Eating on a dollar a day, could you do it?
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Uploaded by KSBYTV on Mar 3, 2010
Eating on on dollar a day? For a month? Is that really possible? One Cal Poly student put the idea to the test, for her senior project. Niki Burns decided it would be a good test and challenge for her, so the project began back on February 1. "The point of my project is just to show people that it's possible to just eat off of less and to be resourceful and not wasteful...At the beginning of the month, I purchased 28 dollars worth of groceries and I made them last throughout the month, and I looked for ways to find free food."
As one might expect, the items she bought were inexpensive, but she made choices she could get creative with when preparing them. "I just knew I really wanted potatoes because they were really cheap and I could do different things with them, like bake them or fry them....I even made potato chips with them for Super Bowl Sunday.
Some of her other food items were eggs, green beans, and chicken. She got free oranges from a tree in her friends' yard, picking them off the tree. She also took advantage of some free food offers that occasionally came along. "I went to Denny's on their free Grand Slam day and I went to I-Hop for their free pancakes."
She kept track of what she ate daily on a blog that she started for the project. Some days there wasn't much variation to the blog entries because she ate a lot of leftovers.
Obviosuly if you had to go into the store daily and spend one dollar, there wouldn't be a lot you could buy for that buck. Maybe a box of macaroni and cheese or perhaps some raman noodles. The list would be pretty limited. Thus, that's why she bought all the food she chose all at once, spending 28 dollars to buy what she needed to get her through the month.
She thinks back upon the experience and says she gained insight on how some people have to live like this everyday. "This reality only lasted a month for me. It is a reality people have to face everyday of their lives, it's definitely opened my eyes."
The learning experience she takes away from the project is a worthy one for her. But is she going out on a "food binge" today, ( March 1st ) to celebrate that she was able to successfully complete her project? Not really, but she does have one thing she wants. "I just really want a nice salad, with walnuts and cranberries on it...and all the good stuff."
Dig in Niki, it's time to put some variety back in your diet.
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I could do it! TOP RAMEN!!
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I make a meal for myself.The rest of the family wife and two children eat 6 hours later.
When 5 hours later. I deficate my meal onto a paper plate set it in the sun for 1 hour .
Heats it back up, builds a nice crunchy crust ...add a little ketchup ...nice .
Tonight its the wifes turn to DEFI-FEED the family.
Ramen noodles...I think not.
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Ramen Noodles :) go to walmart there like 12 for a buck lol brokeman food :D !
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@LunarPoetry473 actually no, i just go out and find out food prices for fun. i'm watching how to feed yourself with a dollar a day because i generally like watching this horse piss. you sir are a fucking retard.
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DOLLAR TREE!!!!!!!!!!!
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@smokedeganja Spaghetti costs like 2 to 3 bucks to make, you obviously never had to live on your own before lmfao...
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Depending on how far she had to drive I would think making pancakes at home would end up being cheaper than Free Pancake day at Denny's.
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how the fuck did she buy all that food for 28$? i call bullshit. a 5 pack of chicken breasts where i live is half that. a pound of beef is 5$. to buy everything to make a decent spaghetti that will last 2 decent meals is 12 bucks and thats with cheap pasta and making own sauce. i ate rice yesterday.
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SOME ASSHOLE JUST HIT MY FUCKIN MAIL BOX ! WHAT THE FUCK?
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@FullCircleMystic Exactly
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How about a free protien shake!!!!! Call me!!
MrHeavymetal69 2 months ago 4
If people learn to cook for themselves it is easy to eat cheap. My grandparents got through the depression on less and fed all their kids too. Nobody died of malnutrition. People have become so lazy today.
FullCircleMystic 1 month ago 2