Low food budgets combined with a lot of other things? I believe it, having met/encountered a reasonable number of people who can't spend much money on food and believe that this forces them to make less healthy decisions than people who have money to burn on fresh vegetables, choicer cuts, and the expensive olive oil.
Beans and rice are cheap, filling, and together a complete source of protein, without the saturated fat and refined sugar in PBJs. If you're doing the food stamp challenge you should seriously consider that. Takes time, of course, especially if you're buying the beans dry, which is cheaper.
Last summer I often spent about $20 a week on food, though I wasn't as constrained as this. I'll agree with Eavan, though in saying that eating well either takes time or money. If you're willing to put in the time, you can eat rice and beans, bread, and all the vegetables you want that are in season. That last part is easiest during the summer, naturally, but there's often something thats under 50 cents a pound.
klink did something similar for a month ($1 a day?), I believe, so you can ask her about it. Incidentally, I'm not letting you do this for more than a week because if I'm not cooking for you I won't cook for myself and then I'll just eat crap for a week.
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