Jones gets $367 per month in assistance for food, which breaks down to about $12 a day to feed two people three meals each day. That's not a lot of money, especially if you want your child to eat healthy fruits and vegetables, she says.
"An avocado costs $1.50, and I've got approximately $2 a meal," she says.
Her kid is 7. What 7-year-old eats an entire avocado in a sitting? The serving size is either 1/5 or 1/2 of an avocado, depending on your source. When my wife and I make tacos, we usually split an avocado between us and it's plenty. Home-made tortillas, rice, and beans run maybe $1.50 *tops* (like super-organic fancy stuff. For us it would be less than $1) for two people, one meal if you buy the ingredients in bulk (20-50 lb bags) - add an avocado and you still have $1 to spend on other frills like lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, sour cream, or cheese. Eat cheaper for breakfast and lunch (think oatmeal and PBJ sandwiches, though those are hardly the only options) and you could afford some chicken.
I don't mean to be hard on people that need food stamps, but $367 per month is more than enough for two people. Our average is just over $300/mo. for the past two years, and we eat fish/seafood twice a week and have meat included more often than not.
Could we start a petition to have a print-out of
http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/03/29/killing-your-1000-grocery-bill/ given out with the food stamp cards?