For me right now it’s either noodles with random veggies, tofu and a spicy sauce. Simple, easy to make and cheap. But really nutritious.
Or it’s classic Dutch kale stamp:
But with a veggie sausage as I don’t eat meat. It’s potatoes, kale, sausage and piccalilly sauce (sweet sauce made of pickles). It’s a great meal before or after a heavy workout and it’s very healthy. And great on a cold fall or winter day.
In my area of the US, it’s often tied to a lot of food trends that are heavily capitalized on, like “organic” kale vs the kale right next to it that’s not marketed as organic and is cheaper. That, and the difference in cost between fresh produce and prepackaged foods. Most of the people around here don’t imagine things like canned vegetables being something vegetarians eat, just the fresh produce.
Absolutely… and from my understanding the “organic” shit they peddle doesn’t tend to be any better for you, or even less pesticide-infused than the non-organic stuff. In my experience it just tends to rot quicker. Sweet peas are 50c a can where I’m at and they’re a staple food for me. Vegetarian canned chili costs just as much as beef canned chili. Supplement my diet with nutritional yeast and flax+chia seeds, the latter two being pretty expensive but they last a long time. You don’t even need to spend a whole lot to eat somewhat healthy as a vegetarian, just have to be able to wade through all the over-advertised and expensive crap to find affordable fruits and veggies.