What should I eat when I'm broke?

Question

Should I eat instant noddle with egg everyday? or fruits and bread?any suggestion?

Answer 1

Um - all of the above. Mix 'em up so you are closer to a balanced diet. If you're really on the down and out, there should be a place where you can stop in and get a free meal now and then - like a church that has a "soup kitchen" - and they'll give ya more than just soup. Also many cities have Salvation Army emergency shelters where a guy or gal can get something to eat. The important thing is, you gotta get a balanced diet. Eating little but noodles, which are made from eggs, will fill ya up but you'll soon begin to suffer from deficiency of certain vitamins, and that can get real, real bad. Good luck, my man. Hope you find a job that'll enable ya to eat better and regularly. The folks at the sally ann will make ya listen to a prayer and maybe a sermon before they feed ya, but hey: that's a small price to pay for good eats, yo!

Answer 2

The following are healthy, natural, have little to no preservatives are easy to make, and are inexpensive. Lots of beans and rice, because their cheap and nutritious, taste pretty good and you can make a whole lot real easily (enough to last for days). Homemade soups and stews can be fairly inexpensive and can help break the monotony of "beans and rice again!" Canned tuna and eggs for cheap and healthy protien. Also lots of fruits and veggies because they give you plenty of vitamins and minerals you need (and won't get much of from any of the above) and because they don't cost much either. If planned out in the right way, 2 weeks worth of the above food can cost as little as $20-25! By the way, screw ramen! It's so unhealthy and it does nothing for you from a nutritional point of view. You'd be better off eating the wrapper it comes in! Good luck!

Answer 3

I agree with anoldmick. Variety is best. This will help insure you are properly nourished. A bag of frozen vegetables can be kept and used throughout the week and added to instant ramen to give it better nutritional value. A can of chili mixed with macaroni and cheese may make it more flavourful. Be creative. Try not to eat the same thing everyday. When at the grocer, look for what's on special. Buy it and create something.

Answer 4

Try to get protein in your meals, and eggs every day are really too much cholesterol. But once in a while, fine. Try beans which are cheap and full of protein. If you get the dried ones and soak them yourself, then cook them you will save a chunk of change. Visit food pantries, and cook with whatever they give you. Try day old breads for deals. Pasta is cheap as a side dish as is rice. Rice and beans makes a good side. Hamburg stretch it by making chili or meatloaf. Peanut Butter is a good source of protein. Try also to eat your fruits, bananas are cheap. Let your local church know your situation. Also sometimes deli's sell the ends of their deli meats and cheeses, these can be diced for pasta salad, or cheese melted for things, or chopped for ham salad. Chicken and Pork are cheap when you have the money for meat. If you are near Pennsylvania, stop by and I will cook you a meal. I wish you much luck. Take care.

Answer 5

Ramen is only about a dime a pack, sometimes 12/$1 on special, buts it really high in salt and has little nutritional value. As a college student I usually buy lots of cheap cereal, and pb and j is good,(collect some jelly packets from fast food places ;)). Also not super good for but good are the dollar menus at McD's, Wendy's,BK, etc. My fav meal is McD's yogurt parfait, crispy chicken sandwich, and a small water...filling for $2.15.

Answer 6

Ramen is cheap, it has carb but that is all, you can make it nutritious by adding carrots, cabbage onions. When I was a student, I lived with a can of baked beans for 2 years (they were 33cents a can then) and I bottle my own water.

Answer 7

As much as I hate to advocate frozen foods, some of the microwave dinner, like Michelina's, cost a buck apiece and are, at least, edible. Better that than starvation.

Answer 8

Macaroni and Cheese
Ramen
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches

Answer 9

Eat whatever you have the money for.......
the most inexpensive thing that I can think of is bulk items at a co-op store.....are you too broke to buy dairy?....like butter and milk?......
Grits.....big bags of jasmine rice.....potatoes....yeah starches are the ways to go..
steal from apple orchards.....
Grits....3-1 water to grits...finish with butter and salt....add cheese if you can afford it..
maybe you should sell your computer dude..
sorry...hope you hang in there...
if you are only going to eat starches....eat some peanut butter too to get your proteins and fats..
...been there dude...

Answer 10

A lot of bars have free pizza or wings during "happy hour" weekdays. Check in your area. Then you know where to go Monday, Tuesday and so on...
Good luck!