Food stamp help needed. My tenant just told me that she's applied and qualified for food stamps.?!
Answers: I wasn't surprised to learn this and have encouraged her for a while to apply. But now she's asking me how to eat healthfully on the likely small amount she'll be receiving. It's still a good 2 months away from me being able to harvest anything from my garden to give to her or else I would. I called the local gov. office to see if there was a nutritionist who could help with my tenant's question and surprise, surprise, there isn't. Can anyone help me with this so I can help her? Thanks so much.
I have several tips for her.
1. Never go shopping hungry.
2. Always, always take a list and stick to it.
3. Bulk foods are always cheaper.
4. Legumes and grains (beans and corn, lentils and rice) are inexpensive ways of getting protein.
5. When purchasing meats, go for cheaper cuts and cook them longer...they will get tender, especially in a crockpot.
6. Any form of baked good (bread, brownies, cookies) are cheaper if made from scratch.
7. Convenience foods are expensive, loaded with fats and sugars, and never satisfies like stuff cooked from scratch.
8. Take one day to cook a lot of foods and place them into the freezer...it's more convenient, and portions are kept...you won't be tempted to eat more than you have allotted if it isn't already packaged.
And lastly...
Where you shop is very important. WalMart sells day old meats at 6-7am and you can get great meat for a substancial discount. Aldi's sells food for much less than other stores. Also, going from store to store to get bargains is great...providing you don't spend more in gas than what you save.
You're a great landlord. Hope this helps.
no advice, but Kudos to you for being a great landlord!
beans ,rice,oatmeal,make her own bread with the powdered box kind where you just add water,buy meat at the mexican stores they have great prices on all meats, lots of pasta,go to a canned food store like grocery outlet and Walmart now takes food stamps, my cleaning lady gave me all this info. good luck
First let me commend you on your caring attitude toward your tenant; not many landlords that I know of would care whether their tenant ate or not. Secondly, your tenant can probably find that her food dollars will stretch further if she can find a Food Share program near her. The Food Share program is one which gives out fruits, vegetables and meats in packages, they have various packages for a low price and although they accept foodstamps you don't need to be on foodstamps to participate.
The other great thing about Food Share is that although you pay early the package usually comes towards the end of the month when most folks on food stamps are getting low. It stretches their dollars and keeps them eating healthy until the end of the month. Your tenant can find more information about the Food Share program and where a local one is at through the local food pantries or directly from her case worker.
Food Pantries usually have quite a few suggestions for families on food stamps who wish to stretch their dollars. Your tenant may also want to ask about the local farmers market who also accept foodstamps and have low cost fruits, vegetables and many other items for sale. In addition let your tenant know that they can shop around for a good quality meat store and compare their meat package prices these stretch those food stamp dollars also.
One last thing let them know that buying meats which are healthy but low cost will help; the family pack of chicken, turkey, hamburger and fish help and keep well stocked on can goods and vegetables when all else fails a stew can be stretched for a few days when you're running low on food.
I was a single parent on food stamps after I got out of the Army and was going to college and all of these things helped me.