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@AutumnBrooke I don't think

@AutumnBrooke I don't think those families are prevalent at all. Budget conscious, low income families are eating store brand mac and cheese for fifty cents a box, one dollar bologna and white bread, etc.

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@Rubber Chicken Madness Your

@Rubber Chicken Madness Your sentiment -- and budget -- are what I'm hearing from most families these days. Thanks for chiming in!

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@radar5 I grow a lot of our

@radar5 I grow a lot of our food, too. And, aside from health issues, the prices are a definite motivator here as well. Most of my home grown and canned goods come out to half or even three quarters...

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@Provident Princess You're

@Provident Princess You're right, prices overall will definitely vary depending on the scale of the meal. Most of us are keeping it well below $5 per person per meal over the course of the month...

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@Flour Sack Mama But the

@Flour Sack Mama But the point isn't just the cheap but the "slow food" and I think that is why people "flock" to the fast food restaurants--they are working two jobs to make ends meet and there is no...

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@Diana I sometimes dream

@Diana I sometimes dream about winning Seattle Sutton for a month or something like that. Ah... I know-bad food blogger who hates to cook all the time.

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It is unfortunate that there

It is unfortunate that there are people out there that really have no idea how to prepare healthy, inexpensive meals. Let's spread the word people, share the recipes, the knowledge as well as the meal:)

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Well, my blog partner and I

Well, my blog partner and I just spent this past Saturday canning tomato sauce. We went to the local farmer's market for tomatoes, since our tomato crops were not prolific. We ended up with 7 quarts of...

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@Diana Ditto! I saw someone

@Diana Ditto! I saw someone on Twitter mention that they were taking a challenge to spend $75 or less on groceries that week, and that they hoped they could do it. I chuckled to myself--our last weekly...

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@Diana But, there is a lot

@Diana But, there is a lot that CAN be done. For example, buying from the farmers directly is often cheaper--we picked u-pick blueberries this summer for $2 a pound...we pay WELL over that for a small...

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