Stressed out over eating stuff the rest of the month

we keep buying bologna and cheese for sandwiches…it seems to last the longest…going to have to eat pasta in about a week…mac and cheese…spaghetti maybe would work. we have 20 left. so I might buy hamburger with it and have spaghetti, didn’t think of that.

edit…already been to food bank.

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Hmm… I know that spaghetti isn’t as good without meat, but you could always just do pasta sauce and noodles

Just an idea :smile:

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we might do that but that would be awful to me.

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Nonsense. Time to broaden your horizons:

Pasta Mama is inexpensive yet mind blowing.

:grin:

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Hey have you thought about expanding your search for food banks? How rural are you, a town over may have another pantry you could hit up.

I eat a lot of beans…a can of store-brand kidney beans is only $1, and if I add rice it makes a complete protein, and a little cheese makes it even better. I get only $77 a month in food stamps so I pretty much run out after one store visit. Coupons are really helpful. Our food bank only lets you get 10 boxes a year, so it’s limited. I like that I can eat lunch free at the clubhouse but it’s only on weekdays. It’s hard to eat well on a limited budget.

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Similar situation here, im also really self conscious about asking for help now tbh. Kinda dont want to. I’ll try to stretch what i have for as long as i can, but i dont think it’ll last till the 27th which is the goal

Don’t let yourself starve… I would do something proactive about it maybe talk to your parents.

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Idk, i feel a little ashamed bc theyve been helping for months now, more like, two years. I feel like im being some sort of leech at this point.

If the dr sorted out the zyban when hr was meant to. It may not have come to the point id feel a need to stretch things :upside_down_face:

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Ok just be careful, you shouldn’t just not eat that isn’t a solution

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I appreciate it man, i do

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Here ya go. 10,000 5kg bags of rice

We just need 10,000 of us and itll be .50 cents each lol.

I kid but rice is cheap at the grocery store

A cheap meal I like is rice, canned tuna and cooked cabbage. It’s a complete meal as you get protein, carb and veggie. I make a simple Asian sauce to go with it but you can buy a bottle of soy sauce. Canned tuna and rice store for a long time so buy it when you have money and store it for when you don’t. So all you’ll need to buy is cabbage which is about $2 per head depending on size.

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I used to eat this a lot. Its easy and cheap.

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My math was wrong its .10 cents each lol

Growing up my mom would make big rice balls and stuff with canned tuna and bean sprouts. She would roll them in sesame seeds. We would eat them dipped in soy sauce. One of my fondest foods as a kid.

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I didn’t like food as a child but my nanny would always get seaweed in the plastic rolls… I donno u can’t find them in western stores so they are only a fond memory

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Sounds pretty tasty. I eat a lot of fried rice or fried noodle, noodles soups and stuff.

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Eggs and toast. If you want to get fancy, you can throw in potatoes too. They are pretty cheap as well.

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I freaking love dried seaweed. I eat it by the sheet. :joy:

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