New plans for twobucksperday!

So this site originally came about because of a prop bet I had with my roommate to see who could eat the longest on only $2 per day. As of late I have been looking for a home to share some of my normal, pricier, home cooking attempts. After tossing around lame ideas like gourmethomecook.com or highendhomecook.com, my good friend, the eskimo mikeczyz, reminded me of my old blog, twobucksperday.com. Brilliant idea, I said, for it is both ironic and easy to remember.

Day 8

Breakfast: Standard bowl of cereal and milk. $0.30


Lunch: Microwaved "baked" potato with margarine. $0.20

Dinner: cabbage ($0.08), tofu ($0.60), rice ($0.05), some kind of chinese shoots which are very cheap ($0.10), soy sauce ($0.02) hot sauce ($0.05), egg ($0.12). $1.02

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late night snack: 1/5 frozen cheesecake. $2.

GG The end. :)

Day 7

Breakfast: 3 eggs ($0.36) 1 piece toast ($0.10). $0.46


Lunch: Standard turkey sandwich (still delicious) $0.51, bowl of split pea soup ($0.09). $0.60


Snack: Banana. $0.09


Dinner: pita ($0.25), lentil soup, which Mike made ($0.36). $0.61

Late night snack: Rice ($0.14), lentil soup ($0.10), pita ($0.25). $0.49

Late late night snack: 1/4 bag of microwave popcorn. $0.10




Days total: $2.35

Total rollover: $0.90

Cutting it close...

Here's how mike did

Day 6

Breakfast: Bowl of cereal and milk. $0.30

Lunch: 3 egg ($0.36) omelet w/ 0.5 oz of cheese ($0.14). $0.50

Snack: Bowl of split pea soup. $0.09

Dinner: 1/3 pound spaghetti ($0.33) w/ two tbsps homeade pesto - basil, parmesan, olive oil, pine nuts, garlic ($0.45). Note: pesto is NOT cheap...I wasn't planning on eating it but it was there in my fridge so I couldn't help but have a small amount. $0.78

Days total: $1.67
Total Rollover: $1.25

Here's how mike did.

Day 5

Breakfast: Bowl of raisin bran ($0.22) w/ skim milk ($0.08). $0.30

Snack: Banana. $0.09

Lunch. Exact same turkey sandwich as the last 3 days....$0.51 (btw I look forward to this meal every day)


Snack: 1/4 cup of rice with splash of soy sauce. $0.03


Dinner: Whole wheat spaghetti ($0.33), onions ($0.02), garlic ($0.02), fried egg ($0.12). $0.49



Late night snack: Split pea soup (split peas, turkey stock, onion, garlic, carrots) $0.09
BTW this was DELICIOUS, the best thing I've had in 4 days. I have to say, it's tough to find something as delicious and as cheap as lentils.


Dessert: Yogurt w/ jelly. $0.35


Day's total: $1.86.

Total rollover: $0.92

Here's how mike did.

Day 4

Breakfast: turkey broth. $0 (price of turkey was priced into the meat so the stock is free)

2nd Breakfast: Turkey broth w/ small serving of rice. $0.04


Lunch: Turkey sandwich. 2 slices bread ($0.20), mayo ($0.06), 4oz turkey (0.25). $0.51



Dinner: 8 oz turkey ($0.50), gravy (0.05), rice (0.10). $0.65.


Late night snack: Leftover tofu fried rice, 1/3 portion. $0.30


Total: $1.50

Total rollover: $0.78

Here's how mike did.

Day 3

Breakfast: 1 cup oatmeal ($0.14), sugar ($0.05), 1 banana ($0.09), coffee ($0.07). $0.35


Snack: 16 oz milk. $0.31

Lunch: 2 pieces dry toast ($0.20), 1 tbsp mayo ($0.06), 4oz leftover roast turkey ($0.25). $0.51


Snack: 2 peanut butter crackers. $0.10




Dinner: Thai stir fry rice with tofu. Tofu ($0.40), lemongrass ($0.10), soy sauce ($0.03), suguar ($0.03), garlic ($0.05), rice ($0.20), thai chiles ($0.04), thai basil ($0.05). $0.90


Day's total: $2.17. Surplus $0.28

I went over by $0.17, so I had to dip into the surplus.

Here's how mike did.