Eating for under $6 a day
Give me your cheap food ideas.
I eat for under $6 a day right now. Here's how it breaks down:
Breakfast
~1/2 box of cereal = $1
Lunch/Dinner
1 pound meat (I can usually find chicken for 99 cents/lb. Right now ham is 79 cents/lb.) = $1
1/4 cup beans or lentils (1 bag = 99 cents) = $0.13
Peas or Carrots (1 can = 33 cents) = $0.11
Fruit (varies greatly- I'm most likely to "splurge" here) = ~$0.69
So Breakfast ($1) + Lunch ($1.93) + Dinner ($1.93) = $4.86.
Sometimes I buy bread, tortillas, spices, teryaki sauce, etc., so I just round it up to $6.
Can I make this cheaper? I was thinking about making my own cereal because I can buy a pound of oats for 44 cents. Rice is cheap, but I like beans better. Bananas are a great cheap food, but I get tired of them after a while.
Give me your cheap ideas.