LIVING
WELL ON $2 A DAY
Or meals for 3 people for 65c each.
$4 a day keeps me well fed, but I have also enjoyed these.
If you have no electricity or camp stove, you can make sandwiches
with a cheap wholemeal loaf of bread ($1.15),
75g of peanut butter (45c), and a sliced-up bin apple or cooking
grade banana (40c). This gives 8000kj energy, 90g protein and 40g
fibre.
If you have a microwave oven or a burner, you can make basic Scottish
porridge with 500g of rolled oats ($1), an egg (40c), and
50g of whole milk powder (45c), mixed with water and cooked. This
gives 8800kj energy, 100g protein and 60g fibre.
Make 3 muffins. Mix up one egg (40c), blend in 50g of
smooth peanut butter (70c). Grate/slice whatever
cheese/vege/leftover meat you have (carrot/onion/celery) (about
20c). Add these to a mixture of 150g of wholemeal flour,
150g of plain flour and 2 tsp baking powder (50c), make it into a
dough with about 150 mls of milk made from powder (15c), spread it
out on 3 plates, put each plateful in the microwave oven for 3
minutes, turn it over and give it two more minutes.
If you want a brown crust, put them all under an electric grill
about 4 minutes each side (20c of electricity), or cook from raw
for 12-15 minutes in an electric oven (30c). This gives 11,600 kj
energy, 85g protein and 40g of fibre. I had to stop making these
yummy muffins, because I couldn't stop eating them, and put on too
much weight!
Rice risotto. Assemble 500g (2 cups) of dry rice (90c), an
egg (40c), an onion (20c) and whatever other carrot/celery/frozen
vege bits you have (50c). Or rice, onion and 90c of chicken. Now
search for recipes on the internet similar to these.
Swap these basics for split peas and pasta, and if your budget is
higher than $2 per person per day, add fruit, veges and
flavourings.
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