Comments on: Eating Well On $1 A Day: Day 29 – Should I Continue?

By: Shell

Shell — Wed, 18 May 2011 12:53:41 +0000

I think your sister is overly critical. Whatever happened to sisterly love. I cook all the time. You had all the vital nutrients. If it satisfied you and you learned in the process and saved money, what more could you want? The whole idea of the challenge was to make the food healthful and save money.

By: yao

yao — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:56:07 +0000

i agree with your sister. i think there were about 1 or 2 of your lunch/dinner meals that i’d actually eat if offered it. i’d rather forgo eating a meal or two than eating most of what you had–unless i was doing a challenge (like yourself).

i suspect that much of your issues are because you initially lacked common staples though. i don’t think that’s really fair.

By: Kone

Kone — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:12:26 +0000

No offense, your sister is being stupid about stating that other people wouldn’t eat what you were eating.

I’d eat, and do eat, most of what you did. And, if I didn’t have more than $31 to my name each month for a food budget, you can bet I’d change my eating patterns anyways to match what I could afford to buy. I’m just thankful that I do have the money to purchase what I like; and thanks to couponing and stockpiling, I now have extra cash in my bank account.

By: emily

emily — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 03:06:10 +0000

I just found your site the other day and have been reading through from the begining. I have always been a coupon clipper and shopped by the sales, but have never done quite as well as you (but I’m also feeding 5 and some are pretty picky). I think you’ve done an amazing job.

I would also be interested to see you do a challenge with the amount of money you get per month when on goverment assistance, it is more than $1 a day! Maybe your sister should try to do that challenge for what a family gets on assistance.

And finally, my current favorite snack when I am craving sweets is a banana topped with a scoop of peanut butter and drizzled with Hershey’s syrup!

Even though I wouldn’t eat everything you made, I would eat a lot of it and you definately won!

By: Gail

Gail — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:10:03 +0000

I realize that this comment is very late in the game, but the other day I was looking through some Sept 2010 women’s magazines. One of the things they highlighted was sandwichs including a banana and peanut butter one. Your sis is defintely wrong on this one.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:13:34 +0000

No offense to you, but your sister’s an idiot. Nobody likes bananas and peanut butter? Has she heard of Elvis Presley!? O_o I love them together and so do many, many other people.

Your meals are fantastic for the money you have. Of course you’re not going to be eating steak and lobster! Jeez.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:12:56 +0000

I smiled when I read that your sister thought noone would like bananas and peanut butter but you. I want to eat it after reading your blog challenge! I’ve just read through to this point and been inspired to regularly buy more of a variety of food from the grocery store – including dairy, fruit, vegies. My husband and I don’t eat the same things and I am an uninspired cook. I don’t like leaving the house in the midwest cold for the disheartening task of finding a bargain on good food. Far too many of my meals are breakfast cereal – ugh! So I would say your meals are far more healthy and apetizing than what I bother to eat and they’re actually simple enough for me to attempt. hehe Wahoo for simple yummy healthy food! … Oh and saving money.

By: Valerie J

Valerie J — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:17:26 +0000

I think you did a great job for an inexperienced cook. If you were more familiar with flavorings and presentation – you could have knocked the socks off of most people. Because you don’t cook much, you did not prioritize flavor essentials – salt, cooking fats, spice- there are some frugal options here. You can buy miniscule amounts of spice in bulk stores – even sea salt. Also chili peppers are cheap – I’ve often bought just one- so light that the cashier couldn’t even charge me since the scale didn’t register. Also you tended to rely on bread products and crackers for alot of your calories- you could have certainly opted for more beans, split peas, etc – usually under $1 per bag. In fact you never made soup – which would have added variety and be a great way to use up ingredients. If you want to redo this project with a gourmet twist -I’d love to contribute.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:34:13 +0000

Oh, and as far as peanut butter in your oatmeal goes, crunchy is much better than creamy in there. Or just adding whole or halved nuts with some raisins is also really tastey. Or almond butter.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:32:03 +0000

You can always go to The Food Network website and type in the ingredients you have on you into the search box and it will list a number of recipes. Or you can do the same on Google. It’s fairly easy to find recipies online. But I think most people are used to MEAL-meals… a main entree with a number of different components, a couple of side dishes and maybe something sweet at the end. But that’s also why a majority of the people on the Earth are overweight. Also, have you thought about going to a local farmer’s market or a farmer’s market store for your vegetables? I KNOW there are no coupons for these types of places, but I go to one in Orange County where you can get four artichokes for a buck, or five pounds of regular potatoes for a dollar. Just something to consider if you ever find yourself considering another tampon purchase for a free food item.