It’s Day 5 of the Food Stamp Challenge and I did finally make it to the grocery store today but detailing what I bought will have to wait for another day. While I admit that we are not completely adhering to the Food Stamp Challenge guidelines because we have eaten on other people’s tab and… [Read More]

Well, it’s day four of the Food Stamp Challenge, and I still haven’t made it to the grocery store. I have no plans to go tomorrow as we have a busy day ahead of us. However, we are by no means out of food, and we ate three fairly well-rounded and inexpensive meals today. My… [Read More]

It’s day three of the Food Stamp Challenge. I still haven’t made it to the grocery store, but our menu today was mainly leftovers reinvented into a new meal. I will have to make a trip out if I want to pick up items to donate which is my goal. For the third day in… [Read More]

This week, from June 2-10, I’m participating through the Food Stamp Challenge along with over 150 others who registered at BeCentsAble to participate. You can read more about the challenge here. If my family had to live on food stamps, we would likely receive between $50 and $102 a week to spend on groceries. I… [Read More]

This week, from June 2-10, I’m participating through the Food Stamp Challenge along with at least 75 others who registered at BeCentsAble to participate. You can read more about the challenge here. According to a document available through this link at Harvesters, the maximum food stamp benefit my family of three would receive is $102… [Read More]