“Remember that $5 has to include your morning coffee”
The insinuation here is that you’re stupid enough to spend most of the $5 on a cup of coffee from a drive-up or such rather than making your own from drip at home where a $7 can will make coffee for a month.
And so on. For crying out loud, of course one person can eat quite well on $5.00 a day. Want a burger? Good ground round is what, $4 a pound? Three 1/3 pound burgers right there - add a few pennies worth of condiments and veggies and a bun from the 8-pack and you’ve got a better burder than you’ll pay $10 for at the foo-foo restaurants. Fries? Buy a sweet potato, slice it and roast in the oven and it’s not only better for you but tastes better too. And on and on....no ramen noodles need apply.
I Make a coffee protein drink that is very yummy for me for less than 50cents a cup using generic instant coffee, Sugare free coffe sweetner from big lots and carbmaster milk from Kroger.
Itis all about HOW you put things together.
You can make a nice meal out of a pack of ramen and can of cream of mushryroom soup.
Ramen can be part of a great cheap meal. Throw the spice packet away and add your own vegetables, meat and spices.
I think most of the people who have trouble living on $5/day only ‘cook’ commercially prepared frozen meals or eat out.