Rukifellth comments on low stress employment/ munchkin income thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Rukifellth 25 July 2013 12:37:54PM 0 points [-]

Really? What items ought I replace?

Comment author: jkaufman 25 July 2013 02:24:58PM 6 points [-]

Cooking dried beans, probably in a slow-cooker, would be cheaper than using canned ones. [1] You could cook the rice along with the beans. Chickpeas would also be cheaper dry.

You could probably get below $100/month cooking all your own meals that way. I'd start with dry rice and beans ($0.61/day for the beans and $0.76/day for the rice) which comes to $42/month, add vegetables, small amounts of cheap cuts of meat for flavor, spices, and luxuries for the other $58/month.

[1] http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2011/07/19/dry-beans-or-canned-beans-a-cost-effective-comparison/

Comment author: Rukifellth 25 July 2013 03:01:14PM 2 points [-]

Brilliant! This will shave off ~30 dollars per month, thank you.

Comment author: jkaufman 25 July 2013 07:19:50PM 5 points [-]

(Strangely: I've also worked as a dishwasher, I also bring tupperware to work to take home excess food, and I lived on ~$80/month for food for about 2 years. I think focusing on earning more earlier would probably have been a better use of my time than all of those combined.)

Comment author: juliawise 28 July 2013 04:03:31PM 1 point [-]

Some advice, written when Jeff and I were spending $170/month on groceries for two of us: http://jdwise.blogspot.com/2011/01/living-it-up.html