How our family of 6 lives on a single income
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- ✨ Cooking from scratch on a budget so I'm able to stay home with my four children while homemaking & homeschooling on ONE income. ✨
I'm SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE ! 🥳
✨Today I talk about how to embrace simplicity and faith while homemaking on a budget or living below the poverty line. Discover tips and strategies to make the most of your resources and create a warm, inviting home.
💗Hi 👋🏽 My name is Destiny, I'm a wife of 10 years, a homemaker & homeschool mom to 4 young kiddos, on a mission to grow closer to the Lord & cook 95% of our food from scratch, on a budget. We currently live in the suburbs and have turned our backyard into a mini homestead with chickens, a garden, and fruit trees.
I am saved by the grace of Jesus, a child of the King & Lord and I couldn't do anything without Him, on this channel we will be reading the Bible together, praying together and living life together. 🙏🏽
✨ Thank you for taking the time to watch this video 💖 if you enjoyed it I would love for you to subscribe & like this video as it helps get it out to other mamas who could also use encouragement in their walk with the Lord. Thank you!
Timestamps
0:00 intro
00:22 - possible to live on one income?
01:24 - Using my new juicer
03:04 - who's in our family
03:22 - How we save money
03:49 - Homemade Mac & cheese
04:43 - Hasn't always been easy
05:15 - Buying in bulk / Costco
06:35 - I don't plan recipes
07:37 - Encouragement
07:54 - God always provides
8:40 - Comment your tips!
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💳Costco card I was talking about is the executive membership.
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What are some ways you save money in the kitchen?
I started working at home! Saves gas, stress from driving and try cooking all our meals! Thanks for your channel. 🤗
Yes, it can be done.
We lived in CA. 4 children. 1 income. For me, I didn't want someone else raising my blessings from God. They were too precious.
Now we are empty-nesters and it was so worth it. 😊
Thank you for sharing.
@@vintagebeliever5023 I love hearing the perspective from mamas who now have kiddos out of the house 🫶🏾 thank you for sharing
I like to reuse glass spice jars for juice shots, once you remove the label and clean them really good they are exactly the same! Great video!
Ooh what a great idea!!
I do a lot of small things throughout the day. Like, I try to run my laundry before 10 am so it finishes by noon, and run the dishwasher before bed. The peak hours for our electric company are noon to 8pm, so I try to make sure I’m not doing laundry or dishes during those hours to keep our electric bill lower. And I always ask “is there anything on my grocery list I can make instead?” We no longer buy things like hot chocolate packets that are very easy to make yourself with just cocoa powder and sugar. And lots of days I give my kids “sheetpan charcuterie” for lunch, which is just lots of bits and bobs set out on a sheetpan for them to pick at. It’s a great way to use up the last few berries, the rest of the pickles, those few pieces of lunch meat that aren’t enough to make sandwiches for everyone, a handful of nuts, etc. It makes us waste less and stretches small things into a full meal, and they love having lots of choices.
@@StephanieGiese oh I love sheetpan charcuterie for lunch!! Pretty sure I made it almost everyday when I was pregnant with our 4th haha..it's just so easy and tasty!
Thanks for sharing 🥰
I analyze the foods we buy and decide which items I can make from scratch instead. Sometimes it’s just freezing things in a convenient way to help me cook from scratch more so that I’m not tempted to make frozen meals or eat out. I do this specifically with my veggies!
Love this!! Having frozen meals in the freezer definitely helps when you just want to grab takeout! Such a win 🙌🏾
I cut out fruit. It's mostly sugar anyway. I also add beans when I can to our meat. Also I find frozen veg to be economical, there is no waste.
Just did that tonight for dinner! Added beans to our meat, also frozen veggies then ate over butter rice! SO good 🙌🏾
I would rather see children eat fruit than convenient food or packaged snacks. 😊
Great idea starting this.
Groceries are crazy high. Thanks for sharing your way of doing things ❤
So high 😩 absolutely ❤️
I loved all real your video felt. If feels like your sharing your story and trying to help people without worrying about everything being or looking perfect. Such an encouragement to me! I'm subscribing.
Aw thank you so much! Welcome welcome 🫶🏾
Juice is a great source of many vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that are great for children even though it contains sugar its natural and the benefits outweigh the sugar!
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Save money by eating less meat. Food has gotten expensive the past 4 years. But thankful that the righteous are never forsaken nor have to beg for bread.
It truly has 😩 praise God for never leaving us 🙏🏽
What a beautiful juicer! What a blessing from the Lord❤ I feel like this message popped up at the perfect time, a few days until pay day. 😂
Meal planning is so tricky. I feel like sometimes when I shop that way, I save money & other times when I meal plan it seems to save. I can't figure it out lol! I do try to plan my meals around what is on sale, though and always pantry/freezer shop before I go!
I agree, God will always provide a way. Amen. I've had the same experience! He always provides our daily needs! 😍
@@herhomemakingheart It's definitely tricky and I feel like we've gone through liking both ways
@@herhomemakingheart YES HE DOES 🙌🏾
Please give your children a whole fruit. The juice is just concentrated sugar without the fiber to help slow down the sugar absorption. We have an epidemic of obesity and diabetes no need to start them on that road as a toddler. Just remember...there is really NO good sugar. It is an occasional treat. Our brain loves it. The most widespread addiction in the world.
@@user-gb2fl9xj6o thank you!
Making bone broth is my favorite thing! Eating out less is saving us a ton too
@@emilydawson2667 yes, eating out less is such a great way to save. Bone broth is something I need to start doing.. I tried it a few times but I didn't like it + felt we didn't get much vs the time it took 😔 any tips!
"Whoever believes in me, rivers of living water wiil flow from within them!" John 7: 38 God alone is worthy of our praise! Amen. Love your slow pace and gentle moves. So calming! Press on sister! ❤✝️🙏🤍
@@rochellebibit1961 so good 🙏🏽 love that, thank you for reminding me of that verse, I'm so glad you are here with me sista 🥰🫶🏾