Good job. My family of three did the SNAP challenge about a year ago. In our state, SNAP recipients get an extra couple dollars per person, so we used that number instead of $29. I already knew that we could pull it off because we had done so while actually on SNAP benefits in the past. But I wanted to take part in the challenge and take pictures to document it. We only did it for one week and we spent our entire budget, but like you, I found that we actually had extra food left over at the end of the week. We also did like you and got all of the food from the dollar store. It's all about eggs, beans, and rice, really, to create filling meals and provide sufficient protein for cheap. One thing I did have trouble with was that a couple of the items we purchased at the dollar store were inferior in some way. For instance, the package of tortillas smelled and tasted like laundry detergent, even though the package was undamaged and it was a brand I'd had no problem with before. It occurred to me then how difficult it would be if I was really on a tight budget, and perhaps had no car, to deal with having to return a grocery item. End observations: It's hard to be poor, but if you're thrifty and avoid waste, you can still eat fairly well in our mostly-capitalist society.
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Oh yeah, the dollar store noodles I bought would get soft so quick. I don't know what it is in pasta that gives it a bit of strength, but these ones lacked it.
Luckily my tortillas were perfectly fine! The dollar store has some good deals, and plenty of poor ones. I could have eaten MUCH better if I hadn't limited myself to only the dollar store. I mean I can get like 8 chicken thighs for like $3.50!
But to put myself into the shoes of the really disadvantaged person, I had to throw in the extra challenges.
I've been missing your stuff in my feed, I gotta remember to check up on your clickbait :D
I haven't written any clickbait in quite awhile, but this humorous sci-fi post might satisfy a bit of your craving:
The Most Relatable Beer in the Galaxy
I've been working on a novel, and have some short stories in the revision pipeline, too. :)
I'm not as funny as you, but I wrote this up the other day https://steemit.com/family/@getonthetrain/how-to-fly-with-a-baby-or-toddler
What are you talking about? That was hilarious!