Episode 4- Meals To Make When You’re Broke & Trying To Make It To Payday
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Hey y'all!!! This one was a winner winner chicken dinner.... uhhh.. hot dog dinner lol (I crack myself up.) Hope y'all enjoy!!
Love, Brooke
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Aldi Mac n cheese: $1.45
WM Shell pasta: .48c
WM Hotdogs: $1.12
Total: $3.05
with Tax- $3.27
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Amen!! ❤
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@@DeviantDawnsmagicalshitshow right? So sweet and so true!!
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Brooke is always beautiful! Her dimples are the cutest! 😊
I love that you are normalizing the struggle. Very few people will make it through life without some period of struggle. When we struggled to feed 3 kids I would get a small box of their favorite cereal and then mix it with a big box of plain store brand cheerios! It was still plenty sugary and last 3x longer
That’s genius!
I need to do that for myself! Way to stretch that expensive sugary cereal I love! Thank you 😊
I do that too😊 and they have not noticed yet lol 😂
Love this idea! So thrifty!
I have to do that with cat food! Lots of neighborhood ferals. Lol 😾
I've fed my babies a lot of times on macaroni and cheese with chicken in it. Thighs are cheap with a lot of meat and flavor, and boiled the noodles in the water I boiled the chicken in. So good. We've also had a lot of Uncle James beans. Pintos, hot dogs and potatoes cooked together with a pan of cornbread, so good
The beans with all those things combined are called Uncle James beans? That sounds pretty tasty actually.
Cool! I've never heard of Uncle James beans before.
What kind of pitos?? This recipe sounds good.
My kids and I have to have a ton of black pepper in our Mac and cheese. My husband thinks it's weird.
Brooke. I love soup, Its comfort food to me ....but I hate "stew" and so does my husband. Basically anything that has a thickener in it grosses us both out. We even make our chili as a soup instead of the thicker version. I use a slotted spoon to serve it with along with sour cream and cheese if you want it thicker..me personally though I could live off of broth.
When I was a kid and my mom was single she often made what her mama always made. one box of mac & cheese ,one can of green peas, little bit of butter, salt and pepper. I was the happiest kid I never would’ve known that dinner only costed a dollar back then.
And macaroni & peas means good luck (my Italian side is superstitious) 😂 my mom didn’t really make this but I’m a mac & 🧀 fanatic
Love the addition of peas!
Add a can of tuna and crushed Tater chips on the top and bake for 20 minutes = top shelf meal!! 🎉
@@Fdt172 it’s getting crazy over here 😂 now I’m craving that and I just ate 🌭 lunch 😂
I did this when my son was little with a can of tuna and mushroom soup
So many things:
A) Golden girls shirt A+
B) the look on your face when you said “if I saw my mom add a bag of pasta in it…” 😂😂😂
C) “Ryder rose from his dungeon bedroom “ 😂😂😂 I remember having teenagers 😂😂😂😂😂
D) the look Dusty always has when he closes his eyes and savors your cooking. Sweet.
And of course
E) Ky and the official faint ❤
All of those things!! ❤😂😅
Plus Mac & 🧀 & 🌭 that’s a fun family night for sure! ❤
My favourite go to meal when I'm broke but don't want to feel it is satay noodles. Noodles (instant ramen, spaghetti, whatever I have), peanut butter, soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce. Those last two can be subbed for other salty/sweet alternatives, so long as the salty/sweet/peanut flavour balances. If I have vege, I add it. If not, still tastes so good!
I'm going to try this ❣️
I do the same
For $3.00 …. Tuna casserole--chili dogs--jacks pizza-- fried egg sandwich-- fried rice with pork sausage- just to name a few … eating Mac and cheese with hotdogs in it is good… heck we even had pbj with bananas for supper; not bc we had to ; it was just what we wanted for dinner… You are 💯 correct no one should ever go hungry. ❤️
You make me smile when I watch you. Love your cooking, your smile, and how you think of life. Keep bringing your videos.
One of my moms fave cheap meals to make for us when my dad worked overnight…$0.19 Kraft mac&cheese and Ekrich smoky links which were $0.99 back in the 70s…not a veggie in sight and we survived/thrived
A box of Mac n cheese was the main “go to” ingredient when I was raising my kids as a single mom. Back then it was $0.33 a box and a quarter when it was on special. That was in the 90s. My food budget was $25 a week and I shopped with a little pocket calculator in my hand. Friday nights were homemade waffle night, my kid’s favourite!
Dollar Tree and Wal mart also sell just the package of the velveeta in a squeeze pouch just like what comes in the boxes. Great job on all of your videos!
Aldeen's😂😊❤. I like how you respect your own budget and rules about no extra pantry items. I've seen so many utubers "cheat". They mostly use pantry (and fridge and freezer and neighbor's) items and then supplement with the store. Then claim they only spent $4.00 on dinner. It's not the same!
Don’t ever apologize for being happy and excited. 🤣 Love your channel! Thanks for the good ideas. ❤
Thank you for making these video's!!! It's gonna be getting ALOT rougher for those on food stamps (and even those who don't get them) I've been sharing your video's with my clients seeking our food banks. Been volunteering at a non profit for 35+ years and I have NEVER seen it so bad. It's truly concerning cause this will be an everyday struggle/challenges every day for millions of people! Thanks Brooke, Dusty and your babies 🙏💕🙏💙🙏 blessings too all 🙏🙏🙏
I make sure we eat soup and Sammies or salad at least twice a week. I LOVE my homemade vegetable soup, potato soup, minestrone soup, tortellini soup, just to name a few. I'm a frugal living person. I too, freeze soups for later meals. I make larger quantities of foods to freeze for later on meals. Love watching your videos.
My local grocery store had the 10lb chicken leg quarters on sale for $0.17 and the 5lb potatoes for $0.97. So I fired up the BBQ pit and made BBQ chicken and baked potatoes. I already had cheese, butter, bacon and sour cream on hand. And since it's crawfish season down here in the South, corn on the cob was on sale as well. It was so yummy! And did not feel like I spent less than $10 on the meal. Love your videos! Gave me some awesome ideas for meals.
Oh wow! That’s a crazy good deal!!
17 cents ??? Wow 😮😮😮
When you pulled the $3 meal I didn't think it was possible these days. It looks so good. My struggle is my kids won't eat beans. If anyone can do it it's you Brooke❤️
Agreed! She is amazing at finding a good deal!
If your kids are really hungry they will eat anything, Picky eaters are spoiled kids.
@@rs2343-o4e 2 of my kiddos are autistic. Eating disorders are common. One has issues with smell the other with sight. It makes it tough but I find ways🙂
@@lynnchristensen4439 other cheap protein is cottage cheese. I wonder if hummus or refried beans would solve the texture issue? I can’t imagine your challenge. God bless you. 💖
One of my kids is smell the other is sight
Also beans and hot dogs are good to together
We make this alot. On 3 dollar , I would for .98 cents get tomatoes cubes for soup. Discount bread is .57 cents. You have a little over a dollar left the deli will slice a dollar worth of cheese and grill cheese and soup. One of our favorite. I know you will do good. Black beans and salsa and tortillas and fry. Yummy. Great series. Have a blessed day.
I'm so tired of all my stores being out of everything! Lol. I feel you. Dollar tree was not only not completely empty, but fully stocked. I was jumping with joy. First time in two years!
Hi Brooke. Aldi is a German company and the correct way to say it is AL-DEE. However as long as we buy from their stores, I don't think they mind if we say it wrong.
Much love and respect from the South East of England. xx 😀
Your dance while you try the mac and cheese 😂😂 you make me laugh.
this truly is the best channel I’ve ever come across in terms of budget meals because you ACTUALLY make meals my family would eat too!
These videos have inspired me to use what I have and not go to the store every dang day. Thank you, and I hope you do some camping cooking videos!
And l I love your hat! I just went and added some to my temu cart 😂
I love your chattering on. Weinies (hotdogs to others) in my family were a treat whenever served and even cold out of the bag. I miss them because I am old and on a low, low sodium diet. I now search for fancy this and that sausage to find a low sodium alternative that I can occasionally eat without getting swollen ankles.
I miss those weinies.
I suggest TH-camr atomic shrimp for the master bits of vegetable buying to save money on a food challenge. He is in the UK and deals with pounds not dollars but I love watching him too.
@@cynthiahamilton9292 He's amazing
I grew up on a farm so dairy, meat and vegs were plentiful. But I can say that my single mother fed us tons of times with no vegetables. Something she made for us that I still make to this day, for my own kids, is chicken and stars condensed soup, mixed with a very tiny bit of milk or water, and some lemon juice. Tasted just like restaurant lemon rice soup!
Brooke, You and your family are such a joy to watch. Love this series
Boxed mac & cheese. My mother worked and it was the only thing my sister who is nine years older than I am could make. We would have it four days a week. I cannot look a boxed mac & cheese in the face however, scratch, homemade mac & cheese I can handle it’s the powdered crap that I cannot do.
If one is that broke between paydays there are many food banks giving food thru truck give aways, churches that distribute etc. I volunteer at two then pick up from others for seniors that live in my mobile home park. There is so much food waste in our country one should never hesitate to use them to feed their families. Here in CA you just go to a Food Bank Map on the Internet ours ask for your zip code then they bring up all of those close address and time. Today we had to throw out three big boxes of bread many were $4. loaves.
I just want to comment as I feel you may have been getting some negativity lately. Your kids genuine reactions to your food is so cute and feels very real. I have a 14 year old son who loves my cooking and I can tell when the reaction is real…although slightly suspicious on the fainting lol. I’m Canadian so cannot relate to these grocery prices, as we pay at least three times more, but love the inspiration. Thank you and your husband for doing what you do. You guys are super cute.
😂 I hope he’s joking on all that fainting lol! Thank you so so so much!
@@SouthernFrugalMomma This was one of my favorite faints ever. 😆 He just drops out of the shot entirely and you have the perfect reaction. I’m an actress, and I’m just saying… you might have a theatre kid on your hands.
Ironically, you just prepared what my supper was 2 nights ago 😃 loll loll keep it up. 😁
Even though I eat depression meals (I enjoy them), by following your pantry pulls, frugal shopping tips & meals I've saved so many more $$. 👍
I make this dish but I also add a can of chilli beans in chilli sauce and onion and it tastes like a chilli dog. I have learned so much from you I love you and your family. I appreciate you.
This is helpful for people who are in a tight spot realistically financially
My dad grew up very poor. He has bad memories of being hungry and only having the veggies they grew in their garden to eat. He ate so much of them that in his adult life he swore them all off. Literally will not touch a veggie now except potatoes! He’s 63 now! So as a result we never really had veggies as kids - I still don’t love them but I make myself eat them now. Bologna and cheese sandwiches, hotdogs ect we’re all staples as a child but now I won’t touch bologna.
I just wanna tell you how much I am loving your channel. I'm a work from home mama so my meals gotta be quick. And honey let me tell you these meals you be making are quick easy and fun. I made your cheesy pasta and it was really good honey. I will definitely make that in rotation. Thanks for making these videos.
Thank you!! I’m SO GLAD this channel is helpful to you!! Makes me feel like I’m doing something right lol I love y’all so much 💜
@@SouthernFrugalMomma don't be cutting yourself down. You are a tremendous help.
I love your enthusiasm. Thanks for another great video!
I'm so late to this party! But I think you're so dang adorable! And I love your recipes, too! Some of them are very familiar, like this one. We call it mac 'n' nickels. =)
Thanks for sharing your ideas! I enjoy your channel and your family. I appreciate your positivity.
My husband and I use to use milk in our mato soup instead of water, and then we'd put picante sauce into it. DElicious!
I think your kids are always genuine in their opinions. They really are an amazing part of your videos and you all are an amazing family.
Your so fun to watch! I enjoy your content! ❤️
My babies are going to love this meal. Thanks Brooke ❤
Good series - When I was young and first on my own Chicken Hotdogs and Ramen Noodles without the seasoning was my go to meal. It was cheap although not very nutritious but it fed me. And, back when eggs were cheap I made a kitchen sink mock quiche with whatever cheeses, veggies were in my refrigerator . I added ham when I had it and it was a real staple to my meal planning. Also Pasta Fagioli. Sounds expensive but is really cheap and nutritious ! Also makes alot so I froze it to have for several months.
Kaylen is so cute and is a good little helper. His smile lights up a room as does yours Brooke.
Do you use Raman noodles 🍜 🤔. Loving ❤ this series.
My go to is potatoes, green beans and smoked sausage 😋. After I boil the potatoes and drain off the water to the beans I add butter and dump and heat and go.
I love a good ramen noodle! Lol
@Brooke I always appreciate it that you remind and encourage people to ask for help with food…✔️
We had problems with the cheese drying on the noodles. To stop that we added a little oil or butter or milk. If we were in the mood for a little spice we added a little generic rotel.
Brooke your such a hoot!! You crack me up, and I’d totally make this meal in fact I have many times !! 👏👏👏👏 God bless ❤️🙏🙋🏻
How many times will people keep talking about vegetables when you go over the whole premise of these videos every time? And they suggest things that you already mention in the video as though they've had a revelation. I don't get it. We go many meals without veggies. I usually forget to buy them. Or if I have some in the freezer or in a can, I forget to heat them until everything else is done and then I'm not going to put the rest on hold for that. Plus my youngest daughter won't eat any vegetables. I've tried a lot in many ways. She won't even eat things she grows in her own garden. That was THE trick that everyone said should work. Nope, she won't even eat the rest of the meal on her plate if a vegetable has been on the plate. She's very difficult. She has a very limited diet. She makes herself a lot of peanut butter sandwiches and bowls of cereal. If she doesn't want what we're having she has to find something else. I'm not making a whole other meal for her. The rest of us have been loving your recipes. Thanks for the great series. I will be looking forward to seeing the rest. Your taste testers are awesome. Love to your family!
You are right that I suggested broccoli before I finished the video. My bad. However, I don't get how adding broccoli instead of hot dogs goes against the premise. The cheese has protein and bulk in both the macaroni and the cheese. I just was suggesting broccoli because it would add another nutritious element to the meal. I am a little confused why so many seem repulsed by the idea of adding vegetables. I don't meal any disrespect to Brooke and her amazing talent at whipping up a meal out of nothing. I love her, her family and her videos. I was just innocently trying to add a suggestion for those who do want vegetables.
Btw....my youngest was the same way about vegetables and I would do similar thing Brooke does with Colin. I would just take out some of the Mac and cheese before adding the broccoli or peas or whatever. I get where you are coming from. I just wanted to offer another option. I really am sorry if that offended you somehow.
@@BergenholtzChannel you didn't offend me in any way. And your suggestion doesn't go against the premise. It's all of those that say she should have a vegetable when she says that she's just making something that isn't necessarily what she recommends feeding a family for every meal. She repeats that she does understand that vegetables are important but that it's ok to have a meal or two without them when you are short on funds.
I do leave some ingredients out of things for my youngest daughter. I'm learning to adapt but she won't eat chicken, beef, turkey, bacon, beans, ham (pretty much any meat or bean). She also doesn't like vegetables or fruit. She eats pasta (with butter and salt or cheese), pizza, cereal, oatmeal, eggs, french fries (the only way she eats potatoes and only if they're skinny and not too 'potatoey' as she says) and cheese oh shell eat ice cream and some cookies. It's really difficult. I know that this too shall pass but it's been a rough few years.
😂 this made me giggle! I know right? I’ve already deleted so many comments on here saying, where are the veggies?! 🫠
Thank you so much h for these amazing ideas.
Great video Brooke! I love seeing what you come up with other than beans and rice!
Love when you sing while you cook. 💕 that’s a tasty meal
Love these love ur energy too Tyfs
I love these videos. Such an uplifting and inspirational take on a difficult situation. And you’re adorable as always.
😂😂😂 You crack me up!!! I needed that. So glad I subscribed to your channel. All of it looked delicious! 😊
I love this channel! I look forward to every new video you and Dusty make! I was born in Oklahoma but raised in southern California. I miss fried okra.
lol the way you talk about soup is he same way I react when I even see canned potatoes oh my gag me I am shivering just typing it lol
😂 canned potatoes are kinda “sus”, as the boys say lol
@@SouthernFrugalMomma so true we know lol I use to say if they are real potatoes where are the peelings lol
People want to gripe about you not having a vegetable, I have a thought for this meal. Cook a small onion with the hot dogs, it's a vegetable and would add a little taste. Oh wait, Ryder doesn't like cooked onions never mind lol. Let these nay sayers come up with something. Love you and your family. Keep on doing what you do
My husband and Dad love "dump it in there soup" from leftovers in the fridge. One hit wonders. I will never, ever eat again the soup or spaghetti sauce my mom made from leftover meatloaf. I do make a soup from a dab of ground beef and whatever I have on hand. It's the spice cabinet that shines in this one. I have 5 kids. Only one will not eat everything. He'll be ok. He is now a great cook himself.
Really enjoying and learning from this series!
I hate when people miss the point and want to know where the veggies are!!! The goal is not to go to bed hungry.
You’re AWESOME 🤩 Happy I stumbled across your TH-cam CHANNEL! 🥰 GOD BLESS YOU/FAMILY!
I think you are incredible and love your videos. Thank you so much for the feature content.
Besides the fact that I LOVE this family! I love how respectful you all are to each other even the kids if they don’t like something they still give you a smile and respect and such a good attitude! I just love your family and all you do and I love how Dusty looks at you ❤ you can just feel all the love and how proud he is of you ❤ so sweet! ❤
You and your family make me happy watching y'alls videos .
I always grab mayo and mustard from the gas station every time for “make it to payday” times
Eggs- even the smell. I would prefer to like them if I could, I just can't . 🥴 This meal looks delicious!!! And my preference for your Aldi pronunciations is definitely Al-Deans. 😊
When little, one of my grandsons called those hot dogs “baby bologna.” Debi in Vicksburg, MS. 🥰🥰
Side note! I can’t wait to see you hit 30k subs!! Congratulations on reaching so many people with your videos ☺️🦋
Looks amazing!!!! I've made this meal with a pound of ground beef for years and my family loved it!
Love you enthusiasm…makes me happy
Looks yummy! This reminds me of some meals mom used to make. This is something that is so delicious and never tastes like you're broke!
Spam reminds me of our broke meal growing up. Haven't touched it since I've been married and that 47 years. No spam in this house.
This was a treat dinner when I was a kid! I loved when my mom would make it. It seemed like a splurge even tho it was a budget meal. ❤️
When I cook dogs and Mac and cheese I add broccoli and cook all at same time in same spot. 1 pot meal
Some people think I’m nuts but I love pepper in my Mac and cheese
I LOVE Pepper in Mac n cheese
I made this many times for my family when my kids were young. We all loved it!!
❤❤i like the pink cap. It looks great. Good meal plan.
Save the difference between what your budget limit was and what you actually spent. Use that $ for your next meal.
Yum!!! I can’t wait to see what you make with 3 bucks. You are amazing, Guuurrrrrllllfriend! 🎉❤🎉
Now these are proper low budget meals, I luv your family. Tyfs
Thank you!!! 💜
Just wanted to tell you that I appreciate all you do!! You have inspired me to cook more! Thank you!
I’m so thankful for you and this comment!! Thank you for being awesome!
@@SouthernFrugalMomma love that you seem to be genuine, true to yourself. I appreciate the truth and honesty as much as your cheap meal ideas. Keep 'em coming. @Southern Frugal Momma
I never noticed you have cute freckles! I love your videos. I recently subscribed to your husband's channel too. You guys are great
I could just eat that meal. Looks fab. Its on the menu for tomorrow. X
I get it about not eating certain things! I personally hate hot dogs BUT look when you're broke - do what you gotta do!
I like my hot dogs almost burnt if I have to use cheap ones. Seems like the flavor is better.
I really enjoyed this video
We eat butter and garlic noodles. Super cheap and fills the tummy. Hash is another. 1/4 lb of ground beef and diced potatoes. Use water instead of broth to cook, then thicken. We like ours on buttered bread, but we'll eat it plain for a real cheap supper.
You alway find the best meals! Your family loves them!
Hi Brooke. Went my local Aldi today in Fayetteville NC. I haven't been in quite a long time, but from what I looked at I was pleased. Especially with my 99 cent hot dogs🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
That looks delicious! I am loving this series. Keep it up. My childhood meal that I cannot eat is chuck roast, potatoes and carrots. Have a marvelous Monday and be blessed always, Brooke & Co.! xoxo
I am like you. I do not like soup for a meal. I always walk away hungry within the hour.
We ate a lot of roast when I was growing up and the thing I cannot eat now is mashed potatoes I won't even fix it. I still fix roast and carrots no potatoes I have egg noodles
mine is pancakes..we always had pancakes when poor days came..lol
I love soups, stews, and chili so much!!! Zuppa toscana, borscht, clam chowder, ham and bean, matzo ball... so many options!
This is great!
Anyone that would want to complain they wouldn't feed this to their kids- I'd hate to be their child! Lighten up!
Nutrition is important- but the memories of your mumma fixing you something special like hotdog mac- that's priceless! Your kids will remember that.
Make menories- not rules xx
Nothing wrong with any kind of pasta 😊 I would have picked up a tomato and added afterwards ( diced up). But I love tomato, I know not everyone does; and it would have kept you within budget. Love your energy ❤
i personally love soup, but I don't want it all the time. I love that you come up with a variety of meals.
OMG…looking forward to your next challenge. Here I’m thinking biscuits and gravy, spaghetti, Romeo with veggies.
Rock Star all the way, that's you and your family. BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOURS
Brooke, when I bought my stove, about 8-9 years ago and it's EXACTLY like yours!! Anywhoo, I was told that the large burner on the front right is actually a canning burner!
I always loved Mac n cheese with hot dogs as a kid so this is right up my alley. The thing that I don’t like that everyone else does is seafood. Or tomatoes. Or mushrooms. Hahaha I guess there are a few. 😂 I love that your videos are a family affair!
It’s so funny how we’re all different. I live for beef soup and stew while I really don’t Mexican food (that’s my “thing that I don’t like that others love item).
As an adult it’s hilarious that I used to think I was the picky child. My dad has confirmed that I was his least picky eater and still am anytime we get together as adults, but I too despise beef and vegetable soup. I don’t know what it is I just can’t stand it. And I love lots of other soups.
My mom used to only get canned veg ( corn, pras, green beans and spinach). We rarely had fresh veg. Often mom mixed in peas with macaroni and hotdogs. Not my fav but it covered all the food groups. Thank you for doing these vids. It is really great for people to be aware of food insecurity.