I don't cook well and I don't work out and most of my kids are grown and out of my house , I have. One 17 year old child left and a weekend granddaughter visit . I love her channel though. She's so real and down to earth and I love her sarcasm .
That's because people have no clue what a serving size is! I was shocked myself to realize how many servings I was eating. We in the US eat way too much! 93lb loss eating healthy foods in proper proportions. Still a long way to go, but I'll get there.
This is amazing! We have stepped off keto and decided to do portion control and watch what we eat instead of cutting whole food groups out.. here’s to the next 30 days!
We do a combo of fresh & convenience. My husband does the cooking, so I figure that’s a good trade off. We always have a salad and / or a cooked vegetable with our meal. Our main dish is usually a protein with other ingredients. We have meatloaf, soups, lots of chicken dishes, occasionally a non meat dinner, like homemade Mac & Cheese. When we take a meal to a family member or a friend, the Mac & Cheese is our go to. Great meals Christine!!
I just wanted to say thank you so much for your videos!! I've never been good at grocery shopping. I always spend $50 for one person for one week. This last week, I used your tips and I saved $20 on groceries, which was 33% off my order!! So now I have 2 weeks worth of groceries for only $40. ❤
That's certainly the case with my mother-in-law. I usually hate mushrooms (it's a texture thing), but I clean my plate whenever she makes them. She also made this magical sweet potato dish several years ago that I still dream about.
chickpea curry! saute an onion add two cans chickpeas some garlic and a couple of teaspoons curry powder a can of coconut milk let simmer while you make rice. Hit it with some sriricha and garnish with cilantro if you have it. BOOM!
Sarah S If you saute the onions and some garlic with a little oil, then add the dry curry powder and a bit of chillie flakes when half way done. That will bring much flavor in those spices out, keep stirring for a bit, 2 to 3 minutes on low. If it gets a little brown that is just fine. That is how we do it. Now add all wet ingredients as usual. Notice how aromatic and tasty it will be.
Yes!! Also if you have fish sauce (and you're not vegetarian or vegan, obviously) it really helps with that umami flavor for the curry. I lovvvvvve me some curry! Especially the kind with the coconut milk ☺️
I made your crusty bread and put in one sprig of fresh rosemary (chopped) and served it with a tomato based soup. It was delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
Don't take it personally a lot of people don't understand what an actual serving size of food is those recipes look super easy Frugal and delicious I want to try that nothing soup
My boys are men now, ages 44, and 42,with families of their own. I ❤️ LOVE to cook!!!!! It’s just me, I enjoy cooking for others. I’m retired from medicine. I really enjoy your videos, keep them coming.
I really have enjoyed finding your channel.. but I just have to comment on how great it is to see your kids so cooperative with you. I love seeing your daughter smiling and fun such a contrast to teens today that are pouty and grumpy.. love watching how you all interact..
Greetings from a fellow Texan 👋🏻 Last night I made “what-we-have soup.” 😆 Potatoes, sweet potatoes, venison meatballs, and I dropped in some dumplings. Thank you for the ideas! I so often get in a food rut. I love chorizo too!!
I made "what we have soup" last night too. Mine was chicken thighs, potatoes, celery, carrots, garlic, onions, spinach, peas and corn. I also had blended some oats into oat flour for muffins earlier and had about 1/4 cup left so I threw that in there to thicken it up a bit. It's kind of a cross between a soup and a stew. I got a dinner, leftovers for lunch, and a big container for the deep freeze out of it.
Amanda Burger that sounds so good!! It was perfect soup weather last night where we live. I’ll have to remember to try spinach in soup some time! I love it with my scrambled eggs in the morning but I’m always looking for more ways to use it before it goes bad lol.
This is my favorite thing to do, it’s east & just about always turns out good. + it’s an easy way for me to use up the last bits of something before it goes bad.
Sarah Hurley I call it stone soup, after the story by the same name. Sometimes at work after thanksgiving meal, we used to all being a veggie and one lady would take the leftover turkey and make soup with everyone’s veggie offerings. It was always delicious! I made a vegetable soup earlier this week just with beef and whatever veggies I had in the freezer, fridge, and pantry. It made a lot and was tasty. I put the rest in the freezer for next week.
Chocolate chip cookies tip 💖 Make your dough ahead of time, scoop them onto your sheet, freeze them for like an hour, put the frozen balls in a freezer bag and leave in the freezer for about two days minimum and all the flavors meld together perfectly. I quadruple my recipes and freeze cookie dough so I can pull out the perfect amount for dessert whether that's 1 or 24! 💖💖 Also I'm from Gonzales! What part of La is your family from?
I made your 4 ingredient bread yesterday, 2 loaves. They turned out perfectly, just like yours. Thank you for sharing the great recipe. MY 3 guys especially thank you!
Note when I did the 100% whole wheat I had to us 2.25 cups of water. You have to make it extra wet (wetter in appearance than you think it should) because whole wheat takes longer to absorb water. I also used 1.5 tsp of yeast and no extra gluten. Turned out great!
I'm sorry people are shaming you into thinking you aren't serving your family large enough portions. I imagine that kind of judgement can make any mom feel bad. I think you are doing a fine job. Feeding a family of six is tough and you've come up with some pretty creative ides. Thanks for sharing.
My quickest favorite meal: Left over roasted chicken (chopped/sliced), warmed in a pan/pot, bag of steamable veggies of your choice (or left over veggies) can of Rotel diced tomatoes of your choice and we add olives (kalamata) . It really stretches and you can really play with it. Takes about half hour to come together. I make it frequently with what ever we have left over. I've substituted other protein as well.
I'm only 5 minutes in and I have subscribed! Love your editing style, and I've never even heard of pork with peach/Worcestershire! It's going on next week's menu for sure!
I just recently found your channel, and I SO appreciate that your recipes are so simple and quick, and you use what you have! You don’t fuss over every single ingredient and just make it work. I love it! ❤️
My family loves your bread! I had some old wheat flour I had ground up in my freezer. Made a loaf with it. I used 2 cups whole wheat and 1 cup white. It was definitely denser than the white, but absolutely delicious! I also use a parchment sheet to let mine rest on, then I can just pick it all up and set it in my dutch oven. That way, I'm not touching the dough. I've also never had red beans and rice, but want really to try it! Thank you for your awesome videos!
gf your videos are addictive.. I'm using up all my data! Inspiring I really appreciate all your ideas and tips.. thank you! I can't wait to share them with my family 😘💞
Hearing you talk about your Texas and Louisiana sides AND wearing an Aggie jacket made me smile big time. I’m from Texas, husband’s from Louisiana and we met at A&M. We found your videos the other day and are hooked! A fun twist for your red beans and rice recipe... I did black eyed peas and rice the other night and after mixing them together it was like jambalaya (without the spice)
You can add all kinds of stuff to no-knead bread to have different flavors. Rosemary, powdered Parmesan, cheddar and green chilis, cranberries and walnuts, a bit of sugar and cinnamon..... the possibilities are endless.
I just stumbled upon your channel and I have to say, you do an amazing job editing as well as showing exactly how to use those pantry staples. I have so many beans in my pantry that I bought with good intentions of using but for some reason, beans intimidate me. Thank you so much for showing simple, tasty ways to eat frugally at home. I absolutely smashed that subscribe button!
You seem to have fun making these videos! I think mom always makes it better. I grew up making this special dinner roll recipe with my mom and couldn’t wait to make it for new husband, it flopped. I had made it all those years with my mom and I suddenly couldn’t get it to work.
U rock! I’m so glad I found ur channel!!! I’m a married mom of 3 adult kids and still learning how to meet my budget with food we all enjoy! Thanks so much!
SUPER COOL TIP: Plant those sprouted pepper seeds! My mutant seeds were the ONLY ones that sprouted to produce. Sadly my climate makes pepper & tomato maturity difficult but you just reminded me, BUY OLD DISCOUNTED PEPPERS TO START INDOORS ASAP! They WILL produce better than peppers from a seed packet! 😉💚🌱 💖 ur channel. I'm making nothing soup tonite!
Thanks for mentioning freezing the fresh herbs! I bought some for soup that I don’t typically buy, and I didn’t know I could freeze the rest, so seeing this was perfect timing.
I'm not even done with your video but had to comment a huge THANK YOU for linking the kumquat marmalade recipe! I just picked about a pound of them from my friend's house and had no idea what to do with them.
To make Mexican red rice you need to semi fry the rice until it’s translucent to light brown then u put the canned tomatoes or fresh and onion and salt or bullion .
Loved this vid! My husband makes the same bread he uses an old crock pot crock and its lid. He also does 50white/50wholr wheat and it's the best texture and flavor IMO. We have cold weather right now and beams are always so good to cost upto. Ham substitutes can be smoked turkey or bacon. Thanks for the yummy ideas and cute vid.
From a single 26 y.o. in Australia... You are a godsend. I am trying to save for dental work and a car and following your recipes I am saving twice as fast!!
An oldie that I had missed - glad it came up on my feed as eating from the Pantry, Freezer, Cupboards is definitely needed right now. Luckily they are filled so like you guys, I, have several choices. * I often use mixed Fruit for a quick sauce on Chicken, Pork Than you for all your great ideas
Just FYI, what you made is called a "Sincronizada", basically a tortilla sandwich that is toasted like a quesadilla. A quesadilla is one tortilla folded in half. The recipe looks amazing though.
I'm so glad I found this channel. I absolutely enjoy watching your sweet family. I laughed so hard when you said you cant be a Louisianaian if you dont have Tabasco bc I was born, raised and still live in Louisiana and I hate Tabasco 🤣🤣🤣 but I do love my Louisiana hot sauce no other brand can compete lmbo
I'm always so jealous to see people's freezers packed to the brim with meat and freezer meals ... where I live, they routinely switch off the power for a few hours, sometimes up to 5 days a week twice a day in order to take pressure off the system... that means freezing anything really just increases your chance of getting food poisoning with all the thawing and re-freezing :/
In regards to Red beans and rice. I don't normally have a ham bone or ham steak so I use bacon (1 lb for a recipe) with great success. I define that as my husband at it and raved about how flavorful it was with the sweet cornbread (hubby's a picky eater)
Family favorite is what we call simple rice ... Cook 1 cup of rice in 3 cups broth, 1 cup of mixed veggies (frozen) salt and pepper to taste and add a little red pepper if you like spice. Serve it with 1 chicken breast cut into bits and pieces we serve 3 with 1 chicken breast and 5 with the simple rice. Open face Tuna melts. Make artisan bread or get a discount bread. Cut slices and top with tuna and cheese bake for 15 minutes at 350 serve with soup and salad. Tomato soup 12 oz can of tomato paste and 5 cups water 1 teaspoon each garlic powder, onion powder and salt, 1 tablespoon sour cream and sugar (helps cut acid from tomatoes) makes about 6 or 7 cups serves 4 in big bowls with tuna melts or grilled cheese. Barley soup 2 carrots 2 parsnips 1 onion 3 celery ribs 1 cup barley 1 or 2 bouillon cubes or stock. Add in enough liquid to cook veggies and make a soup about 8 cups. Served 5 easy with leftovers. TeX mex lasagna 1 cup of each Rice and beans 29 oz tomato sauce 12 corn tortillas (must be corn i get 80 for under $3) and 1 cup cheese, layer, sauce, tortillas, beans and rice, sauce tortillas beans and rice sauce and tortillas and sauce top with cheese and bake in a 9x13 pan for 30 minutes at 350 makes 8 nice servings top with sour cream and hot sauce if you like it. Hope that helps you out a wee bit.
Pick up some bouillon cubes, rice, oats and cinnamon. You can literally make overnight flavoured rice and overnight oats for next to nothing in effort and money
like in this video, make your own bread! Super easy. Also, growing certain plants can be cheaper than buying in store. Especially if you buy them in store and use the seeds for growing.
Try adding some sweetener to the wheat and give the yeast something to chew on. I made commercial batches of wheat bread that comprised of nothing but stone ground hard red wheat flour for years. I only used five ingredients. You needed the sweetener so the yeast give more loft to the wheat flour. It’s kind of dense so it does need some help. There’s not enough readily available sugars in wheat flour like white flour.
I just meal prepped a months worth of freezer breakfasts for my husband and did chorizo egg muffins with spinach and cheese and they came out so good. I really enjoy your videos and would love to see you do a meal prep video. All my meal prep items were right around $12 and it saves me so much time!
Our southern red beans and rice are what my FIL from Louisiana calls a Cajun style with spices, peppers and spiced sausage with Tabasco. Never seen a ham version, interesting! That pot liquor is GOLD!!
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary online, where one can hear the words pronounced, the word "grocery" can be pronounced either way--'gross-ree,' or 'grosh-ree' (I made it easier to pronounce by reading it than they did). You were right--"tomato/tomahto"--it's one of those words that isn't crucial to pronounce just one way 😃.
Whole wheat doesn't have the gluten levels white flour does. You will get a better rise by adding gluten or using half white flour. Looking forward to trying some of these recipes
I just found your channel and these are going to be super helpful! We are on that Dave Ramsey life at the moment and it's so helpful to have new ideas so we're not rotating the same meals every week. We're Idahoans as well 👋
that red beans and rice dish is a blast from my childhood. my parents (E Texas natives) used to make it with hamhocks or the hambone too! that Tony's seasoning is one of my favs XD
I totally get same recipe but “mom’s are better”. When I was younger I would tell my mom I didn’t want a sandwich then eat half of hers because it tasted better.
I just discovered your channel and I'm loving you! I don't have a big family and I'm not particularly frugal...but you're awesome to watch, have inspired me and I look forward to your videos. I currently have some dough on my counter to make your crusty bread...my kids will think I'm amazing! Thank you!
Hello! I've been testing bread recipes for a while now. It's probably not the water or time that's the issue here but more the flour ratio in your whole wheat bread. I'd try to add some white flour to your whole wheat bread otherwise you'll always get really dense bread (60% white bread flour and 40% whole wheat). Great video!
You should grow sage. It's a perennial where I live in zone 5/6 ( I'm right on the line) comes back without fail every year and is a pretty landscape plant with ZERO CARE. FREE SAGE FOR LIFE VERY FRUGAL. BTW......this is one of my favorite recipes of yours. You might want to add vital wheat gluten to your whole wheat loaf it helps with whole wheat 🍞
Looks so yummy....I can almost taste it lol. At home we call this cupboard soup.... whatever is left in the fridge or cupboard, goes into the big pot of soup. Uses up all the bits and pieces...prevents waste. Love your videos..
I just made the no knead bread today and its SOO GOOD! I don't have a dutch oven, so I used my roasting pan. I will be making this again. Thanks for the recipe.
Have been making the No knead bread since your last video and it is a huge hit in this house! I use whole wheat flour actually and it works out fine. We don’t eat as much bread then because it is wayyyy heavier. But it is delicious!
Hey i know how much you love a good deal lol if you go to dollar general right now all their Christmas stuff is 25cents,that includes canned pumpkin,almond bark,box stuffing,ground cloves,ground nutmeg,ground sage,poultry seasoning and etc. None of it expires until like Dec 2021 or later
Lol, I have one similar.... mine is a red colored mixing / handled / pour spout / grip ring on bottom.... bowl..... it is the beloved bowl by entire family.... also crazy old!! Pancake, waffle, brownie, cake batter..... bowl..... haha a “carb bowl” I just noticed!
Have you tried adding a couple of red peppers to your spanish rice? I do 2 peppers, 2 onions, 2 cloves of garlic and then 3 cups rice and 6 cups of veggie broth. Of and one small can of petite diced tomatoes. SOOO good!!! I've made it 3 times this week and I'm putting it on the meal plan for this next week.
I am definitely making white bean soup, glazed pork chops and grapefruit marmalade within the next week. Lately all the videos I've been watching are for recipes my family would love with lots of ingredients I already have. It's excellent!
Helpful advice from a Mexican, learn how to make corn and flour tortillas. You can make a lot of them with a kilogram of flour, they also taste better.
Thanks for this! I made your bread the other night and it was v good. Have some ww bread rising rn. The red beans and rice look good but you ONLY USED 2 OF THE TRINITY! WHERE'S THE GREEN PEPPER???
Everything looked good! I know what you mean about your mother's food tasting better. I have never been able to make my grandmother's dumplings. She never measured the ingredients, even though I tried. My sister in law has tried, too, but just not the same. I say that her secret ingredient was love ❤
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I don’t cook, I don’t have any kids, I don’t work out, and I’m not religious. But I’m a huge fan of your channel. Love you, Christine. 💕
I keep coming back to this channel as it feels like a judgement free zone...laughed at your comment sodasiren 😂
I don't cook well and I don't work out and most of my kids are grown and out of my house , I have. One 17 year old child left and a weekend granddaughter visit . I love her channel though. She's so real and down to earth and I love her sarcasm .
@@riasingh I agree. She doesn't seem to judge any of us if we can't afford what she can . I love her sense if humor too.
That's because people have no clue what a serving size is! I was shocked myself to realize how many servings I was eating. We in the US eat way too much! 93lb loss eating healthy foods in proper proportions. Still a long way to go, but I'll get there.
C Bolton you're doing great! Best of luck to you!
Same here! I can started tracking my food and realized my portions have been incorrect most of my adulthood.
This is amazing! We have stepped off keto and decided to do portion control and watch what we eat instead of cutting whole food groups out.. here’s to the next 30 days!
@@savanahhumphries9257 thanks so much!
@@LaadeeV I know! Me too!
I think people don't realize how dense food can be when you're cooking whole food from scratch. Big difference.
I never thought of it that way but it's so true, pre-made stuff never seems to fill me up!
@@lalaprofesh So true!
Absolutely!!!! It’s filled with real food rather than the fake stuff POSING as food!!!
I call it "food-like" substances.
We do a combo of fresh & convenience. My husband does the cooking, so I figure that’s a good trade off. We always have a salad and / or a cooked vegetable with our meal. Our main dish is usually a protein with other ingredients. We have meatloaf, soups, lots of chicken dishes, occasionally a non meat dinner, like homemade Mac & Cheese. When we take a meal to a family member or a friend, the Mac & Cheese is our go to. Great meals Christine!!
I swear your movie snippets are golden😂
I agree!!!! I loved them and they had me cracking up!!!!!
Disney & Coffee 😁yes! “Nobody lives forever” glad I’m not the only one that quotes THE EMPERORS NEW GROOVE🙃
I just wanted to say thank you so much for your videos!! I've never been good at grocery shopping. I always spend $50 for one person for one week. This last week, I used your tips and I saved $20 on groceries, which was 33% off my order!! So now I have 2 weeks worth of groceries for only $40. ❤
Not only are you organized with meals for your family, but dinner & cookies for a friend. SO LOVELY!
You're such a kind person. ❤️
I dont live in the US, but I do really love watching grocery and meals on a budget. Weird as is sounds but its my dream to do groceries there. 😊
Same girl, I live in Argentina and we don't eat nearly any food from her videos but still love them!! I also dream to just walk in a walmart there lol
I don't know where you live but you have to understand that these cheap prices mean garbage food. Like, I literally feed my dogs better.
I live in los Los Angeles and im blessed to live in the US. I also go to whole foods not walmart to buy food lol.
Everything tastes better when your Mum makes it! :) I think it is a universal law or something.
That's certainly the case with my mother-in-law. I usually hate mushrooms (it's a texture thing), but I clean my plate whenever she makes them. She also made this magical sweet potato dish several years ago that I still dream about.
Jenni Bell absolutely!
It's magic. ❤
Not my momma on Christmas Eve she made ham and it was not done all the way I'm like mom I need to get u a meat thermometer for real. 😂😁
It's the combination of nostalgia and not having to cook
chickpea curry! saute an onion add two cans chickpeas some garlic and a couple of teaspoons curry powder a can of coconut milk let simmer while you make rice. Hit it with some sriricha and garnish with cilantro if you have it. BOOM!
Sounds great. Love curry
Sarah S
If you saute the onions and some garlic with a little oil, then add the dry curry powder and a bit of chillie flakes when half way done. That will bring much flavor in those spices out, keep stirring for a bit, 2 to 3 minutes on low. If it gets a little brown that is just fine. That is how we do it.
Now add all wet ingredients as usual. Notice how aromatic and tasty it will be.
This one's going in my book!!!
One of my favorite meals! I like to add ginger, diced tomatoes and chopped spinach too! So good!
Yes!! Also if you have fish sauce (and you're not vegetarian or vegan, obviously) it really helps with that umami flavor for the curry. I lovvvvvve me some curry! Especially the kind with the coconut milk ☺️
I made your crusty bread and put in one sprig of fresh rosemary (chopped) and served it with a tomato based soup. It was delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
Christine: we make the same recipe but I don’t know why hers is better
Also Christine: she makes her in a crockpot but I make mine on the stove
Hahahahaha!!!
I was just gonna say!!
I noticed that giant difference too. Hilarious.
Hey there and Hi fellow Kerr 👋🏻😆
I was thinking that too…that’s exactly why. 😂
Don't take it personally a lot of people don't understand what an actual serving size of food is those recipes look super easy Frugal and delicious I want to try that nothing soup
Fool the eye use smaller plates and bowls. Works for kid’s too.
My boys are men now, ages 44, and 42,with families of their own. I ❤️ LOVE to cook!!!!! It’s just me, I enjoy cooking for others. I’m retired from medicine. I really enjoy your videos, keep them coming.
I really have enjoyed finding your channel.. but I just have to comment on how great it is to see your kids so cooperative with you. I love seeing your daughter smiling and fun such a contrast to teens today that are pouty and grumpy.. love watching how you all interact..
Greetings from a fellow Texan 👋🏻
Last night I made “what-we-have soup.” 😆 Potatoes, sweet potatoes, venison meatballs, and I dropped in some dumplings.
Thank you for the ideas! I so often get in a food rut.
I love chorizo too!!
I made "what we have soup" last night too. Mine was chicken thighs, potatoes, celery, carrots, garlic, onions, spinach, peas and corn. I also had blended some oats into oat flour for muffins earlier and had about 1/4 cup left so I threw that in there to thicken it up a bit. It's kind of a cross between a soup and a stew. I got a dinner, leftovers for lunch, and a big container for the deep freeze out of it.
Amanda Burger that sounds so good!! It was perfect soup weather last night where we live. I’ll have to remember to try spinach in soup some time! I love it with my scrambled eggs in the morning but I’m always looking for more ways to use it before it goes bad lol.
@@Ethel007 spinach turnovers , ricotta and spinach quiche, spinach ground meat and rice stew ....
This is my favorite thing to do, it’s east & just about always turns out good. + it’s an easy way for me to use up the last bits of something before it goes bad.
Sarah Hurley I call it stone soup, after the story by the same name. Sometimes at work after thanksgiving meal, we used to all being a veggie and one lady would take the leftover turkey and make soup with everyone’s veggie offerings. It was always delicious! I made a vegetable soup earlier this week just with beef and whatever veggies I had in the freezer, fridge, and pantry. It made a lot and was tasty. I put the rest in the freezer for next week.
Chocolate chip cookies tip 💖
Make your dough ahead of time, scoop them onto your sheet, freeze them for like an hour, put the frozen balls in a freezer bag and leave in the freezer for about two days minimum and all the flavors meld together perfectly.
I quadruple my recipes and freeze cookie dough so I can pull out the perfect amount for dessert whether that's 1 or 24! 💖💖
Also I'm from Gonzales! What part of La is your family from?
I made your 4 ingredient bread yesterday, 2 loaves. They turned out perfectly, just like yours. Thank you for sharing the great recipe. MY 3 guys especially thank you!
I lovvvvvve when you make a meal for your neighbor. It just makes me happy somehow.
Note when I did the 100% whole wheat I had to us 2.25 cups of water. You have to make it extra wet (wetter in appearance than you think it should) because whole wheat takes longer to absorb water. I also used 1.5 tsp of yeast and no extra gluten. Turned out great!
I'm sorry people are shaming you into thinking you aren't serving your family large enough portions. I imagine that kind of judgement can make any mom feel bad. I think you are doing a fine job. Feeding a family of six is tough and you've come up with some pretty creative ides. Thanks for sharing.
Over two years of watching you. Finally made this last night. SO GOOD!!! And easy
My quickest favorite meal: Left over roasted chicken (chopped/sliced), warmed in a pan/pot, bag of steamable veggies of your choice (or left over veggies) can of Rotel diced tomatoes of your choice and we add olives (kalamata) . It really stretches and you can really play with it. Takes about half hour to come together. I make it frequently with what ever we have left over. I've substituted other protein as well.
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I love it!
I'm only 5 minutes in and I have subscribed! Love your editing style, and I've never even heard of pork with peach/Worcestershire! It's going on next week's menu for sure!
I just recently found your channel, and I SO appreciate that your recipes are so simple and quick, and you use what you have! You don’t fuss over every single ingredient and just make it work. I love it! ❤️
My family loves your bread! I had some old wheat flour I had ground up in my freezer. Made a loaf with it. I used 2 cups whole wheat and 1 cup white. It was definitely denser than the white, but absolutely delicious!
I also use a parchment sheet to let mine rest on, then I can just pick it all up and set it in my dutch oven. That way, I'm not touching the dough.
I've also never had red beans and rice, but want really to try it!
Thank you for your awesome videos!
Thank you, TH-cam, for recommending this channel.
YES! Be creative. Use what you got. Some of the best meals are made from kitchen cleanouts! There's no need to be boring.
gf your videos are addictive.. I'm using up all my data!
Inspiring I really appreciate all your ideas and tips.. thank you!
I can't wait to share them with my family 😘💞
Hearing you talk about your Texas and Louisiana sides AND wearing an Aggie jacket made me smile big time. I’m from Texas, husband’s from Louisiana and we met at A&M. We found your videos the other day and are hooked! A fun twist for your red beans and rice recipe... I did black eyed peas and rice the other night and after mixing them together it was like jambalaya (without the spice)
I'm a ridiculously picky person and don't like 90% of the ingredients you always use, and yet I can't stop watching these videos.
LOL!
I have made this bread dozens on times. Pro tip- sauté some garlic in butter and add it to the dough! Soooo good!
That pizza buffet with the longing music hits hard now....
You can add all kinds of stuff to no-knead bread to have different flavors. Rosemary, powdered Parmesan, cheddar and green chilis, cranberries and walnuts, a bit of sugar and cinnamon..... the possibilities are endless.
I just stumbled upon your channel and I have to say, you do an amazing job editing as well as showing exactly how to use those pantry staples. I have so many beans in my pantry that I bought with good intentions of using but for some reason, beans intimidate me. Thank you so much for showing simple, tasty ways to eat frugally at home. I absolutely smashed that subscribe button!
You seem to have fun making these videos! I think mom always makes it better. I grew up making this special dinner roll recipe with my mom and couldn’t wait to make it for new husband, it flopped. I had made it all those years with my mom and I suddenly couldn’t get it to work.
U rock! I’m so glad I found ur channel!!! I’m a married mom of 3 adult kids and still learning how to meet my budget with food we all enjoy! Thanks so much!
I absolutely adored this video! Love the recipies but I really loves all the clips and humor and add-ins omg it was the BEST!!💜💜🤣🤣
When I heard “Louisiana” I instantly missed home 🥺 I live 6 hours away from my family in south Texas now♥️😭
Also I’m loving your channel 😍😍
SUPER COOL TIP:
Plant those sprouted pepper seeds!
My mutant seeds were the ONLY ones that sprouted to produce. Sadly my climate makes pepper & tomato maturity difficult but you just reminded me, BUY OLD DISCOUNTED PEPPERS TO START INDOORS ASAP! They WILL produce better than peppers from a seed packet! 😉💚🌱
💖 ur channel. I'm making nothing soup tonite!
That's the Appalachian way use the seeds you get from the food you eat. Start inside and move out. YUM
Thanks for mentioning freezing the fresh herbs! I bought some for soup that I don’t typically buy, and I didn’t know I could freeze the rest, so seeing this was perfect timing.
I'm not even done with your video but had to comment a huge THANK YOU for linking the kumquat marmalade recipe! I just picked about a pound of them from my friend's house and had no idea what to do with them.
Amazing how you can be so enthusiastic the entire video. Great positive energy! Thanks
That's because people do not know what true serving sizes are.
Your such a good friend I hope your friend recovers well soon
To make Mexican red rice you need to semi fry the rice until it’s translucent to light brown then u put the canned tomatoes or fresh and onion and salt or bullion .
Good morning!! I hope everyone has a great day 💜💜💜💜
Loved this vid! My husband makes the same bread he uses an old crock pot crock and its lid. He also does 50white/50wholr wheat and it's the best texture and flavor IMO. We have cold weather right now and beams are always so good to cost upto. Ham substitutes can be smoked turkey or bacon. Thanks for the yummy ideas and cute vid.
From a single 26 y.o. in Australia... You are a godsend. I am trying to save for dental work and a car and following your recipes I am saving twice as fast!!
You never fail. You rock. If my Facebook page had not been hacked I would be sharing you all day!
An oldie that I had missed - glad it came up on my feed as eating from the Pantry, Freezer, Cupboards is definitely needed right now. Luckily they are filled so like you guys, I, have several choices.
* I often use mixed Fruit for a quick sauce on Chicken, Pork
Than you for all your great ideas
Just FYI, what you made is called a "Sincronizada", basically a tortilla sandwich that is toasted like a quesadilla. A quesadilla is one tortilla folded in half. The recipe looks amazing though.
I'm so glad I found this channel. I absolutely enjoy watching your sweet family.
I laughed so hard when you said you cant be a Louisianaian if you dont have Tabasco bc I was born, raised and still live in Louisiana and I hate Tabasco 🤣🤣🤣 but I do love my Louisiana hot sauce no other brand can compete lmbo
I have to have the captions on
Worcester sauce translated at worse worse sauce and worshipper sauce. Why did this make laugh so much?
You are so funny! I really enjoyed this video.
And, for the record, you feed your family very well!! And enough!
I think for the peach jam and pork chops, plum jam and lamb chops would go well together!
I'm always so jealous to see people's freezers packed to the brim with meat and freezer meals ... where I live, they routinely switch off the power for a few hours, sometimes up to 5 days a week twice a day in order to take pressure off the system... that means freezing anything really just increases your chance of getting food poisoning with all the thawing and re-freezing :/
In regards to Red beans and rice. I don't normally have a ham bone or ham steak so I use bacon (1 lb for a recipe) with great success. I define that as my husband at it and raved about how flavorful it was with the sweet cornbread (hubby's a picky eater)
I never soak my beans. I just put them in the instant pot for 45 minutes. They come out perfect
Quesadillas are a good idea, need easy/budget friendly over here 😣
Girl start w beans rice veggies and go to ur store and stock up on meat I go to 2 stores some days
Family favorite is what we call simple rice ... Cook 1 cup of rice in 3 cups broth, 1 cup of mixed veggies (frozen) salt and pepper to taste and add a little red pepper if you like spice. Serve it with 1 chicken breast cut into bits and pieces we serve 3 with 1 chicken breast and 5 with the simple rice. Open face Tuna melts. Make artisan bread or get a discount bread. Cut slices and top with tuna and cheese bake for 15 minutes at 350 serve with soup and salad. Tomato soup 12 oz can of tomato paste and 5 cups water 1 teaspoon each garlic powder, onion powder and salt, 1 tablespoon sour cream and sugar (helps cut acid from tomatoes) makes about 6 or 7 cups serves 4 in big bowls with tuna melts or grilled cheese. Barley soup 2 carrots 2 parsnips 1 onion 3 celery ribs 1 cup barley 1 or 2 bouillon cubes or stock. Add in enough liquid to cook veggies and make a soup about 8 cups. Served 5 easy with leftovers. TeX mex lasagna 1 cup of each Rice and beans 29 oz tomato sauce 12 corn tortillas (must be corn i get 80 for under $3) and 1 cup cheese, layer, sauce, tortillas, beans and rice, sauce tortillas beans and rice sauce and tortillas and sauce top with cheese and bake in a 9x13 pan for 30 minutes at 350 makes 8 nice servings top with sour cream and hot sauce if you like it. Hope that helps you out a wee bit.
Pick up some bouillon cubes, rice, oats and cinnamon. You can literally make overnight flavoured rice and overnight oats for next to nothing in effort and money
like in this video, make your own bread! Super easy. Also, growing certain plants can be cheaper than buying in store. Especially if you buy them in store and use the seeds for growing.
@@countrystyle5076 oh my gosh. Yum! Never heard of any of these and my mouth is watering to try em very soon! Thanks!!
Try adding some sweetener to the wheat and give the yeast something to chew on. I made commercial batches of wheat bread that comprised of nothing but stone ground hard red wheat flour for years. I only used five ingredients. You needed the sweetener so the yeast give more loft to the wheat flour. It’s kind of dense so it does need some help. There’s not enough readily available sugars in wheat flour like white flour.
I just meal prepped a months worth of freezer breakfasts for my husband and did chorizo egg muffins with spinach and cheese and they came out so good. I really enjoy your videos and would love to see you do a meal prep video. All my meal prep items were right around $12 and it saves me so much time!
I some times add bacon to my beans and cornbread meal. if I need to get it used up or if I don't have any ham in the house.
I like watching your content, some of your recipes look great and your food haul videos are also fun to watch.
Our southern red beans and rice are what my FIL from Louisiana calls a Cajun style with spices, peppers and spiced sausage with Tabasco. Never seen a ham version, interesting! That pot liquor is GOLD!!
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary online, where one can hear the words pronounced, the word "grocery" can be pronounced either way--'gross-ree,' or 'grosh-ree' (I made it easier to pronounce by reading it than they did). You were right--"tomato/tomahto"--it's one of those words that isn't crucial to pronounce just one way 😃.
Whole wheat doesn't have the gluten levels white flour does. You will get a better rise by adding gluten or using half white flour.
Looking forward to trying some of these recipes
I just found your channel and these are going to be super helpful! We are on that Dave Ramsey life at the moment and it's so helpful to have new ideas so we're not rotating the same meals every week. We're Idahoans as well 👋
Thank you so much for your videos! We just had a baby and our life is definitely frugal now!
that red beans and rice dish is a blast from my childhood. my parents (E Texas natives) used to make it with hamhocks or the hambone too! that Tony's seasoning is one of my favs XD
She so funny with these edits 🤣🤣 I love it! 🥰
I totally get same recipe but “mom’s are better”. When I was younger I would tell my mom I didn’t want a sandwich then eat half of hers because it tasted better.
Thats adorable!
Bookmarks are for quitters! I need that shirt for my Mom.
I just discovered your channel and I'm loving you! I don't have a big family and I'm not particularly frugal...but you're awesome to watch, have inspired me and I look forward to your videos. I currently have some dough on my counter to make your crusty bread...my kids will think I'm amazing! Thank you!
Great videos 😁 especially the one about the food bank... New to the channel...l love that spoon haha... You do an amazing job
Hello! I've been testing bread recipes for a while now. It's probably not the water or time that's the issue here but more the flour ratio in your whole wheat bread. I'd try to add some white flour to your whole wheat bread otherwise you'll always get really dense bread (60% white bread flour and 40% whole wheat). Great video!
Watching this now. Christine totally did a Tenet time inversion at the middle of this video!
You should grow sage. It's a perennial where I live in zone 5/6 ( I'm right on the line) comes back without fail every year and is a pretty landscape plant with ZERO CARE. FREE SAGE FOR LIFE VERY FRUGAL. BTW......this is one of my favorite recipes of yours. You might want to add vital wheat gluten to your whole wheat loaf it helps with whole wheat 🍞
Looks so yummy....I can almost taste it lol. At home we call this cupboard soup.... whatever is left in the fridge or cupboard, goes into the big pot of soup. Uses up all the bits and pieces...prevents waste. Love your videos..
I just made the no knead bread today and its SOO GOOD! I don't have a dutch oven, so I used my roasting pan. I will be making this again. Thanks for the recipe.
The hardest part of making bread is waiting the 2 hours for it to cool!
Try frying the chorizo with the bean. Chorizo and rice is great too.
I wish we could eat beans more, but my husband can’t have them. His diet eliminates quite a few things (no colon due to colon cancer).
@MB nooooooo!! 😢😭😭😭
Love your contagious humor and happiness! Thank you for sharing!
I like to sauté bell peppers, onion and fresh mushrooms and make veggie quesadillas! Sautéd spinach is good too!
Have been making the No knead bread since your last video and it is a huge hit in this house! I use whole wheat flour actually and it works out fine. We don’t eat as much bread then because it is wayyyy heavier. But it is delicious!
Hey i know how much you love a good deal lol if you go to dollar general right now all their Christmas stuff is 25cents,that includes canned pumpkin,almond bark,box stuffing,ground cloves,ground nutmeg,ground sage,poultry seasoning and etc. None of it expires until like Dec 2021 or later
Lol, I have one similar.... mine is a red colored mixing / handled / pour spout / grip ring on bottom.... bowl..... it is the beloved bowl by entire family.... also crazy old!! Pancake, waffle, brownie, cake batter..... bowl..... haha a “carb bowl” I just noticed!
Have you tried adding a couple of red peppers to your spanish rice? I do 2 peppers, 2 onions, 2 cloves of garlic and then 3 cups rice and 6 cups of veggie broth. Of and one small can of petite diced tomatoes. SOOO good!!! I've made it 3 times this week and I'm putting it on the meal plan for this next week.
I have the same bowls but in teal and you can get them from walmart - Comes in a 3 pack of different sizes
You’re hilarious and your energy is infectious!!
I do half all purpose flour, and half semolina flour for my Dutch oven bread. Gives a bit more texture/flavor.
I am definitely making white bean soup, glazed pork chops and grapefruit marmalade within the next week. Lately all the videos I've been watching are for recipes my family would love with lots of ingredients I already have. It's excellent!
Helpful advice from a Mexican, learn how to make corn and flour tortillas. You can make a lot of them with a kilogram of flour, they also taste better.
Thanks for this! I made your bread the other night and it was v good. Have some ww bread rising rn. The red beans and rice look good but you ONLY USED 2 OF THE TRINITY! WHERE'S THE GREEN PEPPER???
Everything looked good! I know what you mean about your mother's food tasting better. I have never been able to make my grandmother's dumplings. She never measured the ingredients, even though I tried. My sister in law has tried, too, but just not the same. I say that her secret ingredient was love ❤
Whole wheat flour absorbs more liquid than white, so you may just need to cut back on the flour on the whole wheat bread.
That rice and beans dish looked delicious!! Thanks for sharing!
Such a nice thing to do for your friend ! There should be more ppl like you !