Day 5./ typical day. rinse and repeat. over and over and over and over and over and over and.....

Breakfast: Oats (23c)

90g of coles oates (900g for $1.19) - 12c

10g of sugar - 1c

2 pieces of coles white bread ($1.09 for 22 pieces)- 10c

Lunch: Lentils and rice (58c)

58g of lentils - 15c

100g of basmati rice - 20c

1 clove of garlic - 19c

10g of salt - 4c

Dinner: Sweet potato and spice soup with bread (65c)

1 tsp of oil - 2c

1 brown onion - 29c

3 garlic cloves - 57c

2 tsp of homegrown spices - 5c

2 sweet potatoes - 173c

2 vegetable stock cubes - 44c

1 apple - 17c

This comes to a total of $3.27 which makes 6 serves, meaning each serve is 55c.

Made following a modified version of Richard Flemmings Curried Sweet Potato Soup recipe.

+ 2 pieces of coles white bread ($1.09 for 22 pieces)- 10c

Treats:

Tea with milk (7.5c)

Teabag - 6c

10g Sugar - 1c

20 ml Milk - 0.05c

Mini chocolate bar (31c)

A bag of 15 fairtrade cadbury chocolate pieces - 468c

TOTAL: $1.85

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