i'm not even broke or starving, i just love watching these videos and getting ideas. Your recipes are simple and realistic. I've done about 4 of your ideas and they are now a new staple in my household. Just sending some love!
I totally understand sticking to the budget, but I felt for you not having enough ketchup with your eggs😂 If you did this again, I wonder if you could give yourself a small dollar tree pantry of like hot sauce, ketchup, mustard and a few more spices. I feel like it wouldn’t be a stretch that someone would have a few affordable basics already. Plus showing how to build up a small affordable pantry from dollar tree might be helpful to some. Totally enjoying these videos and getting ideas and now I want to hunt better for markdowns myself!
That sounds like a delightful idea! Yes I know Rebecca usually only uses oil, pepper and salt as a basic free for all because she tries to keep everyone in the loop, even those of us who are going through hard times. But it would be fun to see a challenge performed with a "beefed up" base of not only oil, salt and sugar but also hot sauce, ketchup and mustard be added to the ready-to-go ingredients.
@@mrdaym I stock up on non perishables when the price is good and have jars of all kinds of herbs and spices. A video on how to work with what you have while buying a minimal amount might be interesting. There's a channel called Frugal Queen in France that you might like. She talks about budgeting, how to take advantage of discounts and sales, and meal planning. Now she is also gardening. She does several no spend months each year as well.
Dollar General- crystal hot sauce $1.15, clover valley ketchup $1.35. I think you are right that Bull’s Eye bbq sauce $1.25 would provide a nice selection of flavors for her dishes at a low cost.
You won’t get the mark downs going that early. You need to wait at least an hour or two after the store opens. That gives the meat department employees time to go through the meat on the shelves to check the dates and mark the items down. I find better clearance prices on Monday and Tuesday because they mark down meats that didn’t sell over the weekend. With the new sales start on Wednesday you might find some clearance on Fridays as well.
I was thinking the same thing. I love this series and am really enjoying the videos. The only thing I wish is that you had more to work with in seasonings and condiments. I also want so much for you to have your ice coffee or chips ,some kind of a treat. I feel like you probably have enough food in your freezer now for the fourth week and could maybe splurge on some more convenience items.I absolutely love how you use every last bit of everything. It's inspiring and makes me want to try and do the same.
Yes, great advice! I work in a grocery store bakery and we will not have markdowns done until at least a couple hours after opening. Usually the weekend is not the best time for markdowns because product is flying off the shelves faster than we can stock it. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday mornings/noonish are best, as least at my store.
Nope. Here in Wisconsin, we're up early. Woodman's and Stinebrink's Piggly Wiggly are ready before 9 AM. Aldi opens at 9 AM, but my daughter works at one (yes, we have 6 within driving distance), and Aldi marks down after closing, in anticipation of the next day.
My tip for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Extend their life from getting soggy due to jelly bread, touching with a thin layer of peanut butter on both pieces of bread and then the jelly on top of that. So the water in the jelly doesn’t touch the bread and make it soggy. I hope that helps somebody.it’ll make a sandwich last at least a day or two if you don’t eat it right away. Love your video love this series too.
To use up those bread scraps, my mom used to cut up the heels and crust and put them in scrambled eggs. She would let it sit on the counter to soak up the egg a few minutes while she did other things in the kitchen. She used bacon grease to cook the eggs and bread which she seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic and parsley. She would save and freeze the end pieces of cheese, any extra sausage or bacon and bits of veggies. Any of if these ingredients could be added to the eggs and bread. Mom called this dish "Tummy Filler", lol.
@@TT-de7wb My mom made done great dishes on a budget, we were poor and didn't realize it. Never went hungry. The other budget dish I still love...fried eggs and rice 🙂
@@jemnyjones Stratta is usually baked with eggs, like a breakfast casserole and usually it would s assembled the night before, refrigerated and baked the next morning. My Aunt made Stratta, My mom's dish was all mixed in a bowl and made by scrambling the eggs. I think Stratta or Tummy filler would be great used of that bread🙂
I have perfected roasted potato wedges (for us anyway). I toss with olive oil & bake covered with foil on a baking sheet at 425 for 35ish minutes. Remove the foil. Flip the potatoes. Bake for another 15ish minutes. Covering with foil for the majority of time makes them so soft in the middle! Then letting them bake uncovered for the rest of the time gets the outside crispy. For seasoning, I usually just use Lawry’s seasoned salt, ground black pepper and garlic powder. My whole family craves these magical spuds!
you may already know this bc youre so good at budget eating and associated things like that, but if youre not already: chill all your meals down in the fridge first before putting them in the freezer. if its already cold when it starts freezing, the ice crystals will be smaller, which minimizes any texture changes when you reheat it.
Thanks for putting this here for the rest of us! I bet my fridge meat drawer would be the best. It will freeze damage the veg, but doesn’t freeze meat or cheese.
I love calling it the "squirrel fund" - my current meals are about 2/3 from my own squirrel fund. I haven't gone grocery shopping at all this month, and did one modest trip late May for fresh stuff to hold me over and see 1) how long I could get some produce to last, 2) if I would actually start eating out of my freezer instead of just keeping it stocked until it was bursting, and 3) to get really creative and make sure I used up some stuff that was languishing in the back of my cabinets. I love seeing all of your creative ideas for making do with what you have rather than my usual tactic of impulsive grocery trips to make whatever food I'm feeling like at the time. It's inspiring!
I used to prep pb&j sandwiches for school lunch and repack them in the bread bag, then into the freezer. I would pull them out daily and pack them frozen. It would keep my son’s lunch cool and be defrosted and not soggy any lunch time. Reusing the bread bag and packing in a sandwich box reduces waste and plastic bag use :)
I love blending spinach into basically any sauce especially curry and pasta though I dont like its texture cooked so makes me feel like im getting something good 😅
I cannot even look at a can of string beans. It was my mom's favorite, but she was from the depression era, and would eat them just poured out of the can. Blah
@@Charlotte-h9jSame! My mother wasn't depression era but she and her sister (my aunt) liked their vegetables cooked until they were mush. It wasn't until I was an adult and learned how to cook vegetables properly that I realized how much I actually liked them. Except onions, that's where I draw the line! 😂
@@somethingoldsomethingnew2199 Properly? Who says the softer ones aren't done properly? Are you the food police? All the millions of people who like them softer would probably not agree with you.
Can I just say, as someone who: Lives in the south Worked at Walgreens as a photo tech Worked at fast food And owns what seems like all your food containers… Are we twins?? 😂 😂 I’m so glad I found your channel. Great to listen to and learn new tricks to save money.
@@DollarTreeDinners As for the twin situation, I've always thought if you went ash blonde, you'd be twins with the actress Amber Marshall. Do you ride horses?
I’m not sure what state you live in and if you pay taxes on food… but I think a good “challenge” would be to do a month on the Max SNAP (food stamp) amount for a household size … I’m not sure what it is in your state but in my state a household of one Max is $291, household of two is $535. (Those amounts are for households with $0 income… the more income you have the lower the amount is, since it is a supplemental program.) I’m not personally on SNAP but know people who are. I think that it would help show people how to stretch that type of budget. .. i usually cook those loins in the slow cooker and it makes them so tender and juicy.
Years ago, I was on SNAP for 6 months. We got 87.00 a month for a family of 4. I can honestly say that it didn't do much to help. I checked recently and we made 2,000 too much to qualify this year. I'm trying to get through the rest of the week with 11.00. I will have to skip a few meals and just hope it doesn't affect my diabetes too much.
@@somethingoldsomethingnew2199 😮 oh no, please don't skip meals 😢 do you have the makings for some simple biscuits? That's my son's favorite "poor food"
Another fun and interesting video - thanks! Just one quick fact check “According to Reynolds Wrap, the difference is a byproduct of the manufacturing process. You see, aluminum foil is milled in different layers. Heat and tension are applied to stretch the foil until it's thin enough to become the familiar sheets you buy in stores and use at home. The factory manufactures two sheets of metal simultaneously to ensure the sheets are strong enough to withstand breakage. The side where the foil comes into contact with another layer of foil appears dull, while the other side, which hasn't made contact with another sheet, appears shiny. In other words, the two sides look different, but when it comes down to it, they're both made of the same stuff.” (From Southern Living)
It’s kinda sad that the myth of the shiny vs dull sides of the foil still persists. Unless you specifically buy the nonstick foil, it makes no difference
Coming from a Kroger employee, they are having employees come in later to have people there during “prime time” to cut hours so a lot of things aren’t done as early anymore, I assume the same thing is happening there unfortunately, we are lucky if we even have time in a day to get them done at all
Don't be shy and talk to the managers in each department, (make friends with them) they will give you the schedule on mark downs. My local "big" grocery store is Tuesdays and Thursdays. They clear out what didn't sell over the past weekend and clear out before the start of the new weekend. If your grocery store does produce and bakery mark downs, those are a great place to start to figure out food for the week. Hope this helps. Love the new series by the way❤
me, a Brazilian living in Europe, not struggling with money, couldn’t wait for this episode to come out 😂 you are so sweet, kind and thoughtful! you deserve the world!
I don't normally eat breakfast but my daughter moved out and left me apples and banana so I cooked them with butter and brown sugar and added them to oatmeal and had it for lunch. It was delicious. 😊
We have a store called Winco and some prices are cheaper than dollar tree. Veggies can cost as little as 59 to .69cents a can. Fruit is a good price also,you probably could have gotten your apples.
Just want to say that your content helps me a lot with budgeting ideas and not only that, I am genuinely excited when I see a new upload. We don't have cable and only a few streaming services so we mostly watch TH-cam and yours is my favorite channel. You have a genuine kindness and warmth about you that is inviting and refreshing and I don't see it much online. Thanks for everything you give to all of us. ❤
For potatoes for your burritos you could use the cubed hashbrowns (you can get them with peppers and onions or seasoned) from the freezer section. It might be cheaper
1) Along with rinsing jars to get most of the sauce out of the jar/bottle lay the container (lid on) on it's side for several minutes (I use a towel or pad so the container doesn't roll around). Squeeze bottles can stand on their top to get more of the product ready to use. 2) Cocoa powder (or hot chocolate mix) with Peanut butter is so good in oatmeal. But I also like to use cinnamon, or apple pie, or even pumpkin pie spice to add to my hot cereal. 3) Loin cuts (beef, pork, chicken or lamb) can be precut into chops/small steaks and then cooked; this can give you multiple options = chops, cubed for stew/soup, stuffed chops, shredded or finely diced/minced for casseroles. 4) Here I find that the meat departments put out the markdowns about 2 hours after they open. But depending on "holidays" discounts can be scarcer as people saved to splurge. I also shop near the middle of the month as SNAP recipients and most retirees do their shopping near the first of the month so demand is higher and discounts fewer.
I love seeing someone appreciate canned green beans as much as I do! I used to just eat them straight out of the can and they are so superior to frozen and fresh. :P
I have never liked fresh or frozen green beans as much canned ones. When I do have fresh green beans, I intentionally overcook them, so that the texture is a bit closer to canned.
@@RikkiWhitei totally get it! My family is all about blanching green beans and cauliflower and then ice bath so they stay crunchy. I loveee overcooking mine so they are super soft and the cauliflower gets sweet and not bitter
Something I grew up on, is bean salad. A can of drained green beans, a can of yellow green beans, and several cans of different kinds of beans drained & rinsed. I now use a 6-bean blend plus an extra can of chickpeas. I season it with minced onions( fresh or dried) celery, chopped sweet peppers, salt, pepper & parsley flakes or fresh parsley. Dressing is oil, vinegar or lemon juice, a pinch or two of sugar. For simplicity, I also use italian dressing instead. It can be an entree or a side. Delicious & filling plus cheap even with fresh vegetables as you use so little. It lasts all week & gets better as beans marinate .
Another idea is if you make a breakfast bread if you have the small loaf pans you could freeze some for later and I love just pulling a couple slices out at a time.
Very true..... See if you could budget in a head of cabbage and maybe pick up some mayo packets at a convenience store or fast food place. Save some of the outer leaves for cabbage rolls and/or chop the rest of it to use in either soup or your own version of burrito "egg rolls" (perfect if you run out buns for the pork loin, or if you just wanna change it up a little)! I have a pork loin in my freezer- I think I'm gonna look for a small head of cabbage this week myself! 😊
I'm fortunate that I live near a discount bread store. I can buy Nature's Own brand bread for $.89, hotdog and hamburger buns for $1. They also sell discounted Tasty Cake brand snack cakes. Anyone reading this, it's worth checking in your area to see if you have something like this. It's not stale either, I think it's just what they just couldn't sell to distributors. We lived in a rural area and my mom would stop there on the way home from the monthly grocery haul and buy a bunch of bread to keep in the freezer. Also if you're in a rural area I can guarantee this time of year someone's got a vegetable garden and has too much produce that they can eat or can themselves. My dad used to just give away squash, tomatoes and peppers; actually he would beg people to come take them, otherwise they'd just rot in the field. Someone else probably has chickens and would sell or give away eggs. There might even be a co-op you can join. You might have cheaper options than even Dollar Tree, *and* you'd be helping out your neighbors
Another great video! My wife loves it that I'm following your ideas while she's working away from home. I've always been a meal prep guy and I love leftovers and saving money. Keep up the good work.
In my area, the best bargains are on Wednesdays. That is usually when the new sale ads come out. Some of the stores honor both the past week bargains and the coming week's sale prices. So double bargain sale prices to choose from.
If you only like wheat bread with sweet and you’re talking of French bread casserole, I figure at least one can of peaches can go in there. That means the 2nd half of the pasta, at least one of the frozen portions of soup, a couple oz of cheese, the inner half of the cabbage (or last can of green beans) and some stock from the scrap bag can go with the 4th serving of pork to make a savory bake.
I know you don’t have ranch but peanut butter is a perfectly good dip for carrots you could even add a bit of water if you wanted to stretch the PB and make it more dipable
My grandmother's grew up during the depression & they always used a very little bit of confectioner sugar for things like French toast & waffles. We do that now and save money using that instead of syrup. Just a thought for your leftover bread crusts.
You can make syrup by using one to two cups of water and brown sugar one cup and if you want you can add maple flavoring to it bring it to a boil and let everything melt together turn down the heat and let it reduce a little then put it in a container and put it in the fridge it’s not going to be thick but still taste good
You mentioned having syrup for a possible French toast dish with the bread scraps. You have an option from what you already have, use some of your jelly mixed with a bit of water heated up in a small pan or glass measuring cup in your microwave. If in the next shopping trip you happen to get canned peaches, get the kind in heavy syrup and use that syrup warmed up it is lovely on French toast, pancakes or waffles.
I used to have to do a $10 week grocery budget, gluten free and vegan (for medical reasons). I don't even know if that's possible now. I still live on mostly stir fry (I would buy whatever veggies were on sale, and rice was cheap). This is a really awesome series.
You can save money as well by making your own 2 loaves of bread with just flour water, oil and salt. Especially if the store runs out of bread. The tortillas you made, you can make extra and freeze them for later.
I love this series so much, it makes me feel nostalgic because thankfully I'm not on such an extreme budget anymore. But I want to share a tip for the things like oatmeal or stretching sauces for pasta. If you buy a big container of powdered coffee creamer, you can add it to a lot of things where you're adding water and it brings in so much richness. And I think you're already doing this with the ketchup packets, but just always ask for extra of that stuff or just take it whenever you're in a gas station.
Watching your intro I was thinking... WTF????? Don't those stores know Rebecca has an entire online community counting on these videos and she got up early for us and to snag the good sales!! 😠🤣 Seriously though as i was watching this set of videos I was thinking of our senior you cook for. I think she and her nephew would love cabbage rolls (especially now that you know how to tweak the recipe). Watching waiting for the birds??? ♥♥♥🐦🐦 In Winnipeg in Spring the annual waiting for the family of geese to cross the road is tradition even on the crazy busy freeways.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this series!! I can’t get over how many delicious meals you’ve made on such a tight budget! Rebecca, you are the QUEEN of budget shopping and meal prepping!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Suggestion for the pork: finely chop one of the slices, add to the pork and beans with a little barbecue sauce, and serve over rice (or a baked potato if you find potatoes on sale).
With so many different grocery 'chains' across the country, I would just ask someone in the meat and the produce departments when they routinely do markdowns. I know my local 'price chopper' small grocery does it Tuesday afternoon (before their Wednesday ad is in effect) and sometimes on Friday afternoon to get stuff moved out over the weekend. Each one in town is different, though. Great job so far with lots of good ideas for making the budget stretch for decent meals.
thank you for showing the footage of the wild turkey family. i used to live on a little farm and a group of wild turkeys lived in the woods near the house. i would watch them march across the front yard, and your film brought back good memories. and i love your recipes, they are so practical, so thanks for them too.
I've eaten potatoes and eggs for breakfast my entire life. My grandma would make it for me EVERY morning, until I graduated. She fried the potatoes a bit more crunchy, removed excess oil, and scrambled the eggs on top of the potatoes. We called it taters n eggs. It's also my kids' favorite breakfast.
We have a WinCo store here. I don't know if you are familiar with them. They have a large section of bins were the customer simply buys the quantity they want. And it's really cheap and all kinds of items! I would love to see what kind of budget ideas you could produce with that. I love your videos. They are such an inspiration! Thank you for your hard work!
I switched to parchment paper for my baking/oven cooking, easy to clean up and food doesn't stick to it (easier to flip), therefore I can use less oil overall. Safe to use up to 425 F. I've used it for roasted veg, works great - paper might brown, not on fire.
To make crispy fries & wedges, soak them in a bowl of cold water in the fridge for about an hour. Remove them, pat dry & toss into a dry bowl with oil & seasoning. Layer on baking sheet as per the video instructions & bake. Remove from oven & season again. Serve as desired.
Dear Rebecca, you are so sweet. Thankyou for sharing with us all of the things you go through to make these vidoes for us. You are an inspiration !!!!!!
In my experience Sunday is not the best day for deals. The best deal day is the last day of the week before they change over the flyer or the day of the flyer switch. Sometimes that is Sunday but when I shopped at market basket that was Wednesday/Thursday. My advice for anyone trying to figure this out is to talk to the employees, The morning employees specifically as they tend to be full timers. Not a manager as they are likely to not tell you. You may also be able to find Shopping hacks on local Facebook groups.
Our best day, I live in VA too, is Tuesday after 10am. They mark down things before the ad changes to make room. You are doing amazing so far. Cannot wait for next week.
I like to make loaded potato skins with leftover bbq pork. Bake your potato then cut them in half and scoop out most of the insides. Shred the pork and add it to the potato skins with shredded cheese then put them back into the over. Garnish with green onions and serve with ranch or sour cream.
Suggestion for next time: use some of the cabbage cut up small in place of the broccoli you don't have. It won't taste quite the same, it will give you veggies in that dish and still taste good. Either leave out the main stem, slice it superfine, or steam it 30s-1min in the microwave with a tiny amount of water and a cover to steam it a little first because it will take longer to cook than the cabbage leaf or broccoli. I have a tendency keep a head of cabbage on hand during the winter so I can dump cabbage into any dish that needs another vegetable whenever I need to. Works for me.
Love this series even though we are ok on our grocery budget at this time. It wasnt always like that. Anyone else a food hoarder cause they grew up with food insecurity? I have a chest freezer full of food, lots of dried beans and rice and instant potatoes in pantry, and tend to buy groceries i don't need now when they are on sale to freeze. Always worried about something happening and we wont be able to have enough food for the kids. I do also donate to food banks.
I grew up working on a potato farm. Make sure you don't put your potatoes in the fridge. From the potato harvest we would put the potatoes in a cool dark place, our root cellar. I don't have a root cellar now ok. So I put them in an open metal basket in a cupboard. They last for a couple of months this way.
I don't even live in a country with a dollar store and I really love your channel and this series. It's always fun to see someone problem solve, and I get so much inspiration from your videos. It's always so inspiring to see that you're making appetizing and varied meals with those restrictions, it helps me remember that my meals don't have to be boring or lackluster just because I'm shopping on a budget.
I like to par-microwave potatoes. So much easier than getting a pan out etc. Also, every time you get gas grab condiment packets. Doing that has always been a lifesaver for me! Pulled pork pizza is a really great use for pork. You can make it in a biscuit crust or just regular crust.
Those baby turkeys are adorable. We have so many turkeys where I live, so we have to just sit in the car sometimes and wait for them to pass too 😂 I love your channel and how realistic you are. You show all the mistakes and the stuff that would happen to any other person trying this challenge. It really motivates me to get my budget a little lower!
You should look up savory oatmeal. You can season it how you like and put an egg on top. Also, when I buy pork butt for the crockpot for pulled pork sandwiches, after 3 days of sandwiches, I mix the leftovers with baked beans and eat that as a meal. It's really good.
If you get mandarin oranges or similar in the future, you can make sorbet out of them. Just peel the oranges and freeze the wedges. Then, take the frozen orange s Wedges and puree/blend til smooth. No sugar or water is added. I watched a cook do it on YT.
Grocery store sales and markdowns are regional. Some regions have sales that start over every Sunday. I’m in the south and regularly shop at Publix so my sales go from Thursday to Wednesday. For other regions Publix sales are from Wednesday to Tuesday. I’m in FL so no double coupons like other states. Also, it’s a true BOGO state so buy 1 full price get the 2nd item free. Other states are half price for each BOGO item so you only need to buy 1 for the discount. When watching sales, budgeting, and clipping coupons, the biggest mistake I see people make is trying to duplicate what others do. It’s a lot of work because at the end of the day you are on your own. These videos are very helpful for ideas and inspiration. -signed a couponer for 2 decades
If you have $100 a month for groceries, I highly recommend the $5 pantry challenge too, to buy $5 worth each week (or $20 a month) on shelf stable items when you have $5 then you have a working pantry for the last days of the month when you need some extra help.
Your so lucky to have frozen actual food items with dollartree or dollar general. We don't have those here in Canada where I am. Meat is the most expensive item here
Hi again Ive found clearance meat an hour before our piggly wiggly closes especially on Sunday nights.(?) Maybe it was a coincidence but Ive been there that late (8:30 pm ) more than 4 seperate occassions. Sometimes Friday nights Sometimes Saturdays at least 2 times on Sunday. So,I dont know about foodlion. 6 chicken wings $2.99 4 thighs $3.99 beef is rarely clearenced unless its premade meat loaf stirfry or stuffed peppers. So,i figure late night shopping best. Our store clises at 9:00 pm. Give it a try why not?😊
chorizo is another great option for breakfast burritos. I love to meal prep them with potaoes, chorizo and egg. the reheat in 1-1 1/2 minutes in the microwave from the freezer.
Every morning box turtles 🐢 would cross in the same place on our road when I was heading to work. My son would get out and put the turtle in the direction it was already going and then we would leave. It was a high light of both our days.
You are very creative with your food budget. I always get great ideas from you. Don't feel bad about Food Lion. I think it depends on who is working the meat department. While, I do find deals more during the week, the time of day is very inconsistent.
I think it’s inconsistent as well but I’ve usually had really good luck on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon so I’m just gonna stick with that formula haha
I used to pile pork and beans and coleslaw on top of my bbq pork sandwich. It was soooo good! Also on hour pb&j uncrustable, you could dip it in a light batted and fry it up in some butter, sprinkle with powdered sugar (blend regular sugar in your blender) and you have a dessert! Lastly, you can make your own simple syrup with water and sugar but if you had canned fruit in the syrup you could use that to add flavoring. Just throwing out some ideas although you're very creative and smart and probably know these things already. 😊
i know you prefer savory breakfast (I'm the same way.) Have you ever made ramen with peanut butter and hot sauce? I ate it for breakfast constantly in my 20s. I use maruchan chicken flavor ramen, 1-2 spoons of PB to taste/ desired consistency, and as much or as little of your favorite hot sauce. I usually use a store brand sriracha or chili garlic sauce, but i think you can use any kind. If you have access to extra ingredients, you can totally add things like green onion, mushrooms, broccoli, mixed vegetables, basically whatever you have on hand. it's also wonderful with a fried egg on top.
Finally someone else who knows the joy of peanut butter in spicy ramen! It’s delicious but my family thinks I’m weird. Keep green onion - the green parts - chopped in the freezer to throw on top too.
I like your waste not, want not ways. Also, I like how you copy more expensive meals, like the PB&J Starbucks box, for way less. Thank you for sharing!😊
The little birdies crossing the road was so cool! At this time of year, when you see one there's likely a few lovely and precious little lives near by ...and even at 7AM, you are smiling, in good spirit and absolutely beautiful. Thank You and R-E-S-P-E-C-T! : - )
Please keep referring to the freezer as the squirrel fund.
That’s what I call the money I save from the grocery budget
@@kaelynnmartin6521I love it too❤
its adorable
Yes. I agree with this.
I also love the squirrel fund!!!
i'm not even broke or starving, i just love watching these videos and getting ideas. Your recipes are simple and realistic. I've done about 4 of your ideas and they are now a new staple in my household. Just sending some love!
Glad you like them!
It’s fun to see what she comes up with.
Me too I have gotten so many great ideas from Rebecca. Even not thinking outside the box. ❤️
@@DollarTreeDinnersLove your recipes, they are so simple. Would also like to know where you got the lunch/food containers. Thanks
We can't eat anything she cooks due to dietary restrictions but I love her videos.
I totally understand sticking to the budget, but I felt for you not having enough ketchup with your eggs😂
If you did this again, I wonder if you could give yourself a small dollar tree pantry of like hot sauce, ketchup, mustard and a few more spices. I feel like it wouldn’t be a stretch that someone would have a few affordable basics already. Plus showing how to build up a small affordable pantry from dollar tree might be helpful to some.
Totally enjoying these videos and getting ideas and now I want to hunt better for markdowns myself!
Most people have some seasonings and sauces in their pantry and fridge. Might be interesting to do a challenge including what's on hand as a base.
Gas stations have them for free
That sounds like a delightful idea! Yes I know Rebecca usually only uses oil, pepper and salt as a basic free for all because she tries to keep everyone in the loop, even those of us who are going through hard times. But it would be fun to see a challenge performed with a "beefed up" base of not only oil, salt and sugar but also hot sauce, ketchup and mustard be added to the ready-to-go ingredients.
@@mrdaym I stock up on non perishables when the price is good and have jars of all kinds of herbs and spices. A video on how to work with what you have while buying a minimal amount might be interesting. There's a channel called Frugal Queen in France that you might like. She talks about budgeting, how to take advantage of discounts and sales, and meal planning. Now she is also gardening. She does several no spend months each year as well.
Dollar General- crystal hot sauce $1.15, clover valley ketchup $1.35. I think you are right that Bull’s Eye bbq sauce $1.25 would provide a nice selection of flavors for her dishes at a low cost.
You won’t get the mark downs going that early. You need to wait at least an hour or two after the store opens. That gives the meat department employees time to go through the meat on the shelves to check the dates and mark the items down.
I find better clearance prices on Monday and Tuesday because they mark down meats that didn’t sell over the weekend. With the new sales start on Wednesday you might find some clearance on Fridays as well.
Here too. One store does Mondays and the other does Fridays for all their markdowns.
I agree with @patrice1966 , one hundred percent. Too early for mark-downs, plus, my stores marked by Monday afternoon. Have a blessed day 💖✝
I was thinking the same thing. I love this series and am really enjoying the videos. The only thing I wish is that you had more to work with in seasonings and condiments. I also want so much for you to have your ice coffee or chips ,some kind of a treat. I feel like you probably have enough food in your freezer now for the fourth week and could maybe splurge on some more convenience items.I absolutely love how you use every last bit of everything. It's inspiring and makes me want to try and do the same.
Yes, great advice! I work in a grocery store bakery and we will not have markdowns done until at least a couple hours after opening. Usually the weekend is not the best time for markdowns because product is flying off the shelves faster than we can stock it. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday mornings/noonish are best, as least at my store.
Nope. Here in Wisconsin, we're up early. Woodman's and Stinebrink's Piggly Wiggly are ready before 9 AM. Aldi opens at 9 AM, but my daughter works at one (yes, we have 6 within driving distance), and Aldi marks down after closing, in anticipation of the next day.
My tip for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Extend their life from getting soggy due to jelly bread, touching with a thin layer of peanut butter on both pieces of bread and then the jelly on top of that. So the water in the jelly doesn’t touch the bread and make it soggy. I hope that helps somebody.it’ll make a sandwich last at least a day or two if you don’t eat it right away. Love your video love this series too.
To use up those bread scraps, my mom used to cut up the heels and crust and put them in scrambled eggs. She would let it sit on the counter to soak up the egg a few minutes while she did other things in the kitchen. She used bacon grease to cook the eggs and bread which she seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic and parsley. She would save and freeze the end pieces of cheese, any extra sausage or bacon and bits of veggies. Any of if these ingredients could be added to the eggs and bread. Mom called this dish "Tummy Filler", lol.
My mom would make something very similar growing up. It’s called a strata! Rebecca I bet this would be a great way to use up leftover scraps.
@@jemnyjones It may be called that now, but maybe not then.
One smart mama! My mom did similar things too!
@@TT-de7wb My mom made done great dishes on a budget, we were poor and didn't realize it. Never went hungry. The other budget dish I still love...fried eggs and rice 🙂
@@jemnyjones Stratta is usually baked with eggs, like a breakfast casserole and usually it would s assembled the night before, refrigerated and baked the next morning. My Aunt made Stratta, My mom's dish was all mixed in a bowl and made by scrambling the eggs. I think Stratta or Tummy filler would be great used of that bread🙂
I have perfected roasted potato wedges (for us anyway). I toss with olive oil & bake covered with foil on a baking sheet at 425 for 35ish minutes. Remove the foil. Flip the potatoes. Bake for another 15ish minutes. Covering with foil for the majority of time makes them so soft in the middle! Then letting them bake uncovered for the rest of the time gets the outside crispy. For seasoning, I usually just use Lawry’s seasoned salt, ground black pepper and garlic powder. My whole family craves these magical spuds!
I make them the same
you may already know this bc youre so good at budget eating and associated things like that, but if youre not already: chill all your meals down in the fridge first before putting them in the freezer. if its already cold when it starts freezing, the ice crystals will be smaller, which minimizes any texture changes when you reheat it.
Wow thanks! I never knew this.
Thank you, did not know
Thanks for putting this here for the rest of us!
I bet my fridge meat drawer would be the best. It will freeze damage the veg, but doesn’t freeze meat or cheese.
What about using the syrup from your canned fruit for the French toast casserole? You could cook it down to thicken it and even add some cinnamon.
I love calling it the "squirrel fund" - my current meals are about 2/3 from my own squirrel fund. I haven't gone grocery shopping at all this month, and did one modest trip late May for fresh stuff to hold me over and see 1) how long I could get some produce to last, 2) if I would actually start eating out of my freezer instead of just keeping it stocked until it was bursting, and 3) to get really creative and make sure I used up some stuff that was languishing in the back of my cabinets. I love seeing all of your creative ideas for making do with what you have rather than my usual tactic of impulsive grocery trips to make whatever food I'm feeling like at the time. It's inspiring!
If you have any takeout Chinese sauce packets, duck sauce pairs really nicely with pork loin sandwiches.
That sounds like YUM
That sounds good God bless
I used to prep pb&j sandwiches for school lunch and repack them in the bread bag, then into the freezer. I would pull them out daily and pack them frozen. It would keep my son’s lunch cool and be defrosted and not soggy any lunch time. Reusing the bread bag and packing in a sandwich box reduces waste and plastic bag use :)
A 99cent bag of frozen spinach would have gone a long way to adding nutrition to the Alfredo and the breakfast burritos
Could also add to the breakfast burrito mix
I love spinach on almost everything
Where do you find spinach that cheap? The cheapest I've seen is $2.39 on sale.
I love blending spinach into basically any sauce especially curry and pasta though
I dont like its texture cooked so makes me feel like im getting something good 😅
@@KrystyneY in my area (central IL) almost every frozen veggie has a Great Value bag for $1.19 (used to be .99 before the COVID times, but alas)
Canned green beans are great, I agree! I found them for 38¢/can around Thanksgiving and I bought 36 cans.
Oh wow! That’s a great deal
I cannot even look at a can of string beans. It was my mom's favorite, but she was from the depression era, and would eat them just poured out of the can. Blah
@@Charlotte-h9jSame! My mother wasn't depression era but she and her sister (my aunt) liked their vegetables cooked until they were mush. It wasn't until I was an adult and learned how to cook vegetables properly that I realized how much I actually liked them. Except onions, that's where I draw the line! 😂
@user-cy5ll2kl6d It is weird, I like regular green beans, but I hate string beans! 😂 Same vegetable, but a different way of cutting.
@@somethingoldsomethingnew2199 Properly? Who says the softer ones aren't done properly? Are you the food police? All the millions of people who like them softer would probably not agree with you.
if you don't have milk you can add in a little butter to the oatmeal to make it more creamy
I love oatmeal “porridge” style: butter, salt and lots of pepper! It’s tasty and lower carb than with sugar :)
Butter is ESSENTIAL
FAT is Flavor
Re: Pork sandwiches.....To impart more flavor,for free, just toast your buns. Plus you're adding texture.😊
Great advice for improving taste and texture. I toast all types of bread for any kind of sandwich, and even lightly toast hot dog rolls.
Can I just say, as someone who:
Lives in the south
Worked at Walgreens as a photo tech
Worked at fast food
And owns what seems like all your food containers…
Are we twins?? 😂 😂
I’m so glad I found your channel. Great to listen to and learn new tricks to save money.
What a unique parallel situation!
@@DollarTreeDinners As for the twin situation, I've always thought if you went ash blonde, you'd be twins with the actress Amber Marshall. Do you ride horses?
I’m not sure what state you live in and if you pay taxes on food… but I think a good “challenge” would be to do a month on the Max SNAP (food stamp) amount for a household size … I’m not sure what it is in your state but in my state a household of one Max is $291, household of two is $535. (Those amounts are for households with $0 income… the more income you have the lower the amount is, since it is a supplemental program.) I’m not personally on SNAP but know people who are. I think that it would help show people how to stretch that type of budget. .. i usually cook those loins in the slow cooker and it makes them so tender and juicy.
Excellent idea!!
Yep, I'm in Colorado and on SNAP benefits. I live alone, my benefits are $271/month
Years ago, I was on SNAP for 6 months. We got 87.00 a month for a family of 4. I can honestly say that it didn't do much to help. I checked recently and we made 2,000 too much to qualify this year. I'm trying to get through the rest of the week with 11.00. I will have to skip a few meals and just hope it doesn't affect my diabetes too much.
@@somethingoldsomethingnew2199 😮 oh no, please don't skip meals 😢 do you have the makings for some simple biscuits? That's my son's favorite "poor food"
@@Aery-ro6te biscuits are not good for diabetes.
Another fun and interesting video - thanks! Just one quick fact check “According to Reynolds Wrap, the difference is a byproduct of the manufacturing process. You see, aluminum foil is milled in different layers. Heat and tension are applied to stretch the foil until it's thin enough to become the familiar sheets you buy in stores and use at home.
The factory manufactures two sheets of metal simultaneously to ensure the sheets are strong enough to withstand breakage. The side where the foil comes into contact with another layer of foil appears dull, while the other side, which hasn't made contact with another sheet, appears shiny. In other words, the two sides look different, but when it comes down to it, they're both made of the same stuff.” (From Southern Living)
It’s kinda sad that the myth of the shiny vs dull sides of the foil still persists. Unless you specifically buy the nonstick foil, it makes no difference
An idea for the crusts, bread pudding is always a good idea too
Coming from a Kroger employee, they are having employees come in later to have people there during “prime time” to cut hours so a lot of things aren’t done as early anymore, I assume the same thing is happening there unfortunately, we are lucky if we even have time in a day to get them done at all
Don't be shy and talk to the managers in each department, (make friends with them) they will give you the schedule on mark downs. My local "big" grocery store is Tuesdays and Thursdays. They clear out what didn't sell over the past weekend and clear out before the start of the new weekend. If your grocery store does produce and bakery mark downs, those are a great place to start to figure out food for the week. Hope this helps. Love the new series by the way❤
me, a Brazilian living in Europe, not struggling with money, couldn’t wait for this episode to come out 😂 you are so sweet, kind and thoughtful! you deserve the world!
I don't normally eat breakfast but my daughter moved out and left me apples and banana so I cooked them with butter and brown sugar and added them to oatmeal and had it for lunch. It was delicious. 😊
We have a store called Winco and some prices are cheaper than dollar tree. Veggies can cost as little as 59 to .69cents a can. Fruit is a good price also,you probably could have gotten your apples.
I love Winco! Their bulk bins are perfect for a low spend month!
Just want to say that your content helps me a lot with budgeting ideas and not only that, I am genuinely excited when I see a new upload. We don't have cable and only a few streaming services so we mostly watch TH-cam and yours is my favorite channel. You have a genuine kindness and warmth about you that is inviting and refreshing and I don't see it much online. Thanks for everything you give to all of us. ❤
You could do a crustless quiche with leftover potatoes and sausage. You'll get 6-8 servings with same amount of eggs😉
For potatoes for your burritos you could use the cubed hashbrowns (you can get them with peppers and onions or seasoned) from the freezer section. It might be cheaper
1) Along with rinsing jars to get most of the sauce out of the jar/bottle lay the container (lid on) on it's side for several minutes (I use a towel or pad so the container doesn't roll around). Squeeze bottles can stand on their top to get more of the product ready to use.
2) Cocoa powder (or hot chocolate mix) with Peanut butter is so good in oatmeal. But I also like to use cinnamon, or apple pie, or even pumpkin pie spice to add to my hot cereal.
3) Loin cuts (beef, pork, chicken or lamb) can be precut into chops/small steaks and then cooked; this can give you multiple options = chops, cubed for stew/soup, stuffed chops, shredded or finely diced/minced for casseroles.
4) Here I find that the meat departments put out the markdowns about 2 hours after they open. But depending on "holidays" discounts can be scarcer as people saved to splurge. I also shop near the middle of the month as SNAP recipients and most retirees do their shopping near the first of the month so demand is higher and discounts fewer.
And when that pb jar is basically empty, just make the oatmeal directly in the jar.
I love seeing someone appreciate canned green beans as much as I do! I used to just eat them straight out of the can and they are so superior to frozen and fresh. :P
I can also eat them cold straight out of the can! So good!
I love them too!
I have never liked fresh or frozen green beans as much canned ones. When I do have fresh green beans, I intentionally overcook them, so that the texture is a bit closer to canned.
@@RikkiWhitei totally get it! My family is all about blanching green beans and cauliflower and then ice bath so they stay crunchy. I loveee overcooking mine so they are super soft and the cauliflower gets sweet and not bitter
Something I grew up on, is bean salad. A can of drained green beans, a can of yellow green beans, and several cans of different kinds of beans drained & rinsed. I now use a 6-bean blend plus an extra can of chickpeas. I season it with minced onions( fresh or dried) celery, chopped sweet peppers, salt, pepper & parsley flakes or fresh parsley. Dressing is oil, vinegar or lemon juice, a pinch or two of sugar. For simplicity, I also use italian dressing instead. It can be an entree or a side. Delicious & filling plus cheap even with fresh vegetables as you use so little. It lasts all week & gets better as beans marinate .
Another idea is if you make a breakfast bread if you have the small loaf pans you could freeze some for later and I love just pulling a couple slices out at a time.
A quick suggestion maybe try oatmeal banana pancakes
Cole slaw is great with potk sandwiches and the beans
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Very true..... See if you could budget in a head of cabbage and maybe pick up some mayo packets at a convenience store or fast food place. Save some of the outer leaves for cabbage rolls and/or chop the rest of it to use in either soup or your own version of burrito "egg rolls" (perfect if you run out buns for the pork loin, or if you just wanna change it up a little)! I have a pork loin in my freezer- I think I'm gonna look for a small head of cabbage this week myself! 😊
I'm fortunate that I live near a discount bread store. I can buy Nature's Own brand bread for $.89, hotdog and hamburger buns for $1. They also sell discounted Tasty Cake brand snack cakes. Anyone reading this, it's worth checking in your area to see if you have something like this. It's not stale either, I think it's just what they just couldn't sell to distributors. We lived in a rural area and my mom would stop there on the way home from the monthly grocery haul and buy a bunch of bread to keep in the freezer. Also if you're in a rural area I can guarantee this time of year someone's got a vegetable garden and has too much produce that they can eat or can themselves. My dad used to just give away squash, tomatoes and peppers; actually he would beg people to come take them, otherwise they'd just rot in the field. Someone else probably has chickens and would sell or give away eggs. There might even be a co-op you can join. You might have cheaper options than even Dollar Tree, *and* you'd be helping out your neighbors
Impressive that yours still has discount prices. Went to mine the other day and realized clearance at Kroger was a better deal 🤦🏽♀️
Another great video! My wife loves it that I'm following your ideas while she's working away from home. I've always been a meal prep guy and I love leftovers and saving money. Keep up the good work.
In my area, the best bargains are on Wednesdays. That is usually when the new sale ads come out. Some of the stores honor both the past week bargains and the coming week's sale prices. So double bargain sale prices to choose from.
If you only like wheat bread with sweet and you’re talking of French bread casserole, I figure at least one can of peaches can go in there.
That means the 2nd half of the pasta, at least one of the frozen portions of soup, a couple oz of cheese, the inner half of the cabbage (or last can of green beans) and some stock from the scrap bag can go with the 4th serving of pork to make a savory bake.
I know you don’t have ranch but peanut butter is a perfectly good dip for carrots you could even add a bit of water if you wanted to stretch the PB and make it more dipable
My grandmother's grew up during the depression & they always used a very little bit of confectioner sugar for things like French toast & waffles. We do that now and save money using that instead of syrup. Just a thought for your leftover bread crusts.
Peanut butter and jelly on tortillas is just as good as on bread
For POTATOES, you shoiuld use parchment paper because nothing really sticks to it. stuff will stick to foil unfortunately.
You can make syrup by using one to two cups of water and brown sugar one cup and if you want you can add maple flavoring to it bring it to a boil and let everything melt together turn down the heat and let it reduce a little then put it in a container and put it in the fridge it’s not going to be thick but still taste good
That’s what I was gonna tell her!! ❤❤
You mentioned having syrup for a possible French toast dish with the bread scraps. You have an option from what you already have, use some of your jelly mixed with a bit of water heated up in a small pan or glass measuring cup in your microwave. If in the next shopping trip you happen to get canned peaches, get the kind in heavy syrup and use that syrup warmed up it is lovely on French toast, pancakes or waffles.
I used to have to do a $10 week grocery budget, gluten free and vegan (for medical reasons). I don't even know if that's possible now. I still live on mostly stir fry (I would buy whatever veggies were on sale, and rice was cheap). This is a really awesome series.
You can save money as well by making your own 2 loaves of bread with just flour water, oil and salt. Especially if the store runs out of bread. The tortillas you made, you can make extra and freeze them for later.
I love this series so much, it makes me feel nostalgic because thankfully I'm not on such an extreme budget anymore. But I want to share a tip for the things like oatmeal or stretching sauces for pasta. If you buy a big container of powdered coffee creamer, you can add it to a lot of things where you're adding water and it brings in so much richness. And I think you're already doing this with the ketchup packets, but just always ask for extra of that stuff or just take it whenever you're in a gas station.
Watching your intro I was thinking... WTF????? Don't those stores know Rebecca has an entire online community counting on these videos and she got up early for us and to snag the good sales!! 😠🤣 Seriously though as i was watching this set of videos I was thinking of our senior you cook for. I think she and her nephew would love cabbage rolls (especially now that you know how to tweak the recipe). Watching waiting for the birds??? ♥♥♥🐦🐦 In Winnipeg in Spring the annual waiting for the family of geese to cross the road is tradition even on the crazy busy freeways.
If I found a pork lion for as cheap as u did , I would of bought several more n put in my freezer ...🌼
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this series!! I can’t get over how many delicious meals you’ve made on such a tight budget! Rebecca, you are the QUEEN of budget shopping and meal prepping!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Suggestion for the pork: finely chop one of the slices, add to the pork and beans with a little barbecue sauce, and serve over rice (or a baked potato if you find potatoes on sale).
With so many different grocery 'chains' across the country, I would just ask someone in the meat and the produce departments when they routinely do markdowns. I know my local 'price chopper' small grocery does it Tuesday afternoon (before their Wednesday ad is in effect) and sometimes on Friday afternoon to get stuff moved out over the weekend. Each one in town is different, though. Great job so far with lots of good ideas for making the budget stretch for decent meals.
thank you for showing the footage of the wild turkey family. i used to live on a little farm and a group of wild turkeys lived in the woods near the house. i would watch them march across the front yard, and your film brought back good memories. and i love your recipes, they are so practical, so thanks for them too.
I've eaten potatoes and eggs for breakfast my entire life. My grandma would make it for me EVERY morning, until I graduated. She fried the potatoes a bit more crunchy, removed excess oil, and scrambled the eggs on top of the potatoes. We called it taters n eggs. It's also my kids' favorite breakfast.
You come so far in your confidence that you can stretch your money!
We have a WinCo store here. I don't know if you are familiar with them. They have a large section of bins were the customer simply buys the quantity they want. And it's really cheap and all kinds of items! I would love to see what kind of budget ideas you could produce with that. I love your videos. They are such an inspiration! Thank you for your hard work!
Love Winco, their bulk section is the best!
I switched to parchment paper for my baking/oven cooking, easy to clean up and food doesn't stick to it (easier to flip), therefore I can use less oil overall. Safe to use up to 425 F. I've used it for roasted veg, works great - paper might brown, not on fire.
Okay waiting for the birdies to cross the road was so wholesome 😭😭😭😭💜💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏
It was the highlight of my day and made getting up early worth it IMO 😊
To make crispy fries & wedges, soak them in a bowl of cold water in the fridge for about an hour. Remove them, pat dry & toss into a dry bowl with oil & seasoning. Layer on baking sheet as per the video instructions & bake. Remove from oven & season again. Serve as desired.
Dear Rebecca, you are so sweet. Thankyou for sharing with us all of the things you go through to make these vidoes for us. You are an inspiration !!!!!!
Great job putting stuff in your squirrel fund! Everything looks delicious and filling! Definitely need to make some breakfast burritos this week!
In my experience Sunday is not the best day for deals. The best deal day is the last day of the week before they change over the flyer or the day of the flyer switch. Sometimes that is Sunday but when I shopped at market basket that was Wednesday/Thursday.
My advice for anyone trying to figure this out is to talk to the employees, The morning employees specifically as they tend to be full timers. Not a manager as they are likely to not tell you. You may also be able to find Shopping hacks on local Facebook groups.
I enjoy chocolate covered blueberries
Our best day, I live in VA too, is Tuesday after 10am. They mark down things before the ad changes to make room. You are doing amazing so far. Cannot wait for next week.
Thank you for letting the wildlife cross the road so enjoyable
I like to make loaded potato skins with leftover bbq pork. Bake your potato then cut them in half and scoop out most of the insides. Shred the pork and add it to the potato skins with shredded cheese then put them back into the over. Garnish with green onions and serve with ranch or sour cream.
Suggestion for next time: use some of the cabbage cut up small in place of the broccoli you don't have. It won't taste quite the same, it will give you veggies in that dish and still taste good. Either leave out the main stem, slice it superfine, or steam it 30s-1min in the microwave with a tiny amount of water and a cover to steam it a little first because it will take longer to cook than the cabbage leaf or broccoli. I have a tendency keep a head of cabbage on hand during the winter so I can dump cabbage into any dish that needs another vegetable whenever I need to. Works for me.
Love this series even though we are ok on our grocery budget at this time. It wasnt always like that. Anyone else a food hoarder cause they grew up with food insecurity? I have a chest freezer full of food, lots of dried beans and rice and instant potatoes in pantry, and tend to buy groceries i don't need now when they are on sale to freeze. Always worried about something happening and we wont be able to have enough food for the kids. I do also donate to food banks.
Aww she had a whole flock ❤
I grew up working on a potato farm. Make sure you don't put your potatoes in the fridge. From the potato harvest we would put the potatoes in a cool dark place, our root cellar. I don't have a root cellar now ok. So I put them in an open metal basket in a cupboard. They last for a couple of months this way.
I don't even live in a country with a dollar store and I really love your channel and this series. It's always fun to see someone problem solve, and I get so much inspiration from your videos. It's always so inspiring to see that you're making appetizing and varied meals with those restrictions, it helps me remember that my meals don't have to be boring or lackluster just because I'm shopping on a budget.
I like to par-microwave potatoes. So much easier than getting a pan out etc.
Also, every time you get gas grab condiment packets. Doing that has always been a lifesaver for me!
Pulled pork pizza is a really great use for pork. You can make it in a biscuit crust or just regular crust.
I am the same way with green beans !! Canned to me is my favorite.
Those baby turkeys are adorable. We have so many turkeys where I live, so we have to just sit in the car sometimes and wait for them to pass too 😂
I love your channel and how realistic you are. You show all the mistakes and the stuff that would happen to any other person trying this challenge. It really motivates me to get my budget a little lower!
I loved hearing about your jobs at Walgreens. And Taco Bell.
You should look up savory oatmeal. You can season it how you like and put an egg on top.
Also, when I buy pork butt for the crockpot for pulled pork sandwiches, after 3 days of sandwiches, I mix the leftovers with baked beans and eat that as a meal. It's really good.
I made and tried the egg on top of the fried potatoes. Even used the water to expedite cooking the potatoes. So good!❤
If you get mandarin oranges or similar in the future, you can make sorbet out of them. Just peel the oranges and freeze the wedges. Then, take the frozen orange s
Wedges and puree/blend til smooth. No sugar or water is added. I watched a cook do it on YT.
keep potatoes in the dark, its light that turns them green.
Thank you for the breadcrumb topping. Never thought of that.
Wow! You are doing great! You are shopping so smartly, getting good meals that are large enough to actually feed a person.
Grocery store sales and markdowns are regional. Some regions have sales that start over every Sunday. I’m in the south and regularly shop at Publix so my sales go from Thursday to Wednesday. For other regions Publix sales are from Wednesday to Tuesday. I’m in FL so no double coupons like other states. Also, it’s a true BOGO state so buy 1 full price get the 2nd item free. Other states are half price for each BOGO item so you only need to buy 1 for the discount. When watching sales, budgeting, and clipping coupons, the biggest mistake I see people make is trying to duplicate what others do. It’s a lot of work because at the end of the day you are on your own. These videos are very helpful for ideas and inspiration. -signed a couponer for 2 decades
If you have $100 a month for groceries, I highly recommend the $5 pantry challenge too, to buy $5 worth each week (or $20 a month) on shelf stable items when you have $5 then you have a working pantry for the last days of the month when you need some extra help.
Excellent!👍💯✅
If you rinse the chopped potato first, pat dry, they won't stick as much! It gets rid of that surface starch that causes sticking.
Your so lucky to have frozen actual food items with dollartree or dollar general. We don't have those here in Canada where I am. Meat is the most expensive item here
Your "Morning Face" is very relatable :D
That's a good sausage, too. One of my go-tos if it's available and on sale, not a bunch of filler.
Hi again Ive found clearance meat an hour before our piggly wiggly closes especially on Sunday nights.(?) Maybe it was a coincidence but Ive been there that late (8:30 pm ) more than 4 seperate occassions. Sometimes Friday nights Sometimes Saturdays at least 2 times on Sunday. So,I dont know about foodlion. 6 chicken wings $2.99 4 thighs $3.99 beef is rarely clearenced unless its premade meat loaf stirfry or stuffed peppers. So,i figure late night shopping best. Our store clises at 9:00 pm. Give it a try why not?😊
chorizo is another great option for breakfast burritos. I love to meal prep them with potaoes, chorizo and egg. the reheat in 1-1 1/2 minutes in the microwave from the freezer.
Every morning box turtles 🐢 would cross in the same place on our road when I was heading to work. My son would get out and put the turtle in the direction it was already going and then we would leave. It was a high light of both our days.
You are very creative with your food budget. I always get great ideas from you. Don't feel bad about Food Lion. I think it depends on who is working the meat department. While, I do find deals more during the week, the time of day is very inconsistent.
I think it’s inconsistent as well but I’ve usually had really good luck on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon so I’m just gonna stick with that formula haha
I used to pile pork and beans and coleslaw on top of my bbq pork sandwich. It was soooo good! Also on hour pb&j uncrustable, you could dip it in a light batted and fry it up in some butter, sprinkle with powdered sugar (blend regular sugar in your blender) and you have a dessert! Lastly, you can make your own simple syrup with water and sugar but if you had canned fruit in the syrup you could use that to add flavoring. Just throwing out some ideas although you're very creative and smart and probably know these things already. 😊
i know you prefer savory breakfast (I'm the same way.) Have you ever made ramen with peanut butter and hot sauce? I ate it for breakfast constantly in my 20s. I use maruchan chicken flavor ramen, 1-2 spoons of PB to taste/ desired consistency, and as much or as little of your favorite hot sauce. I usually use a store brand sriracha or chili garlic sauce, but i think you can use any kind. If you have access to extra ingredients, you can totally add things like green onion, mushrooms, broccoli, mixed vegetables, basically whatever you have on hand. it's also wonderful with a fried egg on top.
Finally someone else who knows the joy of peanut butter in spicy ramen! It’s delicious but my family thinks I’m weird. Keep green onion - the green parts - chopped in the freezer to throw on top too.
@@alphabetsoup6681 oh hell yeah! Definitely gonna do that
love the meals u did and tip alaminuen foil even on the dull side sticks i use baking paper and nothing sticks
So agree I have changed to using parchment paper in the oven, no more sticking
@@kimber-leighdomiano901 it is glad u have iv waisted so much food using foil have a nice rest of wee xx
I like your waste not, want not ways. Also, I like how you copy more expensive meals, like the PB&J Starbucks box, for way less. Thank you for sharing!😊
Thanks Rebecca!! Just gotta tell you that you are AMAZING! 🎉
The little birdies crossing the road was so cool! At this time of year, when you see one there's likely a few lovely and precious little lives near by ...and even at 7AM, you are smiling, in good spirit and absolutely beautiful. Thank You and R-E-S-P-E-C-T! : - )
5:44 I like to eat green beans out of the can with lemon pepper seasoning
the birds made my day! ❤
Mine too! I think they are wild turkeys, I see them from time to time, I could be wrong though
I agree with both the canned green beans vs fresh/frozen as well as the hot water vs microwave oatmeal
Since potatoes are a fav of yours, why not try seasoning and crisping up the potato peels in the oven 😊and eat a free snack?