anyone taking up the live below the line challenge?

aussiemum

HappyMJ wrote: »

Why do Australians get AUD$2 per day? That's worth £1.30.

The exchange rate is always changing, the dollar is much stronger at the moment

karen13_2

I'm going to be living below the line to raise money for Christian Aid, my best finds so far are pasta for 20p in Tesco and a tin of rice pudding for 17p - obviously not together! I think the hardest thing if you are doing it as a single person is getting some variety into the diet across 5 days as you have to buy bags of things you need to use for days

artichoke

hi

can someone post a link to the mysupermarket shelf of low priced stuff that might be useful for this challenge...

If we do this we will have to have a meat free week but i am trying to have 3 or 4 meat free days a week so i will give this go and try and get more inspiration..

i always menu plan around what carbs (pasta, rice, noodles, pastry, batter, dumplings, bread, potatoess) we are having and then add in the veg and the protein so i think i have my cheap filling part of the meal sorted out but it is finding cheap veg and cheap protein that will be the problem... i had planned pea and ham soup for tomorrow which i will cost out in a minute and HM pizza's tonight (again i will cost out now)

it is interesting as i have never done this costing meal by meal before...

right off to find the calculator

art

edited to add - i have just read the rules and it says you can eat things from your garden if you include the cost of production - i am not sure i can interpret that to include eating my own animals as i would not be eating a whole sheep / pig in a week so the cost of production would go over my £1 a day i think..but i guess it means you can eat eggs if you have your own chickens??

any one got any meal plans to post up yet?

rachbc

do you think its ok to buy stuff now on offer and use in the challenge week - thinking if I spot some yellow stickers or good offer??

I think so but don't want to cheat!

ceridwen

artichoke wrote: »

hi

can someone post a link to the mysupermarket shelf of low priced stuff that might be useful for this challenge...

I think you must mean:

http://supermarketspecialoffers.com/Discountoffers.aspx

Be aware that the site cheats a bit - as in some supermarkets say things like "Brussels sprouts - 2p" or "green beans - 2p" - but the actual cost is a lot higher than that, because they have cheated by costing these items individually (ie its literally only one Brussels sprout one gets for that 2p:cool:).

Having said that - there are some genuine very cheap items there.

I have visions of peeps eating a lot of noodles and cheap curry sauce.....

rachbc

here it is

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/shelves/Live_Below_the_Line_in_ASDA.html?banner=34589&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=live&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=1737%20below%20the%20line&utm_content=all_db_not_hotmail

There will be no noodles or curry sauce here - I am aiming for 5 a day and a half decent balance of carbs, protein and dairy. To me its seeing how creative I can be on a strict budget, not how cheaply I can get the calorific requirement for the day

brendanjames

artichoke wrote: »

hi

can someone post a link to the mysupermarket shelf of low priced stuff that might be useful for this challenge...

The shelf is at mysupermarket.co.uk/shelves/live_below_the_line.html

They've got loads of resources on the site after you sign up to help you, including a cookbook!

pavlovs_dog

a very interesting idea. i can see this thread becoming an invaluable resource for those who come to this board with tupennce ha'penny to last them until payday.

it's not OS, it's survival pure and simple, which is what the poor people out there doing this through necessity rather than choice are trying to do.

pavlovs_dog

cookbook is HERE

baad2dabone

Biggles wrote: »

The Sally Army? No way. A bit more religion is the last thing these people need right now!

I'd rather send money where it would do some use than play games like this.

They're not giving them religion, their giving them the practical help people need to work their own way of poverty, such as loans, grants and skills training. It explains all this on the Live Below the Line website.

I've signed up to do it for the Sally Army because it looks like a really good way of helping people work their own way out of poverty.