Feeding A Family On Less Than $50/Week! Plus Recipes! Extreme Grocery Budget Challenge
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- Hey Y'all! I hope you're doing great!
I am excited to share this EXTREME grocery budget video with you!
I sourced all the ingredients for a week's worth of meals for a family from Aldi for less than $50!
I apologize that the quality of this video is a bit spotty in places. I am working on a few upgrades to hopefully help in those areas. Thanks for your patience as I learn and grow the channel and equipment.
Here are a few links for some food banks if you need them--
www.feedingame...
www.shfb.org/
also, you can search "local food bank" on google.com and it will bring you local specific resources!
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Here are the recipes I used in today's video:
Soft Oat Loaf Bread
2 1/2 C water
1/4 C brown sugar
1/4 C butter
1 C oats
1 TBS salt
1 TBS yeast
5 C flour
Incorporate all ingredients and knead for 10 minutes.
Allow to rise 2 hours.
Divide into two loaves and place in loaf pans to rise for 2 additional hours.
Bake at 350 F for 35 minutes, or until golden brown.
Breakfast Casserole
6 eggs
1 C milk
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 C cheese, shredded
1 C ham, diced
Whisk eggs, milk, salt and pepper together.
Place cheese and ham in bottom of casserole dish. Pour eggs over ham.
Bake at 400 F for 30 minutes, or until eggs are set.
Serve with apple slices.
Vegetable Soup
2 lg. cans crushed tomatoes
2 bags frozen mixed vegetables
2 C water
2 TBS italian seasoning
2 tsp salt
2 tsp pepper
Pour all ingredients into stock pot and simmer for 4 hours.
Serve with saltine crackers.
Saltine Crackers
2 C flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 C water
1/3 C butter
Mix dry ingredients together.
Add water and butter and knead slightly until it forms a ball.
Divide mix into two balls.
Roll each section to 1/8 in thickness.
Cut into squares. Sprinkle with salt.
Bake in 350 F oven for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.
Broccoli Rice & Ham Casserole
1/3 C flour
1 C broth
2 C cheese, divided
1 bag frozen broccoli
2 C diced ham
3 C cooked rice
1 C milk
2 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
Create a cream with the flour and broth by mixing them together and heat to thicken.
Add all ingredients to bowl and mix well, saving 1 C cheese.
Add mixed ingredients to 13x9 casserole dish and top with remaining cheese.
Bake in 350 F oven for 25 minutes.
Broil 5 minutes longer to brown cheese.
Chef Salad
2 heads romaine lettuce, chopped
3 roma tomatoes, diced
1 bag spinach
1 C shredded cheese
8 oz french dressing
toast (optional)
Mix all ingredients together and brown toast under broiler, if desired.
Broccoli Cheddar Soup
1 C flour
2 C milk
1/2 stick butter
8 C bone broth
2 pkgs frozen broccoli
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp pepper
8 oz cheese, shredded
Make slurry by stirring flour and milk together and heating in dutch oven with 1/2 stick butter and heat until thickened.
Once thickened, add broth and broccoli. Simmer broccoli for 10 minutes.
Add seasonings and cheese and cook for 30 minutes longer, until well thickened.
Egg In A Hole
6 slices bread
6 eggs
1/2 stick butter, softened
Butter each piece of bread on both sides and stack on top of one another.
Once all pieces are buttered, cut a square in the middle of the slices.
In a heated skillet, lay bread, with holes removed, in skillet and crack one egg in each hole. Cook until set and flip to other side. Season as desired. Cook holes as well (these are the best part!)
Serve with apple slices.
Corn Chip Salad
1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
1 tomato, diced
1 C cheese, shredded
2 C black beans, drained
1 bag corn chips
8 oz french dressing
Mix all ingredients together and serve immediately.
Thank you for encouraging use of and donating to food pantries. I work at one and i want your viewers to know most can buy way more food if you donate cash than if you buy items yourself..in case noone is aware of that. $5 or $10 donation can buy a large amount if food thru the food bank purchasing power.
That’s really good information! I will pin this comment to the top!
Thank you for sharing that tip I definitely will be checking with our local pantry to see if that does the same here .
Thank you for that information...hope it works in my town also. 🙋🐾🏠🙏✝️
Thank you for this tip. I coupon heavily and donate a lot of non-food items such as personal care and laundry items.
Great message! Now is the time to help your local food bank if you can.
An actual useful food budget channel. Even if you’re eating for only 1.
Thanks!!
It is tough today. Thank you for helping me. I am a grandma raising grandkids and it is getting so hard to do. Bless you❤
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Apparently, Walmart has cheap bags of chicken leg thigh quarters. Might be worth a look. It was around $6-7. There were quite a lot in there from what I saw on a recent video I watched.
Sorry to hear you're going through a hard time
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Almost 30 years ago, I fed 5 people 3 meals a day plus snacks for 50$ a week.(Walmart) It was tough back then. It's almost impossible today. Congratulations ❣️
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Thanks for watching!!
The fact that you had fresh bread and veg in your shopping haul/ plan was amazing . Well done
Thanks!!
You are right on the money when you say to buy whole ingredients and make things homemade such as bread. Not only cheaper but it makes you feel like you're rich to eat warm, fresh bread instead of storebought!
I’ve not thought of that but you are so right.
FYI.the shank portion of the ham contains mostly bone. The butt portion is the best for the price. You will pay more per pound but you will have 2 1/2 to 3 times more meat from your ham. You can get more meals, and sandwiches for lunch. Believe me you will definitely benefit from paying more in this situation.
I know so little about cuts of meat! Thank you for sharing this with us!!
Lol! I used to call or text my sister from the store every time I bought ham. I could never remember which end to buy. My sister would say, “ the butt, buy the butt!”
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Think big butt is where the fat is😂
You may be the sweetest lady I've ever met on you tube. I can tell you are so genuine and think your husband is very fortunate. Just came across you this morning, have watched several videos and you've been growing on me. Menus are always simple, but you are so thoughtful to make sure they are healthy. Thanks for sharing and I just subbed. ♥
Thank you so much!
Oatmeal: you can steam your oats by boiling the water, pouring it over the oats & sweetener/dry ingredients, & placing a lid over the oat mixture for about five minutes. It's not as messy. Love your meal ideas!
I need to try this! Thank you so much!!!!
If you usually buy instant oatmeal, did you know that you can make your own instant oatmeal, to make your own instant oatmeal all they do to make instant oatmeal is blend it up into finer pieces and you can do the same thing in you own blender at home, and to make oatmeal flour all you need to do is blend it to the desired fineness you desire
This is my first time seeing your video. I am already so impressed with your philosophy of eating whole foods as often as we can. I am a fan of yours already.
How sweet! Thank you! I am so glad to have you here!!!
Glad to be here@@homemadesimplewithlori
Great meal ideas on a budget for sure. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
1=Boiled pork backbones with potatoes and cabage , cornbread and greenbeanc.
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Fried chicken livers, gravy sliced biscuits and sliced tomatoes sometimes we had porknbeans with this.
3= Chicken with rice and broccoli cooked in a slow cooker with a can of cream of mushroom soup.
I have never eaten liver-can you believe that!?!
Gross!
Yum, that first meal is one of my favorites. I’ve also made that with spareribs
My children loved cinnamon toast,cheese toast and french toast for breakfast.
US TOO!!!! 😍😍😍
You are sooo right about frugal yet healthy eating. I too have been trying to keep things simple, emphasizing whole foods as much as possible and thinking long term. Thanks so much for your wisdom and awesome recipes! new subscriber here
Hey!!! Thanks for coming along!
You are absolutely correct about using whole food!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
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Just found your channel and I adore you already! You are so sweet to be thinking of others, and telling them where they can get help with food if they need it and suggesting that the rest of us donate, or help in some way. Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness. I subscribed to your channel 😊👍
Thank you!!!
I love the frozen mixed vegetables. I stock up when they are on sale and have a chest freezer to store them. I add some to so many meals, gives color, flavor and stretches the meal. Tomorrow chicken leg quarters (leg and thighs) are on sale for 49ç a pound. Last time they were on sale I got 60 pounds and pressure canned bone in so I had luscious broth along with the tasty meat.
Yay!!!
Great job with the markdown ham. I have started going for the markdown bin at my stores first, then I rewrite whatever I had planned.
That’s a good plan!
I’m so thankful for your channel!
I live in NC and am a stay at home mom (was laid off from my stay at home job) so now on one income. It’s rough! I stopped shopping at food Lion or Walmart cause I was spending at least $200 every week on groceries . Went to Aldi a couple weeks ago and was amazed when I only spent $113. I’m bound and determined now to get it lower with your channel. I’ve got to get my husband weaned off of processed cereals and snacks. But I have two little mouths to feed so anything helps! Thank you for your recipes!
You made me smile!!!!!!!! You’re doing a great job. ❤️❤️
I just discovered your Channel and I really appreciate it! I think it will be a big help with my grocery budget! Thank you so much!❤
Oh yay! Thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself! Welcome!!!! ❤️
Made the veggie soup yesterday since it was a chilly Sunday :) Thanks for the recipe. It was easy to throw together before church.
Yay!!!!
Southern California has great food banks
That’s good to hear!
Your channel just popped up on my TH-cam. Great job on the shopping especially the ham! I thought your dishes were very imaginative . Keep up the good work. Also you have a very calming presentation.
Thank you!! I’m happy you found the channel and I appreciate your encouragement so much! ❤️
you have really helped me strech my budget since being laid off in june
I’m sorry to hear about your layoff. I hope things improve for you soon!! ❤️❤️
I appreciate you doing a "whole food" approach. New subscriber! 💕
Hey!!! Thank you so much!!
One thing that helps our budget is the 10 pound chicken pieces from Walmart. They go a long way and they have been on sale for $6.70ish. I cook it all at once and divide it out for the meals I'm cooking. You could probably find a good huge bowl at an estate sale for a buck!
YES! And my sweet mama got me a bowl for my birthday this weekend!! Problem solved! Thanks to mom ❤️
I buy those too! Kroger has them. It’s a ten pound bag of leg quarters. And it’s like 67 cents a pound and there ya go. Broth, dumplings, fried chicken(dark meats always best) and btw y’all Paula deans fried chicken recipe is amazing. You need hot sauce, just like Texas Pete’s not Tabasco, salt pepper and garlic powder which she calls her house seasoning, eggs water flour and it’s so good. You just mix the hot sauce eggs and water whisk your eggs of course and then put the dry ingredients together. Flour your chicken, then dip in eggs and hot sauce then the flour again. That’s what I do. And make sure your grease is hot when you put your Chicken in. And btw y’all my mamaw taught me to save my chicken grease you just strain it into a container when it cools enough to. Or if you forget to when it’s still warm just warm it back up enough to get it out of your skillet:-) she’d use a spaghetti sauce jar.
Oh and casseroles thanks!
Lori, I wanted to thank you for putting out yet another great video! I love this content! Also, I don't have yeast even though I have a stocked pantry. But did you know you can make some bread without it? And I don't have a recipe but I know they exist for dressing. So if you couldn't find dressing or wanted to save more money, that could be made from scratch.
Can't wait for your next video!
Is that called artisan bread? I need to look into that! Thanks for reminding me!!! I actually thought about trying to make the dressing but I got a bit intimidated so I didn’t. But I am going to give it a go soon! Thanks for the encouragement!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
New here I almost shut this off. But I really enjoyed this video and ideas. Thanks 👍👍👍👍I will watch you from now on. 👍👍👍👍👍
Oh yay! Thanks for giving me a chance ❤️❤️❤️
Wow! I live in Washington state and im watching the prices scroll down the screen in awe! These prices are waaaaay cheaper than in Washington!
This state is so expensive and the residents are all @holes. Seriously I'm paying $4.00 for a pound of store brand butter!
We get dried garbanzo beans and cook a cup or two at a time in the instant pot. Add them to soups, meat loaf, salads, make hummus, rice dishes etc. Garbanzo beans (chick peas) are a great source of plant protien, fiber, potassium, magnesium and iron.
I frequently add them to meals to help with those with texture issues 😉
Sorry the prices are so high. We’d be glad to have you down south!!! People are nice here, too 😂. Thanks for watching and for the tips!
I just made alot of mine own taco seasoning, onion soup mix, chicken and beef rice a roni. Just got ground pork sausage for 1.30 at grocery outlet got 5. And got regular ground pork at target for 1.20 got 5
Wow!
Your video popped up in my recommended videos today, and I’m so happy I clicked on it. Definitely subscribing. Thank you for the great ideas and using more Whole Foods in your menu.
Oh yay! Welcome!!!!!
@@homemadesimplewithlori Thank you!
Hello...new subscriber here. Love your budget dinner meals. You have a wonderful channel and I am looking forward to all your videos. Sincerely with love from Debbie and Dexter-Dog my sweet tiny rescued Chihuahua companion living a quiet crafty life in southern California. 🙋🐾💕🏠🌻🙏🙏✝️🇺🇸
Thank you so much!
We add taco meat to our corn chip salad! It's a favorite here!
Yum! I will try that!!
Excellent video. Appreciate your hard work.
Aww. Thanks ❤️
Hey neighbor! I recognize your Aldi! 😊
This video popped up in my suggestions today. Liked and subscribed! Thanks for sharing ❤
Hey!!!! Thanks for introducing yourself! Maybe our paths will cross ❤️❤️❤️
Next time wash the beans before you cook it. You will see what I mean if you do it. Soak the beans the night before it cooks, add the salt after it cooks, and it will cook faster = saving on electricity bills. Great meals idea.
You’re right, I should have washed them! I forgot 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️. I will try adding the salt afterwards and see how it helps! Thank you ❤️
Do you have a shopping list? Loved the video! Thanks for your time!
I’m sorry the only list I have is the one I scrolled. Thanks for watching ❤️❤️
I can't have a garden yet but can't wait till o I can
I still don’t know what I’m doing but, living is learning so, we can learn together!! Thanks for watching! ❤️❤️
awesommeeeee. love aldis and love your video.
Thanks!! I love aldi too.
Use your Dutch oven pot as a bowl :)
Good idea!
My momma sent me a new bowl for my birthday! 😍😍😍. It’s highly featured in this Friday’s upcoming video!! ❤️
Great joe that is why I love aldi
Me too!!!
Love your channel! Any chance you could do a tutorial on how to prep an iron skillet or lead me to a video if you did that already. You give very clear, easy to follow directions. Glad I landed on your channel. ❤️
Sure! I will work that in very soon!! ❤️❤️❤️
true preping yourself saves lots money but it also depends on what your prepping and it gots to be delicious to your family and you, it cant be food thats just cheap and gets you buy you got love it. im on a same journey trying spend no less than 25 to 50$ a week and feed a family of 4 making sure they get their fullness and nutrients needed. eggs are the first thing that became a staple, you can get box 60 eggs for 7.50 and can def feed family for week on breakfest for 2 eggs per person of family of 4 for 7 days, that covers breakfast, now lunch i say we work with chicken which is cheap and uo can get 5lb bag for 5$.... help me out ppl what else can i get cheaper on and make family full of delicous food? no point in making food if fam wont eat it..
You are amazing if you can feed 4 for 50 on a regular basis. That is hard
They all look yummy, thanks for sharing them!!
Thanks for watching!
really great video 😊
You’re sweet. I wasn’t exactly thrilled with the final product so I appreciate your encouragement. Thank you. ❤️
You are the best!
Thanks so much!!
all beans should be sorted and washed before cooking for a family . They are often not cleaned properly,
Yes. I usually get in a hurry and forget. I hope the heat kills all the bad stuff.
I wonder if we live close to one another, I want to be your friend, lol. New subscriber and fellow homemaker 💖 great video! God bless 🙏
We are in central AL ❤️❤️❤️. Wouldn’t that be amazing if we were neighbors!?!? 😍
@@homemadesimplewithlori we're in Missouri, too bad I'm not your next door neighbor...we have so much in common! 🤗
Well, good news is distance is not near what it used to be so we can be friends here! Thanks for introducing yourself! And thanks for watching the videos ❤️❤️
@@homemadesimplewithlori definitely 😁 I'm loving your videos!
Great video! Please next time add info on how people should store their rice after cooking and how long they can keep it in the fridge without running the risk to get food poisoning.
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love you being stump and thinking this is real life much respect
Real life is what you get here-good or no 😂😂😂
Yak yak geeze get it to it
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Very helpful video! We're a family of 5. How old are your kids, my boys are in their 30s. Just wandering if the amount of food would feed older kids. Thanks for such great recipes!!! 🤗😉
I have 3 teenage daughters and one toddler so we have quite the range 🙃
Nice video ❤
Thanks!!
Thank you.
Thanks for always watching!!
There is no Aldi where I live. I just always shop Walmart because it is a one stop shop. I can get food, cleaning, health & beauty all under one roof. How do you budget for cleaning, health & beauty or possibly pet food? Is $50 just spent on edible food or used for other things too?
This is only people food and included no household items at all. We have a separate animal budget because we have a lot of animals. Also, I do usually include h&ba items in my usual grocery budget, which is usually much higher than $50-usually about $200 for our family.
I read that you can store yeast in the freezer for 2 years.
Wow! That’s great to know!
That's what food banks are for
Yes!
Aldi crushed tomatoes: They are the Best!!! My kids wont each tomato chunks but they dont realize that the crushed ones are still tomatoes.......I am not fessing up
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Just noticed it wasn’t in the text below but scrolled on the video.
Glad you found it..she did a great job
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Thank you!
You could mix your big salads in a pot
Good idea!
How many cups of stock did your hambone yield?
Thanks for the inspiration that $50/week can still be done! ❤
It yielded a little more than a gallon. And I was so surprised at how little fat was in the end result!
my mom used to call those pictures in a frame and she would use a cup or mug to make the hole
That’s sweet
Your hairs looking nice to Momma. 🤩
Ha. I felt like it was 🤢. Thanks for the compliment ❤️
What's for lunch??
Rice, beans and leftovers was scheduled for lunch. I forgot to say it but I scrolled it at the bottom of the video so it is really easy to miss. Sorry about that.
All those meals look delicious and healthy and they were a great price. We couldn’t ask for anything more. Thank you 😋
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Not if you want eat healthy low carb food ! I know because I go to 3 different store for sale items ( Aldi - cub food - hyvee)
To be fair you can find healthy carbs. Carbs are 1/3 of the macro nutrients available so I think it is important to include them in a balanced diet. ❤️
Sorry auto correct changed the abbreviation of packages to pigs. Guess I will not abbreviate words again to avoid this.
I knew what you meant! 🙂
I grew up feeling a family of 7 on less that 40 dollars a week, and I feed my own family of 5 for 65 dollars a
For about 3 weeks
Month
Wow. You must grow a lot of your own food! Good for you!
I need to break down and get a membership I guess 🥴
If you have a Costco, you can purchase a gift card and shop with that with no membership.. or just have someone grab you a pack at Sam's 😊
That’s a good tip! I didn’t know that about Costco!
Check Groupon for fabulous deals on memberships!
I don't have a Sam's club, Costco or BJs near me and I have found 1lb packages at Walmart for a pretty good price so you can get big packages without having a membership somewhere that you might be tempted to over buy....because none of us ever do that 😂
I shop at ALDI....however I don't buy their fresh Meat....it's USDA NOW...
I have preferred their organic and “never any” meat when I purchase my usual groceries. I have never had any issues. Have you experienced a problem??
We don't get that much in New zealand not even half our ham 20 dollars cheapest
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Wash those beans!
I thought about that later…..I just get in a hurry and forget! 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
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You are right on the money when you say to buy whole ingredients and make things homemade such as bread. Not only cheaper but it makes you feel like you're rich to eat warm, fresh bread instead of storebought!
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Potato flakes are super cheap and can be added to thicken soup, too! Thank you for your video ❤
Smart idea!
I can see you really put a lot of time and effort in this video. It shows and is appreciated. Thank you. 😀
Edited to say 💜 honey break! So stinking cute😍
Thank you for the encouragement ❤️
This is why we love you and I dearly hope more people see you. You really focus on realistic scenarios and how to best stay healthy, while having tasty food.
That’s such a huge compliment and I really appreciate it so much. ❤️❤️❤️
great tips! Especially about the ham. I forgot that holiday type meats (turkey/ham) are less expensive after holiday. Thanks for no music playing during your demonstrations. It really helps to be able to hear and understand the instructions. Wonderful meal ideas!
Thank you!!
I like your idea of stressing whole foods as opposed to a lot of processed ingredients. You also proved we can take basic ideas and switch them up when we find a great deal on an item we had not planned for. Switching the ham for the chicken definitely was a smart move.
I never was a soda drinker on a regular basis and have finally weaned myself off potato chips the last was Doritos. I had to ask myself what nutritional value was a bag offering ? At $5-$6, a large bag of Doritos is the same price as say a package of Hamburger which could make 6-10 meals depending on how I used it, and also the price of meat in my area.
Your little shopping buddy is a cutie.
That’s such a good way of thinking about it-what whole food can I exchange for this processed choice?? So smart!!!
Not being able to find a whole chicken and having to change your meal plan is such a great thing to include because we all experience having to change plans last minute
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We had rice with sugar and butter for breakfast 😋
I need to try that! I meant to but I didn’t get around to it before I was done with the video!
Pre COVID it was almost impossible for me to spend more than $50 in a trip at Aldi. Now it's almost impossible not to and I leave with way less food.
Food prices have gotten really really high!!!
Thank you for making a video like this with mostly whole foods! Please keep them coming, I love all the ideas. I’m glad you have Lane to keep in mind with your meals because I have 3 littles 5 and under, so I need kid friendly meals too ❤ Thanks again!
I realized that a few of these weren’t kid friendly but I usually just separate
The items he can have and give them to him without the choking hazards-ie lettuce.
What a sweet person and genuine which is rare, thank you for all the hard work u do for families❤
You are so kind. Thank you so much.
Hi Lori, thank you for sharing this 🙏
You put so much time and consideration into your videos.
Love your videos ❤❤
Thank you!!
I just discovered you!!! Thank you so much for your money saving recipes , grocery lists and encouraging all of us!!!
Welcome!!!! I’m so glad you’re here!
Thank you for sharing this. You are doing Gods work helping those who may not be great home cooks.
You prove that with a bit of planning and on the fly adaptation you can feed a whole family for under $50.
Good tip on the yeast. I find bakers yeast the best. Those big blocks rather than the dried packet stuff.
Another good tip for ppl with a garden is to plant your own Apple, Plum or Pear trees. Every year apart from the plums (bi yearly) we get free apples and pears and over harvest can be shared with neighbors or turned into yummy jam.
I also have a Bay leaf tree and everyday herbs like parsely, mint, basil can be grown from seed in planters or from cuttings from existing plant and all it needs is some sunlight warmth and water its basically free. The herbs freshen up homecooked meals like crazy and add taste to otherwise bland tasting food.
Those are some great tips! Thank you!!!!
Excellent meal choices. Great budgeting, shopping and cooking.
Thank you!!
This is SO needed. So many great ideas and you show how to make bread and crackers, I hope folks will make them and get their little ones to help. I’m a grandmother and love teaching my granddaughters how to cook from scratch.
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Letting you know the algorithm is pushing this video out because it is on the topics of challenges and $xx/wk and cooking.
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Yay its a Lori vlog! I have to tell you during Easter in 2022 Aldi put all there hams on sale after Easter i picked out 5 of the bigger hams and loaded them into the freezer we ate them throughout the year and i have quite a few bags of ham in the freezer along with a bunch of hambones we just ate the last ham this Easter it came out great so i needed to make some room in my freezer so i took 3 hambones out of the freezer and made 12 quarts of ham broth from those 3 bones i put them in crock pots for 12 hours the broth was so golden and rich looking. I am eating all whole xlean foods nothing processed i have a soy allergy and a gluten allergy as well. I still buy a few processed foods for my kiddos but they are perfectly happy with all the new unprocessed meals that i have been making as well. Thank you for all that you do and have a blessed week.
Wow that’s so smart to stock up that much for the whole year! Good job!
I love that you are simply real.
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Love what you mentioned about the food bank! I have been on both sides of the fence and hate to know so many have food insecurity all over the world. I now can help out and that feels so good. It is important to help where we can. Your meals look very yummy. Love these videos!
Thank you for sharing that. That is a wonderful perspective ❤️
I am watching this with the knowledge that rough times are ahead and I need to know as much as possible about dealing with them. 😊 Thanks, a new subscriber
Welcome! This is very true. I hope things improve but they may get worse and we can learn how to adapt ❤️❤️
Hi Lori, You have taught me SO much. Cooking doesn't need to be complicated, and you demonstrate that well!
You’re sweet! I’m glad the videos are helping ❤️
Lovely meals. We had a ham and used some for fried rice, we loved it with egg drop soup for a meal we call Chinese Fake Out, instead of take out. Simple and filling.
I cannot find the yeast at Sam's or Costco but I do have some in freezer. Bought it a while back and it is still good. I like the look of that bread you made too. I am trying to make the sourdough you shared and it is not ready yet. I do love to make French bread and big rolls that taste like Kings sweet
Hawaiian bread, especially big enough to make bun sized for pulled bbq meat sandwiches.
Soups looked delicious too. I make a vegetable soup or lentil soup to carry for my lunches for the week. Very filling and frugal.
Have a great weekend!
Fake out 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. I love it.
Soups for lunches is such a money saver!
Food banks are a great way to stock up on can foods vegetables fruit broth soups can meats also
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I like spinach mixed in my salad too. This was a very good video! 😁👍
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If you don't have any nuts or fruit for the oatmeal, just grab the sprinkles. It's a big hit with the little ones. Sprinkles are often inexpensive depending on where you get them.
I love sprinkles. And I’m way too old for them 😂
I am glad to see you buying and serving mostly whole foods and not a lot of processed garbage that so many other Moms especially purchase and give to their families. I have used a large stockpot as a substitute for a large bowl in the past, not pretty but does contain large mixtures of salad etc. Maybe no chicken was a good thing?? lol
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Thank you so much for all these tips and recipes!!! I can't wait to try out that Oat Loaf Bread, Vegetable Soup, and Broccoli Cheddar Soup in particular! Groceries are certainly our #1 expense (besides our mortgage) with 2 growing boys in the house. I'm excited to start incorporating some of your recipes into our weekly recipe rotation and see how it affects our grocery budget.
Thank you for watching!!!