Why can't people use food stamps to buy hot/cook foods?

[Lilymom]

50. What if you're disabled and cant cook much?

I'm on food stamps BECAUSE I was disabled by a botched procedure while I was in labor- if I could work I'd LOVE to. It's AWESOME having people try to screw you in just trying to get hot food for your family. I love having to serve my two year old only cold food because someone else thinks I should. The whole idea that anyone would be on food stamps because they're lazy is ludicrious- the capped amount for a family of three pulling in $685 a month is $444. Try buying formula, baby foods, and healthy foods in CA on that- it doesn't work. As for price....Cooking and preparing a meal requires you stand for usually 30 mins to an hour and with my cane I can stand for 20 mins- add in the fact that chicken or ground beef can cost me over 5 bucks for the cheapest one and you do the math. A ready made chicken for my family at 6.99 plus the cheapest ingredients I can get for 4 bucks in addition makes one to two meals. Doing it on my own is the same or more expensive based on how you're cooking said meat. Especially when you can't eat wheat or tomatoes and your children are allergic to eggs and peanuts- do you have ANY idea how many foods have egg? Rule out just about ANY pastas, most anything with cream sauces etc. We cycle through maybe 10 meals at best I can cook and we can all eat while people turn up their noses at us- yeah, we're being irresponsible with our food choices by avoiding foods we can't eat or cook because an er visit saves so much money.