By Mike Thayer
Can you eat nothing but fast food value meals for a week on just $50?
That’s a budget of just $7.14 a day.
Are there enough restaurants out there offering value meals that will fit in the budget? Will there be enough variety? Will I stay full enough, no snacking required?
Can I stay under budget and eat well to boot?
It’s Day 4 and chicken for breakfast
Trying to avoid going to the same restaurants just to stay in budget, I headed over to Chick-fil-A today for breakfast. I’ve never eaten at Chick-fil-A for breakfast, because chicken is outside of my comfort zone for the first meal of the day, I’m just not a fan. But I’ve never had Chick-fil-A’s version of chicken and breakfast so I walk in with an open mind. Remember, I’m doing this in the name of food research….
I ordered the chicken biscuit, which is Chick-fil-A’s signature pressure fried chicken breast, served on a buttermilk biscuit. The chicken was cooked perfectly, seasoned well and the buttermilk biscuit was awesome, flaky on the inside with that ever-so-slightly crisp outside edge. I topped the chicken with a bit of buffalo sauce and honey. It was an excellent sandwich, Chick-fil-a may just have changed my mind when it comes to having chicken for breakfast!
The sandwich cost me $2.53, leaving me $4.61 for lunch and dinner if I stick to the $7.14 a day budget. That 27 cent surplus I built from previous days of the challenge may get spent today.
Meal total for the day:
Breakfast: $2.53
Cumulative total for the Challenge:
Day 1: $7.29
Day 2: $6.44
Day 3: $7.27
Day 4: $2.53 (Breakfast)
I went over budget by 15 cents on Day 1. I was under budget by 55 cents on Day 2. I went over budget by 13 cents on Day 3, leaving me a surplus of 27 cents.
Grand Total: $23.53 into Day 4, with lunch and dinner to go
The nice thing about this challenge – No dish washing required! Bonus!
And then there’s bonus #2: A growing surplus of napkins!
Bonus #3: The opportunity to rack up on condiment packets….. You knew that was coming, right? What bachelor does NOT have condiment packets in his fridge?
$pend Wisely My Friends…
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A Bachelor on the Cheap Challenge: Eating Fast Food Value Meals for a Week on a $50 Budget, Day 4, Breakfast – Bachelor on the Cheap
By Mike Thayer
Can you eat nothing but fast food value meals for a week on just $50?
That’s a budget of just $7.14 a day.
Are there enough restaurants out there offering value meals that will fit in the budget? Will there be enough variety? Will I stay full enough, no snacking required?
Can I stay under budget and eat well to boot?
It’s Day 4 and chicken for breakfast
Trying to avoid going to the same restaurants just to stay in budget, I headed over to Chick-fil-A today for breakfast. I’ve never eaten at Chick-fil-A for breakfast, because chicken is outside of my comfort zone for the first meal of the day, I’m just not a fan. But I’ve never had Chick-fil-A’s version of chicken and breakfast so I walk in with an open mind. Remember, I’m doing this in the name of food research….
I ordered the chicken biscuit, which is Chick-fil-A’s signature pressure fried chicken breast, served on a buttermilk biscuit. The chicken was cooked perfectly, seasoned well and the buttermilk biscuit was awesome, flaky on the inside with that ever-so-slightly crisp outside edge. I topped the chicken with a bit of buffalo sauce and honey. It was an excellent sandwich, Chick-fil-a may just have changed my mind when it comes to having chicken for breakfast!
The sandwich cost me $2.53, leaving me $4.61 for lunch and dinner if I stick to the $7.14 a day budget. That 27 cent surplus I built from previous days of the challenge may get spent today.
Meal total for the day:
Breakfast: $2.53
Cumulative total for the Challenge:
Day 1: $7.29
Day 2: $6.44
Day 3: $7.27
Day 4: $2.53 (Breakfast)
I went over budget by 15 cents on Day 1. I was under budget by 55 cents on Day 2. I went over budget by 13 cents on Day 3, leaving me a surplus of 27 cents.
Grand Total: $23.53 into Day 4, with lunch and dinner to go
The nice thing about this challenge – No dish washing required! Bonus!
And then there’s bonus #2: A growing surplus of napkins!
Bonus #3: The opportunity to rack up on condiment packets….. You knew that was coming, right? What bachelor does NOT have condiment packets in his fridge?
$pend Wisely My Friends…
Enjoy this post?
If you appreciate the article you just read and want to support more great content on BachelorontheCheap.com, you can help keep this site going with a one-time or a monthly donation. Thank you so much for your support! ~ Mike