30 Meals From 1 Pack Of Chicken! Groceries For $80 Per Month!
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- 30 Meals From 1 Pack Of Chicken! Groceries For $80 Per Month!
In part 6 of our series about how Jill gets cheap groceries for a month, we look at specific examples of what Jill eats for lunch and dinner, including how she gets 30 meals from one package of chicken.
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So what I take away from this is that you should follow serving sizes and amount of servings for each day. It is true, so many people exceed serving sizes. Weight can be lost by not over eating and money can be saved. Thanks for another awesome video.
Yes on both counts. I still eat more like 1.5 servings on most things but I used to eat twice that. I've lost over 50 lbs and am still losing. I feel so much better and am now on less than half the meds I was on back then. I'm scheduled to possibly be off 2 or 3 more by the end of the year.
I started doing the 1/2 lb of hamburger instead of 1 lb and no one has noticed 😂
and if they are picky about things like Christie soda crackers buy the cheaper one's (I like Walmart's great value one's) and just reuse the Christie box - mine did not notice. They would only eat Heinz ketchup I put the cheaper brand into the Heinz bottle. Thank heavens my kids liked onions - I would use them in everything because they were a cheap extender when I was cutting back on the meat.
one large can of stewed tomatoes and 1/2 a bag of elbow macaroni, feeds and fills 4 people for less than $2 even if you sprinkle on some parmesan cheese.
Jill, I watched this video when it came out and found it so inspiring. The next week, my store had 10lbs. of frozen chicken quarters for $3.50. I "processed" the chicken and got 6 servings honey chicken drumsticks, 10 servings for stir-fry, 10 servings for chicken salad, 4 servings for casseroles, and 16 cups of broth including 7 cups of chicken soup and 48 broth ice cubes. I will get 32 servings of chicken, enough for two or three months, for $3.50! I used the oven, the stovetop and two crockpots to make all that. Since it was frozen, I couldn't refreeze it. So it all had to be cooked. But it worked out fine and it was great! Thanks so much for your advice!
If people just looked at groceries this way, they could save a ton of money. Good job ladies, Happy Mother's Day!
I love hearing Jill talk, she has taught me so much about portion control. I just love you ladies, so grateful for your existence. Just bought the book and LOVE it!
Although I'm not a senior citizen, I am a single woman and I REALLY appreciate someone talking about shopping & cooking strategies for a one person household! Thank you for providing so much helpful content!
I totally scored a 49 cents a pound on 2 hams just 3 days ago at aldi's
Wow! Just picked up spiral sliced at ALDI.69centslb still great but you really scored a deal! I’m really trying to watch my spending better so we won’t be ordering honeybaked-good but so $$$
Jill, I shop the same way. Bought a 10# bag of leg quarters when they were on sale for $0.27/#. Each had 14 qtrs. I bought 3 bags. I wrapped each individually in seran wrap then put in a gallon freezer bag. I've got chicken for 6 months or more. Bought ground beef on sale in family pack (5#) for $2.69/#. Bought 2 packs. Froze 1/2# in each bag. Sooooo, for about $35 I've got meat for more than 6 months! I wish some senior centers would teach this to seniors who are on low incomes & think they can't eat good! Just takes a little planning......
Happy Mothers day to you both. Your mom is a wise woman i love listening to you both. There are people on TH-cam begging for food wont work in a pie factory packing pies sitting down. She is an awesome lady reminds me of my mom and grandmother. Thank you for sharing it is wonderful.
Happy Mother's Day to both you lovely ladies.💕
Freezers really are the best kitchen investment. I don’t know how I lived without my big chest freezer- that I got for £15 btw
I shop much the same way you do. I’m always looking for what’s on sale or clearance and decide what I’m cooking from what I have on hand. Happy Mother’s Day to you both!
love tuna ontoast but i use cream of mush soup as base; throw in celry onion peas dilute with a little milk add pepper and the tuna til bubbly pour over toast.
Thanks for the recipe.
mia zoey that sounds super good!!! I’ll have to make that :)
I loved the explanation Jill gave on serving sizes! Great show!
Great video! Big take away:portion sizes save on money and the size of your clothing!!😁 Eat less, eat inexpensively, eat wisely, and you can be as healthy and skinny as Jill!! Love to all of you and a very happy Mother’s Day ! Thanks so much for all you do-you too, Heidi!! Thanks for weeding out the comment garden for Tawra and Jill. I’m sorry it’s even a problem! I choose to believe there are far more good ppl, than the bad!
Your comment is so positive!!
Hi Barb and yes there are way more good comments than bad not only that but we seem to have an exceptionally nice group of people who come here. We can get some strange comments though.
I grew up on something called tomato soup spaghetti. I have yet to encounter anyone else who made this in their family but my dad's mom would dilute the tomato soup with some milk and water. Then she'd add any leftover cheese, like cheddar and American, and melted it in. Then she'd mix it with the spaghetti and add garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Tastes just like homemade spaghetti O's😋
Melissa I make something a little bit like that. I take tomato soup add water, spices, hamburger and simmer a few hours and use that for my spaghetti sauce. That is really the only kind of spaghetti sauce I really like. It is so easy to make too.
Such excellent advice! Wish more people had the desire to learn. Happy Mother's Day to 2 very wise ladies!
I think a lot of people forget that bread, flour tortillas, pasta...are all made from the same basic ingredients so interchangeable as far as nutrition. Excellent video... I do like to add eggs to many recipes as I figure they add inexpensive protein.
i sort of wonder if that is why most people used to make all these things at home from scratch. Grab a bag of flour and go. lol. but hey if its economical, do it.
Hummus with sliced cucumber and baby carrots is a great healthy and cheap lunch. I also like to take apple slices and cheese as a lunch. I try to take leftovers whenever possible.
When I buy a large portion of meat, chicken, beef, pork, shrimp, etc., I portion them out when I get home and put them into freezer bags before freezing them. It has been a life changer. I take one portion at a time when I want to cook it. Don't have to defrost the entire original package and no waste. I use only what I need with less hassle. Thanks for all your great tips.
even if you double your portion size, a person would still be saving allot of money.
Last weekend I bought chicken hind quarters for 49 cents a lb. for a ten pound bag. I called the store to ask the meat dept. how many were in a bag. He said 6-8. I didn't think I just went to the store and grabbed 40 pounds. Took them out to freeze them individually on cookie sheets and then put them in bags. Well each bag had 12-14 in it. We've got a lot of chicken to eat with just the two of us! I'll use the legs for broth and chicken to can. I just put them in a separate bag and will do that when I have time.
So true. Chicken can stretch without loss of flavor. For a work weeks lunches. I get a lb of legs. And cook as if I’m using all the chicken in one soup. Then I take the legs out. Let them cool. Divide the broth into 2. Make an enchilada sauce from half. Add a shredded leg and cup of rice with veggies and split that with my sister for meal one. The other 2 shredded legs get divided into 4 portions. 1-chicken enchiladas, 2-flautas (crunchy rolled tacos), 3-mix chicken with some bbq sauce and mash some potatoes, 4 chop some celery and carrots add mayo and have a chicken sandwich.
I used to be the person that would eat a 10lb steak. Now I buy one and make 5 meals with it. Splitting each meal with my sister so I get about 1lb per meal and don’t feel robbed of meat.
Some days I just have a salad or pasta with no meat.
Nesa Dcruz exactly. And the fact that even those you don’t need a lot of makes eating them enjoyable. My 3 year old nephew is even expanding on his veggies. I’ve been sending him to preschool with a bento box and his teachers have commented how he’s become excited for lunch.
Love to stuff tunafish salad in a hollowed tomato with chopped onion and celery! There's a few veggies right there! No cooking either! I prepare in the morning and its all done up!
Jan From NYC Saves Money! Great summer lunch -making that soon - it’s hot 🥵 here in Texas 😂😋
I'm alone also n love hearing that someone else is satisfied w 1/4 lb. of ground beef or less for a meal. I divide my meats and freeze them..Chicken legs or thighs I do in bags of 2... Usually, 1 is enough for a meal for me but I have either lunch for the next day or I can take it apart n make something totally different out of that cooked meat. Thanks so much for sharing this with us. Love your ideas.
I love this series! Jill is my soul-sister! ( I’m Team Thigh for the stock - making properties as well as when you roast chicken thighs that skin gets so crispy! And if you roast them on a baking sheet, you can save the drippings to fry potatoes or flavor your beans, your roasted vegetables...whatever!!) Anyway...all great advice and you two together are such a Hoot! 😘
for using skin crispies - i hear its also great to crumble on top of mac and cheese.
I love you guys❤️your creativity, generosity and energy are so inspiring!!! Thank you
I keep a list of what’s in my refrigerator posted on the refrigerator door so when the family wonders what they can get for lunch they’ll be reminded to use what’s there
At the Walmart I work at in Tullahoma TN they have had whole turkey for sale for 39 cents a lb so I got one. Then they went down to 29 cents a lb so brought another one. Once I cook them I will use them for any recipe that calls for chicken. They are on sale cause the date on them are June. So they want to sale them before they expire. I'm thinking this is probably a sale by date.
You are such an inspiration to eating more frugally. Thank you I am a single lady myself and have been spending too much money on food. Thanks again
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One of my favorite ways to use cabbage is to saute in a little coconut oil or bacon fat and put a weight on top like a cast iron pan to squeeze out most of the moisture. Let it brown some as it cooks down and the taste is even better.
We eat fried rice with a carrot and an onion, a little bit of sauce to mix in. Sometimes add 1-3 scrambled eggs into it. Super cheap and easy.
German/Puff pancake- eggs milk and flour makes a whole breakfast with a little butter and sugar.
Quesadillas- they don’t have to be fancy. Tortillas with cheese or even just some beans and a sprinkle of cheese or salsa are plenty.
Lettuce wraps- rice, minced chicken, carrots, cucumbers, peanuts- whatever you have that you want to stuff some lettuce with works lol
Eggs are such a budget helper.Wish I wasn't allergic to them.
Ok you said one of us would do the math for you...13x3=39 meals out of 9 ...Then Jill said there were 10 ...that 10 th piece made about 4 more meals. All together she could make 43 meals for herself. Hooray!!!! 🙏✝️❤️💕🌹👏🏻
I make extra, serving for 4 . My hubby likes leftovers for lunch at work.
I freeze leftovers when we have to much in the fridge and later we have a buffet.
Excelente vídeo , learned a lot . Happy Mother’s day 🌸🌺
Is it weird to be so excited about these meal strategy videos?😊 lol Penny Pinching Mama😊
LOL not weird at all Mrs. T just so glad you are excited over them. : )
Chicken and dumplings is a family favorite. Jiffy mix has recipe on box. Add in veggies.
I have 10 pounds of ground beef, 10 pounds of pork loin cut differently for different uses, and 5 pounds of chicken right now, at the ready. It did not cost me even 15 dollars due to sales! And I am in Chicago! It can be done!
Great tips thank you. You could ad a table spoon of the minced chicken in the broth if people feel they need the protein.
I love buying marked down meat when I can. I'll but it all up and vacuum seal it all.
I just wanted to mention that if you separate your bananas when you get home they last longer. Great info
Dixie Bell omg I never knew that thanks you’re a lifesaver!
You two are a hoot together! Really enjoy your videos. I always purchased chicken breasts in the past but I saw a recipe on TH-cam for chicken thighs in a rice cooker (that has become one of my most valuable kitchen items - LOVE IT!!) so got them specifically for that purpose and discovered I liked them more. Thank you for how to do a comparison of bone in vs boneless chicken as well as the broth idea.
I live alone and LOVE IT!!
Very nice video today. I fixed potato salad today (with the bacon drippings Tawra), shared it with my son and he called later to say that was awesome potato salad. Also fixed chicken salad with one breast (left over from a rotisserie chicken) added a few grapes to it and he said it was so much better than the $10.00 carton he had purchased at Kroger. For that he wouldn't even have to know how to cook chicken. Talk about frustrated...he can and does do lot of things but cooking is not one of them. I hope I live long enough to get him to change his ways but I doubt it. I hope you both had a wonderful Mother's Day and have a Blessed evening.
Great lesson. Thank you
Happy Mother’s Day, ladies! That explanation of the chicken thighs had me rolling, it almost sounded not fit for tender ears!
Those must be very large chicken thighs to get so many meals. Good advice.
My husband and I were listening to this video and we placed a bet on how many meals she got out of tbe 5 lb hamburger. I said 20 my husband said 25. We both were way off of 50 meals @ 1.6 oz of hamburger consumed per meal.
LOL I know that doesn't seem like much but I pretty much just add 1-2 Tbsp to a taco for flavor and then with the cheese I added to it I get the protein I need. I do this with stacked enchiladas, chili, my spaghetti sauce, lasagna (once again there is so much cheese in lasagna too) so I really can stretch it.
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!LOVE YOU GIRLS:)
Late to the video, but I love the idea of making the "big" hot meal early in the day during the summer and having leftovers for supper to avoid heating the house up! Thanks!
Happy Mother’s Day!!
Lots of great advice as usual ladies, thanks! And happy mother's day!
Happy Mother's day ladies.
Tuna can is four ounces. Divide in three is awful small portion. Did I understand correctly?
I like the tights with bones also. I collect and freeze all bones and then make chicken broth and keep it in the freezer.
Since I found your channel I've started little by little putting it into effect in my household of 6. If it's not on sale and st a good price I don't buy. And I only buy what I know we will eat. Winn Dixie had a great 3 day sale on all their meats, stocked up and bought other necessities and spent 189.00 for the month. Will still have to buy milk and such as we need it. I live within a five mile radius of 4 major grocery stores, not including convenience stores.
Way to go Betty good job
Thanks again ladies. You’re the best!
After cooking my meat I freeze it in snack size bags. I put several snack size bags in a freezer zip bag and use that zip bag over and over again.
Happy Mother's Day!
Jill, how much potatoes do you buy when they are on sale? How do you keep the potatoes from rotting before you use them if you buy 5 or 10 pounds, since there's just one of you to feed?
I buy 10# of potatoes when they go on sale. I do eat quite a few potatoes plus they can last quite awhile for me - about a month. If I think that they might spoil I will make them into hash browns and dehydrate them. I also will fix something like potato soup or slice them with a little butter, bake them and melt cheese on them to use them up. Potatoes have a lot of nutrients in them so I will eat a large potato for a meal often and call it good especially if I top it with a little cheese or crumbled hamburger or ham.
@@jillcooper172 Thanks much. I don't eat a lot of potatoes, but I will try your tips. Do you keep the potatoes in the refrigerator? How do you keep them from sprouting? I usually cut off the sprouts and eat the rest of the potato, but I still don't eat even five pounds in a month. It sounds like the way you keep potatoes from rotting is by eating them more often than I do. I have diabetes and need to watch the carbs...I do love potatoes, though, fixed many different ways.
I don't keep potatoes in the fridge. You really should not because it messes with the starch in them and they can spoil and not cook up as good. The best way to store them is in a cool dark place. In the dark they don't turn green as fast although you can peel that off and still use them. It is good to keep in something like a basket where the air can circulate.
I bought a "potato bag" from Avon (breathable bag that keeps them in the dark and it hangs on a hook) and I can keep 10 lbs of potatos for months and I live alone. Never put them in the fridge, they like dark and cool. If they grow eyes you just pull them off if you find soft potatoes peel these and mash them. You can then freeze the mashed potatoes in single servings on a cookie sheet then package the servings in a bag and then use as needed.
Red potatoes are better for diabetics. Portion control is key.
😂 yes I have to buy meat because of my husband. Before I was married I was naturally pescatarian because thats what I liked. I ate cheaper and simpler just some fish and shrimp and different vegetables/starch. Now I have to cater to him too 😅. Weve done the 10lb of chicken quarters at walmart for like $7 and I cut the thighs from the legs and could stretch that out. I would buy a pack of 20lb rice for about $10. Whatever vegetables were available we would get and under $20 we could eat lunch and dinner for like 2 weeks w veg and like a mo w/out veg. Did the broth thing too. At the time I did nit stockpile so we did eat practically the same thing over and over 😅 but when we ate. For $20 bucks at our lowest when neither of us had jobs. As soon as we got jobs we stockpiled. This was years ago so now during covid it was very easy and we just stockpiled further. We eat a lot more varied now by choice but with whole single ingredients and I cook everything from scratch. The only processed stuff is gf whole grain pasta, gf wg bread and crackers and humus. And I COULD make those too and I keep the ingredients but we can afford the convinience for now😂 anytime we are tight we go back to our rice and chicken but w a bit more variety from our pantry. Lately weve embraced a more Meditteranean/Blue Zones way of eating which is basically whole foods but mostly grains legumes and vegetables. And the Mediterranean way if thinking is being flexible w veg so it fits buying whats on sale. We used to think that every meal needs meat but now have embraced simple lentil soups or minestrone soups with any vegetables on hand. Or just pasta with tomato sauce is so delicious especially if u fry some zuchini or eggplant and put it in and can add in lots of fresh basil which I have a plant I bought for just $4 and it keeps giving. But it tastes good without it, pasta does not eat meat. Infact Italians barely add meat to pasta they just add some cheese or vegetables. Rice and beans are amazing if you stew the beans with some onion garlic tomato sauce spanish olives and pumpkin(look up puertorican stewed beans). We can eat rice and these beans and some broccoli and skip the meat. So our stockpile : frozen chicken, ground beef and lamb that was on sale, multiple 20lb of rice, beans of all kinds, lentils of all kinds, dried spices and canned tomatoes/tomato paste. Can do so much with just that. And we too have not bought meat in months, we just built up our meat freezer over time.
Happy Mothers Day!
Happy Mothers Day to you both!
Portion size is everything!
Three pounds is the break even point on a whole chicken. At three pounds 1/2 is bone, 1/2 is meat,
I've just started buying like you do :) Thanks for all the tips! :D
Happy Mother’s Day to you both❣️
this is genius! I have gained a lot of weight recently because of overeating but I see that I can literally break down my meals and go down a few sizes. I will definitely be trying the chicken thighs bone broth.
I have an apartment sized fridge and freezer, I'm able to fit a LOT of food though.
Happy Mother's Day
I only spent $25 from Kroger. We are celebrating Veteran's Day tonight, so a bank is sponsoring a dinner. I'm not a veteran, but it's for everybody in this building, it's a lot of fun. All my friends will probably be there. I bought condensed tomato soup, bread and cheese slices for grilled cheese. I have Kale that is good until Thursday.
🌺🌺HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY !! 🌺🌺
Jill, I also have a sealer. When sealing how do you keep the juices from being sucked up into the vacuum part? I have been putting the meat in a sandwich bag first and that works. Thought you may have a better idea . Thank you
Rebecca B. freeze the meat first on a cookie sheet, then vacuum seal. That will keep the juice from going into the vacuum sealer.
Put the meat on some kind of plastic wrap or parchment paper., when you put it on a cookie sheet to freeze.
Maybe it's been done before, if there is already a video please point me in the right direction. But Jill has said she sat down and calculated with a food guide pyramid how much was needed to feed the family , I am wondering if a video can be done on how to do that. I am very interested in implementing this in my family. Thanks so much!!!!!!!
Yes Caroline we can maybe try to do one on that
I just started watching you and learned so much in just a few days.
Watching this in 2022. Take me back to the $8/5 lbs of ground beef!!
Thank you ladies for sharing. I think of my mother's day dinner that I had today at the restaurant and it was prob 3-4 portions. I didn't eat it all, will finish tomorrow, but decently ate more than a serving. Thank you for getting me thinking of what is happening. i.e. How much $ and portion size. Happy mother's day to you both.
Thank you
The are good for bone broth! Bonus!!
Sounds good however, you don’t eat much.
This is how I shop also. If it's not on sale, I don't buy it. I don't know how people make it buying meat at full price.
It is cheaper to use 2 cans of tomatoes and 1 can of tomato sauce than 1 can of tomato soup - and it tastes WAYYYYYYYY better!
I do the same thing! Good job girls! Great info! Love from MN.
I haven't made tomato soup spaghetti in years. You've inspired me to make it for my kids 😉
I dehydrate fresh vegetables I can't use up quickly. Especially spinach, since it comes in large to me portions
Its harder to plan for 4 people, when 2 have crohns disease, 1 diabetic, and a my daughter is allergic to milk, eggs, whey, all nuts.
Eating plant based could help a lot with diabetes and Crohn's disease. It's helped me tremendously with my a1c and thyroids disease. I still eat meat and dairy occasionally but I feel so much better when I don't. It's also very cheap to eat like this if you shop sales and not fall for all of the processed options.
You cant eat a lot of vegetables with crohns and if you do they have to be very soft. Your diet is very restricted. Its manly a plain diet. Of applesauce, toast, pasta, bread, eggs, and peanut butter. You can eat meats but beef is harder to digest so is lobster and crab. No salami, pepperoni, or sausages with casings.
No it's not. I'm gluten and diary free. It can easily be done.
@@LivingOnADime Amen! I have Hashimotos thyroiditis, am also gluten, dairy, and working on sugar free. Also don't eat any simple carbs such as rice, pasta, white potatoes, etc. and STILL am saving money by using many of these tips.
My mum came to visit from England years ago and we went out for dinner, she could not believe the amount of food on her plate, she said they could eat for 3 days on one plate lol she was used to rationing in the war and they could stretch a pound ( dollar ). Love the channel ladies.
Restaurants in the U.S. serve WAY too large portions, imo. The majority of restaurants I've been to in the last 10 years, I bring at least half of my dinner home and THAT usually makes two lunches. I'd truly prefer having smaller portions and be charged less. I recall when Wendy's began "Biggie Sizing" everything and McDonald's kept making their burgers bigger and putting more stuff on it.
I would starve to death eating only graham crackers for breakfast 🤣 I eat bigger meals than Jill does. Plus I’d rather die than go without coffee 🤓😆 but thanks for all the great ideas!! 👍
Thank yiu
I got my cookbook today..love it..thank you..is there a link for your mom's living on a fixed income blog?
She doesn't have her own blog.
One of my favorite things is smashed potatoes. When I am baking items I will toss in a couple of potatoes to bake. You then take the cooked potato and smash it flat (about 1/2 inch)with a potato masher. when you want to eat you can take the potato, top with some butter or oil, spices of your choice and veggies of your choice and if you want to live dangerously a little grated cheese. You can reheat in an oven or microwave. And if I have any I use plain greek yogurt instead of sour cream. Love the information you provided - I dislike fruit and the thought of having to eat 7 servings in a day ugh but with the information you supplied I could do 2 fruits and 3 veggies although 0 fruits and 5 veggies is better.
Thing that drives me nuts is my husband won’t eat that? Haha I’ve told my husband to get another job if he wants to eat like a king he can make king wage lol. Or oh my kids won’t eat that I don’t give them a choice lol.
Marie Boser my bfs the same. He eats like twice what I eat...it’s a waste of food 🙄
People just eat too much for one. I buy this way also and I can not go shopping for weeks or more
Food is cheap in the US
Been waiting for this video! :)
I was trying to eat a portion serving of different foods but this is indeed very small size.... my question is: does Jill eat only around 600-800 calories a day? Thank you
About 1200
Thank you, we don’t need so much food as we think we do:)).
I am doing this for my husband and I next week. It cost a tad more cause there are 2 of us. We love chicken thighs, they make the best broth.
In California boneless skinless 1.29 breast 1.29 a pound and chicken leqq quarters 59 cents 10 pounds 5.90 for got 3
My local Pick and Save (kroger ) had hamburger on sale for $2.49 a pound. I think that's a pretty good deal. I'm going to try to stock my freezer up. We may be eating a lot of ground beef meals for the next few weeks haha. I'm thinking hamburger gravy over noodles and homemade meatballs and tacos and potato soup.