A Practical Guide for Stretching Your Food Allowance

Many people are beginning to find themselves lacking and are having to rely on government assistance these days. My goal is to help people stretch what little help they receive in order to have more money to help pay bills.I will be sharing tips on what staples to keep on hand, what foods are good buys at certain times and easy, cheap recipes. Always buy a little extra of things that are on sale instead of waiting until you are completely out and at the mercy of your store's higher prices.

Here is a list of foods to always keep in the house. This way, you can always make SOMETHING to eat. It may not be what you love, but it will sustain you and your household.

Eggs
Milk (dried or evaporated is good in a pinch, too)
Cheese 
Bread
Butter
Flour 
Sugar
Peanut Butter and/or canned meat
Frozen/canned veggies (tomatoes are great to use with beans and rice)
Frozen/canned fruit
Baking Soda
Baking Powder
Salt and pepper
A bag of rice
Dried Beans

Get creative and check out some cookbooks!
From this list, I can see several things to make to eat:

Cheese and Veggie omelette
Grilled Cheese sandwich
Peanut Butter sandwich
Coffee cake/with fruit
Peanut Butter cookies (recipe below)
Creamy Veggie Cheese soup 
Quiche
Rice and Beans







Anyone can make these Peanut Butter Cookies:                 
1Cup Peanut Butter
1Cup Sugar
1Egg

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough into balls about the size of a heaping Tablespoon and place on baking sheet. Slightly flatten by pressing the tops with a fork. Bake for about 10 minutes , give or take a minute. Remove from the pan let them cool on a plate or rack for a little while, then enjoy or save to put in lunches.



PS ~ Taking your own lunch saves lots of money!