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Eat Vegan on $4 A Day!
A Game Plan For The Budget
Conscious Cook
By Ellen Jaffe Joans

Eating well doesn’t have to break the bank!

You can make ends meet and replace expensive processed foods with high quality, readily available ingredients. In EAT VEGAN ON $4 A DAY, Ellen Jaffe Jones, award winning reporter and journalist, offers a game plan for the budget conscious cook for an economically viable diet.

Having scoured the shelves of popular supermarkets and big-box stores, the author calculated how to eat three nutritious, delicious, satisfying meals for no more than $4 a day per person.  Each recipe is accompanied by the cost per serving. From soups and salads to entrées and desserts, the flavors are as impressive as the savings.

For non-vegans, incorporating a few of these recipes at a time into weekly menus will help increase their intake of health-enhancing foods as well as save money at the check-out counter.

Tips on financial planning for food shopping, a basic review of plant-based nutrition and cooking, and a look at the hidden food-industry politics behind grocery store pricing and product placement  gives readers the tools they need for planning wholesome, inexpensive daily and weekly menus. Because these meals are healthful, there will be additional long term savings by reducing future medical expenses for treating diet-related diseases.

Eat Vegan on $4 A Day can help revolutionize consumer shopping habits. Especially in these economic times, it’s a great deal to spend less and have more.

About the Author - Ellen Jaffe Jones, an award winning reporter and journalist (including two Emmys and first place for the National Press Club Consumer Reporting) and former financial consultant at Smith Barney, teaches cooking classes affiliated with The Cancer Project, part of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, coaches adult running groups, and is certified by the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America as a personal trainer. Visit Ellen’s website at www.vegcoach.com .  

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