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Frugal Friends Podcast

Going Plant-Based on a Budget With Toni Okamoto

Frugal Friends Podcast

Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni | Backyard Ventures

Leisure, Business, Home & Garden, Investing

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

See how eating healthy doesn’t have to be pricey? Very demure, very mindful. If you’ve been wanting to eat a little better, try more veggies, or just stop spending a lot at the grocery store, this episode’s for you. Back with a listener favorite, Toni Okamoto is here to prove that plant-based living doesn’t mean sad meals or empty wallets.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Going plant-based on a budget with Tony Acomoto.

0:07.3

Welcome to the Frugal Friends podcast, where you'll learn to save money, embrace simplicity, and live a rich of your life.

0:17.0

Here are your host, Jen and Jill.

0:23.4

Welcome to the Frugal Friends podcast. My name is Jen.

0:26.3

My name is Jill.

0:27.2

And today we are replaying a listener favorite from several years ago about going plant-based because it is such a great way to save money on groceries because meat is the most expensive thing

0:40.7

in most of our grocery cards. It might not be the only reason that you want to go plant-based.

0:44.9

If you already are and you're looking for more ways to think critically about how you spend money,

0:50.7

maybe you are wanting to make a couple of meatless days a part of your meal plan. You just need a

0:57.7

diet change. We know that that can be one of the biggest barriers. People recognize,

1:02.2

sure, there's plenty of ways to reduce my grocery bill, but what about when I have a special

1:06.8

diet? And so this is one of those episodes where we turn to an expert. So it is a replay of an old

1:14.0

favorite, but we think it's a good one. So we're excited to share it with you. But first, this episode is

1:18.8

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1:25.9

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1:29.6

or eating beans and rice at home. But what if you could identify ways to save more, spend better,

1:35.0

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1:42.7

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1:53.6

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2:00.3

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2:01.2

Amen.

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