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TulaneLSU's guide to eating for < $20/week
Posted on 4/14/15 at 12:21 am
Posted on 4/14/15 at 12:21 am
I will chronicle over the next week how you can eat well, healthily, and yummily for less than $20 a week.
Today I had Special K and skim milk (.25 and .20 respectively) for breakfast. I drank four glasses of tap water for lunch. For dinner I had leftover lentil beans which I made with a whole chicken I bought on sale for $3.44. I also made a chicken burrito. Lots of leftovers. About 65 cents for dinner. I made country tyme lemonade also on sale (.10) and had 3 more glasses of tap water before a cup of hot tea for bed(.05).
Monday total
2000 cal
$1.25
On pace for a $8.75 week
Today I had Special K and skim milk (.25 and .20 respectively) for breakfast. I drank four glasses of tap water for lunch. For dinner I had leftover lentil beans which I made with a whole chicken I bought on sale for $3.44. I also made a chicken burrito. Lots of leftovers. About 65 cents for dinner. I made country tyme lemonade also on sale (.10) and had 3 more glasses of tap water before a cup of hot tea for bed(.05).
Monday total
2000 cal
$1.25
On pace for a $8.75 week
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Posted on 4/14/15 at 12:23 am to TulaneLSU
Paltrow does it sexier.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 12:36 am to TulaneLSU
Posted on 4/14/15 at 12:40 am to TulaneLSU
Its not hard to eat for less than $20 a week. I think anyone that regularly goes to grocery stores and makes their own food can achieve this. Having it all be 'yummily' is a different story
What was in your burrito?
What was in your burrito?
Posted on 4/14/15 at 1:04 am to TulaneLSU
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wut
Posted on 4/14/15 at 4:56 am to TulaneLSU
My tip:
1/2 pack of ramen noodles, one egg, a bunch of frozen vegetables.
Add water. Microwave for 6-7 minutes (until noodles are cooked). Add protien at end or last two min if cooked but refrigerated.
1/2 pack of ramen noodles, one egg, a bunch of frozen vegetables.
Add water. Microwave for 6-7 minutes (until noodles are cooked). Add protien at end or last two min if cooked but refrigerated.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:51 am to TulaneLSU
I just puked a little reading that. Water for lunch? Da fuq's wrong wit you?
Not off to a good start Bible boy.
Not off to a good start Bible boy.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 6:10 am to TulaneLSU
R2R does it better
Posted on 4/14/15 at 6:20 am to TulaneLSU
Weak sauce. Just yesterday I saw a lady buy 27 Totinos pizzas, 5lbs of salt pork, the Lil Debbie display, 3 dozen turkey neck, 4 cases each Peach Nehi and Dr.Thunder, the equivalent of a Tyson chicken plant, a pound of salt, a box of Fruity Pebbles, a case of Bar S bologna and 3 industrial sized vats of mayo, all for free. I think you should go back to eating burgers that don't exsist and leave the Super Market sweeping to the professionals.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 7:26 am to TulaneLSU
$20/week for a single guy is not difficult
I used to do it all the time as a bachelor
I used to do it all the time as a bachelor
Posted on 4/14/15 at 8:46 am to TulaneLSU
How much have you spent? Box of Special K, container of milk, chicken, bag of lentils, tortillas, anything else you added to the burrito...you have to be over $10 already.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 8:53 am to TulaneLSU
Special K is healthy? No.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:05 am to TulaneLSU
Totino's Pizza. Every day. Yum.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:24 am to TulaneLSU
So how did you come to the .65 for dinner? What percent of the whole chicken did you eat with the lentil, and what percent was used for the chicken taco? What else was on the taco? While I will admit you can eat on $20 a week, I would like to see all your math you are using to arrive at these numbers. You should list the cost including taxes for all the food, then break it down by the amount of servings you will get from it. From your post, we should expect $3.44(for the whole chicken) to be completely used against the $20.00 for the week. Just saying you spent .65 on dinner doesn't really show us of you are doing it right or not.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:34 am to TulaneLSU
I like the idea of the thread but treating tap water as a meal is laughable for the purposes of the thread
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:37 am to TulaneLSU
Two pounds ground lean turkey meat.
1 pack mushrooms
1 onion.
One jar tomato sauce.
One pack oatmeal.
One pack of lettuce.
Make a meatloaf. Eat oatmeal for breakfast, salad for lunch, meatloaf for dinner.
This isn't hard.
1 pack mushrooms
1 onion.
One jar tomato sauce.
One pack oatmeal.
One pack of lettuce.
Make a meatloaf. Eat oatmeal for breakfast, salad for lunch, meatloaf for dinner.
This isn't hard.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 10:59 am to TulaneLSU
I eat well beyond my means and highly recommend it
Posted on 4/14/15 at 12:16 pm to TulaneLSU
Pick up the cheapest rice steamer at Walmart. Make a trip to your local Asian grocery store. It's a small investment, but you'll be reaping the benefits for a looong time. Rice goes with anything. A sack of potatoes isn't a bad investment either.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 12:18 pm to TulaneLSU
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Today I had Special K and skim milk (.25 and .20 respectively) for breakfast. I drank four glasses of tap water for lunch. For dinner I had leftover lentil beans which I made with a whole chicken I bought on sale for $3.44. I also made a chicken burrito. Lots of leftovers. About 65 cents for dinner. I made country tyme lemonade also on sale (.10) and had 3 more glasses of tap water before a cup of hot tea for bed(.05).
Man, you're going to give arse a run for his money
Posted on 4/14/15 at 12:30 pm to TulaneLSU
If you drink tap water from your house, it's not free. shite adds up.
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