Anonymous wrote:Hi OP, I sent a mobile gift card from Target (which you can apparently use in the store) The email said that you would receive it within 24 hours. Please let me know if you do not.

anothermom1 at yahoo dot com

Happy Holidays

This made me tear up.

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP, I sent a mobile gift card from Target (which you can apparently use in the store) The email said that you would receive it within 24 hours. Please let me know if you do not.

anothermom1 at yahoo dot com

Happy Holidays

Good for you, pp! You have done a very good thing.

Hi OP, I sent a mobile gift card from Target (which you can apparently use in the store) The email said that you would receive it within 24 hours. Please let me know if you do not.

anothermom1 at yahoo dot com

Happy Holidays

Anonymous wrote:11/30/2012 12:20 here. The target card was an excellent idea. Done.

Lexiebow, post back tomorrow and please confirm receipt from "Fellow Mom".

Thank you so much!! I will post tomorrow to confirm.

OP here. Hello everyone. I'm going home for the evening. As I mentioned, I don't have internet at home, but I will check in morning at the library. Thanks again and have a great weekend!

Anonymous wrote:Target egift cards can only be used for target.com. Does anyone know a grocery store that allows sendign electronic gift certificates for use at brick and mortar stores?

Many Target stores have food--at least all the ones near us. If not that, at least she can use them for other things and free up money in the future for groceries, right?

11/30/2012 12:20 here. The target card was an excellent idea. Done.

Lexiebow, post back tomorrow and please confirm receipt from "Fellow Mom".

Target egift cards can only be used for target.com. Does anyone know a grocery store that allows sendign electronic gift certificates for use at brick and mortar stores?

Anonymous wrote:OP, what grocery stores are near you?

I have a Giant around the corner from me.

OP - to help with the ick factor of raw meat, would it help you if you wore gloves? Disposable medical or food service gloves. I use them when handling ground meat b/c I hate it getting under my nails. Seems like a box of those would be a few pennies per use and might pay for itself in handling cheaper cuts of meat. Not sure if you could use dish gloves and get them clean enough after (although if you wash them same as you would wash your hands, maybe?).

Also, as a single WOHM, you probably don't have a ton of time to cook, yet that is how you can save money on the food bill. A programmable slow cooker comes in really handy for tougher (and cheaper) meats, dried beans, etc. Save up for one, look for them at garage sales, etc. Won't help you this week, but might make it easier in the future. In theory, if your oven goes low enough (225? 275? somewhere in there), you could fake it with a well-sealed dutch oven, but it will take more electricity than the slow cooker.

Good luck!

OP, what grocery stores are near you?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you create a throwaway email address, I'll send you a gift certificate for target so you can buy more food. Just post it and I will send $50 tonight.

OP here. I've created an email address:lexiebow2@gmail.com Not sure of the rules here, but if you send it that would be awesome. If for some reason you can't, I thank you anyway for even making such a generous offer. No internet at home, but I will go to a library in the morning to retrieve. Thanks again!!

I can confirm that this was posted by the OP.

Anonymous wrote:The above menu was amazing!

I want to second the dried beans suggestion. I buy a bag of chic peas, soak 'em, use half for recipe and freeze the other half for later. Works great!

I think it was too, although I have no idea how one loaf of bread was used for 6 people for a week.

OP here. Thank you everyone for the suggestions and tips. I am a single mom and it does get tough some times. Everything is very much appreciated.

Anonymous wrote:If you create a throwaway email address, I'll send you a gift certificate for target so you can buy more food. Just post it and I will send $50 tonight.

OP here. I've created an email address:lexiebow2@gmail.com Not sure of the rules here, but if you send it that would be awesome. If for some reason you can't, I thank you anyway for even making such a generous offer. No internet at home, but I will go to a library in the morning to retrieve. Thanks again!!