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I think one has to do a fair amount of cooking for a plant-based diet to be cheaper, given how heavily subsidized by taxpayer dollars animal products are. Plant-based fast food and prepared foods aren't cheaper than their omnivore comparators. Idk how much 'Gen Z' cook at home, but I'd guess home-cooking is trending downward across generations. I think we'll hit widespread affordability-related change in people's meal consumption habits and diet eventually, but we're not there yet
On the other hand, meal prepping with vegetables is way easier, stuff does spoil slower and is more forgiven for uneven cooking when you cook jn bigger batches. And many vegan meal prel recipes are "cook rice, throw all the stuff into the pan, success"