[ChuckNorris89]

Ok, but could you please give some examples on your daily meals that fit in those 5 Euros as I'm genuinely curious?

Basic ingredients are cheap as long as we ignore quality and where I live, you're not getting any good quality wine and cheese in your 5 Euros a day.

Cheap supermarket budget brands full of chemicals, hormones and preservatives? Yes. Quality stuff? No.

[noir_lord]

5 euro comes to about 4.34 a head, in my house there is me, my partner and her son so assuming ~£13 a day - we probably don't even go that high most days.

As for diet - A typical day would like this.

Breakfast.

(them) Home made pancakes for breakfast with a drizzle of honey. (me) Muesli.

Lunch, Salad Wrap/veggie heavy (other half is vegetarian) or KaposztáS TéSzta (cabbage/noodles).

Evening Meal - Spaghetti Carbonara or Tuna Steaks/veggies.

My other half loves cooking (she's hungarian) and it's completely the norm that for her/where she is from to just do everything from scratch.

Lots of fresh seasonal veggies, lots of soups, noodles, pasta etc - it's a good diet tbh and seems to suit my health issues.

[nicbou]

https://nicolasbouliane.com/recipes

[ChuckNorris89]

Thanks Nic

[hectormalot]

> Cheap supermarket budget brands full of chemicals, hormones and preservatives? Yes. Quality stuff, no.

This is in the EU, regulation basically prevents excesses like that in most cases.

Furthermore, price doesn’t have to be a predictor of quality. E.g. LIDL/Aldi (budget chains) commonly win awards for best vegetables.

I used to spend ~150-200 on food per month when I was living by myself and wasn’t strictly managing it for low cost. Now with a family of 3, we spend 300-400€ a month on groceries (incl bread and meat) and are never holding back on anything because of price.

So, 5€ per day doesn’t sound unreasonable even in the Netherlands. Note: we eat vegetarian 5 out of 7 days, without that we’d probably spend 100-150 more.

Edit: I get that this doesn’t work everywhere. When I lived in the US (NYC) and tried to cook my own meals I couldn’t believe 1) how few supermarkets there were and 2) how high prices for basic food were. Eating out was basically cheaper :/

[hycaria]

Portion of rice / pasta / bread or derivates /other cereal with veggies => endless variations and very cheap.

During this season it’s also soup time. Our favorite is butternut two oignons a bit of butter and cream or coco milk. Super cheap. Makes 2 to 4 servings depending on dilution and veggie size. Add 1€ for bread (for 2). And bit of cheese and / or fruit.