Eating For $1 A Day (Full Week) | Emergency Grocery Budget-Friendly Meal Plan | Dirt Cheap Recipes

Summary by Krater

A home cook demonstrates how to eat for just one dollar a day for a full week, preparing budget-friendly meals using staple ingredients from Walmart and concluding that the meals are surprisingly filling and flavorful.

From the video

Answers: How can I eat for just one dollar a day?

• budget grocery haul
• low-cost meal prep
• eating on one dollar a day
• cheap pantry staples

Ingredients

• 12 oz frozen mixed vegetables
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose baking mix
• 1 lb pinto beans
• 1 lb lentils
• 1 lb brown rice
• white corn tortillas
• 1 jalapeno
• 1 dozen eggs
• 1 tomato
• 1 apple
• 1 onion
• 1 bulb garlic
• water
• salt
• pepper

What it concludes

• Frozen or canned vegetables are typically less expensive than fresh vegetables.
• Brown rice is slightly cheaper than white rice and is higher in nutrients.
• Pinto beans are among the least expensive beans available.
• Soaking pinto beans overnight helps them digest better and cook more evenly and quickly.
• The meals prepared on a one-dollar-a-day budget are surprisingly filling and delicious, requiring no snacking between meals.