Price of being a vegetarian

           The process of converting from a regular diet to a vegetarian diet takes time and unfortunately, costs money as well. Well, of course it would cost money. What doesn’t? But, if you would regularly get a pack of six hotdogs but instead get a pack of six vegetarian hotdogs, it will cost more. I am not sure why but the reasoning behind it will most likely have something to do with the fact that the different versions of food (gluten free, vegan, whole grain, etc.) are now more expensive than the original versions.
           Also, have you ever noticed that fast food is a lot cheaper than healthier foods? I think that is ridiculous because that is just going to worsen the obesity rate in America even more. I’m not saying I never eat fast food; I do every once in a while but I try to not get the foods that look really unhealthy from the menu. But, being a vegetarian that gets hard and that is one of the reasons I don’t eat fast food like ever. Even if I did go to a fast food place, what is there to get? French fries? Ice cream? That’s not food to me. I would rather just eat at home or go out to a restaurant if that was the case. At Burger King, they have added a veggie burger to their menu and I have tried it before, yeah it was good but, I could just make the same thing at my house.
          Going into a vegetarian can be a little expensive at times, but there are also times when I will go out to eat with my family and they get something like a steak for like nine to eleven dollars and I will get a salad for only like four or five dollars, so I guess the only expensive part about being a vegetarian is when you go out and buy a pack of fake hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken strips or whatever. Those are like four of five dollars a pack, which adds up pretty fast if you buy a few packs of them at a time like I do. There are different brands of vegetarian products that are more affordable than the kind I always get, but they taste a lot different, in a bad way than the more expensive brands that I get. That is why I stick to only three specific brands of vegetarian meat. Like the saying goes, I guess you get what you pay for.