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Reblog this to sprinkle some love on prev!

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Broke af?

But still interested in feeding yourself? What if I told you that there’s a woman with a blog who had to feed both herself and her young son…on 10 British pounds ($15/14 Euro) per week?

Let me tell you a thing.

This woman saved my life last year. Actually saved my life. I had a piggy bank full of change and that’s it. Many people in my fandom might remember that dark time as when I had to hock my writing skills in exchange for donations. I cried a lot then. 

This is real talk, people: I marked down exactly what I needed to buy, totaled it, counted out that exact change, and then went to three different stores to buy what I needed so I didn’t have to dump a load of change on just one person. I was already embarrassed, but to feel people staring? Utter shame suffused me. The reasons behind that are another post all together. 

AgirlcalledJack.com is run by a British woman who was on benefits for years. Things got desperate. She had to find a way to feed herself and her son using just the basics that could be found at the supermarket. But the recipes she came up with are amazing. 

You have to consider the differing costs of things between countries, but if you just have three ingredients in your cupboard, this woman will tell you what to do with it. Check what you already have. Chances are you have the basics of a filling meal already. 

Here’s her list of kitchen basics. 

Bake your own bread. It’s easier than you think. Here’s a list of many recipes, each using some variation of just plain flour, yeast, some oil, maybe water or lemon juice. And kneading bread is therapeutic. 

Make your own pasta–gluten free. 

She gets it. She really does. This is the article that started it all. It’s called “Hunger Hurts”.

She has vegan recipes.

A carrot, a can of kidney beans, and some cumin will get you a really filling soup…or throw in some flour for binding and you’ve got yourself a burger. 

Don’t have an oven or the stove isn’t available? She covers that in her Microwave Cooking section. 

She has a book, but many recipes can be found on her blog for free. She prices her recipes down to the cent, and every year she participates in a project called “Living Below the Line” where she has to live on 1 BP per day of food for five days. 

Things improved for me a little, but her website is my go to. I learned how to bake bread (using my crockpot, but that was my own twist), and I have a little cart full of things that saved me back then, just in case I need them again. She gives you the tools to feed yourself, for very little money, and that’s a fabulous feeling. 

Tip: Whenever you have a little extra money, buy a 10 dollar/pound/euro giftcard from your discount grocer. Stash it. That’s your super emergency money. Make sure they don’t charge by the month for lack of use, though.

I don’t care if it sounds like an advertisement–you won’t be buying anything from the site. What I DO care about is your mental, emotional, and physical health–and dammit, food’s right in the center of that. 

If you don’t need this now, pass it on to someone who does. Pass it on anyway, because do you REALLY know which of the people in your life is in need? Which follower might be staring at their own piggy bank? Trust me: someone out there needs to see this. 

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Made this for a mini “animation” proj (oops spoilers) but I couldn’t help but share them ehehe 🦊 msby bbys 🥰

- feel free to use w/ credit ✨

- do not remove watermark

Stay tuned for that project if I actually finish it hahzhzh mwa 🫶

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Happy Year of the snake!

Have a Silicobra that's been adopted by a family of Maushold. Tried a slightly different rendering style, too!

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more pokemon that a random generator chose for me

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More companions than usual for Ludlow

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moonlit knight

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Bagon will headbutt other Pokémon, trainers, and immobile objects when exited. Please provide safe places for them to express themselves without causing injury or damage to themselves or others.

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Cyber-Stein

"You can pay 5000 LP; Special Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck in Attack Position."

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Most blessed type of fandom experience tbh

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Squirtle ko-fi doodle for Mx Piggy! ✨

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keigo gets distracted whenever he’s out flying around the city on patrol and spots you down below on the way to your favourite coffee shop on break.

[no2hawks is now live!]

a flash of red feathers cuts across the live feed, replaced by the windswept, grinning face of the number two hero as he whisper-shouts, “HOT GIRLFRIEND ALERT!!!” and proceeds zoom in on an extremely blurry shot of you looking up at him, shaking your head with your hands on your hips.

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200x200 Maya Amano (Persona 2) Icons !! Please reblog + credit me if using !!

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reblog to give warm bread to your mutuals

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I feel that after Pearson’s death Crow molded himself into sort of a ‘hero’ figure for the kids of Satellite. He wants to be a symbol of hope for the kids like Pearson was for him. I would not put it past him that the reckless daredevil act is a little played up to impress the kids and appear cool to them.

I believe that being apart of this project made Crow feel like he could be apart of something important. That maybe his life could go somewhere. Once that ended, he tried to fill in that role of being a symbol of hope for the kids. He never wants the children to feel hopelessness like he did.

I feel like people don’t understand that Pearson represents hope to Crow. The story felt like the ideas Pearson represented mattered more than Pearson himself. I’m not saying that as a bad thing. It’s just that this got caught up in messy writing.

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selfshippers! reblog so everyone can tell you what character you remind them of, surley there will be so, so much variety