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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 6:27 am to LSUballs
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the Lil Debbie display
Posted on 4/14/15 at 6:32 am to BRgetthenet
So tomorrow, drain and rinse the lentils, mix w chopped chicken, and a vinaigrette for a better lunch than water. Next up, lightly mash some lentils, shape into patties w some finely chopped parsley n cumin, then pan fry for a sort of lentil felafel. I could go on and on with the cheapest and easiest to cook of legumes. Chickpeas, too are incredibly versatile and dirt cheap.
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 8:39 am to LSUballs
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you should go back to eating burgers that don't exsist
Posted on 4/14/15 at 8:45 am to Salmon
quote:I agree. Ill go to Fresh Market today and get 4lb ground beef and 4lb chicken breast for 2.29/2.99 /lb respectively and that will be my meat for the month. I spend a little more than 20 bucks there. The rest of the moth I will go shopping each week for what I need to cook that week and that totals to about $20/week.
$20/week for a single guy is not difficult
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 8:52 am to BobABooey
i dont think he is including the total cost of the items. just a percentage relative to what he consumed.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 8:53 am to TulaneLSU
Special K is healthy? No.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 8:59 am to Salmon
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$20/week for a single guy is not difficult I used to do it all the time as a bachelor
This. I have a wife and two kids now, so my grocery bills are way too high, but I often think back fondly to my single days and how I could eat very well for not too much money.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:03 am to Mo Jeaux
Damn I waste too much money on food. I think I'm doing good when I spend $7 on truck tacos for dinner.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:05 am to TulaneLSU
Totino's Pizza. Every day. Yum.
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