Comments on: How to Eat Well on $50 a Week: They're Doing It. Could You? http://money.blogs.time.com/2009/07/14/how-to-eat-well-on-50-a-week-theyre-doing-it-can-you/ Money-saving deals and simple advice for saving money Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:16:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Eat well for cheap « Plan MBA http://money.blogs.time.com/2009/07/14/how-to-eat-well-on-50-a-week-theyre-doing-it-can-you/comment-page-2/#comment-1531 Eat well for cheap « Plan MBA Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:01:02 +0000 http://cheapskate.blogs.time.com/?p=553#comment-1531 [...] on $50 a week might prove helpful. They claim they’re not just eating, but eating well. Check out this Time interview with the bloggers which also includes links to several other cheap eating [...] [...] on $50 a week might prove helpful. They claim they're not just eating, but eating well. Check out this Time interview with the bloggers which also includes links to several other cheap eating [...]

]]> By: How to Cook a Month’s Worth of Meals for Your Family in Just One Day - It's Your Money - TIME.com http://money.blogs.time.com/2009/07/14/how-to-eat-well-on-50-a-week-theyre-doing-it-can-you/comment-page-2/#comment-1327 How to Cook a Month’s Worth of Meals for Your Family in Just One Day - It's Your Money - TIME.com Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:24:56 +0000 http://cheapskate.blogs.time.com/?p=553#comment-1327 [...] frugal cooking Q&A series at this blog has covered topics such as How to Eat on a Dollar a Day, How to Eat Well on $50 a Week, How to Cook Like the Frugal Foodie, and How to Cook Like a Gourmet—When You're [...] [...] frugal cooking Q&A series at this blog has covered topics such as How to Eat on a Dollar a Day, How to Eat Well on $50 a Week, How to Cook Like the Frugal Foodie, and How to Cook Like a Gourmet—When You're [...]

]]> By: pillita http://money.blogs.time.com/2009/07/14/how-to-eat-well-on-50-a-week-theyre-doing-it-can-you/comment-page-2/#comment-1319 pillita Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:40:44 +0000 http://cheapskate.blogs.time.com/?p=553#comment-1319 I've been feeding three adults very well on $40 a week by cooking only three times a week. Each meal covers two nights' dinner, two days' lunches, and dessert. Portion size may be a little less, but it can be done very easily. I've been feeding three adults very well on $40 a week by cooking only three times a week. Each meal covers two nights' dinner, two days' lunches, and dessert. Portion size may be a little less, but it can be done very easily.

]]> By: debbie338 http://money.blogs.time.com/2009/07/14/how-to-eat-well-on-50-a-week-theyre-doing-it-can-you/comment-page-2/#comment-1305 debbie338 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:19:58 +0000 http://cheapskate.blogs.time.com/?p=553#comment-1305 So, conservatives all have health insurance and never default on student loans? Give me a break. If you don't like the way things are anymore, then maybe YOU should move somewhere better. So, conservatives all have health insurance and never default on student loans? Give me a break. If you don't like the way things are anymore, then maybe YOU should move somewhere better.

]]> By: heathervye http://money.blogs.time.com/2009/07/14/how-to-eat-well-on-50-a-week-theyre-doing-it-can-you/comment-page-2/#comment-1284 heathervye Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:34:48 +0000 http://cheapskate.blogs.time.com/?p=553#comment-1284 Perhaps you had some difficulty comprehending the idea behind the experiment, which is not to survive on $50 a week, but to make meals that could be considered "good," which in my book cuts out reusing the ham hock five or six times and anything involving recipes devised using fast-food packets. Yes, I've been there and done that myself, and congratulations to us for surviving on ramen noodles at 10 cents a packet, etc., but that doesn't include any vegetables, which are quite expensive where I live, or things like kinds of meat which are actually good for you, because hamburger is not trumping salmon for health, for instance. I'm chronically ill, and it's important to have a budget, but having a wasting muscle disease, it's also important to try to lose some weight while still keeping to a decent budget, and it's been my experience that pop tarts, for instance, are filling and extremely cheap, but I don't think anyone but the company calls them healthy. I also note that all three bloggers live in major metropolitan areas where food would, in general, be more expensive to purchase simply because of where they live. Before you denigrate their efforts, you might take another look at their intent, rather than attempting to come across as a saint for being so poor you had to eat crackers and jelly scavenged from past restaurant visits as a meal. Which is what I recall doing in college when I couldn't afford to eat when my friends went out. I'm sure my health might be better off if I could learn to eat well on 50 bucks a week in such a way that I lost some of the weight I've put on eating extremely cheap food all the time. And to the previous gentleman who spends 25 bucks a week and claims to eat healthfully, I'd welcome a blog with your recipes and daily trials meeting that budget for you and your wife. Show the posers up, if you're that good. Perhaps you had some difficulty comprehending the idea behind the experiment, which is not to survive on $50 a week, but to make meals that could be considered "good," which in my book cuts out reusing the ham hock five or six times and anything involving recipes devised using fast-food packets. Yes, I've been there and done that myself, and congratulations to us for surviving on ramen noodles at 10 cents a packet, etc., but that doesn't include any vegetables, which are quite expensive where I live, or things like kinds of meat which are actually good for you, because hamburger is not trumping salmon for health, for instance.

I'm chronically ill, and it's important to have a budget, but having a wasting muscle disease, it's also important to try to lose some weight while still keeping to a decent budget, and it's been my experience that pop tarts, for instance, are filling and extremely cheap, but I don't think anyone but the company calls them healthy. I also note that all three bloggers live in major metropolitan areas where food would, in general, be more expensive to purchase simply because of where they live.

Before you denigrate their efforts, you might take another look at their intent, rather than attempting to come across as a saint for being so poor you had to eat crackers and jelly scavenged from past restaurant visits as a meal. Which is what I recall doing in college when I couldn't afford to eat when my friends went out. I'm sure my health might be better off if I could learn to eat well on 50 bucks a week in such a way that I lost some of the weight I've put on eating extremely cheap food all the time. And to the previous gentleman who spends 25 bucks a week and claims to eat healthfully, I'd welcome a blog with your recipes and daily trials meeting that budget for you and your wife. Show the posers up, if you're that good.

]]> By: newschik http://money.blogs.time.com/2009/07/14/how-to-eat-well-on-50-a-week-theyre-doing-it-can-you/comment-page-2/#comment-1256 newschik Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:50:14 +0000 http://cheapskate.blogs.time.com/?p=553#comment-1256 As someone who works two jobs, Emily Farris' comments make me sick to my stomach. So prior to this absurd, yuppie $50 a week experiment, she's been w/o health care, drinking $112 dollars of lattes a month and not paying her student loans??? I'm sure she voted for Obama so that hard-working, insured and student loan paying people like myself would foot her bills. God, I am so unimpressed by these self-involved, out of touch with reality people. And before you call me a flyover conservative, know I work in Manhattan and resent all the WIC carrying, well-dressed people I stand in line behind in local supermarkets. Why can't these people just go to France and eat cheese??? Please, go grow up now, Emily and company -- or move. Thanks! As someone who works two jobs, Emily Farris' comments make me sick to my stomach. So prior to this absurd, yuppie $50 a week experiment, she's been w/o health care, drinking $112 dollars of lattes a month and not paying her student loans??? I'm sure she voted for Obama so that hard-working, insured and student loan paying people like myself would foot her bills. God, I am so unimpressed by these self-involved, out of touch with reality people. And before you call me a flyover conservative, know I work in Manhattan and resent all the WIC carrying, well-dressed people I stand in line behind in local supermarkets. Why can't these people just go to France and eat cheese??? Please, go grow up now, Emily and company -- or move. Thanks!

]]> By: atrrsa http://money.blogs.time.com/2009/07/14/how-to-eat-well-on-50-a-week-theyre-doing-it-can-you/comment-page-2/#comment-1228 atrrsa Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:59:31 +0000 http://cheapskate.blogs.time.com/?p=553#comment-1228 who ever wrote this is an obese pig. no wonder certain people have no money to spend who ever wrote this is an obese pig. no wonder certain people have no money to spend

]]> By: chikalin http://money.blogs.time.com/2009/07/14/how-to-eat-well-on-50-a-week-theyre-doing-it-can-you/comment-page-2/#comment-1204 chikalin Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:08:24 +0000 http://cheapskate.blogs.time.com/?p=553#comment-1204 And that's $400 for the month. And that's $400 for the month.

]]> By: chikalin http://money.blogs.time.com/2009/07/14/how-to-eat-well-on-50-a-week-theyre-doing-it-can-you/comment-page-2/#comment-1203 chikalin Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:00:36 +0000 http://cheapskate.blogs.time.com/?p=553#comment-1203 are you serious? $50 a week? My salary is 17,000 and I have a freakin college degree. $50 is way too much. We make $400 last for a family of 7. are you serious? $50 a week? My salary is 17,000 and I have a freakin college degree. $50 is way too much. We make $400 last for a family of 7.

]]> By: Does this Recession Make Me Look Fat? - It's Your Money - TIME.com http://money.blogs.time.com/2009/07/14/how-to-eat-well-on-50-a-week-theyre-doing-it-can-you/comment-page-2/#comment-1197 Does this Recession Make Me Look Fat? - It's Your Money - TIME.com Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:07:44 +0000 http://cheapskate.blogs.time.com/?p=553#comment-1197 [...] there are a million different ways you can eat pretty healthily without spending a fortune. See: How to Eat Well on $50 a Week and How to Cook Like a Gourmet—When You're [...] [...] there are a million different ways you can eat pretty healthily without spending a fortune. See: How to Eat Well on $50 a Week and How to Cook Like a Gourmet—When You're [...]

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