DD put my little ponies in a brand new container of hummus today

[Anonymous]

Learning to cook to save money is great advice in the long run for facing a financial crisis. However, the OP sounds way stressed out and probably does not feel like making hummus right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not to scold you but hummus is cheap and easy to make. Tahini, chickpeas, oil oil, lemon juice.

Plus a $200 food processor. You can't forget that cheapo ingredient.

[Anonymous]

Check out Aldi! They have great prices and lots of good foods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not to scold you but hummus is cheap and easy to make. Tahini, chickpeas, oil oil, lemon juice.

Plus a $200 food processor. You can't forget that cheapo ingredient.

You can absolutely make hummus without a food processor. If you buy dried chickpeas instead of canned it will be even cheaper. The expensive single use item will be the tahini. If you want to eat hummus a lot, you can buy one thing of tahini, keep it in the fridge, and at 1.5 T per batch of hummus, it will last for many many batches of hummus.

https://www.thespruceeats.com/hummus-without-a-food-processor-2355597

cost of homemade hummus:

https://www.grocerybudget101.com/content.php/451-Make-Your-Own-Hummus

Making your own hummus though takes time.

[Anonymous]

So sorry Op. it may be time to have a heart to heart talk with your daughter about not wasting food and being tight on money. Make it a light conversation so she does not get scared, but just enough to understand that she should not waste food. If you are pretty certain that she has eaten enough and is still hungry, make her drink some water and wait ten minutes to see if she is still hungry.

It sounds like this was just your end of the rope moment. Do not be afraid to shop at thrift stores. They are great for work clothes as tons of women buy stuff and barely wear them. Walmart sometimes has inexpensive jeans that are decent. Both Levi and lee makes a version for Walmart. I actually like thier fit better than the more expensive ones.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not to scold you but hummus is cheap and easy to make. Tahini, chickpeas, oil oil, lemon juice.

Plus a $200 food processor. You can't forget that cheapo ingredient.

Yes, thank you for this original point. OP is recently divorced, not chronically poor. I'm guessing she has a blender or food processor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check out Aldi! They have great prices and lots of good foods.

I was going to suggest this too. Your money will get you a lot more there than at a regular grocery store. And they have hummus! Best wishes to you and your DD.

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Anonymous wrote:Op jere. PG County, MD

North, Central or South?

If you are in North PG, you can go to Laurel. There is a soup kitchen at the corner of US-1 and MD-198 in a small yellow building behind the Exxon station, called Elizabeth House. They serve dinners from 6:00-7:30pm and will give everyone a bag lunch for the next day. That includes adults and children. No questions asked. I worked there for 20 years until my kids were born. It's all volunteer driven and most of the groups who do dinner shifts are church volunteer groups who care a lot about the patrons. Some patrons qualify for a weekly bag of groceries. But you have to call and speak to one of the grocery coordinators who interviews the patrons. I don't know what the qualifications are for bag groceries, but it used to be a short term thing to try and help families get back on their feet. Like you could only get the groceries for a month or so. But still, it can be a lifeline to help get yourself back on your feet.

Here is their web-site: http://www.fishoflaurel.org/

Here are other resources for Central PG:
https://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/cityfoodbanks.cgi?city=Lanham&state=MD

And some for South PG, although most of these services are in DC:
https://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/cityfoodbanks.cgi?city=Capitol%20Heights&state=MD
http://www.ohfp.org/

Sending good thoughts your way.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not to scold you but hummus is cheap and easy to make. Tahini, chickpeas, oil oil, lemon juice.

Plus a $200 food processor. You can't forget that cheapo ingredient.

I didn’t realize hummus was such a recent invention.

[Anonymous]

Sign yourself up for a food bank- there are a ton in this area. Need specifics ones?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They enriched the hummus with the power of Friendship!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not to scold you but hummus is cheap and easy to make. Tahini, chickpeas, oil oil, lemon juice.

Is it even cheaper if you buy the ingredients rather than the premade?

[Anonymous]

Yes, eat the hummus. I know you’re stress, rightfully so. But this isn’t as bad as it sounds. The worst part is probably cleaning the ponies. Just scrape the hummus off and put it back in the container. I’m certain you’ve both invested worse!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not to scold you but hummus is cheap and easy to make. Tahini, chickpeas, oil oil, lemon juice.

Is it even cheaper if you buy the ingredients rather than the premade?

Tahini is the only ingredient with a more-than-negligible cost and even that is cheap.

[Anonymous]

We are not even hard up and I would totally eat that hummus!