As Steven Cota-Robles packed a box full of fettuccine Alfredo ingredients, it brought him back to when he was a kid facing food insecurity.
His mom, he said, would often complain that she had stomach aches, but in reality when he looks back, he said she was skipping out on meals so he could eat.
His favorite meal was tacos with meat and potatoes, his mom later revealing the potatoes supplemented the meat so they didn’t have to spend so much on meat…