April 27, 2009
I just remembered that I never wrapped up my Hunger Challenge daily recap. The last day on the hunger challenge was very uneventful, with some quick and easy sandwiches with sautéed ground chicken and spinach for lunch and a meal out of various leftovers for dinner for a total of $6.83. This brings our weekly [...]
April 23, 2009
I don’t have much to say today. I’ve been blogging daily for the past 5 days, which is a lot for someone who’s been doing just 4 posts per month since February. So I’ll just jump right into the day’s tally and the recipe. It was a really cheap day at $7.20, as the [...]
April 22, 2009
Third day on the hunger challenge and I am beginning to appreciate the cause more and more with each passing day. We both worked pretty late today and normally after a late night like that, we just get some take-out without thinking twice about it. Obviously that wasn’t an option today, we had to come [...]
April 21, 2009
We are on Day 2 of the hunger challenge. This challenge is way harder than I imagined. Apart from having to cook three times a day, keeping track of the ingredient list and not being able to use random ingredients are the most challenging factors for me. I am the type of cook who throws [...]
April 20, 2009
Today was the first day on the Hunger Challenge where we had to spend just $12 on breakfast, lunch and dinner for two. I am too tired to type out the details, but here is the table that shows what we had, and how much each meal came to. Even though the total came very [...]
April 19, 2009
First of all, I want to thank everyone who offered some really helpful suggestions for living on a $7 a day budget. In case you are wondering what this is all about, I am doing the Hunger Challenge this week (04/20-04/24) as part of the Hunger Action Week organized by United Way. The challenge is [...]
April 8, 2009
A few days ago, a representative of United Way of King County contacted me about a challenge they are organizing for the Hunger Action Week (4/20-4/24). The challenge is to live off of $7’s worth of food a day (more for families, see below) for an entire week. Why $7? Because it is the maximum [...]