Now if you read yesterday’s post on the poor man’s diet you probably remember my telling you to decide to eat only 7 foods for the rest of your life. Now many of you may have chosen beans, and with good reason. They are rich in protein, hobos and drifters have subsided off them for years, and you can cook them in the contain you buy them in. It is very convenient.

However don’t be fooled by big bean into purchasing overpriced baked beans. Baked style beans taste the same and are a lot cheaper. It’s a small distinction but it can mean big bucks. Baked beans where invited in the 1960’s to trick consumers. Before that all canned beans where considered to be in the baked style.

Think of them of them as the generic equivalent of beans or medication. It’s the same thing but cheaper. They taste the exactly the same, and may even have the same ingredients (or at least some of the same ingredients)

So next time you are in the dollar store shopping for groceries and you reach for the beans make sure they are baked style beans, not baked beans. You will be glad you choose baked style.

One of the most costly and inconvenient aspects of keeping yourself alive is feeding yourself. It is a bothersome a costly choir. Although we cannot defeat the specter of hunger, why can minimize its effect on our wallets.

Decide on a few cheap food items that you enjoy and eat only those items. Buy them in bulk and eat just those 5 – 8 things. I for one have eaten only eggs, rice, lentils, beans, tomatoes, tofu, and almonds for the past 5 years and I am the picture of health.

Now some of your out there (the more spoiled) are probably thinking, well what if I get bored of the 7 food items that I plan to eat until the day I die? You can use my full proof method for eating restaurant quality food at rock bottom prices. Go to a bar-restaurant. Sit at the bar and order a glass of water, tell the bartender you are waiting for someone. Then perch up on your bar stool and case the joint, be prepared because when the time comes you will need to strike quickly.

After someone has finished eating (or preferably a lot of people) but before the bus boys have cleared the table is when you strike. Wait for people who left a lot of food on their plates. Empty their dishes into some Tupperware or a bag and out the door you go into the night with a restaurant quality meal.