"I don't know why they call this stuff 'Hamburger Helper'. It does just fine by itself, huh? I like it better than Tuna Helper myself, don't you, Clark?"
Posted on 04/10/2015 1:37:54 PM PDT by drewh
wyneth Paltrow has vowed to live on just $29 worth of food for a week, after agreeing to take on a charity challenge aimed at raising awareness and funds for New York's food banks. The 42-year-old mother-of-two, who founded popular lifestyle wesbite Goop, posted a picture of her $29 grocery shop on her Twitter account yesterday afternoon, showcasing a range of healthy options, including a variety of fresh vegetables, some brown rice and some black beans. 'This is what $29 gets you at the grocery store - what families on SNAP (i.e. food stamps) have to live on for a week,' she wrote alongside the image.
Unsurprisingly, although the grocery store no doubt offered a wealth of cheaper, yet more unhealthy, food options, lifestyle guru Gwyneth opted to stick to what she knows best, choosing only the healthiest and greenest of ingredients for the challenge. It looks as though Gwyneth might be going for a Mexican theme on at least one of the days of the challenge, including gluten-free tortillas, black beans, and avocado in her food haul - all the makings of a very healthy Mexican-inspired feast. In a second tweet posted yesterday, she said of the challenge: 'We're walking in their shoes to see how far we get.'
Her decision to take on the $29-per-week challenge comes less than a month after she told CNN Money that she considers herself to be 'incredibly close to the common woman'.
It is not known whether Gywneth's two children with ex-husband Chris Martin, Apple, ten, and Moses, nine, will also be taking part in the challenge however, given the limited supply of food featured in her Twitter picture, it is thought the Shakespeare in Love star is going it alone this time around.
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It's called budgeting and cooking.
That is about $4 per day.
Doable.
If a person buys in bulk and knows how to extend food dishes.
That is why Hamburger Helper was invented.
I agree. Our local Dollar Tree has Nature’s Own 12 Grain bread for a dollar a loaf, Ramen comes in 5 packs for a dollar, great frozen waffles and pancakes and frozen link sausage, both 6 for a dollar . Throw in a dollar package of processed cheese, some cans of soup for $.79 each and you have grilled cheese and soup. You can make it on less than $29 if you really need to. Plus you can even spend a dollar on Ginger Snap cookies made right here in Abilene, Texas, for dessert.
lol
"I don't know why they call this stuff 'Hamburger Helper'. It does just fine by itself, huh? I like it better than Tuna Helper myself, don't you, Clark?"
Look under the hood.
Why does she think I am aware of, or GAF what she does? I don’t. My life, and my “awareness” in this life, will be COMPLETELY unaffected even if she and every other narcissistic airhead in Hollywood were to spontaneously combust on the nightly news, much less go on a diet.
Nice village.
And if the kiddies are getting free breakfast and lunch at la escuela, there’s no reduction of SNAP for it.
Can’t these Obomabots just leave us alone? Howz’ ‘bout she give up every single dime she’s ever earned, deplete her bank account except for $29 and then prove her worth?
I’ve said before I think her mom’s prettier, but no, not a hawg.
I can make a decent Cuban meal, but real peasant Mexican food is incredibly cheap, dangerous ingredients, and the technique you learn feeding 12 younger siblings when you’re 14.
I would like to see a list of liberal charities to the poor, homeless, etc..
Her maids and gardeners and driver will help her.
The real problem is that pervasive government is extremely corrosive to private charity.
lol
In Mexico I can imagine its ... 12 younger siblings and your own brat (or two) more likely
Why doesn’t she just write a $29 million check to the government and solve the problem?
Pray America is waking
I keep an eye out for bargains in the weekly from the local Meglo-Mart.
Now its free breakfast, lunch, and dinner even in summer I think.
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