Food Stamp Challenge

The Misers have been inspired by a Los Angeles Times Food article about a couple who lived on $67 worth of food per week, which is a little bit less than what a needy family of two receives in food stamps in California. We've decided that starting Monday, we are going to budget ourselves to $100 a week for groceries for the three of us. Can we do it? We are pretty thrifty, but we haven't really put ourselves on a strict budget so this should be an interesting experiment. Back in 2007, some members of congress held an official Congressional Food Stamp Challenge in order to bring awareness to hunger and poverty in America. Each participant was allowed to spend only $21 on food and beverages for one week. There were certain rules they had to follow such as no free food from friends or family, and no eating food that they already owned (excluding spices and condiments.) We are not going to be that strict since we are mainly doing this to see if we can do it, and to see if we can save ourselves a couple of bucks. That means that all food we already have is fair game, and we will gladly, as always, accept meal invitations. I just wish that more of our vegetables were ready because that would really help, but I think we can do this. Go, Misers!