To be clear , I paid $30 for the two chickens and used up the ingredients I had in my fridge, freezer, and pantry. Most of those ingredients would cost no more than $15 to make. If you find this misleading, please let me know.
Hey there, as a young adult living in auckland i really do find it hard to find cost effective hearty meals, but you have proven to me that it is possible to do so in the times were living in, thanks for teaching me some of your life skills, its greatly appreciated and admired. chur
Thank you so very much for your lovely comment! I can't begin to thank you enough, it makes my heart swell to know I can help you. Without viewers watching and supporting the channel, I would be just a little old lady talking to herself in the kitchen. So thank you for being here.
As my son has a channel i am aware the money you make from sharing your wealth of knowledge is very little so i let the adds play but just mute them after all i am watching at no cost to me and i will always press the like button hope it helps.Thank you from Australia❤.
Discovered your channel today and I've spent hours already watching your awesome content. Have even told quite a few of my friends and family to check you out. Finally a "real" home cook who we can all appreciate. I have a feeling you are going to be a household name.❤
I've always made my broth at home but, it always surprises me how many people don't use kitchen scraps to make broth... so glad you show this. The information you give is just good old fashioned kitchen wisdom. Keep up the wonderful content!
I’ve literally never made a broth before but love cooking!! This has made it look so easy and I’ll definitely be attempting to make a broth from now on 😊
Your channel just came up...good on ya...thankful that you are so close to home (aussie here)...it is refreshing to seek someone other than american cooking...because you can never get half their ingredients so frustrating...I do like what you have cooked here and anything that can bring down the cost of feeding a family has to be appreciated and thanked :)
You are amazing! Why didn’t think of adding the onion skins and peelings in my stock? The colour is wonderful. You have become my favourite channel. Thanks.
"There's a rooster in my kitchen." LMAO!!! I want, nay, I NEED those little toasties in my life! They would go great with the pumpkin soup. I think a spatchcocked chicken is my favorite way to cook a chicken. I like doing this outside on a grill piri piri style. And spatchcock is fun to say ;-) I must say - I am SO VERY proud of you my friend! How far you've come, and just how many people's lives you are touching. What you are doing makes a difference. You are such a special lady with such a big and good heart - YOU DESERVE THIS! I cannot wait to see what else you have in store for us! Love & BIG HUGS!!! Also, glad you're feeling better!
Hahaha, I should have turned the camera around! Friend you always make me smile and laugh our humor is aligned! Thank you as always for being here and beside me on this amazing YT journey. You have been here for a long way now. Much love to you, Go and rest well. XX
@@FarmersWifeHomesteadLMAO I would have LOVED to see your sassy rooster strutting around your kitchen as if he owned the place! It's the little things like this that make you so very relateable - you're just like the rest of us where "life happens" and we take those moments and just make the best of them!
I just found your channel and I'm very glad I did. I will tell you that I actually laughed out loud when I saw you use that little red contraption to pop the lid off one of your canned items! Been canning for a few years now and have never figured out what that little Doohickey is for! Thanks for the laugh😊
Hey next time you’re in Pak n Save go to the freezer instead of the fridge. You can get a 2.1kg chicken for only $11.49! If all you’re gonna do is roast it anyway chucking it in the oven frozen will be sweet as. Just takes a bit longer
Yes, great idea. For this video, I wanted to use two whole chooks but should have pointed out that that was a great other option. Thanks for leaving the tip so others may see it.
Your husband sounds like mine… we are farmers to in the states. He drinks chocolate milk for breakfast and a very light lunch and a double supper. We have 100 cow dairy operation then farm about 1,000 acres of hay, grain, corn and soybeans. I just recently found your channel in my feed and have been binge watching. I hope you are recovering from your surgery well. My husband doesn’t care for chicken either he wants his beef.
Hi Stacy I’m loving your channel. I’ve never enjoyed cooking but managed to feed and raise 6 children. Money was always in short supply and I had to be quite creative at times. I’m now 71 and thinking of batch cooking to save money and time. Your channel came into my feed at the perfect time!
You can do it! It will save you so much money, time, and sanity. I also raised six children so I understand exactly what you are saying. I'm so pleased you are enjoying my channel. Take care and hopefully talk again soon.
You’re such a wealth of knowledge. So generous sharing all these techniques and recipes with us. You cook the way i wish I could, so glad to have found your channel. Kia ora
Onion skins make a gorgeous colour for stocks! They are gold and highly underrated. I do love that you use good old Saxa salt 🙂 And that I could hear the rooster arriving before you saw him 🤣
Greetings from Yorkshire. Enjoying your videos - your philosophy is very similar to ours. We make stock just with bones and water as it’s easier to pick over the bones later - there’s a surprising amount of meat left on them - usually enough to feed the dog for a couple of nights, though when we’re hard up I whizz it with cream cheese and make paté.
I made your sweet and sour chicken today for dinner, and my family was over the moon. Especially my grandma! She said it is even better than take out Chinese food 😄It is so stunning how much food I got from this recipe, and it is so delicious😋❤ Thank you for this recipe ❤
I posted once but here I am again Love your way of cooking. I do this & call it "around the kitchen cooking". Oh the wonderful ideas you put in my head! I stock up with what's on sale & have been known not to know how to replicate a dish. Looking up your video on cooking without a recipe next 💛
Snap! I do the same. The meals change with the seasons - in summer I make chicken ceasar salad and creamy chicken pasta salad. I also buy 2 chickens and break them down because we love schnitzels, and I can buy 2 whole chickens for the price of 3 breasts. I would love for you to do a video on breaking down a raw chicken, especially getting the thigh meat off the bone - I always struggle to do that cleanly and I'm sure there must be a trick I'm missing 🤔. I'd also love some tips for cleaning the oven after roasting chickens - they have a sticky fat that spatters and then heat sets like concrete and I hate that everything I bake after the chickens smells like roast chicken 🙄. For this reason I've been cooking mine in the gas bbq, but, with the increasing price of LPG, I'm going to have to start cooking them in my spotlessly clean oven, so any cleaning methods/tips would be greatly appreciated. ❤ Your pronounciation of Oregano is exactly right - people from north America seem to say it as thought the e is an a 🤷♀
Hi Stacey. Good on you for doing this channel. You’re very creative and so good to see homegrown UA-cam content. I’m an avid cook and pretty confident around the kitchen, but I’m still getting tips off you. Thanks 😊
Hi Stacey. Thank you again so much.I am recovering from Covid myself. The second time I have had it since 2023, October, Covid brain is real. Good golly I am learning so much. Not a fan of sweet & sour but I am adaptable to the extreme. Look after yourself & that knee & take care. I love the way you make recipes depending on what ingredients you have on hand. Would to love to see you spatchcock your chicken. You are an inspiration. Take care & I wish we had smellivision. Much love & *virtual hugs* from Perth Western Australia. I absolutely hate flys & agree that you need flyscreen. ❤❤❤
Thank you so much, Is it Claire? I hope you are recovering well. I am so pleased you are enjoying the channel. Thank you so much for watching! Fly screens are now on my must-list before next summer. Hugs and love back X
Yes love, my name is Claire. You are amazing. I plan on doing a proper shop on payday & am going to make 2 meatloaf & that's just for a start. I have been feeding my local birdlife for the last 10 days & my freezer is empty so u have inspired me. Much love & *Virtual hugs* from Perth Western Australia 💜💋💜
For your pizza subs , I used to pull out the soft part of the bread and use it in the mixture so it was more like a bowl that I was filling up , this would be good with leftover spaghetti bolognese mixture
I use celery ,carrotts,onions,peas chicken. I then spice with sage and poultry seasoning,salt and pepper of course. I just found your channel. Sorry you have to have some surgery.Hope all goes well Stacy.
I live in Canada and it seems that we both cook the same varieties of dishes. My freezer is chock a block full of dinners I've pre prepared just as you do. Well done, it's a pleasure watching you labour in the kitchen, your family is very lucky indeed.
I enjoy your videos because this is my also way of cooking. If husband complains about chicken two nights in a row, remind him about how generous you were in allowing him the drumsticks and wings to gnaw on! That wouldn't happen in my house because I strip everything off the bone and save every bone and trimming for the stockpot - even when I am cooking for guests (Hehehe) Those wings and drumstick bones have a good lot of skin and gristle that add collagen to the stock. I no longer have six children at home to cook for, but I still cook this way when just for myself, to make lunches and dinners for the week ahead and for handy freezer meals. 1 Chicken = 15 meals/serves - roast - stirfry/vege rice - casserole/pie - salad - soup.
I am watching this while I have 2 chicken carcasses in the pressure cooker to make broth. I also put in some veggie scraps and I keep the stems from fresh herbs that I use like parsley, cilantro, thyme, basil in a baggie in the freezer and I chuck those in as well. After straining the broth, I put it in the fridge overnight to let the fat solidify on top for easy removal.
That you haven’t been well hun l can’t help you out with any advice on your condition but l hope you find some help soon l love your channel love Kazz. ❤
Kia ora, loving your channel!! I’m a meat, mash, veg cook, busy dairy farmer, two boys at home. After watching your videos I’m excited to make some new dishes and prepare for calving season coming up thank you for your time!!
You cook from your heart! The best cooks do! My Sister and I just found you and are thoroughly enjoying your videos! What a joy you have brought to our lives! Thank you for sharing your life with all of us. You are a blessing! Hugs from Ohio USA!
Just watched this video for about the 4th time. I am making Chicken Pot Pie, but without the pastry tonight, and just with mashed potatoes on the side. I am loving the idea of having frozen cooked chicken in the freezer. This week I have been able to buy a 2.1kg chicken for $8.95. A good New Zealand Brand. Love your videos and ideas. From Southland.
Wow so many meals from two chooks, amazing! It’s made me realise my cooking ratio is out of balance , I need to add less meat and a lot more veggies. Thanks Stacey
I use to buy a cooked chicken from NW for $12 it's now $18 so instead I buy the cold cuts from the day b4. Four legs thighs and wings cooked cost $5 which us the equivalent of a whole at a third of the price
My holy trinity of kitchen appliances is thermomix, instant pot and airfryer. Each of these is a MASSIVE timesaver. I can cook a whole cheapie discount free range chicken in 24 minutes right from frozen. If you're cooking for a few people then any of these would be awesome addition to your kitchen.
I enjoy your channel so much, please don’t change a thing. I’m a grandma from Australia and learning so much from you. I’m originally a farm girl, realising how much i miss that life.
When I make my chicken pot pie, I made 1 whole pie for my son and his family. For me I make the small individual pies. I never thought of using butter in place of the flour, going to give that a try. Our pre-made pie crusts comes in a round shape. 👋from 🇨🇦
I'm enjoying your channel a lot. Thank you for the great ideas. I have one for leftover pastry scraps. You make a little cookie called Nun's farts. It's a French Canadian thing. Dampen your scraps slightly. Roll out into a rectangle. Butter the rectangle and then add a thin layer or brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. After that you roll it up into a log and seal the edge. Slice about 1cm thick, place on parchment paper and bake at 350 until they begin to brown. You can eat them as is or drizzle with a touch of honey. Kids get a kick out of making them and no wasted pastry
Loved the chicken pot pie but had to add more stock too, but I served the leftovers the next day with a spoonful of curry powder mixed in. It changed to an entirely different dish and we had it with rice and vegetables. Loving your ideas, Stacey, I use them to suit our small seniors household.
I grab lemons in season from the local market when they are prime and cut into eight segments, bag them and freeze them. I used to just freeze them but they go black or brown and mushy when you defrost them to cut and use. If they are relatively thin they quickly freeze, defrost and are near fresh. I always break down the chicken, flattening the pieces. It makes it easier to store, grab and cook from the freezer, or cook multiple ways because I use breasts, thighs, drumsticks and wings differently. The remaining carcass goes into a large pot with basic veg then divided, adding beans, macaroni, potatoes, tomatoes to make different soups/meals.
Found your channel two days ago. Took me till today to work out how make a comment🥴. Have already made the pot pie by watching and guessing the cream amount! Hubby loved it! You will be a fixture now with me.
Another Kiwi here. You're a cooking home making machine...lots of amazing content in every video. So awesome. Absolutely love your practical and delicious approach to providing and preparing your family's meals.. Thank you so much 💚💚💚😁😁😁💜💜💜
its so nice to have a kiwi channel, i think we all seem to have forgotten how to make a fantastic yet cheap meal in favour of expensive convenience products. you have inspired me, and i for one am going back to cooking my meals how mum used to make them, the long way. and i thought the rooster just wandering in to the kitchen mid video was hilarious, and so typical of kiwi country living lol. it was great. all the best.
I love where you mixed your butter and flour to thicken the sauce in your chicken pot pie. I don't ever remember seeing or hearing of that before. Can't wait to try it myself. Thanks
Enjoy your channel very much..... Frozen sweetcorn in the pot pie too, i reckon.... Also,, being Autumn, will you be cooking anything with feijoa's ? A cake perhaps... Thanks for your efforts.....🙏👍😊🇳🇿
Just found your channel and have loved the video I also cook all from scratch but there’s always something new when you watch someone else. Thank you and I shall catch up with your other videos. I didn’t realise until I read your comments that letting the adds run helps you, is this true. Love from Jennifer south coast England X.
I break down as large a chicken carcass as I can when on special. In Australia that would be A$5-6 a chicken. I mix and match the chicken with the staple vegetables of potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, leek, capsicum, zucchini, wombok/savoy cabbage, sultana and lemons. Occasionally in season fruit or prunes. Add that to rice, pasta, noodles, cous cous, peas, beans, chick peas and mushrooms and you have quite a lot of variety for very little cost. I basically wing it to mood and taste. I miss the giblets that used to come with whole chickens.
Loved your chicken soups made from your own stock i do that too. I also add pearl barley (not sure if you have it in NZ - tho with all the Scottish connections I think its likely) to the soup. It takes a bit of cooking so I either pre steam it over the stock or use more chunky veg for the soup so it has time to cook. It thickens the soup too. Loved the oatmeal fritters, I'll give that a go. Thanks T.
Watching another older video to support you Stacy I hope the little bit I can do from afar is helping you a little. God bless from Toronto, Ontario, Canada ❤️🥰🙏🏻🇨🇦🍁
Im in the US and often frequent a local family's bountiful produce stand. Late Summer they come up w the most beautiful celery - its stalks are absolutely untrimmed w the most beautiful, tender stalks and leaves for CHEAP!! I rinse and chop it all for the freezer - so tasty(!) and handy w the nicest fresh flavor for everything one can think of and then some. You'll never find better seasoning!! ❤
Love your channel, so happy i found you! Your Mum type cooking vibes is such a comfort to watch. Everything looks tasty. Your awesome - I've subbed, thank you! From a fellow kiwi in dry dusty Marlborough! ❤
I often use the leftover chicken by making a Chicken a la King and serve it on rice. Delish! I particularly like to add some sherry into the sauce which enhances the flavour, I feel. Throw in some frozen peas for good measure. A very quick meal to prepare.
Does tomato sauce mean ketchup over there?? It looked like ketchup but in America we only call it ketchup. tomato sauce here is basically passata, plain crushed tomato. Could cause some mishaps when we're reading each other's recipes!
I never thought of doing the puff pastry like that on the pot pie. My boys fight over the top of the pie. I can just do two trays like you do and keep them both happy 😁
Thanks for being my body double while I cleaned the oven this morning! Couldn't have done it without you. 😊 Might grab a couple of chickens next shopping trip and make up a few freezer meals from your ideas. Would love to see your method for breaking down a chook, and for deboning. Thanks again!
Love it!! thanks for that, could you come do mine and then share a cuppa together hahaha I appreciate you watching and for reaching out. Enjoy the rest of your day.
I’m doing some computer work and listening to this video. I heard you say you put in pineapple along with the onion and carrots… I was thinking you were putting the pineapple in your chicken pot pie!!😂 I had completely forgot you said you were also making sweet & sour chicken. I just told myself to trust the system! You are an excellent cook, and you knew what you were doing! 😂 So glad to have the clarification (in my wandering mind) that the pineapples did not go into the chicken pot pie!😂
To be clear , I paid $30 for the two chickens and used up the ingredients I had in my fridge, freezer, and pantry. Most of those ingredients would cost no more than $15 to make. If you find this misleading, please let me know.
I feel you made that totally clear . You told us that was the cost of the chickens .
Not at all misleading, we all have extra products in our kitchens, already bought, for cooking, and the main cost is the chicken.
Common sense, not misinformation
'The chicken cost thirsty dollars NZ' ... that comment made me giggle....just picturing thirsty $$.....
You're as honest as the day is long Cuz.
I literally feel like I'm with my own mom in the kitchen while watching your videos. I just found you last week but man am I happy to be here. :D
I'm so glad! that's so lovely of you to say.
Hey there, as a young adult living in auckland i really do find it hard to find cost effective hearty meals, but you have proven to me that it is possible to do so in the times were living in, thanks for teaching me some of your life skills, its greatly appreciated and admired. chur
Thank you so very much for your lovely comment! I can't begin to thank you enough, it makes my heart swell to know I can help you. Without viewers watching and supporting the channel, I would be just a little old lady talking to herself in the kitchen. So thank you for being here.
Love your channel . Finally I have found someone in NZ who is amazing 🤩 Going to spend the weekend watching your videos
Yay! Thank you! That means the world to me!
Same here. I'm in New zealand and watching a few of her vids. Bloody tough times to feed our family's aye.
I plan to binge watch them tonight lol what an awesome channel
As my son has a channel i am aware the money you make from sharing your wealth of knowledge is very little so i let the adds play but just mute them after all i am watching at no cost to me and i will always press the like button hope it helps.Thank you from Australia❤.
Gosh, Thank you so much! Every little bit helps, I really appreciate it.
I shared this video with everyone i knew. Just like mom used to make!!❤️❤️❤️
Me too. I am binge watching and I let the adds run the fill course because I understand it helps increase the $ she receives from the post.🌿
Discovered your channel today and I've spent hours already watching your awesome content. Have even told quite a few of my friends and family to check you out. Finally a "real" home cook who we can all appreciate. I have a feeling you are going to be a household name.❤
Gosh, thanks so much for sharing with your friends and family as well. I appreciate it.
Same 😂
I've always made my broth at home but, it always surprises me how many people don't use kitchen scraps to make broth... so glad you show this. The information you give is just good old fashioned kitchen wisdom. Keep up the wonderful content!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you are enjoying the videos. Take care Stace
I’ve literally never made a broth before but love cooking!! This has made it look so easy and I’ll definitely be attempting to make a broth from now on 😊
Your channel just came up...good on ya...thankful that you are so close to home (aussie here)...it is refreshing to seek someone other than american cooking...because you can never get half their ingredients so frustrating...I do like what you have cooked here and anything that can bring down the cost of feeding a family has to be appreciated and thanked :)
Thank you so much! That means a lot. Times certainly are tough, aren't they? Take care neighbour and thanks for the support.
watch her 55 meals for 50. some interesting ideas in that one.
You are amazing! Why didn’t think of adding the onion skins and peelings in my stock? The colour is wonderful. You have become my favourite channel. Thanks.
Thanks so much
I’m gonna let your videos run continuously when I’m cooking. Calms me. Hope it helps you.
Hugs from Buckeye Arizona.
Thanks so much for watching :-)
As someone who was brought up on basic foods and never got taught how to cook I sooo appreciate your videos!! Im learning so much, thank you!🥺❤
❤the rooster making himself at home lol
"There's a rooster in my kitchen."
LMAO!!!
I want, nay, I NEED those little toasties in my life! They would go great with the pumpkin soup. I think a spatchcocked chicken is my favorite way to cook a chicken. I like doing this outside on a grill piri piri style. And spatchcock is fun to say ;-)
I must say - I am SO VERY proud of you my friend! How far you've come, and just how many people's lives you are touching. What you are doing makes a difference. You are such a special lady with such a big and good heart - YOU DESERVE THIS! I cannot wait to see what else you have in store for us! Love & BIG HUGS!!! Also, glad you're feeling better!
Hahaha, I should have turned the camera around!
Friend you always make me smile and laugh our humor is aligned! Thank you as always for being here and beside me on this amazing YT journey. You have been here for a long way now. Much love to you, Go and rest well. XX
@@FarmersWifeHomesteadLMAO I would have LOVED to see your sassy rooster strutting around your kitchen as if he owned the place! It's the little things like this that make you so very relateable - you're just like the rest of us where "life happens" and we take those moments and just make the best of them!
Its really tough and you are helping so many ppl save money so many families are struggling thank you for your vids blessings to you and your family
I just found your channel and I'm very glad I did. I will tell you that I actually laughed out loud when I saw you use that little red contraption to pop the lid off one of your canned items! Been canning for a few years now and have never figured out what that little Doohickey is for! Thanks for the laugh😊
Glad you are well again. Love your cooking and stretching the budget.
Thanks so much!
Please can the rooster be a guest star the next time he wanders in?
I mean a glimpse on the camera, not as an ingredient 🤣🤣
Nooo....save the rooster!
Haha, I will turn the camera around. No, he is part of the family, so there is no chance of being stock. Lol
@@FarmersWifeHomestead Whew.
I am still laughing 😂😂😂
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Hey next time you’re in Pak n Save go to the freezer instead of the fridge. You can get a 2.1kg chicken for only $11.49! If all you’re gonna do is roast it anyway chucking it in the oven frozen will be sweet as. Just takes a bit longer
Wow thanks!!
Yes, great idea. For this video, I wanted to use two whole chooks but should have pointed out that that was a great other option. Thanks for leaving the tip so others may see it.
Cooking frozen chicken in the oven?
.... Yikes! No thank you.
Wow, you really made the chicken stretch. The meals looked delicious too! I’m very impressed with your cooking
I appreciate that! Thank you
Oooo yes please, show us how you break down the chicken! Thanks for visiting with us!
Your husband sounds like mine… we are farmers to in the states. He drinks chocolate milk for breakfast and a very light lunch and a double supper. We have 100 cow dairy operation then farm about 1,000 acres of hay, grain, corn and soybeans. I just recently found your channel in my feed and have been binge watching. I hope you are recovering from your surgery well. My husband doesn’t care for chicken either he wants his beef.
Hi Stacy I’m loving your channel. I’ve never enjoyed cooking but managed to feed and raise 6 children. Money was always in short supply and I had to be quite creative at times. I’m now 71 and thinking of batch cooking to save money and time. Your channel came into my feed at the perfect time!
You can do it! It will save you so much money, time, and sanity. I also raised six children so I understand exactly what you are saying. I'm so pleased you are enjoying my channel. Take care and hopefully talk again soon.
You’re such a wealth of knowledge. So generous sharing all these techniques and recipes with us. You cook the way i wish I could, so glad to have found your channel. Kia ora
Wow, thank you. I'm so pleased to have you here!
Onion skins make a gorgeous colour for stocks! They are gold and highly underrated. I do love that you use good old Saxa salt 🙂 And that I could hear the rooster arriving before you saw him 🤣
Greetings from Yorkshire. Enjoying your videos - your philosophy is very similar to ours. We make stock just with bones and water as it’s easier to pick over the bones later - there’s a surprising amount of meat left on them - usually enough to feed the dog for a couple of nights, though when we’re hard up I whizz it with cream cheese and make paté.
That is awesome, great tips. I love that idea of the pate
I like watching this channel I find it inspiring
Thanks so much, so kind of you to say.
I made your sweet and sour chicken today for dinner, and my family was over the moon. Especially my grandma! She said it is even better than take out Chinese food 😄It is so stunning how much food I got from this recipe, and it is so delicious😋❤ Thank you for this recipe ❤
I absolutely LOVE this! thanks for letting me know you all enjoyed it :)
Chicken fried rice, maybe. Add plenty of get to make jewelle d rice and stir through some chicken. Or chicken pasties
I posted once but here I am again
Love your way of cooking. I do this & call it "around the kitchen cooking". Oh the wonderful ideas you put in my head! I stock up with what's on sale & have been known not to know how to replicate a dish. Looking up your video on cooking without a recipe next 💛
I love the term "around the kitchen cooking" - that's a winner.
Hello from Canada. I just found your channel and I am enjoying it so much. Thank you for the great budget meal ideas.
Thanks so much! 😊
Snap! I do the same. The meals change with the seasons - in summer I make chicken ceasar salad and creamy chicken pasta salad. I also buy 2 chickens and break them down because we love schnitzels, and I can buy 2 whole chickens for the price of 3 breasts. I would love for you to do a video on breaking down a raw chicken, especially getting the thigh meat off the bone - I always struggle to do that cleanly and I'm sure there must be a trick I'm missing 🤔. I'd also love some tips for cleaning the oven after roasting chickens - they have a sticky fat that spatters and then heat sets like concrete and I hate that everything I bake after the chickens smells like roast chicken 🙄. For this reason I've been cooking mine in the gas bbq, but, with the increasing price of LPG, I'm going to have to start cooking them in my spotlessly clean oven, so any cleaning methods/tips would be greatly appreciated. ❤ Your pronounciation of Oregano is exactly right - people from north America seem to say it as thought the e is an a 🤷♀
Hi Stacey, please could you show us your process for freezing your meals, and how you store them. Thank you so much! 🙏
Lol@your rooster in your kitchen! 😅 great content thanks Stacey, enjoying it all 😊
Thank you for the celery tip - peel the first layer off! Of course! 😊
Hi Stacey. Good on you for doing this channel. You’re very creative and so good to see homegrown UA-cam content. I’m an avid cook and pretty confident around the kitchen, but I’m still getting tips off you. Thanks 😊
Thank you so much! That's a huge compliment. It's nice to read lovely comments like yours.
I'm new to your channel. I'm enjoying it very much! I particularly liked the way you did the crust for the pot pie. Genius!
Hi Stacey. Thank you again so much.I am recovering from Covid myself. The second time I have had it since 2023, October, Covid brain is real. Good golly I am learning so much. Not a fan of sweet & sour but I am adaptable to the extreme. Look after yourself & that knee & take care. I love the way you make recipes depending on what ingredients you have on hand. Would to love to see you spatchcock your chicken. You are an inspiration. Take care & I wish we had smellivision. Much love & *virtual hugs* from Perth Western Australia. I absolutely hate flys & agree that you need flyscreen. ❤❤❤
Thank you so much, Is it Claire? I hope you are recovering well. I am so pleased you are enjoying the channel. Thank you so much for watching! Fly screens are now on my must-list before next summer. Hugs and love back X
Yes love, my name is Claire. You are amazing. I plan on doing a proper shop on payday & am going to make 2 meatloaf & that's just for a start.
I have been feeding my local birdlife for the last 10 days & my freezer is empty so u have inspired me. Much love & *Virtual hugs* from Perth Western Australia 💜💋💜
😂😂 I love that you found your rooster in the bedroom and in your kitchen 😂😂❤❤❤
Hello Stacey, I also just found your channel and I'm loving it. Thank you so much for sharing your budget recipes. Lots of love from Aus ❤
Thanks so much! 😊
I love roasting the pumpkin seeds and or I have thrown them in the garden and now I have about 30 odd pumpkin plants
Now that’s a true farm, having a rooster walk inside and make himself at home! Love the recipes. ❤
Hahaha, it certainly is
I love you!!!! Haha, I mean you’re amazing. We need you. Please don’t ever stop making videos. ❤
For your pizza subs , I used to pull out the soft part of the bread and use it in the mixture so it was more like a bowl that I was filling up , this would be good with leftover spaghetti bolognese mixture
I use celery ,carrotts,onions,peas chicken. I then spice with sage and poultry seasoning,salt and pepper of course. I just found your channel. Sorry you have to have some surgery.Hope all goes well Stacy.
I live in Canada and it seems that we both cook the same varieties of dishes. My freezer is chock a block full of dinners I've pre prepared just as you do. Well done, it's a pleasure watching you labour in the kitchen, your family is very lucky indeed.
I enjoy your videos because this is my also way of cooking. If husband complains about chicken two nights in a row, remind him about how generous you were in allowing him the drumsticks and wings to gnaw on! That wouldn't happen in my house because I strip everything off the bone and save every bone and trimming for the stockpot - even when I am cooking for guests (Hehehe) Those wings and drumstick bones have a good lot of skin and gristle that add collagen to the stock. I no longer have six children at home to cook for, but I still cook this way when just for myself, to make lunches and dinners for the week ahead and for handy freezer meals. 1 Chicken = 15 meals/serves - roast - stirfry/vege rice - casserole/pie - salad - soup.
I am watching this while I have 2 chicken carcasses in the pressure cooker to make broth. I also put in some veggie scraps and I keep the stems from fresh herbs that I use like parsley, cilantro, thyme, basil in a baggie in the freezer and I chuck those in as well. After straining the broth, I put it in the fridge overnight to let the fat solidify on top for easy removal.
That you haven’t been well hun l can’t help you out with any advice on your condition but l hope you find some help soon l love your channel love Kazz. ❤
Kia ora, loving your channel!! I’m a meat, mash, veg cook, busy dairy farmer, two boys at home. After watching your videos I’m excited to make some new dishes and prepare for calving season coming up thank you for your time!!
You cook from your heart! The best cooks do! My Sister and I just found you and are thoroughly enjoying your videos! What a joy you have brought to our lives! Thank you for sharing your life with all of us. You are a blessing! Hugs from Ohio USA!
Thanks so much for watching!
Just watched this video for about the 4th time. I am making Chicken Pot Pie, but without the pastry tonight, and just with mashed potatoes on the side. I am loving the idea of having frozen cooked chicken in the freezer. This week I have been able to buy a 2.1kg chicken for $8.95. A good New Zealand Brand.
Love your videos and ideas.
From Southland.
Wow so many meals from two chooks, amazing! It’s made me realise my cooking ratio is out of balance , I need to add less meat and a lot more veggies. Thanks Stacey
I like peeling the "stringy" parts of my celery too. I believe you are the first person here on youtube the does the same.
It's so much nicer to eat it that way isn't it. Thanks for watching my video.
I use to buy a cooked chicken from NW for $12 it's now $18 so instead I buy the cold cuts from the day b4. Four legs thighs and wings cooked cost $5 which us the equivalent of a whole at a third of the price
Wow, that has gone up heaps! Great tip also.
Loved all your recipes. Glad your health is returning. Rest and water helps loads. 🎉
I just came across your videos a few days ago, and I am so happy. You are down to earth and real. Thank you for sharing.
These pertions would last more than a week in my house. We eat smaller portions and theres 3 of us in this hpuse so thanks.
My holy trinity of kitchen appliances is thermomix, instant pot and airfryer. Each of these is a MASSIVE timesaver. I can cook a whole cheapie discount free range chicken in 24 minutes right from frozen. If you're cooking for a few people then any of these would be awesome addition to your kitchen.
My top 3 as well. I got rid of the rest!
🤔 I don’t own any of those 3 appliances
I enjoy your channel so much, please don’t change a thing. I’m a grandma from Australia and learning so much from you. I’m originally a farm girl, realising how much i miss that life.
When I make my chicken pot pie, I made 1 whole pie for my son and his family. For me I make the small individual pies. I never thought of using butter in place of the flour, going to give that a try. Our pre-made pie crusts comes in a round shape.
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The flour is worked into the butter :) I wish we had round pastry like you do :)
Yes I would love to see how you breakdown your chicken. I always feel like I'm making it harder on myself than it needs to be! Lol
Coming soon, I'm no expert either but I can do it in a pinch lol
Love your videos , cooking great food for cheap is something i love ❤️
This lady has such a beautiful smile, so pretty...
Love the sound of the farm animals in the back ground 😊
You are so kind
I'm enjoying your channel a lot. Thank you for the great ideas. I have one for leftover pastry scraps. You make a little cookie called Nun's farts. It's a French Canadian thing. Dampen your scraps slightly. Roll out into a rectangle. Butter the rectangle and then add a thin layer or brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. After that you roll it up into a log and seal the edge. Slice about 1cm thick, place on parchment paper and bake at 350 until they begin to brown. You can eat them as is or drizzle with a touch of honey. Kids get a kick out of making them and no wasted pastry
haha LOVE the name of them. Great tip for using leftover pastry. Thanks so much for reaching out.
Loved the chicken pot pie but had to add more stock too, but I served the leftovers the next day with a spoonful of curry powder mixed in. It changed to an entirely different dish and we had it with rice and vegetables. Loving your ideas, Stacey, I use them to suit our small seniors household.
Combining the flour and butter to thicken your pot pie! Genius! Thank you. Am learning so much from you. Such a blessing. 🙏❤️
You're such a delight and so down to earth to watch. I'm definitely going to try your sweet n sour meal..thank you!
Thank you so much!
I grab lemons in season from the local market when they are prime and cut into eight segments, bag them and freeze them. I used to just freeze them but they go black or brown and mushy when you defrost them to cut and use. If they are relatively thin they quickly freeze, defrost and are near fresh.
I always break down the chicken, flattening the pieces. It makes it easier to store, grab and cook from the freezer, or cook multiple ways because I use breasts, thighs, drumsticks and wings differently. The remaining carcass goes into a large pot with basic veg then divided, adding beans, macaroni, potatoes, tomatoes to make different soups/meals.
Found your channel two days ago. Took me till today to work out how make a comment🥴. Have already made the pot pie by watching and guessing the cream amount! Hubby loved it! You will be a fixture now with me.
Welcome to the channel. I will be writing up recipes more, I'm playing major catch up lol
As well as dehydrate the lemon rinds and other vegetables and fruits
Another Kiwi here. You're a cooking home making machine...lots of amazing content in every video. So awesome. Absolutely love your practical and delicious approach to providing and preparing your family's meals.. Thank you so much 💚💚💚😁😁😁💜💜💜
Thanks so much
its so nice to have a kiwi channel, i think we all seem to have forgotten how to make a fantastic yet cheap meal in favour of expensive convenience products. you have inspired me, and i for one am going back to cooking my meals how mum used to make them, the long way. and i thought the rooster just wandering in to the kitchen mid video was hilarious, and so typical of kiwi country living lol. it was great. all the best.
Thanks so much! 😊
I love where you mixed your butter and flour to thicken the sauce in your chicken pot pie. I don't ever remember seeing or hearing of that before. Can't wait to try it myself. Thanks
Enjoy your channel very much.....
Frozen sweetcorn in the pot pie too, i reckon....
Also,, being Autumn, will you be cooking anything with feijoa's ? A cake perhaps...
Thanks for your efforts.....🙏👍😊🇳🇿
All I can say is wow!!!
Just found your channel and have loved the video I also cook all from scratch but there’s always something new when you watch someone else. Thank you and I shall catch up with your other videos. I didn’t realise until I read your comments that letting the adds run helps you, is this true. Love from Jennifer south coast England X.
Watching the stock, I like the glug glug its pretty realistic and professional.
I break down as large a chicken carcass as I can when on special. In Australia that would be A$5-6 a chicken.
I mix and match the chicken with the staple vegetables of potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, leek, capsicum, zucchini, wombok/savoy cabbage, sultana and lemons. Occasionally in season fruit or prunes.
Add that to rice, pasta, noodles, cous cous, peas, beans, chick peas and mushrooms and you have quite a lot of variety for very little cost. I basically wing it to mood and taste. I miss the giblets that used to come with whole chickens.
Thanks for all ur videos. Single mum here on a tight budget so def getting some ideas from here. Are you going to do some canning videos too?
Absolutely!!
You popped up on my feeds about a little under a month ago, I'm glad you did.
You are Gold.
Thank you so much for watching!
Thanks for this video. So good for people new to pantry/food management here in NZ to see NZ products/costs/recipes.
Loved your chicken soups made from your own stock i do that too. I also add pearl barley (not sure if you have it in NZ - tho with all the Scottish connections I think its likely) to the soup. It takes a bit of cooking so I either pre steam it over the stock or use more chunky veg for the soup so it has time to cook. It thickens the soup too. Loved the oatmeal fritters, I'll give that a go. Thanks T.
Watching another older video to support you Stacy I hope the little bit I can do from afar is helping you a little. God bless from Toronto, Ontario, Canada ❤️🥰🙏🏻🇨🇦🍁
Im in the US and often frequent a local family's bountiful produce stand. Late Summer they come up w the most beautiful celery - its stalks are absolutely untrimmed w the most beautiful, tender stalks and leaves for CHEAP!! I rinse and chop it all for the freezer - so tasty(!) and handy w the nicest fresh flavor for everything one can think of and then some. You'll never find better seasoning!! ❤
Love your channel, so happy i found you! Your Mum type cooking vibes is such a comfort to watch. Everything looks tasty. Your awesome - I've subbed, thank you! From a fellow kiwi in dry dusty Marlborough! ❤
Thanks so much for your kind message.
I often use the leftover chicken by making a Chicken a la King and serve it on rice. Delish! I particularly like to add some sherry into the sauce which enhances the flavour, I feel. Throw in some frozen peas for good measure. A very quick meal to prepare.
Dinner looks delightful!!!
Does tomato sauce mean ketchup over there?? It looked like ketchup but in America we only call it ketchup. tomato sauce here is basically passata, plain crushed tomato. Could cause some mishaps when we're reading each other's recipes!
Yes tomato sauce here, I do try and remember to clarify sometimes I forget.
Yes show us how to break down a chicken please Tracy. Love watching your videos
I never thought of doing the puff pastry like that on the pot pie. My boys fight over the top of the pie. I can just do two trays like you do and keep them both happy 😁
Awesome chickens! I'm exhausted after shopping too. You really perked up after your overnight rest.
My daughter had a small farm. Chickens in the kitchen is normal, (not for eating usually lol) and even the cow has visited haha
I do love this channel. It's practical, pragmatic and has utility
Absolutely amazing- I am learning so many new things!! Thank you so much for sharing Stacey😊
Thanks for being my body double while I cleaned the oven this morning! Couldn't have done it without you. 😊
Might grab a couple of chickens next shopping trip and make up a few freezer meals from your ideas. Would love to see your method for breaking down a chook, and for deboning. Thanks again!
Love it!! thanks for that, could you come do mine and then share a cuppa together hahaha I appreciate you watching and for reaching out. Enjoy the rest of your day.
Thank you so much for showing how many meals to make with chicken, I love your videos xx
You can pick up chicken carcasses for stock for next to nothing from a butcher (or even nothing if you have a regular butcher).
Just found you. Fellow Kiwi from the deep south here. Absolutely loving your content. Thanks so much for so many amazing tips and tricks☺️
I’m doing some computer work and listening to this video. I heard you say you put in pineapple along with the onion and carrots…
I was thinking you were putting the pineapple in your chicken pot pie!!😂
I had completely forgot you said you were also making sweet & sour chicken.
I just told myself to trust the system! You are an excellent cook, and you knew what you were doing! 😂
So glad to have the clarification (in my wandering mind) that the pineapples did not go into the chicken pot pie!😂
I put pumpkin in a hot oven for about half an hour, the skin just peels off so easily.