How would you go vegetarian on a limited spending budget?!

They fired you for getting injured? If the injury was on the job, you should check the Workers Comp laws in your state.

You also may want to consider applying for food stamps, or finding a soup kitchen in your city.

As for food, potatoes, brown rice, frozen vegetables, oats, and canned beans are fairly cheap.

Good luck. I hope you get back on your feet soon.

It isn't easy believe me fruit & vegetables are so expensive and they go off quickly it really takes a toll on your bank balance. I got turned off meat as well I used to be able to handle chicken and some kinds of fish but all it takes is a slight crunch in "boneless" salmon or chewy gob in chicken breast and I wont eat it again for months and months.

Many places have fruit trees with excess fruit so ask if you can have some of their fruit if they don't want or pick in time.

Plus there are wild edibles you can try. Some are nasty but are some of the most nutritious things I know of.

Plus grow a plant. Even if a single tomato plant in a bucket or something. As long as your trying to get food it helps a lot.

The rest just buy in bulk and in season (usually cheapest) when you do have the money.

Beans are cheap and a good source of protein. Also, if you're an ovo-lacto like me, you can eat eggs and cheese, which are great sources of protein. Usually, the thing that is costly about a vegetarian shopping budget isn't fruits and vegetables, but protein sources. (mock meats, etc)

eat cheap stuff rice and butter potatoes all the veggies you can get

I'm not aware of what fruit and vegetable prices are like in the USA, but if it's anything like here, I know what you're talking about. Recently, we've had floods, droughts and a massive Cyclone, so all of these events will undoubtedly factor into Food Costs within the next few days. A catastrophe we had here 3 years ago, saw Banana prices go to $7.50 a pound - (normally .85c a pound)

Suggestion 1. You could always grow vegetables yourself - if you have the space, the patience and the know how. You might even be able to use a neighbor's garden or form some kind of Community Vegetable Garden where everybody helps with the set-up costs and the care of your produce.

Suggestion 2. If this isn't an option - do what the Fruit and Vegetable Retailers do - buy direct from the Markets. If buying larger bulk sizes means lower prices - form your own Neighborhood Co-Operative and buy on behalf of all Members. You might even be able to charge all Members a fee (based on a percentage of what they buy) for your shopping trips.

Suggestion 3. Buy canned produce - it tastes like $hit, but you can eat it......and it's cheap.