Protein on Foodstamps?

chelseascounter

Beans

Rice and beans

AddieOverhaul

Beans have been mentioned but also lentils! I prefer lentils personally and they can also be bought in bulk pretty cheap. Also using chick peas you could make your own hummus as well to add some protein to your snacks.

sylkates

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shell1005 wrote: »

The rules for what you can buy with food stamps is you can buy anything that is classified as food as long as it is not heated & pre-prepared.

However not all stores accept food stamps. They have to sell milk, bread and eggs or they aren't able to accept SNAP. So if you bought protein powder at the grocery store in their health food sections, you could buy it with food stamps. If you went to GNC, you would not be able to use your food stamps there.

Actually, many places accept ebt cards (food stamps) for pre-prepared food. The 7-11 by me will let you buy pizza and stuff. Many bodegas around here also accept ebt stamps.

Then they are breaking the law. If the food is warm, you cannot use SNAP to buy it. I don't question that it happens. I can tell you a bunch of local places in Boston that sell things that they aren't supposed to using SNAP, but it doesn't make it within the guidelines.

We use the stupid example all the time when talking about how the system is broken and not user friendly. If there is a burrito in the warming case in the front...you cannot use SNAP, if you buy a frozen burrito and then bring it to the 7-11 microwave and zap it, you can.

I thought that the laws for how food stamps work vary widely from state to state.

socajam

Why waste what little money you have on something like whey. I get a lot of my protein from chick peas, lentils, I eat a lot of sardines (especially when they are on sale @10 for $10.00, I buy them up and stock pile - and I am not on food stamps. Peanut butter, you need to learn to read food labels. I look for foods high in protein and iron and the ones above are plentiful.

As someone mentioned hummus, I make my own and its far better than the crap they sell in the stores and not hard to make at all. Chick peas is relatively cheap especially when they are on sale you can get 4 for $5.00.

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ccnagain

@makingmark -Completely off topic but I sure do miss home (EC) even though I'd never want to live there again.

And I agree with lentils...they can be made so many ways and are so super yummy! I didn't even know I liked them until about 2 months ago when someone brought a lentil soup to church.