This is part of an ongoing series that chronicles our challenges and (hopefully) successes living on a $4/person daily food budget. For the what and why of this series, please read our first post HERE. As hard as it's been learning to live on a $4/day food budget, the payoff has been my newfound kitchen skills. So far… Read More

This is part of an ongoing series that chronicles our challenges and (hopefully) successes living on a $4/person daily food budget. For the what and why of this series, please read our first post HERE. I am in the middle of a serious case of writer's block. I'm stuck. Not just on my Downshift posts, but over… Read More

This is part of an ongoing series that chronicles our challenges and (hopefully) successes living on a $4/person daily food budget. For the what and why of this series, please read our first post HERE. I had a lot of concerns coming into week three, but come shopping time I was feeling a lot better. I had no… Read More

Perspective is everything. A few weeks ago, a free coffee or discovering there was just a little bit of sour cream left over would have been but a minor blip on the excitement scale. At the end of week two, it's a celebration. Spice oil feels like a night out at a fancy restaurant. Popcorn… Read More

This is part of an ongoing series that chronicles our challenges, shopping lists, meals, and (hopefully) successes living on a $4/person daily food budget. For the what and why of this series, please read our first post HERE. We didn't successfully purchase 50% of our food from local producers in week one, so we had to make… Read More

This is part of a six-week series - an attempt to eat healthy and at least 50% local on a budget of $4/day. Read the first post in this series HERE. The first week went really well, though we missed having coffee, spices, and snacks in our lives, and we were certainly more hungry than… Read More

This is part of an ongoing series that chronicles our challenges and (hopefully) successes living on a $4/person daily food budget. For the what and why of this series, please read our first post HERE. The week prior to starting our food challenge, we set about the arduous (and strangely exciting) task of clearing out our… Read More

This is the first post in our $4/Day Food Experiment. Read More Posts in This Series Here: Post 2: Preparing to eat on $4/day (and our week 1 shopping list)Post 3: Week 1 meals and recipes and how it went Post 4: Week 2 Shopping List and Prep Post 5: The Nacho Debacle and Meals for Week… Read More