Veggies don't *have* to be expensive....

If you are judicious about what you choose, you can be both cheap and healthy.

Cabbage is always cheap and it doesn't have to be nasty - stir fried it is terrific, shred it up really fine, toss with various dressings (I particularly like to warm up curry spices with some oil) for slaw salads. Red cabbage cooked with apples is one of my favorite side dishes at Thanksgiving.

Carrots are also cheap and also terrific stir fried. They are also nice made into curry and soup.

As Goldfinch pointed out - bunched greens are usually cheap and pretty much always in season. Saute a bit with some onions and a little dried red pepper, maybe a bit of oregano or rosemary toss with cooked beans (I like white beans) and pasta - yum.

Stretch things too - broccoli stems, peeled can be slice up and cooked just like the florets.

Some things I think are OK frozen. I wouldn't ever buy frozen carrots or broccoli *ick*, but peas, corn and okra seem to freeze fine.