Times aren't being nice to anyone at all and I'm not excluded from that. On top of a lot of stressors in my life (losing health coverage, losing mom to a fire) my financial situation is pretty screwed and I can barely afford anything that costs more than 5 dollars at the store which is... almost everything now, so I can only buy what's on discount, usually stuff that's on its way out with no real choice in what I get because I just have to take whatever's available. I've tried food pantries in the past but most of what they give is pretty bleh stuff that doesn't align with my particular food sensitivities. The most I've been able to make from scratch is a banana milkshake and some baked seasoned okra.
I have a lot of trauma around food from being poor all my life, and I managed to escape that life of scrounging and eating expired food and eating the cheapest processed stuff for a good while but now I'm back in it and the trauma is coming right back. My desire to even eat anything is getting less and less.

Needless to say, I have no idea when I'll be able to post anything new. and that really upsets me, because I haven't been able to love the food I eat in a long time