<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/56be1ecc6e97c622048b6f40-1200-600/basket.png" alt="basket" data-mce-source="Kathleen Elkins/Business Insider" /><p class="source"><span>Kathleen Elkins/Business Insider</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p><span>It turns out that eating on $2 a day is more than possible.</span></p><p>I know because <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-challenge-food-budget-2016-2">I tried it in January</a>. I was inspired by a young Elon Musk, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-living-off-a-dollar-a-day-startalk-2015-3">who challenged himself to a minimal food budget as a teenager</a> to see if he had what it takes to be an entrepreneur.</p><p>I don't recommend this tedious lifestyle if you can help it (<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-reaction-elon-musk-challenge-2016-2">and neither does Musk</a>), but if you decide to take the "Elon Musk challenge" - or if you're looking to lower your monthly grocery bill - here are my nine best tips.</p>

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I fed myself on $2 a day for a month - here are my 9 best tips for making it work

Kathleen Elkins/Business InsiderIt turns out that eating on $2 a day is more than possible.I know because I tried it in January. I was inspired by a young Elon Musk, who challenged himself to a minimal food budget as a teenager to see if he had what it takes to be an entrepreneur.I don't recommend this tedious lifestyle if you can help it (and neither does Musk), but if you decide to take the "Elon Musk challenge" - or if you're looking to lower your monthly grocery bill - here are my nine best tips.

Kathleen Elkins/Business InsiderIt turns out that eating on $2 a day is more than possible. I know because I tried it in January.

I fed myself on $2 a day for a month - here are my 9 best tips for making it work

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