USA: Food Stamps Users Numbers are Climbing!
More peeps on food assistance? More users of SNAP, WIC, and food commodities as well as food pantry foods?
THAT’S NOT NEWS! THAT’S REALITY!
Our question is: Who ya gonna CALL? HINT: Food Stamps Cooking Club! Angel Food Ministries!
People are hurting. Parents are worried and hungry. Children deserve to know there will be food on their family’s table!
That’s where THIS little band of merry makers comes in. The Food Stamps Cooking Club is, as our faithful followers are keenly aware, is a soft place to fall. It is a place where frugal foodies and people who need to know how to become more frugal in order for their food dollars to do the most good can hang out and share.
We are not alone in our effort to help people live within their means, regardless of what those means are! There is a cute little newsletter that’s been coming our way called “Living On a Dime” and a recent issue included an entire menu designed to celebrate Valentine’s Day with flair. Here’s what Tawra Kellam had to share with her readers:
“CHEESY RICE AND TOMATOES
3 cups cooked rice
3 Tbsp. oil
1 medium onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
2 cups cooked or stewed tomatoes
2 cups cheese, shredded
1 tsp. salt
dash of pepper
Cook rice if uncooked. Sauté in a pan with oil, onion, celery and green pepper. Add tomatoes, rice, cheese, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer until cheese is melted. Serves 8.”
This budget friendly and healthy foods recipe came from Living On a Dime. We appreciate all Tawra does for so many.
We deeply appreciate all the mail you send our way, too: foodstampscookingclub@gmail.com All our Club Members have so many good, thrifty, creative ideas and are so generous to share.
Comments fuel our fire, too. You can leave yours at the end of this post, if you please.
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Please feel free to share us with those in your sphere of influence. You may also like to know that we have other spots on the Web which deal with issues of health and making money at home. If you like what you are reading here, you may like to drop by these blogs, too: The Healthy and Wealthy You and Mother Connie Sez. If you are interested to add income to your household you might find these spots helpful: Rapid Cash Review and Work at Home Freelancing.
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