$70 Challenge for FOUR adults

[callistra]

There's been a lot of discussion on my other post about Hillbilly Housewife's $70 menu for a week of food, and a good part of that has been the problems of switching it from American prices and foods to Aussie prices and foods. So, I'm issuing a challenge!

I want YOU to make up a $70 a week food challenge which is healthy, tasty, varied and easy on the budget. I'll provide some links below, and then the scenario under that. Sound in here if you're interested, and maybe a week? Two weeks to do it in? And then we share them all, plus the recipes you're using when you created your menu and shocking list.

http://www.gofor2and5.hstprdweb01.perthix.net/

http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/dietsyn.htm

http://www.yourzone.com.au/content/Health_lifestyle/Nutrition/DietaryGuidelines.html

I am having problems locating things with actual numbers - like how many grams of meat etc, so I will specify how much of each I allow in my meal plan.
:-)

Also, a link from fe2h2o
http://www.bettertimesinfo.org/foodchallenge.htm

Scenario:
Somehow, magically, you have no income, no spices, no pantry, no freezer full of meat. You have $100 for the week to feed your family, but $30 of that you need to spend on bills or petrol. (This is so there is a little leeway.)

This should be amusing - I prefer woolies but only have a coles catalogue. :-) So we shall see. Specials and etc are allowed, also farmgate purchases or cash only stuff, you just gotta tell us.

Comments

[indescribble.livejournal.com]

mm we are only 2 ppl here so i don't know how that will work

[callistra.livejournal.com]

:-)
It's called doubling key things, and this is supposed to be a challenge after all.

And it's an equalizer so that afterwards we can just change some numbers to suit ourselves. For example, you're a household of two, I'm 2.3, Capnoblivious is 1, babalon is 2.2....

So if we just say 4, then we can adjust it later.

[indescribble.livejournal.com]

you mean living on less than 70$ for a week... well given that's currently 2 nights worth of takeaways that should be fun :)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

:-)
A challenge is always a good thing! Can you and SO cook?

[indescribble.livejournal.com]

i can quite well when i have the tools and space.... him? i believe only by recipe and even then i'd get him to test it first

on my cooking i'm trying to get better... i can cook well but i'm trying to build my ability to make something out of nothing and develop my own things. (for my latest experiment made out desperation check my lj later once i manage to get the picture off my phone :) )