Comments on: Perishable Food Dilemma – Day 63: Eating Well On $1 A Day

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:59:40 +0000

This is a really late comment but after reading about your Piccata chicken in earlier post, just wanted to mention it is oh so easy to roast the vegetables in that recipe as well – zucchini and peppers and onions and whatever you choose, toss in a bit of olive oil and salt and pepper, roast at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or so. With a productive garden, I roast tomatoes and eggplant and whatever I can think of (have some veg in the oven now), easy and delicious. If you do a search online for oven roasted ratatouille, you’ll find good photos. Mix with the large pearl couscous or spread on some french bread, yummy.

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Eating Well On $1 A Day - Grocery Coupon Guide — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:39:39 +0000

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By: Jessie

Jessie — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:37:35 +0000

I voted “yes” because people would normally accept free food, especially if they were on a strict budget.

By: Barb

Barb — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:50:01 +0000

Your real issue should not be are you allowed to eat perishables, it should be that you can’t justify letting good food go to waste!! Make allowances – keep track of number of meal equivalents you got from free perishables and deduct from total meals for the month. Or make some other means of tracking how much food comes from that source. Or even take perishables to the food bank!

By: beth

beth — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:08:10 +0000

Most people say you should use the fridge food for yourself and donate the dollar. I’m wondering if you could eat your dollar food and use the fridge food to make something for other people.

By: T

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:48:17 +0000

As you can imagine, my stance on this hasn’t changed. If it’s offered, you’re welcome to it.

Would you *please* consider posting the results of polls, and the resulting action on your part? You’ve managed to get us all on the edge of our seats, but the lack of follow-up is certainly crazy-making.

By: melissa

melissa — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:47:59 +0000

I wanted to give you a helpful hint with baked potatoes. You can stab it several times then wrap it in a wet was cloth and microwave it till soft (appox 5-10 minutes depending on how big it is).
A lot quicker then using the oven.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:53:24 +0000

Forgot to mention that you’re not getting enough dairy and protein in your diet but you probably already know this. That’s where selling your extra items at a cheap cost to friends will help or even bartering for these items where possible.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:51:28 +0000

Hi, your blog is interesting to read. I’m wondering what is the reason to continue on with the $1 a day experiment? You’ve proven that it can be done.

Some suggestions to cut costs: use a small can of tomato paste to make pasta sauce – one can paste and 2 cans water (or 1 can water and 1 can milk but keep the heat on low) plus spices such as dried oregano/basil, salt and pepper to taste); barter or sell some of the extras that you have with friends – this would be a reality for someone living on so little, sell at a cheap cost to friends or trade for things you need; the extra cereal that you have, such as cornflakes can be turned to dessert/snack by using it to make “rice crispy squares” – add marshmallows, some butter, vanilla and use cornflakes in place of rice crispy cereal.

By: Sheri

Sheri — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:50:56 +0000

Haha, I totally missed the irony of my previous comment until after I posted it and then read the first sentence in which I told you that I think you should stop calling this a challenge. It’s not my place at all to tell you what you should and should not do! Unless, of course, you ask.