Living on £1 a day

Ken68

1 litre of milk made from powder will give you three fifths of your Daily Protein Allowance and cost 29pence, and liver at £1.50kg are the cheapest going, so £1 a day for everything is pushing things.

Kirri

I could do it on the types of food I eat and types of meals I make as most of them cost out very cheap per portion (albeit not when I buy organic..). But I do make all my own meals, bread, cakes etc from scratch, grow my own veg and eat a vegetarian largely pulses based diet and an increasing amount of vegan meals. I don't think a meat eater could do it on standard ranges?

JackieO, I'm trying to do something a bit similar on the buying side, it's amazing how little actually needs to be bought each week if cooking from scratch and mainly just replacing essential store cupboard ingredients, plus there's no wastage now.

I watched the Jamie O programme last night and thought the meals on that were quite expensive in comparison to what I eat! Though they were meat based.

Coopdivi

It can't be done. Not healthily anyway.

Why would you want to do it anyway? Food is one of life's pleasures and in my opinion shouldn't be skimped on. By all means cut back on calories if you have a weight problem but don't let quality suffer.

dlusman

Coopdivi wrote: »

It can't be done. Not healthily anyway.

Why would you want to do it anyway? Food is one of life's pleasures and in my opinion shouldn't be skimped on. By all means cut back on calories if you have a weight problem but don't let quality suffer.

I would agree that it isnt possible if you are buying at "normal" prices. But it is totally possible without sacrificing quality ( and I do it regularly ) by buying yellow lable at up to 90% off.

geordie_joe

Coopdivi wrote: »

It can't be done. Not healthily anyway.

It can, but it depends on where you live and how clever you are. My local Morrisons sells good stuff every night very cheap. Bags of salad veg, soup veg, meat, bread etc. for only 9p. The trick is getting there at the right time, easily done if you live close by and it only takes you a minute to walk there, like me.

Also the woman from Bristol who did it for a year when to evens that were free and had free food, and also picked fruit, berries etc. from the countryside.

Coopdivi wrote: »

Why would you want to do it anyway?

The same reason why people want to climb mountains or swim the channel. Or maybe they want to save money, or want to write a book about it, get a tv programme about it and come out richer in the end.

Coopdivi wrote: »

Food is one of life's pleasures and in my opinion shouldn't be skimped on.

But that's just it, it's your opinion. Many people would disagree with you,many people only eat because they are hungry.

Coopdivi wrote: »

By all means cut back on calories if you have a weight problem but don't let quality suffer.

Why not? People are free to do what they want, they can even eat different to you if that's what they choose to do.

Edwardia

I wouldn't compromise my health by living on 29p noodles, personally. I think it would be feasible though to live on £1 a day if you had an allotment and grew your own.

tessie_bear

i think instead of conjuring up an amout of cash a better way to do it would be to work out what food u wanted to eat/ be prepared to eat and cost that...you would have a base line and think of ways to reduce your spend eg if you were eating cheese on toast buy reduced bread or look at making your own and go on mysupermarket for the cheapest per kg cheese

i personally think my future health and happiness would not be enhanced by spending £1 a day but good luck to anyone who could

compmad1

Roxy07 wrote: »

I suppose if you live on cheese/beans on toast everyday it's possible.. but I doubt you would survive for very long.

I saw a BBC programme that said 2 slices of wholemeal bread with baked beans had the same nutritional content as steak.

compmad1

Porridge every day for breakfast. Very healthy!

Chris25

lentils & oats are 2 types of food that are really nutritious, cheap, easy to get hold of & easy to keep. Very useful to have for frugal eating.