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.

It’s Day 5 and a Taco Bell breakfast!  Here’s another meat, cheese, egg and bread combo that tastes good and is Bachelor on the Cheap friendly, Taco Bell’s grilled breakfast burrito. I enjoyed two sausage and egg breakfast burritos this morning.  Taco Bell offers three different burritos for your morning meal and I think the sausage is the best of the bunch.  The burritos only cost me $2.15 and throw in some Orange Juice from my fridge and my total was $2.40, just a couple pennies over the per meal budget but still way under budget for the challenge. 

Meal totals for the day:  

Breakfast:  $2.40

Cumulative total for the Challenge:

Day 1:  $7.25 Day 2:  $6.90Day 3:  $6.55Day 4:  $4.21Day 5:  $2.40 (breakfast)

Grand Total:  $27.31 so far and under budget!  I’ve been eating well, dining in, dining out, burgers, Chicken Teriyaki, breakfast sandwiches….  There’s no Ramen on the menu…..  for now…. 

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