Just have to shop carefully.”
It’s more than that. You also have to cook - from scratch. I would bet that there are many households which don’t even own a cookbook, don’t do any menu planning and wouldn’t dream of going on-line to download any recipes. See a whole lot of people at the grocery store who don’t have a list or coupons. People who make their money through suggestive selling just love them.
Perhaps they should add a requirement for eligibility for food stamps... the recipients have to take and pass a class on basic cooking and shopping skills. But, since it would be government run, it would be screwed up, I expect.
Yeah, I don’t buy much prepared food. Canned tomatoes is about it, and even then I use that to make my own chili and pasta sauce.
Can’t they learn what they need about cooking on Pinterest on their “free” Obamaphone?
Libraries are full of cookbooks. As are thrift stores.