morgan

So, I read a blog called The Stone Soup, and the writer brought up countries that live in extreme poverty a couple of weeks ago and the fact that most people in the world eat on $2 a day or less. So she devised a day's menu for herself that could be purchased for $2. It included eggs because they're cheap, filling, nutritious, delicious, and easy to cook. I considered this to be a very sensible choice.

Today she made a post on how that menu assumed battery egg prices, and she'd felt a little guilty because her own eggs are free-range, and she didn't want anyone buying battery eggs, so she devised a new menu that included lentils instead for the protein.

I also occasionally read a blog called The Hillbilly Housewife because it's a great resource for kitchen DIY. She has an Emergency $45 menu posted so that you can feed your family for the smallest cost possible with the most food possible during tight times. However, this menu includes bleached flour, bleached refined sugar, and hotdogs which are, well, filling, but pretty nutritionally void.

So, the roommate and I were wondering if you could actually buy ethical and nutritious foods for two dollars a day. For a family of three, that would be $42 a week, which is what I would start with because the American grocery system isn't really set up for daily shopping like it is in some countries.

Shall start investigating the possibilities this weekend.