i'm one of those that just enjoy watching you make good, nutritious home-made food for your kids! no fancy hello fresh boxes or complicated recipes. just nommy food that everyone will eat. love this channel! so wholesome!
Thank you :D. I try and get it as balanced as possible, I do feel like I rely on carb fillers a little too much at times, but at the same time, my kids are well and truly active and we have no health issues to do with carbs/sugars, so I keep telling myself we're doing ok!
@@OurSmallFootprint I know everyone rags on carbs as the enemy in our current society... but just like fat isn't our enemy neither are carbs! as long as you are all healthy and active and receiving enough nutrients - everything u are doing is fine! your kids are all within a healthy weight range for their ages, you don't let them eat too much processed foods. you're doing good mum!
YUMMY!!! My daughter was drooling at the sausage rolls and I was at the steamed buns. Your children are so lucky to have a mother willing to not only cook but who is so talented that she makes a variety of dishes. You say that most of the meals are on a regular rotation but how could you not! Everything looks so delicious. Love the video and hope you found everything that you were looking for on your shopping trip.
Every now and again we swap something else into the rotation, but then we do something old again and wonder why that hasn't been done lol! So much can be done with the same meals, just tweaked a little :D
Nyssa! Have a hunt for cat crates- the hard plastic ones, with the steal mesh door! Pop your rodent wire on the door- voila! a proofing crate, rodent proof! Sorry for the bazillion exclaimation marks, i've been pondering what works and what i used bush living to keep my sweet potatoes and breads from the possums and bush rats- i used cat crates! 😂 Should find some around marketplace or opshops... maybe mum can help out if close by in your off shopping period? You HAVE to get one while you're there and give it a go? maybe split the dough into narrower bowls, or get the cat crate that splits top from bottom? Guine pig cages with the solid bottom will work for larger volumes, just rat mesh the metal cage part!
It all looks delicious as always!!!!!!! What is amazing is I see no difference in the quality of what you eat the first week after your shopping and the last week when you’re at the end of what you bought. I admire you so much!!!!
Thank you Stephanie, the big difference is the lack of 'fresh' veg, we have plenty of canned/frozen etc, but I do miss that fresh veg, and normally my garden would help with that, but with the lack of garden successes this year :S
You are such a blessing to your family. Always working on finding things to make for them. ❤ I am in New York and an empty nester so it’s nice to see you cooking for your family
@@OurSmallFootprint you will miss it because you are truly a mom who loves her children. I also homeschooled all of my kids. Now they are married and on their own. My favorite days were teaching and caring for my kids ❤️. Enjoy every second. It goes by so very fast
@@juliekraniak7182 I always am amazed when you hit a milestone and you sit there and go, it was so slow while I was in it, but man it was fast once you get to the end!
Officially drooling ha ha! You are such a champ at creating amazing dishes out of what you have. I'm slowly getting better at this ... I find leftovers aren't a big hit here, unless I "repurpose" them in some way. I added home-made spaghetti bolognaise mince to a scooped out spaghetti squash topped with cheese and baked it (yes - I found my first-ever spaghetti squash in Queensland on a recent holiday! I've never seen them in NSW), then on the second night, I did a ravioli bake (bulk pre-made ravioli from the supermarket) with the leftover bolognaise sauce plus added grated zucchini, the scooped out squash from the previous night and baby spinach. It seemed to go down well lolz! :D I work outside the home five days a week, so meals and meal prepping are definitely a challenge. You are a source of inspiration!
Some of the most well received meals I've ever made have been leftovers from the night before thrown over something else lol! It's always amazing how simple meals are quite often the ones the kids rave about but the complicated stuff they couldn't care less about! Luckily most of them I make because I want them as well hehe.
You made some amazing meals for the last week. The fritters are something I make quite often to use up fridge contents, usually on a Sunday night as they are quick and that's garbage night so I clean the fridge as well.
If you’re worried about leaving dough out on the bench overnight due to rats, check out Lisa from house on boone. Once the dough has been stretched & folded, shaped etc, she puts in the fridge overnight to slow proof. I’ve been using this recipe for a while. It’s great. Good luck
The broth is called consume - con'sue'mae. Here in US we usually put onions and cilantro in it and dip tacos in it. Its also popular to put ramen noodles in the consume for birria ramen. Also on the tacos put fresh uncooked onions and cilantro and lime. Your consume looked Delicious!
I do try to cater to them to a degree, because whats the point of all that effort on food if they won't eat it! I introduce new things alongside favourites and hope they'll like them etc :D
My husband has always made our sausage rolls from scratch, he likes to add sage 😋 We love porridge for breakfast, wonderful super food. Tuning in from Bellingen NSW
Oooh, sage would be lovely in them! I always add sage to my sausage mixes, that whole 'breakfast sausage' flavour! :D. The kids would eat porridge for breakfast pretty much every day, I've tried to get them to like overnight oats or the baked stuff, but no, they just like fresh made porridge lol, just to make me have to stand there and stir it! :D
I really enjoy it, though at times the demands of always having to have meals on the table can lessen the enjoyment, but I try and stay positive about it most of the time :D
That pie at the end looked so good!!!! Yum! I love the sausage rolls! I’ve never eaten a sausage roll… but they look delicious! I thought the smoothie was ice cream it looked so creamy!! Great video can’t wait to see what you got for groceries for the month!!😂
Pie is just so good any which way! The kids like their smoothies almost so thick they can use a spoon lol, I like to be able to drink mine without the straw clogging, but for the kids, that's half the fun! hehe, the thermomix is great for that though, it can get through frozen fruit and whip it into a semblance of sorbet/ice cream which is neat.
Do you need to drain them, or add extra breadcrumbs for the extra water ? When I use fresh I find the breadcrumbs are needed to stop the bottom pastry going soggy and was concerned that it would be even more of an issue with the frozen ones!
Can I come and have Lunch at your house? Might be worth the 23 hour flight. Beautiful job feeding your family! You are so good to them! Many Blessings!
Man those Carbs are looking so good about now. This diabetes sucks! Day 4 down 7 1/2 lbs. No sugar and a big ole headache to boot. I am not a rabbit! Maybe squirrel sometimes, I am a plump round southern girl who loves comfort food. Our Small Footprint kinda food! I am fine ,and so lucky to watch your videos! As always another awesome week of meals. Great job Nyssa!!!🚫🐰🐿💜💜💜
Urgh, so sucky, but think of the health benefits! We did keto for a while there and Whole 30 trying to help D with his health, both took a little bit of a change of mind set, but we found our comfort foods within that! The Diet Doctor website has an awesome garlic bread that is keto on it, the only one we really liked, used that with their keto lasagne, very good! And we used to make pizza bases out of chicken mince which were super filling and quite good!
@@OurSmallFootprint I will get there little by little. I have a amazing doctor and my Hubby is great with me. I will take a look at some of keto recipes too Thanks!
Yes, other than mince, we don't buy much of it, I managed to get short ribs pretty cheap this month though! and I am hoping to get a half cow next month maybe! We shall see.
I think because I serve it with potato and veg I feel odd adding veg to it as well lol! But once I get the shallower pie dishes I might need to bulk it a little to fit both of them!
We had fried Cabbage with bacon and onion as a side the other night too, with corn cob and silverside. Also with the hotdogs I slice them up and put them into a bolognese sauce with pasta, good if you got no ground beef, another thing I've done with hotdogs is put them into puff pastry as snacks
I contemplated the puff pastry! But I knew I wanted to make sausage rolls too and didn't know if I'd have enough! I probably should have chopped them up and stirred them through, might a been a better texture then :D
Thank you Deb :). The kids really liked the rice done that way, I will have to do it again, and make sure it wasn't just a once off lol, so many times they love something so I make a big batch and then nobody eats it.... hehe
I love watching your foods for the week, always good ideas for dinner or something different to try. Thank you. I must say, though, I'm always left feeling hungry afterwards. I'm on the south coast of Australia.
Hehe, I think that's why I keep doing them, I love that it gives inspiration and I draw inspiration from lots of places, so if I can give people ideas of what to make then I'm doing well! :D I have friends who always make sure to eat while watching hehe.
Someone else suggested oats, I have tried rolled oats in things like meatballs when I was low on breadcrumbs and didn't like the texture, but maybe if I grind the oats up! :D
Yum this all looks so delicious 🤤 those pizzas look incredible. If you are having rodent issues try a deep clean. Clear off the deck entirely if you can, and pressure wash the deck. You can mop on some vinegar and eucalyptus to deter them and wipe over all your tubs. Scrub down the appliances and benches with it too. Good luck!
We've been using eucalyptus and peppermint on all the surfaces, the benches get cleared and wiped every morning before I start cooking etc, I think the issue is that they're bush rats (Possum like little critters) they don't necessarily chew through containers like brown/black rats, they just take advantage of whats around, they're also protected because they're natives, so it makes it hard to control the numbers :S. We will have to give the deck a bit of a scrub though, we try and do it a couple of times a year, we obviously sweep and give a general scrub more regularly but a proper 'spring clean' is probably due before it cools down again :D
As ever, the meals looked absolutely luscious (and I have no doubt that it tasted every bit as good as it looked!) Here’s hoping that the bargain gods smiled on you when you headed out into the wilds on the hunt!
Yummmm!!! I can’t decide what is my favourite meal in your week 6, think the beef pie & mash or those beef tacos. Hmmm I also want to sausage rolls & the cabbage/bacon soon. Hey no pizza that week! Maybe coz the hamper came in at the perfect time. These videos are food heaven 😍 Hope your shopping day is going smoothly & not too many gaps at the supermarkets up there. 🥰
@@OurSmallFootprint definitely! I used to kinda struggle when I was making dinner if I didn’t have a named dish I was creating. Now I cook with what I’ve got i find it so much less stressful.
Can you please do a video of how you make those fluffy steamed pork buns?? They looked amazing!! 😍 Also where did you get your really big metal bowl from? I havnt been able to find one anywhere!
I will put them on the list to cook this month! :D. I got it from a restaurant that went out of business, on marketplace! You see them come up sometimes, bakeries and restaurants that are closing down so they sell off a bunch of stuff!
I have a nasty habit of just not eating if the food doesn’t appeal, a lot of the time when I serve the kids and D bolognese I just have coffee, bad Nyssa! So I kind of have to want the food, I don’t get hungry a lot, I can go all day on just water and coffee and then realise I haven’t eaten too late to want to do anything about it :s
Ah… I yes the chicken cooked rice… when the boys were home .. teens with hollow leg I would do 2 baked rice trays one chicken and one with Tomas like a baked Spanish rice .. that kept the belly full over the crazy weekends .. they would have it any time als for breakfast with fried eggs on top.. gave me a brake from cooking and kept the groceries going till shopping day… if your kids like tomatoes base meals they will love the rice.. also great for wraps , tortillas, ect… truly a great filler for anything or nothing , meaning on its own…wow tmi 😂
I will have to look into more rice dishes, it wasn't something I made a lot of, but Apollo really enjoys it, so I'll have to do it more! I got basmati rice half price this month to boost the supplies :D
Generally, yes, I’m lucky, I do cater to them to a degree, one of the kids doesn’t like roast chicken, so I make him extra veg etc that night, a couple of the kids aren’t keen on coconut rice, prefer plain, that kinda thing. But in general, everything I show in these videos is served up to them as well. They all have good appetites and are generally willing to try new things thankfully :)
Great to see how you use up those last things and stretch the food and your budget. When you're off shopping does Darryl cook or do you leave things for them?
My mum was a single mum so her mother/my grand mother lived with us, she was very arthritic, so she taught me all the basics from the kitchen table and I cooked a lot of our meals from quite a young age, nothing fancy, but I think she taught be the skills of making things from what you have and turning them into something interesting the second night kinda thing! :D
@@OurSmallFootprint oh yeah. I really don't eat that much meat especially in the summer but I like a good beef pie or slow cooked roast. We're smoking a ham today. Our kid's are coming over from Alabama.
Bush rats have invaded my granddaughters garden, she is not happy. A pair of king parrots took over her tomatoes as well, only her eggplants are going okay, even though some of those have been chewed on, but the rats mustn’t like them so much.
We don’t have an oven :). But I’ve heard of people using microwaves etc for it! Great idea :). But we don’t have anything that would seal well enough unfortunately.
Hello,. 😊 I was just wondering why your kitchen is outside? Is this normal for certain parts of Australia? I know it's a stupid question but I needed to ask.
Hi there :). Yes, my kitchen is out on my patio, no, its not 'the norm' :). But we have very limited indoor space and we use that for living space with the 8 of us, so when we moved out here off grid I decided to put some decking down and put my kitchen outside so that I wasn't using up internal space and I could spread out a bit :)
One of the videos not far before this should show it, we get a monthly hamper from a not for profit, it is $50 and has a myriad of things in it, you don’t get to choose and a lot of it is short dated etc, but it tops us up before the next grocery haul :)
I think it depends on what ratios you are using and whether you are using fats or not, I know there's a few diff tortilla style recipes out there! But if I try and roll it straight up it either breaks or it pops back on itself, and doesn't stretch out :D. I follow the method from Views from the Road a channel on here that does some amazing food! :D
@@aeonfluxcapacitor77 I just googled, I bought some masa to try corn tortillas with but I’ll have to look for corn husks, I’m sure Amazon would have them lol, they have everything else!
@@OurSmallFootprint they do, and you can reuse husks if your filling isn't stupid greasy. They're time consuming (thus a Christmas thing) but I love them. I'm excited to see the corn tortillas. I like homemade, but not enough to make them for myself.
She does cook breakfast sometimes (Dutch baby, pancakes, baked oatmeal etc) just not all the time. In Australia it's pretty common for children to fend for themselves for breakfast once they're 6 or 7. I mean they have a cooked lunch so a simple breakfast is fine.
The youngest is 7, if he can't pour himself a bowl of cereal for breakfast then I haven't done my job right :D I cook breakfast a few times a week, but the rest of the time, yes, fend for themselves, cereal, leftovers (that I cooked the night before) Bread and eggs/bacon, Rice Cakes with toppings, Rice crackers with hummus, Yoghurt (that I make for them) with Granola (that I also cook for them, just not at breakfast time :D)
@@alisonshanahan9529similarly, I got myself off to school by myself every morning, including getting my own breakfast and making my own lunch. I’m not sure I’ve ever had a family breakfast!
i'm one of those that just enjoy watching you make good, nutritious home-made food for your kids! no fancy hello fresh boxes or complicated recipes. just nommy food that everyone will eat. love this channel! so wholesome!
Thank you :D. I try and get it as balanced as possible, I do feel like I rely on carb fillers a little too much at times, but at the same time, my kids are well and truly active and we have no health issues to do with carbs/sugars, so I keep telling myself we're doing ok!
@@OurSmallFootprint I know everyone rags on carbs as the enemy in our current society... but just like fat isn't our enemy neither are carbs! as long as you are all healthy and active and receiving enough nutrients - everything u are doing is fine! your kids are all within a healthy weight range for their ages, you don't let them eat too much processed foods. you're doing good mum!
YUMMY!!! My daughter was drooling at the sausage rolls and I was at the steamed buns. Your children are so lucky to have a mother willing to not only cook but who is so talented that she makes a variety of dishes. You say that most of the meals are on a regular rotation but how could you not! Everything looks so delicious. Love the video and hope you found everything that you were looking for on your shopping trip.
Every now and again we swap something else into the rotation, but then we do something old again and wonder why that hasn't been done lol! So much can be done with the same meals, just tweaked a little :D
Nyssa! Have a hunt for cat crates- the hard plastic ones, with the steal mesh door! Pop your rodent wire on the door- voila! a proofing crate, rodent proof!
Sorry for the bazillion exclaimation marks, i've been pondering what works and what i used bush living to keep my sweet potatoes and breads from the possums and bush rats- i used cat crates! 😂
Should find some around marketplace or opshops... maybe mum can help out if close by in your off shopping period? You HAVE to get one while you're there and give it a go? maybe split the dough into narrower bowls, or get the cat crate that splits top from bottom? Guine pig cages with the solid bottom will work for larger volumes, just rat mesh the metal cage part!
A good idea, I'll have to keep an eye out! :D
It all looks delicious as always!!!!!!! What is amazing is I see no difference in the quality of what you eat the first week after your shopping and the last week when you’re at the end of what you bought. I admire you so much!!!!
Thank you Stephanie, the big difference is the lack of 'fresh' veg, we have plenty of canned/frozen etc, but I do miss that fresh veg, and normally my garden would help with that, but with the lack of garden successes this year :S
You are such a blessing to your family. Always working on finding things to make for them. ❤ I am in New York and an empty nester so it’s nice to see you cooking for your family
Thank you Julie, I do wonder whether I'm going to enjoy or hate it when I have no one to cook for anymore hehe.
@@OurSmallFootprint you will miss it because you are truly a mom who loves her children. I also homeschooled all of my kids. Now they are married and on their own. My favorite days were teaching and caring for my kids ❤️. Enjoy every second. It goes by so very fast
@@juliekraniak7182 I always am amazed when you hit a milestone and you sit there and go, it was so slow while I was in it, but man it was fast once you get to the end!
Officially drooling ha ha! You are such a champ at creating amazing dishes out of what you have. I'm slowly getting better at this ... I find leftovers aren't a big hit here, unless I "repurpose" them in some way. I added home-made spaghetti bolognaise mince to a scooped out spaghetti squash topped with cheese and baked it (yes - I found my first-ever spaghetti squash in Queensland on a recent holiday! I've never seen them in NSW), then on the second night, I did a ravioli bake (bulk pre-made ravioli from the supermarket) with the leftover bolognaise sauce plus added grated zucchini, the scooped out squash from the previous night and baby spinach. It seemed to go down well lolz! :D I work outside the home five days a week, so meals and meal prepping are definitely a challenge. You are a source of inspiration!
Some of the most well received meals I've ever made have been leftovers from the night before thrown over something else lol! It's always amazing how simple meals are quite often the ones the kids rave about but the complicated stuff they couldn't care less about! Luckily most of them I make because I want them as well hehe.
You made some amazing meals for the last week. The fritters are something I make quite often to use up fridge contents, usually on a Sunday night as they are quick and that's garbage night so I clean the fridge as well.
Every time I make them I remember how much everyone likes them for such a simple thing! :D
Your food always looks so delicious. Your kids are very lucky to have a super mum like yourself. ❤❤❤
Thank you :). I think they're a bit spoiled and don't know how good they've got it lol.
If you’re worried about leaving dough out on the bench overnight due to rats, check out Lisa from house on boone. Once the dough has been stretched & folded, shaped etc, she puts in the fridge overnight to slow proof. I’ve been using this recipe for a while. It’s great. Good luck
Most of the time I don’t have fridge space heh, but yes, if I do the dough the right timing the fridge works perfectly :)
My mouth was watering looking at all this yummy food, especially the tacos! You certainly know how to use everything you have
It has taken work to get to the point of making sure everything is used, but I'm pretty happy with how my monthly meals go now :D
Your meals always look amazing 😊❤
Thank you Claire :)
The broth is called consume - con'sue'mae. Here in US we usually put onions and cilantro in it and dip tacos in it. Its also popular to put ramen noodles in the consume for birria ramen. Also on the tacos put fresh uncooked onions and cilantro and lime. Your consume looked Delicious!
I need to make it more often, it is so good! thank you for the ideas! :D
Yum great job! Lol at the kids being little hoovers...oooo food we must eat it...all of it 😂
Lol, definitely, I regularly don't have shots of food finished! by the time I get it done its already had the large majority of it eaten hehe
A really good mix of food and very kid friendly.
I do try to cater to them to a degree, because whats the point of all that effort on food if they won't eat it! I introduce new things alongside favourites and hope they'll like them etc :D
My husband has always made our sausage rolls from scratch, he likes to add sage 😋
We love porridge for breakfast, wonderful super food. Tuning in from Bellingen NSW
Oooh, sage would be lovely in them! I always add sage to my sausage mixes, that whole 'breakfast sausage' flavour! :D. The kids would eat porridge for breakfast pretty much every day, I've tried to get them to like overnight oats or the baked stuff, but no, they just like fresh made porridge lol, just to make me have to stand there and stir it! :D
Awesome cooking is my happy and it's when I feel so relaxed
I really enjoy it, though at times the demands of always having to have meals on the table can lessen the enjoyment, but I try and stay positive about it most of the time :D
That pie at the end looked so good!!!! Yum! I love the sausage rolls! I’ve never eaten a sausage roll… but they look delicious! I thought the smoothie was ice cream it looked so creamy!! Great video can’t wait to see what you got for groceries for the month!!😂
Pie is just so good any which way!
The kids like their smoothies almost so thick they can use a spoon lol, I like to be able to drink mine without the straw clogging, but for the kids, that's half the fun! hehe, the thermomix is great for that though, it can get through frozen fruit and whip it into a semblance of sorbet/ice cream which is neat.
I always enjoy the what you eat in a week videos. Everything looks so good!
Lots of people enjoy the summary of it I think!
Still bingeing on your Vids lol. So happy to have met you on here ☺️ xx
Hehe, thank you! :D
You guys eat so well, Everything looks delicious!
Thank you. :D. I try and make the meals interesting as well as using what we have :D
Everything looked delicious as usual. Still don't know how you do it!!
Thank you Cathy, I dunno, it just is what it is lol! It doesn't feel particularly out of the ordinary for us! :D
Always good. The grated carrot and zucchini from the freezer works great in sausage rolls too.
Do you need to drain them, or add extra breadcrumbs for the extra water ? When I use fresh I find the breadcrumbs are needed to stop the bottom pastry going soggy and was concerned that it would be even more of an issue with the frozen ones!
@@OurSmallFootprint I squeeze out some moisture if I can,sometimes I add breadcrumbs, sometimes onion, also.
Can I come and have Lunch at your house? Might be worth the 23 hour flight. Beautiful job feeding your family! You are so good to them! Many Blessings!
Hehe, always extra food around here! :D. One day they might appreciate it hehe.
I love watching your videos hats off to you!
Thank you for watching Brenda! :D
A great variety of meals. Fantastic.
Thank you :D
Delicious.all looks so tasty..clever imaginative cooking! Regards
Thank you Karolyn :D
Man those Carbs are looking so good about now. This diabetes sucks! Day 4 down 7 1/2 lbs. No sugar and a big ole headache to boot. I am not a rabbit! Maybe squirrel sometimes, I am a plump round southern girl who loves comfort food. Our Small Footprint kinda food! I am fine ,and so lucky to watch your videos! As always another awesome week of meals. Great job Nyssa!!!🚫🐰🐿💜💜💜
Urgh, so sucky, but think of the health benefits! We did keto for a while there and Whole 30 trying to help D with his health, both took a little bit of a change of mind set, but we found our comfort foods within that! The Diet Doctor website has an awesome garlic bread that is keto on it, the only one we really liked, used that with their keto lasagne, very good! And we used to make pizza bases out of chicken mince which were super filling and quite good!
@@OurSmallFootprint I will get there little by little. I have a amazing doctor and my Hubby is great with me. I will take a look at some of keto recipes too Thanks!
@@mylife-321-0 changing habits is hard :s
Those vegetable fritters look delicious!
They're so good, I always wonder why I don't make them more often when I do make them!
Love your channel love from ireland
Hello from Ireland Linda! 🇮🇪
Thank you Linda :D
Those tacos are mouthwatering. Beef appears just once in a while on our menu too. Leftover homemade pizza is my idea of a good breakfast 😂
Leftover salmons patties out of the fridge for breakfast makes me happy😊
Yes, other than mince, we don't buy much of it, I managed to get short ribs pretty cheap this month though! and I am hoping to get a half cow next month maybe! We shall see.
All the meals looked delicious 😋. You make such delicious food for your family. That beef pie looked yummy 😋, I love me a beef pie as well!!
Beef pie is so so good! Pie in general is mind you hehe, must make chicken pot pie again soon, another fave!
I love your videos and recipes!! 🤤
Thank you! :D. I'm glad :D
Everything looked so good!
So much food when I look back hehe.
Love your videos!
That pie looked so good. I would have added some carrots, peas and corn to mine to stretch it out even more like a stew.
I think because I serve it with potato and veg I feel odd adding veg to it as well lol! But once I get the shallower pie dishes I might need to bulk it a little to fit both of them!
@@OurSmallFootprint I seen that. I would just add mine in the pie and just potatoes on the side. Looks delish either way
We had fried Cabbage with bacon and onion as a side the other night too, with corn cob and silverside. Also with the hotdogs I slice them up and put them into a bolognese sauce with pasta, good if you got no ground beef, another thing I've done with hotdogs is put them into puff pastry as snacks
I contemplated the puff pastry! But I knew I wanted to make sausage rolls too and didn't know if I'd have enough! I probably should have chopped them up and stirred them through, might a been a better texture then :D
Looked delicious. It’s always gratifying when you create something or try a new recipe and the kids love it. ❤
It's always good when it gets a really positive response hehe.
Love watching your week of meals.
The rice cooked with chicken stock looked wonderful.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful meals.
Cheers Deb.
Thank you Deb :). The kids really liked the rice done that way, I will have to do it again, and make sure it wasn't just a once off lol, so many times they love something so I make a big batch and then nobody eats it.... hehe
Great video 😊😊
I love watching your foods for the week, always good ideas for dinner or something different to try. Thank you. I must say, though, I'm always left feeling hungry afterwards. I'm on the south coast of Australia.
Hehe, I think that's why I keep doing them, I love that it gives inspiration and I draw inspiration from lots of places, so if I can give people ideas of what to make then I'm doing well! :D
I have friends who always make sure to eat while watching hehe.
If no bread crumbs I use rolled oats or any type of bran in my sausage rolls
Someone else suggested oats, I have tried rolled oats in things like meatballs when I was low on breadcrumbs and didn't like the texture, but maybe if I grind the oats up! :D
Always delicious looking food 🤤
Thank you Sara :D
Well done! I think we'll be having fritters tonight with sausage rolls. lol. You have me feeling hungry now.
Hehe, yum! :D
Oats can replace breadcrumbs in the mince mixture
I’m not a huge fan of oats in meatball/mince mixes, I have used it but it changes things a bit, maybe if I cut them up a bit!
@@OurSmallFootprint yes grind them up a bit first
Oh, Lordy...yum, just, yum!
heh, thank you! :D
Yum this all looks so delicious 🤤 those pizzas look incredible.
If you are having rodent issues try a deep clean. Clear off the deck entirely if you can, and pressure wash the deck. You can mop on some vinegar and eucalyptus to deter them and wipe over all your tubs. Scrub down the appliances and benches with it too. Good luck!
We've been using eucalyptus and peppermint on all the surfaces, the benches get cleared and wiped every morning before I start cooking etc, I think the issue is that they're bush rats (Possum like little critters) they don't necessarily chew through containers like brown/black rats, they just take advantage of whats around, they're also protected because they're natives, so it makes it hard to control the numbers :S. We will have to give the deck a bit of a scrub though, we try and do it a couple of times a year, we obviously sweep and give a general scrub more regularly but a proper 'spring clean' is probably due before it cools down again :D
As ever, the meals looked absolutely luscious (and I have no doubt that it tasted every bit as good as it looked!) Here’s hoping that the bargain gods smiled on you when you headed out into the wilds on the hunt!
Hehe, thankyou! :D
Oh yum, this is my style of cooking :) I need to make those marinated mushrooms. New subscriber ❤
Welcome! I made another big batch of them today, Darryl loves them heh
Yummmm!!!
I can’t decide what is my favourite meal in your week 6, think the beef pie & mash or those beef tacos. Hmmm I also want to sausage rolls & the cabbage/bacon soon.
Hey no pizza that week! Maybe coz the hamper came in at the perfect time. These videos are food heaven 😍
Hope your shopping day is going smoothly & not too many gaps at the supermarkets up there. 🥰
Good food all round! There were a few things I couldn't get, but nothing too disastrous, some significant price increases though :S
The dumplings, fritters and beef pie! Yum!
Good food made with minimal ingredients hehe :D
I see your fridge clean out fritters and raise you one use it up pasta.
Hehe, totally! so many 'bubble and squeak' kinda meals out there if you just think about it :D
@@OurSmallFootprint definitely! I used to kinda struggle when I was making dinner if I didn’t have a named dish I was creating. Now I cook with what I’ve got i find it so much less stressful.
@@Alicesgardenau my grandmother always called something that didn't turn out as planned ...... surprise.
@@alisonshanahan9529 haha Ive made a few ‘surprises’ before too 😆
Can you please do a video of how you make those fluffy steamed pork buns?? They looked amazing!! 😍
Also where did you get your really big metal bowl from? I havnt been able to find one anywhere!
I will put them on the list to cook this month! :D.
I got it from a restaurant that went out of business, on marketplace! You see them come up sometimes, bakeries and restaurants that are closing down so they sell off a bunch of stuff!
Also Apollo might like hainanese chicken rice, seeing as he loved the rice cooked in chicken broth 🤗🤗
I shall google! :D Thank you :D
Great looking meals I struggle with making meals interesting 😋😅
I have a nasty habit of just not eating if the food doesn’t appeal, a lot of the time when I serve the kids and D bolognese I just have coffee, bad Nyssa! So I kind of have to want the food, I don’t get hungry a lot, I can go all day on just water and coffee and then realise I haven’t eaten too late to want to do anything about it :s
Ah… I yes the chicken cooked rice… when the boys were home .. teens with hollow leg I would do 2 baked rice trays one chicken and one with Tomas like a baked Spanish rice .. that kept the belly full over the crazy weekends .. they would have it any time als for breakfast with fried eggs on top.. gave me a brake from cooking and kept the groceries going till shopping day… if your kids like tomatoes base meals they will love the rice.. also great for wraps , tortillas, ect… truly a great filler for anything or nothing , meaning on its own…wow tmi 😂
I will have to look into more rice dishes, it wasn't something I made a lot of, but Apollo really enjoys it, so I'll have to do it more! I got basmati rice half price this month to boost the supplies :D
Do all of your kids eat whatever you make? My kids are such picky eaters 😞 Love watching you cook 😀
Generally, yes, I’m lucky, I do cater to them to a degree, one of the kids doesn’t like roast chicken, so I make him extra veg etc that night, a couple of the kids aren’t keen on coconut rice, prefer plain, that kinda thing. But in general, everything I show in these videos is served up to them as well. They all have good appetites and are generally willing to try new things thankfully :)
Great to see how you use up those last things and stretch the food and your budget. When you're off shopping does Darryl cook or do you leave things for them?
He cooks from what I’ve left, so more reheating than cooking generally :).
Love the beef pie, looks delicious. Would love to give it a try but not sure how that would turn out!! Haha
Hehe, always worth a shot! Beef pie is so good :D
How did you learn to be such a good cook? Were you taught by your mom or dad?
My mum was a single mum so her mother/my grand mother lived with us, she was very arthritic, so she taught me all the basics from the kitchen table and I cooked a lot of our meals from quite a young age, nothing fancy, but I think she taught be the skills of making things from what you have and turning them into something interesting the second night kinda thing! :D
Now I'm hungry lol. That beef pie looked awesome well really everything looked great ❤
The beef pie is so good, a lot of meat in that one meal, but so worth it every now and again hehe.
@@OurSmallFootprint oh yeah. I really don't eat that much meat especially in the summer but I like a good beef pie or slow cooked roast. We're smoking a ham today. Our kid's are coming over from Alabama.
@@tawanajackson5545 ooh that will be nice! We eat a decent amount of meat, not as much as a lot of people, but still a decent amount :D
Bush rats have invaded my granddaughters garden, she is not happy. A pair of king parrots took over her tomatoes as well, only her eggplants are going okay, even though some of those have been chewed on, but the rats mustn’t like them so much.
I planted out my cucumber plants, the next day found them all eaten *sigh*
Maybe sit the dough in the oven overnight to prove and protect from rats
We don’t have an oven :). But I’ve heard of people using microwaves etc for it! Great idea :). But we don’t have anything that would seal well enough unfortunately.
Hello,. 😊 I was just wondering why your kitchen is outside? Is this normal for certain parts of Australia? I know it's a stupid question but I needed to ask.
Hi there :). Yes, my kitchen is out on my patio, no, its not 'the norm' :). But we have very limited indoor space and we use that for living space with the 8 of us, so when we moved out here off grid I decided to put some decking down and put my kitchen outside so that I wasn't using up internal space and I could spread out a bit :)
What is the hamper you are mentioning?
One of the videos not far before this should show it, we get a monthly hamper from a not for profit, it is $50 and has a myriad of things in it, you don’t get to choose and a lot of it is short dated etc, but it tops us up before the next grocery haul :)
I've never let tortilla dough rest... I just make it, roll it, cook them. I'm feeling confused.... 🤔 😂
I think it depends on what ratios you are using and whether you are using fats or not, I know there's a few diff tortilla style recipes out there! But if I try and roll it straight up it either breaks or it pops back on itself, and doesn't stretch out :D. I follow the method from Views from the Road a channel on here that does some amazing food! :D
@@OurSmallFootprint so I learned from my abuelita Pemie and we used lard, but now I use shortening. Yours look amazing! Ever going to try tamales? 😁
@@aeonfluxcapacitor77 maybe I’m under kneading and that’s why it needs a rest!
@@aeonfluxcapacitor77 I just googled, I bought some masa to try corn tortillas with but I’ll have to look for corn husks, I’m sure Amazon would have them lol, they have everything else!
@@OurSmallFootprint they do, and you can reuse husks if your filling isn't stupid greasy. They're time consuming (thus a Christmas thing) but I love them. I'm excited to see the corn tortillas. I like homemade, but not enough to make them for myself.
Have you every considered moving to the us States😊
Hehe, I like where I live :D. I don't think I'd like to go anywhere else :D
So breakfast is for defend your yourself with the children cause you an Darrel only have coffee an you don't Cook breakfast
Breakfast is an easy meal for kids to fend for themselves.
She does cook breakfast sometimes (Dutch baby, pancakes, baked oatmeal etc) just not all the time. In Australia it's pretty common for children to fend for themselves for breakfast once they're 6 or 7. I mean they have a cooked lunch so a simple breakfast is fine.
The youngest is 7, if he can't pour himself a bowl of cereal for breakfast then I haven't done my job right :D I cook breakfast a few times a week, but the rest of the time, yes, fend for themselves, cereal, leftovers (that I cooked the night before) Bread and eggs/bacon, Rice Cakes with toppings, Rice crackers with hummus, Yoghurt (that I make for them) with Granola (that I also cook for them, just not at breakfast time :D)
My older brother and I made our own breakfasts from age 3, we even heated our milk on the stove.
@@alisonshanahan9529similarly, I got myself off to school by myself every morning, including getting my own breakfast and making my own lunch. I’m not sure I’ve ever had a family breakfast!