Check out these articles about cooking and grocery shopping with food stamps:

• http://www.thekitchn.com/what-its-really-like-to-cook-on-a-food-stamp-budget-220862
• http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/08/01/337141837/cheap-eats-cookbook-shows-how-to-eat-well-on-a-food-stamp-budget