watch.

[@billbennington4444]

thats a dry ass soup

[@crystald3655]

Any more liquid would water it down. People like to actually be able to eat the beans and stuff in the soup not get full of water.

[@TheNoticer12]

This isn't healthy.

[@crystald3655]

Yes, it is.

[@AngieDeAguirre]

"It's cold for MOST PEOPLE" Huh. Only northern hemisphere people counts? It is summer here at the south of the Ecuador.

[@sodacard-s2t]

I think he was joking. He lives in Florida where it is usually hot year round. If they only made soup when it was cold, they could never eat soup.

[@SauceStache]

Thank you for getting my dry humor

[@bonneharkema2458]

50-100 cent per portion or product is a no brain money issue when you want better tasting and real filling bio food. Better not have build or bought that carport, veranda, sauna, yakuzi or lathe, leaveblower, drone that u never use.. ;)

[@sodacard-s2t]

Huh?

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Garbage recipe !! 🤮

[@SauceStache]

Hope you have a great day!