I doubt you could eat well on $5 per day.
Maybe not Surf and Turf, but I'd not go hungry.
I do it often enough. And I am very healthy because of it.
2 hard boiled eggs and coffee for breakfast
And orange for lunch and a bannana with a glass of milk
Mashed potatoes and ground beef with gravy and some canned corn
about $4
“I doubt you could eat well on $5 per day.”
It takes a lot of effort but 5 dollars will get you 1 lb of ground beef, 1 loaf of bread, 1 can of kroger vegetables.
If you buy on sale, you can do better.
Or it gets you 2 hungry man (over 1 lb of food) frozen dinners.
Or it gets you 4 double cheeseburgers at McDonalds.
Or it gets you 5 packs of 12 oz each of Oscar Mayer bologna.
Or it gets you almost 1 lb of beef, 1 kroger spaghetti sauce, and 1 lb of kroger pasta (various choices), total cost 6 dollars.
I regularly eat well on $5/ day.
The biggest factor is that I enjoy having oatmeal- with butter and honey- for breakfast. About 50 cents.
The other two mwals are ‘regular’ meals. I buy in bulk when on sale and frequent an excellent ‘salvage’ store.
Actually, these days my budget is slipping towards $6/day...
Breakfast: two packets of Great Value instant oatmeal ($1.68 for 8 packets = $.42)
Lunch: large salad with tomatoes (roma $1 per pound), mushrooms and garbanzos, doable for $2.50.
Dinner: soup, leftovers, etc. on remaining $2.
Could get boring, but it's doable.
I eat a lot of Albacore Tuna @ .85/can. Until I get tired of it, I’m doin’ about 3.15/day.
I bought 20 lbs lean (93/7) ground beef @ 2.59/pound.
There’s a warehouse in Indiana that we go to regularly for dented cans. We save about 90% on canned goods. I don’t can as much as we used to.
We buy bulk ingredients (flour, sugar, oats, etc.) and split it between us. We prepare easy meals for the week on Sundays. Building upon the previous day’s menu for convenience.
It takes energy and attention to the details but it can be done. It depends upon your priorities.
That is a problem for many people, DIETS that doctors stick you on call for high $$ foods. Then you have the group of people Diabetics that must adhere to strict diets because their lives depend on it. And eating a Diabetic diet is NOT cheap! Low carb, low sugar, so that eliminates a lot of food groups or cuts them down. Cholesterol, no dairy, and some docs what you to go vegan...guess what vegans have high cholesterol too.
Week before your test just cut back on the carbs/sugars and your Tris will drop rapidly. Use pan sprays and your LDL will drop. What you do for the HDL I have no Idea. Mine runs high, hubbies runs bottom of the barrel. Our new doc is more worried about the HDL and the LDL than the Tris. The higher the HDL the better.
That is a problem for many people, DIETS that doctors stick you on call for high $$ foods. Then you have the group of people Diabetics that must adhere to strict diets because their lives depend on it. And eating a Diabetic diet is NOT cheap! Low carb, low sugar, so that eliminates a lot of food groups or cuts them down. Cholesterol, no dairy, and some docs what you to go vegan...guess what vegans have high cholesterol too.
Week before your test just cut back on the carbs/sugars and your Tris will drop rapidly. Use pan sprays and your LDL will drop. What you do for the HDL I have no Idea. Mine runs high, hubbies runs bottom of the barrel. Our new doc is more worried about the HDL and the LDL than the Tris. The higher the HDL the better.
Because of our kids' ages, there was a time when we were paying simultaneous Catholic school tuition (both high schools and grade school) for 10 children. I assure you we ate on less than (an inflation adjusted) $5 per person per day. And yes, it meant a lot of eggs, chicken, hot dogs, farina, mac and cheese, and peanut butter. Maybe the hot dogs and mac and cheese aren't healthy, but they're tasty and full of protein and if you're getting exercise, hot dogs and mac and cheese once a week won't hurt. At least, it hasn't seemed to hurt our kids.
We do in my house. $5/day/person = $15 per/day for my family of 3, which is $105 for a week, or $420 a month. We eat well in my house on less than that, that's more than my monthly budget including all of the day to day non food staples such as paper products (TP, paper towels, foil, baggies, etc.)
I do know people who can't exist on that amount - but that is because they are too danged lazy to budget (including coupons), plan, or even learn how to cook. And that is why so many can not live on $5 a day food allowance.
Of course you could eat well on $5 a day.
Fresh chicken, pork or beef, at least on special, can be had for $2/lb. Lots of fresh veggies for an average of $1 a pound.
That’s $3. A daily serving of oatmeal or eggs and toast, plus coffee and milk, leaves you a bit to kick in on cooking oil, spices, etc.
You can substitute in pasta with a tomato meat sauce or quiche or lots of other things for variety on your variety.
150.00 a month
first go to Sams by bulk meat. chicken breast n strips abt 2.00 a pound.
Go to aldi n pick up staples cheap incl milk n eggs.
go to supermk n get buy one get 1 free.
weekly go to farmers mkt or flea mkt for fresh veggies n fruit
all on food stamps are eligible for free brktfast and lunch at school everyday.
now add WIC.
you can do alot with 5.00 a day if you plan it and use coupona.