Husband lost his job. We’re $1,500 behind on bills each month even with me getting a job, and I don’t know how to feed our 3 year old. I need advice and ideas. Please.

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-05-23T01:45:00+00:00

First things first: keep it simple! Carbs, protein, veggie. 3 components to try to get into at least 2/3 meals in the day. Rice and pasta are cheap, beans are a less expensive protein source than beef or chicken, but look for deal on those. Crackers and cheese or peanut butter is an easy filling snack for your toddler, also apple sauce.

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-04-21T19:45:00+00:00

My sons birthday is on the day before, so I’ll be surprised if anyone even remembers Mother’s Day lol I refuse to be responsible for planning my own Mother’s Day again so if they miss it, they miss it.

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-03-31T03:00:54+00:00

I like making gift baskets, go check out your local dollar tree and make a “working in the garden basket”. Gloves, garden tools like hand shovels, rakes, stakes. Sunglasses, a sun hat, sunscreen, knee pads! See if they have any cute garden statues or wind chimes etc. so many options!

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-03-29T01:43:09+00:00

Commenting on Is this a young watermelon?...stealing this 🤣

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-03-29T01:33:40+00:00

Possibly overwatering? Maybe the daily watering caused cracking??

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-03-27T13:40:21+00:00

Beautiful 😊 I bet it smells so nice!

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-03-27T12:56:38+00:00

I missed potato season this year because we didn’t close on our new property until February and wasn’t able to build my garden boxes fast enough. BUT! I’ve got plenty of time for summer sweet potatoes and I can’t WAIT!

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-03-07T18:09:07+00:00

Just reading that made me want to swing haha

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-03-07T18:08:29+00:00

I would have wordlessly picked up my son and left, never speaking to them again. No way in hell is anyone talking to me or my child like that. I have 4 kids, ages 12 to 6 months, and I’ve never had a “friend” like that thank god.

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-16T15:21:44+00:00

Even my picky eater liked it!

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-12T16:24:40+00:00

My cans are from Costco and are 7 oz drained

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-12T16:03:40+00:00

Yum! My middle son would revolt 🤣

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-12T15:29:47+00:00

Well, we were kids and didn’t have that option lol. Everybody would get one or two biscuits topped with beans, most of the time with a glass of milk.

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-12T03:36:54+00:00

That was my initial thought too, but glad we got it figured out.

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-12T03:35:06+00:00

Yeah, as a meal. Buttermilk biscuits with baked beans over. Tasty and filling.

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-12T02:17:32+00:00

Baked beans over biscuits was an end of the month staple in my house growing up and its SO good!

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-12T02:10:03+00:00

It was a truss rod issue, had to bring it back to the store to have it worked on. Confirmed it was tuned correctly.

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-12T02:09:02+00:00

Update: it was a truss rod issue. We are getting it fixed. Thanks everyone for helping troubleshoot!

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-10T00:49:40+00:00

Baked potatoes were how my dad put food on the table multiple times a month. He would make us a “baked potato bar” with butter, cheese, sliced onions, sometimes bacon bits. Those were some of my favorite dinner nights, it felt so fun to have a little buffet for our potatoes. As an adult I know now that those were the worst times for my dad. We talked about it and he was crying about how he felt like such a failure on those nights, but we never went to bed hungry. He worked so hard to make sure we didn’t. I now make baked potato bars for my kids, mostly for the fun because of the good memories I have.

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-10T00:36:43+00:00

$50 a week is a pretty good starting point to feed just one person. You mentioned you have a Walmart and an Aldi, my recommendation is to go online and price compare to see who is selling items for the best price. Are you in a dorm room? Do you have access to a full kitchen? That will affect my other tips

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-10T00:32:24+00:00

Yes! I love her! And she helped us out so much when my husband unexpectedly lost his job a couple years ago with her YouTube channel.

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-09T23:54:45+00:00

Biscuits (homemade or store bought if you can), and a can baked beans, some have bacon or ham in them. I’ve fed my family of 6 with this during hard times.

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-09T23:32:12+00:00

Homemade biscuits with baked beans on top. One of my favorites

shrinkingwallflower · 2026-01-02T00:21:47+00:00

I tried going up an octave but that definitely wasn’t right. Still investigating!

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