How many people have children that are fed both breakfast and lunch at school every day at no cost to them?
You can feed a family of four on $100 a week. It’s not easy and you do have to cook dishes from scratch but it can be done, even with groceries the cost they are now. You can’t buy soda, bottled water, chips and dip or steak but you can have pancakes or oatmeal for breakfast, PB&J or grilled cheese and soup for lunch, beans, rice or potatoes for dinner with meat loaf, lots of pasta dishes with meatballs or chicken. They need to start hitting the dollar stores, clip coupons and actually cook.
“...you can have pancakes or oatmeal for breakfast, PB&J or grilled cheese and soup for lunch, beans, rice or potatoes for dinner with meat loaf, lots of pasta dishes with meatballs or chicken. They need to start hitting the dollar stores, clip coupons and actually cook.”
That’s part of the problem. High calorie diets for people who aren’t working creates obesity. They should be limited to fruits and vegetables.
Young women...cook??? ROTFLMAO! Whatever happened to home ec in public schools?
Ten years ago, I frequented a frugal site where we'd challenge to feed a family of 4 for $20/week. For many it was a full time on going challenge. Nothing wrong with eating oatmeal, beans and cornbread or stuffed potatoes. That $20 budget is today's economy's $100.