Live Below the Line
This May, UK development agency Christian Aid will challenge the general public to Live Below the Line for five days.
Just like 1.4 billion people living in poor communities around the globe, those taking part will have to purchase all of their food and drink by spending just £1 per day. This is the average amount a Sub-Saharan African has to spend per head, and according to the World Food Programme, some spend up to 80% of their income on food. Shocking figure isn’t it?
Over the month of May I am hoping to place a top tip about cheap and nutritious ingredients that will considerably reduce shopping bills, how to make the most of left overs or an exciting (cheap) recipe or two on my Facebook Page.
And that dear readers is where you come in, I’d love you to comment and leave me your top tips too!
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That’s a hard one! But, inspired by what I just had tonight, some rice (noodles) with vegetables, stir-fried. Hoping that I could find a few spices to add, garlic, ginger, chillies…
And with a splash of soy sauce it’s always a worthy meal – can be made from leftovers, or the ingredients can be bought very cheap!
My parents ate for £1 a day for a week and gave everything they didn’t spend to charity – was hugely impressed! I think they lived off pasta with homemade tomato sauce, soups made with turnips, potatoes and other cheap veg and variations on rice and porridge. But I’d suggest buying simple vegetables and spicing up with a few store cupboard ingredients, as Kirsten says above. Also making sure you use the most of every purchase e.g. a whole chicken can be roasted, leftovers used in risotto, stock made etc etc.
That is so sad and s often ignored. I am going to try to come up with a very inexpensive recipe and blog about this too.
When I was a poor uni student I think I lived on about $20 a week for food. That didn’t go too far, but at least I was never hungry. Couldn’t imagine cutting the budget down further. Though it makes you realise how lucky you are, when so many people go without.
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I know I am commenting late to the table on this post, but chicken livers are incredibly cheap+nutritious, and as a pate with some nice bread makes a great supper dish.