Ma 2017, ua hōʻike ka USDA ʻo nā mea kūʻai aku ʻelua a ka mea hoʻohana SNAP ma ka papa he waiū a me nā mea inu momona. Ua komo pū ka hōʻike me ka $ 0.40 o kēlā me kēia kālā SNAP i hele i nā huaʻai, nā lau, ka berena, ka waiū, a me nā hua manu. ʻO kekahi $ 0.40 i hele aku i nā pūʻolo pūʻolo, cereal, waiū, laiki, a me nā pī. ʻO ke koena $ 0.20 e hele aku i nā mea inu momona, ʻāpana, nā mea ʻai paʻakai, a me nā mea ʻono. ʻAʻole ia he mea hūnā ʻaʻole nā ​​mea loaʻa SNAP e hoʻohana nei i kā lākou kōkua e kūʻai i nā meaʻai maikaʻi. Akā, mai hoʻomaka mākou e hana i nā manaʻo a hoʻohewa i kēia mau kūʻai. Makemake wau e hoʻomanaʻo iā ʻoe ʻaʻole aʻo ʻia ka meaʻai i nā kula a ʻaʻole hāʻawi pinepine nā kauka i ka ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i kēia kumuhana. no laila ma kahi o ka lele ʻana i nā hopena e pili ana i ke kumu e kūʻai nei nā mea e loaʻa iā SNAP i nā soda a me nā "ʻai pono ʻole" e nānā pehea e hoʻololi ai i kēia kūʻai ʻana.

Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kāu kālā SNAP no nā mea ʻai e lōʻihi loa ana i loko o kou hebedoma a me kou mahina, e hoʻonui mau nei i kāu kālā. I ka hoʻihoʻi, lana ka manaʻo e loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau lā maʻi, a i ʻole ma ka liʻiliʻi e hoʻoikaika hou ʻia e kāu mau ʻano kūʻai kūʻai mea kūʻai hou. Loaʻa ka ʻohana maʻamau o 4 e loaʻa ana nā pōmaikaʻi SNAP ma Texas ma kahi o $ 460 / mahina i nā keu (ma muli o ka noiʻi pūnaewele, ʻokoʻa paha kēia helu no nā mea loaʻa). E puka ana i kahi kālā $ 160 i kēlā me kēia pule. He mea nui ka noho ʻana ma ka moʻohelu kālā, a no ke kōkua ʻana me ia, ʻo ka hoʻolālā papaʻai ka mea nui. E hele ana wau i kahi $ 160 keu o nā ʻaina kakahiaka maikaʻi, nā ʻaina awakea, nā meaʻai māmā, a me nā ʻaina awakea.

Lawe wau i kaʻu huakaʻi i kahi HEB kūloko kahi aʻu i hana ai i kahi kūʻai "olakino". Ua hana wau i kahi laʻana no kēlā me kēia pule no kahi ʻohana o ʻehā e hoʻohana ana i kēia waihona kālā.

ʻO ka ʻaina kakahiaka nui i hoʻokahi pule. E hoʻāʻo e kūʻai i nā mea i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā ʻano he nui; e hoʻonui kēia i kāu kālā. Koho no nā māka hale kūʻai ke kumu kūʻai. Inā kūʻai i nāʻiʻo i hana ʻia, e like me ka bacon a me ka sausage; hoʻāʻo e koho i nā huahana kūlohelohe a i ʻole nā ​​mea me ka sodium i hoʻemi ʻia. ʻO kēia pēpē kekahi o kā mākou huahana "splurge" ma $ 4.97 no kēlā me kēia pūʻolo, akā maikaʻi loa! 100% ka palaoa holoʻokoʻa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka palaoa, a he $ 1.29 wale nō ia, he mau keneta wale nō ka nui ma mua o nā berena keʻokeʻo. Koho yogurt mānoanoa, ma kahi o nā mea ʻono (ua kau ʻia kēlā mau mea me nā kō i hoʻohui ʻia); akā hoʻohui i kāu iho nā meaʻono maoli e like me ka meli a me nā huaʻai. ʻOluʻolu i kāu oatmeal i ke ala like! E hōʻoia e hoʻohui i nā hua a me nā mea ʻai pū kekahi (ʻo kā mākou i nā kiʻi ma hope aku!)

Nā hua manu- 18 ct: $ 2.86

Bacon- 2 pkgs: $ 4.97 x 2 = $ 9.94

Yogurt momona momona ʻoi: $ 1.98

Oats- 42 oz: $ 1.95

Mele - 12 oz: $ 2.55

ʻO ka wai ʻalani + calcium - ½ gal: $ 1.78

1% waiu - 1 gal: $ 1.98

100% palaoa palaoa āpau- $ 1.29

ʻO ka lā aʻe ka ʻaina awakea. ʻO nā Sandwiches kahi koho kūpono maikaʻi. Ua koho mākou i ka pākeke a i ʻole ka ham me ka tī, a me ka waiū pī + banana + meli. Hoʻohui ia i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama i ka hoihoi. Paukū nui ʻoki ʻoe iā ʻoe iho ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana i ka tī i kālai ʻia, a he kūlohelohe ia. Ke koho ʻana i ka waiūpī, ʻohi i ka laikini me ka ka liʻiliʻi loa o ke kō. Inā ma ka moʻohelu kālā, koho ʻoi aku ka sodium a i ʻole nā ​​ʻano kūlohelohe o ka ʻaina awakea. E hoʻohana i ka bacon i koe mai ka ʻaina kakahiaka a me nā mea ʻai mai ka ʻaina awakea e hoʻonui i nā mea ʻono i kāu sanwika.

100% palaoa palaoa holoʻokoʻa: $ 1.29

ʻAlani ʻalani Mandarin: $ 3.98

Maiʻa: $ 0.48 no ka paona, ~ $ 1.44

Tureke- 10 oz: $ 2.50

Ham- 12 oz: $ 2.50

Mīkini pīnī- 16 oz: $ 2.88

Cheese- 32 oz: $ 6.32

Paipai ʻia nā meaʻai māmā ma ka lā holoʻokoʻa (inā ke olakino lākou.) Eia kekahi nā koho maikaʻi loa: nā pahu waiū, nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea ʻai, hummus, salsa, nā pīpī pīpī + nā pahū, nā nati, nā hua maloʻo a me nā popcorn (me ka paʻakai liʻiliʻi i hoʻohui ʻia). Ke kūʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai māmā i loko nui hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i ke kālā; mau lākou ma mua o hoʻokahi pule.

Kāloti pēpē- 32 oz: $ 1.84

Mele applesauce ʻole- 46 oz: $ 1.98

Hoʻohui ala- 42 oz: $ 7.98

Popcorn- 5 oz: $ 1.79

Pretzels- 15 oz: $ 1.50

Kiwis- 3 / $ 1: $ 2.00

Hummus- 10 oz: $ 1.89

Hiki ke maʻalahi ka ʻaina awakea i ka papa ʻaina makamae loa o ka lā. Ua koho mākou i nā mea i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i mau pā a me nā lā he nui. Ke koho ʻana i ka pahu, nā ʻāpana kēpau a ʻōmole paha e koho i nā mea i lalo o ka sodium a me kō a ʻaʻohe i hoʻohui iki ʻia. Hiki ke olakino nā huaʻai / huaʻai i kuhi ʻia a ʻono hoʻi e like me nā mea hou a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kekahi manawa. Koho i nā iʻa unseasoned, a hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā lākou iho. ʻO kekahi o nā pāʻina a mākou i koho ai koena a i ʻole lawa nā mea i koe e hana i kahi pāʻina ʻē aʻe.

ʻAi 1: BBQ Pork, kaʻuala i hoʻomoʻa ʻia & nā pīni ʻōmaʻomaʻo

Pākuʻi puaʻa- 9 ct: $ 7.69

ʻO kaʻuala i hoʻomoʻa ʻia - 5 lbs: $ 2.98

Mea ʻai BBQ - 14 oz: $ 2.00

ʻO nā piʻa ʻōmaʻomaʻo- 2 kēpau: $ 0.78 x 2 = $ 1.56

ʻAi 2: ʻO ka moa ʻItalia, ka laiki wili a me ka broccoli

Nā umauma moa: $ 10.38

Ke ʻaʻa Salad- 14 oz: $ 1.86

Broccoli- 12 oz: $ 1.28 x 2 = $ 2.56

Kahi laiki - 16 oz: $ 0.67

ʻAi 3: Sausage, laiki & nā mea ʻai

Sausage pipi- 12 oz: $ 3.99 x 2 = $ 7.98

Nā mea kanu paʻahau- 14 oz: $ 1.98 x 2 = $ 3.96

ʻAi 4: Tureke nā tacos a i ʻole quesadillas w / salsa

Tortillas- $ 0.98

Nā pīniʻeleʻele- 15 oz: $ 0.78 x 2 = $ 1.56

Onion: $ 0.98

ʻO Tomato- $ 1.48

Avocados- $ 0.68 x 2 = $ 1.36

Tureke honua- 1 lb: $ 2.49

Kihi- 15.25 oz = $ 0.78

ʻAi 5: ʻO Turkey spaghetti me ka salakeke & zucchini

Hoʻohui salakeke Organic- $ 3.98

Nā Hauhū- $ 1.58

ʻO Tomato Cherry- $ 1.68

ʻO nā kukama - 2 x $ 0.50 = $ 1.00

Tureke honua- 1 lb: $ 2.49

Nihi palaoa- 16 oz: $ 1.28

Zucchini- $ 0.98 / lb.

Pākuʻi Spaghetti- 24 oz: $ 1.89

ʻO kā mākou nui no ka ʻaina ahiahi he $ 66.15; e lawe mai nei i kā mākou huina

ka nui o ka pule ma kahi o $ 130 no nā pāʻina āpau. Ua koho mākou e hele ma lalo o ka $ 160 māka e ʻae ai i ka ʻokoʻa o ke kumukūʻai a e ʻae ai i nā makemake no kēlā me kēia meaʻai.

Hiki ke ola olakino ma ke kālā, pono ka hoʻolālā pono ʻana. Manaʻo ʻole e kāwili i kēia mau koho a me nā meaʻai; wale no ka mea e ʻōlelo ana he mea ʻai, ʻaʻole ia he kumu ʻaina awakea a ʻaina kakahiaka ʻole paha.

—- ʻO Jade Mitchell, Mea Hoʻolāʻau Meaʻai

—- Kelley Kocurek, RD Intern

** Hoʻolaha kuleana kope: ʻAʻole kuleana iā mākou i kekahi o nā māka a me nā huahana i hōʻike ʻia i kēia mau kiʻi. Ke hoʻohana nei mākou i kēia mau kiʻi e kōkua e paipai i ke ola olakino a me ke kumu kūʻai. Ua kiʻi ʻia nā kiʻi āpau ma HEB. **