Comments on South Nashville Life: Food Stamp Challenge: Living on $31 a Week

Eeeeexcellent question. I hate to say it, but I wi...

2011-08-31T10:42:16.823-05:00

Eeeeexcellent question. I hate to say it, but I will probably have to abstain from tasty alcoholic beverages. Although if I somehow manage to have leftover funds I might just celebrate with a 24oz can of light beer.

Sooo.....how dose booze fit into your budget? :-)

2011-08-31T10:39:19.435-05:00

Sooo.....how dose booze fit into your budget? :-)

Thank you! I will totally check out Hillbilly Hous...

2011-08-31T09:10:02.990-05:00

Thank you!
I will totally check out Hillbilly Housewife. I'm a terrible cook. I keep thinking back to my post-college-still-single days when dinner was a bowl of pasta cooked in cream of broccoli with a can of tuna. Man, add a little parm on top and I thought I was a gourmet chef.

I can use all the help I can get.

Good luck! I haven't tried the challenge perso...

2011-08-31T08:59:40.404-05:00

Good luck! I haven't tried the challenge personally, but have a couple of possibly useful tips from tight money times:
-Try not to focus on cost/meal or individual meals - make something like a big pot of beans, beans & rice, or chili that is relatively cheap and will last for several days.
-Don't plan on buying a lot (or any) fruit or fruit juice, or drinking a lot of milk.
-Hillbilly Housewife has some emergency menu plans - http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/40dollarmenu.htm - not everything is particularly appetizing, but you might be able to pick a couple of things (like the lentil chili).