There is a very interesting article in the Washington Post, from June, dealing with the SNAP Challenge, as presented by the Democratic congressmen, and the $4.50 per day challenge. It's their Fact Checker page, and this one deals with the claim that SNAP recipients "get by on $4.50 a day."

In the article, the writer says, "Judging from the lawmakers’ tweets, some are assuming the $4.50 means that just $1.50 can be spent per meal. That certainly might be difficult with take-out food, but SNAP generally is intended to be used to buy food for home-cooked meals." It seems that the Congressmen were trying to present the idea that you could only spend $1. 50 per meal, instead of doing bulk buying for menus.

So my approach would be to buy foods for the week, not by the meal. More to come.

btw, that article is really quite good, and has a lot of links dealing with SNAP and the whole topic. You can find it here:

Fact Checker