HOW TO EAT ON A VERY LOW BUDGET!!!!

I WILL BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU. I AS IN MY WHOLE FAMILY OF FIVE LIVES ON 30K PER YEAR. OUT OF THAT COMES A HOUSE NOTE, CAR INSURANCE, LIGHT BILL, PHONE BILL, TRASH PICKUP, T.V./INTERNET, AND A SMALL LOAN AT THE BANK. OUT OF MY HUSBANDS CHECK ALSO COMES 100.00 PER MONTH FOR RETIREMENT AND 430.00 PER MONTH FOR INSURANCE. HOW ON THIS PLANET DOES THAT LEAVE MUCH FOR FOOD? THAT WAS THE PROBLEM I WAS FACING WHEN I DECIDED NOT TO RETURN TO WORK. WE HAD LOTS OF HELP. MY PARENTS AND MY HUSBANDS PARENTS WERE MOST HELPFULL WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD AND ANY OTHER THINGS WE REALLY NEED. HOWEVER I HAD WORKED IT ALL OUT BY EATING VERY FRUGALLY. FOR INTANCE BEANS AND TATERS. YOU CAN'T GET MUCH CHEAPER THAN THAT. I'VE FOUND OUT THAT THE KIDS DON'T ALWAYS NEED CHICKEN NUGGETS AND FRENCH FRIES, OR LITTLE DEBBIES. NOT THAT I WOULDN'T RIP RIGHT INTO A SWISS CAKE ROLL RIGHT NOW IF I HAD ONE, I KNOW THAT IT IS A WANT AND NOT A NEED. IT'S AMAZING WHAT KIND OF RECIPES YOU CAN COME UP WITH JUST USING WHAT'S IN THE PANTRY. I'VE COME UP WITH SOME WINNERS AND SOME NOT SO MUCH. THE MORE DETERMINED I'VE GOTTEN TO STAYING HOME THE MORE WAYS TO SAVE I'VE COME UP WITH. I FOUND A GREAT SIGHT CALLED MONEY SAVING MOM. THANKS TO THAT I'VE STARTED USING COUPONS AND GETTING THINGS LIKE TOOTHPASTE FOR AROUND FIFTY CENTS. I'VE ALSO FOUND THAT YOU CAN SUBSTITUTE POWDERED MILK IN MOST RECIPES INSTEAD OF REGULAR. IT'S MORE THAN HALF THE PRICE OF A GALLON. SO IF YOU MAKE THE KIDS GRAVY AND BISCUITS IT CAN REALLY SAVE ON YOU GOOD WHOLE MILK. WE'VE TRIED THE DRINKING OF THE POWDERED BUT I REALLY DON'T LIKE IT. WE LIKE WHOLE MILK IN THIS HOUSE. COLD AND A LITTLE THICK COMPARED TO 2%. I CAN MAKE THE KIDS HOME MADE COOKIES ALOT CHEAPER THAN NABISCO AND ALOT HEALTHIER TOO. I RECENTLY BOUGHT A BAG OF WHEAT FLOUR AND I'M GOING TO BAKE SOMETHING WITH IT. WISH ME LUCK. GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS TO YOU ALL.