Emily Bloch The author and her boyfriend, both vegans, spend about $415 on their monthly grocery budget.
- My boyfriend and I spend about $415 on groceries every month.
- We are both vegan, and our grocery list usually includes fruit, vegetables, tofu, and vegan meat and cheese substitutes.
- Here's a detailed list of exactly what we buy every month.
Mark and I are serious foodies, but we're trying to eat in more.
Tonight, he's making Beyond Burgers topped with fried green tomatoes and cabbage sauteed in red wine vinegar. Last week, it was a faux fried chicken made from wheat gluten. I decided I loved him when he told me the sandwich we ordered came with mac and cheese on top of it, but wanted to know if we should get a side of it, too.
Together, we're a vegan millennial couple living in Jacksonville, Florida.
Even though we've been dating for a while, we just started officially living together under the same roof. We both went vegan for our love of animals - including our black lab Gypsy, who enjoys Mark's cooking scraps alongside normal kibble - and our distaste for factory farming.
We're both in the early stages of our careers with communications degrees, so we're not exactly rolling in a money pit. We also rent right now, but hope to buy a house within the next few years, so we try to shop frugally and eat in whenever possible.
On a monthly basis, the two of us spend about $415 on groceries. We do the bulk of our shopping at Publix, but aren't immune to the occasional Trader Joe's impulse buys, and we also shop at some local markets around town. If you've ever wondered what a vegan eats in a typical month, we're about to show you.
This is what our monthly grocery spending looks like.