[poiuy]

After a chat with a friend, we came up with the thought, how much would it cost to live healthily, getting the correct amount of calories, protein and nutrients, in the least amount of money possible for a week.
For example, i came up with the shopping list, everything everyday value (everything is rough):
carbs: kilo of pasta 60p, kilo of rice 40/50 p, loaf of bread 50p,
fat: butter 70p
protein: 15 eggs 12 pack 120p, 2 packs of kidney beans 40p
vegetables: 2 tins of tomatoes 60p, frozen mixed veg 70p

with this i would be able to live off: soldiers and eggs, egg sandwiches, pasta and butter, buttered toast, rice with tomatoes and kidney beans for £5.10 per week/73 p per day.

Is this realistic, and healthy or could you do it for cheaper? have a go.

[madders94]

For under £1 a week? can you even live for under £1 a week unless you're happy to eat 13p tins of beans for breakfast, lunch and dinner?

[Historophilia]

There is simply not enough fruit and veg there.

Two tins of tomatoes and a frozen bag of veg does not come to 5 portions a day.

You'd get scurvy.

Also you'd be hungry all the time.

Also a loaf of bread would not last a whole week if you were using it for toast and sandwiches all week.

[Vohamanah]

I assume you mean £1 per day? Yeah that should be easy

It would be a lot cheaper if you go to the greengrocer and cook proper meals, though.

[daisydaffodil]

(Original post by poiuy)
After a chat with a friend, we came up with the thought, how much would it cost to live healthily, getting the correct amount of calories, protein and nutrients, in the least amount of money possible for a week.
For example, i came up with the shopping list, everything everyday value (everything is rough):
carbs: kilo of pasta 60p, kilo of rice 40/50 p, loaf of bread 50p,
fat: butter 70p
protein: 15 eggs 12 pack 120p, 2 packs of kidney beans 40p
vegetables: 2 tins of tomatoes 60p, frozen mixed veg 70p

with this i would be able to live off: soldiers and eggs, egg sandwiches, pasta and butter, buttered toast, rice with tomatoes and kidney beans for £5.10 per week/73 p per day.

Is this realistic, and healthy or could you do it for cheaper? have a go.

Oh God, where are you getting bread from for 50p? Really not a good idea unless it's market bought and guaranteed fresh - we used to buy 25p bread when I was a child and honestly looking back, cheap bread tastes foul and really isn't good for you. It's full of vinegar, sugar, fats, chemicals and specific ingredients for volume, preservatives, enzymes, chemicals to make the bread soft ... Seriously, it's not worth it - buying proper, fresh bread will be better in the long run, even if you buy bulk when you can afford it and freeze some!

Trying to live on £1 (or less) isn't a great idea or very easy to do - it might be possible if you can buy from markets/greengrocers, Lidyls, Aldi etc but even then you'd be hard pushed.

That and you'll be annoyed with lack of food and variety, no snacks etc .. And you'll end up feeling pretty ill and tired with lack of good food in you.

Far better to buy in bulk - get big bags of potatoes, bread on offer (or make your own!), get veg/fruit from markets or of the frozen/tinned/dried variety, get good tins but spilt them for seperate meals (i.e. chilli one night, kidney bean burgers the next night).

[Bill_Gates]

Not enough fruit and veg. £1 per day yes. Which is incredible too.

[naman]

cooking costs?

[Renacata]

I hope you mean £1 a day, OP It's perfectly possible to get five portions of veg (including pulses like beans), but you're not going to get variety. You'd have to basically go vegetarian; meat and fish are out of reach (unless you count value chicken soup, but that tastes like vomit, so don't go there). Oats aren't bad protein-wise and they're ridiculously cheap.

[Bill_Gates]

(Original post by Renacata)
I hope you mean £1 a day, OP It's perfectly possible to get five portions of veg (including pulses like beans), but you're not going to get variety. You'd have to basically go vegetarian; meat and fish are out of reach (unless you count value chicken soup, but that tastes like vomit, so don't go there). Oats aren't bad protein-wise and they're ridiculously cheap.

Thank god meat and fish are out of reach!

[Juno]

How about 80p a day? It's more nutritionally balanced than yours, and is also really varied. Does require more cooking, though