It’s important to understand the power of small amounts over time. Just the other day I had a chance to teach one of the young guys at work a lesson on this. He came into my office to ask about something and he noticed that I had some bread out. I had been just about …
After two weeks of spending $29 on my SNAP food challenge, this is what I still had. This is the completion of my food stamp challenge that I embarked upon back in October of 2017. With a solo trip to Portugal and a family trip to England the day after the challenge was completed, I …
What Meals Look Like On ~$2 Per Day In America To put myself into the shoes of those that have no choice, I have embarked upon a personal challenge to live on a SNAP food stamp allotment of $29 per week. This is my journey. I started off this week in a really great position. …
Well, I survived the first week of the SNAP food stamp challenge on a food budget of just $29! Rather nicely actually as I do have a decent amount leftover. This surplus will roll over into next week as I purchase another $29 worth of food. To recap, this is what I bought for $28.16 …
I’m doing the SNAP challenge, guys! If you don’t know what that is, it is to live off of $29/week for food. Nothing you currently have can be used, and I am following the rules of this challenge to the max and adding in my own personal extra challenges. First, I will start from the …
Evil Food Corporations Oh ok, maybe they aren’t all evil and unethical would be a better word. But read the history and tell me there isn’t evil lurking about in the corporate past. I remember how my grandmother used to say how she would get an orange in her Christmas stocking and how it was …
In my last post, I wrote that I am able to buy a large amount of produce for just $10. I had plenty of tomatillos that I didn’t quite know what to do with. Well, I am not scared to experiment with my culinary skills. A quick search online showed that some people put tomatillos …
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