What would be on your 1.00 per day menu, and could you do it? (page 5)

talesin

"NO Free Food!"

lmao !

"Eat the Rich !"

Mac

Feed the poor...

til there are..

no rich no more......

mac, how many years after class?

I don't exactly know what food prices are like in the USA but I don't think that with one dollar per day one can buy enough food to survive for 60 days most likely can't even get enough calories for each day. By the end of that period one would suffer from the effects of severe malnutrition. Perhaps $2 per day is more realistic.

However if it was necessary to do it then the best strategy is to use food that's cheap and nutritious and what come to mind are legumes, bread and pasta, patatoes,peanuts, sodas(soft drinks in the UK)are an absolute no-no since they contain just sugar and no other nutrition. Must eat at home to minimise expenses and buy a bottle with 60 vitamin pills, normally very cheap, to at least cover for these.

greendawn

By the way what do the abbreviations btt imao and ROFL mean?

OldSoul

btt = back to topic

bttt = back to the top (bumping threads back to the top of the pile)

LMAO = laughing my aspects off

ROFL = Rolling on floor laughing (ROTFL is a variant)

LMFAO = you get the idea

greendawn

Old soul thanks for the info, there is also IMAO which sounds like "in my a? opinion" what does the a stand for? IMHO I think is "in my humble opinion", I hope so because I use it occasionally in that sense.

OldSoul

hmm. <--- at greendawn

would the "a" stand for asinine? Probably true, although uncharacteristically honest for a forum poster ...

ApagaLaLuz

oooooo, great question!! I actually pretty much had to do this when I first moved out. The coffee despenser at my work, also despensed chicken broth, $.30 for a cup. McDonalds used to have $.25 hamburger Tuesdays, so I'd buy $2.00 worth, and save them and eat them through out the week. Also, the 99 Cent Store has the imitation Top Ramen 20 for a $1.00. They didnt taste very good, but one could spice them up with parmesan cheese, and garlic. I was once soooo broke I ate Mustard for 3 days ;) It sounds like a sad story, and it was, I was SUPER thin and took vitamins everyday to make sure my cheap ass diet didn't make me sick.

BrendaCloutier

Week 1
2.00 2 dozen eggs
1.50 2 lbs brown rice (bulk section)
1.50 2 lbs pinto beans (bulk section)
1.75 cabbage
0.25 onion
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$7.00

Week 2
3.00 fruit
2.00 salad
2.00 2 dozen eggs
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$7.00

Week 3
2.00 2 dozen eggs
1.00 cheese
1.50 lentils
1.75 cabbage
0.25 onion
0.50 cookie
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$7.00

Week 4
2.00 2 dozen eggs
5.00 1 gallon icecream
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$7.00

Week 5
RESTART AT WEEK 1

Gosh. That doesnt sound like a half-bad diet! Maybe I should apply it to my life. Albeit eggs get a bit boring after a while.

What would be on your 1.00 per day menu, and could you do it?

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