Food Rationing,does anyone do this? - Page 3

[missmich]

October was a pretty tough month for me,but this month is better even though I have less money to start the month with. I've started to meal plan and was able to get a few extra cans of beans to work with and make longer lasting and more filling meals with. So far I haven't had to ration food and have eaten better meals (both tastier and healthier) for almost the last 2 weeks.

Restaurants are hard to get work at if you don't speak French Also I've never done it before. I am working at a call center,but recently haven't been getting enough hours: So I did get a 2nd job at another call center (I start Wednesday) but I'm not sure how legit this new place is. I'll try it out this week and see how it goes. I did earn a little extra tonight ($60) babysitting that could go on groceries.

[beansricerevolt]

Originally Posted by onlyzombiecat

We don't have a CC.
We buy food for 2 weeks at a time and use what we have. Sometimes that means I eat a bit less or only drink water so dd can have the juice or milk if things are getting low.

This is where we are at. Meal planning is a life saver for us.

[beansricerevolt]

Originally Posted by missmich

was able to get a few extra cans of beans to work with and make longer lasting and more filling meals with.

Dry beans will stretch that money even farther

[missmich]

That's true. I'm not used to using dry beans though. I've just started to take learning more about my health and what I should be eating and how more seriously. It sounds bad,but before I didn't out effort into it. I've had some signs of being low in iron back in I guess September and want to be more careful now.

I'm learning to meal plan and cook healthier now and base my dishes around beans. Canned beans for now and later I'll get into dry beans. lol