Cooking a $2 meal for my family of 6 | low income | from scratch meals
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- My cheapest meal to date. Made with homegrown ingredients to help cut the costs, though this would still be a rather low cost meal if you had to purchase the vegetables. I hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday season friends! It will be so exciting to dive head first into the New Year with the perspective of plodding and taking each day as it comes.
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I come from a family of 11. My father supported us by fixing appliances - dishwashers, dryers, and so on. Parents were Depression kids - they knew the value of a dollar and how to live without material wealth. One of the greatest gifts they passed on was happiness is possible with very little money.
That is a blessing that continues to give ♥️
@Fiftynine414 ~ from family of 8, similar here. I think those of us who had depression era and WW11 era parents and grandparents learned more about the importance of necessities - wholesome food, a warm, clean home, clothes, and Economy!👍🏼 That's what it was all about.😊
Absolutely it’s all about attitude and knowing what is important in Life God and Family for me and I pray that I never change that part of myself and in fact grow stronger in my faith and trust and love
These turnips are already around 6 pounds here…the kitchen already does not look like a low income family low middle class I will say
@@TheProductiveHomemaker I have a suggestion ... to cut those squash/pumpkins I never use a knife, the squash are too tough and it can be dangerous to try to cut them with a sharp knife!!! I use one of those cheap little saws from a pumpkin carving kit you get around Halloween time. I poke a hole with the saw and just "saw," letting the saw do the work instead of me exerting much energy with my wrists and it's MUCH less dangerous, those saws don't "slip" like a knife can.
I also bought a keyhole saw for about $5 and I think that will work too!
Actually ---- if I'm making soup, I never cut the butternut squash! I just poke them (like a potato) and bake them whole at about 400 degrees for about an hour. Works just great. I cut, peel and scoop them after they cool down a bit.
I feel like I’m listening in on a mother from 1823 not 2023.
You are such a lovely woman.
Her mannerism and the way she conducts herself is so incredibly rare and refreshing.
@@susansmith493 Yes. Calm, peaceful, self-assured, yet humble. The perfect antidote for this chaotic time. 🥰
@@greenbyrd3665 So very true.
This is so True n WOW saves us money
You‘ve nailed it!
“As ingredients start to dwindle, creativity can shine”. You should copyright that sentence.
Simply beautiful!😊
Maybe I can put it on a mug 🤔
I’m assuming cream/milk and/or meat broth was in the soup
Plus cheese on the bread
Ya gotta have something to make that miracle meal out of lol
Dairy n meat are hard to keep in the fridge w/low $
@@TheProductiveHomemakeryes!
@@YeshuaKingMessiah You could easily omit the cream and cheese. I make squash soup often and never put cream in it, it doesn't really need it. As for the chicken stock - you could always substitute with a stock cube or two, though you won't get the same nutrition from it.
Chicken stock is easy to make from bones leftover from a meal. Just bring to the boil and then simmer on low heat for an hour. Turn off the heat and let it cool - this way it continues to cook for long enough to develop flavour. That's what I do anyway. Money is tight here as well so I do what I can to make ends meet.
I grew up in an orphanage where there was no one to teach me the skills that you teach so gracefully. Thank you from my heart to yours.
God bless you ✨
May God bless you and give you comfort in life, in JESUS Mighty Name. Stay safe!
I grew up with a mom who struggled with mental illness so she was there but she was checked out most of the time. She did not cook. My way to show my children love was to learn how to cook and offer them amazing homemade meals. Now they all have discerning pallets. Boxed meal what??? Never!
Hello, I wanted to say that we all have one true Father. Our Father in heaven. His Son Jesus is the door to the Father. Jesus is the Truth the Way and the Life no one goes to the Father except through Him. NO Other way! No new age "we all are god" teaching is going to get us into heaven. Only recognizing God the Father and receiving His Son as our Savior will we be in eternity in a new physical body (at the resurrection of the dead and the rapture) for eternity and that is meant by not dying, This life will come to an end but trust and belief in Jesus will allow us to have a new eternal life with the Lord without a second death.
Roasted squash and onion soup topped with a dollop of sour cream and nutmeg ..a small green salad ... fresh bread ... has been a weekly fall and winter staple meal in our home for 42 years. Its nourishing and filling. ❤
Oh yum! I’ll add that next time 😊
Being able to have bread & pasta is a blessing ppl don’t begin to fathom
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Jerusalem artichoke soup is also very delicious and if you have started growing them in your garden you will have them forever!
It sounds yummy. I don't have homegrown squash so store-bought will be used this time. Planning patio garden for this year
I've always told my daughters (and students) that if something is worth doing, it's worth doing BADLY until you can do it WELL, so get out there and MAKE A MESS AND LEARN!
My husband told our newly we'd daughter (who keep ordering pizzas) to follow directions on boxes for her to cook . He said that's how he learned.
I love this, my anxious perfectionism paralyzes me.
This comment is gold. I've always held and practised this belief. Some folks criticise people who are just starting out or in their process of learning saying they should stop since they're so bad at it. Life is all about learning and making mistakes, and no one learns or becomes good at something unless they make mistakes, or messes if one is learning to cook / bake / make art or other stuff.
Yep I always say Betty Crocker taught me how to cook.
@@maegardnermills4292 That's how I learned as well!! It worked, I can make all those boxed dinners from scratch now.
If you roast bones in the oven until they start to brown (425F for about 30 min) before using them to make broth, the broth will be much more flavorful 😊
Ty!
Yes. Bones from grilled chiken, add carrot, potatoe, celery, parsley, burnt onion for aroma ....add some fidelini pasta (tiny soup pasta et voila)
@@natasamladenovic1765 *Potato.
Thank you! I will try this!
I'm a young mother, just shy of 30. My husband works and I stay home with our three year old daughter, currently 8 months pregnant with our son. I was raised by a single father who didn't cook or clean or anything really. I had no female role models, and am just learning how to be a homemaker from my own strong will and desire to learn.
Love your videos, was here when you only had a few hundred subscribers. So pumped to see how quickly your channel is growing. You deserve it! Great channel, no BS, just pure genuine intentions to teach.
❤ Cadence, the Cajun from South Louisiana
I had the same upbringing as you. I'm so thankful for TH-cam channels like these as I've learned so much about homemaking and at 36 I have learned how to bless my husband and our 4 boys with home cooked meals and a clean cozy house.
I got married young in 1979. I didn’t know a thing about keeping a home or feeding a family but I learned. I made many mistakes but eventually I learned how to cook. How to keep a home and all the rest of managing a life. You will as well. I have no doubt that in ten years you will look back at this time and wish you could remember every detail. Best of luck. Congratulations on your new family member. Happy 2024!
@@Melissa-y2u I’m a 24 year old man. Raised by single mother. Had no male role model figure in my life. Learned how to take care of myself on my own. Everything’s fine now. We can learn, if we want to
-Nordin
It is very impressive that you are striving to make a wonderful life for your young family. Being a good homemaker is very rewarding and learning to do so can be a lot of fun. I wish you all the best.
Sounds like your lazy ass father taught you to take on everything, including a dead weight male. Good luck to you. May you know your incredible, inherent worth.
As a single working mother, I had to live very frugally for many years. Things got better and then got worse again. After being forced into early retirement due to health issues, I have had to relearn how to be frugal. Truly enjoy your sentimental thoughts and recipes.
Okay, seriously.
1. Why is this lovely person not on a food channel showing people what actual COOKING is? She is adorable, knows her way around the kitchen and she is so down to earth and understands that cooking is not about being perfect all the time or putting expensive ingredients on top of each other just to flex on social media...
2. Why is she only at 29k subscribers? These are the type of channels that deserve hundreds of thousands of subscribers! She is putting all the work in herself, she is filming it by herself, she does the voiceover, and I am willing to bet a large amount of money she does all the editing as well with no outside help whatsoever and don't forget, family of 6. She literally had her baby on her back when she was making the chicken pot pie recipe.
I subscribed after watching the first video
Agreed
She's not for everyone. Her voice is surgery and a little grating.
Okay I subscribed
I would have liked a recipe for the bread
It’s so nice to hear somebody speak simply and clearly in a video. It really does make a difference.
I’m so glad I stumbled across your videos! I am a single mother and a single income. Last year (2023) was extremely difficult and we barely kept a roof over our heads. I lost my car and fell deep into debt. We ended the year with hospital bills after my daughter was in icu for 8 days. All that to say, this year I am changing our lifestyle and need inspiration. It inspires me to watch you do something with so little. Thank you for your sweet faith and great ideas!
Good luck, hope it gets better ❤️
You can do it! Just throw everyone’s opinion of worldly needs out the window! Start getting creative. Cut the tv subscriptions if you have any and go to the park and play with the kiddos in lieu of movies. Library story time and Sunday school are great events to get into a regular schedule for things to look forward too. 🙏
Dear lady! I have years on welfare and disability. Reach out to TH-cam, there are some excellent channels here for you. Please don't be afraid! Check out any Newfoundland cooking channels, THIS channel, Depression Era cooking channels...Deep breath, you can keep you and the kids healthy!
I wish you a better 2024 for you and yours
I’m always surprised by the fact that United States doesn’t have free healthcare. It’s absurd.
Great videos….reminds me of my granny’s….I learned a lot of these at…70 years old. By remembering granny’s ways and moms and lots of you tubes. Took up canning at 73..and really into baking bread at 75…believe it or not…lol
This is so motivating to hear as sometimes I get frustrated that I’m only learning these things in my ‘40’s. I’ve learned to make bread and have had varying successes with gardening but I haven’t got around to canning yet (at least partially because it scares me). I was just telling my Dad today that I wish I had been able to learn these things from my Grandma but I didn’t get a chance because she died when I was really young.
My parents were immigrants from Europe so my family grew up growing a vast amounts of vegetables. It definitely helped feed our family. My mom cooked everything from scratch. We were a low income family but somehow my parents never struggled putting food on the table. Cooking from scratch is not only economical but much more healthy. Thank you for sharing.
I'm 67 years old and in those years I have found that a pinch of nutmeg will elevate any pumpkin and squash soups recipes ...It's old school I know but try it you will be pleasantly surprised. It won't taste like pie or anything...in a savory application it's subtle but delicious.
Trust me, you are no "dumbbunnie" LOL! Nutmeg is the bomb in sweet and savory.
@@optimystic1282..I'm not tech savvy and I asked my teenaged neice to help her dumbbunnie Aunt to set up an email account...so she did and I have no idea how to change the name...lol!
If old school advice is wanted, Laramie probably appreciates that. She’s definitely old school and such a blessing. 🙂
I love any tips shared in the comments ♥️ and all of you lovely people sharing them!
Nutmeg is great when cooking hardy greens too
Hot homemade soup and bread is the perfect winter supper...it warms both body and soul!
I always have a large 10 lb bag of rice, same for flour and bags of dried beans of different types. I dont care for corn bread but make biscuits. Beans or rice or both make wonderful soups. These will stretch your budget. Always buy the big 5 lb bags of frozen veggies. Never throw meat bones away. Freeze them to add to your soup. Put bones in muslin bag and crack them before adding to the pot. It allows the marrow to make broth. We grew up not going to stores but for very basics.
I envy the skills you have - and I'm not just talking about your cooking or gardening skills. I grew up with a severely mentally ill, single mother. Not only did I never get to learn basic skills like cooking, cleaning, and gardening... but I didn't even get to learn basic organizational skills, or even mental health, or coping skills. Now I am a stay at home mother looking to provide a more stable environment for my 4 little boys... but I get SO overwhelmed in the kitchen. The constant distraction, the frustration, the shame... the kitchen is the worst place in the house for me because it highlights everything that I think I should know already, but don't. And I'm 37 years old - I'm not a struggling newlywed anymore. I envy the picture of serenity, and purpose you paint in these videos.
You can do it. Start with simple recipes. Get yourself a 4 or 5 day, supper/dinner, meal plan, and work on it. When you feel you have it down, add another meal to the rotation. You said your boys are young, so don't make it fancy....soups, stew, chili, casseroles....keep it simple. Breakfast will be easy....pancakes, French toast, oatmeal. Your Littles will think you're a gourmet chef! Blessings.
When I was overwhelmed I would roast a chicken in my crockpot surrounded by potatoes every week. That night I’ll put the bones back in the crock pot for broth. We would make soup from that broth and also cook rice with the broth. We would do spaghetti another night. That’s 4 meals. 😊. The Lord gently leads those with young children. Ask him for help, step by step. ❤
You’ve got this. Everything can be learned, and the fact that you’re here shows that you are open to learning new skills. Accept imperfection. Nobody is born knowing these skills. If you weren’t taught them, that’s not your fault.
For cooking, maybe start with a simple set of recipes you can rotate through. Spaghetti, nachos, tuna casserole, tomato soup and grilled cheese, Mac and cheese, soup beans and cornbread - whatever your family likes. There is comfort in knowing that if it’s Wednesday, it’s spaghetti night (or whatever). The consistency of a simple rotation will help you with organizing. We also had a smorgasbord night when I was a kid that was really just a leftover night.
You don’t have to be a gourmet or bake your own bread to be a good stay at home mom. Apple slices are a great snack for kids after school. It does not have to be fancy. There is no shame in partly-homemade and store bought bread as an option. Do what you can with what you’ve got and that includes your current skill set. After all, fed is best. Maybe just aim to learn one new skill each month. Maybe this month you want to learn a simple sugar cookie recipe. Next month, a homemade tomato soup, the following month - how to make your own chicken stock and the next month, how to cook pinto beans from dried beans. Some day you might want to try bread making, and maybe you just won’t. I’m not good at it and I don’t enjoy it. I prefer making flatbreads. You will find what works for you. Whatever skill seems most important to learn next, focus on that.
Remember that cooking is chemistry and chemists learn by experimenting and failing. It’s okay to cook something over and over again until you improve the results. It’s also okay to alter recipes to suit your family’s preferences. It’s okay to have fun and experiment and let family feedback guide you on whether today’s experiment was a keeper or not.
As far as nutrition is concerned, Canada has a free food guide you can use for how to balance your meals. You can Google it. It changes from time to time based on current science.
Besides this channel, Frankie Celenza at Struggle Meals on TH-cam has great recipes from easy to quite complex and they are all budget friendly. His approach is lighthearted and a bit whacky. Southern frugal mamma has some good cooking videos - particularly her older ones. But don’t believe her that putting pasta in cold water before it has boiled is okay. Your pasta will turn out starchy and kind of gummy that way. See Mindy Mom is another TH-cam channel that does easy and affordable recipes. There’s loads of channels out there that offer simple recipes. This channel is lovely and inspiring but baking bread, growing your own food and living outside of the city is aspirational for most women I know.
Don’t compare your life to women on Facebook Insta or TH-cam. You do you, boo. You’re learning and growing and on the journey of life and that’s wonderful. Your journey is your own.
I didn’t learn to cook anything from scratch till I was in my late 40s. I left home without any homemaking skills either. You’re coping better than you think. Never be ashamed to ask others for tips and tricks. Anyone who shames you for not knowing is saying more about their own personality and failure at being helpful to another human being than about your lack of skills. Find people who are willing to share their learnings. Maybe even an older woman mentor. I wish we had something like the Women’s Institute (UK) in North America but TH-cam University and your local church’s women’s groups are there as resources.
Good luck, friend! You can do it! 💖
YOU can do this Nicole..how about cook once eat twice meaning if you make meatloaf, mashed potatoes make double the meatloaf and mashed potatoes and freeze the extra if you do this a couple times a week you will have freezer meals..you can make a no knead bread in just a couple hours that requires very few ingredients and heavy oven safe pot with a lid ..cookies (make a double batch) you can make and freeze the dough or bake and freeze do you have a quick desert …try to focus on one task at a time..make sure to get some me time..if you enjoy baths have your husband watch the kids and take a bubble bath or add some calming essential oils to the bath water..drink chamomile tea before bed to relax you. HUGS..
You have found a community here Nicole. We will help and root you on as you learn to do the skills you want. You are not alone in never being taught how to do these things, I can personally attest to that. But one little step at a time, one day at a time, it will get easier. And your little boys will be so grateful for their momma who did the hard thing to learn new skills. You can do it ♥️♥️
Hello, I'm a Mauritian Woman living in France. I love your videos , you are such a really productive homemaker. Your husband is a very lucky man and your children must be very happy to have a mother like you. ! Marie
Wow, it is so nice to find this refreshing channel. So many YT channels portraying a "slow & simple life" are also not a portraying an entirely REALISTIC life. Thank you for keeping it real!! 🧡💛
You’re so kind! I’m glad you’re enjoying our content ☺️
I love the simple clothing you have chosen for making the video. It looks comfortable and in keeping with your simple way of life. I find the thing most valuable in living a satisfying life is gratitude for what one has, just as it is. Another is curiosity. I love learning how to do things better, and you have referred to that in your bread baking comments. Very satisfying to improve the skills I already have and learn some new ones.
Thank you for taking on this role to keep your family healthy. About 70% of our food is now highly processed and unhealthy for human consumption. That is why so many people have digestive diseases, cancer, arthritis, diabetes and heart disease among other issues. Our life expectancy is on the way down. Many of my friends likely think I am a little crazy for growing an organic garden and making everything from scratch, but I refuse to eat food that is highly processed and full of very harmful chemicals. Money doesn’t buy happiness. It only provides security and freedom to do what you want. You are teaching your children the right way to live and it is very admirable.❤
Got a free turkey at Thanksgiving, made a deep slow cooked turkey broth, made White turkey chili with it today - wow such great flavor
You need to become a writer. You turn everyday life into poetry through language. I am very impressed and enjoyed by your videos! Keep up the good work.
I've been watching you for z while. Are "you" below the poverty level? If so. Your clean house proves what I've said since childhood....just because youre poor doesn't mean you have to be messy. I grew up with 13 sibling. Dirt poor, but didn't know ot till jr. High.
I am in awe of you. I am comfortable now but it has not always been this way. I love how you have not only embraced your circumstances but also used them to help others. You deserve every success that comes your way
Can I just say how perfect this whole video is?? The soft calming music that is just noticeable without drowning out your voice. The wonderful information that is presented so simply to understand and follow. Your take on life and to make thought out, purposeful decisions. Your delicious soup made from what you have available. I couldn't possibly name everything about this video that I love. Thank you for this and may God bless you in everything you do ❤
I love it when my algorithm sends me videos and channels like yours! This was such a relaxing video, which I really need right now! And now you have a new subscriber! 😊
A seriously delicious topping for this type of soup is a tablespoon of cranberry sauce. I thought it sounded crazy but it’s wonderful. I always have some left after thanksgiving. I make squash soup all the time, a family favorite.
Excellent idea! I need to try this!!
Toasting the seeds in olive oil ,butter and garlic powder makes a great topping for the soup as well.
Topping, sour cream too.
@@david-nt3cz ...or creme fresh, but then you'd be getting into a pricey ingredient.
@@dumbbunnie123 true. Or Greek yogurt
This wonderful video reminds me of the "More with Less" cookbook by Doris Janzen Longacre, originally published in 1976. This peaceful video encouraged me to chop up some not-so-fresh vegetables in my pantry for soup rather than preparing something more expensive.
I love the recipes in that book. My mom passed, and one of my sisters took a lot of things.
I still have my later copy. Isn't that the cookbook that joked a church potluck could almost set up three tables for the food: cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, and cream of celery. That still makes me laugh.
More with Less is one of my favorite cookbooks . Love the stories also. I have Extending the table & Living more with less . Both are by the same author.
That was my first cookbook and I still read it! Every person should have it. It also gives you a sense of gratitude that no matter what happens, people in the US are fortunate!!!
My garden didn't produce a lot of squash this year, but my friend's did. So we traded veggies. Received 10 large squash, different varieties. I also get apples in the fall which I can as apple sauce.
We had 2 pear trees. I used pears to make many different dishes. Pear sauce, pear pie etc. Another way to use pears or apples is dehydrating. Pear chips are delicious as are apple chips. You can readily find recipes for all natural fruit roll ups too.. You will have almost zero waste by dehydrating. For years, I would even boil down the cores and peels and freeze them in ziplocs for my deer hunting friends.
@@SilentNoMore64 2023 must have been the year for pears. I received a bushel of pears. I gave them away, canned them and ate pears every day.
When my granddaughter is with me I always cook and bake with her. I tell her it’s important for everyone to learn how to cook and bake because it helps us take care of our families. Butternut squash soup is one of my favorites. I started adding an apple to it and use nutmeg. Yours looks so yummy.
I make a yummy roasted butternut soup with cilantro, onion, ginger root, turmeric, 1 peeled Granny Smith apple, a jalapeño, a can of coconut milk/ cream and some curry powder and blend.
One major thing that's helped keep our grocery bill in check is weekly menu planning
And sticking to a list
Make a menu according to what you already have in your pantry/freezer then use your grocery budget for the week/bi-week/month to shop the sales adds to stock up.
@@MaxsMom-bv6hf Brilliant! Thank you!
I keep meeting people who make a meal plan to avoid overspending but yet one still has to be able to buy the food to make meals. Currently it is almost impossible for many to be able to do this . Every month, sometimes weekly ingredients go up in price. I’m thinking community gardens and nutritional education plus community outreach will be necessary in 2024 . Let’s all be kind and helpful to the humans around us this year .
@@loriburgess1866 I *love* the community garden idea!!
This lady is such a calming delightful presence to listen to. I really like her ideas in the fact that she’s using squash or a small pumpkin. It is so underrated and so good for you. She is to cooking what dee dee Tibbetts is to music.
Simple, delicious, warming, nourishing food to fill tummies for next to nothing, but your time. Time well spent. 😊
Living frugally and purposefully is my mantra for 2024. Thank you for sharing your content. This was beautifully done
You have a very soothing and calm voice! An excellent story teller.
A lovely, quiet and useful moment....
Wow. You are such a breath of fresh air. I've been binge watching your videos and I absolutely LOVE your spirit. You're so down to earth, humble and relatable. Wishing you much success on your channel❤
I watch the ads for you, just saying! You are a true delight, you are so welcoming and so real and make me feel inspired. Soooo glad I found you. The others are right, you deserve hundreds of thousands of subscribers!!!
Paper plates and parchment paper… luxury items
And silicon baking sheets....
I would wake up hungry in the middle of the night from this little food at dinner...
Yum! Homemade bread and soup is my perfect autumn/winter meal.
I LOVE homemade bread. I started exclusively making the bread we eat a couple years ago and it's so fulfilling to know that I can provide nourishing sourdough bread for my family any time I want. I've also ground my own wheat berries to make an even more nourishing meal. My mother in law gave me her grinder that she used when my husband was younger. I have been so thankful for it. I just love a good homemade bread with soup. It's one of my favorite meals during the cold months. Such a simple blessing, but so cozy.
Your food looks so yummy. Ty for meals you prepare. As a single person, my food budget is between 10 and 20 dollars a week . Ty for showing me how to eat for less, I'd love more content from you.😊
"As ingredients start to dwindle, creativity can shine." I just love that so much. Both my parents are great cooks, and for my dad especially it's a passion - he cooks like his mother, my Nana - no recipes, no measuring, just a lifetime of experience and love. For whatever reason, I seem to have emerged from the womb begging to learn how to cook, so he taught me how to scramble eggs by age 4, make tuna casserole by 5, bake bread by 7, and I gained experience from there. I am so incredibly grateful for that background. Being able to cook up a nourishing meal from simple, inexpensive ingredients is one of the most comforting and empowering things, and I know it's not easy for everyone, especially if you didn't grow up doing it. I love seeing this renaissance in frugal, simple living and home cooking, and helping others learn these essential and empowering skills. Even when times are hard, if you have the ability to make a lot from just a little, it's such a blessing. Thanks for sharing. You've inspired me to bake some bread today. :)
Love your channel so much! You're a bright light in our world. Prayers for you and yours. 😊
Wow, so many things you said sounds like my life!
I kept having dreams that would wake me up about needing to make yeast bread from scratch and during the day I kept having this uneasy urgency felling to make the bread as well so in November of 2019 I made yeast bread from scratch and I hated it at first because I kept comparing myself to every other bread maker and as you said in the video it takes time and patience.
Then COVID 19 happened and you couldn't buy bread at the store anymore and now I know why I kept having all the anxiety to make yeast bread! I make all my breads still from scratch and we buy organic hard white wheat in a 25 lb bag online, this bag last me a little over a month.
Two of the biggest lessons I learned about making yeast breads was knowing that the altitude you live in will affect your bread recipe and the changing weather can change your recipe by a little or a lot each time you make bread so I always have extra warm water and more flour handy when I make yeast breads!
We make most of our meals from scratch as well. We don't have any farm animals yet but Lord willing we will soon. As you talked about sacrificing we did as well! We are in a better living situation and own our own land now and make steps all the time to be as self sufficient as possible which helps you to save a lot of money. We teach these lessons to our kids.
Making our own meals from scratch allows us to eat high quality food and we have more money to spend on it because I mainly buy ingredients such as whole foods instead of prepared package meals and I look at all the ingredients labels so I am not buying anything with unhealthy ingredients!
It is really nice to see someone else having the same thought process about these things. Take care!
P.S.
A few reasons I only use organic hard white wheat flour is I don't have to worry about chemicals and pesticides in my flour that I feed to my family. It's whole grain so it is better for you, I have hypoglycemia and all-purpose flour isn't whole grain and it messes with my blood sugar levels. Hard white wheat flour can be used in place of all-purpose flour and it works great in yeast breads, quick breads, pie crusts, desserts, flat breads etc. It's naturally white, neutral in flavor, and it's not as dense as hard red wheat flour.
Sadly hard white wheat flour is an amazing unknown flour to most Americans. The main reason for this is because we are told over and over again by people who are supposed to be experts in nutrition and health that all white grains are bad! This is a lie since there are a few naturally occurring white or off white whole grains out there!
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It is interesting you mention dreaming of being prepared and an urgency to learn new skills and be prepared before you even knew why. Me too. I still dream of future necessities. I would almost call these dreams anxiety producing .
I try not to watch the fear inducing mainstream news channels and instead do what I can to a joyful heart . Planning ahead in all areas of life is the key to feeling less anxious for me . Remembering our parents, grandparents and great grandparents when though rough, uncomfortable, times and did a good job, gives me hope we can do the same for our own families.
@@loriburgess1866 Hi, I like the truth of what you said.
I found your video as comforting as the wonderful $2 meal you created!!! Would have loved to be at your table. God bless you and your family.
Frugal is not having parchment paper. That is a luxury for me.
How do you figure she didn’t buy it from dollar tree for a literal dollar like my mom used to?
@@firefightingdrumstick The one you buy at dollar tree is like 12” x 24” lol
You make it sound soo simple, and it is, with patience. I once got a bread-maker. Big mistake!! They cannot compare with hand made and the kneading. It is also theraputic. x
I agree 100%. Never has my family been so healthy as when we were on a very austere budget. You need to put much thought into the meals and it is great!
Enjoy watching your channel! This one reminds me of the simple pleasures of life, caring for family, and homemaking that is much less stressful. I get excited about growing and raising food for my family and it's so satisfying and rewarding. Not only are your videos helpful, but calming in an anxious, chaotic world. Good skills to build and resources, especially in the time we live in now and good preparation for continuing to care for our families and ourselves when supply chains breakdown and chaos runs amuck. And the quality of our food is so much better!
I so agree about the bread making journey, in the winter it is such a creative outlet for me to make all sorts of things with basic bread dough. We have progressed from buying 5 pizzas every Friday night to making our own from scratch. My husband does the base and I do the toppings and the pizzas are 1000x better. I found you when you had 500 subscribers, I am so happy to see your success. You are wise beyond your years and I am so happy your have started Patreon, I am looking forward to joining ❤
We have a small garden, but we grow a lot of our own food in tubs. We converted our front garden into raised beds and grow potatoes, red and black currants, blueberries and blackberries in them. In the back garden, we have a herb bed, grapes, cherries, strawberries and raspberries, plums, pears, onions and garlic, horseradish, figs, tomatoes, carrots, peppers...the list goes on. We only live in a small semi detached house, but if you plan meticulously, you can get a lot of food out of your garden. We also keep chickens, to provide us with eggs. We don't eat meat, so we just basically live off the veg we grow.
I am so happy for you. I have been watching your channel grow quickly and you deserve it. It is because you keep it real, informative and share all your frugal ideas and don't get involved with the bs of political opinion.
Thank you!! Wishing you a very successful channel and you are wlll on your way.
Thank you so much! It has been such a wonderful thing watching this channel grow ♥️
We are lucky enough to have enough money to grocery shop without too much financial stress, but I find your channel so relaxing to watch after a long day of teaching 6 year olds.🙂
I just stumbled across your channel, and I'm wondering how on earth I never saw it before! You are right up my alley! I get so much encouragement from listening to other mamas and homemakers. Your video was so clear, concise, calm and collected, I love your format. Very happy to be a new subscriber!
The thing is, you say it's low income...
But then the kitchen it's cooked in is out of reach for so many low income people.
People just put too much emphasis on income, it's not really capturing what you think it is.
Thanks for watching!
Most "low income" people have a kitchen, or at least a table and some cooking implements. There's a difference between "low income" and "homeless".
so many people try to put out content like this. it always feels so fake. even the more "realistic" channels...something always feels off. thank you for this video! i am looking forward to more updates from you!!
this is a very relaxing watch
You are so kind, I’m glad you’re enjoying my content ♥️
I love growing and decorating with pumpkins...and then eating them!
The seeds and squash both make delicious food.
Try dicing up a sugar pumpkin inro small cubes, and making a pumpkin risotto ...soak the seeds in salt water for a couple hours if you orep ahead, then drain, dry, and toast them in a skillet with a little oil, fat or butter and sprinkle them over the served risotto.
Thank you for your inspiration and ideas. You sound like you'd appreciate another way to stretch your money and enhance nutrition. You may already know this. Your squash seeds, baked and salted, is not only a yummy snack but high in protein. I use a colander, run the seeds under water to separate the strings from the seeds. It gets easier and faster with practice and now I find no big deal. Then I pat dry with a towel. The seeds will stick but just brush off with your fingers. Using a towel is challenging so next time I'm going to just drain off the water and go ahead let the oven dry the seeds out. s. Then pour out the seeds on a baking dish lined with parchment paper, salt and bake at 350 degrees. Watch closely so they don't burn. They only take a few minutes. Take out and salt again. You and your family will fight over the bowl. (and the treat is free!)
Just rewatched this video. Beautiful! God bless!
I somehow feel that this channel could grow very fast! Reminds me of the early days of Becky on Acre Homestead♡♡♡
Squash is one of my favorite veggies!! I can’t think of anyway I don’t like it. Your soup and French bread look delicious as well as healthy. You have a very calming speaking voice . You are doing a great job and are a blessing to others. Happy New Year 2024!!🎊🎉🎆❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻
You are doing something important. They are putting a lot of harmful chemicals in our food. I have even begun to see WARNING LABELS on back of food packages!!!
I’m starting to see that too and thought I was going crazy!
I agree. More chemical then ingredients these days.
Yep. I thought tinned goods, ( tinned tomatoes, for instance) were OK. ... then I started checking the labels...
It's crazy when you learn that most American foods are banned outside of North America. So many ingredients are illegal to use in foods where I now live, in the UK. I've mostly gone back to my WV roots and try to mostly cook from scratch, not only because it's cheaper, but because it's just better for us. I love making a simple lot of soup beans (pintos, most often) and from scratch cornbread. Wholesome, simple, filling food.
Wow, I haven’t seen warnings on food 😮
I dump chicken bones and skin with carrots and onion with broth in crockpot on low overnight. Drain solids and I we canned 8 pint jars of beautiful rich broth. Super easy
Laramie, this was just beautiful. Besides our physical bodies, it’s also so important to nourish hearts, minds and souls. For, addressing all these wonderful components of our human selves, can make the best possible version of what The Lord created us to be.❤
Wise words ♥️
I love your voice and beautiful poetic narrative.
I am so thankful for finding your channel. Our country's food prices went up with about 15% per year. We couldn't make it on our small pension. I will look with new eyes at my way of preparing meals. Thank for you very much.
I so enjoy your embrace of simple yet fulfilling lifestyle. May I share my recipe for a family favorite? Corn chowder:
In a large saucepan saute 2 strips of thick sliced slab bacon from the deli with a small diced onion.
Add 1 LG or 2 sm peeled and cubed potatoes, cover with water (I use the water drained from canned whole kernel corn)and simmer till fork tender.
Add a can of evaporated milk if short on fresh milk.
Add I well drained can of whole kernel corn and one can of creamed corn, season to taste and simmer for a few minutes. Thicken as you wish. Easily feeds one adult and 3 kids and can be made a larger amount with no weird math❤
Thank you so much for your recipe.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Do you also grow potatoes? My pumpkin soup has potato in it, boiled veg is spooned out of the skin. Add cheese, like parmesan with the garlic, and dill, to disguise the pumpkin flavour, i'm allergic to onion, add sour light cream after. Make rounds of thick sliced bread into garlic bread, wirh a few thinly sliced mushrooms and mozzarella on it. If you have no space, put potatoes in a bin, add dirt weekly as the bush gets taller, you will have layers of spuds after.
We tried this last year and had a laughable hardest 😂 we’re hoping this year will be better!
Such hope that you are giving me!
I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO COOK AT 11YR DUE TO MY DRUNKEN PARENTS. YEA AND ABUSED ON TOP OF IT. BUT I COOKED AND ATE WHAT EVER WE HAD IN THE HOUSE. TODAY I'M 62YR SINGLE AND COOK GREAT MEALS.
Good evening Mrs. Laramie:
I hope this comment finds you and your family doing well, blessed, and staying safe! I am doing well.
I am a new subscriber and love your content! 🤗💜
Thank you for providing ways to make wholesome meals during this recession! It is very helpful and encouraging. These are difficult storms we are encountering in our lives. Heavenly Father's word said these days would come. He is watching those who are strong and those who are not in handling this storm. Yes, it is difficult and discouraging! However, it is a time to draw a closer relationship with Him to increase our faith, endurance, and strength to be able to conquer and deal better with more storms ahead.
May Heavenly Father continue to bless you and your family abundantly until all of eternity is my prayer! 👆🏽🙌🏽😇🙏🏽💪🏽
Have a blessed evening and a prosperous New Year ahead!
We are not in a recession. Stop watching Faux News.
❤❤❤❤ you share deep wisdom ~ in the kitchen ~ like women have done forever ♾️ ❤❤❤
Addicted to this chanel
Yes! So good to se a new video! So exciting!
Quite filling meal for winter. I love eating with the seasons.
Wonderful wishes and much more blessings for you and your family next year and the years to come watching you make this squash soup is so special because it's a staple to my haitian heritage to use this ingredient , and paird with your bread recipe, absolutely Phenomenal.
How neat! What kind of seasonings do you use in your home country for this dish?
Such wisdom from such a young woman!
Your soup looks delicious. I got free squash from the farmers market with vouchers that were gifted to me. I saved my squash seeds for next year's garden. I starteda few already.
First time here. I really enjoyed your story along with the squash soup and French bread demonstration. Looks absolutely Devine. I am so glad you bring awareness to all of the unnecessary Ingredients in store bought bread to make it last longer that plays havoc with our bodies hormones etc. . I had to subscribe when I heard you bring prayer into the conversation. Education and promoting gardening along with cooking/baking is absolutely a win win in my book!
GOD Bless you and yours 🙏🏽
I enjoyed listening to you so much today. Your supper looked so delicious. I am encouraged to dive in and start making bread lots more often. Thanks for the lovely video.
I just love to hear you talk and tell your stories.
I have to eat gluten free, but nevertheless, I love watching you make bread and cook all of the other meals and things. You inspired me to create a different rice dish this evening by using some different spices I had in my cabinet. You have also inspired me to use up all of my 3 lb. bag of onions over the last couple of weeks. This is something I have never accomplished before, as I almost always end up with a couple that sit around so long that they sprout and get tossed. Thank you for all your videos! ❤❤❤
Plant your soeouted inion& regrow them!😊😮
Can chop and freeze onion too!
That’s amazing!!! Great job 👏🏻 I’m so glad you’re here ♥️
@@mangopuppybaby I do that too! Chop it up, freeze it and it's perfect for future soups, chili etc
Your soup and bread look yummy . I did and do similarly for family . My children are adults now. I have 5 grandchildren 14 to newborn . Whole, delicious, nutritious foods are a gift to your family and mine . I remember feeling like a dinosaur from prehistoric times raising a family on one income in the 80’s and 90’s. Then again in the 2000’s when we adopted two more children . Most of my friends and family thought we were nuts and depriving ourselves . I would do it all over again the same way as far as food is concerned .
Good on you . Blessings on your household . I appreciate you sharing an alternative lifestyle with the TH-cam world .
I just came across your channel. I absolutely love it. You are amazing and very captivating ❤❤❤❤❤
I just found your videos. I truly enjoyed not only watching and learning but listening to your voice. You have a very calming demeanor. 💜💜💜
I enjoyed this one. This is something that anyone can do. Simple, quick and healthy. Please do more every week! ❤love your content
I was just enjoying homemade squash soup today …..and then this popped up in recommendations :) the recipe we used had a red pepper (I think you call them bell peppers?) and a little chilli flakes. We swapped the potato in the recipe for butter beans (to increase the protein level) and then blended it :) very tasty :)
I very much believe in the saying of ‘live within your means’ ….. I did have a house mortgage, but overpaid as much as I could each month, to get it repaid early. Otherwise, if I can’t afford it, I don’t have it.
I live in the UK, it’s lovely seeing American folk cook from scratch as the UK media generally portrays Americans as heavy consumers of processed foods or never cooking and eating out all the time (are your restaurants cheap to eat in?)
Anyway, I’ve really enjoyed watching and am subscribing. I wish you all the best success with your cottage, veg growing and you tube channel.
I love your philosophy. Intentional living. Prioritize your values and goals and make a plan to achieve them. You have a relationship with the food you prepare. From seed to table, this meal is more meaningful and so much more a part of you and who you are than any restaurant could ever match. Love your channel and recipes.
This was lovely. I can't wait to make this soup! Thank you and Happy New Year to you and your family.
I always add a peeled and cored apple to my squash soup. It gives a nice flavour.
Did you know that you can in fact blend the whole roasted squash, skin and all. It adds extra nutrients and doesn't taste any different at all. Especially good if you grow your own as you know it hasn't been sprayed with anything nasty. Loving your channel.
I’m also still eating on an abundance of squash. With all the seeds I’ve saved from them I’ll continue to have many many more to come.
Great video! Congrats on you channel. Just a tip on the bread from a master baguette baker i saw,.. when you hold the razor blade to score the top, hold the blade parallel to the floor, not perpendicular such as you did. You score the bread by slicing under the top like you were making a little pocket. Just a half to 3/4 cm in. This causes more rise and expansion of the baguette. You see yours has very little spread of the cuts, but the trick to get that wide expansion from the pros is to hold the blade parallel to the counter top, and do longer cuts. Just 3 for the length of your breads is needed. You start at top right of loaf, scoring a long cut towards the middle for the loaf, then the second under that and the third then ends on the bottom left corner of loaf. Hope that makes sense. Apparently that “pocket” style cut creates a wider steam catch and escape which makes the bread really widen, and then as a result the crumb inside is not dense, it lightens up getting that hole filled baguette style drier crumb. I saw you rolling the loaves and i was like BAGUETTE!! I need to make bread again, I havnt in a while. Anyways just cheerfully sharing a technique i recently saw from a pro French bakery bread maker on youtube. He explained the how and why of how to hold the blade and he used the exact same blades as you. As he put it, cheap, easy to replace and sharp! Oh that was the other thing he said use a sharp blade not a dull knife, knives tear the bread you want the razor blade. 😊
I am thrilled to see a new video! Thank you so much! I think you are going to have a huge following and channel!
I add apple (either roast , or cook in with soup and blend). I find thst adds just a little something , but I don’t always do thst. Your soup looks Lucius! I so yearn to know more about your story and life and everything! Im very new. Happy New Yesr! Enjoy your time with your family!
Oh that’s a good idea! Thanks for adding this tip to the comments!!
I live in a housing project. I grow a few things in pots and in my tiny patio flower beds. Ended up with eight quarts of thick tomato sauce. I have some dried herbs too. Now I'm stumped by how to cook healthy but super cheap. Am now recovering from years of illnesses mostly caused by poverty diet. I can go down to rice and ramen, but that for years on end is why I got very sick.
A sale on squash at the store, so I will see about making a soup from it.
Thats like $10 worth of squash where I'm at lol
You can also save your vegetable odds and ends in the freezer to make vegetable stock. What I do with mine, I put all my veggie scraps in a bag in my freezer and when I have enough I put it in a crockpot and cover it with water and add salt and let it cook all day, then I strain it and put it in Tupperware in my freezer for later use and you can use literally any vegetable to do this. It is no waste and getting the most out of my produce even if it's scraps or celery that got a little wobbly or a tomato or pepper that's gotten soft. There are so many things you can do with vegetable stock too 😊