Vegan Grocery Haul On A Budget + Top Tips For Saving Money On Vegan Food

On a budget but still want to eat healthy plant based foods?  

Me too!

Veganism doesn't have to be expensive.

Today I'm sharing a recent vegan grocery shop to give you an idea of some of the foods we regularly buy along with how much we paid for them.

After the budget vegan grocery haul I also share my top 3 tips for how to save money on vegan groceries - because not everyone knows that eating vegan on a budget is possible!

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I just want to point out that this isn't the only food we eat and we weren't starting with an empty fridge/pantry.  This is a typical weekly vegan shop minus a couple things we already had in the house (like tofu, some fresh veggies, oatmeal, etc.) and with some extras added in (like the coconut flakes, coconut sugar, and nutritional yeast) that we keep in our pantry and just happened to run out of all at the same time.  Much of what I'm showing here lasts way longer than a week (like the beans, the vegan becel, and the aforementioned nooch & coconut sugar/flakes).

Also for any of you who aren't aware, I live downtown Toronto where food prices are pretty astronomical.  BUT, it's definitely still possible to get lots of vegan food on a budget!  All prices are in Canadian dollars.

I'm sure many of you in less metropolitan areas could get much better prices on some of these foods, but I was pretty proud of this shop!

Please let me know if you found this video helpful and would like to see more budget friendly videos or more tips on getting groceries for vegans on a budget!

Until next time,

Is Katy Perry's BON APPETIT Video VEGAN?

Does Katy perry’s new single Bon Appetit have a secret pro-vegan message?

Whatever her intention, the vivid imagery throughout draws the viewer into a carnival house of a kitchen where legs can be twisted like dough and tongues placed in torches without repercussion.

A relatively standard, though glamorised, preparation of a meal with someone’s body as the centrepiece.

The thing is, the body they’re needing, chopping, boiling, and garnishing is that of a woman.  A human woman, with who’s name we are all too familiar.

There’s nothing too outlandish about the process, other than the victim.  It’s curious to read the reactions of disgusted meat eaters, condemning Katy Perry’s choice to depict herself in this way, then returning to stuffing a turkey’s corpse with herbs.

For some, it’s the sexualization of the main course that’s disturbing.  But the male gaze that Katy is courting is barely distinguishable from those males' lust for meat.  Whether the flesh be human or non, it turns a manly man on.

And while we're on the topic of sex.  The sexual imagery in the lyrics abounds.  “Got me spread like a buffet” and “melt in your mouth kind of lovin” give a pretty clear picture.  She’s not one for subtlety.  And her announcement of the video in 140 characters or less was accompanied by #sexualliberation.

So is Katy liberated?  Is this video really about taking ownership of our own sexuality?  Of our own bodies?

And what does that mean for the animals we disempower.

We artificially inseminate virtually all animals we raise for food, taking away her choice to be a mother.  We co-opt reproduction for our purposes and strip away any pleasure in the process.

We castrate male pigs to improve the taste of the meat and objectify the process of providing life-giving nourishment to a newborn by stealing his mother's milk.

To quote Carnage "what kind of animal rapes just for milk?"

And what about the sexual liberation of non-human animals?

What about allowing them to take ownership of their own bodies, as we claim to want to do for marginalized humans?

What about consent?

Will anyone but vegans pick up on these undertones?

Maybe not.

But the video does an excellent job of showing us just how absurd it is to use sentient beings for our dinner.

What if all our meals serenaded us as we cooked them?

Would we feel guilty for taking their lives then?

In turning herself into a commodity, has Katy turned herself into a martyr for the animal rights cause?

I guess you can be the judge of that.

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Watch the video here or on YouTube.

What are your thoughts on my thoughts on Katy's video?

Let's have a conversation in the comments.

Until next time,

Is Veganism For The Privileged? with Margaret of ModVegan

I have recently had the absolute pleasure to meet and spend time with Margaret, the woman behind ModVegan here on YouTube!  We spent hours talking about veganism, minimalism, zero waste, and so much more.  Seeing as we both thoroughly enjoy each other's videos, we thought our lovely viewers and subscribers might be interested in getting to hear a snippet of those conversations and discover a new vegan channel that's right up their alley!

Watch the video here or on YouTube.

Don't forget to go watch part 2 of this video on Margaret's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtM_46_oiXw

What do you think about this topic?  Is veganism for the privileged?  Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time,

Vegan Film Review: Carnage Swallowing the Past by Simon Amstell

Set in a utopian 2067, Carnage looks back at a time when human beings ate other animals.  Simon Amstell's vegan mockumentary is the first of it's kind, and I am so excited to review it for you!

Watch the video here or on YouTube!

Have you seen it yet?  What did you think?  Let me know in the comments :)

Until next time,