Back on the budget (but not for long!) Tiny kitchen and limited space. Anyway, it's good to know what one can do on a budget.
What a coincidence, I just found this site the other day while looking for recipe ideas. Her recipe presentation is fantastic and I've already made a few of her dishes; the dragon noodles and black bean quesadillas were great. Regarding the challenge, I'll have to read the whole thing later but the final reflection is not encouraging for those on SNAP.
Not bad, says the man speed-eating frozen vegetables on a bed of rice with soy sauce added randomly in an attempt to get to class at noon. EDIT: holy crap there's a baby next door. Someone with a child lives in this apartment complex. Never forget how lucky you are, flagamuffin.
I would like to welcome you to approximately 33% of my general "at home" meals. (Not currently as living with my parents has some benefits, and also drawbacks, in the food department - aka, LEFTOVERS! all the time! and also my mom would be like "WTF are you eating chile?") frozen vegetables on a bed of rice with soy sauce
That's a scary thought, less money to spend on food while the price of food is increasing. Old information at this point, but still powerful. I typically spend between $30 and $40 a week on food, and that covers most of my meals. I'll go over if there's something complex that needs a lot of ingredients, but that's it. Can't wait until I have a good paying job that will allow me to buy higher quality food and ingredients outside of when I go to the Farmer's Markets around here. Having to do something like with a family would be a very hard task.All SNAP participants will see a drop in their benefits on November 1, 2013 – the average decrease will be $36 for a family of four. Over the entire year, the average family of four will have $396 less to spend on food.
Chicken+broccoli is probably the bee's knees of simple budget eating. It's one of the few ordinary budget meals that is very high in protein and overall good in macro-nutrients. You can do lots of stuff with it to keep it varied without going crazy. Steam/boil/fry your broccoli. Dress it up. Spices? Plain? Chicken will work with pretty much any spice combo. Throw some of that canned curry powder on. Paprika? Piccata-esqu? Do whatever. Brine it, or don't. You could do a whole week off just that.
I wonder what the equivalent would be in Germany. I would try it out Edit: According to German Harz IV an adult gets 391€ a month, 128.46€ intended for food. Which is arond 4.30€ a day (5.55 USD). This could be very hard. I will try it...