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Another thing I should've mentioned in the video is that I'm vegetarian, so that impacted what I bought a lot! Anyways, hope you enjoyed this video! See you all soooooon :)
Vegetarian, great! If you get hungry just go munch on your lawn.
Thanks for the tip!!!
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I wish I can be a vegetarian but I live on $15 a month on food stamps this is very hard
I don't know why I keep watching food stamp challenges. I live in Canada and we don't even have food stamps! But I must say I'm impressed! You were an inexperienced cook and grocery shopper, but managed to pull off a well-balanced diet on a restricted budget and you didn't spend the whole time whining about it either. Looks like you picked up some good life skills!
Crock pot Rice and beans of many kind ! Also corn bread !
good ideas!
I love this video and how you're raising awareness!
Thanks my dude!
Clicked on this like I'm not already on food stamps
A good trick is getting a job. But you probably have a 90 IQ and are lazy.
TJ K getting a job just means just over broke...I rather work smarter and take advantage of everything I can get then to work harder. You can be a slave though
@@killstreak8 If you are stupid and have no skills maybe. If you have and learn valuable skills you can make alot of money.
Working doesn't mean being a slave. You can work for yourself. Start of your own business or learn a valuable skill and only have to work 3-4 days a week and still make good money.
Lastly people like you are the slave. You want Master (the Government) to give you money. Massa gives you food stamps. Massa to help pay your rent. As long as you still live your shitty life and have no goals and stay on the welfare plantation massa will take care of you.
TJ K I mean it’s the governments job to help us...also, you could’ve said go and build your own career but you said get a job like the typical lazy American. They work a job taking care a family of 6 living pay check to pay check that’s pathetic.
@@killstreak8 Its not the governments job to take care of you. It is your job. People on welfare should get a job or make your own career. They would feel better about themselves. Alot could also benefit from losing weight being obese alot of them.
But no. You want Daddy/Massa to take care of you. Most of you have low self esteem. Start with a part time job. Working will build back your self esteem and will make you feel better and yourself. It will give you some worth. You're better than being on welfare for the rest of your life.
Family of 6? Who the fuck told them it was a good idea to have 4 kids they can't support? They fucked up their lives and made bad decisions so they should live with it. Those families ain't starving since most people on welfare are obese.
Really glad that you're back! I began meal prepping a few weeks ago and it has really helped me out saving a lot of money and time during the week.
Yeah it helps so much!
Awesome to see you back! One of the hardest parts of being a creator for me was uploading old footage because it is clear that you wanted to get the content up earlier. Glad to see your challenge though and glad to see you back overall!
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Hello. Kebz Redemption. I knew you would find me here. Great vid
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What you eat and drink is so important! Glad to see you're back on youtube!
So true!!
On SNAP, living about $2 a day, $60 a month. It’s hard, lots of processed foods.
Very very hard indeed.
if you think $2 a day ,$60 a month is hard try $15 a month that's what I in Wisconsin get a month. my friends are shocked on how I live on that a month
@@staceycalder3233 How do you live on that? My grandmother-in-law gets $9 a month (decreased from $15).
@@AishaMBudgets it is hard but I get most of my food from food pantries and after eating the stuff from the food pantry and used up the stamps I then don't eat.
@@staceycalder3233 Wow that's hard. We only have one food pantry around here and they only let you get food once every three months (and it's only enough for a week). Churches around here try to help but there's so much need that it's hard for them. My grandmother-in-law just has to go without food sometimes and sometimes without medicine (for some reason she doesn't qualify for Medicaid). We help when we have extra.
You need to get stuff that will last a good while. Get like a big thing of Quaker oats,sliced ham that is like 10.00, bread like 4.00. Get like pinto bean s like 45 cent a can.
thanks for the advice!
I work as a cashier at Sam's and I don't understand how I see all these people buying tons of worthless junk like bulk potato chips and expensive stuff like shrimp on food stamps
Even those "just starting out" will still normally have oil and basic seasonings. As I'm sure it's been pointed out store rewards programs are free to sign up for. It's awesome that you tried this challenge. If you have a crockpot you don't actually have to soak your beans. At least not pinto beans. You just add them to the pot with water and cook them until soft. Add your seasonings at the end. I just keep it basic and do seasoning salt and a stick of butter. (Of course when I'm making it, it's for a family of 5)
You’re back!!
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Since you posted this a couple of years ago, I don’t know if my comment will be of interest or use to you. I enjoyed your video. I am happy that you decided to take the challenge and really go through the steps. I wish more people understood what it is like to work within fairly narrow constraints not just once but over a period of months and years. I want to add a couple of ideas to it from the perspective of being on Snap for around 30 years. Maybe it would help you if I explain that my husband and I are both blind, and I was born with spina bifida. I have been receiving food stamps in its various forms since I was 18. If I were able to share tips with someone who was new to the program, this is what I would tell them. First, try to avoid the more expensive grocery stores like Kroger, Publix, and Trader Joe’s. Walmart, Aldie, and discount or dollar stores like family Dollar or Dollar General are your best friend. 😄 I lived as a vegetarian for three years, and these stores supported me back then as well as with my current diet. Timing is another thing that really matters. If you shop et the end of the day, usually once Rush hour has passed for the day, they will take things out of the section of the deli where they prepare custom orders and put it in the refrigerator case. When they do that, it becomes eligible for purchase with food stamps, and they usually drop the price by half. It can also work to shop toward the end of the day or very early in the morning to get the day-old bread that they sell on clearance. This goes for all sorts of baked goods.
There are two additional strategies that can help people on food stamps or people fighting food insecurity in general. One is to heavily use manufacturers coupons and store coupons to lower what you pay at the cash register. Yes, that is time consuming. However, if you do it well, you can save up to 50% or more on your grocery order. The other thing I would offer is that sometimes it is better to buy a large box of something and divide it into Ziploc bags for freezing or for storage. it is often the case that you pay more for the smaller item if it’s something you buy often. Sometimes that can save you about 20 to 30% on the cost of the item.
Thank you for sharing your perspective and those very insightful tips!! I'm glad you liked and agree that doing this for one week is much different than an extended period of time
Great advice!
Yes yes yes !!!! A video finally !😂😭
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I always wait for your vids, they’re the best!
Respect bro, thanks!
My mom gives me about 50 in foodstamps a month it only last me 2 weeks after that i have to pay out of pocket.
Cash is only given to you if you’re pregnant or have kids under 18 (in the US) Snap anyone under a certain income can get. This is a reply to someones answer that had it totally wrong. Also, please think about someone that is on a restricted diet. Most cheap foods are processed and all carbs or starches. Diabetics cant do that without facing major problems. My main takeaway is, be good to others regardless. You don’t know all they face. Its too easy to say they are freeloaders if they must rely on these benefits. Just think about your situation. How long would you be able to live the life you are now if you had a major event happen? Natural disasters, losing a job, medical crisis, maybe your car craps out totally. Please think ahead so that you can keep enough on hand so that you don’t get hit so hard. Its too easy to loose all you have in a heartbeat.
well said
Thank you for this video.
I am also vegetarian you do the same as I do. Lettuce for snack crunchy eat rice also snack the only thing you could change is frozen vegetables instead of canned you get a bit more plus better quality
I just clicked bc you look like a cool dude
Lol well thanks :)
Father montage :) I’m excited to see a vid. Long time no see
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You will make it man.you look like a smart kid.😊😊
DUDE YOU NEED A KROGER CARD!!! I'm a Vlogger from Ohio too by the way. You can actually get a card online (digital) and you save SOO much with the card. Also they do a "Free Friday download" every Friday. It is usually food. This weeks was a protein bar, last week was like a chocolate bar, the week before was a bag of Doritos---and all this is free
True! A kroger card would’ve been really helpful!
Chocolate and Doritos sounds really healthy. Keep it up. Your obesity will never give people a idea your on welfare.
It's not free, its built into the cost of other products.
Try living on 15 dollars a month in Snap benefits. That's less .50 cents per day. That is what the average senior citizen that lives in our Apartment complex receives. If it wasn't for food pantries I'd be starving. I eat beans for protein almost everyday. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are also a almost every day occurrence. I eat lunch at a senior center m-f. All because all utilities are included in my rent. Before I moved here I was getting over 5 dollars a day.
I buy food only when it's on sale or woohoo from Kroger. Use coupons to reduce my bill. I eat a pretty much vegetarian diet. The exception for me is cheese. That I purchase when it is on sale for less than 1.99 per 8 ounce brick. Last time I bought cheese it was 1.99 per 12 ounce brick. So I bought 10 blocks using cash. I freeze my cheese after purchase so I probably have 6 months of cheese. So that is a little over 3 dollars a month. Dry beans are cheap and healthy for you. Keep staples in your pantry and you can make cheap healthy meals. My favorite meal is less than 3.00 total to make and it has 6 plus servings.
taz z that really sucks. SNAP is supplemental, meaning it is to help cover some of the costs not foot the whole bill.
Yes it's supposed to be supplemental. But the way the law was written is discriminatory against those whose utilities are included in our rent. We are paying the utilities but do not get the standard utility allowance. If a person making the same amount of social security as me. Pays the same total as my rent in rent and utilities. They will get between 182 and 192 dollars. What is wrong with this picture.
If you want to save money use coupons it really helps you out on something's so you never know.
I watch these videos because I never know what can happen to me at anytime.
So true! And it’s just good to learn from different experiences so you can better empathize with those situations
JMontage that too 👏🏽👏🏽
Agree, Im homeless and living in a violent place. I can't cook, no kitchen, can't keep food, no refrigerator..is pbj and ramon, healthy? Plus how about hygiene? Need a job?!?
Ive lived on snap my whole life it sucks
@@tjk5992 little rough not knowing stich, but true statement for many.
TJ K karma dude, you mentioning death for no reason because you’re bitter about something is gonna come back to haunt you
@@killstreak8 I bitter about so much money taken out of my check that I don't have enough for me. I am sacrificing. I am destroying my body. And I am getting nowhere thanks to others.
Anthony Thorp you are one out of billions. Why should we care about your personal problems? Do something about it instead of complaining is what I say
@@killstreak8 no I am not, many have the same view point.
Why care about me, why should I care about the poor. I go to work to support myself not others. Why should my hard work and sacrifice benefit someone else just as much as it benefits me? The more I make the more they take. My cousin says rich people should pay more. I make 2 1/2 times more than him and we live a mile apart. I asked him why i should pay more to drive down the same road, why I should pay more for the same police/fire protection, why I should I pay more for the same public services. He had no answer.
And as far as doing something about it, I campaign and vote against long term support programs and those who want them. I have no problem with temporary help but I can't tolerate laziness, abuse, and ungrateful whiners demanding more.
Great challenge of cooking beans
Sheesh
It's always good to shop around for the best prices I have heard Kroger's is very expensive? I go to one store locally and a dozen eggs are almost $3 I go to Walmart superstore in a dozen eggs are $0.80. I go to local store for milk and it's almost $4 I go to Walmart superstore milk gallon dollar eighty. It is always wise to shop around. I used to buy a lot of canned beans and now I'm attempting to cook some dried beans and put them in small freezer bags I hear you can freeze them that might save you on some of your meal prep time?
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Yesss finally!!! Missed you bro!!
I missed you too ☺️
s.n.a.p. is not meant to supply all of your food for the month , it is a supplement .
Living on food stamps is 1 of the hardest things in life. Arkansas has a current state minimum of $234 for a single individual on social security, yet I don't recieve that, before the pandemic I was recieving $33 per month. It took a pandemic before I got the state minimum and I fear they will take that away soon once Arkansas gets to 75 percent up to 90 percent vaccination rate. I have resorted to dumpster diving, however that is hit or miss and I also went into debt cause I chose to eat instead of pay bills when I ran out of food stamps since the food stamp office refuses to give me the state minimum. I only get $726 per month or $8712 per year, that is way below the poverty line by a lot. I don't like it how they treat each and every one of us that has to be on food stamps. Its down right SAD
Don't know how you figured $5 a day. My benefits for the month work out to $3.09 a day.
Exactly!!!
My benefits for the month work out to 0.00 because im not a fucking bum that leaches off the taxpayers
zencat55 mine is 53 cents a day, as a disabled senior. I’m not ever sure if I should laugh, or if I should cry when I have to go into the FS office to update my application.
I think it's really cool what you're doing. But honestly I don't want you to feel bad for those of us on stamps. Being on stamps really is not as difficult as people say it is. In my opinion those of us getting stamps and/or other types of assistance are some of the most privilaged people in our country. If we do run out of them we can get additional help from churches, food pantries, and community meals. If you don't like being on food stamps then my best advice would be get off of food stamps.
Dude! Is Cayleigh Elise your sister?! What a resemblance!
Idk who that is!
snap gives only $15 a month try that challenge
Only $15 a month? Damn I got like $200
A job pays way more
Can't work because of my disability
Uhm, Kroner is one of the most expensive stores for this type challenge . Also, I'd say get to know canned food, better on the budget.
He should've went to Aldi's
That was an impressive sweet potato. Looked bigger than your head.
Missed you man. See u soon
Thanks for the video.Mpre folks shoulld take the challenge.Coupons help stretch funds.Buy frozen more & less canned items.Food stamps is a supplament,to your income.A lot of folks have a person,or hustle to help them survive.It is hard.Food is expensive.I'd like to grow a few herbs,in my future home.I encourage folks to grow foods.
im on food stamps and ssi i ate very cheap food pasta on sale for a dollar and i put a little cheap olive oil on teh past i ate this every day and oatmeal in the mornning and lunch for free at my day program at the tiem my rent was only 140 a month im in a much better program then section 8 my program pays higher rent then section 8 and i saved 250 dollar a month every month for 3 years i bought 4 1200 dollar compouters and 2 500 dollar computers and 2 800 dollar tvs my ocd had me obsessed with electronics adn thank god i bought and saved the money when i did because 2 years later the government raised my rent to 222 a month
i also bought many pc games movies playstation system and games
new winter clothes
i was getting 780 a month and 130 a month on food stamps at the time
Don’t microwave it cooks the nutrions out from the inside
really?
No it doesn't, that's probably a myth from the old days when they were new. It's the same as cooking food over an outdoor campfire. It cooks the same way.
Why are some Americans against welfare (food/rent/income support/free or affordable healthcare)? Whenever there is a financial crisis the so called socializing of losses (so called welfare for banks and corporates) is hardly argued against, but when there are proposed increases to programs such as SNAP it is a huge struggle to pass such bills in Congress etc. This is May 2020 and as the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading and people all over the world are losing their jobs, incomes, lives etc - programs as such as SNAP are a no-brainer. Of course if people do not have proper nutrition/food, the consequences impact everyone (health system overloads, costs increase, pandemics spread easier etc etc). A smart welfare system also advantages those who do not need welfare. Welfare is like insurance - you probably will never need to use it, but it is good to know it is there; and if you do need to use it - it is then when you learn how good or bad your welfare system is.
That looks like the campus of the Ohio State University!
All I am saying is try it for a month? Also calculate how much you will get based on your income.
Now I did watch your video before I commented.
Enjoy your social experiment, I think there cool and by the way I have needed food stamps at times.
We went with about the average amount per day to better understand what the average person on SNAP would face, and so that our members would be having a uniform experience for discussion’s sake. A month would help us understand the situation even more and that might be something we do in the future.
Also when ur hair changes halfway thru the vid
Haircuts are a thing, idk what else to say. Your first attempt at making fun of me was way better
I am also in Ohio.
Do they get money and food stamps?
What do you mean?
Tokens leaflets stamps anything that single people out from other people was banned in the U.K. in the 60s. People would not use them out of embarrassment. So people get these food stamps plus money? in the U.S.
No the only comes from if they work. Then their stamps are ajusted by the amoumt of income. You must be in school . Work or disabled.Their are income limits.I hope this help answer your question.
As someone on SNAP, you get a card with your amount limit on it ( kind of like a gift card) that can only be used on food. Some people get TANF which is regular money added to their card.
Thanks for sharing your perspective!
I don't learn anything new... Bummer
I can't see that 20.00 can have you eating healthy.
So cute that you think 4 days helps you understand their struggle 🤣🤣😂😏
I don't think this is meant to be a way for someone to understand everything about living on food stamps, it's only a glimpse. But it's a glimpse which can help lead to more productive conversations about improving the system for everyone.
i have food stamps and i eat dominos and popeys almost every day
That’s why you probably have health problems and maybe fat or worse
@@jessicaconner1242 im actually not very heavy about 150 i do gotta take it easy with the fast food though your right dude
@@jessicaconner1242 That's very unhealthy, I eat better than that on a constant basis. You can cook better food at home. Bake chicken instead of frying it, much better for you.
A Kroeber card is free just ask for one lol
Yep in retrospect that would’ve been very smart lol
You tried only a week.....try snap at 114 a month that’s $ 3.80 a day.....there’s the next challenge for you
try $15 a month that's what I do each month
It’s not easy no matter how much SNAP funds you get.
Bro weren't you weighing yourself with the camera hahahhaha that thing is heavy
Hahahaha shoot I didn’t think of that you’re so right. At least no gorillapod that would be another 3lbs
Try dollar tree next time
He’s not exactly “underprivileged” in all fairness 😂
I said in the video that I am privileged?
Relocated to Columbus Ohio and made a few TH-cam party videos around osu and Columbus Ohio and while uploading my video I found your video and clicked on it. Well I wanted to introduce myself to another fellow Columbus Ohio vlogger
What’s up man!
JMontage JMontage hey bro how you doing yeah I had a good day was able to get some Columbus fishing and kayaking in today. What’s new with you bro. How’s things been for u. Now that schools on break mode
Good stuff. I’m just enjoying my summer and making videos ✌🏻
WHAT. YOU LEARNED IS YOU WON'T GET ANYMORE FOR A WHOLE MONTH.
Dear, what your doing is great, but a week is 7 days and that's $35. I know your in college, need too go back too math classes?
Thanks for being condescending, dear, but maybe you should watch the video next time. At 1:09 I say that I’m starting the challenge late so I adjusted the amount accordingly.
Catherine Watson 😂 “I know *YOUR* in college, need *TOO* go back *TOO* math classes?”
The irony is killing me! 😂 If he needs to go back to math class, then you need to go back to English class. I will go with you. 😉
How's that white privilege...haha...I'm white got a wife and kid and that's 3 people eating on a 70$ a week budget at aldi....and I don't get foodstamps
I never said white privilege. I said a privilege check
@@JMontage you didn't say it, but liberals do daily...
Sooo what’s your point?
@@JMontage that...living off food stamps is no different than working and raising a family except you spend your hard earned money on the food. Like I said me my wife and my son have a 70 dollar budget at Aldi...that's less than 5$ per person per day but we make it just fine
I would say there’s a little more nuance in the food stamps or SNAP program than you might first think, such as access, autonomy, social pressures, etc. Some people have touched on these ideas from their experiences in the comments. But thank you for sharing your perspective as well!
No one lives on food stamps. The program is a supplement, not an entire food budget. This video is 100% worthless.
Are you sure that no one lives on food stamps? Yes it’s meant to be supplemental, but is that really how it’s used in practice? Even if it’s not a permanent situation, I would argue it’s still beneficial to try to understand that perspective. We’ve found it’s more prevalent than I even expected
ew, you eat weird foods. and unhealthy foods. that challenge would be way easier if you ate proper food, and you wont lose weight when you're eating carbs like that, lol.
I’m not sure how you think any of what I ate is weird, but what would you have eaten on a budget like that?
@@JMontage I buy the biggest container of peanut butter in the store, I'll make toast and put PB and butter on it, delicious. A PB and banana tastes great too. For some reason the flavors go together. I buy jam and preserves too and have two sandwiches for lunch. The local store sells strawberry and apricot jam as well as grape jelly.