OLD FASHIONED HABITS WE NEED TO BRING BACK! FRUGAL LIVING! CROCKPOT COLLARD GREENS
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My daughter is a CFO of a large company and works 50-60 hours a week. Since my husband passed away a year and a half ago I find I don’t make good wholesome meals for myself. So I decided to make two meals a week for her and her family. I have done this for over a year now. Good meals for them and good nutritious meals for me! A win win for us all!
Oh I love that! So smart!!
That's really cool!
I'm sorry for your loss. So great you found a way to nurture your family as well as yourself.
What a blessing you are to your daughter and her family.
Good job Mom! Your daughter is very lucky. ❤
I thank God I was raised by grandparents who survived The Great Depression. I treasure the lessons and memories they taught me.
Same here!!!
Absolutely right! They are the reason I am the way I am lol!
I was raised by parents who survived the Great Depression, They both volunteered for service in WW2 as well. They never threw anything out. Never had hot water until they married in the mid 50's.. Mum said it was like Christmas to turn on a tap and get hot water. They repaired everything. We always sat down rogether for dinner and talked with each other, seven of us. No TV, no phones, nothing. We had to ask to be excused from the table. Aways said grace at mealtimes.
Same with me. I'm so happy that I had a good grandmother. I learned so much and practice this every day 😊
Amen i teach my 10 year old daughter the same things i was
I am 78 and had 5 children and I often say I had more time less stress when I had all these children to look after than I do now, I was brought up by my grandmother who had lived through 2 world wars (I live in the UK) and she was frugal said I had no right to buy things that I could make and "that haste makes waste" so I cooked sewed knitted did DIY decorating you name it my Gran showed me how, I cooked everything from scratch (still do) and still had time to spend one afternoon a week visiting my father-in-law and another afternoon my own mother, I had no car (I can't drive) was always pushing a small child in a pram, meal times you had to have a very good reason you were not sitting at the table for tea, were we all talked about our day and what we had done, and my children all had to help clear the table and take it in turns to wash up, and we were a very happy family and have always supported each other, and in those days times were hard, but we managed.
What a wonderful comment Christine! Thanks so much for taking the time to share!!
Nice
I have a theory about how the evil “multi-tasking” came into our lives. I am guessing that we are roughly about the same age, Emmy, (I’m 58) and so you will understand these references. Our generation still had Moms that were almost all full time homemakers; in the first seven years of my schooling, with almost forty kids in each class, only one mom (a nurse) worked. So we had that influence, but being in school for all of the 1970’s told us that “women can do/have if ALL”. We all fell into that “Supermom” trap, but luckily I have a family that has no problem with me being imperfect. Some days - even though the floors may need to be swept and washed - I would spend the day outside playing with my kids. They were always my number one, and I didn’t mind doing some housework at night after they went to bed. I love your videos - blessings to you and Paul!
Love your comment so much Chris! Yes! thank you! So right!
I was born in the 1960's and my mom was the queen of multitasking. She was rarely home. She went to college full-time, and much of my life she worked as well. In addition, she was a pastor's wife. We were latchkey kids for sure. We did have bedtime rituals, which were awesome parenting! But the multitasking was really a joy killer. Love my parents, and if my mom hadn't become a teacher we would never have had anything financially, so I'm grateful, but it was hard when all my friends' mothers were home and made cookies, etc. They teased us at lunch and recess.
When I was growing up (MANY years ago, lol), my Mother had a rule of “the tv is off while we eat our meal”. I still think that is a great rule for families…they will talk more to one another.
I agree Phyl!
When my kids were in college, it was hard to get us all to the table at the same time, but we managed it several times each week. Now my kids are in their 40s and they call me once a day for a few minutes. I think we still have the cohesiveness that we did back then.
That was a rule, too, from our dad. He loosened up a little as I git to be 16, but it was the evening news. 😆
I put our one TV in the uncomfortable basement. It did not stop TV/video watching but it made TV free zone and you had to choose to go down there. Our family ate the vast majority of our meals in the dining room and still do. I grew up without a TV until I was 14. Our mother would read books aloud it was wonderful to drift into another world slumped in a chair. We lived in the late Victorian world of Great Britain and the American South.
The television was off and no one was ever on the telephone. My husband & I went to a restaurant ( treat for us) for a late lunch. Everyone at the table within my sight was on their phones.
When my mother was into needlepoint she made The hurrier I go the behinder I get. She framed it and it hung on our wall for many years. I still have it, packed away. I should get it out and hang it again as a reminder to enjoy slow living during these hectic times. Blessings to you.
Oh how precious!
Hang it up! 🙏🦋🕊️💐
I found a little metal trivet/wall hanging with that same quote on it at a yard sale years ago. It now hangs on the kitchen wall above the cookbook shelf. True words to any generation!
My mom always said that.
Not frugal but my comfort food is Chinese take out. It makes me think of a fluffy throw, warm pajamas, snuggled up on the couch, with a glass of wine, a cheesy chic flick, and eating right out of the Chinese take out container and playing hooky from life.
Oh my gosh that sounds like a perfect night LOL!
Me too!!! 😂
Love it!!!
I have to tell you about one of my husband’s finds. When he goes to our local recycling center to drop ours off, he saw a kitchen aid mixer just like yours! It was sitting on the ground outside a dumpster. He asked one of the workers about it, and the guy said he was welcome to it! It had most of the attachments in the bowl, and even the metal bowl! We’ve always wanted one but we wouldn’t buy it. Now we have one!
SCORE!! Amazing find Kim!
It is incredible what people through away.
We have a metals recycling trailer and are encouraged to recycle anything with a cord or contains metal.....We are not suppose to take ANYTHING from the metals recycling trailer, it is semi watched, but they do get busy. I must contain myself all too often. This spring and summer we will be fitting a set of cast iron bench ends with wood; still deciding which/what wood and whether a single seat chair, two seater, or a bench.
That is a GREAT find! I bet you'll always cherish it.
Love free stuff found that way!!
I love taking free things and using them, or flipping them for $$.
I remember at Grandma's house the entire extended family would gather around the table and before sitting down or helping themselves to the food, one of the older men would lead the group in prayer and grace to give thanks and ask the good Lord to bless us and the food. The vibes were very gentle and peaceful, with tons of respect for one another and especially for the elders who both provided and prepared such wonderful feasts.
Yes, I so agree! Lovely comment!
Sad for everyone we have mostly lost the extended family. Young people are being taught that elders and others are expendable. So untrue. So damaging for all of us.😢
I am so grateful that my Grandmother, who survived but never recovered from the Depression raised me for my most critical years. I still do things she did. I PREFER to listen to a baseball game, though today, in English, not French, because I use my mind to visualize what is going on. I sew with no radio or television, only the clicking of the sewing machine for music. I love playing with my beautiful service dog, Nike, and will spend much time watching her run and chase the toys I throw for her. I LOVE the smells of roasting vegetables, simmering soups and home-baked bread. I use a fountain pen to write personal notes to my loved ones, and I make soap and candles that perfume my house and my bathroom. You are absolutely right. Our lives have been cheapened by electronics, and how many times do I lament seeing people walking around the amazing rose gardens here with their eyes on their cell phones! I want to shake them until their heads rattle!
Wonderfully said
Well said Tika! I see that on the beach so much! The amazing ocean and all it's splendor is right before us and peoples heads are down staring at their phone!
I love to listen to baseball games on the radio😊
I'm a South Carolina girl, so I love to hear that you found collards down here and enjoy them. Most people outside the south cook them quickly, but we cook them for hours to make them really good and tender. Any smoked meat will season them--a leftover ham bone, ham hocks, even turkey necks. You did a great job, but you could have gone ahead and added the rest of the collards to the slow cooker once they cooked down just a little bit. Once you start eating them, you always wish there were more!
LOL! We really love them!!
I personally don't care for them but some of my loved ones do.
A house, esp kitchen tidy up is critical for my mental well being the next morning. Waking up to a dirty kitchen is like getting up on the wrong side of the bed for me 😉
I’m working on embracing a simpler life. My life didn’t get complicated over night, it’s going to be a process, but I’m on my way ❤️
Thank you for helping me on this journey
You are right Mary. It is a process...thanks for sharing that!!
My favorite comfort food is homemade spaghetti and meatballs. My mom used to make this every Sunday. I only make it once a month now because if I ate it every week I’d have to keep buying bigger clothes, which isn’t very frugal! 😁
Yes true, and you can look forward to that meal every week. I, myself, had to cut back on too many sweets. Now, just one or two times a week.
favorite comfort food, meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy
I have a continuous running to do list. Each evening I pick 3 things that I want to tackle , even though there are many. When I finish those 3 tasks I feel that I have accomplished what I set out to do. It’s a great feeling. Nothing stops me though from going back to my list and seeing if there’s something else that I would like to do. After trial and error I have found 3 things that I can cross off is just the right number. Yet if I can’t accomplish those three, I give myself grace because there’s always tomorrow.
YES! Love that so much Natalie! Thanks for sharing!
I like this Natalie! I'll try it.
I agree with only 3 things on a list. Otherwise it's overwhelming, and I don't start anything.
Really good idea we have so much to do in our house so it’s hard to get started but a list of 3 seems manageable 👍
You go, girl. I found for me one definitely and maybe a second depending on what number one's activity.
I guess mine would be chicken, mashed potatoes and sweet corn. With a slice of bread and some milk to drink!
Oh yes! That's a great meal Patty!
Emmy, I have a funny story for you about meal time. My young grandsons come from a very hectic household. They never eat at the table. So when they were little, I made a point of always sitting at the table when they came to our house. One time they balked it this and wanted to sit in front of the TV. I said, "No, we are going to sit at the table like civilized people." Well, did that come back to haunt me!! They told their mom, my daughter-in-law, that they had to start eating like civilized people!! WOW. I'm so lucky that my DIL understood the intent of my words and didn't take it as a comment on her parenting! We have laughed about it many times.
LOL! Oh no! It does sound like something I would say too Susan!
I always sit at the table with my Grandson with a napkin....and we chat about this and that and laugh too x
I don't allow food in any other part of the house except the kitchen, at the table, though my son doesn't like this rule and is constantly sneaking food into his room. I figure, no one sleeps on the kitchen table, why should anyone eat in their room? It's also a no phone on the table during meals rule, too.
Meatloaf, mashed potatoes & cooked spinach. Chocolate cake & vanilla ice cream...YUMMY!!!
Oh yeah lol!
Favorite comfort meal is always meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, a side veggie and fruit pie ala mode. And a really fresh cup of coffee afterwards while we sit together and chat after the table has been cleaned off. That's how we did after church on Sundays growing up.
Sounds so comforting! Love that!
Oh yes! Perfection!
This sounds amazing 😍
Serious comfort food, YUM
That is why I love watching TH-cam channels like yours. When you go to your beach house, it is like I am there, and it is fun to see what you see, and imagine what I can do to improve my own home.
So kind! thank you!
I am almost 72 (in May) and I work from home as a Teletherapist (Speech Therapist online with students). I work at least 40 hours a week, but I live alone I wanted to say thank you for your channel. I enjoy all of your videos and I am always mindful of leading a simple life. The things you talk about remind me of 50-65 years ago when we did have a simpler life. Your topics remind me of my parents and grandmothers. Their habits and joys of leading a simpler life. Thank you so much for taking me back to our simpler life and memories.❤
So happy you enjoy our channel Viki! Thank you!
I relocated because I felt like I was slowly killing myself with the constant rushing. The issue is I never understood why people were rushing and rushing me because it did not make us productive!! Anyway. This was a refreshing video. You made me remember my parents saying, " No, we are not doing anything this weekend. We are staying at home !" They protected their sanity. That generation understood how to incorporate technology without it taking over. Food: love collards... homemade fried chicken.
I love Collard greens. The bag usually have to many big stims. I rather get a bunch of green's.
Whenever I use a crockpot I think of my mom. My dad was friends with the vice president of the company that makes crockpots in the early 70's. He knew my mom worked outside the home and asked if she would give her opinion on a new cooking device, the crock pot. My mom reported back she loved it. Years later when I left home, crockpot recipes from her were in my bag. So they did their research with real people. Cool, huh?
LOVE THAT! Thanks for sharing Julie!
The harrier I go, the behinder I get was also hanging in my grandparents kitchen. Love it! So true.
Isn't it though?
This is so refreshing! At 73 I remember those days well! Everything you said is so true! I often wonder when I started feeling the need to multi-task and do 5 things at once. I think it becomes our self worth. The more we do, no matter the cost, the more we are worth. We'll being goes out the window. Thank you for this!
Yes, well said Mary!
I needed this video. I lost my brother to cancer this week and then we started moving today. I had a doctor appointment before we took our first load to the new house and ate my lunch standing up when we got there. My husband says I don't have an off button. He generally has to make me stop when I get carried away. My mother was the same way. She used to make our beds when we were still in them sleeping. She would make one side, roll us over and then make the other side. With 7 children I guess she had to get done what she could, when she could.
My all time comfort food is grilled cheese and tomato soup.
Enjoyed listening to Paul play his guitar and giving his review on the greens. My husband loves greens so that is a recipe I'll be sure and try.
Thanks for the reminder to slow down. 🙄
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So sorry for your loss
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Oh no Sheila!! I am so so sorry to hear that! Sending you a gentle hug my dear friend! Prayers for comfort and peace!
What a precious memory of your mother. ❤️
My favorite comfort food in the winter (It changes with the seasons) would be slow cooked rice pudding with nutmeg on top. I only make it when I have something to put it in the oven with that I'm slow roasting , like a pork shoulder. It's SOO delicious and simple to make. Here's the recipe in case you'd like to try it. Be patient, it looks like milk soup and you won't think it will come together, but in the end you'll have a delightful treat which resembles a warm hug.
Baked Rice Pudding
1 quart of whole milk
1/4 sugar (or to taste)
a good pinch of salt
1/4 cup of white rice (I feel long grain works best)
Freshly ground nutmeg to taste (I love nutmeg, so I put about 1/2 tsp in the mixture and grate a little sprinkle on top too)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract.
Stir together all ingredients and pour into a buttered casserole dish. Bake at 300 for 3 hours, stirring about 3 times during the first hour to keep the rice from settling. The slow oven helps to evaporate some of the milk so it becomes more like cream. Serve warm or cold.
Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Thanks for sharing this baked version. I've made rice pudding with coconut milk, jasmine rice and of course lots of raisins and fresh nutmeg
Thank you! I will try this
Rice pudding was my favourite, baked by my gran with a thick skin on top. My mum never made it (she was sick of it during the war!)...and that smell.😋
I smiled thinking about the limited schedule on television. We’d get up super early on Saturday mornings and stare at the test pattern until the National Anthem played, then a devotional sponsored by the local cemetery just waiting for the cartoons to come on. Fun slow times of the 50’s and early 60’s.
YES! We waited a little impatiently lol!
The timer for making sure you sit for 30 minutes is genius . After raising His Mine and Ours 7 boys 1 girl .we can't seem to break the habit of eating fast . We will try this tonight .Thanks
It's actually fun!
A million thanks for addressing the multi-tasking insanity that seems to have takes over our daily existence. This video is an appreciated reminder to slow down. I watched it several times. I am six years into retirement and I still can't seem to turn the "multitasking" mode off. I tried the dinner timer....made it to 24 minutes. Work in progress here! Thank you for the best video ever!!! Five inches of snow here today near the Hudson....made biscotti out of an overlooked applesauce sweetbread.... per your instructions last month! Wonderful tip! Thank you! Stay warm today and enjoy the beautiful snowy view!
24 minutes is awesome!! We had the same snow here too! Thanks for watching and sharing!
I agree I whish people would slow down
Thank you Emmy. You are so right, you never know how precious our time is, especially with others, until you loose someone dear to you. When I lost my son in 2019, it really brought to light how often I was in a hurry, or he was in a hurry. There's nothing like a death to bring to light how precious that time was. Focus on what your doing.. "in the moment". ... Glenda
Oh Glenda how very sorry we are for your loss...
Glenda, so sorry for your loss. :(
Yes
There's nothing like death to
Teach lessons and
All hv to go
But.. Still..
I am sorry for u
I lost my brother.. Still feeling his loss😢
Emmy, your footage of Dixie Bell contentedly snoozing next to Paul as he was playing guitar is adorable!
She loves when Daddy plays!
I just stumbled on this video and totally fell in love with this lady, her energy, her wisdom, her joy of life, it beans through the screen. Thank you so much for the motivation! So grateful for people like you who are obviously on a mission to save this world and humanity 😁 bless you guys!!! Your energy is so lovely when Im watching you I just wanna be your granddaughter and come over 😭😭 haha
So kind! Thank you so very much! So happy you found us!
Same!!! ❤
My great grandmother used to say, “The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.” And it’s been a family saying ever since. I’ve never heard of read it anywhere else. This made my day!
I absolutely love that! Thank you for sharing her mantra!
My favorite comfort food from the past is a BLOAT bacon, lettuce , red onion, avocado, and tomato sandwich, and an iced cold Boylan's Root Beer
Oh my gosh that sounds good!
Oh yes Kitt! So good!
I am starting to declutter and I took your advice and cleaned the pantry, organized it, and wrote down everything. Got 1 more shelf to go lol. It's slow going but I'm gaining on it and am proud of what I've accomplished so far. Thank you for your upbeat attitude. It cheers me up and motivates me. 🙂
Oh wonderful Angela! Good for you!
Truthfully...
When someone takes the time to cook a meal, then people just rush in gobble it up and leave... It's a terrible thing to do to that person who just took hour's...
Shopping.... Preparing the ingredients and then cooking it!
It's such an empty feeling for some who are then left to clean up and do the dishes... 😏
It's not that folks do this intentionally..
And that person rarely ever says anything about it... They just eat the feeling that they are left with.
Not a criticism, merely a reminder. Taking time to spend with other's is honestly the best gift ever ❣️
I absolutely love the timer idea!
I don't think people do it intentionally either, I think it just becomes habit.
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Yes exactly... I hope I didn't come off judgemental, I meant to just make aware because you are right, family isn't setting out to harm hurt feelings...
It is just a reminder that sometimes unintentionally it does. And the person it hurts may not even realize it..
But these things can manifest later on! That's how people start to feel unappreciated and then they react in a negative manner... It snowball's 😏
I really liked this video!
Blessings 💞
The 12 months of meals as a gift is such a great idea! I think we'll adopt that into our family to do for my husband's grandparents!
Split pea soup (made with a hambone) is my comfort food no matter what time of year! I’m a multitasking kinda gal and that is hard to give up even in my retirement🤷♀️ old fashioned is a way of life and one that never goes out of style…it’s always hip to be old fashion!!!😊 Truly appreciate you both and I ALWAYS look forward to your videos💕😁
Thanks so very much Joyce for the kind words!
If you have a crockpot you could be cooking it while also working at something else. But you will need special recipes adapted for the crock pot, which I learned the hard way when I tried to cook cauliflower in a crockpot on my first attempt.
Hi Emmie
I have been forced to slow down as I fell down my stairs at home onDecember 29th and broke my ankle!
It is a long slow recovery but am thankful for my husband and sons who have been doing everything for me!
I like to do all the household tasks so it has been a lesson in patience and gratitude!
Hugs and healing❤!
Oh Sheila I am so sorry to hear this! I hope you are feeling better! Prayers for a quick healing!
Have you ever heard of a 'knee walker'? I had surgery on my foot and that wheeled device was a total Godsend! I was able to be so much more mobile - it was fantastic. I hope your ankle heals quickly! : )
Paul and Emmy We Love 💘 ❤ 💕 💗 ♥ Cheer from Texas
We love Wanda and Ritzi!
My favorite comfort food is Shepherd’s Pie, but I also like chicken pot pie, and grilled cheese with tomato soup is also a favorite. And this 46 year old woman LOVES it when she’s sick and her mother still makes her cream toast.
That is so precious!!
My Mom's liver and onions with mashed taters and gravy. Oh my gosh! My favorite Thrift shop closed in 2020 and never reopened. I got the best greeting cards and gift wrap there. Mom always loved the cards and wrapped presents I gave her. They always reminded her of yesteryear. I refurnished my home from that thrift shop after I lost most everything in a fire in 2003. Got my handbags there and such wonderful knick knacks. I even found a cookie jar like the one my Grandma had when I was little. Old time is best time in my thrifted book! Multi tasks, I always got scolded at work because I didn't multi task but I did excellent work with my mono tasking. God bless you and Paul! Love forever, Me!
Thanks so much for sharing Sandra! God Bless you as well, thank you!
One of my comfort foods is sausage, baked beans and chips. Delicious😋.
I just love watching your videos, because they are so helpful, encouraging and positive. You are just such a lovely couple and I'm sending lots of love your way. God bless you both. xx
So very kind Yvonne! god Bless you as well! Thank you!
As a mom of 2 elementary aged littles, I needed the reminder to SLOW DOWN! They aren't into too many extra curriculars yet but some days are a whirlwind! ❤️ Thanks again for reminding me it's okay to slow down and focus on one thing at a time.
So happy the video was helpful!
Thank you for the collard recipe. I have some collards ready to be harvested so I’ll be giving the recipe a try soon. Though I’m a life long southerner, I only cooked and ate collards for the first time at 62 years of age. Quite honestly, I’m surprised that my southerner card wasn’t revoked. 😂 My favorite comfort food is macaroni and cheese. Hope that y’all have a wonderful weekend.
Love ❤️ this…
LOL!! Hope your weekend is going well too! Thank you!!
My favorite comfort meal ever is collard greens, pinto beans, Mac n cheese and corn bread! Those did look delicious!!
Thanks so much Tracey!
I really enjoy homemade soups and can eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner😊. Tonight, I’ll make two blueberry pancakes for a quick dinner. I use a lot of berries and I don’t need syrup or butter.
Sounds delicious!
I agree with you. Grilled cheese and chicken noodle soup is my fav.
So yummy!!
Just found your channel, and am loving how it brings me back to a time that I miss. I'm 52, and many of the items you mention were things we did when I was growing up.
And a special "thank you" for calling them "tips" and "helpful hints"! I still have my Helpful Hints from Heloise books. 🙂
I hate the recent phrase "life hack" that is used nowadays. There seems to be some weird need to use technology/computer phrases for everything in life now, and it drives me bonkers.
Yes, multi-tasking is ridiculous. Doing ten things at once just means that it's ten things that won't get completed properly.
YAY! Welcome Jim! So happy you are here! Thanks!
Hey y'all
Our comfort foods are fried chicken/pork chops and homemade macaroni and cheese, pinto beans with cornbread or homemade bread
Southern we are 😀 ❤️
YUM!
My comfort food is homemade chicken and dumplings. Good advise today. Try at least on weekends to get out of the "rat 🐀 race" and relax. Sometimes on weekends we also pack it with social events and don't rest (especially for those of us that are still working).
I second chicken and dumplings🥰
Yup, I'm a grilled cheese and tomato soup kinda girl (O: I also for some odd reason love any kind of rice dish for comfort, esp with cheese!!! Now, I'm hungry!!!
Yes, rice and cheese!!
Comfort food for me, fried bologna. Sliced and then cut up into squares, sautéed in butter and once it's caramelized, I add a little ketchup until the ketchup is warmed through. I serve it with potato pierogi that is covered with butter, onions and sour cream. Has got to be one of the worst things for my heart, but it is delicious. I laughed out loud when you talked about multi-tasking because I'm watching your video while working on a puzzle. I just started the puzzle and was so into it, but wanted to watch/listen to you as well. Oh dear.
I think you can do both in a situation like that LOL!!
Funny but from time to time I do slow down like yesterday. I spent most of my day knitting in my pjs very content and happy not to have to go out in the cold (I work full-time). Ive learned to not always be "busy". There are those that brag about being busy like it's a badge of honor. No thanks! Today I'm shopping my loss leaders and meal prepping for the week. And knitting! Comfort food? Mashed potatoes and butter, bread and butter, pasta and butter.....I think there's a theme here. 😅🧈
Love that LOL! Love your theme!
...I think butter IS my comfort food....
My favorite comfort food is baked tuna casserole. Umm...mmm
I whole heartily second the decluttering!
Ours isn’t so much a spending problem but an income issue. My husband and I are both self-employed and there’s times when we are not sure when/where the money will be coming from. This has forced us to be frugal and we’ve learned a lot about being more self-sufficient. It’s a good thing; yet sometimes stressful. Thank you for sharing your story and tips. Many blessings to you and Paul. (First time watching your channel ❤)
So happy you found us Missy! Thank you!
This Georgian loves seeing my favorite New Yorkers making collards! ❤ one of my favorite tricks is saving the leftover pot likker from the collards and making boiled peanuts. Best boiled peanuts you’ll have!
Oh my gosh!! I love boiled peanuts! Never tried to make them though Evann!
We used to drink the pot liquor. 😋
our comfort foods are beans and cornbread. fried potatoes, biscuits and gravy. we have the last 2 twice a year. the beans and cornbread we do once a month.
Sounds great!
Hello from England ❤ I was born in 1966 and I found your channel so COMFORTING and COSY ❤ Thank you xxxxx
So very kind Lesley! Thank you!
Emmy you hit a home run again! I LOVED EVERYTHING about this video, especially what your dear mother had on her kitchen wall, the hurrier I go, the behinder I get! So true! I also make a to do list, so helpful! I love calling those who live alone, especially members of our church family. I'm going to use this video as my pep talk frequently. May God greatly bless you and Paul! Juanita
Juanita thank you! May God richly bless you as well!!
This is so wholesome and great! It’s really a problem when we’re willing to binge watch shows, and watch tons of TH-cam videos that are 10 minutes or less, but 20+ minutes of an actually great, edifying video that can help change our routine makes us hesitant to watch it. I’m so glad I watched this!❤ Thank you! I want to apply all this to my life, I just hope someday I could get my husband on board with it as well. Phones are definitely addicting, and he’s still a gamer at 40, and always has the TV on, often just as background noise. I enjoy not having it on, which makes me wish it wasn’t in our bedroom.
So happy you enjoyed our video! Thank you for taking the chance and watching!
@@FrugalMoneySaver Thank you for making this video! It’s my first video discovering you, and I can tell you and your channel are wonderful!
Love, love the video!
All your comments on slowing down are so true. What a great time to present this video during lent.
My parents and grandparents lived a slow life here in the south. Life revolved around the seasons, church and holidays. The way they live their lives continues to sustain us in these modern times.
Some of your comments regarding your scheduling with your happy planner remind me of the book I’m reading right now: ATOMIC HABITS by James Clear.
Emmy, I love your stationary wardrobe. I have one similar.
Heads up for your trip to the Little house in March. Please visit if possible Hoskins restaurant (about 10-15 minutes from your little house) on the main street of Ocean Drive at lunchtime on Friday.
They have fresh flounder, collard greens, two other vegetables, bread and tea for $8.99 plus tax and tip. The servings are so big I end up having supper with leftovers! If for some reason you can’t make it to Hoskins, you may want to try the SHACK at Cherry Grove. They sell flounder ( it’s very fresh ) with collard greens and two other vegetables, tea and bread at lunch! Have a great week Emmy and Paul and thanks again for the wonderful video.
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Oh yes! We have eaten at both Hoskins and The Shack many many times! We also love Mama Jeans over by the flea market! Small but really great lunch and breakfast buffet!
I live in the hills here in bell post hill it is an old fashion slow paced life were content with what we have
That must be lovely!
My wife and I have been working on this from the beginning of the year. We're even budgeting from an old school budget book. It's helping our finances by forcing us to manually record income and expenses. Thank you for the pep talk!
So smart! Thanks for watching Adam!
agreed ... bring back old time frugal ways. great video! I was raised up on collards and cornbread ❤
Thanks so much! We agree!
@@FrugalMoneySaver ❤
Oh my, that southern food is wonderful. I use beef broth in my collards and add some onion. Of course, with corn bread. I grew up where greens were a big part of our diet, and still one of my favorite. We grew and cooked a lot of mustard greens. When the garden started coming in, I always looked forward to something called kilt lettuce or wilted lettuce. Chopped onions on top of chopped leaf lettuce with hot sizzling bacon grease poured over it….I use olive oil now, but still so good. Love the genteel way you handle your life, Emmy and Paul.
Thanks so much Shirley!
Always a good thing to be reminded to slow our lives down❤ One of my favorite comfort foods is a big plate of mashed potatoes with gravy! Always makes me feel good!❤
My favorite!❤️
Love that!
Collards are comfort food! Makes me want those greens with black eyed peas, fresh pone of cornbread, sliced tomatoes, wedges of raw onion and cantaloupe. Southern food at its finest! Love y’all
Oh yum! Sounds amazing! Thanks so much Jeffery!
it does sound so good! Would you add dry black-eyed peas to the crockpot and cook them together?
When is dinner? I'll be right over!!
@@teachermarikitkat Not cooked togn
Not cooked together. Blacked eye peas is separate and served over rice often. Also cooked with a ham bone or bacon
Your meal plan Christmas idea for your husbands parents warms my heart. I am adopting this idea for some area in my life! Tysm :)
A great way to not let electronics creep into your life is to always carry a book with you wherever you go. That way if you have a couple of minutes you can read and not have your face in your phone. Nobody ever thinks it’s rude if you’re reading. I do this a lot at my kids sporting events while I’m waiting.
And one of my favorite comfort foods is homemade hash brown casserole with some hot sauce on top. 😊
I never thought about that, but you're right...reading doesn't seem as rude!
I also like to carry my knitting with me when I know I’m going to be stuck waiting somewhere.
I just had hashbrown casserrole for the first time this week, Loved it.
I read on my device lol
I can’t carry all those books in print!
Ppl don’t get I’m reading grrrrr
For as long as I can remember, on Christmas Eve, we had two competing family tradition foods that are now my absolute favorites: the first was my french father's champagne punch which we were not allowed to have as kids (except a sip with the meal). He taught me how to make it and I have made it every Christmas Eve I have been an adult. It is delicious, but it does make it hard to find the floor if you are not careful, lol. My slovak grandmother, on the other hand, insisted that we all must have at least a spoonful of sauerkraut soup -- which is the Slovak equivalent of chinese sweet and sour soup. It has plums, mushrooms, saerkraut, and spoon dumplings, and as kids we thought it was pure poison. Now I serve this every Christmas eve, too, because knowing where we come from is so important.
Love that so much Danielle! I agree some traditions are so worth keeping!
My winter comfort food is vegetable beef soup and biscuits! Summer comfort food is grilled chicken and Mac or Potato salad. Yum!
If we all went back to one vehicle per household like our Grandparents had, we'd slow down AND multi-task. 😉
Yes, that's probably true!
My favorite is macaroni and cheese. I also like mustard greens. I grew up on Southern food, so it is the flavors that take me back to my childhood. Got a vacuum sealer yesterday. Ready to use it to preserve our food. Have a good weekend.
You as well, thank you Joan!
Ultimate comfort meal for me is a boiled dinner, cabbage, onion, potato, carrot, parsnip, kielbasa or corned beef.
My favorite comfort foods are ones I grew up eating as a Ukrainian: Cabbage rolls, Russian potato salad, siberian dumplings with ketchup (they tend to have several kinds of ground meat mixed together in them, which I think makes them the best,) mashed potatoes with a side of: pickles, pickled mushrooms, herring, or chicken aspic, and of course borshch. (Idk why Americans spell it with a T at the end, that’s not how we spell it.) For dessert my favorites from my culture include rice pudding, semolina pudding (especially if you add Nutella to it!) strawberries with sour cream and sugar, sweet cheese pancakes (made from farmers cheese,) plum hand pies, and chocolate rum cake that my mom has
made for me for my birthday every year that I’ve asked for it. She always makes such amazing cakes with so many fun layers. Some layers she might add poppyseeds to, or chopped nuts, and usually a layer of meringue she bakes on low heat overnight! Always makes the cream by mixing butter and condensed milk, coats the tops of the cakes with melted chocolate, and decorates with cream roses or berries. Beautiful and delicious! I want to have cake making skills like her some day. :) Of course I have favorite comfort foods that are American (like roast beef! My husband is American,) or from other cultures (like sushi!) but this comment is already so long! Haha 😅I also add sour cream to most of the soups I make. :) I think it adds a wonderful flavor.
LOVED your comment! Thanks for taking the time to share! Your moms cakes sounds amazing!
Haha, Emmy 21:00 -my grandma had a “the hurrier I go” sign-isn’t it funny what we remember?! Also-my big coffee pot broke-so we are using our old percolator (which makes great coffee) and my air fryer was recalled-I can’t believe how much I like the visual and literal extra space on my counters!
My favorite comfort food/mashed potatoes 🙂
Isn't it amazing. You don't realize it until it's removed!
The hurrier I go the behinder I get
My favorite comfort food is a nice slow cooked chicken stew with some white rice. Perfect for a snowy day like today.
I started the year out on the right foot and somehow slipped into old routines. This reminder is just what I needed, thank you so much!! I love your channel!
So happy the video was encouraging!
I have 3 comfort foods: I couldn't pick just one! Spaghetti and Meatballs, grilled cheese and tomato soup, or homemade macaroni and cheese. Havea great weekend!
You as well, thank you D G!
My husband's (and mine too) favorite comfort food is green "chilaquiles". I prepare this dish every Saturday for brunch. 😋
I Googled that and oh my goodness they sound amazing!
I agree with you 100 % on the devices, it's ridiculous what is happening. We have to be so very careful to be all there for our families and others...and even God.
I love collards, I cook mine with olive oil and garlic powder. Yummy. Sometimes if I find one of those bags on clearance I'll throw the entire bag in the freezer, and I love buying all kinds of greens in the freezer department at the store, just plain greens, no sauces or any of that. I also add them to soups too to make a huge nutritional boost and it tastes so good too!
My grandparents and parents were Depression also, I so think of my grandma and what she would think of the waste now.
My favorite comfort food is a good homemade veggie soup with tomato base and lots of basil in it. I put brown rice or a brown rice or nutritious pasta on the side to go in the soup. Soooooo comforting.
Great video!
P.S. We enjoyed Paul playing his guitar and seeing his guitar collection too. Dixie Belle is being so good on the couch, so cute.
Thanks so much Amelia! Dixie loves when Daddy plays lol!
@@FrugalMoneySaver Awwww.....How sweet is that? : )
Staying on my cell phone isn't a problem for me, in fact I dislike using it. When we had the old-fashioned phone with a receiver, I enjoyed talking to people on the phone but ever since the cell phone took it's place, I rarely talk to anyone on the phone.
Yes, I agree!
This morning my sweet husband installed a replacement set of miniblinds in the room we use for an office. I was in another room busily dismantling the old set to use the slats as garden markers, when suddenly I had an "Emmy and Paul" moment! I realized I had scored not only 34 nice slats, which my husband will cut into 68 sturdy garden markers, but I also had three three-strand trelllises, a sturdy short stake, and some lengths of twine. Hardly anything was left unusable from the old set of blinds! Are you just so proud of me? Thank you for your inspiring videos that help us look closely at everything discarded to see the potential that is still there.
YAY!! Wonderful!! Good for you! So proud!
When I was growing up we ate together as a family every evening. Like your family, Emmy, we ate early, at 5:30 because that's when my father got home from work and I guess he was hungry! When I got out on my own I always liked a little time to relax after work before my husband and I ate. And for many years we didn't always sit down to eat together.
Today we sit down and eat dinner every evening at the same time, 6:30. I cook for my husband and myself and our housemate. We all eat together and it's nice.
Yes! I've learned to make lists or I just don't seem to make progress. I've been doing much better lately.
We live in a small place so there is more clutter than I'd like and I've been working on that. (I have a friend who when walking into our place has said that it's always so clean. Cluttered, but clean. 😏) But I insist that the kitchen be clutter free in order for me to cook. I will not tolerate dirty dishes in the sink or clutter on the counters. When we go to bed at night the kitchen is clean and clutter free for breakfast in the morning.
My favorite comfort food is roast chicken with mashed potatoes and fresh streamed broccoli.
Another good vlog thank you, guys!
Love that you all eat together!! Delicious sounding meal too lol!
Slowing down in all areas is so important and sharing our time with people (face to face if possible) without interruptions is precious.
We get a lot of greeting cards of all kinds in with junk donation request mail. Even though we've asked them to stop, they don't and so I have 2 card boxes with dividers and put those I like in them along with cards we've bought in bulk packages. Who doesn't enjoy getting a thinking of you or just to say hello card as a surprise here and there, so I love sending them at random.
I love your happy planner and the colorful discs. I've used different planners but now am making junk journals (many TH-cam videos) to add groups of pages (signatures) for what I need to keep track of. They have different themes and decorations if I want and can be cheaply made with "junk" mail/papers/pictures & items from around the house. Recently did a sewing one with my grandmother's old buttons, needles, small crochet items and hooks, pictures of her and our great grandmothers' quilts we have, old patterns from making our sons' pajamas & robes when they were little, etc. Fun to look through and a place to keep some little things found when decluttering. I agree that decluttering is a huge stress reliever!
Those collard greens look delicious and being so healthy is a bonus. (Except the bacon, but oh well. lol)
I like so many comfort foods, but meatloaf and mashed potatoes is right at the top. I love potatoes in a variety of ways and could eat them all day long. (can't, but could)
All of your tips are so timely as we get more and more stressed with news and the busyness of life these days. Paul's guitar playing was nice and it would be nice to hear him play every so often.
Thank you and God bless you both! 🙏💕
Wonderful comment Lulu! Thank you for taking the time... God Bless you as well!
I make all my greens the Italian way with just oil& garlic with a little water from cooking them down. Grated cheese on the top. Verdes are as always good.
Yes! I do my escarole and broccoli rabe that way!
My grandma made a Spanish Garbonzo Bean Soup that is my ultimate comfort food.
The collards look so yummy! We are trying to have slower meals and have never had phones at the supper table or during family movie time. It sure is easy sometimes to let electronics invade. My all time favorite comfort food is hamburger gravy, mashed potatoes and corn. My husband would beg to differ but we do have it from time to time. Lol
I don't think I have ever had hamburger gravy...
I save my ham drippings in small containers and use them to cook my greens in with just a little red pepper and a splash of vinegar.
Oh great idea!
I remember how my Grandma did our dinner times. We all gathered at the dining table in our places. We said Grace and started passing the plates or bowls. We talked about our days and ate slowly. It was wonderful.
Exactly! I miss those days so much!
TH-cam recommended your channel to me so I thought I would watch you today. I truly enjoyed this video. This reminds me of my precious parents. They have been in Heaven for many years. Thank you for this video. I will be watching more.
YAY! So happy you found us June! thank you!
My favorite comfort food ever is stuffing! Oh my, with a little turkey gravy over it….yummy!
I love seeing you people address you as Emmie. So endearing. My first born is an Emily.
I noticed at the end there your comment of not caring for tomato soup. I’m the same, I’ve never liked the taste of tomato soup from a can which is what my mom always served. A few years back, I decided to try making a homemade tomato soup and was amazed to discover that it was quite delicious! I’ll never go back to using store bought!
I am so in your camp. I face this every day with my patients. They are just so overwhelmed. I coach them regularly on just letting go. Spend time with family, make 2-3 achievable tasks per day and breathe. It’s so difficult these days.
That's so wonderful Linda that you do that Linda!
My favorite comfort foods are pork chops and gravy, homemade macaroni and cheese and banana pudding…..😋
Yes, we definitely need to slow things down and be intentional with our time together.
Enjoy your dinner tonight!
Thanks so much B!
Loved this video! Great reminders to everyone of us. Our homes are our getaway from this crazy world. Live each day as if it’s your last day is how I live. I am an Etsy and Poshmark seller and a handwritten card is always included in the order. Folks love the fact that someone took the time to hand write a note. Also when I was a boss at a job outside the home- I always made time for 15 minutes before I left to either email or leave a handwritten note on their desk of 3 employees each day just to sat hey thanks for the great job that you did this week. Everything is so negative nowadays- it saddens me that so many folks seem unhappy. Once again thanks for your videos.
Thanks so much for sharing and watching Donna!
You are a wonderful person
Last year I had an entire trunk of organic collard greens I gave to my friend from Kentucky my father came from a family of fifteen they were southern they would have ham hocks and collard greens or pickled pig feet with collard greens but nope not me I like fettuccine or Swedish meatballs yum my fav
Oh Swedish Meatballs are good too!