What we eat in a week - Monthly Groceries, From Scratch, Large Family | Off Grid Australia 247
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Hey Everyone!
Here is a what we eat in a week for the last'ish week of our 6 week grocery span.
This is when I try and get creative with what is left, inventory my fridges and freezers to make sure everything gets used and assess what we might need to buy more of in the next shopping trip.
Lots of sourdough this week as well, doing a sourdough video but also using what we have :)
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WOW! You are so good at planning your family's "6 week " food needs; it blows my mind how you can make the last week of meals as interesting and delicious as the rest of the period! You are truly gifted. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us, Nyssa.
Thank you Olivia! :D. I definitely try, and there's some duller days, but there is a creativity aspect especially at the end! :D
PJ’s are perfectly acceptable day-wear 🙂
Hehe, I like to 'get started on the day' by getting dressed, getting my shoes on, and then I'm right to do whatever needs to be done! :D
You are always such a breath of fresh air. Thank you! In such a crazy time in our world you help to bring focus and inspiration to an otherwise monotonous routine. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you! :D
Hi Nyssa!! Here are my thoughts on today's edition.....
- the spinning pot was hilarious 😅
- the 🐓 needs his own show lol
- I love your flatbreads, they look amazing
Tons of smiles from Newfoundland x
Heh, one of the downfalls of a gas stovetop! The pan is too hot to hold and you can’t risk tea towels or anything! I totally should have done it in the thermomix but I fell back on old habits lol and thought about it after having to swap hands over and over again!
He purposely came over and started crowing! He was nowhere near me when I started!
The rooster with his wonky chortle kept trying to make his presence known 😂😂😂. Maybe we need a day in the life of the 🐔 video? 😂 Food looks amazing. Will try corn on a pizza in the future. Is corn on the cob readily available in the shops? August is the season for fresh 🌽 here. Typically eat as many cobs as I can during that month, then back to frozen or canned corn for the rest of the year.
@@heatherchambers1609 he purposely came over and crowed at me lol, and then a friend joined him! :D
@@OurSmallFootprint what nerve! 🤣🤣🤣
@@heatherchambers1609 oh, I just saw the second half of this. I’m hoping to get corn this month, it’s on special in a lot of the catalogues, so fx!
Great meal planning, you did a fantastic job with making the food stretch for your family.
Your food knowledge is very interesting. Learn something new each time. 😊
Thank you! :D
Omgoodness that rooster is hilarious 🤣
The only thing wrong with watching your videos is that I sudd start to crave what you've made. Your pizzas and foccachia look delicious! How is the kitten going. Don't make the mistake we gave just done. We bought 2 cats to help keep the rodents at bay, as some lovely mice chewed the wiring in our car. So our lovely little cats ran away! Back to square one!
He's very skittish, we're keeping him inside only at the moment! we got him desexed and we're hoping he settles in soon, but at the moment, he just runs around like a madman lol.
You’re a wonderful cook.
Thank you April! :D
I am going back and watching your older video's. Great job.😊
Always an inspiration Nyssa! Do you ever wish someone would cook for you, give you the day off lol? Because girlfriend you deserve it💕 Amazing meals as always xx Cathi xx 😘
I have the occasional night where I go meh, not cooking, but that's the beauty of all the frozen and canned stuff hehe, good meals that someone else preps hehe :D
you must be cooking or handmaking food allllllllllllllllllllllllll day long in prep for each meal time? those freaking bagels look incredible! i busted out laughing every time the rooster interrupted you! i really needed that laugh. thankyou! i can just imagine you standing in the yard recording this and the rooster is like FCUK OFF NYSSA FFS!!!!!!! love seeing the kids in the kitchen! it must get annoying to make all this food, then have to re live it again and explain it all. you do so much!!!
That rooster, man, he purposely came over when he heard me talking and stood there scratching and crowing lol.
I definitely spend a lot of time in the kitchen lol, its lucky that I mostly enjoy it! :D
Interjecting roosters 🐓 complete the much loved sqirrelling escapades 🐿😂 still loving your energy and videos 😊 thank you for sharing all the inspiring yumminess 💖 the rise on that pizza! The lemon chicken, and the burgers! oh my! I'm lost for words! 🤤😮😘
The sourdough bases have such a fantastic bubbly crust, so so good! :D. That rooster came over when he heard me start talking to purposefully interject lol, and then a second one joined him! :D
Rooster is auditioning for his own show. Looks like he has quite a following already. ;)
I was alone for a week so I made a large shepherds pie and ate that every night. My husband isn't keen on SP so I indulged while he was away. I wasn't bored at all! Bonus was only cooking one meal for the week! I had PJ days too!
Heh, I sometimes make Mac and cheese for myself and I’ll eat it a few meals running while they have other stuff! Heh
Always a pleasure watching your videos.❤️🇨🇦
Thank you Elizabeth :)
I dont get out of my PJ's until lunch time every day, morning chores always done in my gumboots, warm PJ's and robe. Its too cold down here in Tassie to get out of warm PJ's that early 🤣 Looking forward to your sourdough starter week, I feel very intimidate by sourdough but my partner keeps begging me to give it a shot. I'm on a fairly low fibre diet (long story short, my intestines dont work at full function so I can only digest about 12-16g of fibre a day) and everything I read online and in books talks about wholemeal or rye flour and I just cant see me being able to eat it if thats what I have to use to make my dough but you said in the podcast you only use regular flour so now I HAVE to give that a shot, and if worse comes to worse and I cant get it to work I havent wasted much flour and water. Certainly better than buying 1kg of flour I cant even eat and wasting a bunch of it trying to get a starter going 😅
The price of meat is so crazy right now, we normally buy a whole side of chuck (6-8kg, cheapest cut) every 6 months and we butcher it ourselves into roasts/stew meat or (mostly) extra lean mince. We got some in September for $13.99/kg, we were down to our last mince about 1-2 months ago so I called the butcher to ask the price and it was up to $14.99/kg 😱 but we decided to wait and eat through the lamb, pork and chicken in the deep freezer first to get us through another month and to clean the deep freezer out and I just bought 2 whole chucks at $15.55/kg and I was SHOCKED! Still a heck of a lot cheaper than buying mince ($16.99/kg) and roasts ($18/kg) and pre diced chuck at a whopping $26/kg!! I spoke to our butcher about the price increase and he actually said (and showed me) the price of chuck he sells (at a standard size you'd get at woolie/coles, about 1.5-2kg) was actually $16/kg but because he doesnt do any prepping of ours except to literally cut it off the cow he sells it to us cheaper!
I dont know how people are doing it honestly, if we didnt live in cattle and farming region and have farm fresh produce, meat and dairy right at our doorstep I dont think we would be eating very well in terms of quality and quantity. It just wouldn't be feasible, seeing what others around the country are paying, and even walking into the local woolies and seeing the price of produce and meat is shocking! Our nearest veg stand had caulis for $2 each and they were HUGE, and woolies had these coffee mug sized ones for bloody $6 each! We have decided that the last half of this year we are going to increase our own food production and limit even more what we get at woolies and buy only local produce of what we cant grow ourselves (or cant grow enough of), even if it means missing out on things that woolies has in stock that we cant get here...
Hoping you find some good deals in your grocery shop, a lot changes in 6 weeks and we do find bulk food shopping much cheaper but its still crazy expensive right now!
Oh, I definitely don't use specialty flours, I love them, and sometimes the change in flavour and texture they can give bread is amazing, but for the quantity of flour we go through, I just can't. I have even been using plain flour all this week because I ran out of bakers lol, other than altering the quantities a bit (plan flour needs a little less water) it has worked perfectly!
Meat is so expensive, I'm glad that I manage to make my mince and pork stretch and into lots of different meals, so we eat those cheap cuts A LOT but I make them work in so many ways it doesn't always feel like we're eating the same thing!
I am very grateful for my F&V man! I am so happy that he is happy to sell me stuff by the box!
Everything is so expensive, I have tried to put extra into the budget this month to get us a little ahead.
Hello from BC, Canada. Loved this video as usual. Thank you.
Thank you Penny :)
I love watching the things you make. Such great ideas!
Thank you! :D. And that's sort of my aim, just to spark ideas for people :D
I'm always in awe that you from scratch so much! I'm looking forward to your sourdough special! I finally got my starter right thanks to your tips (although it's chilling in the fridge now, I am not focused enough to bake sourdough bread on a regular basis!). Much love to those roosters of yours! They had me laughing out loud a few times! Clearly they wanted to be the stars of the show today 😂
I was getting very exasperated lol, but pointless trying to stop and start!
I'm just getting the voiceover done for the sourdough video hopefully today! :D
@@OurSmallFootprint hahaha sometimes you just have to embrace the chaos and run with it! I did hear a sigh of frustration at one point 😜🤭
This is my first video of yours and I’m intrigued! Gonna watch the next few as well. I’m from the US and love your accent 😆
Welcome, and thank you hehe, I think a lot of people enjoy the accent! :D
i live in london. A hair stylist. In a room with a courtyard garden. have i sat and watched every video pretty much straight ㋛︎. im a new sub and really appreciate your content. Thank you, your a ledge ♥︎
Nawww, welcome, and thankyou! :D
Thankyou so much for these very helpful & informative videos. All the time & effort you put in is very much appreciated
I'm so glad that it is helpful to people :D
Just a thought for a one off video. What we eat when mum is away??? 🤷♀️ I know you have prepared meals but would be special to see how the kids n Daryl do it as well. 😊😊😊
Hehe, I dunno if D would be able to juggle it as well, but I generally leave my camera behind, so I'll mention it to him! :D
Love these 'what we eat' videos, very inspiring, and had a laugh with the roosters comments, thank you!!
I think they're great the condensed format for inspiration, like reading one of the cooking magazines, not necessarily gonna use the recipes, but it gives me ideas hehe :D. That darn rooster walked over when I started talking to interject lol :D
Love watching your video's with my cup of tea... boy do they make me hungry 😂 .get great ideas. Love from Ireland
Heh, lots of people say they need to eat before or while watching lol. Like going grocery shopping, should never do it hungry! :D
You are truly amazing that was impressive you cook how my nanna and my mum used to cook. What a beautuful family you have as well ❤
My mum always says she feels like I've gone back to living like she did as a child, doing the things my grandmother did, and why would I want to lol!
@@OurSmallFootprint because you clearly love it :-)
Yummm!
Cant wait to see the grocery haul!
Lol at the roosters in the background 😂
Turds! They came over when they heard me talking and then wouldn’t shut up!
Those were amazing meals for the END of your six weekly shop!!!! I wouldn't mind eating any of those at any time!!! You are an amazing cook!
we do pretty well these days! it was a learning curve, but other than the lack of veg in the garden to add in, I'm pretty happy with it! :D
What a lovely alarm clock. I know they are noisy but so sweet and gorgeous.
I love the sounds they make, This one - Shadow - came running over when I started talking and started crowing lol
Yey! Great again, as per usual..excellent..kind regards
Thank you Karolyn :D
I am the only one who eats corn. Have some of those tiny cans just for me. I haven't tried it on pizza as yet. Your doing well with the low veg situation. This is when you appreciate having frozen or processed veg content in reserve. I concur with your realization re costs and eating into larger quantities of reserves. I think I said it last time before your shop - can't believe it's that time again. Having not bought much meat my last big shop, I subsequently got a lot of mince later on and so it became a craving item to cook up. Shepherds pie the big favourite. The order is in for tonight already = spag bol. I too put heaps of vegies in both meals. The weather has turned really cold and foggy mornings are the go. Frosts around the corner. Time coming up for lots of soups etc. I was just talking about lentils yesterday and to make some meals up with them and you had them in your mince! Love the rooster. He just wants to be with you. Got a 1/2 cubic metre of garden soil from landscape supplier and busy getting out of trailer onto garden beds and dug in with manure, as well as topping up some pots etc. It cost $44. I think it was $36 or $38 the year before last. I know it's nearly winter when I come in from working outside, need a shower to get warm and put on pj's early.
We were commenting last night that dinner was done and everyone showered and in pyjamas by 7.30pm lol, so early! That quick change in weather! :D
I am hoping I can get my silverbeet to flourish, it doesn't mind cold weather and my kale and then I'll have these greens to add in as well and it will make me feel better about the lack of fresh veg but also good for us!
The focaccia looks fantastic, huge blistering perfectly golden . Yum. Bolognese is such a go to , almost any veg and herb , with or without meat and its a meal by itself or with a carb. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing lovely ❤
I really have mastered my foccacia, it is heavily requested, but also gorged on lol :D
When I first had take out pizza free moving from England to Canada I was shocked that sweet corn wasn’t a topping option!
I only ever really saw it at one pizza place I think, Hellfire it was called, but I just like the texture on pizza, it definitely belongs there in my house hehe :D
Made me hungry, looks so good. Yum!
Hehe, gotta eat while/before watching! :D
Hi I just found your channel all the food looked lovely I have subscribed and looking forward to checking out your other videos thank you for sharing also great seeing the children helping with the cooking 🤗💞🙏☀️🐔🐓
Welcome! :D and thank you. I try and get them involved as much as possible, but without forcing them to, I want them to want to/enjoy cooking if possible hehe :D
After watching you put corn on pizza I finally tried it. I’ll never go back. It’s so good and my whole family liked it. Thanks for the idea! ❤
Oooh, yay! I didn't realise it was so odd until everyone commented heh
@@OurSmallFootprint I don’t think it’s odd. It’s really delicious.
It all looked super yummy!!! Especially that lasagna soup with the homemade pasta!! 😋. You are in a master class of planning!!!
THat lasagne soup is so worth making, so tasty and comforting! :D
Great vlogg.
I love menu planning
Thank you! :D. I don't do much on paper, but there's a definite amount of planning that happens in my head as I go through the week hehe :D
Your bagels and hamburger buns look amazing! I got 4 large zucchinis from the food pantry last week and the only way I will eat zucchini is in zucchini bread...love it! So on a day I was feeling ok I made 4 small loaves. My son said it was ok and I thought it was delicious. He loves banana bread. Anyway, the next morning I was going to put the other 3 in the freezer and went to get my 2nd piece of the bread and low and behold the loaf was gone. Hmmmm. My son said he was in the mood for sweets so....... We have cookies (which I don't care for), his flavor of ice cream, cinnamon bread and what does he eat? Must've been good. DON'T FORGET TO PUT THE ONIONS ON THE LIST!!!! I adore onions. I saute' them and eat them as a side vegetable once a week.
Kids! lol, there are definitely times I make something for me because they didn't like it last time, and then they decide they like it... turds! :D
I use the tuna water as well, it's too good to drain out. There's nothing wrong with a little chilly in dishes it adds warmth in winter. Your bread rolls look amazing. It's good to see the children participating in the cooking. They are growing so fast. Thanks for your recipes and tips.
Yeah, if I bought it in olive oil, I probably wouldn't use it in this instance, but its just water that the tuna is cooked in! more flavour :D. I like it when they want to help, it isn't always though heh
I cooked Tuna Mornay the other using white in the jar. My husband loved. He thought I made the white sauce from scratch. I have since so many white jars and hid them in the pantry. Many years ago I would make my own sauce and if he knew I put Tuna in it he didn’t like eating it.
Tuna mornay is such a simple but tasty meal! Those white sauce in jars are quite good too!
The veggie store is beautiful. I would love to see the butchers too. We do not have them here in Maine.
I will try and remember next month!
Hi Nyssa 😊. Beautiful meals. I really need to watch these videos AFTER I have eaten!! Take care.
Lol, yes, definitely! :D
Your Homemade breads and dinner combinations are awesome. Your kids do get their veggies in . Love the ham and egg bake to !
I'd really like it if we could have more veg just served as veg, but its just not overly feasible. I miss it a little bit!
Another great video Nyssa. Watching these videos has inspired me to do a very low spend grocery month. I actually think that I can keep the budget to $30 for the month as the freezer is full and the pantry shelves look good (spent the last week organizing the shelves better and the freezer before my upcoming surgery). Hopefully the weather will cooperate and I can get my raised beds planted with seeds for fresh salads and carrots. The weather has been wild so I will not be able to plant peas until the fall now. Good luck with your winter crop and I am sending out good vibes for when spring hits you again.
I'm hoping the stuff I bought as seedlings will do well, I think I'm past my ability to start much more! FX for Spring!!
A friend just mentioned that Jessica at three rivers is doing another pantry challenge in June! I love the idea of it, but realistically, I do a pantry challenge every shopping period hehe.
"The kids were starving because I never feed them" sounds like my kids. Thought my eldest always complains "We never have any food in this house. Just stuff to make food" 😂😂
Oh, all the time, I'm hungry, there's nothing to eat... looking at a shelf full of food that they'd just have to heat up! :D
My cousin was visiting from interstate and sleeping in the loungeroom so I didn't hear him get up for a midnight fridge raid. I got no problems with that. In the morning he told me he (25 years old) couldn't find anything to eat because my fridge and freezer were full of ingredients, no food.
Great video as always
Thank you Kim :D
Hey Nyssa pjs are the best, if I lived where you are I'd wear them all the time, oh actually I do that here LOL, food looks delicious as always 😊xx
Hehe, no good if I need to go out to the garden or the chooks etc! and the prickles and cobblers that get stuck to everything, much better to keep the jammies for indoors! :D
@Our Small Footprint oh yes, definitely LOL
Your last week of food looked DELICIOUS ❤
Thank you :D
Hi Nyssa🥰 I need to catch up on your videos, I’ve been super busy. Wow you would already be in Brissy on the shopping trip by now but I hope you remember that you said you needed onions. Yes I’m noticing the price rises too but doesn’t seem to be as bad for raw ingredients. Enjoy time with your mum 🥰
I got 20kg! Heh
I'm looking forward to the sourdough video :) I watched the vid you did on HA, it was great!
I'm just getting it all collated hehe, is always a bit of work getting a video done over a week span!
You are so good at feeding your family. Everything looked so good and the apple turnovers, yummy!
Apple turnovers are a fave, hehe, so easy but so tasty! :D
Those apple turnovers looked yummy!!
So simple, but super tasty hehe.
Oh my 😊
Yum yum x😊
Impressive “pantry meals” as always! I am trying to do pantry meals these days and only buy dairy and produce. This week it’s working out. 😁
It takes some fanangling, it def requires you to think about food more, which sometimes Urgh, I get sick of thinking about food lol!
I wear lounge/pj pants too. Meals 😋😋😋
hehe comfy jammie days are the best :D
Was there a hamper during this 6 week period? You are so good at planning and making sure your meals come together. ( making all the doughs the night before).
Yes, but it was early, they are about every 4 and the shopping every 6, sometimes the timing is not superb. I shop this week, and the hamper is in a fortnight, not ideal!
Fantastic meals ❤ ps… love the grey pj’s or as we call them “Jammie’s” lol 😆
Hehe, so daggy, but so comfy! :D
@@OurSmallFootprint I have several favorite pjs lol if I’m home, I’m in pjs lmao 😜 fleeced ones are my favorite ❤️
@@marygarcia5449 I'm not a huge fan of fleece, I tend to overheat, but it is definitely the kids and D's fave! :D
We used to do corn on pizza years ago too, not sure why we stopped. Possibly time for a comeback.
I love the sweet bursts, but its a nice texture add too! :D
I’m fascinated by the zucchini butter - as a pasta sauce would you pair it with a meat? Pizzas look delicious - you make such amazing food!
We've done it with chicken, I'm not sure that it would complement beef, maybe lamb, its heavy on the woody green herbs, but then again, you could use whatever herbs you wanted, I have sage, rosemary and Thyme generally in the garden, so I tend to use those, which are nice with chicken! Bacon is always nice with Zucchini too :D
Lasagna soup I have never heard of it but it sounds very interesting.
I think it was a Carls Bad Cravings recipe I saw it on first, years ago - there's a tiktok or something going around with it now though I believe, but I put a lot more veg etc into mine and make it a heartier soup, its so tasty.
Love you videos! have you tired sloppy joes? What about macaroni salad or potato salad?
Sloppy Joes are on the list to try this month! We haven't had them before, but I don't see why the kids wouldn't like them! We do potato salad in summer normally, not so much in the cooler months, and I don't generally make cold pasta salads, but the kids do like the pesto pasta salad cold the next day, so they might like it!
Are you food trained? You certainly have a vast knowledge and confidence. I am going to try zuccini butter, just have to find your footage thanks Nyssa..
Not really, I’ve worked in small kitchens, a pub, a sports canteen, a cafe etc but no formal training :)
Zucchini butter is worth your time! Very tasty :)
Love your videos waiting for websie for recipe
Thank you Susan :D
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had i first light frost this morning
Last year our first below 0 was in June, the year before that was mid may, it’s odd. You just can’t really tell!
There’s always a debate in the states about whether pineapple belongs on pizza. I would love to see how they would react to having corn on it 😂
I'm in! I love corn.
The kids love pineapple on pizza, I'm not a huge fan lol, but I def like corn :D
Hi Nyssa, another wonderful week of your amazing meals. I was thinking of your shopping trip and was wondering if the price increases were affecting your grocery bill and I can say that it rry
I think its affecting my quantities, but slowly, so that while we're still managing it is showing up after a few months rather than right away, the backup is getting eaten away kinda thing.
I think I own those same pjs (kmart) I would live in my pjs if I could 😊
Definitely more than likely Kmart heh, cheap but efficient clothing! I like to put my shoes on in the morning and have them on all day, better for my back and with the kitchen outside etc, but I wear clodhopper shoes so I tend to get dressed because I don’t want to take them on and off heh. I might need to buy myself some new slippers!
What's the rooster's name?
Shadow and Stoic were the two that followed me to crow at me. :)
Do you live in a house and have electricity 😊
We live in old mining buildings, steel dongas, removable building things :). And we’re on solar only :). We buy bbq gas cans as well for our cooking. The kitchen is out on the patio :)