I completely rock the frugal lifestyle.
At least when it comes to food. :D
I'm trying always to cook for two to three days now, because it's just cheaper (as well as less annoying, because you don't have to cook every day, do the dishes every day, etc.). In the last ten or so days I've had:
- Big Pot o' Vegetarian Chili:
total cost: ca. 2,50 euros
yield: three full meals (well, supplemented with a bit of bread)
- Big Pot o' Red Lentil Dhal:
total cost: ca. 1,50 euros
yield: three full meals
- Big Pot o' Tomato Sauce & Spaghetti
total cost: ca. 1 euro (or less, if I hadn't decided to put some expensive black olives in it)
yield: three full meals (spaghetti cooked fresh every day, sauce reheated)
Add about fifty cents for bread, fifty cents for stuff-to-put-on-bread, and maybe another fifty cents for fruit and vegetables per day, tops. And a few cents for tea.
With a lifestyle like that, I feel I can actually almost afford a ridiculously decadent cup of hot chocolate made from organic milk and organic dark chocolate, per day, despite being Officially Poor(tm). (Cost of said treat: ca. 80 cents.)
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Yeah, I *do* know that there are a lot of people who have to live on less than the maybe 3 euros per day that I'm living on at the moment. And, obviously, I'm only looking at the food part of the equation here. So, there'll always be someone compared to whom my situation will look like luxury. Still, allow me some pride in my ability to manage on relatively little money... It feels like an accomplishment. ;-)
I'm trying always to cook for two to three days now, because it's just cheaper (as well as less annoying, because you don't have to cook every day, do the dishes every day, etc.). In the last ten or so days I've had:
- Big Pot o' Vegetarian Chili:
total cost: ca. 2,50 euros
yield: three full meals (well, supplemented with a bit of bread)
- Big Pot o' Red Lentil Dhal:
total cost: ca. 1,50 euros
yield: three full meals
- Big Pot o' Tomato Sauce & Spaghetti
total cost: ca. 1 euro (or less, if I hadn't decided to put some expensive black olives in it)
yield: three full meals (spaghetti cooked fresh every day, sauce reheated)
Add about fifty cents for bread, fifty cents for stuff-to-put-on-bread, and maybe another fifty cents for fruit and vegetables per day, tops. And a few cents for tea.
With a lifestyle like that, I feel I can actually almost afford a ridiculously decadent cup of hot chocolate made from organic milk and organic dark chocolate, per day, despite being Officially Poor(tm). (Cost of said treat: ca. 80 cents.)
***
Yeah, I *do* know that there are a lot of people who have to live on less than the maybe 3 euros per day that I'm living on at the moment. And, obviously, I'm only looking at the food part of the equation here. So, there'll always be someone compared to whom my situation will look like luxury. Still, allow me some pride in my ability to manage on relatively little money... It feels like an accomplishment. ;-)