<p>Oh snap! Sorry, I had to comment on it. :)</p>
<p>Can you get foodstamps if you are a college student with ~0 income?</p>
<p>^
Quick Google search </p>
<p>[Food</a> Stamps](<a href=“http://www.masslegalhelp.org/income-benefits/food-stamps/college"]Food”>http://www.masslegalhelp.org/income-benefits/food-stamps/college)</p>
<p>I always chuckle when I see the word “monies”</p>
<p>I’m chuckling now that I know, if I go to college full time off my GI bill benefits, even though I’ll get paid BAS monthly of the POST 9/11 bill.
Federal aid doesn’t affect SNAP eligibility.
Meaning I’m eligible to recieve monies for food, or will be soon…</p>
<p>The post-9/11 bill gives BAS as well? Dang that’s nice. Does that bill work for postgraduate studies as well? Considering the Navy after college.</p>
<p>BAH* Typo’d, shame I can’t edit it. </p>
<p>GI bill is eligible for anyone who has served and put the money in. I think I had to pay like 12$ a month for my first year and that was it.
GI bill works for postgraduate studies, and certificates/certifications.
Say you wanted to be a CNA or at least get your certification. Post 9/11 GIB will pay for that school, that applies to just about any technical job training programs out there.
You get BAH == E5 w/dependants and 1000$ a year stipened for books.
GI bill pays upto the highest instate tuition for the state you apply for school.</p>
<p>But as far as I know, I don’t believe the GI bill pays for meal plans at the school, and as I said before I meant to say BAH earlier. I’ll look into it though if anyone is interested.</p>
<p>I truly think it’s most beneficial to balance eating out and eating in. Sometimes it is expensive to buy food for 1, it’s easier to feed 2+ people. I remember really wanting to make lasagna one night. Well, I ended up eating lasagna for lunch and dinner for 4 days straight just to not waste the ingredients! So if you want something that will be more expensive to make or you’ll have to eat all week to make worth it, go out! Just make sure to make an eating out budget!</p>
<p>I still live at home, but we have to seriously budget our food money, and living on your own/not at home can be difficult because you don’t have as much supervision. I’ve managed to eat on $2 to $5 a day for a while now. And I eat a relatively balanced diet.</p>
<p>In my area of the world, I can find chicken for $2 a pound or less at least every one or two months. Chicken breast, that is. Sometimes buying a whole chicken can be even cheaper, if you know how to deal with it. We’ve never had problems with freezer burn and I notice no difference in quality when I leave something in the freezer for a time. Rice, like it has been mentioned, can be a major life saver and cooked with just about anything. Noodles along with it. I’d even recommend frozen veggies that can be easily mixed with rice and perhaps a meat, for very cheap prices at times. Heck, I’ll get 50 cents a bag on those if I look hard enough and coupon things up a bit. Bread is also recommended, because TOAST. Buy a $2 loaf of bread, and eat a couple of pieces for breakfast every morning if you’re short. Cereal can also be quite cheap and makes a fantastic snack throughout the day if you get the munchies, as well as being nicely filling!</p>
<p>Many things can be cooked in bulk and then eaten throughout the week. One of my favorites is spaghetti. A bit of sauce, maybe some onion, and mushrooms if you like them, as well as a pound of ground chuck. If you’re short on cash, some people just go with some sauce, but I’d recommend a pound of chuck. Makes it more filling and lasting. But, anyways, you can take the sauce and then just freeze it in several bags. For dinner, you can grab one, heat it within 20 minutes, get some spaghetti boiled, and voila. Filling, hearty dinner. For crazy cheap.</p>
<p>It is difficult to budget food so much, but what can be done comes from your own ability to bargain hunt up a storm. I would say that at max, you should only spend $200 a month on food, maybe a bit more if you can allocate that much and have friends to split the cost. That can include eating out, but I don’t know how much people eat out usually. I have a tendency to get a fountain drink pretty often for a dollar, and others might like to get coffee out a lot, which can really brings up costs discretely.</p>
<p>Sorry if I’m not helping, it’s not like I’m even a college student yet.</p>
<p>I spend $100 a month on groceries ($25 a week), and I have a weekly eating budget of $45.</p>
<p>Blah I hate rice. Thanks for the big post Silverocean it actually did help quite a bit! I do plan on making bulk meals. I’m not above multiple meals being pasta or chili etc. I make a killer mac n cheese (not the healthiest thing sadly) that has plenty of leftover value.</p>