This week, senators introduced what they're calling the Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act, which would make the supermarket staple an eligible purchase under the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.
The SNAP program provides a monthly stipend for low-income families to buy groceries, but it doesn’t pay for hot prepared foods. The exclusion, which dates back decades, was meant to promote home cooking. But critics say it’s outdated and penalizes families that are already struggling to make ends meet, excluding convenient and nutritious options.
SNAP is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8, Americans to help buy groceries. On average, the monthly benefit per household is about $350, and the average benefit per person is about $190.
It’s so short-sighted to exclude hot prepared foods from SNAP. So many people don’t have time and consistent access to kitchens where they can cook every meal. I hope this passes.
This is going to sound gross, but you can make a gravy out of the liquid at the bottom of the rotisserie chicken bag and a 1/4cuo of flour.
Not as good as the drippings from cooking a raw chicken, which is why I throw it in my soup pot, but still acceptable.
Also Costco sells frozen Demi-baguettes, you can heat them in 8 minutes plus oven preheat time. They taste great. I throw a ramekin with water in the oven with them so they slightly steam and get crunchy crusts.
No that stuff at the bottom is pretty good, normally after the breasts and limbs are gone I pull apart the whole thing and mix it with a bit of milk and cheese to make patties for sandwiches
I bet those benefit averages drop drastically, beginning with 2026. Gotta tax cut for billionaires so they can have more foie gras, coffee, and avocado toast on private jets and yachts.
It’s so short-sighted to exclude hot prepared foods from SNAP. So many people don’t have time and consistent access to kitchens where they can cook every meal. I hope this passes.
I buy a Costco chicken then make (healthy) soup with the bones.
The value for price on that thing is incredible.
Chicken, microwave steamable frozen mixed veggies and some starchy thing that can even be left over bread if you don’t mind
The mixed peas, carrots, green beans and lima bean one is not perfect but it’s cheap and effective
This is going to sound gross, but you can make a gravy out of the liquid at the bottom of the rotisserie chicken bag and a 1/4cuo of flour.
Not as good as the drippings from cooking a raw chicken, which is why I throw it in my soup pot, but still acceptable.
Also Costco sells frozen Demi-baguettes, you can heat them in 8 minutes plus oven preheat time. They taste great. I throw a ramekin with water in the oven with them so they slightly steam and get crunchy crusts.
No that stuff at the bottom is pretty good, normally after the breasts and limbs are gone I pull apart the whole thing and mix it with a bit of milk and cheese to make patties for sandwiches
I usually use most of these for sandwiches, so I’ll try your patty idea
I make a bone broth for my dogs to mix in their food. They love it.
I bet those benefit averages drop drastically, beginning with 2026. Gotta tax cut for billionaires so they can have more foie gras, coffee, and avocado toast on private jets and yachts.