I live in a rural area and I grew up on a ranch-everyone grows a garden here and even if you don’t know how, the produce at the small-chain grocery store is local, organic and reasonably priced. the fresh meat is reasonable, too. I’ve been poor living in a city as a single mom years ago-I still managed to budget my food dollars for fresh stuff. There is plenty of fresh food available cheap in stores-you just have to buy the reasonably priced stuff and cook it. Settling for carbs is why we have an obesity problem even with kids-they are not healthy. The same people who say they can only afford carbs now will still be saying that if DJT is in office again and food is reasonably priced-have you noticed that those same people have money for a case of sodas, a few boxes of sugary cereal and a few packages of cookies?
The man’s TJ’s grocery receipt showed plenty of processed food and carbs. He paid $3 or $4 per item. My comment was that he could’ve bought a pound of pasta there for 99 cents (unless the prices are higher where he shops).
Yes, fresh fruit and vegetables are important, but fruit and vegetables alone are not enough. Children need carbs, too, such as pasta, rice, potatoes, and bread. Pasta was a life-saver when I was a single mom. I never bought soda, but I baked desserts from scratch. We also ate pizza. But, my children were thin, and so was I (at the time).