Things I Learned Eating On $1 A Day For A Month
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Things I Learned Eating On $1 A Day For A Month
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#2What actually more interesting is that he is able to make money from coupons: http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-...
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#3What actually more interesting is that he is able to make money from coupons: http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-...
It's the same story. He worked for his groceries rather than working for money to spend on groceries.
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I can think of lots of ways to eat 80% fresh produce on $1/day, at least by the post's standards.. a plot of dirt, a short skirt, etc.
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Those are the things he gave away. If you read a few of his posts, he mostly eats sandwiches, fruit, vegetables, and eggs.
The full list of what he bought is at the end of this post: http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-...
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That's a list of things he said he gave away, not necessarily what he was eating.
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He mentioned in a comment that the point isn't that anyone should do this, just that it's possible. With much less effort, one might be able to cut their grocery bill in half.
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#9I am curious what percentage of the food acquired in this manner was packaged, e.g. canned, jarred, or wrapped in plastic, and from major brands. Any preserved/processed food from major brands can usually be found at discount if you look hard enough, since it has a long shelf life (from the processing), and there's usually lots of it in stock (from the large brand).
The picture from the original lifehacker story shows lots of major corporate brands, e.g Kellogg, Mission, Skippy, Quaker Oats, Place, Wheat Thins, and Kraft. http://lifehacker.com/5560305/eat-well-on-just-1-a-day
While it's great the author was able to include some fresh produce in his diet, since accomplishing that on an ultra-low budget is quite admirable, it still looks like this feat was pulled off thanks to the quantity of waste typical to mass-produced, processed food.
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#10If you're willing to cook from mainly fairly simple ingredients, you can do it without much coupon clipping. Lentils, beans, and potatoes are dirt cheap, eggs are pretty cheap (a two-egg omelette is about $0.25 of ingredients), and, depending on where you live, there's usually some variety of fruit or vegetable in season and very cheap. Bread is also nearly free if you bake it yourself from flour instead of buying it. It'll still take some effort to keep it at $1/day, but if you're willing to do $2/day, it's easy.