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My mother made (or attempted to make) cooked old fashion fudge but it wouldn't thicken up so she was going to throw it out in her frustration. My brother made the best brownies I've ever eaten with that failed fudge!
My mother was known for making fudge that never hardened, but it never stopped her from trying. As soon as she started making it, it was time to run to the store for vanilla ice cream. It made the BEST hot fudge sundaes!
Yes! That's the way to do it!
I have my great grandmother’s and gramma’s tablecloths and napkins in a drawer. You speaking of tablecloths brought tears to my eyes. I need to get them out and use them everyday. Nothing lasts forever. There are only a few of us left who ever knew them and can appreciate their hard working,ingenuity, and skills in so many areas. Thanks! 💙
I have one of my grandmother's that I use at Easter. I love it.
I agree! Enjoy them! If you are worried about staining them put a clear plastic tablecloth over them!
I have my family’s too. Need to use them more often.
If u are not a bean person, I would use those to make a white chicken chili. You can puree some to reduce the amount of whole beans and it thickens the chili. Then, towards the end add some cream cheese to melt in. You will not regret it!
Sounds great!
This was a really fun one. I want to run to my Stop and Shop to see if we have those yellow stickers popping up among the other shockingly high prices! Thanks for all you and Paul do to keep us motivated during these unprecedented times!
Here’s a great tip that I got from a farmers daughter a few years back, when corn is in season and a good price, take it and keep husks on but just cut tops and a little bit of the bottom and freeze them whole ( no blanching required )in freezer bags. When you are ready to use take out and put in the refrigerator over night and cook as needed. You will be amazed
How interesting! Thanks for the tip.
Wow! Who knew?
I have frozen corn with and without the husk. No blanching. Then cook like normal. So much better than the frozen ears you get in the store. Not even mushy.
Tha's the way I learned how to do it+
Great tip 🥰thanks for sharing!
That is my husband and my date time, grocery shopping!😂🤣I love it!
LOL! It's fun actually!
Love the tablecloth hack. When I have a “special occasion” I’ll put my thrift store yellow tablecloth on the table and cover it with a lace curtain (thrift store, too!). Makes the table look a bit special but inexpensive to do.
Oh what a lovely idea!
I’m currently a caregiver for my 85-year-old dad while working full-time mostly remote. I try to cook on Sundays so the rest of the week it’s so simple to just heat up the meals. Today I am using a 1 pound package of chop meat and making chili with a ton of beans and vegetables, a small meatloaf That I will serve with some sort of potato and vegetable, I made chicken thighs in the crockpot yesterday and had enough leftover to make a great chicken soup so we will have that one evening as well. Friday night is always pizza night so there’s a few frozen ones or I can make homemade with a salad. One to two days a week I’m traveling so I hire an aid to stay with my dad and she will make him a sandwich or heat up leftovers, and I usually go out for lunch on the days I’m traveling so the left over lunch is my dinner. Thank you for all you do!
Wonderful! So well thought out! Great job Karline!
That’s how ya gotta shop now a days Heck yeah!
YAY! Thank you!
My meal plan for this week was Sunday night, leftover Chinese Noodles, Monday was meatless, pasta salad and corn on the cob, Tonight is pork tenderloin, Wednesday night is Tacos, Thursday is homemade pizza, Friday is Ravioli, and Saturday is any leftovers. I find meal planning makes a huge difference in my grocery spending. You always know what you are having. Thank you for sharing all your wonderful ideas!
Thanks for sharing your yummy meal plan Maria!
Em...I can always count on your beautiful, cheerful face! Thank you!
Could you be any kinder...thank you!
5 day meal ideas… 1) Ground chicken tacos (use 8 Oz of a lb of ground chicken) 2) Ground chicken shepherd’s pie (use other 8 Oz of lb of ground chicken) 3) Grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches w/ homemade French fries made in the air fryer 4) Breakfast for dinner (eggs, toast, hash brown potatoes, bacon) 5) Chicken stir fry and fried rice.
All sound great Gretchen!
I'm in a retirement community and we received a coupon from activity that happened her a month ago to go to the local farmers market and get FREE FOOD ..... We are all going tomorrow... The community bus is taking a few of us...
I'm so excited to see what this will be like, what we will come away with?!?!?!?!
Oh! Let us know!! What a great blessing! enjoy!
I look forward to your watching your Channel. Thank you .
My menu for this week, using what's in my home:
1- Hogie subs, French fries
2- Pasta salad, hot dogs over fire pit.
3- Bacon wrapped filet mignon, Brussel sprouts, roasted potatoes, garden salad, birthday cake
4- breaded pork chops, fried corn , poutine
5- smoked sausage, fried cabbage and noodles
6-pepper steak, rice and oranges with honey
7-crock pot beef tips and gravy with mushrooms over mashed potatoes and a wedge salad
God bless
Wonderful sounding meals!! YUM! Thanks for sharing Loretta!
For the week's menu plan, we are making meals with what was on sale this week. We made a one pot cajun pasta with shrimp and andouille sausage, with homegrown tomatoes and zucchini. Then I'll make an orange chicken and white rice. Then fried rice with the leftover veggies and rice. Leftovers one night. Then I'll do a breakfast for dinner with homemade pancakes and biscuits, bacon and eggs and if we need one more, sloppy joes or barbecue meatloaf. (Kid favorite). For a special treat, I made pumpkin bread.
All of that sounds amazing Leslie!
This weeks meal plan is: 1) Lean ground beef stroganoff over penne pasta (type of pasta that I had in the pantry to use up) with steamed broccoli,
2) homemade hamburgers with tossed salad & Corn on the cob, 3) oven baked chicken drumsticks, baked potatoes & tossed salad, 4) Old Bay steamed shrimp & home grown tomato sandwiches, 5) Stir fry chicken & veggies over whole wheat spaghetti. Plenty of leftovers to use for our lunches and easy reheat meals for the 2 evenings that I’ll come home super tired from busy days scrubbing in on surgeries at work.
Sounds absolutely delish Diane!
Your video is so timely. My husband works for a college apartment and he found several food items (baking and canned items) next to the trash in bags, NOT expired. It’s amazing what people waste. He said he will keep an eye out for more things and we will donate to family and the our local homeless shelter.
Just please make sure they are all fully sealed and not tampered with!
Emmy,just hang wrinkled items in the bathroom when you,or Paul shower.the steam removes wrinkles.
also,you can in fact bake in an air fryer.just a tip for those in a hot area.it cuts utility costs,too.in fact,under the median has several videos on how to cut utility costs
Auntie Emmy and Uncle Paul!
I just got a new job that means I’m not home to make dinners so meal planning is a must. I follow Acre Homestead here on TH-cam and she does a lot of freezer meals. Last month I made about 30 freezer meals - some casseroles (chicken noodle, tuna noodle, and an Italian sausage rice one with eggplant and zucchini) , some meatloaves, meatballs, and marinated chicken (Asian zing, Greek, peach chili, pineapple jalapeño). Doing this has save me so much time and money that I did breakfast too. My freezer is filler with sausage and egg McMuffins, bacon ranch avocado egg cups, breakfast burritos, and waffles. Again saves so much money and I know my kids are eating a good hot breakfast.
Here’s our menu this week
1. Instant pot zuppa toscana soup
2. Italian pot roast, orzo, Brussels sprouts
3. Asian zing drumsticks with lo neon
4. Leftover buffet
5 breakfast for dinner. Probably sausage gravy biscuit and eggs.
YAY!! I am so proud of you! Congrats on the new job too!!
Brunch will be mixed bean salad, celery, carrots and rice maybe with a sprinkle of cheese. Excellent hot or cold. DInners will be fish, mash & veggies, then omlette and salad, stuffed lambs heart with mash and veggies, then soup and grilled cheese, lamb heart curry from the left overs of stuffed hearts.
A nice example of how to upscale the foundation of a tablescape.
Yes, thanks!
Hello Emmy and Paul! I loved your haul-awesome finds for real!!! I envy yall for the Molasses (so good in baking) I cant even get Molasses in Germany :( anyways heres my meal plan-1 Tomato sauce over pasta, cucumber salad, Potato pancakes wih applesauce, pan fried brats with fried potatoes and onions, Big bowl of Tuna salad (pasta, mayo, onions, boiled eggs), Fried eggplant and a piece fried hicken and a slice garlic bread, BLT Those are my 5 quick meals for little money :) God bless!
Meal plan for the week - (I eat whole food plant based) Monday - Potatoes, Broccoli & Cauliflower, Tuesday, Tacos! Of course!! Cauliflower/walnuts/mushrooms (“meat”) with rice, salsa & lettuce Wednesday, Rice and Beans, Thursday, Hamburgerless Helper. Friday is Pasta Primavera. Saturday will be Polenta with Veggie Ragout. Sundays are clean the refrigerator/leftovers.
Could you buy darker golden syrup un Germany for a decent substitute for molasses? Or is that not a similar enough taste?
Granny thanks for sharing! All sound delicious! God Bless you as well! Thank you!
@@lesliekanengiser8482 I dont think so, the tate is different! In Germany we dont do syrup like in the states, we do honey...I could possibly order from Amazon but with shipping it would be crazy expensive and I cant afford that. I used to live 13 yrs in the US so thats why I even know bout Molasses :) (SC, NC and TX)
What I like to have on hand is 1# ground beef, pasta, jar of tomato and Basil spaghetti sauce. Fry the meat into crumbles. Meanwhile boil water for pasta. When meat is done, add jar of sauce. When pasta is al dente, drain and add to meatsauce. I usually add diced onions and peppers, extra oregano.
Sounds great!
You look gorgeous Emmy. Thank you for sharing this video.
You are so kind Nikita! Thank you!
1 - White bean chicken chili ( using canned , canned chicken add a little frozen mixed vegetables ) zucchini bread 2 - Lentil tacos. & spanish rice & pickled carrots / cauliflower / celery . 3 - Spaghetti with pasta sauce , sauté celery , onion , garlic ( no meat ) salad. 4 - Fried rice and veggie eggrolls , 5 - Grilled Cheese & tomato soup and watermelon .
Thanks for sharing, sounds delicious!
Our menu this week. I already made corn chowder and beef stew and Sheppard’s pie and beef and broccoli. I like to cook batches. I have salad for the sides. Also made lemon chicken. Super simple and easy. Also have hummus with crackers, cheese, olives, and pickles as a snack.
So smart to batch cook!!
Love the tablecloth! I have fiestaware dishes that match it perfectly!
Sounds lovely!
1. Marinated beef chunks and veggies= kabobs on the grill. 2. left over beef added to left over rice and beans,add salsa and sour cream=burrito bowls.3. Taco soup[leftover] make a cornbread crust and air fry.to bake. 4.pulled pork sandwiches 5.Pulled pork pizza. Pizza crust dough, made ahead and in the freezer. I will add a salad to some of these meals.
Perfect! Great meals!
Your kitchen adventure was funny. Glad someone else has Lucy moments in the kitchen.
Absolutely LOL!
Happy birthday to your brother
Thanks so much Bridget!
Lovely tablecloth and great solution to make it beautiful on different size or shape table. You got some really great buys! Your meals sound good too. Homemade potato soup tonight, chicken pasta alfredo, beef or bean enchiladas, baked salmon and California blend veggies, and chili. I can't believe you thought of something to use that for - well done!!! Thank you!!
Thanks so much Lulu! 😊
My grandmother had a bread shelf in her freezer, she had their favorite white& theur favorite wheat! Need a loaf? Go pull it out right after breakfast, thawed by lunch😊!
Great idea!!
I’ve been prepping my food stores and freezers for a good year and a half because we saw what was coming. We have inflation that is here now. So glad we stocked the freezers. The pantry is filling up with self stable foods. Don’t forget to have some canned milk, freeze some eggs if you get them on a good sale! Winter is coming and the droughts of this year will impact next year. Be ready people, a little stock up every week with bargains slow and steady wins the race.❤️🙏🏻
YES! Absolutely right!
We prepare for fall my washing off the leaves of our houseplant that have been outside all summer before bringing back in this weekend.
Those are some great finds! This week I have planned: crock pot red beans with rice, veggie fried rice (using leftover rice from meal number 1), spaghetti with homemade marinara, baked potato and salad, diy pizza night (using leftover marinara) and then leftovers for lunches.
Perfect! Sounds great!
Love your tablecloth. I have several also. Just love them and use them frequently.
I also collect green FireKing.
Oh lovely!
LoL
The whipped cream ..... 🤭😁🤭
OMG
I can not believe that chicken came out alright..... ❣️
Honestly, it was delish!! The lemon counteracted the sweetness LOL!
I used to have a really small table in my studio apartment.
I also love those Old linen one's as well.
So I just tied the ends underneath the table ... Lightly to not ruin it.. but it works perfectly
Great idea!
Great video as always
Thank you Elaine!
Congrats on the great finds!
Meal plan ideas: panini’s, shepherds pie, lasagna, ham and cheese casserole, and tacos. These are all meals we tweak and throw in items that are in the fridge to prevent waste.
Enjoy your week 😊
You as well Camille! Thank you!
My meal plan for five days:
Tuesday-Rotini pasta with sauce made of fresh tomatoes/garlic/onion from my garden and a whole bag of spinach that got accidentally frozen and I didn't want to waste it. I cooked the pasta while I sauteed the vegetables and then put them in the blender--it made a beautiful emerald green sauce. We had it with some canned green beans and a fruit salad made with fresh nectarine, a cup of pineapple, two strawberries from the garden, 1/2 cup of vanilla yogurt and a handful of mini marshmallows (treat for my husband)
Wednesday - Crockpot beef stew (with potatoes and carrots from my garden) and cornbread sticks
Thursday - ham slices with scalloped potatoes and broccoli
Friday - some kind of shrimp recipe (I bought some frozen shrimp at my last Sam's Club shopping trip)
Saturday - grill-out with chicken breasts, corn on the cob, and cucumber/tomato/onion salad
YUM! All of your meals sound great! thank you!
I do that with my table clothes as well. My menu for the week is simple. 1. Sausages, mushrooms & onions on a bun with coleslaw & cob of corn 2. Chicken with mushroom sauce over rice 3. Pasta & sundried tomato & meat sauce with garden salad.4. Pork schnitzel with scalloped potatoes & carrots. 5. Sausage, western omelette & perogies. 6 Special meal this week=lobster tails, homemade mac & cheese and corn on cob. (we got lobster tails for $2.50 CND @ $1.95 USD each) 7. Grilled cheese sandwiches & tomato soup.
WOW! That lobster price is amazing!
@@FrugalMoneySaver We went back for more and the staff had wiped it out. There was an error in pricing. It was suppose to be on sale for $6 each. Yikes! Happy we got enough 4 tails, that will do us 2 meals.
We have chicken & a ground beef to use up this week. So I’m going to make
1. Sloppy Joes & Veggies
2. Tuna Salad Sandwiches (to use up the rolls)
3. BBQ Chicken with Zucchini (free from my neighbors garden) & Potatoes
4. Leftover Chicken will be put into a salad
5. Frozen Pizza I got on sale
I love your videos ❤️ sending love from Maryland ❤️💛🖤
Sending love right back! Your meals sound great!
Making all meals from scratch as I don’t use very much processed or convenient foods. This weeks plan, beef pot pie casserole, egg noodle beef casserole, taco soup, home made individual pizzas, roast whole chicken meal. Love the videos!
All of that sounds delicious!
In thanks for different things I do for them my friends keep me in summer vegetables. I put up 10 quarts of green beans , made 8 pints of refrigerator pickles and froze a bunch of zucchini. We also are lucky enough to have an abundance of sweet corn in our area of Ny . 5$ per dozen for corn . We eat want we want and cut off the rest for the freezer. I picked blueberries for 9$ per gallon bucket and froze them .
Sounds great! So many fresh veggies and fruit!
i just cooked a bag of dried beans, so my meals this week will be bean based... So, i will do baked beans with mashed potatoes, bean rice (portuguese recipe) with pan fried fish and green beans, veggie lasagne (no beans in it), bean and cabbage soup and pasta with chicken and peppers (no beans as well).
I have a very limited freezer space, so when i cook dried beans i eat half of it during that week, and freeze half and eat it during the rest of the month and the next month. i do it every other month, so we have a cheap and nutritious ingredient to base our meal, but don't get tired of eating always the same. it helps that we love beans.
That is so very smart Nadia!
Love your doggy!!
Thanks so much Debi!
great buys..RaRa...
My meal plan for the week: chicken thighs and rice with home grown green beans, homemade hamburger helper beef noodle with grown corn 🌽, chicken fried rice, chili Mac with jalapeño corn bread, homemade chicken pasta roni with broccoli. I freeze any leftovers for no cook days.
Sounds so good! Thanks!
Great video , thanks.
Day 1 , BBQ chicken and salad , 2, jacket potatoes, tuna and sweetcorn in mayo and salad, 3 , home made Mulligatawny soup , 4 , pasta and tomato sauce, 5, cheese and onion pie and baked beans .
Sounds great! Thanks for sharing!
Oh my, I had the best laugh….not at you, but with you 🤣🤣 For me, meal planning is the cats meow…..thanks for staying real….
It looked like a solution...thanks Paul LOL!
Great info! Our meals include Breakfast on a Bun, grilled pork steak over rice, pasta salad with side salad, manwich casserole, spaghetti
YUM!
You are such a blessing xx
Karen thank you!
OMG
You guy's did amazing!!
Thanks so much!
Last night was salmon with a tomato jalepeno rice.
Tonight is pizza for my granddaughters birthday.
We are having a cool spell this week so I am making chili Thursday.
Oh sounds great!
So cute Great save ,,, I like your creativity with food,,,waste none want none ,,😂😂😂 ,,
Yes, LOL!
Getting ready for fall by making sure my shelves and freezers are stocked.
Smart!
I love meal planning, I feel lost when I don’t have a meal plan for the week. This coming week will be roast chicken w/squash from the garden, then I will use the remaining chicken for chicken and biscuits for Sunday dinner. That’s my husband’s favorite meal. Monday will be bow tie pasta with sausage, sweet potato, and spinach from the garden, this will have a cream sauce to blend it all together. Tuesday we will have acorn squash from the garden stuffed with sausage and stuffing. Wednesday will be Mac and cheese with ham. I canned the ham earlier in the year. I’ll cook summer squash as a side dish, again from the garden. Thursday I am going to make risotto and I am going to try beet risotto. I’ve never made it but we have beets that a friend gave us from his garden and I thought we would give it a try. I will make a loaf of homemade bread to go with a couple of these meals too. If I get too many negative comments on the beet risotto from my sons I can switch it to mushroom risotto. My husband brought home a small bag of chanterelle mushrooms he picked yesterday and they are always a hit in our house.
Your meals sound so delicious! Thanks so much! 😊
That was a funny story glad you got to use it…..😊❤️
Yes it was! Yup, I was determined to find some way to use it LOL!
Great finds!
Thanks Lisa!
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Chorizo/scrambled eggs in a tortilla, beans and rice with salsa, homemade “rice a roni”, tacos, breakfast for dinner, chicken thighs with roasted potato cubes, home- caught salmon tacos
Yum!!
love the table cloth idea, have a bunch from my grandmother. So need to know how to retire early, living in Rochester, NY.
We have a bunch of videos on how to retire early. Just search the word "Retired" in our search box.
Thank you. Watching the Butter part reminded me I had Heavy Cream that was a few Days old so Homemade Butter & Buttermilk it was. I love your Videos.
Thanks so very much Cristy!
Sloppy joes w/chips, ham dinner w/potatoes & green beans, coneys or hot dogs (using up leftovers), quiche (using up leftovers), veggie pizza/pizza muffins are on our menu plan this week.
Sounds great!
Spinach and cottage cheese cannelloni, tuna pot pie, roasted vege quiche, mince pasties for dh and vege for me, chicken burritos. Thanks for your video ❤️
Sounds great! Thanks for watching Maria!
Oh, I do so love Gingerbread. My mother would put applesauce and whipped cream on it, or a nutmeg sauce...I can still taste it. I found decaf black tea for 1.48 / 64 ct. Yeah, I know! Dixie, you are looking pretty sharp, my little Diva!
Dixie the Diva says ythanks so m
5 evening meals this week (keto):
Cauli pizza crust salami and mushroom pizza, barramundi and cauliflower salad with home made tomato relish, roast pork shoulder and crackle with green beans, chicken kyiv, skewered meatballs. Bon appetit!!!
YUM! Thanks!
I just pulled out a jar of 2012 (!!) molasses and made gingerbread with it. Maybe it’ll go bad more quickly now that it’s open, but it was fine.
I love your videos. They’ve helped me to look first at what I have before I buy things and to enjoy the results. Just the way you appreciate simple things and make them nicer is so wonderful. I will do the tablecloth hack with my grandmas table cloth. This weeks is one chicken into three meals. First chicken with veggies , chicken pasta Alfredo and then tacos. Next tuna fritters with home grown squash and salad , last 8 ounces of ground sausage over rice mixed with veggies. Thank you for your videos. Our gas in Cali is almost $6 a gallon but our veggies are less than yours. Eggs are up here too.
Your meal plan sounds delicious Lynda!
TJ WHIPPED CREAM: I would have used the buttermilk to make pancakes or waffles and then served the sweetened butter with the pancakes/waffles along with some strawberries and bacon on the side to tone down the sweetness. Yum!
Great ideas!
Ooh you should make homemade pop tarts. They are so easy to make and you can even use store bought pie dough for the dough if you don’t want to make your own. They are so much better. And cheaper!! My mom made strawberry ones recently and OMG…so good.
Ok I'm on it lol!
My meal plan: sweet potato shepards pie ; sweet and sour smoked sausage with rice ; chicken wings with fries and salad; steak fajitas; and Alberta style beef on a bun 😊
YUM! Sounds delicious!
Good deals!!
Thanks Shirley!
Day 1. Pork loin in the crockpot with rice and au jus
Day 2 Pork fried rice from leftovers
Day 3 Cheese hot dogs and baked beans
Day 4 rest of the pork loin turned into hash over mashed potatoes with baby carrots
Day 5 Deli sandwich and chips
All of those meals sound great!
@@FrugalMoneySaver thank you! My daughter calls me the left over Queen!!😁😁😁😁
There is alternative to your tablecloth hack. Many decades ago BHG, or was it Women's?, layered two square cloths at 90 degrees, it created an 8 point usually shown with a solid dark on the bottom and a pattern on top. Personally, I used to use a solid cream on the bottom with a highly colored cloth on top.
Thanks so much!
WOW WHAT GREAT PRICES!!!
Yes! Thanks!
You can also take a tablespoon of black strap molasses if you are anemic. It builds up your iron!!
Thanks for sharing!
Love how you rescued the whipping cream/butter. Beautiful tablecloth 😍 My meal plan for this week is: (1) Mock “crab” cakes with homemade tarter sauce and fried potatoes, (2) Veggie burgers, chips & melon, (3) Pasta with peppers, (4) Caesar salad , & (5) Julie beans (crockpot beans in a homemade bbq sauce) with green salad
Sounds delicious! What do you use in the mock crab cakes instead of crab?
@@FrugalMoneySaver zucchini- old bay spice makes the difference. I found the recipe from “That 1870’s Homestead” here in TH-cam. I didn’t have Panko breadcrumbs so I crushed saltines and didn’t add any extra salt.
This video is jam packed with amazing tips! Love the tablecloth hack!
YAY JAN!!! Alway so happy to see you here!! Thanks for coming by!
@@FrugalMoneySaver my absolute love to place to be!
For Molasses, if you look up the ratios, you can use molasses and white sugar as substitute for brown sugar. Here, brown sugar is only a few cents off of white sugar, so there might or might not be an advantage. Molasses lasts for a very very long time, and so does white sugar.
As to this house, I have an assortment of left overs that will be the next 2 days. Then I will do my favorite "dirty" potatoes which are potatoes fried with sausage and onions. They go great with the next morning's breakfast, when all you do is heat the left-overs up and crack an egg on top. This weekend thanks go to my friend who supplied me with a dozen local-back-yard-chicken eggs. When the ladies come over for lunch, we will visit Spain/Basque country and have Tapas/Pinchos. Beginning with a wonderful green salad, we will have bread and dipping sauce, a set pincho/tapa of eggs and olives, 1 pincho/tapa of potatoes and eggs known in Spain/Basque country as a tortilla, another of mushrooms fried with onions, and a "custard" far different from anything we Americans are used to with sweetened, cinnamon cream. These are foods my wonderful Basque grandmother taught me to appreciate and I am glad to pass the tradition on. No one should leave the table hungry, for sure.
I hope that this inspires you to investigate Basque culture and recipes. For the most part, recipes are based on agricultural customs and food available. The above menu feeds 4 people with 11 eggs. The last 1 will feed my service dog, Nike. With the "free" eggs, and a $5.00 off coupon, the entire luncheon, not counting the cost of the electricity to cook these things, will be about $1.25/person. Oh, and I always make the salad dressings at home from scratch. Bottled dressing is so much more expensive and it doesn't taste as good. I will be happy to share any recipes you would like to try.
Thank you for your excellent information. I would have used the sweet butter as a basis for a custard or another dessert. I am glad that your choice was splendid.
Oh my goodness your meal sounds absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for sharing Tika!
Emmy, I know you love your iced coffee so try a tablespoon of that molasses in your iced coffee with a little whipped cream for a Fall treat that is amazing! And if you want to go wild put some sprinkles on top! Also great for hot coffee...
OH YES! Great idea!
I ruined some apple muffins once. They came out too dry. I salvaged them by turning them into bread pudding. My kids still ask- can you ruin some muffins soon so you can make that bread pudding?
The last time I made meatloaf I doubled it by adding lentils cooked in beef broth to my beef. I froze the extra meat loaf for a night that we need an easy meal. Doubling recipes and freezing for later can be a great “fast food” solution.
Yes, you are so right! Thanks!
Thank you Emmi and Paul for your delightful videos! You teach, encourage, and are an all around blessing! Meal plan ideas: 1)slow cook chuck roast in beef broth from this one dinner with the beef + sautéed bell pepper and onions + roasted zucchini and brown rice; 2)another night using the slow cooked beef--add flour to the broth to make gravy and a can of mushrooms and pour over slices of homemade bread + fresh veggies;3) use the leftover rice more of the beef and some canned beans to make burritos ( add salsa and cheese to taste); 4)BBQ some chicken to serve with rice or roasted potato wedges and salad; 5)use leftover chicken for a salad with lettuce and other veggies; 6)use leftover chicken to make a taco night -- use the bones to make broth in my slow cooker
All of that sounds delicious Mary! Thank you!
@@FrugalMoneySaver Thank you 😊
I loved seeing Dixie wag her tail when you were talking to her. It made me smile. Really pretty table cloth. Jody.....
Thanks so much Joey!
Omg I miss New York hard rolls! Whenever our family visit us in North Carolin, we ask them to bring hard rolls. I always cut them before freezing them and they do freeze perfectly.
Yes, so yummy!
Tater tot casserole (green beans, raw hamburger, cream of whatever soup, tater tots)…400 degrees for about 45 min. Best casserole ever.
Thank you!
I do that also with tablecloths. Also, I have put colorful vintage tablecloth over the foot of beds in spare bedrooms in the summer for a summery look. Molasses - my grandma's Christmas molasses cookie...so good and chewy! That was a super shopping haul.
That's a great idea Sis! What a way to brighten a room!
I just love that Dixie
Dixie the Diva says thank you so much lol!
Additional comment related to the PopTarts. We recently visited a local Amish area near us in Geauga County, Ohio. We tried fry pies, a specialty of the Amish there, and they were amazing! I know you visit Amish country in Lancaster County and I’m not sure if each area of the Amish have regional specialties so if you come across any fry pies have Paul give them a try. They are like PopTarts x100.
Oh yes, sounds great! Thanks so much!
When you make baked beans with the navy beans, sweeten with the molasses!
YES! Exactly!
Good morning to you!
You got some great prices on your food haul!
A typical week for me meal planning is something like this.
Monday- Grilled chicken sliced and served on a salad, with buttered bread on the side.
Tuesday - Veggie burgers and brussel sprouts with cottage cheese.
Wednesday - cheese omelette with sausage and toast.
Thursday - cabbage and potatoes with stock and smoked kielbasa.
Friday- spaghetti with garlic bread.
Yummy sounding menu! Thank you!
I have started checking the weather forecast when I meal plan, so I avoid heating up the house and myself. This week our daughter is coming for a visit, so we will be using a little more food than usual, but it's all coming out of our freezer and pantry. Monday: chicken and rice stir fry, Tuesday: lasagne, already made and frozen into portions, Wednesday: hot dogs and corn on the cob, Thursday: pulled pork in the crock pot with homemade cole slaw, Friday: fish and chips. This meal has to cook in the oven, but only about 20 minutes. Thanks for another great video, especially the fail.
Love fish and chips, one of my faves!
Tacos, teriyaki chicken with rice and green beans, smoked pork butt with broccoli salad, eggs, hash browns and ham, potato curry, fish and chips
I love fish and chips!
Beautiful scenery Ritzi and Me DixieBelle and Paul and Emmy Love 💘 ❤ 💕 💖 💗 ♥
Love to you both! thank you!
Hamburger hash, spinach and mushroom tortellini, chicken enchiladas, Italian sausage with penne, and minestrone in the crockpot...
Yum!
Dinner and lunch meal plan for the week. Three seafood salad meals on a lettuce salad mix. Five meals with a base of cooked white rice. Trying out some regional and store brands of some canned items to see if they are worth buying again for rice based soups and stews this Fall. Using up the mystery leftovers from the freezer.
I would love to know what goes into your seafood salad! Thanks!
Another winning video.
My five meals:
1.Tuna pasta casserole.
2. Pasta with red sauce and small amount of ground beef, green salad.
3. Chili cheese hotdogs on buns.
4. Tacos, burrito's all the fixings.
5. Chicken with sweet fire sauce and pineapple, rice with mixed veggies.
YUM!! Sounds great Terri!
1-Kraut and hot dogs with beans and cornbread, 2-salmon patties (canned salmon) w/ veggies, 3-pesto turkey meatballs and marinara sauce over pasta, 4-chef salad with egg and whatever is in the crisper, 5-Greek yogurt bowl with chia seeds, pepitas, and strawberries.
Sounds wonderful!
Great finds. Not sure where it was ever written in stone that a date involved getting dressed up and spending a lot of money. Instead it's about being in the company of someone you care for and just spending time together. Peace and contentment triumph every time. Thanks for the gentle reminder in a crazy world.
Absolutely right! We had a blast!
My meal plan could be BLTs, hot dogs and fries, sausage and peppers, Mexican zucchini, taco soup, tuna & pasta salad. You always find the best deals. I'm not so lucky.
Those meals sound great!