Hunger Challenge. Day 3-4

I was terrible about doing my final Hunger Challenge Posts.

The last two days we did the challenge.  Kenzie and I had

chicken, cheese, and tortillas.  For lunch and dinner we'd have different sides.

Such as nachos or grapes.

It's 5.33 for a package of the chicken I buy.

And there are enough left overs for several meals.

You could use it on a salad, make wraps, etc.

So over two days

Eating grapes and nachos to accompany our lunches and dinners

Chicken: 5.33

Tortillas: 1.58

Cheese: 1.78

Bag of Chips 1.50

2 Handfulls of grapes 1.00

$11.19 Total

for two lunches and two dinners

Drinks & Breakfast aren't added in here.

But were well within our $16 dollars

for two days for two people.

A thought that came into my mind at the end of the week

was the inability to have people over for dinner.

Unless you asked each person to bring a portion of the meal.

Hunger Challenge. Day 2.

All I wanted to do today

was buy snacks

and munch on chips all day.

Breakfast:

Waffles with butter no syrup (2)

cup of milk w/ carnation instant breakfast

glass of ice water

Total: $0.54

Lunch:

Shared about 2 ounces of grapes

and a Totinos pizza with Kenzie

Glass of Water

cup of water/juice mix

Total: $1.85

Dinner:

We were rushing around getting stuff done

so we at lunchables again.

milk w/carnation

glass of pepsi

Total:$ 3.25

(Normally we probably would have grabbed fast food on a day like this)

Grand Total: 5.64

Hunger Challenge

Like many people I've started a budget.

We changed how often we grab fast food or eat out.

Set a budget at the grocery store,

and started feeling pretty good about it.

Then I read about the hunger challenge.

More than 35 million people

in our country are on food stamps

- up 3 million just since January.

WOW.

My budget of $100 dollars a week for groceries

all of a sudden looked like a bit of a luxury.

Especially since we can stretch that a bit if needed (or wanted).

People on food stamps get just

4 dollars a day per person

for now.

It has been just 3 dollars a day.

I started the challenge today.

(McKenzie included)

I use the price of the item

and divide by ounces

total the amount of ounces used

to come up with my price for each item eaten.

Breakfast:

Bowl of Cheerios no milk (2)

glass of water

cup of milk w/carnation instant breakfast

Total: $ 0.94

Lunch:

Hotdog no bun (2)

Nachos (10 chips and cheese)

glass of water

cup of water & juice mixed

Total: $0.89

Dinner:

Toddler lunchable

Lunchable

Cup of Milk w/carnation

Glass of Pepsi (I got a liter of pepsi for 89 cents today!)

Total: $2.88

Day Grand Total: $4.71

Tomorrow I'll try to grab pictures when I make us a meal.

Today was a little crazy since getting back from Kansas.