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Old 03-18-2009, 01:22 PM   #1 (permalink)
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How to Feed Yourself for $15 a Week

How to Feed Yourself for $15 a Week

Saturday, 8th September 2007 (by J.D.)
This article is about Food, Frugality, Money Hacks, Real-Life

Our discussion about how to eat for cheap generated a lot of great tips. Daiko shared a detailed explanation of how he once got by spending just $15/week on food. This is a great real-life example of how it’s possible to eat well without breaking the bank. I’m posting it here so that more people will see it.
Although I don’t do this now, I once lived on $15 a week for food in the early 1990s. This was helped by the fact that my workplace fed me five meals a week, but I was still carrying the weight of sixteen additional meals (for slightly less than a dollar per meal). This was not easy or comfortable to do — I did it by necessity — but I believe it could still be done for $20/week in most parts of the U.S. Also, while I was satisfied at the time, the fare was probably a bit more spartan than most would willingly eat.
Here is some of what I did:

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I guess a lot of people are really trying to cut back these days.
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Old 03-18-2009, 03:16 PM   #3 (permalink)
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That sure beats "$40 A Day."
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You can make a lot of very good and inexpensive meals. A box of Barilla pasta is only 98 cents where I shop. You can make your own sauce, a nice salad and have a great meal for next to nothing.
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Old 03-18-2009, 05:30 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Rule #1 on that list is a golden rule in our house. We never allow left overs to go bad. There is nothing worse than wasting food.
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i agree. we should not waste food.
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