Im a picky, broke, unhealthy, unorganized vegetarian.Any websites to help make a shopping list or weekly menu?

Question

I also have a carnivorous boyfriend!

I also have a carnivorous boyfriend, no stove, and only a hotplate and microwave. (can you say broke college student?)

Answer 1

http://www.amazon.com/Students-Go-Vegan-Cookbook-Recipes/dp/0307336530/sr=8-1/qid=1171510681/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-8999441-6315311?ie=UTF8&s=books
Fairly cheep book. It is "Student's Go Vegan Cookbook: Over 135 Quick, Easy, Cheap, and Tasty Vegan Recipes"


And its cousin, "http://www.amazon.com/Students-Vegetarian-Cookbook-Revised-Recipes/dp/0761511709/ref=bxgy_cc_text_a/102-8999441-6315311"

Fake meats will probably be good for you.
You can also steam veggies in a microwave.

This is a microwave, vegan cookbook :)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0931411262/ref=nosim/microwcookinforo
Circle all the cheap and good recipes you are most interested in and buy those ingredients… maybe even pick recipes with similar ingredients rotating every week or two so you already have what you need.

If you are buying grains or pasta, switch to wheat and whole grains, they are better for you and don't take more effort.

When I am in a bind, I get the basics:
Rice
Pasta
Pasta sauce
fake meats
tofu (may not work for you, though there are some pre-cooked, pre-seasoned packages that would be great for you.
Veggies (frozen are way cheaper and contain all the nutrients.)
And you don't need anything to eat fruit.
Look for things on sale and things in tubs. Buy the tub of yogurt instead of all the little packages. Buy generic cereal instead of name-brand. Special K is usually cheap, filled with vitamins and quite tasty.

Answer 2

Unorganized Websites

Answer 3

Well, Slim-Fast has a great menu option that helps you plan your weekly menu AND counts all the calories for you. I decided to replace Slim-Fast wtih Carnation Instant Breakfast ( or the General Value brand at Walmart if cheaper). Add some fruit or veggies to snack on and a frozen meal and you can really keep a low-budget on healthy meal-planning. Here's a sample menu with prices: Bfast: Carnation Inst Bfast= .29 cents per serving 8 oz. Skim Milk= (eh, dunno how much $ per serving...) Snack: 1/2 banana= less than .30 cents per pound (not sure how many come in a lb.) Lunch: Banquet frozen meal (or any other, I chose Banquet because it's around .89 per meal and frozen meals are GREAT for portion control/calorie counting) Add a Green Salad= Heads of Lettuce are less than $1 Snack: Maria Cookies (like animal cookies)- Low in cals/fat and reasonably priced, about .33 a pack, a loong pack with plenty of servings to last the week. Dinner: Another Shake So you see, a typical grocery list would be: Instant Breakfasts= 10pk for $2.89 (x2 for a week) 5.78-$7 (depending on brand) Skim Milk= 1 gallon for $2.79 (lasts a week) Head of Lettuce= $.79 (lasts a week) Frozen Meal= $1-$2.80 (depending on your preference) (x7 for a week) $7- $20.00 Bananas (or any other fruit)= $.25-$1.69/lb (depnding on what fruits you choose) This can last a whole week, or you can triple the price. So a low-cal/ low-priced menu would cost around (drum roll please): Weekly Average Cost, approximately: $16.61- $35.00 per person depending on choices of foods/brands. AND your calorie intake would be around: 1,000 more or less, depending on food choices. OK, I had alot of time to kill, lol.

Answer 4

Can you say budget? As in, budget your time, space and money. That way, you'll be able to come up with a weekly menu plan and shop basically once a week.

I don't know of any websites, but there are older editions of the magazine Vegetarain TImes and Veggie Life, among others, that can help you. Search your local library's catalogue looking for that information.

Answer 5

Brown rice, baked tofu/sesame seeds, veggies, and tamari sauce

millet and red lentils with daikon and carrots, tamari, touch of rice wine vinegar (sounds boring but DELICIOUS!) start cooking millet in water, for a few min, then add other stuff, cook until red lentils are almost mush, add tamari to taste toward the end of cooking.

veggie tacos, fake meat, seasoning, lettuce, tom, get soft corn shells and fry in light olive oil, I cook onions in the meat for extra health/taste, oh and taco sauce.

buckwheat noodles, veggies, sliced like toothpicks, tofu, tamari, garlic, and a touch of rice wine vinegar

most of these are variations from Aveline Kushi's excellent macrobiotic cook book, they are all yummy and I would be happy to answer any questions if you want to email me.
Good Luck

Answer 6

buy lots of cans of goya beans, you'll be needing them.:) and maybe frozen veggies.
You can fry them make them into "burgers." Also look for bush's vegetarian baked beans
http://www.bushbeans.com/products/bakedbeans.php
but watch, out a lot of them are not vegetarian.
by some nori, seeweed rolls (you can get them at any local asian mart) find someplace where you can get rice and use veggies and avocados to make sushi. always make sure you buy some veggies and fruit. good luck
also see if you can get "the starving students vegetarian cookbook" http://www.amazon.com/Starving-Students-Vegetarian-Cookbook/dp/0446676756/sr=1-1/qid=1171510358/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-1619004-3185458?ie=UTF8&s=books
out of a library or something.

Answer 7

Girl, you better buy some black beans, tortillas and go steal some hot sauce packets from Taco Bell and make you some burritos. As for your boyfriend....He can get some cheap burgers from the drive thru.

Answer 8

well, go to google and ask there the menu that is right for you