I love "Weeknighting" content so much. Your recipes are approachable and are always something I actually want to eat. I also like the foods that are more of a "project", but nothing beats good things I can make in just about 30 minutes without crazy ingredients.
Agreed. I love trying out fancy recipes on a Saturday evening, but having more accessible recipes you can make every night are great. I'm happy a lot of cooking TH-camrs are posting them more.
The soup you made must be in every homecoock's repertoire, especially in the colder days when fall is kicking in like we have now in Yurp... Healthy and very delicious, goes a long way with a loaf of sourdough to dip❤.
Please, please - more like this! These dinners are so approachable. Not ridiculously and silly in how they keep costs down. Just smart and not ignoring the test and time factors. I would add in chickpeas and cauliflower to the keema curry.
Veggies are SO important. All my life I barely ate any of them. By 30 years old I was very unhealthy, feeling very sick. My blood pressure and my sugar level in my blood were out of control. I noticed I always felt bad after eating, and from there I realized my diet was very poor. Long story short, I started eating very healthy and lots of vegetables, learned how to cook them and noted which one made me feel better than others. I started a huge garden and from there I was eating TONS of veggies everyday. In a matter of months, all my symptoms vanished, I felt healthier than when I was 18 years old. Looking back, I can't believe it took me so long to realize that we are what we eat. If you are eating all kind of refined food filled with chemicals and sugar, all day everyday, its just a matter of time before your body sends you clear messages that you are doing something very wrong,. Starting a garden helps a lot eating healthy without really noticing it :) Everything taste better when its straight from the garden. And soups are the best way to eat tons of veggies too! Cheers for the video Brian
Thank you for making a note of pan sizes at 8:27! A 12" pan has almost 50% more surface area than a 10" pan which is a big deal that a lot of creators miss! Little things like that are why your videos are hands-down the best for home cooks.
All I’ve made so far is the keema curry recipe but OMIGOSH it’s made my life sm easier. After I made it, the leftovers lasted me way more than 4 portions. As a poor person who has to make my own food before work and has a physically demanding, energy sucking job, I so appreciate such an easy-to-make recipe that makes me feel so good after I’ve eaten it. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
@@BrianLagerstromI watch stuff deep outside of the algorithm. It's so niche and rabbit hole-y that it won't even show me similar videos after watching these videos. I have to do a specific search every time.
I had leftover keema curry(loved it), so I thought for lunch I’d try something adventurous! Used puff pastry from freezer and turned the curry into samosas-ish ! They were so good! Also had some frozen mango chunks so made a quick chutney while the “samosas” were baking. We will definitely add the Keema curry to our regular menu rotation, and make extra for the leftovers! Yum
I really appreciate these style of videos. The weekend is great for the time consuming, technical meals, but its nice to be able to whip up quick, healthy, and affordable meals, especially when you have a family with 4 boys to feed...
Love your videos, they are stright to the point, without watching for ages all the chopping& slicing, you got my attention stright away, a variation of quick, delicious recipes Thank you👍🏼
To answer your request, yes Brian, I found this useful and would love to see more videos like this. I will definitely be trying these recipes in the next week or so. Thank you for posting all of these great recipes!
I really like this kind of thing as an option. My household deals with a lot of mental health issues, so having something that is good, warm, and not overwhelming while still being a nice meal. Anything that'll combat depression, especially this time of year, is a win in my book.
These videos always seem to strike the perfect balance between realistic for weeknight home cooks, while also being elevated and interesting enough to avoid meal prep fatigue. Great stuff
I love the idea that you sat in front of your computer thinking "man, should I go the extra mile and add that slapping beef in the pan sound" at 2:10. And what can I say? I laughed hard.
Brian you are absolutely killing it with your content recently. Even if you drop a video for a recipe I’m not interested in making I’ll still watch it because it’ll be more entertaining than most videos on my feed. Seriously, you got to be the best channel doing this. Awesome videos man.
Great recipes, so straightforward. After a life time of cooking for kids and grandkids, the kitchen section of my brain is sulking 😅. I've subscribed. PS. The pan handle sticking out is traumatising me lol.
really appreciate the blend of weeknighting content and weekend project meals. hitting the budget, health, speed trifecta is difficult and you keep putting out banger recipes. please keep writing my entire menu for me!
I have three girls - one vegetarian, one omnivore, and one picky girl. They all get to pick something to eat from the "Let's Eat This Thing!" guy, and the presentation really helps get them to try new things. I love how approachable your videos are. 100% hands down the household's favorite for recipes. One daughter does miss the "Lets Eat This Thing" dance at the end, tho
Brian - Brilliant. This will help a lot of family cooks whose budgets have been wrecked. Can't wait to try these, and hoping for more of the same. Thanks for doing this for us.
Yes, Please more in this series. I also love that you use minimal types of cookware and utensils! I am trying to downsize my kitchen wares as we are now a family of two and all family events are at the kids home now.
Hello, something that my mother would make as a child (she had 5 children) when we really didn’t have anything to eat throughout the week. We call it bean soup (black beans) with white rice and diced onions. :) I recently made this and it was so delicious and filling except only this time I would add diced Avocado. The soup lasted me 3 days and it fed about 4-5 people.
I recently came across your videos. Love them and have been sharing with friends and family trying to cut food costs. Thank you for such high quality content!
Love this style of content!! I’m always hunting for actually fun recipes to make that are still healthy… as you said - not just another recipe for boiled chicken and broccoli
You know this to be true, but just to verify: the bloopers are great and make you stand out from the overly serious big money corporate productions. They don't make the videos or recipes any less professional, only more approachable.
These videos are super helpful, Brian. I personally love the focus on healthy meals and using veggies. The speed and price are a bonus, too. Thanks so much!
I just started watching your videos last week and love them! Tonight I tried one of your recipes for the first time...the Italian Wedding Soup/Minestrone soup. DELICIOUS! I made a few tweaks but it was sooooo good! Instead of sausage meatballs, I made my standard meatball mix except that I made them with sausage and ground beef. And I doubled the amount because I don't like beans. And instead of kale I used spinach (which I added at the end). Definitely keeping this one on hand! Can't wait to try the stir fry recipe later this week!
@Brian I love that you incorporate so many Indian-inspired recipes into these videos! On behalf of all of us Desi folk, one teensy little tip, it’s “gah-rum” masala not “gare-um masala” Love the content and your food!!
I made the soup and the curry this week. Both are going into “the rotation.” Our official rotation that we keep in the Notes app is the holy grail of recipes in this household so that’s a high honor.
You don’t know how happy it makes me to see every ingredient listed by weight! I keep a list of weights of common ingredients taped to the inside of a cupboard door and I’m always adding to it. Sure beats using measuring cups & spoons!
These all look great and I will try them. The first reminds me of something my mom would make the four of us when my dad was off on sales trips: ground beef browned with cubes of potatoes. I think all she added was salt and pepper; she told me some years later with a laugh that it was a Depression dish that her grandmother had made her back in the 1930s. We scarfed it up eagerly; but then again, I used to scarf up Spaghettios and Kraft Italian Dinners when I was in high school. Your stuff is far superior and easy to make! The soup in particular is a fun and interesting idea.
This was great; I made some swaps based on what I had to make the Kheema (ground chicken, broccoli, frozen corn) but it still turned out fantastic! Next time I'll probably add more curry powder and garam masala, but this is being definitely added to monthly "kind of lazy but want something good" cooking repertoire.
Just made the Pad Woon Sen - instant hit at my house! It’s hella delicious (especially with the copious amount of bok choy I put in). Thank you for making cooking more approachable!
Finally a video about healthy cooking that actually is somewhat healthy. You could say it's a bit too meat heavy and too low on legumes (2 dishes with meat and only one with legumes, I would say the other way around would be way better), but the overall amount of vegetables is good at least. This is actually healthy, not just high protein. Yes, Ethan Chlebowski, I'm looking at you!
Thanks for this video. I've watched so many "budget recipes" videos but as a person on a fixed income, a lot of TH-camr's ideas of budget is like $7 per serving. It just ain't it lol. I also like that there are a reasonable amount of carbs used in each dish. These dishes are really accessible for home cooks on tight budgets or limited access to fancy grocery stores.
This video is awesome! Love the focus on cheap, quick, and healthy!! Please make more of these! I've been making Ethan Chlebowski's Keema Matar recipe frequently for ages, but it will be really nice to mix it up with your Keema curry recipe. The noodles look fire as well.
Brian I was just thinking of writing you a comment yesterday! About how your style of making and presenting recipes has helped me see cooking differently and shift my view to where I can see myself be able to do some things in the kitchen without fucking up. I am suspected with ADHD but undiagnosed as of now, and I've only recently realised that that might have a great deal to do with my struggles to "whip up something" in the kitchen on a regular basis. Coordinating groceries, the cooking process, timing and my own hunger has been nearly impossible in the past. I'm also a student with not much experience cooking, and I generally feel like I don't have an intuition when it comes to food, and am too afraid to improvise anything. Since watching your videos on healthy meals on a budget, cooking under 1 hour and the pan recipes, I feel like I'm slowly getting a basic overview and understanding of cooking that calms my overthinking and anxiety and lets me do something. I've cooked 3-4 times since and nothing has come out terrible, although I do still struggle with drying out chicken and not getting exactly crispy potatoes. I'm feeding myself and that is what matters. I've bought less pre-made food in the past weeks to help me cope. This is a long comment, but I want to thank you for your thorough presentations and for sharing your expertise with us in an understandable a follow-able way. More videos on easy and cheap recipes or where you explain some basics in cooking or create frameworks for thinking about ingredients and techniques might be amazing, in case you're taking ideas. Thanks again and I'm looking forward to trying another one of your recipes!
Great content as usual. ❤ One of the things I've noticed on so many videos about eating healthy and cheap - lots of sodium. Which isn't healthy for anyone. When young, you don't notice but the older you get the more salt messes with you. I've always tried to under salt everything and found that vinegar and citrus really helps balance low sodium meals. I don't even need to watch my salt intake at all, but if trying to eat healthier and the daily suggestion is less than a teaspoon a day then it's best that your meal prep isn't super salty. You're going to always get more sodium intake in a day by just drinking water even. So id love to see healthy meals that don't have SPOS all over it.
I make soups like that last one pretty often, some pasta, beans, and usually whatever leftover meats and veg I have around. I love the little sausage meatball idea though. My personal favourite for these kinds of soups is a nice wedge of lemon, and some finely crushed/minced garlic to add right before serving, brightens and wakes everything up really nicely!
HEY BRI...dude we truly enjoy your content -- the legit techniques + humor + simplicity is on point. HOWEVER, my daughter and I are continually in cringe mode at your PAN HANDLES STICKING OUT FROM THE STOVE. I've taught her to rotate it to 3 o'clock, 9 o'clock...ANYthing but straight up 6 o'clock. We know you're the only one in your satisfyingly austere kitchen but those handles...danger Will Robinson! 😜
We made the Keema curry tonight and it was extremely good and easy to make. Will be adding this one into rotation and excited to try the others. Love the “weeknighting” content. Thanks!
These videos are super helpful, Brian. I personally love the focus on healthy meals and using veggies. The speed and price are a bonus, too. Thanks so much!
Love this video. For me, most of these costs would be increased anywhere from 150-200%, but the principle is the same. I just spent sixty-five bucks on groceries for on week/one person today - most of that was produce, since I have all my pantry staples locked and loaded at home. It's rough out here. I'll take any ideas I can get, and your recipes have been a huge inspiration!
The curry looks totally doable and for the first time in my life I have every single ingredient in my pantry and my fridge. I'm definitely going to give this a try. Thanks Bri.
Made the keema on Friday and it went down really well with the family. I upped the dry spices and included some fresh chilli and ginger as we like things a bit more punchy. But the simple technique is great and a brilliant way to include a load of green veggies
The way you entered the ingredients and directions made it very easy for me to transfer to my PTE app and as a result I actually made the recipe. Delicious
Thank you! My goals this year are to BOTH become a better home chef AND lose weight. If i'm going to lose weight I want to love doing it by eating great food.
Also I made a twist on your soup last night, i used italian chicken sausages (we can't seem to get your italian pork sausage here) and used snapped up spagetti to make a kind of chicken noodle meatball soup. The whole pot was demolished by the family, so thanks for that inspiration!
Made the keema curry and it was absolutely divine! I omitted the peas, as some of the people I was cooking it for don't particularly like them, but someone else mentioned below adding cauliflower next time, which I will do. Everyone really enjoyed it, and had seconds and thirds. I still have some left over for another couple of lunches or dinners. I adjusted the recipe to cook for about six.
Going through some of your recipes. I did the oven pasta. It's really good for the amount of effort. Tonight I did the Keema curry. It's such an effective meal for the price. Pretty tasty too. Thanks for providing easy and approachable meals. I especially like that I don't need to make a huge mess and spend a ton of time.
Made the Beef Keema curry today. Had it for lunch and dinner. I have to say, it was already good at lunch, but it was on another level come dinner time. The sauce got absorbed into the meat and potatoes and our minds were blown. Another dish going into my rotation! Funny because about half of them I learned to cook from this channel. Thank you Bri-guy.
Brian. I just made a big ol soup following your 3rd recipe. It's delicious and very easy. Perfect for the winter wonderland that this area was just transformed into. Thanks a lot. Please include more dishes like this. I appreciate you.
I literally never comment on anything, but I made the keema curry and the soup and both are 10/10 amazing. I was just in Thailand so I’m all Thai dished out, so I’ll have to return to the noodle dish another time. Thank you so much Bri, you da man.
The best thing about these casual dining choices is that their easiness makes brown-bagging your lunch the next day a no-brainer. And, that somehow makes me feel like I'm saving even more cash. Great hack for sausage meatballs!
Brian, I just gotta say I love these videos so much in which you show us how to make meals greater then their part the most out of your entire catalouge. I recently did your Tonkotsu and it was fanatstic but speaking from my heart, these are the dishes that most inspire me to actually cook for myself. Keep up the good work
I really appreciate the creativity of your content. Your personality adds so much more to your videos. My picky dad loves your recipes, especially your weeknighting ones!
I'm just done eating your keema curry (about 5 minutes ago) and I'm absolutely delighted. I usually have all the ingredients on hand (or in the freezer), apart from fresh baby spinach - which makes this all the more usable in terms of "Oh, baby spinach is on offer. Let's cook Brians curry!" :) Very, very tasty, interesting texture, thank you very much! I'll definitively cook that one more often.
Soup turned out great! Serving tip, no ramen bowls.☝️ Go wide and shallow so it cools faster. It's way tastier at bath temperature than piping hot. Garnish sparingly. Pepper, EVOO, and fresh parmesean can all blow out your palate... Then it might as well be doctored can soup.
Your keema recipe looks like the perfect answer to what I've been looking for! My partner and I made a vegetable korma with coconut milk last night and we were discussing how our go to keema recipe lacked some cohesion that the korma had. Can't wait to give your recipe a try and thanks as always for the easy weeknighting content!
Thank you for sharing affordable delicious nutritious recipes. Food costs are out of control and we need all the help we can get. Keep up the great work
Budget-Friendly and Nutritious Dinner Recipes for Two: Quick and Easy Ideas for Affordable, Healthy Meals 0:00: 🍲 Budget-friendly, nutritious, and quick dinner recipes for two with specific criteria. 0:00: Criteria for recipes: protein, vegetables, craveable, yield, cost, time 0:50: First dish: Kema Curry with vibrant flavors, high protein, and lots of vegetables 3:11: 🍲 Budget-friendly and nutritious dinner recipes for two, including Kima Curry and Pad Woon Sen. 3:11: Kima Curry preparation 4:22: Ingredients cost breakdown 4:42: Substitution of rice noodles for Pad Woon Sen 5:15: Preparation of Thai stir-fry sauce 5:36: Slicing of vegetables for Pad Woon Sen 6:08: Noodle preparation and cutting 6:26: 🍳 Quick and easy stir fry recipe with a non-stick pan sponsored by Maiden. 6:26: Using 12-in nonstick pan for cooking 6:32: Sponsorship by Maiden for sauté pan 6:45: Benefits of using Maiden cookware 8:12: Cooking eggs and veggies in batches 8:52: Adding minced garlic to stir fry 9:16: Bringing stir fry sauce to a boil 09:28: 🍲 Quick and easy recipes for affordable, healthy dinners for two. 09:28: Preparing noodles in sauce for 30 seconds 09:45: Combining cooked ingredients and tossing with tongs 10:01: Describing the texture of the dish 10:06: Plating the dish with optional condiments 10:24: Cost breakdown of the dish 11:00: Preparation of Italian-inspired soup with sausage balls 12:14: Cooking the vegetables and adding chicken base 12:38: 🍲 Budget-friendly, healthy dinner ideas with simple, quick recipes. 12:38: Uses store-bought chicken stock or water for flavor 12:51: Add in macaroni, kale, and Italian sausage 13:13: Simmer and cook ingredients for 5-6 minutes 13:31: Finish with white beans and seasoning 13:44: Total cost of $11.75 for the soup 14:04: Variety of textures and flavors in the soup 14:45: More budget-friendly meal ideas in the related video
Love this kind of budget cooking content. I've made your $30 for 5 days of meals recipe twice now. Always a great one when you're getting to the end of the month and need to slow down on spending a bit, but don't want to sacrifice quality of the food you're eating.
Yes B-Lag! Love this kind of content. I kicked off the year with your 5 meals for $30 recipes and am really enjoying them all. Super pumped to try making these next. You have really helped me bring my meal prep game to the next level!
Thanks for the great recipes Brian! I tried the noodle dish tonight, had to use some different veggies and didn't have rice noodles in the pantry, so used egg noodles. It was delicious! Will try others next. Thanks again!
Great recipes! You can also blend half of the beans with some of the stock before adding it to the soup, that's a little Italian trick I've learned while preparing zuppa toscana.
Already made the Keema curry and Italian Wedding Soup! Took me a little longer than 30 min, but well worth it. Got a bunch of super tasty (cheap!) leftovers in the fridge!
I'm not a fan of the first 2, but im glad you included a less foreign cuisine option for picky eaters like me. I think the minestrone soup is on deck for me for the next few weeks. But im doubling the sausage and adding chicken breast to take that protein up to a non pencil neck level.
Thanks Bri! I know what I'll be cooking this week. These videos are perfect for affordable, quick, healthy meals for my kids and I. Really appreciate the work!
I am SO looking forward to trying these recipes (but in a vegetarian version)! Your recipe always turn out perfectly and many have become family favorites (cue homemade green bean casserole).
Those are my rules too. I’m so tired of carb heavy pasta dishes. Love this video! I had been feeling uninspired, but now feel like cooking. It’s going to cost twice as much here in Canada though. Yes, more like this.
Would you ever be interested in making a video about how you maintain your kitchen space? Like how do you keep it clean, procedure you go through to keep it clean, how do you keep it organized etc. I think it'd go along well with the budget videos you are making since some of us, admittedly, aren't so good at organization and budget management.
Keema Curry is great, just made it... but the potatoes take about 30 minutes to get soft. I may recommend boiling them for a bit before planking and stir fry.
I love "Weeknighting" content so much. Your recipes are approachable and are always something I actually want to eat. I also like the foods that are more of a "project", but nothing beats good things I can make in just about 30 minutes without crazy ingredients.
Thanks for watching, I hope you try one of these.
Agreed. I love trying out fancy recipes on a Saturday evening, but having more accessible recipes you can make every night are great. I'm happy a lot of cooking TH-camrs are posting them more.
The soup you made must be in every homecoock's repertoire, especially in the colder days when fall is kicking in like we have now in Yurp... Healthy and very delicious, goes a long way with a loaf of sourdough to dip❤.
Please, please - more like this! These dinners are so approachable. Not ridiculously and silly in how they keep costs down. Just smart and not ignoring the test and time factors. I would add in chickpeas and cauliflower to the keema curry.
genuinely, the keema curry has become a staple in my rotation. so good so simple so cheap
Omg chickpeas is such a good idea
Veggies are SO important. All my life I barely ate any of them. By 30 years old I was very unhealthy, feeling very sick. My blood pressure and my sugar level in my blood were out of control. I noticed I always felt bad after eating, and from there I realized my diet was very poor.
Long story short, I started eating very healthy and lots of vegetables, learned how to cook them and noted which one made me feel better than others. I started a huge garden and from there I was eating TONS of veggies everyday. In a matter of months, all my symptoms vanished, I felt healthier than when I was 18 years old.
Looking back, I can't believe it took me so long to realize that we are what we eat. If you are eating all kind of refined food filled with chemicals and sugar, all day everyday, its just a matter of time before your body sends you clear messages that you are doing something very wrong,.
Starting a garden helps a lot eating healthy without really noticing it :) Everything taste better when its straight from the garden. And soups are the best way to eat tons of veggies too!
Cheers for the video Brian
Thank you for making a note of pan sizes at 8:27! A 12" pan has almost 50% more surface area than a 10" pan which is a big deal that a lot of creators miss! Little things like that are why your videos are hands-down the best for home cooks.
This looks great! And I noticed you save costs by reusing the garlic pressing footage 😉
Got me bro.
speaking of which, where did you get that sturdy looking garlic press???@@BrianLagerstrom
@@BrianLagerstromi hope you reuse that footage every single time you press garlic, would be the best running gag
@@gregkrazanski YES!
Good eye! I would've never caught that.
All I’ve made so far is the keema curry recipe but OMIGOSH it’s made my life sm easier. After I made it, the leftovers lasted me way more than 4 portions. As a poor person who has to make my own food before work and has a physically demanding, energy sucking job, I so appreciate such an easy-to-make recipe that makes me feel so good after I’ve eaten it. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I don't even consciously click on these videos anymore, it's just a reflex. I am merely at the will of the algorithm
Arent we all. Thanks for clicking
@@BrianLagerstromI watch stuff deep outside of the algorithm. It's so niche and rabbit hole-y that it won't even show me similar videos after watching these videos. I have to do a specific search every time.
Same for me 😂
These are very high quality food vlogs. I only know of a handful that reach this quality...🎉
Let's give credit to Brian for his content instead of the algorithm
I had leftover keema curry(loved it), so I thought for lunch I’d try something adventurous! Used puff pastry from freezer and turned the curry into samosas-ish ! They were so good! Also had some frozen mango chunks so made a quick chutney while the “samosas” were baking. We will definitely add the Keema curry to our regular menu rotation, and make extra for the leftovers! Yum
This sounds good. Wish I lived near you lol
I love this idea! Thank you for sharing! 😊
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I bought that ground beef smasher because of your videos. I can't believe how well it works.
I really appreciate these style of videos. The weekend is great for the time consuming, technical meals, but its nice to be able to whip up quick, healthy, and affordable meals, especially when you have a family with 4 boys to feed...
Im trying to hit both worlds. I cook very different during the week than on the weekend for sure.
Love your videos, they are stright to the point, without watching for ages all the chopping& slicing, you got my attention stright away, a variation of quick, delicious recipes Thank you👍🏼
To answer your request, yes Brian, I found this useful and would love to see more videos like this. I will definitely be trying these recipes in the next week or so. Thank you for posting all of these great recipes!
I really like this kind of thing as an option. My household deals with a lot of mental health issues, so having something that is good, warm, and not overwhelming while still being a nice meal. Anything that'll combat depression, especially this time of year, is a win in my book.
These videos always seem to strike the perfect balance between realistic for weeknight home cooks, while also being elevated and interesting enough to avoid meal prep fatigue. Great stuff
To make the keema even easier, you can also use chickpeas instead of potato! We add a can of chickpeas to our keema at home.
I love the idea that you sat in front of your computer thinking "man, should I go the extra mile and add that slapping beef in the pan sound" at 2:10. And what can I say? I laughed hard.
I already have all the ingredients for all three of these dishes except for the coconut milk. Apparently Brian is living rent free in my head.
Brian you are absolutely killing it with your content recently. Even if you drop a video for a recipe I’m not interested in making I’ll still watch it because it’ll be more entertaining than most videos on my feed. Seriously, you got to be the best channel doing this. Awesome videos man.
Great recipes, so straightforward. After a life time of cooking for kids and grandkids, the kitchen section of my brain is sulking 😅. I've subscribed.
PS. The pan handle sticking out is traumatising me lol.
really appreciate the blend of weeknighting content and weekend project meals. hitting the budget, health, speed trifecta is difficult and you keep putting out banger recipes. please keep writing my entire menu for me!
I have three girls - one vegetarian, one omnivore, and one picky girl. They all get to pick something to eat from the "Let's Eat This Thing!" guy, and the presentation really helps get them to try new things. I love how approachable your videos are. 100% hands down the household's favorite for recipes. One daughter does miss the "Lets Eat This Thing" dance at the end, tho
Just made keema curry. Its absolutely delicious. I may have opened a very dangerous door into Indian cuisine.
Brian - Brilliant. This will help a lot of family cooks whose budgets have been wrecked. Can't wait to try these, and hoping for more of the same. Thanks for doing this for us.
I “Love, Love❤️, Love”, the simplicity of your cooking “Delicious” meals!!! Thank you. 🙏❤️🤗
Yes, Please more in this series.
I also love that you use minimal types of cookware and utensils! I am trying to downsize my kitchen wares as we are now a family of two and all family events are at the kids home now.
14:05 rubbed sage and a splash of apple cider vinegar in the bean, kale, and sausage soup is amazing!
Hello, something that my mother would make as a child (she had 5 children) when we really didn’t have anything to eat throughout the week. We call it bean soup (black beans) with white rice and diced onions. :) I recently made this and it was so delicious and filling except only this time I would add diced Avocado. The soup lasted me 3 days and it fed about 4-5 people.
Man, we really need these videos with grocery prices going through the roof! Thank you B! 😊
I recently came across your videos. Love them and have been sharing with friends and family trying to cut food costs. Thank you for such high quality content!
Love this style of content!! I’m always hunting for actually fun recipes to make that are still healthy… as you said - not just another recipe for boiled chicken and broccoli
I hope you give one of these a try, or at least are inspired by them, Thanks.
You know this to be true, but just to verify: the bloopers are great and make you stand out from the overly serious big money corporate productions. They don't make the videos or recipes any less professional, only more approachable.
These videos are super helpful, Brian. I personally love the focus on healthy meals and using veggies. The speed and price are a bonus, too. Thanks so much!
I just started watching your videos last week and love them! Tonight I tried one of your recipes for the first time...the Italian Wedding Soup/Minestrone soup. DELICIOUS! I made a few tweaks but it was sooooo good! Instead of sausage meatballs, I made my standard meatball mix except that I made them with sausage and ground beef. And I doubled the amount because I don't like beans. And instead of kale I used spinach (which I added at the end). Definitely keeping this one on hand! Can't wait to try the stir fry recipe later this week!
Great video, can’t wait to try the recipes, please make more like this
YES!! Favorite sort of content on the Internet!
@Brian I love that you incorporate so many Indian-inspired recipes into these videos!
On behalf of all of us Desi folk, one teensy little tip, it’s “gah-rum” masala not “gare-um masala”
Love the content and your food!!
I made the soup and the curry this week. Both are going into “the rotation.” Our official rotation that we keep in the Notes app is the holy grail of recipes in this household so that’s a high honor.
You don’t know how happy it makes me to see every ingredient listed by weight! I keep a list of weights of common ingredients taped to the inside of a cupboard door and I’m always adding to it. Sure beats using measuring cups & spoons!
These all look great and I will try them. The first reminds me of something my mom would make the four of us when my dad was off on sales trips: ground beef browned with cubes of potatoes. I think all she added was salt and pepper; she told me some years later with a laugh that it was a Depression dish that her grandmother had made her back in the 1930s. We scarfed it up eagerly; but then again, I used to scarf up Spaghettios and Kraft Italian Dinners when I was in high school. Your stuff is far superior and easy to make! The soup in particular is a fun and interesting idea.
Yes please. This content for me is worth gold. As a busy professional - and a foodie- I appreciate anything that is budget and time conscious.
This was great; I made some swaps based on what I had to make the Kheema (ground chicken, broccoli, frozen corn) but it still turned out fantastic! Next time I'll probably add more curry powder and garam masala, but this is being definitely added to monthly "kind of lazy but want something good" cooking repertoire.
Just made the Pad Woon Sen - instant hit at my house! It’s hella delicious (especially with the copious amount of bok choy I put in). Thank you for making cooking more approachable!
I recently discovered your channel and I can't stop watching. Your recipes and money saving ideas are the best. Your Kima curry is awesome.❤
Finally a video about healthy cooking that actually is somewhat healthy. You could say it's a bit too meat heavy and too low on legumes (2 dishes with meat and only one with legumes, I would say the other way around would be way better), but the overall amount of vegetables is good at least. This is actually healthy, not just high protein. Yes, Ethan Chlebowski, I'm looking at you!
Thanks for this video. I've watched so many "budget recipes" videos but as a person on a fixed income, a lot of TH-camr's ideas of budget is like $7 per serving. It just ain't it lol. I also like that there are a reasonable amount of carbs used in each dish. These dishes are really accessible for home cooks on tight budgets or limited access to fancy grocery stores.
This video is awesome! Love the focus on cheap, quick, and healthy!! Please make more of these! I've been making Ethan Chlebowski's Keema Matar recipe frequently for ages, but it will be really nice to mix it up with your Keema curry recipe. The noodles look fire as well.
Brian I was just thinking of writing you a comment yesterday! About how your style of making and presenting recipes has helped me see cooking differently and shift my view to where I can see myself be able to do some things in the kitchen without fucking up.
I am suspected with ADHD but undiagnosed as of now, and I've only recently realised that that might have a great deal to do with my struggles to "whip up something" in the kitchen on a regular basis. Coordinating groceries, the cooking process, timing and my own hunger has been nearly impossible in the past. I'm also a student with not much experience cooking, and I generally feel like I don't have an intuition when it comes to food, and am too afraid to improvise anything.
Since watching your videos on healthy meals on a budget, cooking under 1 hour and the pan recipes, I feel like I'm slowly getting a basic overview and understanding of cooking that calms my overthinking and anxiety and lets me do something. I've cooked 3-4 times since and nothing has come out terrible, although I do still struggle with drying out chicken and not getting exactly crispy potatoes. I'm feeding myself and that is what matters. I've bought less pre-made food in the past weeks to help me cope.
This is a long comment, but I want to thank you for your thorough presentations and for sharing your expertise with us in an understandable a follow-able way. More videos on easy and cheap recipes or where you explain some basics in cooking or create frameworks for thinking about ingredients and techniques might be amazing, in case you're taking ideas. Thanks again and I'm looking forward to trying another one of your recipes!
Great content as usual. ❤ One of the things I've noticed on so many videos about eating healthy and cheap - lots of sodium. Which isn't healthy for anyone. When young, you don't notice but the older you get the more salt messes with you. I've always tried to under salt everything and found that vinegar and citrus really helps balance low sodium meals. I don't even need to watch my salt intake at all, but if trying to eat healthier and the daily suggestion is less than a teaspoon a day then it's best that your meal prep isn't super salty. You're going to always get more sodium intake in a day by just drinking water even. So id love to see healthy meals that don't have SPOS all over it.
I make soups like that last one pretty often, some pasta, beans, and usually whatever leftover meats and veg I have around. I love the little sausage meatball idea though. My personal favourite for these kinds of soups is a nice wedge of lemon, and some finely crushed/minced garlic to add right before serving, brightens and wakes everything up really nicely!
Love it! Cheap healthy and not processed!
HEY BRI...dude we truly enjoy your content -- the legit techniques + humor + simplicity is on point. HOWEVER, my daughter and I are continually in cringe mode at your PAN HANDLES STICKING OUT FROM THE STOVE. I've taught her to rotate it to 3 o'clock, 9 o'clock...ANYthing but straight up 6 o'clock. We know you're the only one in your satisfyingly austere kitchen but those handles...danger Will Robinson! 😜
We made the Keema curry tonight and it was extremely good and easy to make.
Will be adding this one into rotation and excited to try the others.
Love the “weeknighting” content.
Thanks!
These videos are super helpful, Brian. I personally love the focus on healthy meals and using veggies. The speed and price are a bonus, too. Thanks so much!
Love this video. For me, most of these costs would be increased anywhere from 150-200%, but the principle is the same. I just spent sixty-five bucks on groceries for on week/one person today - most of that was produce, since I have all my pantry staples locked and loaded at home. It's rough out here. I'll take any ideas I can get, and your recipes have been a huge inspiration!
The curry looks totally doable and for the first time in my life I have every single ingredient in my pantry and my fridge. I'm definitely going to give this a try. Thanks Bri.
You're doing God's work with these affordable weeknight meals, my man
I gave all three of these a try over the past few weeks and really enjoyed them. I look forward to remaking them in the future. Thank you!
Made the keema on Friday and it went down really well with the family. I upped the dry spices and included some fresh chilli and ginger as we like things a bit more punchy. But the simple technique is great and a brilliant way to include a load of green veggies
Great video idea. Indian veg curries never do me wrong when these are my goals
Thanks, this Keema is pretty great, I have alot of it in my freezer RN.
The way you entered the ingredients and directions made it very easy for me to transfer to my PTE app and as a result I actually made the recipe. Delicious
Thank you!
My goals this year are to BOTH become a better home chef AND lose weight. If i'm going to lose weight I want to love doing it by eating great food.
Nice! Thanks for watching, best of luck wit the goals.
Also I made a twist on your soup last night, i used italian chicken sausages (we can't seem to get your italian pork sausage here) and used snapped up spagetti to make a kind of chicken noodle meatball soup. The whole pot was demolished by the family, so thanks for that inspiration!
Ive made the keema curry 3 times this week. Thanks for giving me a way to crave some veggies.
Love this video. I live in South Africa and the ingredients are available. Lovely recipes and emphasis on quick and simple. Thank you. 👍🏻
Made the keema curry and it was absolutely divine! I omitted the peas, as some of the people I was cooking it for don't particularly like them, but someone else mentioned below adding cauliflower next time, which I will do. Everyone really enjoyed it, and had seconds and thirds. I still have some left over for another couple of lunches or dinners. I adjusted the recipe to cook for about six.
I love getting inspiration from your recipes. Very informative and detailed with the whole video. Thanks so much. ❤
Going through some of your recipes. I did the oven pasta. It's really good for the amount of effort. Tonight I did the Keema curry. It's such an effective meal for the price. Pretty tasty too. Thanks for providing easy and approachable meals. I especially like that I don't need to make a huge mess and spend a ton of time.
Made the Beef Keema curry today. Had it for lunch and dinner. I have to say, it was already good at lunch, but it was on another level come dinner time. The sauce got absorbed into the meat and potatoes and our minds were blown.
Another dish going into my rotation! Funny because about half of them I learned to cook from this channel. Thank you Bri-guy.
Brian. I just made a big ol soup following your 3rd recipe.
It's delicious and very easy.
Perfect for the winter wonderland that this area was just transformed into.
Thanks a lot.
Please include more dishes like this. I appreciate you.
I made the soup and the curry today and they are out of this world. Both are going in the regular meal rotation.
Literally my favorite videos. We make all the week night budget meals nearly every week now
I literally never comment on anything, but I made the keema curry and the soup and both are 10/10 amazing. I was just in Thailand so I’m all Thai dished out, so I’ll have to return to the noodle dish another time. Thank you so much Bri, you da man.
The best thing about these casual dining choices is that their easiness makes brown-bagging your lunch the next day a no-brainer. And, that somehow makes me feel like I'm saving even more cash. Great hack for sausage meatballs!
I loved the keema curry, but I REALLY dialed up the spice. SO easy and fun to make!
Love the time limit. I’m a mom and anything quick and easy help.
these recipes don't speak to me personally, but I absolutely support the idea, and you have given me plenty of excellent recipes. Thank you
Brian, I just gotta say I love these videos so much in which you show us how to make meals greater then their part the most out of your entire catalouge. I recently did your Tonkotsu and it was fanatstic but speaking from my heart, these are the dishes that most inspire me to actually cook for myself. Keep up the good work
Just made the keema curry with TVP to replace the ground beef, turned out really well and even cheaper! Looking forward to trying the other recipes 😀
I really appreciate the creativity of your content. Your personality adds so much more to your videos. My picky dad loves your recipes, especially your weeknighting ones!
I'm just done eating your keema curry (about 5 minutes ago) and I'm absolutely delighted. I usually have all the ingredients on hand (or in the freezer), apart from fresh baby spinach - which makes this all the more usable in terms of "Oh, baby spinach is on offer. Let's cook Brians curry!" :)
Very, very tasty, interesting texture, thank you very much! I'll definitively cook that one more often.
Soup turned out great! Serving tip, no ramen bowls.☝️ Go wide and shallow so it cools faster. It's way tastier at bath temperature than piping hot.
Garnish sparingly. Pepper, EVOO, and fresh parmesean can all blow out your palate... Then it might as well be doctored can soup.
Your keema recipe looks like the perfect answer to what I've been looking for! My partner and I made a vegetable korma with coconut milk last night and we were discussing how our go to keema recipe lacked some cohesion that the korma had. Can't wait to give your recipe a try and thanks as always for the easy weeknighting content!
Made the Italian wedding soup last night using the recipe to the gram. It is VERY VERY GOOD and my whole family enjoyed. 🎉 Well done Brian!
Thank you for sharing affordable delicious nutritious recipes. Food costs are out of control and we need all the help we can get. Keep up the great work
You're killin' it, Bri! I love this series, and I think I'm gonna make that soup next week. Keep up the great work.
Brian I want to make them all and thanks to you making them easy and cheap I can. You rock. Thanks.
Budget-Friendly and Nutritious Dinner Recipes for Two: Quick and Easy Ideas for Affordable, Healthy Meals
0:00: 🍲 Budget-friendly, nutritious, and quick dinner recipes for two with specific criteria.
0:00: Criteria for recipes: protein, vegetables, craveable, yield, cost, time
0:50: First dish: Kema Curry with vibrant flavors, high protein, and lots of vegetables
3:11: 🍲 Budget-friendly and nutritious dinner recipes for two, including Kima Curry and Pad Woon Sen.
3:11: Kima Curry preparation
4:22: Ingredients cost breakdown
4:42: Substitution of rice noodles for Pad Woon Sen
5:15: Preparation of Thai stir-fry sauce
5:36: Slicing of vegetables for Pad Woon Sen
6:08: Noodle preparation and cutting
6:26: 🍳 Quick and easy stir fry recipe with a non-stick pan sponsored by Maiden.
6:26: Using 12-in nonstick pan for cooking
6:32: Sponsorship by Maiden for sauté pan
6:45: Benefits of using Maiden cookware
8:12: Cooking eggs and veggies in batches
8:52: Adding minced garlic to stir fry
9:16: Bringing stir fry sauce to a boil
09:28: 🍲 Quick and easy recipes for affordable, healthy dinners for two.
09:28: Preparing noodles in sauce for 30 seconds
09:45: Combining cooked ingredients and tossing with tongs
10:01: Describing the texture of the dish
10:06: Plating the dish with optional condiments
10:24: Cost breakdown of the dish
11:00: Preparation of Italian-inspired soup with sausage balls
12:14: Cooking the vegetables and adding chicken base
12:38: 🍲 Budget-friendly, healthy dinner ideas with simple, quick recipes.
12:38: Uses store-bought chicken stock or water for flavor
12:51: Add in macaroni, kale, and Italian sausage
13:13: Simmer and cook ingredients for 5-6 minutes
13:31: Finish with white beans and seasoning
13:44: Total cost of $11.75 for the soup
14:04: Variety of textures and flavors in the soup
14:45: More budget-friendly meal ideas in the related video
Love this kind of budget cooking content. I've made your $30 for 5 days of meals recipe twice now. Always a great one when you're getting to the end of the month and need to slow down on spending a bit, but don't want to sacrifice quality of the food you're eating.
I made the Italian wedding/minestrone soup today, and it's fantastic. Just the thing for a cold rainy day.
Yes B-Lag! Love this kind of content. I kicked off the year with your 5 meals for $30 recipes and am really enjoying them all. Super pumped to try making these next. You have really helped me bring my meal prep game to the next level!
Thanks for the great recipes Brian! I tried the noodle dish tonight, had to use some different veggies and didn't have rice noodles in the pantry, so used egg noodles. It was delicious! Will try others next. Thanks again!
Great recipes! You can also blend half of the beans with some of the stock before adding it to the soup, that's a little Italian trick I've learned while preparing zuppa toscana.
You make me happy! I love to cook and you are expanding my horizons. Yes more videos like this one. Thank you so much!
Already made the Keema curry and Italian Wedding Soup! Took me a little longer than 30 min, but well worth it. Got a bunch of super tasty (cheap!) leftovers in the fridge!
I'm not a fan of the first 2, but im glad you included a less foreign cuisine option for picky eaters like me.
I think the minestrone soup is on deck for me for the next few weeks. But im doubling the sausage and adding chicken breast to take that protein up to a non pencil neck level.
Thanks Bri! I know what I'll be cooking this week. These videos are perfect for affordable, quick, healthy meals for my kids and I. Really appreciate the work!
I am SO looking forward to trying these recipes (but in a vegetarian version)! Your recipe always turn out perfectly and many have become family favorites (cue homemade green bean casserole).
Those are my rules too. I’m so tired of carb heavy pasta dishes. Love this video! I had been feeling uninspired, but now feel like cooking. It’s going to cost twice as much here in Canada though. Yes, more like this.
Yes! Fast & healthy. I already add the items on my grocery list. Will make them this week. Thank you.
Would you ever be interested in making a video about how you maintain your kitchen space? Like how do you keep it clean, procedure you go through to keep it clean, how do you keep it organized etc. I think it'd go along well with the budget videos you are making since some of us, admittedly, aren't so good at organization and budget management.
Keema Curry is great, just made it... but the potatoes take about 30 minutes to get soft. I may recommend boiling them for a bit before planking and stir fry.