My eyes 👀 went 😳😳😳 also seeing how much eggs have gone up in price! UNBELIEVABLE! 😱 I did freeze some whole eggs yesterday after watching Ur video! We aren't able 2 have our own chickens, unfortunately! 🐓😢 Thank U so much 4 all Ur hard work n efforts 2 help others! 👍💞 Blessings 2 U n Ur family! Ur such a huge inspiration! Especially with all the doom n gloom info out there that arrives almost Daily! 😟🥺😩 Thank U 4 reminding Us that "God has Always got Us"! 😇💞
In our town we can only get eggs supplied by locals, not name brands. They are going for $5/dozen. Honestly, I like them so much better, usually less than 2 wks old and larger than the graded eggs!
One of my favorite tips is that I buy a large package of ground beef either on sale or at Costco. I come home and fry it all up. (Since I’m making the mess, I might as well get it all out of the way at once!) Once the meat cools, I bag it up in quart size freezer bags and freeze them flat. If the package was 7 pounds, 3 ounces, I just divide the cooked beef into 8 freezer bags. If a recipe calls for a pound of ground beef, we aren’t going to miss it if I’m only adding 14 or 15 ounces. Having this cooked ground beef has saved me from fast food many times. I can take it out of the freezer and dump the frozen meat in a pot with a jar of pasta sauce and have dinner on the table in the time it takes to cook the pasta. I can do the same thing with Sloppy Joe's or tacos.
This method also saves on cooking fuel and clean up. A year or two ago I started to pre-portion all of our meats, I got the inspiration from Kristen Stepp on What’s for Dinner? here on TH-cam. If I buy a large package of boneless skinless chicken I will cut some (raw) into cubes for stews, pot pies and casseroles, some in strips for fajitas, some into small bits for soups, quesadillas, enchiladas or ála King and freeze in portions. Ground beef gets cooked up and portioned out or made into patties, then frozen raw. Whole pork loins are sliced for boneless chops, cubed for chili verde and frozen in meal sized roasts. Saves time when you get ready to make meals, which is a real blessing!
Morphing leftovers into a completely different meal: 1) Chili can be served over spaghetti or hot dogs, baked with a cornbread mix, or made into Frito Pie 2) Potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes, carrots, celery, etc. left from a slow-cooked roast or chicken dinner can be pureed with milk or broth for a roasted vegetable soup with breadsticks 3) Tonight’s fish and chips is tomorrow’s fish tacos 4) Leftover bits of meat, veggies, and herbs become loaded fried rice with a scrambled egg or two 5) Why bake 4 potatoes when you can bake 12 in the same time - top with shredded meat, BBQ sauce, and cheese one night, chop them up for quick fried potatoes alongside pancakes or eggs, or use them for an instant loaded baked potato soup with milk, cheese, bacon, any leftover veggies, etc. 6) Leftover chicken can become a swanky Italian antipasto salad with some fridge staples: olives, sliced banana peppers, salami/summer sausage, red onion, tomato, cheese and Romaine with a vinaigrette 7) Save the bones and a bit of meat from pork chop night - simmer bones in water with some bouillon, strain, add frozen wontons and the tiny meat chunks for take-out-style wonton soup topped with scallions 8) Pulled pork on rolls one night becomes “Asian taco pizza” the next: a large plain cheese pizza becomes hip with BBQ pork, pineapple, red onion, and cilantro and/or scallions 9) A deluxe pizza to serve many can also be made from 1-2 servings of many meat & veg dinners: enough fajita stuff for someone’s lunch can be an entire pizza’s worth of toppings or break up those last two burger patties for cheeseburger pizza topped with bacon, lettuce, and tomato 10) A big batch of beans can become pinto bean soup, refried beans for huevos rancheros, and bean & cheese burritos
@Michellestanek, wow those are fantastic ideas. I love the potatoes one. I will have to try that and some can be made into twice baked potatoes as well.
All great ideas! I keep a bag of ‘bits’ in the freezer, that handful of leftover peas, spoonful of leftover corn, and whatever else. When the bag is full, it’s time to make soup. Also save the liquid from canned veggies and freeze for veggie ‘broth’ in soup making. Carrot peels, onion butts, potato peels and such go into another bag along with chicken bones, when bag is full, cook up some broth!
If I have leftover baked potatoes, they can be used up for breakfast, I also try to incorporate meatless meals. We may have baked potato bar and salad, or breakfast for dinner, such as eggs and fried potatoes.
As a divorced mother of 3 sons( now grown) I learned early on from the women I used to work with about stocking up and getting prepared for the times when my check was short or an unexpected expense came up. I would work an extra job to make ends meet. Even after my kids grew up I continued to get prepared for unexpected circumstances. When the pandemic hit I had most everything I needed for a couple of weeks so I didn't have to rush out for toilet paper or anything else. Thankfully my kids were prepared too! We would just sit back and watch the rest of the world forging for their needs. It was a scary feeling but also a relief to know that our preparedness paid off! It was a blessing and a lesson learned!! I'm always looking for new ideas and appreciate learning from others!
I got a bonus at work this week and did just that...stocked up. We went to Aldi and got so much more for our money. I feel less anxious knowing I have extra on hand now.
Single and retired...I still cook large batches of soups, stews and spaghetti sauce. I add more veggies and use less meat. I freeze in one portion sizes. Saves time, money and electricity.
That is what is mostly in my upright freezer. Cooked meals. I'm preparing for foot surgery in June. I won't have to cook a meal for months. I only need to put ingredients in the bread machine and push a button.
Oh Kimmy I know how hard it is these days. My boyfriend and I are racking our brains on where to cut corners. If I find a great price on something I stock up! What else can you do! Hot dogs and baked beans have become a twice a week meal. I’m 64 years old and have never seen anything like this before. Like you said it’s in Gods hands. He’ll get us through this. God bless! ❤️🙏
Kimmy thanks for being the mom I needed 😭 I've lived away from all of my family and friends with 2 small babies for 5 years and I am a young married mama and you have helped me navigate for as long as I can remember! We hit a rough patch from November to the beginning of May and implementing a lot of what you teach and the grace of God we've made I through so far! Definitely not comfortable but so thankful!
Thank you for this video. I'm a senior of one. I have an upright freezer and have been building my pantry for a couple of years. I'm on a very fixed income but I am managing to stock up some things in my 630 square foot apt. You have been a great help. Thanks again. God Bless
@@melaniegraham1413 That may be, but wondering why she said it that way. It could be that she's a senior in high school or college. I turn 65 in a couple of days, and I'm single...but I would never refer to myself as a "senior of one". It's a very awkward phrase.
I stock pile and I'm 64 yrs old and started doing it when I was in my early 20s. Its the only way I've ever know todo. Being a single mother stock piling has definitely helped me and my children a lot. I also stock pile on house hold and personal items. I am also learning how to do gardening and canning.
I had a 20x25 garden years ago. I cannot dig now so I have started pot containers with bags of good pot soil . I have blooms for attracting birds, bees and 🦋, but on my deck where the sun is very good, I have 4 veggies pots I am babying to see if I can add more next season . 🍅 🍅🍅🫑🫑🫑
I'm so proud of you for bringing more light to this subject. People need to wake up and realize that things are not going to be back to "normal". These are different times and it's not going to get any better. The more we mentally and financially prepare, the better off we will be when things can/will get much worse. Please do more videos like this and how to cook on a budget with minimal options. We need to get into a different way of thinking! Hey fun fact: did you know that you can use cooked northern beans as a substitute for butter in baking recipes? Yes, I've done that and one can't tell the difference! Not only is it cheaper but healthier too! Stock up on those beans people!
So many great ideas. I live in Houston and we are starting to see some shortage. Good thing we love pinto beans, fried potatoes and cornbread lol. One thing I have started doing with leftover veggies is I put them in a freezer bag marked “veggies for soup”. I keep adding veggies to the bag. When it is full, I make our favorite veggie soup.
I always have a food storage. My husband's an owner/operator truck driver so every week he gets paid a different amount so I have to budget and buy when on sale. I have enough food for 3 months plus. We have chickens and a rooster so we can get chick's for future eggs. We only have 5 hens but they produce 4 to 6 eggs a day.
Kimmy, you make me so happy as a fellow high-functioning ADHD/Anxiety ridden adult (diagnosed as a child) working as a registered nurse , I just love watching your videos. You work through your anxiety and use your high-functioning ADHD to your advantage and that is such a gift. Channelling our excess energy and over working brains into something practical is so empowering. You make me feel less different for accidentally having a chemical imbalance in my brain. Lots of love from Sydney, Australia - Edwina xx
Me. Fetal Alcohol spectrum. Diagnosed in my 60's. Born in 1945 by 2 crawling drunks. Could not learn, so I cheated. And did book reports for extra credit.
I need to buy a second freezer. It’s been on my spirit to do so for over a month. The things I’m doing to save: * save my veggie scraps and make veggie broth out of them when my freezer bag gets full * I have a plan to learn to can. I’ve already bought my supplies * I’m planting potatoes in to fall in buckets. I missed the spring plant but I’m not missing the fall * I shop my shelves! I took that advice from you years ago and it’s saved me a ton
Living in the Netherlands 🇳🇱, our eating and grocery culture is a bit different. But the saving tips are the same: do mealplanning, buy in season, go for deals on things you really use. Use websites to find recepies that incorperate the sale or seasonal items. And because we are the two of us, we know our measurments exactly: how many grams of pasta or rice, meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. per meal. Allmost all of our meals we have zero leftover or waste. I alter recepies to do so.
Leftovers.....I consider those the gems of the kitchen! I also feel Blessed to have them! If you have enough food that you get to eat it again, you really have been truly Blessed!!! Changing your mindset changes everything! Have a beautiful day!
I’m so glad you included reducing how often you eat out as a way to cut costs. It’s shocking how much it is for just my husband and I to eat out! I take my lunch to work 99% of the time. Huge savings!
Yes, prices have gone up significantly. I used to get an egg wrap sometimes at Panera bread and it was around $4. Now it's around $7. I don't eat out much but I definitely am not going to buy an egg wrap for $7 🤣
@@TheOrganizedPineapple You are absolutely right! Food cost a Panera has almost doubled where we are too!! I'm not impressed with food nor service the last time we were there. Making food at home is so much fun and enjoyable and the food is good for you!!! You know what you are putting into your body and don't feel miserable and tried after eating out!
@@amypletcher4411 yes, I was completely shocked by the prices and yes you are right the service level has gone way down. Hope you will come visit my channel! TTYL!
We usually reserve going out for a meal for things I don’t feel expert at preparing, such as certain Chinese food, sushi/hibachi meals, etc. I refuse to pay the Five Guys prices for burgers and fries that are easy to make at home, and better!
We prefer evaporated milk as a sub for dairy milk. A large can of evaporated milk should be watered down (fill the can with water again and add). We find this lasts a good long time in the fridge and it’s perfectly nice on cereal, in coffee, for baking and cooking with. And of course canned foods last so long.
I have been following for a few years, but recently you’ve been my favorite breath of fresh air. I’m a SAHM/homeschooler of three very little kiddos, and you have become such great company for me on down times. Thank you for all the hard work (you keep the BEST track of price comparisons! So impressive) Sincerely, Sheila
I used to watch her at the beginning when she first started, kinda forgot about her and I know she took some time off, understandably. Was really happy she's back and better than ever too!
Great video, we are a retired couple, I'm stockpiling as I can each week. With ground beef, I now add a tin of brown lentils to one third, I get three meals from one packet of it now. Keep up these great encouraging videos. Diana
Save all scraps. Potato skin soup. Chilli. Banana skins blended with water for your garden. Make your bread. Veggie scraps for veggie broth. If your veggies look like they're on their way out then dehydrate them. Apple skins for apple jelly. Orange skins for marmalade or peel candy. So many ideas. Meatless Mondays. Thank you
With a lot of shortages rumored (gas, fertilizer, aluminum, etc) to be coming I think it will get bumpy, especially if we aren't preparing. I really think now is the time to learn to grow and preserve your food. Most people don't realize that it takes months to grow vegetables in the garden and years for fruit trees to be able to grow fruit. We have a 1 year food pantry. Years ago I learned different ways to preserve foods. This past year I have been learning to turn my brown thumb to a green thumb. Over the last year I have been learning how to grow vegetables from seed and kitchen scraps (using vegetable cuttings). It definitely is a skill. My next skill to learn is how to make organic fertilizer using compost. :) Gas powers a lot of things including farming equipment, trucks hauling food to distribute, etc. Fertilizers the way we currently use them will be scarce, so we should learn how to make organic fertilizers using composting. Aluminum is used for a lot including making cans for canned food. I think that could change down the line to be another material. Those are just some of my thoughts on it.
We compost and it is easy. We started in plastic tubs. This is an easy way to begin. We didn't drill holes in them. We use the lids. Potato skins, veggie and fruit peelings, some coffee grounds, tea bags, eggshells (washed out) and leaves (save several trash cans full in fall). Turn weekly. It takes about a year. We sift it. We just got a turnable composter and it is so much easier. Plastic tubs helps you see what is happening as you turn it though. We do not water ours, because the peelings are the nitrogen(wet stuff). The leaves are the carbon. It takes practice, but like gardening, it is fun to learn about and be self sufficient. Good luck with it. Really changes the soil and helps the plants.
Elie, some organic fertilizer can be made with frequently used, inexpensive and waste items. I use chopped banana peels, crushed & dried egg shells, used coffee grounds, human hair clippings and epsom salt at planting time for tomatoes and peppers. 1 tbsp of each to each planting hole. I found it useful to journal each plants required nutrients and Google searches to find organic fertilizer. The least expensive purchased fertilizer is fish emulsion. I make a cold compost pile, less active work by turning once a month. This way takes quite a bit longer to break down, several months up to a year. My thoughts are just doing a little bit piled up pays me back later in rich organic matter. I hope these ideas help. God bless!
I stumbled onto growing onions in a pot. Now I have watched what you wrote about and tried the root of onion in a jar of water. It flipped sideways and the small was awful. Needed a smaller necked jar. 🧅
I love throwing leftovers on a Pizza! 1. its fun to have a pizza night 2. it really stretches leftovers when there is not enough for everyone 3. you can use any sauce and cheese, not just classic pizza, and restaurants are even getting creative with their toppings now.
I'm in Australia 🇦🇺 But what I've done is created master lists online at each grocery store of things we buy each week, things we buy as treats and things that are the cheapest option if we had to shop cheap to survive. The bonus of having master lists is that you can filter/sort your list to show things on sale first or sort from lowest to highest price or lowest to highest price according to weight. I will then shop the catalogues and the online only specials before I browse anything else.
Thank you for your videos! Many times I will cook pinto beans in the crockpot and a pot of rice for bean burritos. Then, later in the week, I use the extra rice to make fried rice and the extra beans to make chili. Happy Mother's Day!!
One of my Mother’s Day gift has been for the past years a large up right freezer GE over a $1,00.00 each … now I have four of them! They have been placed in our garage carefully organized and they have been a blessing for my husband and I as we bless our dear family and those God sends us . It’s a good way to find organic foods for less and your videos lessons inspire me to encourage others as a way of life with peace and not panic 💝
I hope you have a good backup generator just in case you lose power. If not, you might want to get yourselves one. It would be awful to lose all that you have worked so hard to store.
My boyfriend has 2 chest, one standup freezer in the garage. Two full size fridges in the main house, one outside his man cave. And plenty of generators.
My biggest tip right now is to find pallet stores! We have several in our town. Typically they have deals for each day! My favorite is on Mondays everything marked $5 and under is $1!! I’ve stocked up on a lot of things! The best is pads and tampons! Being a teen mom, it’s really helpful
I love the positive attitude of your videos. I had lumber delivered this week for building more shelves because I'm out of space (plenty of space in the basement, just out of shelving). Feeder pigs are growing nicely, another batch of laying hens are about ready to lay. I live where I'm still able to buy eggs at roadside stands. Most here only charge $2 but I've been leaving extra in the jar because I know how expensive feed has gotten. It's only me at my farm but my son's family is close. They call my house Grandma's Grocery. I'm wrestling with getting another freezer. I bought a 27cf and have 2 refrigerator freezers but thankfully they're all full. My hesitation is the fact that I don't have a generator. Keep up the positive outlook Girl. You've taught this old woman some things. 😋
My grandparents were born in the 1800s. My father was one of the youngest (born in 1924) and he was 42 when I was born. I learned a lot from them. Here are some tips I learned and pass on without going into every individual thing. The number one thing to do is learn! Research, reach out to others and especially the elderly. You will get some great stories, learn some history, and importantly, they have a ton of knowledge to teach. Keep it all written down, printed out, or buy the books that would be to your benefit! Second thing would be to gather everything you need! Not just foods, but think about clothes (learn to sew) and medicines. Also learn herbal remedies, and grow what you can. Raise animals if you can and get good with people who have the resources you need (like farmers). Thirdly, not only preserve and store everything, but practice using the items! Lastly, always tell yourself you CAN! Take can’t out of your vocabulary and only use the word CAN…. Because everybody CAN. And we can help others who struggle. Keep faith in God and do your due diligence! Thank you for the wonderful video! Keep it up.. you have no idea how many lives depend n your knowledge! Love from just a farm girl. Xx
This may be the most important video you have ever made. And you are getting really good doing it too. I am so with you. Your tips and your cooking ahead meals are so helpful. You are such a valuable source of information ( and fun) and mentoring for young homemakers just getting started. If I was your momma I would be so proud of you. Especially because your beauty comes from the love of God that burns so brighty in your heart. We are now great grandparents and when my apron goes on, my husband knows what that means. We got work to do. Thank you.
We use what is left for lunches. If there is more, we freeze it for later, eat it the next day, or reinvent a new meal for the next day. We try not to cook too much so there isn't leftovers though. We are all going to get really good at saving in any way that we can with this going on. When this supply chain stuff is over, we will know how to save a lot of money. We bought a canner and some jars too. Anything on pressure canning info is helpful. Did it years ago, but will be doing it again this year. Thanks for the video!
Happy Mother's Day! Thankfully, due to your videos we now have a stock to last us 1 month. Hoping to build this to three months :) Thanks for the great videos and advice xx
This is very effective. I have done it and my husband loves how I made sure our pantry products is circulating. That he doesn’t need to bother to go the store. I only have one month because we don’t have room but until we buy a home definitely going to expand it for a year. Thank you for the wonderful advice. I can’t wait for your next video.
Thank you for being so calm and encouraging during this time. And yes I believe it will get worse before it gets better. Sitting her trying to figure out how or rather where I can add a second upright freezer in my home. Space is at a premium with the addition of 4 grandchildren whom I have permanent custody of. We have shuffled things around and purged a lot. I am still shuffling. Sitting here watching you and trying to figure it all out. Happy Mother’s Day!
I got a 2nd freezer and put it on my back porch which is covered and screened in. I am deciding on what stuff I can live without and tossing or donating. I want to use the built-in shelves in the dining area as an extension to my pantry.
Saturday I usually go through and tidy the refrigerator and pull out produce and start planning from there. Maybe chop and freeze or plan snacks and meals around what needs used up. Sunday I usually cook up a few meals extra for the week. My husband works second shift, my daughter works 3 12’s sometimes more. I work 5 days a week and have to pick up my grandson by 530 so I don’t have time to do a lot of cooking during the week. I will if we need Tobit we mostly pack what I’ve already cooked. Sometimes breakfast for dinner is a cheaper option, veggie stir fry or veggie soup to use up dibs and dabs. I purchased an organic chicken at Aldi last week boiled it with my veggie scraps I keep in the freezer, deboned, made 3 quarts chicken broth, 2 quarts bone broth. Made BBQ chicken (shredded), penne chicken ranch casserole ( left off the bacon! ). It was still good and chicken enchiladas. I had a bag of yellow rice from a dinner that was in the freezer so I mixed that with the chicken. Added frozen chopped jalapeños and red peppers that were frozen from last years garden since I didn’t have green Chili’s. Used up some sour cream, mascarpone cheese and other odds and end cheeses in it. Another inexpensive meal is to cook up some ground sausage and the add to the pan a small head of chopped or shredded cabbage and a little onion. Cook until tender and serve as is or over egg noodles. Filling and cheap.
You were definitely on point about subway. I haven't had one in 3 months. My husband bought one for lunch for us. The bread was much smaller than usual & the meat was paper thin. I was so mad. I told my husband, We could have bought these items and made it ourselves. Exactly what you said about making convenience foods.
I love how you are so calm during all of this. You provide great information. One thing I wanted to add was gardening. Gardening can be very overwhelming. But I am disabled and I vegetable garden. I use 5 gallon buckets to grow tomatoes in. I’ve grown green beans in them, beets, radishes growing in them. They are cheap and a bag of dirt will fill up one container and you can start small. It can be overwhelming but it can be done. Also, things that you would typically throw out like the radish greens. Or turnip greens. Those can be used as well. Beet greens. We often throw away perfectly good food. We just have to find creative ways to use them. But often times the whole plant is edible. Especially with root plants.
Thanks Kim, I have learned so much. The way you instruct simply and honestly, is well done. Watch the ounces, watch the price point , check the weekly papers or apps, buy a little extra each week. I have built up a small storage, nothing like yours, but i really watch when running low on things I always use.. love your great smile too!
And keep rotating, keep checking the expiration dates as well as the condition of the items stored. I've thought items were ok only to find bulging cans that I just bought or ants had gotten into something.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. I have been stressed with money and rising prices lately. I have to filter what I watch so it doesn't add to my anxiety. Your videos are so helpful and you are so calm.!! Thank you again!!!!
First of all I'd like to wish I happy Mother's Day to you and to all the moms out there! I am a dog mom but I'll take a Happy Mother's Day too. This is a great video. I am a one-person household with three small dogs that I support. I am 60 years old and disabled from a stroke 7.5 years ago. I'm fortunate that my house is paid for and I live in the midwest where the cost of living is lower than it is in some parts of the US. I have long been incorporating some of these ideas and I am looking to expand upon that as food shortages and inflation have come upon us. I was a child of the 1970's so I remember gas lines and high inflation. I have a small upright freezer now after having previously inheriting my mom's old chest freezer almost 20 years ago. As I said it is very small but I think it is adequate for what I need to stockpile. I have always bought extra butter and bread as well as frozen fruit and vegetables and kept it in my freezer. I used to buy a lot more proteins but with prices being so high I haven't been buying as much. Also last summer I lost power for 3.5 days so I completely had to throw away everything in my refrigerator and freezer and start fresh so I had not completely replenished from those losses. I really appreciated your video the other day about things you can freeze. I was unaware that you could freeze eggs and that's a game changer for me because I am terrible at buying a dozen eggs and then not using them up before I think they may go bad. So I'm going to start doing that as I have plenty of muffin tins that I can use and a food saver so that I can freeze them. I also belong to Sam's Club and I shop there for quite a few items but I always watch the prices. I no longer drive and it is difficult physically for me to get out and grocery shop so I rely on a Walmart W+ membership to get my regular groceries delivered. I had been using a regional grocery store chain but their prices are some of the highest around here and after a free trial on Instacart as well as using my local Kroger stores for delivery I ended up going W+. It was a little hard to put out the $98 but I ended up getting a bonus time with that so I got 18 months of membership and that is unlimited free delivery from the store so I think overall that's not too bad of a deal for my situation. In my area Walmart tends to have some of the lowest prices. Unfortunately Aldi is only available for delivery through Instacart and unfortunately Instacart's pricing model makes it too expensive to shop at Aldi. Right now I grocery shop every 2 to 3 weeks with an intermediate pickup of a gallon of milk. I'm working on getting a decent stockpile of some things built up but I'm frankly having a little bit of a problem finding some things. You are so right about keeping track of prices. Some things that I buy at Sam's have been going up and down just crazily lately. It'll be one price one week and you look two days later and it's up $5 or down $2. I'm not sure if it's an issue that they are watching what Costco's prices are and trying to constantly out price them and vice versa. As I said I belong to Sam's Club but my next door neighbor, who's also single belongs to Costco so we share the memberships between us. She basically goes to each of the clubs about once a month so we can each take advantage of sales as well as products that one club carries that the other doesn't. I really appreciate your advice about not panicking and also that if someone is having difficulty please reach out as there are resources available even in the smallest communities. You should not have to go hungry.
I have to say Kimmie you taught me to have a food storage and it has helped my family especially during the height of the pandemic. You are always willing to share and help other and my food storage has allowed me to do it.
Happy Mother's day!! Thanks to you I have a successful working pantry which I also inventory. You taught me what foods I can freeze, which has saved me tons of money! No more wasting food! God bless you and your family!
Great tips. I especially agree on storing what you will actually eat. Over the years I’ve seen many people store wheat but then they realise that they’re either allergic to it or don’t have a clue of how to cook it, or anything to grind it with. The look of those empty shelves look really scary.
Happy Mother's Day Kimmy. Tysm for this video, it's so helpful. I used to buy in bulk every three months. I still do non food items because I don't have room right now in a tiny house. But, I will do once again when I get my new home and have the space to store everything, I really did enjoy having a well stocked pantry. You, Becky and several other ladies have really been an inspiration to me in so many ways from gardening, homesteading, making freezer meals, to buying food in bulk, making bread, making my own seasoning mixes/gravy mixes and the list goes on. Again, ty and God bless you and your family.
All good info Kimmie! I've kept at least a 3 month rotation for 43 years. Only thing I no longer do is meal plan. We don't eat much as seniors and pretty much do leftovers several times a week. But I always have meals in my head and the ingredients available. That way if kids or grandkids stop by and can make larger meals. Nd I have freezer meals to pull from. Fresh items are the toughest. I garden, but things like lettuce and tomatoes for salads aren't cheap.
Thank you for sharing your ideas. I have started a stock up pantry now. You have got me thinking about how our family would survive if there was any kind of emergency or bump in the road. I love the recommendation of storing what your family eats. Although I am not as organized as you are with your inventory sheets, love those too, I am making strides to be prepared! You inspire me to make sure my family will be set, just in case :) Blessings to you and your family!
Hi Ms.Kimmey. l have started building my pantry storage. It's challenging. Food like everywhere else is very expensive here in Belize, Central America.When I feel discouraged, I go to your videos. They help me to focus, develop a plan and give me encouragement. Thanks. God bless you and yours.
Thank you for the positive attitude and reminder that God has us! One thing my sister and I started doing recently is swapping pantry items that our families don’t eat. Sometimes those random things end up in our homes & we never get to it. But someone else can use it!
We had chicken fajitas the other night and had a lot of leftovers. Last night we made sheet pan quesadillas with our leftover fajitas. It was completely delicious and nobody would have known it was leftovers. I still have a lot of Easter ham leftover. I have the ham bone and the leftover meat in vacuum sealed bags in the freezer. We really like to make pinto beans with the ham bone or red beans and rice with cornbread. We use the leftover meat to make ham and scalloped potatoes, a breakfast casserole for a quick few days of breakfasts or a hearty dinner, Hawaiian fried rice which stretches into lunches for work the next few days. Another tip I utilize is leftovers make great lunches for work the next day. We carry leftovers and utilize the microwave in the break room at work. A fast food meal is $10 per person. We save at least $100 a week by skipping lunches out and taking our own plus we don’t waste food which we all know is super expensive right now. On nights we don’t have leftovers we pack a sandwich, a yogurt and a piece of fruit or some cut up veggies. I make homemade hummus and portion them into little individual dip sized Tupperware containers I found at Dollar Tree. I got 10 reusable ones for $1.25 that are also dishwasher safe. I prep the veggies on Sunday afternoon for the week and slice up peppers, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower and store them in sandwich bags to grab and go. Another tip is prep your veggies you need for the week in advance. I feel like for our family at least when things get hectic and they do if we don’t have a solid meal plan with the ingredients already prepped and ready to go we will result to ordering pizza or hitting a drive thru. We try to only go out to eat for date nights, special occasions like birthdays and anniversaries and to celebrate accomplishments like my son getting all A’s on his report card or a promotion, etc. Another idea we’ve been using to save money is since our son is a teenager now and out with friends more on weekends we turn to an at home date night when he stays the night with friends. We find a new recipe we haven’t tried, go to the grocery store together to get an odd ingredients we don’t have on hand if any and we cook it together. It’s a lot cheaper than a typical dinner out at a restaurant and we have a lot of fun, trying a new dish and cooking it together. Sometimes we even learn a new cooking technique or find a recipe we love so much it becomes a family favorite. Our rule is we have to try a recipe we’ve never tried before and wouldn’t normally try to expand our palate.
I have always had a budget for house and groceries and have been able to stock up my pantry by learning to can, dehydrate and freeze. However, I wanted to still not be so dependent on outside sources and the cost. This year, I noticed the huge chunk of money going out the door for body care. Our body wash went up to $8 from just $6 a couple months ago. Our deodorant jumped as well. Etc. This year, I researched and experimented on making our own body wash from a single 4 oz. Bar of soap. I have learned to make my own deodorant, antiperspirant. In the end it has been healthier on my skin than all the other products. I make bodywash for less than a dollar for a little over a half gallon. My deodorant is just pennies as well. If I had a big family this would save me so much money. Even though it is just my husband and I at home now, it still saves us $16 a month! I love it when you said, get uncomfortable, learn new skills. I have been doing that for the past 7 years, since I left teaching. I have learned to garden, preserve and so much more. Knowledge really is power.
I'm a prepper I keep a minimum of 5 years of food at all my locations. So when it comes to food..I'm good. Far as savings go on food use the discount card associated with that supermarket plus use coupons too. Sure the card alone will save you $ but combined with the coupons sometimes you get items for FREE.
Kim, you always provide inspiration but this is the kick I needed. I just purchased 200 lbs of beef from a farmer and that helps so much because beef is so expensive even at Sams and Costco. I'm starting to purchase bone-in chicken thighs and removing the bones and skins myself because I can buy them at Sams for 98 cents a pound. Plus I get the bones to make chicken stock. I'm planning on investing in a canner and start canning my broths and beans - and I planted a garden. This is a time to be steadfast in our faith.
I’m going to try meal planning for the upcoming week. Been married 50 years and I’ve never done this. Hoping it pays off in savings at the grocery store. ❤️
I love the discount on gas at kroger! I paid 3.03 for gas the other day! I wish I could have gotten more! But I was on E! Food storage is essential! Hope everyone is preparing as much as possible! Thank you for the video! Happy Mother's Day 💓
I really enjoyed your videos on Depression Era cooking. I bought both of those cookbooks. My mom was raised during the depression, and she made some dishes that were similar to what you shared. That chocolate cake was delicious and it freezes well too. I am trying to keep things simple in my cooking and baking. I did make bread recently and everyone love it. Scones are good too with a cuppa Yorkshire Gold tea. Thanks for the helpful videos.
Denise from Germany. The things that we can't buy now, or are difficult to buy, are rapeseed oil, sunflower oils and flour. It's weird as, like in USA, shelves empty. Prices of everything has risen but hey what can we do. Thanks, as usual, for your brilliant advice. Bye.
Great tips! Our food budget has stayed mostly the same but I have had to be more creative and very intentional. I shop at several different stores to put together our groceries for the month depending on sales. I have had to pass on items due to price and just make meals from what we have on hand and can afford to buy rather than what sounds good. We also use our freezer and buy discounted meats and a quarter cow. We use meat sparingly and add veggies/beans as fillers plus we eat more eggs now. We expanded our garden size last year as well. Our food storage (built up over the years) has been essential. It's all so exhausting sometimes but we just have to keep plugging along!
Thinking about buying a slow cooker this week and learning to cook with it in order to safe money. It's only my son and I, but when the pandemic started, we bought a freezer, stocked up on rice, noodles, cereal, can goods, and other things. We still stocked up pretty well. I know that can goods and milk power don't go bad. Also rice, noodles and such will last years. The rotation happens by us only in the freezer. We live in New Zealand and the food prices making us dizzy
Highly recommend a slow cooker! They are very affordable, you can find them in thrift stores. I use mine frequently. Also reduces using my oven during the Texas summer ( it’s already super hot now).
Hope you had a great Mother's day Kimmy, I try to stock up when I can we are making food items last longer, We cut our joints of meat in half and manage with them, and we do a lot of freezing food and we are also growing certain items we use more of in the fresh produce. I have to freezers and going to purchase another one. love to all xxx
Hi from the UK, I've been watching your videos for a few years and learnt so much from you. I only have a small space but I've managed to make a small pantry and it's been so helpful. When I see something on a sake I grab a few, it really helps x
Thank you for all your tips and truck I live in scotland uk the food and energy price have shot through the roof. I've started growing a lot of my vegetables. 😊
First thing I want to say is THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Because of you and a couple of others. I now have food storage! Going to go n rewatch some of yours of things to try to buy up each month. I’m going to get your food storage list. I just have a notebook with it wrote in but needs some organizational help! God bless you! Keep the information coming!
Your video was so inspiring and informational that I learned alot. Thanks for putting it out there .it will be hard but we can do it if we try hard thanks and Happy Mother's Day
To help us save money especially in summer where we eat more fruits and salads, we have always had some form of a veggie patch. Most veggies don’t need a huge area to grow, we have grown lettuce / tomatoes / bell peppers / onions and garlic in pots as well as just the bags of potting soil. You can now even buy miniature fruit trees with more than one type on it that grows in pots, personally nothing beats the flavour of homegrown things.
I've been slowly building my stock pile past few months working on the freezer section next. So nice to walk in pantry knowing will be okay for a while.big thanks from my Navajo family.
Hi Kimmy! Happy Mothers Day! Awesome video, very informative, we keep approx 4-6 month supply of food in our food storage and also have 4 freezers, one doesnt count because its in the kitchen to replace the fridges freezer since our fridge is ALL fridge with no freezer, we wanted a large fridge and it was the cheaper option when we were looking. We are currently in the process of extending our kitchen and building a walk-in pantry, we have combined our living room and dining room and taken what was our dining room to extend kitchen and build the rest of the area into our new walk-in pantry .... This last 3-4 weeks have been busy, my MIL is disabled and has dementia, we have been looking after her for the last few years and we can no longer give her the level of care she needs so were in the process of moving her to the nursing home, on the big day of the move we were tired and decided to pick up dinner, we live in a small rural community so only have a DQ and subway and whatever local restaurant to get takeout, we decided to get DQ and spent $52! for burger combo for 3 people, one of the people being 10yrs old, I was floored! apart from the burger combo we got some onion rings and they didnt even have lettuce for the burgers LOL! usually I keep burger pattys and buns, oven fries so usually make our own, I couldnt believe the price hike on very basic takeout meal ..
Thank you for the positivity and being upbeat. This will definitely help others. I have also been doing the food pantry for years. However I have learned new ways from you. Thanks Kimmie. ❤️
Same here! I learned years ago not to store canned item up high (heat) after one “exploded” and had to go to wire shelves and repaint plaster walls. Now I keep paper goods at the top shelf ( wax,foil) and the canned are next to the bottom shelf. Boxed items do alright next shelf up..
I often turn my leftovers into fried rice. You can even use fresh rice by adding a tablespoon or two of mayo to it before cooking. The oil in the mayo keeps it from sticking together. You can't tell there is mayo in it.
Happy Mother's Day Kimmie!! Thanks for being a good example to us all! One of my goals this year was to learn to make bread, and I did it!! Yea me! It wasn't perfect, and a bit more rectangle than square, but tasted good, and we were able to share with a couple of friends.
I was watching the stock market news and they were talking about how Russia and another part of the world can’t quite remember the other area was talking of boycotting certain trades with us. This is causing less crops they were saying and that we can expect to see a shortage on rice, beans, and soybeans this summer. I truly believe this. They were stating that stock prices in those certain areas have plummeted. Places are hurting so bad.!
Oh dear, this isn’t good. I remember some sort of incentive last year for farmers to dispose of excess soybean and other crops that were going bad because there was no where to send it. 🙁
It's a good thing our southern states grow lots of rice. I only buy USA grown rice anyway. I try not to eat or serve soy (it's not good for men) and beans I can grow as can anyone, just grow em in pots if need be.
We spend approx $480/month for our family of 4, and 2 fur babies. That covers everything. Personal, animal, food, etc. We definitely do generic. If you struggle with your grocery budgets, learn to shop cash. We switched to cash early in our marriage. It helped me to learn sales cycles and how to not blindly swipe a card.
you are absolutely amazing with your tips. I have a friend that uses paths to the grocery store where he can coast and he avoids traffic signs and lights to cut down on gas consumption. Hope that helps.
Don't let them tell you it's a truck shortage because it's a lie because my husband and I are over the road drivers and we are hurting because of all the rising prices so believe me she is right. STOCK UP!!
Thank you for confirming what I already suspected - particularly the idea that there is better ROI in a well stocked pantry than in a savings account. I am on a very tight budget, so I meal plan and have been slowly building up my pantry as the COVID wave hit us here in NZ. I'll definitely be checking out some more of your videos and audit spreadsheet and a more orderly approach I think would be super helpful to me. Thanks again for taking the time to provide this info.
Great video! I keep about a 3 month supply on hand. I think the best of these tips is willing to be uncomfortable. We buy very few convenient foods anymore and that has definitely saved us a lot of money. Even with inflation, I'm spending less now then I was 5 years ago when I paid for convenience.
I began to cut down on cleaning detergents,sprays,etc. so I could put that money to food. Watching online hacks, talking to others, I am trying vinegar, baking soda, lemon, etc instead for cleaning. My favorite is Dawn. Stocked up on Dawn when on sale.
I think it’s a good thing to keep a shopping list in your pantry. Once you have a comfortable amount in storage, every time you use a can of green beans, write a can on your shopping list to replace it (do this for any foods you use). That way you can hopefully maintain a full supply.
I’ve gotten back into canning! We plant a small garden & can a lot of staples. I also can meats when I can get them for am awesome price. I’m very fortunate to have family that raises beef cows so my freezers are always stocked up.
Good morning. Hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day. Your videos about creating a stockpile are done with calmness, not fear. You give great tips and strategies without saying we are going to stave to death soon like some are doing here on TH-cam. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with so many people.
I love left overs! It means I don’t have to make lunch and maybe even dinner the next night. Yea it gets a little repetitive, but I enjoy the break from cooking. But how we tackle left overs, momma isn’t cooking until what’s in the fridge has been ate.
I said “Thank goodness” when you said you had a playlist in making bread. I literally am going to have to learn to bake from scratch from scratch 😆 No one ever showed me but it’s always a good time to learn a new skill,especially now.
@@TheOrganizedPineapple Be sure to make Starter Dough for Sourdough bread. All kinds of bread baking is great! Biscuits too! I bought Grandmas Molasses and started buying honey for biscuits.
Happy Mother's Day! Thank you for this. I have been stocking up my kitchen pantry and toiletries for the 5 of us since the pandemic. I feel very disorganized and feel a little panic because of that. Getting organized THIS week!
I do a series called Leftover Makeover where I share ideas I've had. Admittedly some things are hits and some are misses but they are always edible. This past week I made over some stew. I chopped the chunky vegetables into smaller dice, added in some leftover steak from another meal, made a little brown gravy to moisten the whole a bit more...Beef Pot Pie! It was delicious! My family has always loved Roast Beef Hash from leftover pot roast. I even leftover fried chicken, remove the skin and bone and use as 'cooked chicken' in pot pie, broccoli rice casserole, and as a pasta sauce. So many things can be used in ways other than how we see them initially.
I make a stir fry with lots of veggies, a pound of ground beef or chicken and a can or 2 of black beans. I only season it with garlic. I cook rice, or angel hair pasta, or rice noodles. At the table you can season it with soy sauce and other Asian condiments. The next night, at the table, season with salsa and Mexican condiments. The third night, I make a soup with all the leftovers, including the rice or pasta. My family enjoys this very much.
At our house we had a night we called Leftover Extravaganza! It started way back when our children were younger and did not want to eat repeats. I had to find a way to make it work because I do not throw out good food. Now, I pack and freeze leftovers and my husband will defrost and heat a meal from the freezer because he does not like to do any actual cooking just for one person.. He grills but will pass on the cooking. There is no waste and no one goes hungry!😁
Very good and informative video! These are definitely things that I'm continuing to work on and improve all the time. Sometimes my food storage gets overwhelming. I look at what I have and then try to figure out what to make. I need to check over the list of meal that I have and see if I need to remove or add some meals. We don't always have a leftover night of meals, but what I do is figure things I can make that will make leftovers so that we have them to eat during the weeks for lunches to take to work.
Excellent video. I have been working on building my stockpile because of you. The monthly stockpile guide you put out about a year ago was so helpful. It’s is so comforting to be able to go to my pantry when I run out of something. I need to do a better job organizing, but I’m just glad I started.
I love this! You have given great information Kimmy! Don't forget that if people have a Sam's Club membership or even a Walmart+ subscription they can have lots of canned and shelf stable foods shipped right to their house! A great way to compare prices, and have items they need to stock in their food storage brought right to their home! This is one way we stock our pantry with items like condiments, first aid, over the counter meds, canned and dry beans, broth, canned meats, paper goods and more. We really take advantage of this so that we can save on gas and not have to take the time to drive an hour to get to a warehouse club. Definitely worth looking into those memberships that are not that expensive over all when you can save somewhere else.
Ohh, I needed this video!!!! Thank you, Kimmy!!! You actually inspired my hubby to get me a deep freezer with one of your videos. That was my Mother's Day gift! Thank you, so much!!! These videos are so needed, please keep them coming!!!
We just moved into a farm house with 3 acres of land and plan to get into getting chickens and perhaps raise our own beef and pork..( not sure this yr or next for that ) but planning to garden and start stocking up and canning etc.. thank you for your channel ! Love all the information you share and your upbeat personality.. much love
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My 60ct walmart gets went up as well. They were $7.89 they are now $13.89 and we in the city so we can't have chickens 😕 but we will get through it
My eyes 👀 went 😳😳😳 also seeing how much eggs have gone up in price! UNBELIEVABLE! 😱
I did freeze some whole eggs yesterday after watching Ur video!
We aren't able 2 have our own chickens, unfortunately! 🐓😢 Thank U so much 4 all Ur hard work n efforts 2 help others! 👍💞
Blessings 2 U n Ur family! Ur such a huge inspiration! Especially with all the doom n gloom info out there that arrives almost Daily! 😟🥺😩
Thank U 4 reminding Us that "God has Always got Us"! 😇💞
Would you clarify, your egg prices dropped? Ours are rising but when I read your sentence I read from 15.16 to 7.89.
Southeastern Indiana Walmart 60 count eggs 🥚 went down in price from $12.98 to $10.48
In our town we can only get eggs supplied by locals, not name brands. They are going for $5/dozen. Honestly, I like them so much better, usually less than 2 wks old and larger than the graded eggs!
One of my favorite tips is that I buy a large package of ground beef either on sale or at Costco. I come home and fry it all up. (Since I’m making the mess, I might as well get it all out of the way at once!) Once the meat cools, I bag it up in quart size freezer bags and freeze them flat. If the package was 7 pounds, 3 ounces, I just divide the cooked beef into 8 freezer bags. If a recipe calls for a pound of ground beef, we aren’t going to miss it if I’m only adding 14 or 15 ounces. Having this cooked ground beef has saved me from fast food many times. I can take it out of the freezer and dump the frozen meat in a pot with a jar of pasta sauce and have dinner on the table in the time it takes to cook the pasta. I can do the same thing with Sloppy Joe's or tacos.
That's an awesome idea. I will have to try this. Thanks.
Great idea, thanks for sharing....instapot will thaw and heat it quickly!!!
We just canned 10lbs of hamburger yesterday
I do this exact same thing!
This method also saves on cooking fuel and clean up. A year or two ago I started to pre-portion all of our meats, I got the inspiration from Kristen Stepp on What’s for Dinner? here on TH-cam. If I buy a large package of boneless skinless chicken I will cut some (raw) into cubes for stews, pot pies and casseroles, some in strips for fajitas, some into small bits for soups, quesadillas, enchiladas or ála King and freeze in portions. Ground beef gets cooked up and portioned out or made into patties, then frozen raw. Whole pork loins are sliced for boneless chops, cubed for chili verde and frozen in meal sized roasts. Saves time when you get ready to make meals, which is a real blessing!
Morphing leftovers into a completely different meal:
1) Chili can be served over spaghetti or hot dogs, baked with a cornbread mix, or made into Frito Pie
2) Potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes, carrots, celery, etc. left from a slow-cooked roast or chicken dinner can be pureed with milk or broth for a roasted vegetable soup with breadsticks
3) Tonight’s fish and chips is tomorrow’s fish tacos
4) Leftover bits of meat, veggies, and herbs become loaded fried rice with a scrambled egg or two
5) Why bake 4 potatoes when you can bake 12 in the same time - top with shredded meat, BBQ sauce, and cheese one night, chop them up for quick fried potatoes alongside pancakes or eggs, or use them for an instant loaded baked potato soup with milk, cheese, bacon, any leftover veggies, etc.
6) Leftover chicken can become a swanky Italian antipasto salad with some fridge staples: olives, sliced banana peppers, salami/summer sausage, red onion, tomato, cheese and Romaine with a vinaigrette
7) Save the bones and a bit of meat from pork chop night - simmer bones in water with some bouillon, strain, add frozen wontons and the tiny meat chunks for take-out-style wonton soup topped with scallions
8) Pulled pork on rolls one night becomes “Asian taco pizza” the next: a large plain cheese pizza becomes hip with BBQ pork, pineapple, red onion, and cilantro and/or scallions
9) A deluxe pizza to serve many can also be made from 1-2 servings of many meat & veg dinners: enough fajita stuff for someone’s lunch can be an entire pizza’s worth of toppings or break up those last two burger patties for cheeseburger pizza topped with bacon, lettuce, and tomato
10) A big batch of beans can become pinto bean soup, refried beans for huevos rancheros, and bean & cheese burritos
Great ideas!
@Michellestanek, wow those are fantastic ideas. I love the potatoes one. I will have to try that and some can be made into twice baked potatoes as well.
All great ideas! I keep a bag of ‘bits’ in the freezer, that handful of leftover peas, spoonful of leftover corn, and whatever else. When the bag is full, it’s time to make soup. Also save the liquid from canned veggies and freeze for veggie ‘broth’ in soup making. Carrot peels, onion butts, potato peels and such go into another bag along with chicken bones, when bag is full, cook up some broth!
If I have leftover baked potatoes, they can be used up for breakfast, I also try to incorporate meatless meals. We may have baked potato bar and salad, or breakfast for dinner, such as eggs and fried potatoes.
Great tips!
As a divorced mother of 3 sons( now grown)
I learned early on from the women I used to work with about stocking up and getting prepared for the times when my check was short or an unexpected expense came up. I would work an extra job to make ends meet. Even after my kids grew up I continued to get prepared for unexpected circumstances.
When the pandemic hit I had most everything I needed for a couple of weeks so I didn't have to rush out for toilet paper or anything else.
Thankfully my kids were prepared too!
We would just sit back and watch the rest of the world forging for their needs. It was a scary feeling but also a relief to know that our preparedness paid off! It was a blessing and a lesson learned!! I'm always looking for new ideas and appreciate learning from others!
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Ramona Earnest, I order my toilet paper from Walmart and stock up for a least 2 years. Can't be without that. You?
I got a bonus at work this week and did just that...stocked up. We went to Aldi and got so much more for our money. I feel less anxious knowing I have extra on hand now.
Luckily Aldi prices for most things at my Aldi haven't gone up significantly like my Walmart. I can still get cereal at $1.56 a box.
Smart
Single and retired...I still cook large batches of soups, stews and spaghetti sauce. I add more veggies and use less meat. I freeze in one portion sizes. Saves
time, money and electricity.
That is what is mostly in my upright freezer. Cooked meals. I'm preparing for foot surgery in June. I won't have to cook a meal for months. I only need to put ingredients in the bread machine and push a button.
@@madelinehall8944 So smart!🤗
Oh Kimmy I know how hard it is these days. My boyfriend and I are racking our brains on where to cut corners. If I find a great price on something I stock up! What else can you do! Hot dogs and baked beans have become a twice a week meal. I’m 64 years old and have never seen anything like this before. Like you said it’s in Gods hands. He’ll get us through this. God bless! ❤️🙏
Amen and HALLELUJAH. Trust in Our Lord always. Acknowledge Jesus in all things and He shall thy way..
Kimmy thanks for being the mom I needed 😭
I've lived away from all of my family and friends with 2 small babies for 5 years and I am a young married mama and you have helped me navigate for as long as I can remember! We hit a rough patch from November to the beginning of May and implementing a lot of what you teach and the grace of God we've made I through so far! Definitely not comfortable but so thankful!
Thank you for this video. I'm a senior of one. I have an upright freezer and have been building my pantry for a couple of years. I'm on a very fixed income but I am managing to stock up some things in my 630 square foot apt. You have been a great help. Thanks again. God Bless
What is a "senior of one"???
@@joannathesinger770 senior citizen living alone would be my guess. 🙂
@@melaniegraham1413 That may be, but wondering why she said it that way. It could be that she's a senior in high school or college.
I turn 65 in a couple of days, and I'm single...but I would never refer to myself as a "senior of one". It's a very awkward phrase.
@@joannathesinger770 happy early birthday!
@@melaniegraham1413 I am a senior living alone. I feel the video was very informative don't you?
I stock pile and I'm 64 yrs old and started doing it when I was in my early 20s. Its the only way I've ever know todo. Being a single mother stock piling has definitely helped me and my children a lot. I also stock pile on house hold and personal items. I am also learning how to do gardening and canning.
I had a 20x25 garden years ago.
I cannot dig now so I have started pot containers with bags of good pot soil . I have blooms for attracting birds, bees and 🦋, but on my deck where the sun is very good, I have 4 veggies pots I am babying to see if I can add more next season . 🍅 🍅🍅🫑🫑🫑
@@anitaparker9715 that's what I have to do is container gardening.
Yours garden sound wonderful 😊
I'm so proud of you for bringing more light to this subject. People need to wake up and realize that things are not going to be back to "normal". These are different times and it's not going to get any better. The more we mentally and financially prepare, the better off we will be when things can/will get much worse. Please do more videos like this and how to cook on a budget with minimal options. We need to get into a different way of thinking!
Hey fun fact: did you know that you can use cooked northern beans as a substitute for butter in baking recipes? Yes, I've done that and one can't tell the difference! Not only is it cheaper but healthier too! Stock up on those beans people!
I will try the bean tip! Thank you!
That's really interesting about the beans thank you so much for sharing that!
Great tip on the beans! Will be trying this soon.
Great tip - northern beans for butter. I've never heard that but am doing more research. Thank you!
So many great ideas. I live in Houston and we are starting to see some shortage. Good thing we love pinto beans, fried potatoes and cornbread lol. One thing I have started doing with leftover veggies is I put them in a freezer bag marked “veggies for soup”. I keep adding veggies to the bag. When it is full, I make our favorite veggie soup.
I always have a food storage. My husband's an owner/operator truck driver so every week he gets paid a different amount so I have to budget and buy when on sale. I have enough food for 3 months plus. We have chickens and a rooster so we can get chick's for future eggs. We only have 5 hens but they produce 4 to 6 eggs a day.
Good for you Cassandra.
Awesome!
At 100% production 5 hens would produce 5 eggs per day, not 6.
@@SueBHoney-cq8co Maybe one of the hens leads a double life?😁
You get 👍. 👍 from me. GBY from Jill 🇨🇦
Kimmy, you make me so happy as a fellow high-functioning ADHD/Anxiety ridden adult (diagnosed as a child) working as a registered nurse , I just love watching your videos. You work through your anxiety and use your high-functioning ADHD to your advantage and that is such a gift. Channelling our excess energy and over working brains into something practical is so empowering. You make me feel less different for accidentally having a chemical imbalance in my brain. Lots of love from Sydney, Australia - Edwina xx
Ooo! Hey ADHD buddies! :D
I’m in the club too!
Me too!!!
Me. Fetal Alcohol spectrum. Diagnosed in my 60's. Born in 1945 by 2 crawling drunks. Could not learn, so I cheated. And did book reports for extra credit.
@@jeannemurray276 power to you strong woman
I need to buy a second freezer. It’s been on my spirit to do so for over a month.
The things I’m doing to save:
* save my veggie scraps and make veggie broth out of them when my freezer bag gets full
* I have a plan to learn to can. I’ve already bought my supplies
* I’m planting potatoes in to fall in buckets. I missed the spring plant but I’m not missing the fall
* I shop my shelves! I took that advice from you years ago and it’s saved me a ton
Living in the Netherlands 🇳🇱, our eating and grocery culture is a bit different. But the saving tips are the same: do mealplanning, buy in season, go for deals on things you really use. Use websites to find recepies that incorperate the sale or seasonal items. And because we are the two of us, we know our measurments exactly: how many grams of pasta or rice, meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. per meal. Allmost all of our meals we have zero leftover or waste. I alter recepies to do so.
Leftovers.....I consider those the gems of the kitchen! I also feel Blessed to have them! If you have enough food that you get to eat it again, you really have been truly Blessed!!! Changing your mindset changes everything! Have a beautiful day!
I’m so glad you included reducing how often you eat out as a way to cut costs. It’s shocking how much it is for just my husband and I to eat out! I take my lunch to work 99% of the time. Huge savings!
Yes, prices have gone up significantly. I used to get an egg wrap sometimes at Panera bread and it was around $4. Now it's around $7. I don't eat out much but I definitely am not going to buy an egg wrap for $7 🤣
@@TheOrganizedPineapple You are absolutely right! Food cost a Panera has almost doubled where we are too!! I'm not impressed with food nor service the last time we were there. Making food at home is so much fun and enjoyable and the food is good for you!!! You know what you are putting into your body and don't feel miserable and tried after eating out!
@@amypletcher4411 yes, I was completely shocked by the prices and yes you are right the service level has gone way down. Hope you will come visit my channel! TTYL!
We usually reserve going out for a meal for things I don’t feel expert at preparing, such as certain Chinese food, sushi/hibachi meals, etc. I refuse to pay the Five Guys prices for burgers and fries that are easy to make at home, and better!
We prefer evaporated milk as a sub for dairy milk. A large can of evaporated milk should be watered down (fill the can with water again and add). We find this lasts a good long time in the fridge and it’s perfectly nice on cereal, in coffee, for baking and cooking with. And of course canned foods last so long.
I have been following for a few years, but recently you’ve been my favorite breath of fresh air. I’m a SAHM/homeschooler of three very little kiddos, and you have become such great company for me on down times.
Thank you for all the hard work (you keep the BEST track of price comparisons! So impressive)
Sincerely,
Sheila
I used to watch her at the beginning when she first started, kinda forgot about her and I know she took some time off, understandably. Was really happy she's back and better than ever too!
Great video, we are a retired couple, I'm stockpiling as I can each week. With ground beef, I now add a tin of brown lentils to one third, I get three meals from one packet of it now. Keep up these great encouraging videos. Diana
Save all scraps. Potato skin soup. Chilli. Banana skins blended with water for your garden. Make your bread. Veggie scraps for veggie broth. If your veggies look like they're on their way out then dehydrate them. Apple skins for apple jelly. Orange skins for marmalade or peel candy. So many ideas. Meatless Mondays. Thank you
With a lot of shortages rumored (gas, fertilizer, aluminum, etc) to be coming I think it will get bumpy, especially if we aren't preparing. I really think now is the time to learn to grow and preserve your food. Most people don't realize that it takes months to grow vegetables in the garden and years for fruit trees to be able to grow fruit.
We have a 1 year food pantry. Years ago I learned different ways to preserve foods. This past year I have been learning to turn my brown thumb to a green thumb. Over the last year I have been learning how to grow vegetables from seed and kitchen scraps (using vegetable cuttings). It definitely is a skill. My next skill to learn is how to make organic fertilizer using compost. :)
Gas powers a lot of things including farming equipment, trucks hauling food to distribute, etc. Fertilizers the way we currently use them will be scarce, so we should learn how to make organic fertilizers using composting. Aluminum is used for a lot including making cans for canned food. I think that could change down the line to be another material. Those are just some of my thoughts on it.
We compost and it is easy. We started in plastic tubs. This is an easy way to begin. We didn't drill holes in them. We use the lids. Potato skins, veggie and fruit peelings, some coffee grounds, tea bags, eggshells (washed out) and leaves (save several trash cans full in fall). Turn weekly. It takes about a year. We sift it. We just got a turnable composter and it is so much easier. Plastic tubs helps you see what is happening as you turn it though. We do not water ours, because the peelings are the nitrogen(wet stuff). The leaves are the carbon. It takes practice, but like gardening, it is fun to learn about and be self sufficient. Good luck with it. Really changes the soil and helps the plants.
Elie, some organic fertilizer can be made with frequently used, inexpensive and waste items. I use chopped banana peels, crushed & dried egg shells, used coffee grounds, human hair clippings and epsom salt at planting time for tomatoes and peppers. 1 tbsp of each to each planting hole.
I found it useful to journal each plants required nutrients and Google searches to find organic fertilizer.
The least expensive purchased fertilizer is fish emulsion. I make a cold compost pile, less active work by turning once a month. This way takes quite a bit longer to break down, several months up to a year.
My thoughts are just doing a little bit piled up pays me back later in rich organic matter. I hope these ideas help. God bless!
@@brg2743 Thanks for the advice! I have been eyeing down a turnable composter. I think I might just go ahead and purchase it.
@@justpatty7328 Thanks for the ideas! I had not thought of researching particular plants nutrient needs or keeping a journal on it.
I stumbled onto growing onions in a pot. Now I have watched what you wrote about and tried the root of onion in a jar of water. It flipped sideways and the small was awful. Needed a smaller necked jar. 🧅
I love throwing leftovers on a Pizza! 1. its fun to have a pizza night 2. it really stretches leftovers when there is not enough for everyone 3. you can use any sauce and cheese, not just classic pizza, and restaurants are even getting creative with their toppings now.
I'm in Australia 🇦🇺 But what I've done is created master lists online at each grocery store of things we buy each week, things we buy as treats and things that are the cheapest option if we had to shop cheap to survive. The bonus of having master lists is that you can filter/sort your list to show things on sale first or sort from lowest to highest price or lowest to highest price according to weight. I will then shop the catalogues and the online only specials before I browse anything else.
Thank you for your videos! Many times I will cook pinto beans in the crockpot and a pot of rice for bean burritos. Then, later in the week, I use the extra rice to make fried rice and the extra beans to make chili. Happy Mother's Day!!
One of my Mother’s Day gift has been for the past years a large up right freezer GE over a $1,00.00 each … now I have four of them!
They have been placed in our garage carefully organized and they have been a blessing for my husband and I as we bless our dear family and those God sends us . It’s a good way to find organic foods for less and your videos lessons inspire me to encourage others as a way of life with peace and not panic 💝
I hope you have a good backup generator just in case you lose power. If not, you might want to get yourselves one. It would be awful to lose all that you have worked so hard to store.
My boyfriend has 2 chest, one standup freezer in the garage. Two full size fridges in the main house, one outside his man cave. And plenty of generators.
My biggest tip right now is to find pallet stores! We have several in our town. Typically they have deals for each day! My favorite is on Mondays everything marked $5 and under is $1!! I’ve stocked up on a lot of things! The best is pads and tampons! Being a teen mom, it’s really helpful
That sounds interesting. I've never heard of a pallet store. Would I search for pallet store or is there any other search term? TIA
How do you find these types of stores?
Aldi is a pallet store. I’m not sure about any others in the US.
@@samanthakwait8782 Oh wow, Aldi here is a grocery store.
I love the positive attitude of your videos. I had lumber delivered this week for building more shelves because I'm out of space (plenty of space in the basement, just out of shelving). Feeder pigs are growing nicely, another batch of laying hens are about ready to lay. I live where I'm still able to buy eggs at roadside stands. Most here only charge $2 but I've been leaving extra in the jar because I know how expensive feed has gotten. It's only me at my farm but my son's family is close. They call my house Grandma's Grocery. I'm wrestling with getting another freezer. I bought a 27cf and have 2 refrigerator freezers but thankfully they're all full. My hesitation is the fact that I don't have a generator.
Keep up the positive outlook Girl. You've taught this old woman some things. 😋
Get the generator instead of another freezer
Wow! Lots of good work ! Keep on keeping on!
My grandparents were born in the 1800s. My father was one of the youngest (born in 1924) and he was 42 when I was born. I learned a lot from them. Here are some tips I learned and pass on without going into every individual thing. The number one thing to do is learn! Research, reach out to others and especially the elderly. You will get some great stories, learn some history, and importantly, they have a ton of knowledge to teach. Keep it all written down, printed out, or buy the books that would be to your benefit! Second thing would be to gather everything you need! Not just foods, but think about clothes (learn to sew) and medicines. Also learn herbal remedies, and grow what you can. Raise animals if you can and get good with people who have the resources you need (like farmers). Thirdly, not only preserve and store everything, but practice using the items! Lastly, always tell yourself you CAN! Take can’t out of your vocabulary and only use the word CAN…. Because everybody CAN. And we can help others who struggle. Keep faith in God and do your due diligence! Thank you for the wonderful video! Keep it up.. you have no idea how many lives depend n your knowledge!
Love from just a farm girl. Xx
This may be the most important video you have ever made. And you are getting really good doing it too. I am so with you. Your tips and your cooking ahead meals are so helpful. You are such a valuable source of information ( and fun) and mentoring for young homemakers just getting started. If I was your momma I would be so proud of you. Especially because your beauty comes from the love of God that burns so brighty in your heart. We are now great grandparents and when my apron goes on, my husband knows what that means. We got work to do. Thank you.
We use what is left for lunches. If there is more, we freeze it for later, eat it the next day, or reinvent a new meal for the next day. We try not to cook too much so there isn't leftovers though. We are all going to get really good at saving in any way that we can with this going on. When this supply chain stuff is over, we will know how to save a lot of money. We bought a canner and some jars too. Anything on pressure canning info is helpful. Did it years ago, but will be doing it again this year. Thanks for the video!
Happy Mother's Day! Thankfully, due to your videos we now have a stock to last us 1 month. Hoping to build this to three months :) Thanks for the great videos and advice xx
This is very effective. I have done it and my husband loves how I made sure our pantry products is circulating. That he doesn’t need to bother to go the store. I only have one month because we don’t have room but until we buy a home definitely going to expand it for a year. Thank you for the wonderful advice. I can’t wait for your next video.
Thank you for being so calm and encouraging during this time. And yes I believe it will get worse before it gets better. Sitting her trying to figure out how or rather where I can add a second upright freezer in my home. Space is at a premium with the addition of 4 grandchildren whom I have permanent custody of. We have shuffled things around and purged a lot. I am still shuffling. Sitting here watching you and trying to figure it all out. Happy Mother’s Day!
I got a 2nd freezer and put it on my back porch which is covered and screened in. I am deciding on what stuff I can live without and tossing or donating. I want to use the built-in shelves in the dining area as an extension to my pantry.
Saturday I usually go through and tidy the refrigerator and pull out produce and start planning from there. Maybe chop and freeze or plan snacks and meals around what needs used up. Sunday I usually cook up a few meals extra for the week. My husband works second shift, my daughter works 3 12’s sometimes more. I work 5 days a week and have to pick up my grandson by 530 so I don’t have time to do a lot of cooking during the week. I will if we need Tobit we mostly pack what I’ve already cooked.
Sometimes breakfast for dinner is a cheaper option, veggie stir fry or veggie soup to use up dibs and dabs. I purchased an organic chicken at Aldi last week boiled it with my veggie scraps I keep in the freezer, deboned, made 3 quarts chicken broth, 2 quarts bone broth. Made BBQ chicken (shredded), penne chicken ranch casserole ( left off the bacon! ). It was still good and chicken enchiladas. I had a bag of yellow rice from a dinner that was in the freezer so I mixed that with the chicken. Added frozen chopped jalapeños and red peppers that were frozen from last years garden since I didn’t have green Chili’s. Used up some sour cream, mascarpone cheese and other odds and end cheeses in it. Another inexpensive meal is to cook up some ground sausage and the add to the pan a small head of chopped or shredded cabbage and a little onion. Cook until tender and serve as is or over egg noodles. Filling and cheap.
You were definitely on point about subway. I haven't had one in 3 months. My husband bought one for lunch for us. The bread was much smaller than usual & the meat was paper thin. I was so mad. I told my husband, We could have bought these items and made it ourselves. Exactly what you said about making convenience foods.
I love how you are so calm during all of this. You provide great information. One thing I wanted to add was gardening. Gardening can be very overwhelming. But I am disabled and I vegetable garden. I use 5 gallon buckets to grow tomatoes in. I’ve grown green beans in them, beets, radishes growing in them. They are cheap and a bag of dirt will fill up one container and you can start small. It can be overwhelming but it can be done. Also, things that you would typically throw out like the radish greens. Or turnip greens. Those can be used as well. Beet greens. We often throw away perfectly good food. We just have to find creative ways to use them. But often times the whole plant is edible. Especially with root plants.
I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for all the info.
Thanks Kim, I have learned so much. The way you instruct simply and honestly, is well done. Watch the ounces, watch the price point , check the weekly papers or apps, buy a little extra each week. I have built up a small storage, nothing like yours, but i really watch when running low on things I always use.. love your great smile too!
And keep rotating, keep checking the expiration dates as well as the condition of the items stored. I've thought items were ok only to find bulging cans that I just bought or ants had gotten into something.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. I have been stressed with money and rising prices lately. I have to filter what I watch so it doesn't add to my anxiety. Your videos are so helpful and you are so calm.!! Thank you again!!!!
First of all I'd like to wish I happy Mother's Day to you and to all the moms out there! I am a dog mom but I'll take a Happy Mother's Day too. This is a great video. I am a one-person household with three small dogs that I support. I am 60 years old and disabled from a stroke 7.5 years ago. I'm fortunate that my house is paid for and I live in the midwest where the cost of living is lower than it is in some parts of the US. I have long been incorporating some of these ideas and I am looking to expand upon that as food shortages and inflation have come upon us. I was a child of the 1970's so I remember gas lines and high inflation. I have a small upright freezer now after having previously inheriting my mom's old chest freezer almost 20 years ago. As I said it is very small but I think it is adequate for what I need to stockpile. I have always bought extra butter and bread as well as frozen fruit and vegetables and kept it in my freezer. I used to buy a lot more proteins but with prices being so high I haven't been buying as much. Also last summer I lost power for 3.5 days so I completely had to throw away everything in my refrigerator and freezer and start fresh so I had not completely replenished from those losses. I really appreciated your video the other day about things you can freeze. I was unaware that you could freeze eggs and that's a game changer for me because I am terrible at buying a dozen eggs and then not using them up before I think they may go bad. So I'm going to start doing that as I have plenty of muffin tins that I can use and a food saver so that I can freeze them. I also belong to Sam's Club and I shop there for quite a few items but I always watch the prices. I no longer drive and it is difficult physically for me to get out and grocery shop so I rely on a Walmart W+ membership to get my regular groceries delivered. I had been using a regional grocery store chain but their prices are some of the highest around here and after a free trial on Instacart as well as using my local Kroger stores for delivery I ended up going W+. It was a little hard to put out the $98 but I ended up getting a bonus time with that so I got 18 months of membership and that is unlimited free delivery from the store so I think overall that's not too bad of a deal for my situation. In my area Walmart tends to have some of the lowest prices. Unfortunately Aldi is only available for delivery through Instacart and unfortunately Instacart's pricing model makes it too expensive to shop at Aldi. Right now I grocery shop every 2 to 3 weeks with an intermediate pickup of a gallon of milk. I'm working on getting a decent stockpile of some things built up but I'm frankly having a little bit of a problem finding some things. You are so right about keeping track of prices. Some things that I buy at Sam's have been going up and down just crazily lately. It'll be one price one week and you look two days later and it's up $5 or down $2. I'm not sure if it's an issue that they are watching what Costco's prices are and trying to constantly out price them and vice versa. As I said I belong to Sam's Club but my next door neighbor, who's also single belongs to Costco so we share the memberships between us. She basically goes to each of the clubs about once a month so we can each take advantage of sales as well as products that one club carries that the other doesn't. I really appreciate your advice about not panicking and also that if someone is having difficulty please reach out as there are resources available even in the smallest communities. You should not have to go hungry.
I have to say Kimmie you taught me to have a food storage and it has helped my family especially during the height of the pandemic. You are always willing to share and help other and my food storage has allowed me to do it.
Thank you for your calm and centered approach to this. So many influences are using panic as a selling point. I love your ideas!
Happy Mother's day!! Thanks to you I have a successful working pantry which I also inventory. You taught me what foods I can freeze, which has saved me tons of money! No more wasting food! God bless you and your family!
Great tips.
I especially agree on storing what you will actually eat.
Over the years I’ve seen many people store wheat but then they realise that they’re either allergic to it or don’t have a clue of how to cook it, or anything to grind it with.
The look of those empty shelves look really scary.
Happy Mother's Day Kimmy. Tysm for this video, it's so helpful. I used to buy in bulk every three months. I still do non food items because I don't have room right now in a tiny house. But, I will do once again when I get my new home and have the space to store everything, I really did enjoy having a well stocked pantry. You, Becky and several other ladies have really been an inspiration to me in so many ways from gardening, homesteading, making freezer meals, to buying food in bulk, making bread, making my own seasoning mixes/gravy mixes and the list goes on. Again, ty and God bless you and your family.
All good info Kimmie! I've kept at least a 3 month rotation for 43 years. Only thing I no longer do is meal plan. We don't eat much as seniors and pretty much do leftovers several times a week. But I always have meals in my head and the ingredients available. That way if kids or grandkids stop by and can make larger meals. Nd I have freezer meals to pull from. Fresh items are the toughest. I garden, but things like lettuce and tomatoes for salads aren't cheap.
Thank you for sharing your ideas. I have started a stock up pantry now. You have got me thinking about how our family would survive if there was any kind of emergency or bump in the road. I love the recommendation of storing what your family eats. Although I am not as organized as you are with your inventory sheets, love those too, I am making strides to be prepared! You inspire me to make sure my family will be set, just in case :) Blessings to you and your family!
Hi Ms.Kimmey. l have started building my pantry storage. It's challenging. Food like everywhere else is very expensive here in Belize, Central America.When I feel discouraged, I go to your videos. They help me to focus, develop a plan and give me encouragement. Thanks. God bless you and yours.
Thank you for the positive attitude and reminder that God has us! One thing my sister and I started doing recently is swapping pantry items that our families don’t eat. Sometimes those random things end up in our homes & we never get to it. But someone else can use it!
We had chicken fajitas the other night and had a lot of leftovers. Last night we made sheet pan quesadillas with our leftover fajitas. It was completely delicious and nobody would have known it was leftovers.
I still have a lot of Easter ham leftover. I have the ham bone and the leftover meat in vacuum sealed bags in the freezer. We really like to make pinto beans with the ham bone or red beans and rice with cornbread. We use the leftover meat to make ham and scalloped potatoes, a breakfast casserole for a quick few days of breakfasts or a hearty dinner, Hawaiian fried rice which stretches into lunches for work the next few days.
Another tip I utilize is leftovers make great lunches for work the next day. We carry leftovers and utilize the microwave in the break room at work. A fast food meal is $10 per person. We save at least $100 a week by skipping lunches out and taking our own plus we don’t waste food which we all know is super expensive right now. On nights we don’t have leftovers we pack a sandwich, a yogurt and a piece of fruit or some cut up veggies. I make homemade hummus and portion them into little individual dip sized Tupperware containers I found at Dollar Tree. I got 10 reusable ones for $1.25 that are also dishwasher safe. I prep the veggies on Sunday afternoon for the week and slice up peppers, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower and store them in sandwich bags to grab and go.
Another tip is prep your veggies you need for the week in advance. I feel like for our family at least when things get hectic and they do if we don’t have a solid meal plan with the ingredients already prepped and ready to go we will result to ordering pizza or hitting a drive thru. We try to only go out to eat for date nights, special occasions like birthdays and anniversaries and to celebrate accomplishments like my son getting all A’s on his report card or a promotion, etc.
Another idea we’ve been using to save money is since our son is a teenager now and out with friends more on weekends we turn to an at home date night when he stays the night with friends. We find a new recipe we haven’t tried, go to the grocery store together to get an odd ingredients we don’t have on hand if any and we cook it together. It’s a lot cheaper than a typical dinner out at a restaurant and we have a lot of fun, trying a new dish and cooking it together. Sometimes we even learn a new cooking technique or find a recipe we love so much it becomes a family favorite. Our rule is we have to try a recipe we’ve never tried before and wouldn’t normally try to expand our palate.
I have always had a budget for house and groceries and have been able to stock up my pantry by learning to can, dehydrate and freeze. However, I wanted to still not be so dependent on outside sources and the cost. This year, I noticed the huge chunk of money going out the door for body care. Our body wash went up to $8 from just $6 a couple months ago. Our deodorant jumped as well. Etc. This year, I researched and experimented on making our own body wash from a single 4 oz. Bar of soap. I have learned to make my own deodorant, antiperspirant. In the end it has been healthier on my skin than all the other products. I make bodywash for less than a dollar for a little over a half gallon. My deodorant is just pennies as well. If I had a big family this would save me so much money. Even though it is just my husband and I at home now, it still saves us $16 a month! I love it when you said, get uncomfortable, learn new skills. I have been doing that for the past 7 years, since I left teaching. I have learned to garden, preserve and so much more. Knowledge really is power.
I'm a prepper I keep a minimum of 5 years of food at all my locations. So when it comes to food..I'm good. Far as savings go on food use the discount card associated with that supermarket plus use coupons too. Sure the card alone will save you $ but combined with the coupons sometimes you get items for FREE.
Kim, you always provide inspiration but this is the kick I needed. I just purchased 200 lbs of beef from a farmer and that helps so much because beef is so expensive even at Sams and Costco. I'm starting to purchase bone-in chicken thighs and removing the bones and skins myself because I can buy them at Sams for 98 cents a pound. Plus I get the bones to make chicken stock. I'm planning on investing in a canner and start canning my broths and beans - and I planted a garden. This is a time to be steadfast in our faith.
I love your videos. You present this info (that can be so overwhelming) in a not-overwhelming way. I really appreciate it. ♡
I’m going to try meal planning for the upcoming week. Been married 50 years and I’ve never done this. Hoping it pays off in savings at the grocery store. ❤️
I love the discount on gas at kroger! I paid 3.03 for gas the other day! I wish I could have gotten more! But I was on E!
Food storage is essential! Hope everyone is preparing as much as possible!
Thank you for the video!
Happy Mother's Day 💓
I really enjoyed your videos on Depression Era cooking. I bought both of those cookbooks. My mom was raised during the depression, and she made some dishes that were similar to what you shared. That chocolate cake was delicious and it freezes well too. I am trying to keep things simple in my cooking and baking. I did make bread recently and everyone love it. Scones are good too with a cuppa Yorkshire Gold tea. Thanks for the helpful videos.
Good Morning family and Happy Sunday and Happy Mother's Day to all 💕💕🌼🌼💗💗🌷🌷🌹🌹🌸🌸🌺🌺👑👑👑👑
Sharing is caring! Thank you so much for all the help! God bless and Happy Mother’s Day!
Denise from Germany. The things that we can't buy now, or are difficult to buy, are rapeseed oil, sunflower oils and flour. It's weird as, like in USA, shelves empty. Prices of everything has risen but hey what can we do. Thanks, as usual, for your brilliant advice. Bye.
Great tips! Our food budget has stayed mostly the same but I have had to be more creative and very intentional. I shop at several different stores to put together our groceries for the month depending on sales. I have had to pass on items due to price and just make meals from what we have on hand and can afford to buy rather than what sounds good. We also use our freezer and buy discounted meats and a quarter cow. We use meat sparingly and add veggies/beans as fillers plus we eat more eggs now. We expanded our garden size last year as well. Our food storage (built up over the years) has been essential. It's all so exhausting sometimes but we just have to keep plugging along!
You are very calming about this precarious time. Thank you
Thinking about buying a slow cooker this week and learning to cook with it in order to safe money. It's only my son and I, but when the pandemic started, we bought a freezer, stocked up on rice, noodles, cereal, can goods, and other things. We still stocked up pretty well. I know that can goods and milk power don't go bad. Also rice, noodles and such will last years. The rotation happens by us only in the freezer. We live in New Zealand and the food prices making us dizzy
Instapots can be slow cookers or quick cooking. Worth every penny to us.
Highly recommend a slow cooker! They are very affordable, you can find them in thrift stores. I use mine frequently. Also reduces using my oven during the Texas summer ( it’s already super hot now).
Hope you had a great Mother's day Kimmy, I try to stock up when I can we are making food items last longer, We cut our joints of meat in half and manage with them, and we do a lot of freezing food and we are also growing certain items we use more of in the fresh produce. I have to freezers and going to purchase another one. love to all xxx
Hi from the UK, I've been watching your videos for a few years and learnt so much from you. I only have a small space but I've managed to make a small pantry and it's been so helpful. When I see something on a sake I grab a few, it really helps x
grab your vegtables and fruits from a u pick it farm it will save you lots
Girl. This video is done SO well and is so timely. Love it 😍
Thank you Mandy
Happy mother's day! Thank you for sharing all your great ideas and how to implement for me how to start doing things a better way 😀
Thank you for all your tips and truck I live in scotland uk the food and energy price have shot through the roof. I've started growing a lot of my vegetables. 😊
First thing I want to say is THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Because of you and a couple of others.
I now have food storage! Going to go n rewatch some of yours of things to try to buy up each month. I’m going to get your food storage list. I just have a notebook with it wrote in but needs some organizational help!
God bless you!
Keep the information coming!
Your video was so inspiring and informational that I learned alot. Thanks for putting it out there .it will be hard but we can do it if we try hard thanks and Happy Mother's Day
To help us save money especially in summer where we eat more fruits and salads, we have always had some form of a veggie patch. Most veggies don’t need a huge area to grow, we have grown lettuce / tomatoes / bell peppers / onions and garlic in pots as well as just the bags of potting soil.
You can now even buy miniature fruit trees with more than one type on it that grows in pots, personally nothing beats the flavour of homegrown things.
I've been slowly building my stock pile past few months working on the freezer section next. So nice to walk in pantry knowing will be okay for a while.big thanks from my Navajo family.
Hi Kimmy! Happy Mothers Day! Awesome video, very informative, we keep approx 4-6 month supply of food in our food storage and also have 4 freezers, one doesnt count because its in the kitchen to replace the fridges freezer since our fridge is ALL fridge with no freezer, we wanted a large fridge and it was the cheaper option when we were looking. We are currently in the process of extending our kitchen and building a walk-in pantry, we have combined our living room and dining room and taken what was our dining room to extend kitchen and build the rest of the area into our new walk-in pantry .... This last 3-4 weeks have been busy, my MIL is disabled and has dementia, we have been looking after her for the last few years and we can no longer give her the level of care she needs so were in the process of moving her to the nursing home, on the big day of the move we were tired and decided to pick up dinner, we live in a small rural community so only have a DQ and subway and whatever local restaurant to get takeout, we decided to get DQ and spent $52! for burger combo for 3 people, one of the people being 10yrs old, I was floored! apart from the burger combo we got some onion rings and they didnt even have lettuce for the burgers LOL! usually I keep burger pattys and buns, oven fries so usually make our own, I couldnt believe the price hike on very basic takeout meal ..
Thank you for the positivity and being upbeat. This will definitely help others. I have also been doing the food pantry for years. However I have learned new ways from you. Thanks Kimmie. ❤️
Same here! I learned years ago not to store canned item up high (heat) after one “exploded” and had to go to wire shelves and repaint plaster walls.
Now I keep paper goods at the top shelf ( wax,foil) and the canned are next to the bottom shelf. Boxed items do alright next shelf up..
Wire shelves help with ventilation. The wooden shelves were raw pine from 1959.
I love your simple out look on everything happening! It really is just a few things to change how simple preparing for the future can be🤗
I often turn my leftovers into fried rice. You can even use fresh rice by adding a tablespoon or two of mayo to it before cooking. The oil in the mayo keeps it from sticking together. You can't tell there is mayo in it.
You can add butter in the rice it'll taste so much better.
@@JustTheilogsAdventures Yakimeshi with kewpie. The oil in the mayo has a higher smoke point than butter. You can cook the rice at a higher temp.
Happy Mother's Day Kimmie!! Thanks for being a good example to us all! One of my goals this year was to learn to make bread, and I did it!! Yea me! It wasn't perfect, and a bit more rectangle than square, but tasted good, and we were able to share with a couple of friends.
I was watching the stock market news and they were talking about how Russia and another part of the world can’t quite remember the other area was talking of boycotting certain trades with us. This is causing less crops they were saying and that we can expect to see a shortage on rice, beans, and soybeans this summer. I truly believe this. They were stating that stock prices in those certain areas have plummeted. Places are hurting so bad.!
Oh dear, this isn’t good. I remember some sort of incentive last year for farmers to dispose of excess soybean and other crops that were going bad because there was no where to send it. 🙁
It's a good thing our southern states grow lots of rice. I only buy USA grown rice anyway. I try not to eat or serve soy (it's not good for men) and beans I can grow as can anyone, just grow em in pots if need be.
We spend approx $480/month for our family of 4, and 2 fur babies. That covers everything. Personal, animal, food, etc. We definitely do generic. If you struggle with your grocery budgets, learn to shop cash. We switched to cash early in our marriage. It helped me to learn sales cycles and how to not blindly swipe a card.
you are absolutely amazing with your tips. I have a friend that uses paths to the grocery store where he can coast and he avoids traffic signs and lights to cut down on gas consumption. Hope that helps.
Don't let them tell you it's a truck shortage because it's a lie because my husband and I are over the road drivers and we are hurting because of all the rising prices so believe me she is right. STOCK UP!!
Thank you for confirming what I already suspected - particularly the idea that there is better ROI in a well stocked pantry than in a savings account. I am on a very tight budget, so I meal plan and have been slowly building up my pantry as the COVID wave hit us here in NZ. I'll definitely be checking out some more of your videos and audit spreadsheet and a more orderly approach I think would be super helpful to me. Thanks again for taking the time to provide this info.
Great video! I keep about a 3 month supply on hand. I think the best of these tips is willing to be uncomfortable. We buy very few convenient foods anymore and that has definitely saved us a lot of money. Even with inflation, I'm spending less now then I was 5 years ago when I paid for convenience.
Agree completely with this comment.
I began to cut down on cleaning detergents,sprays,etc. so I could put that money to food.
Watching online hacks, talking to others, I am trying vinegar, baking soda, lemon, etc instead for cleaning. My favorite is Dawn. Stocked up on Dawn when on sale.
Happy Mother’s Day ❤️🌸🌺🥰 Thank you and have a wonderful Blessed Day💕
I think it’s a good thing to keep a shopping list in your pantry. Once you have a comfortable amount in storage, every time you use a can of green beans, write a can on your shopping list to replace it (do this for any foods you use). That way you can hopefully maintain a full supply.
I’ve gotten back into canning! We plant a small garden & can a lot of staples. I also can meats when I can get them for am awesome price.
I’m very fortunate to have family that raises beef cows so my freezers are always stocked up.
Good morning. Hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day. Your videos about creating a stockpile are done with calmness, not fear. You give great tips and strategies without saying we are going to stave to death soon like some are doing here on TH-cam. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with so many people.
I love left overs! It means I don’t have to make lunch and maybe even dinner the next night. Yea it gets a little repetitive, but I enjoy the break from cooking. But how we tackle left overs, momma isn’t cooking until what’s in the fridge has been ate.
I said “Thank goodness” when you said you had a playlist in making bread. I literally am going to have to learn to bake from scratch from scratch 😆 No one ever showed me but it’s always a good time to learn a new skill,especially now.
I do bread in my bread maker it's really easy and if I can do it anyone can 🤣
@@TheOrganizedPineapple Be sure to make Starter Dough for Sourdough bread. All kinds of bread baking is great! Biscuits too! I bought Grandmas Molasses and started buying honey for biscuits.
Happy Mother's Day! Thank you for this. I have been stocking up my kitchen pantry and toiletries for the 5 of us since the pandemic. I feel very disorganized and feel a little panic because of that. Getting organized THIS week!
I do a series called Leftover Makeover where I share ideas I've had. Admittedly some things are hits and some are misses but they are always edible. This past week I made over some stew. I chopped the chunky vegetables into smaller dice, added in some leftover steak from another meal, made a little brown gravy to moisten the whole a bit more...Beef Pot Pie! It was delicious! My family has always loved Roast Beef Hash from leftover pot roast. I even leftover fried chicken, remove the skin and bone and use as 'cooked chicken' in pot pie, broccoli rice casserole, and as a pasta sauce. So many things can be used in ways other than how we see them initially.
I make a stir fry with lots of veggies, a pound of ground beef or chicken and a can or 2 of black beans. I only season it with garlic. I cook rice, or angel hair pasta, or rice noodles. At the table you can season it with soy sauce and other Asian condiments. The next night, at the table, season with salsa and Mexican condiments. The third night, I make a soup with all the leftovers, including the rice or pasta. My family enjoys this very much.
Thank you for this. Your honesty shines thru. Happy Mother’s Day!! 💕
At our house we had a night we called Leftover Extravaganza! It started way back when our children were younger and did not want to eat repeats. I had to find a way to make it work because I do not throw out good food. Now, I pack and freeze leftovers and my husband will defrost and heat a meal from the freezer because he does not like to do any actual cooking just for one person.. He grills but will pass on the cooking. There is no waste and no one goes hungry!😁
Very good and informative video! These are definitely things that I'm continuing to work on and improve all the time. Sometimes my food storage gets overwhelming. I look at what I have and then try to figure out what to make. I need to check over the list of meal that I have and see if I need to remove or add some meals. We don't always have a leftover night of meals, but what I do is figure things I can make that will make leftovers so that we have them to eat during the weeks for lunches to take to work.
Great video and information sharing, Kimmie. Thank you so much, I just hope people are watching and preparing! Happy Mother's Day!
Excellent video. I have been working on building my stockpile because of you. The monthly stockpile guide you put out about a year ago was so helpful. It’s is so comforting to be able to go to my pantry when I run out of something. I need to do a better job organizing, but I’m just glad I started.
I love this! You have given great information Kimmy! Don't forget that if people have a Sam's Club membership or even a Walmart+ subscription they can have lots of canned and shelf stable foods shipped right to their house! A great way to compare prices, and have items they need to stock in their food storage brought right to their home! This is one way we stock our pantry with items like condiments, first aid, over the counter meds, canned and dry beans, broth, canned meats, paper goods and more. We really take advantage of this so that we can save on gas and not have to take the time to drive an hour to get to a warehouse club. Definitely worth looking into those memberships that are not that expensive over all when you can save somewhere else.
Ohh, I needed this video!!!! Thank you, Kimmy!!! You actually inspired my hubby to get me a deep freezer with one of your videos. That was my Mother's Day gift! Thank you, so much!!! These videos are so needed, please keep them coming!!!
We just moved into a farm house with 3 acres of land and plan to get into getting chickens and perhaps raise our own beef and pork..( not sure this yr or next for that ) but planning to garden and start stocking up and canning etc.. thank you for your channel ! Love all the information you share and your upbeat personality.. much love