By Mike Thayer

Can you eat for a week on just $50?

Breaking it down by the day, that’s about $7.14 per day or $2.38 per meal.

Here’s dinner for day 2:  Chicken Fried Steak w/Cream Gravy & Mixed Veggies.  Chicken Fried Steak is one of my favorites meals, it’s comfort food deliciousness!   The steak was prepared with just a little olive oil and the veggies were heated up using a tab of butter and I wanted a little carmelization on those.  The ‘gravy’ was a cheat, I opened up a can of cream of chicken soup, added a touch of milk, garlic powder and fresh ground black pepper.  The combo of the steak, gravy and veggies made for a great comfort food bite!   This meal cost me about $3.00 to prepare and that included an adult beverage with the meal.  TIP:  Do you have any cream soups in your pantry?

Meal totals for the day:  

Breakfast:  $1.75Lunch:  $2.15

Dinner:  $3.00

Cumulative total for the Challenge:

Day 1:  $7.25 Day 2:  $6.90

Grand Total:  $14.15 so far and on budget!  Holding off on the Ramen…..  for now…. 

$50 to eat for a week, are you up for the challenge?

$pend Wisely My Friends…

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