$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

[fe2h2o.livejournal.com]

Teaching Work Studies the last couple of years I taught, I actually did an exercise like this with the kids. The first time it was a brief add on to the programme I was using, but they found it so interesting (and it seemed to me, so useful) that I then gave them more time. It was thanks to doing this with them that I started menu planning.
I have vivd memories of the look of horror on one boy's face... he figured chinese was cheap, so he'd have that daily... he could afford to eat 3 days a week:-)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

LOL
If he could cook, chinese could be cheap...

[fe2h2o.livejournal.com]

*grin*

I think the not cooking was a big part of his plan:-)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Did you point and laugh and tell him TWO MINUTE NOODLES FOR YOOOO!

:-)