#Food Budget

[onyxheartbeat]

“Living beyond your means” pisses me off when it’s applied to food.

You mean broke people don’t deserve nice things and aren’t allowed to have good taste? That’s essentially what you’re saying.

And fuck, if food is the only indulgence a person has, meaning they never take vacations, don’t get paid a living wage but coughing up thousands in rent, don’t have a car, and pays their bills…let them buy the Vital Farms eggs, and the Maple Hill butter, and the grass fed fucking beef and stop acting like they’d be better off if they “learned how to budget and cook rice.” I can assure you they already fucking know how to cook cheaply and they’re sick of it. You’re all ridiculous.

Store brand vs name brand absolutely tastes different and everyone should be able to indulge in the good stuff. EVERYONE.

[yesbothways]

This is the sort of woman I grew up around. And we should hand over control of the earth into their hands. I'm not fucking joking at all.

[what-marsha-eats]

[trishpoetics]

The price of coffee is going to go up by a lot so I figured I'd share my plans, as someone who drinks a pot of coffee a day.

I already forage as a hobby so I'm going to probably cut my coffee with Dandelion root to stretch it further. This has been actually common in times of economic hardship. You can also use Chicory but I'm far less familiar with safe harvest of Chicory.

Dandelion is great because it's fairly novice proof. From my experience and research, anything that looks like Dandelion is edible. Please, always always always do your own research before foraging. Don't trust random people on the internet and be very wary of blogs these days due to the encroachment of AI.

It's also not a great time of year to harvest Dandelion Root, usually that's more of a Autumn harvest but should still be fine. It IS almost the right right time for all the new leaves so that can help pad out your salads.

ANYWAY, here is an article from The Farmers Almanac on roasting the roots for coffee. They have a ratio for adding to grounds but, honestly, experiment with it and see how you like the taste.

[lphaneuf]

On Wednesdays we shop for groceries. We try to buy a special, quick dinner for shopping night. Tonight, roasted lamb leg steaks & red potatoes. Hope it's as good when served as when it headed for the oven.

[abilaksh]

Keto Diet on a Budget: Tips for Eating Healthy Without Breaking the Bank

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[therealstacyfakename]

How I feel about dropout’s release schedule this week

[relaxedstyles]

[800-dick-pics]

Help Disabled Lesbians of Color Eat!!!

My partner and I have food allergies and digestive/immune issues, and due to my partner only finding this out recently we havent been able to buy all the food we both need to eat! My partner is basically loosing a lot of weight and starving at work because we dont have any food shes not allergic to for her to eat. I just need $200 to get us some foods that dont make us sick, it has been really hard for my partner so if you can pls show us some support.

$200 Goal

CA: $sleepyhen

VN: wildwotko

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[dickfuckk]

Every time i tell people i buy groceries every 14 days they seem shocked by this and tell me they buy groceries every day or several times a week.

That in turn blows my mind, as someone who couldn’t possibly hate buying groceries more than i do, i can’t imagine doing it that often.

Bonus if you tell me in the tags how you feel about shopping for groceries. Do you hate it with a passion like me? Feel indifferent to it, just another chore? Or do you somehow love it?

[plushri-moved]

edited 22/02/2024 - my mum helped me raise the match goal from £100 to £200

edited again 22/02/2024 - I met and exceeded my goal! Donations are still very welcome because I think it's really impactful to show our collective donations, I will close this on the 27th when I am paid and can make my donation

Idea credit goes to @ibtisams and I was inspired by @stuckinapril and @geekydragon !

I am doing a donation match!

I will match every pound donated, from now until next week, up to £200! I will donate £50 regardless of the outcome.

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1. Donate any amount you can to one of the places below:

UNRWA | Palestine children's relief fund | esims (link is a how to guide!) | Operation olive branch (any family that resonates with you)

2. Send me proof/receipt showing the date and amount, cross out any other information you wish

(currency does not matter, I will convert it and donate the equivalent in GBP)

3. I will update in the reblogs how much has been donated so far, and will make my matched donation on the 27th of February (when I get paid the money I plan to donate)

I'm currently planning on splitting my donation across the above sources, but I will donate £200 total.

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If we meet the match goal we will raise £400 for people who desperately need it right now! It's easy to feel a small donation doesn't help, so hopefully this is a way to illustrate how it all does really add up.

Any amount helps, if you have £1 to spare please do, but if you can donate more I urge you to

If you have nothing to spare, please reblog and do your daily click

[what-marsha-eats]

A housewife poses with a week's worth of groceries in 1947. She spent $12.50 a week to buy all her groceries except milk. On this, she managed to feed herself, her husband, her four-year-old twins, and the family cat.

[saltandlavenderblog]

Creamy beef and shells recipe

[taleweaver-ramblings]

Was talking about this with my family the other day, and apparently I have a different opinion on this question than the rest of them, so I am turning to Tumblr to see if I'm actually weird or not . . .

For purposes of this question, going to a fast food place does not count as "going out to eat." Panera/Starbucks/similar count as cafes, not fast food.

Feel free to put nuance in the tags/comments/reblogs.

[lastoneout]

Got a burger from a mid-cost fancy gastropub last night because it was the only thing open and I truly have to ask what the fuck is the point of food that's description is so tasty delicious sounding and then you get it and it's baffling and bland and confusing?

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Jennifer Scholtes at Politico:

One week in, the Trump administration is broadening its assault on the functions of government and shifting control of the federal purse strings further away from members of Congress. President Donald Trump’s budget office on Monday ordered a total freeze on “all federal financial assistance” that could be targeted under his previous executive orders that pausing funding for a wide range of priorities – from domestic infrastructure and energy projects to diversity-related programs and foreign aid. In a two-page memo obtained by POLITICO, the Office of Management and Budget announced all federal agencies would be forced to temporarily suspend payments, while making clear that Social Security and Medicare would not be affected. “The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve,” according to the memo, which three people authenticated.

The new order could affect billions of dollars in grants to state and local governments, while also creating disruptions to programs that benefit U.S. households. But in the immediate aftermath there was also widespread confusion over how the memo would be implemented and whether it may face legal challenges. While the memo says the funding pause does not include assistance “provided directly to individuals,” for instance, it does not clarify whether that includes money sent first to states or organizations and then provided to households. The brief memo also does not detail all payments that will be halted. However, it broadly orders federal agencies to “temporarily” stop sending all federal financial assistance that could be affected by Trump’s executive actions.

That includes the president’s orders to freeze all funding from Democrats’ signature climate and spending law called the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure package enacted in 2021, along with a 90-day freeze of all foreign aid. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in a statement decried the announcement as an example of “more lawlessness and chaos in America as Donald Trump’s Administration blatantly disobeys the law by holding up virtually all vital funds that support programs in every community across the country.”

The OMB under Tyrant 47’s misadministration puts out a “temporary” freeze to most federal aid and grants, including food assistance, Medicaid, farm aid, Head Start, and rent assistance. Social Security and Medicare are exempted.

This is dangerous and dictatorial, and must be resisted.

See Also:

HuffPost: Donald Trump Orders Freeze On All Federal Grants And Loans In Huge Power Grab

The Hill: Trump administration directs widespread pause of federal loans and grants

Reuters: White House pauses federal grant, loan, and other assistance programs

NOTUS: Trump Administration Orders Sudden Freeze on Federal Aid