We are moving to a more natural, real food diet.  We are also on WIC and food stamps (in Texas, if you qualify for SNAP aka food stamps, you are automatically qualified for WIC if you are pregnant or have children under the age of 5).  I’ll be blogging how we make the change on a limited budget.

Can you eat healthful foods on a food stamp budget?  YES!  You can.  Last year our family ate fresh fruits, veggies, and whole grains on an average of $1.60 per person, per day.  What about a real food diet, emphasizing local foods, organics, and meat raised the old fashioned way, without antibiotics and hormones?  We shall see!  (My priorities are here.  Michael Pollan has some good food rules, too.)

As always, I appreciate advice and pointers.  I am by no means an expert.  In fact, I am by all accounts seat-of-your-pants-oh-well kinda person.

We receive WIC for a nursing baby (those 95 jars of baby food…) and two children.  This includes cheese, milk, whole wheat bread, peanut butter, and dried beans.  We also receive $662 per month in food stamp benefits.

My husband’s on the Atkins diet, which means I’ll be buying some things that are not food.  Like Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper.  He’s a  big boy and can decide what he wants to eat.

Even though this

is how I feel about artificial sweeteners.

I’ve joined The Nourished Kitchen’s 28 Day challenge, along with five or six hundred other people.  Holy cow, I’m part of a fad.  I’m one of the cool kids!  Squee!

Is anyone else making changes in their diets this year?