There have been articles and blogs lately about eating frugally. The metrics for these is a fixed amount per day ($1/day) or within a particular standard (amount of governmental food stamps). They all seem to make the effort seem hard, by going to extremes such as eating lots of peanut butter and cutting out fruits. I argue though, that it's not that hard to do so, and the difficulties presented are simply evidence of the freespending ways from which people need to refrain. Some examples:

• http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-stamp11-2009mar11,0,5424533.story
• http://lessisenough.wordpress.com/

Here are some calculations on what food can cost:

* carbohydrates, e.g. rice, pasta
* vegetables
* fruits
* dairy
* meats
* sweets