Baked potato dinner - top with whatever you have, baked beans, cheese, boiled egg/mayo/salad cream, pickles, veggies. It gives quite a lot of nutrition and is filling. You can’t beat chips, egg, bread and butter if you can stretch to it. My great aunt who was born in 1900 and lived to 96 always said that you have a meal if you have bread and eggs. She also said ‘look after your food’ by which I think she meant to prioritise getting good food, cooking at home, not eating junk or too much of anything. I agree that it’s about planning as much as possible. Hope you’re feeling better soon x x
If anyone watching your channel is worried about cost of Christmas Dinner - try Paupers Turkey. It's a joint that looks good enough to carve which is made from turkey mince. Use a stuffing mix and make a thick sausage. Separately mix your turkey mince with a whisked egg to make it sticky. Cover the stuffing sausage with the sticky turkey mince. Roll it in your hands so firm. Pop in the fridge. When you take it out, cover it with rashers of bacon as you would a turkey. We cook this in a slow cooker on top of some quartered onions, so that the joint sits above the water in the slow cooker. Finish it off in the oven or grill just to crisp the bacon. Looks like a joint of meat and carves nicely into slices.
Good tips, especially buying one or two extra items when they are on sale to help build a food stash/pantry. My favorite low cost meal is lentils. My mother’s family was Sicilian so when she cooked lentils she put pasta in the lentils pot to cook when the lentils were almost done. I still love and cook lentils, but I cook my pasta separately. Lentils are a real comfort food for me, plus they’re cheap and tasty, they don’t need to be pre-soaked, and they don’t take long to cook. You’re spot on about spices, too---they can make such a difference for very little money.
You are such a good soul Lizzie. Veg in season. , lentils. Cook from scratch. Don't think you have to keep up with jones at xmas. Second hand things are just as good as new. As you say you will get thr5 it and there is help out there .
Soup mix with dried beans, barley lentils Etc. In the slow cooker with some stock, or stock cubes leftover veggies or any veggies you have chopped or grated. Spices to taste. Makes a great soup that is hearty or filling. Can serve with bread or toast or dumplings or scones. You could also add some beef or chicken ham or bacon if you have it
Hi Lizzy. Happy Thanksgiving. The best "pickled" onions recipe that I have to share with you is to pickle onions in homemade italian dressing. Here's how: slice onion in half first, pull off onion's outer skin, then slice each half to get onion slices that look like semi- circles. Homemade Italian dressing recipe: In a jar with a tight fitting lid, pour in ¼C water, ⅓C vinegar, ½C vegetable oil, then add a packette of dried Italian dressing mix, which is about 3 Tbsps of dried mix. Shake jar vigorously until thoroughly mixed. In another jar: Pack onion slices into a glass pickling jar until quite full. Pour Italian dressing to cover the onions. Anytime you make a sandwich, a submarine sandwich, or a hoagie, try these onions on top. (It's okay to toast your sandwich or sub with these onions on top.) It really does take your sandwiches to a whole new level. (Note, this will taste better after a day because it takes a while to thoroughly meld all the flavors together.)
@@frugallizzybee Do you know where we can purchase Italian dressing seasoning packets in the uk? I’ve yet to come across them and the on line shopping companies are extremely expensive, I can’t afford them!
Hi Lizzy hope you don't mind me asking but what's changed your situation then, because I've been watching you shop and counting the pennies every week and now you're saying I've been in that position . Also are you still able to get to your allotment from where you are now. And what will happen to the cat where you were. Sorry not being nosy just love your channel.
Do you mean absolutely skint? Yep I've been there. I started making more money, things got better. Things got more expensive again, I was skint again. So I got more money coming in, I cut down everything I could started putting bits of money and food away, save every penny I can. I've just taken on another 2 cleaning jobs because things are going up again (easier now my son is older and can walk home from school). Yep my allotment is just down the road and the little cat is doing fine 🙂💕
Your lounge looks cosy and I like your throw on your sofa can I ask where you bought it please? as I’m looking for a large throw to cover mine. To keep the heat in at night get some thermal curtains across the doors into the conservatory. Frozen Quorn products are often quite cheap and I’ve used the mince and the chicken chunks in pasta dishes. A large jacket potato makes a filling meal too even with just butter/margarine. Beans on toast, scrambled egg on toast.
I bought it from wilkos when it was still open, but I know the range, dunelm home bargains and b&m do them too but not sure on the price. Thank you I have door curtains an thermal linings ready I just need to but the curtain poll which hopefully I will get and put up over the weekend. I love quorn products 💕
I send you a message via your - youtube video - today. Not sure you got it, but my message says you have got it. I have not received any message from you. Anyway I hope you are well and in good health and hope your new home brings you joy and good health. .
Baked potato dinner - top with whatever you have, baked beans, cheese, boiled egg/mayo/salad cream, pickles, veggies. It gives quite a lot of nutrition and is filling. You can’t beat chips, egg, bread and butter if you can stretch to it. My great aunt who was born in 1900 and lived to 96 always said that you have a meal if you have bread and eggs. She also said ‘look after your food’ by which I think she meant to prioritise getting good food, cooking at home, not eating junk or too much of anything. I agree that it’s about planning as much as possible. Hope you’re feeling better soon x x
If anyone watching your channel is worried about cost of Christmas Dinner - try Paupers Turkey. It's a joint that looks good enough to carve which is made from turkey mince. Use a stuffing mix and make a thick sausage. Separately mix your turkey mince with a whisked egg to make it sticky. Cover the stuffing sausage with the sticky turkey mince. Roll it in your hands so firm. Pop in the fridge. When you take it out, cover it with rashers of bacon as you would a turkey. We cook this in a slow cooker on top of some quartered onions, so that the joint sits above the water in the slow cooker. Finish it off in the oven or grill just to crisp the bacon. Looks like a joint of meat and carves nicely into slices.
Good tips, especially buying one or two extra items when they are on sale to help build a food stash/pantry.
My favorite low cost meal is lentils. My mother’s family was Sicilian so when she cooked lentils she put pasta in the lentils pot to cook when the lentils were almost done. I still love and cook lentils, but I cook my pasta separately. Lentils are a real comfort food for me, plus they’re cheap and tasty, they don’t need to be pre-soaked, and they don’t take long to cook.
You’re spot on about spices, too---they can make such a difference for very little money.
Hi Lizzy. Great advice & lovely positive attitude. I don't meal plan... I see what's on offer instead. I do write up a list as the week goes on.
Beans on toast is my go to, cheap food . Your house is looking lovely and homely
Thank you 💕
You are such a good soul Lizzie. Veg in season. , lentils. Cook from scratch. Don't think you have to keep up with jones at xmas. Second hand things are just as good as new. As you say you will get thr5 it and there is help out there .
Soup mix with dried beans, barley lentils Etc. In the slow cooker with some stock, or stock cubes leftover veggies or any veggies you have chopped or grated. Spices to taste. Makes a great soup that is hearty or filling. Can serve with bread or toast or dumplings or scones. You could also add some beef or chicken ham or bacon if you have it
Great advice,as always.
Tinned mackerel ( variety of flavours), is my favourite.
A little imitation goes a long way ❤
I hope you feel better soon ❤
Your new house looks wonderful.
Thank you 💕
Beans on toast is my cheap go to meal
Spread hummus on the toast before adding the beans, for extra zing 😉
Thanks for putting the picture to the right size xx
I also batch cook and freeze them,if my daughter has some left over food such as lasagna she will freeze it and then give it to me
Hi Lizzy. Happy Thanksgiving. The best "pickled" onions recipe that I have to share with you is to pickle onions in homemade italian dressing.
Here's how: slice onion in half first, pull off onion's outer skin, then slice each half to get onion slices that look like semi- circles. Homemade Italian dressing recipe: In a jar with a tight fitting lid, pour in ¼C water, ⅓C vinegar, ½C vegetable oil, then add a packette of dried Italian dressing mix, which is about 3 Tbsps of dried mix. Shake jar vigorously until thoroughly mixed. In another jar: Pack onion slices into a glass pickling jar until quite full. Pour Italian dressing to cover the onions.
Anytime you make a sandwich, a submarine sandwich, or a hoagie, try these onions on top. (It's okay to toast your sandwich or sub with these onions on top.) It really does take your sandwiches to a whole new level.
(Note, this will taste better after a day because it takes a while to thoroughly meld all the flavors together.)
Happy thanksgiving 🙂 my mouth is watering just reading this recipe thank you 💕
@@frugallizzybee
Do you know where we can purchase Italian dressing seasoning packets in the uk? I’ve yet to come across them and the on line shopping companies are extremely expensive, I can’t afford them!
I thought they were in the herb section in the super markets or am I thinking if the wrong thing? 💕
@@frugallizzybee Ty. Hidden Valley packets of your in the US. Other countries will probably have the same sort of thing under a different label.
Yes, it does look much better, and audio seems better.
Hi Lizzy hope you don't mind me asking but what's changed your situation then, because I've been watching you shop and counting the pennies every week and now you're saying I've been in that position . Also are you still able to get to your allotment from where you are now. And what will happen to the cat where you were. Sorry not being nosy just love your channel.
Do you mean absolutely skint? Yep I've been there. I started making more money, things got better. Things got more expensive again, I was skint again. So I got more money coming in, I cut down everything I could started putting bits of money and food away, save every penny I can. I've just taken on another 2 cleaning jobs because things are going up again (easier now my son is older and can walk home from school).
Yep my allotment is just down the road and the little cat is doing fine 🙂💕
❤ you're very thoughtful.
Your lounge looks cosy and I like your throw on your sofa can I ask where you bought it please? as I’m looking for a large throw to cover mine.
To keep the heat in at night get some thermal curtains across the doors into the conservatory.
Frozen Quorn products are often quite cheap and I’ve used the mince and the chicken chunks in pasta dishes.
A large jacket potato makes a filling meal too even with just butter/margarine. Beans on toast, scrambled egg on toast.
I bought it from wilkos when it was still open, but I know the range, dunelm home bargains and b&m do them too but not sure on the price. Thank you I have door curtains an thermal linings ready I just need to but the curtain poll which hopefully I will get and put up over the weekend. I love quorn products 💕
@@frugallizzybeethank you I’ll check them out x
Carrots onion swede spuds stock cubes basics
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What is the name of your etsy shop? Thank you 😊
www.etsy.com/shop/essian
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Your house looks huge ❤
Imagination, I meant 😂
The pic was fine we were just too polite to say lol
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I send you a message via your - youtube video - today. Not sure you got it, but my message says you have got it. I have not received any message from you. Anyway I hope you are well and in good health and hope your new home brings you joy and good health. .
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