I feel like I could use someone local to me to show me how it's done. I can do things like vegetarian curries or swapping in some tofu or legumes for a protein, but anything involving actual fresh fruit and veg seems expensive. I love apples, but outside of the fall when I can get them from a local orchard, it seems they're around $2 a piece at the supermarket, and the cheaper stores usually just have mealy apples that aren't worth it.

It could totally just be me not knowing where to look as someone not experienced for hunting for non-meat deals, but it doesn't help switching over to more fruit and veggie oriented foods.