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by tuppy 5716 days ago
The vegan and vegetarian sections made me cringe, not nearly enough protein. They neglected to include the cost of supplements that you need to take if you plan on being a vegan or vegetarian while maintaining an active lifestyle.

Also, it likely matters what's in season and what is available cheaply in your locale. Someone near the coasts is going to have access to much cheaper seafood than someone in the Rockies and Plains. If you have access to markets where you can buy directly from fishers, farmers, or butchers you can usually see a pretty significant cost savings.

I am very curious where they found a $0.25 serving of salmon and cheese for the pescetarian breakfast. A serving size of smoked salmon is usually 1/2 - 1/4 of a package that goes for 5 or more dollars in the grocers in my area. Some of the other prices were questionable as well ($7.30 for a fish/chicken fajita??).

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Yes, even when you consider that I can buy $1 8oz Chinese Franken Salmon at the Doller Tree, a 1/4 serving would be $.25 and 1/2 would be $.50 and thats not even including the cheese.