Broke Food
When you’re seriously broke, what do you eat the most of? You know what I’m talking about. When you’ve got that extra step day where you can only spend 10 bucks for the week, what kind of foods do you eat?
Here’s what I lived on when I was totally broke and poor:
- Instant Ramen. Seriously. You can buy this at the supermarket for like 10 for 1 buck. I’m not talking about fancy shmancy ramen. I’m talking about Top Ramen. It’s dirt cheap. Actually, I still eat it!
- Spaghetti. Believe it or not, I thought of many many different types of sauces for spaghetti, and the actual spaghetti is cheap! If you buy the generic no brand spaghetti, I’ve seen 5 lb bags for about a buck or two. Seriously. You can live on spaghetti for a long time. Add a little butter and garlic to the spaghetti and voila, dinner!
- Mac and cheese. You can get these relatively cheap. And if you are able to get hot dogs, you can combine them together. Holy cow, how can anyone not eat this! It’s good stuff.
So tell me, what do you eat when you’re broke?
(A plug for Pandora who gave me the idea for this post)
July 9th, 2008 at 5:40 am
I eat cans of Corn. OR tuna caserole. Cream of mushroom soup… pasta…canned tuna and a can of mixed veggies with some old stale crushed chips, bread crums, or whatever you want on top. Makes alot…and super cheap.