Two California high school teachers, Christopher Greenslate and Kerri Leonard, decided to conduct an experiment to live one month on a diet that costs one dollar a day, and see if it was possible to do and to eat healthy. For details on their One Dollar Diet Project, you can check out their blog. They lived mostly on dried beans, rice, cornmeal, and oatmeal they bought in bulk. They also baked their own bread and made their own tortillas. Here's what they ate for thirty (30) days:
Breakfast: 1 cup cooked oatmeal ($.06)
Lunch: PB & J sandwiches ($.36) and two cups air-popped popcorn ($.07).
Dinner: 2 bean and rice burritos (beans - $0.07, rice -$0.11, tortillas - $.05 each, small strips of lettuce - $.07, 1 tablespoon taco sauce - $.12)
Dessert:1 tablespoon of peanut butter ($.05).
Beverage: Tang for vitamin C
The couple discovered that lack of money is a huge issue when it comes to a nutritious diet. They also realized this experiment was a luxury for them, considering they chose to eat for a dollar a day — most people don't have that choice.
Guys, you really need to watch this as it's really thought provoking and challenges us to really think about how much we spend on food and beyond that, the implications it has on those locally and globally who don't have access to food, let alone healthy food. Wow, it's really making me re-think some things....
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3287685&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/foxfriends/index.html
And somewhat related, please check out this non-profit organization. This is the first I've heard of them and I don't think they have any sites in AZ as of yet.
http://www.angelfoodministries.com/ http://www.squidoo.com/AngelFoodMinistries
Breakfast: 1 cup cooked oatmeal ($.06)
Lunch: PB & J sandwiches ($.36) and two cups air-popped popcorn ($.07).
Dinner: 2 bean and rice burritos (beans - $0.07, rice -$0.11, tortillas - $.05 each, small strips of lettuce - $.07, 1 tablespoon taco sauce - $.12)
Dessert:1 tablespoon of peanut butter ($.05).
Beverage: Tang for vitamin C
The couple discovered that lack of money is a huge issue when it comes to a nutritious diet. They also realized this experiment was a luxury for them, considering they chose to eat for a dollar a day — most people don't have that choice.
Guys, you really need to watch this as it's really thought provoking and challenges us to really think about how much we spend on food and beyond that, the implications it has on those locally and globally who don't have access to food, let alone healthy food. Wow, it's really making me re-think some things....
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3287685&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/foxfriends/index.html
And somewhat related, please check out this non-profit organization. This is the first I've heard of them and I don't think they have any sites in AZ as of yet.
http://www.angelfoodministries.com/ http://www.squidoo.com/AngelFoodMinistries
1 comments:
Ha! I actually read that article yesterday on Yahoo news. That's amazing, I wish I could be as dilligent at them.
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