One Center, Three Meals, and $20: How to Build a Cheap Diet on Campus

For these of us with loooooong Days filled with lessons, chances are you’ll end up on campus from early morning till late night. It may be tough to make time to arrange sufficient meals to final the day — and even worse if you happen to’re on a decent finances.

To place this problem to the take a look at, I took on the duty of seeing if it was doable to eat three meals—breakfast, lunch, and dinner—at a HUB for beneath $20. That is an particularly daunting activity when you think about that just about each HUB choice is not going to offer you a reduction for utilizing meal factors.

For breakfast, I began at Starbucks as a result of I felt prefer it was the plain alternative. I obtained myself a chocolate croissant as a result of it is a private favourite and a superb dimension for a small breakfast.

I block my misspelled identify beneath my croissant, but it surely would not be a Starbucks journey with no misspelled variation in my identify that I’ve by no means seen earlier than.

The croissant set me again $3.25, leaving me $16.75 for lunch and dinner.

Round 1pm, I made a decision to search out one thing for lunch. I selected Slim Chickens as a result of I knew I might get an honest quantity of meals for a really affordable worth.

I obtained a three-piece tender serve and fries (with a aspect of ranch, after all) and that price me $7.44, which left me with $9.31 for dinner. Nevertheless, the $7.44 I spent on the Slim Chickens was effectively price it. It was filling sufficient that I did not end the entire thing. Nevertheless, I used to be assured I might make $9.31 for one thing substantial.

Round 5pm I headed to Sparrow for my final meal of the day. I used to be planning to get considered one of their combo meals, however a damaged soda fountain stood between me and that purpose.

So, I walked out with a slice of pizza and a chunk of bread for $4.88 with no soda in sight.

This left me with $4.43 to my identify. I made a decision to place my additional coin to good use by heading to the shop exterior Sbarro to get a Strawberry Banana Bare Smoothie for $3.88.

I ended my day with 55 cents in my pocket. To be trustworthy, I assumed I used to be going to lose this problem, however it’s doable!

There are a number of methods you may put collectively three meals for beneath $20 on the HUB, and this is only one route. Upon additional thought, it wasn’t precisely balanced Sufficient meals for a day, however I encourage you to attempt it and see the way you get these energy.

Completely happy consuming at HUB!

Tegan is a senior photojournalism main and considered one of Onward State’s photographers. She’s from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, however she’s Canadian at coronary heart. On campus, she participates within the Photograph Membership and is Aurora’s outside orientation chief. For extra enjoyable content material, comply with her on Twitter: @Teag_42.