I know it’s really hard not to pay attention with what people are saying. I think you’re doing a great job. You’re a hard worker and it shows through.♥️
I totally agree on your chicken idea. A whole chicken can provide a meal, some soup and meat for sandwiches. Three meals from one whole chicken. Thank you ,Marcie! 💚💖💙
Thank you!! I enjoyed this video. Sometimes the problem is nobody taught them how to really cook from scratch. My kids friends grew up on McDonald's and TV dinners. The mom(s) didn't cook. My son would be at his friends house and everyone was saying "I'm hungry". My son would say, just cook something. They'd say there's nothing here to eat. My son told me their house literally has tons of food, they just didn't know how to cook. They were impressed when my boys would cook a full meal from basic ingredients from scratch. It looked good, smelled good and tasted good.
We are retired seniors and the main ways I save money are in the summer I grow a garden and buy bulk food from local Amish and can it to eat all year. The second way is I am able to get high quality local meat at an Amish butcher shop, but we cut back on how much we eat. When we eat tacos it is half ground beef and half lentils. Yesterday i had a package of two chicken breast and they looked big so I chopped one up and made stir fry and while that was cooking I boiled the other. Today I made chicken salad out of it. Instead of a beef roast that would give us too much leftovers I buy two and cut up and cook them in pint jars in my pressure canner and get 14 jars/meals out of the two roasts. It's a better portion for two people and there are lots of things I can make with them.
Great job!! So many money saving tips you have! I think all my viewers already know how to eat on a budget. I gotta figure out how to find those who don't.
Marcie i think that you're a very wise and intelligent woman. Plus a you're a great mom and love your children unconditionally. They are all very well behaved and intelligent children. I have high respect for you as a mom and teacher. Thanks for sharing! God Bless 🙏
Thanks for all the tips, you are a great mom. Please don't pay any attention to mean people, just block them, they should be ashamed to say mean things. We all love you and your sweet family. God Bless you sweet lady.
Marcie, I have started following you a week ago. My first impression was wow what an amazing person ❤️Please Don’t try to explain yourself to people that don’t deserve it. Food stamps or not… You’ve done great.I’m 65 years old.As a child I grew up on food stamps, Christmas was used toys and etc. The help my Mom received for me and my four brothers, molded who I am today. I started working at 12 years old. Retired from the Healthcare system. I will FOREVER be thankful for my Mom putting her pride beneath her and reaching out for help. It still wasn’t easy. I remember standing in lines for commodities. Also remembering food stamps didn’t mean soap, shampoo and toiletries. These things became precious to us. Marcie just keep being you.🙏❤️
Aww, thank you for all the compliments! Thank you for watching! And giving me encouragement to keep going. You're right about the soap and toothpaste being precious to us. I try to use gift cards I get from donating blood to buy toiletries and plastic wrap or trash bags.
I don't know who made this ugly comment, but you need to mind your business. We all need help one time or another. She's trying to help people . She appears to be a great mother. She's very intelligent and her children seem very well taken care of. May God be with.
I’m very sorry someone said that to you. I’ve been watching you for quite a while and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone make such good use of their funds and home grown food as you do with your family.
Thank you for sharing! Not sure if you’ve ever made your own corn tortilla chips, just cut corn tortillas into 6, and bake for about 8-10 minutes! They are so good! Not extra oil!
I used to when I only had 4 little kids. It was fun! Then from 5-10 kids I got lazy and started buying them. Thank you for reminding me. Now that I am back to 5 kids I think I have time to make them without taking 2 hours, haha! Spencer has always loved tortilla chips and I was always afraid it'd take me hours to cook them when he was home because he ate so many.
This is reminiscent of the way I grew up eating. Mom taught us the vitamins and minerals in the foods, taught us how to cook and as we grew a bit older, how to shop. All evening meals included a green leafy salad. Bread was set on the table each night for those that wanted it. She did stress variety not only in meals but also flavor pallets. We drank mostly unsweetened tea or water. Milk was available for any that wanted it but no one did for evening meal
Really? Thank you! I think it would be SUPER fun to help and coach people. And just teach them. It makes me sad how much processed food we eat and how hard it is to quickly make good food for our families because nobody else is. It's so acceptable to serve pizza at every party instead of cobb salad with homemade dressing and fresh picked berries. I wonder how I can reach more people.
I actually think that nonorganic food is catching up to organic food in price lately. For me I buy too much I am single 62 yr woman and I am finding for myself that I have to put a lot more thought in food budgeting. When children were going up when I went to my sister I would shop at an Amish outlet and found many deals. I have thought a lot about you first part video You do very good in creating meals to stretch your budget I lived on food stamps for awhile when my children were young also. The Lord knows your heart Marcie thanks for the create videos and helping us with 2025 challenges
I hadn’t found your channel yet when you had a cow. Why did you stop having a cow? I know you must mis it . Another great video! I sure miss being on a farm with a garden and animals . It was very rewarding.
She was given to us and we had her a year. Best milk ever! And I made cheese, yogurt, ice cream (with just the milk and 1/4 cup of raw sugar), dark chocolate milk. I sure miss it. She was very old and she died last Easter. So sad. I miss her. I think I'm ready for another one. At first I tried to be grateful I wasn't tied to home and milking every day. We did the trips in August and October. It's nice to go camping and do long day trips like taking Thomas to college without worrying about being here to milk. But that milk made me feel so much better about my health. I had more energy than ever.
I wish folks like that would realize there is no shame in food stamps! In a country like this, nobody should go hungry. I'm glad thats one particular area that our government is subsidizing support for those in need.
Marcie You are doing a wonderful Job on Your Taking care of your beautiful Family Food stamps are there for you and Medcaid is also God bless You all 🙏🏻✝️☮️💐🌹🍀💜💗💕❤️💙💜💗
Good morning from our working farm in New Hampshire. I just tuned in to hear you over explaining yourself to some inconsiderate person's comment. You should not feel you need to do that, but I can see it hit a nerve. I sometimes feel that way if I get a hurtful comment regarding farming, when their conception around farming can be way off. Rarely a glamour job. Lots of careful thought has to go into farming these days, as well as careful thought needs to go into feeding your family healthy foods on a budget. If I was in your position, I would take assistance to take care of my children if I qualified. We have never had to accept help, but I would. We are all on S/S on our farm and work. My husband turns 80 this year. Today's economy reminds me of depressions times. Things are tight for us and we are able to work the farm. I see you doing plenty around your home by way of having a garden, chickens, etc. You pick berries and look around your area for part time work. So do not pay attention to what I consider to be careless comments. I suspect one reason it gets to you, is that you are diligent to do whatever you can in order to keep going. I'm impressed and proud of your efforts. God is good. ~ Diane
Thank you, Diane! And good job working your farm. I can tell you are very hard working when you could be retired. I'd love to come visit you some time!
Great tips, thank you! Baked chickpeas with seasonings of choice is a good chip alternative. I make Greek yogurt from 1% milk in my instapot since it has no added sugars. When I cook beans, I save the cooking water and use it as broth in soups.
Yes! I love the baked chickpeas idea. I did that years ago and have totally forgotten about it. Thank you for reminding me. I've gotten lazy since starting working. I want to do better. Yes, using the cooking water from beans is awesome. Sounds like you already knew everything I said and more! I need to figure out how to find those who don't know.
My experience is that those who decry eating healthy because of cost have never really tried it and are looking for a quick and easy excuse to not make any changes. Healthy food is more filling so less is needed. Marcie is a most remarkable woman and mother. I am so inspired by her approach to life. And, her children are phenomenal. So many parents could take lessons from her.
You are a great mother and smart woman, You are knowledgeable and are trying to help others. Do not listen to the negative complainers. Just block them and move on. God bless.
Hi, I wanted to comment in on your other video as well but with a newborn I totally forgot about it. 😂 You’re right it is possible to eat real foods on a budget. My local Kroger store has organic blueberries for 4.99 18 oz packages. 6$ savings. Great price here in Los Angeles, California. So I grabbed the limit will be freezing four out of the five and eating them throughout the upcoming months. I also have started implementing eating real foods to lose weight. It’s been a couple of weeks and I see my body changing. Haven’t lost weight yet but 2 pounds. Yet, I no longer crave sugar. This is a big change as before I had to mentally struggle with only eating one cookie and I would be drained at the end of the day. Now I don’t even crave the cookie and when I do eat it, it’s too sweet. I believe the weight will come off because I’m just not eating a lot of sugar and I feel great. I’ve been yo-yo dieting my entire life. I finally got fed up. I’ll report back in a year.
Yay! Thank you so much for telling me! Yes, the yo-yo dieting is what I want people to be able to give up. To put their energy into their talents, hobbies, family, serving, etc. Instead of so much energy into dieting, obsessing about food and weight, being discouraged, thinking bad thoughts about themselves. Eating real food freed up a lot of mental space and time for me to focus on other things. And feel great too. And when I feel good I can care about others more. I also have a better relationship with God as I'm grateful for my body and life instead of mad at myself for not having better self control or something. Way to go!! Keep it up!
@ yes. Same exact situation. I’m even waking up earlier to knock out cleaning then when they wake up I spend time with the little ones. A month ago I got up when they did. Won’t lie, my energy a little up always wish for more but I don’t feel drained by noon. which is 10x better. I’m a better mom. Let’s keep going!
It is possibke to feed a family whole natural foods on a budget, I did it when my chikdren were young.😊 ( family of 5 2adults 3 kidos. I usedbto spend half the nstional aversge! This was 1991-2000.
Marcie You are doing a wonderful Job on Your Taking care of your beautiful Family Food stamps are there for you and Medcaid is also God bless You all 🙏🏻✝️☮️💐🌹🍀💜💗💕❤️💙💜💗I am trying to buy fresh fruit and vegetables and meats also 🙏🏻✝️☮️
When my kids were young & tacos were for dinner, we loved lots of chopped veggies for them. .. So the next day were loaded omelettes. Another great dinner for a big bunch is unstuffed cabbage casserole- grnd beef/rice/cabbage/carrot/onion/sauce, any ingredients you like. Thank you for sharing your tips
Another great video thank you for the motivation to try and eat better. Just wondered did your kids resist much when you started? I can imagine if I gave my kids carrots instead of tortilla chips they would throw a fit 😂
Haha! Most were excited to try. They've always loved being a part of cooking and shopping so they jumped in looking for heathy food too. I think it helps that we are home together all the time. They don't know about a lot of junk food that is out there. They never eat out. First start adding the carrots and other sides with the chips so that they get used to having fruits and veggies (or hard boiled eggs or other real food) with their sandwich. They'll start decreasing the amount of chips they eat at least. Then some times just don't put out tortilla chips and they probably won't even notice! I gave some more tips on my next video!
@@singlemomonafarmThanks Marcie - I commented on your latest video which was fab also as trying the carrots was a big success and I'm so motivated to keep going making gradual changes - my kids will be learning alongside me better late than never!
Not that you need another job or service opportunity but as others have said, not everyone was taught to cook. Maybe you could off cooking with real food classes and teach people. Also my mom was a foster parent to many teens who had zero knowledge about food preparation unless it came from a can or box. So while they were in her home she would try to teach them some basic skills. You have taught your children so well, wouldn’t it be neat if you and the kids could work with foster youth that might be interested. Just a thought. I great at finding jobs for others 😂 you can ignore my bright ideas like my family does 😂
Your ideas are very bright! I have never thought of this. I assumed everyone was taught to cook. I mean, how else do you eat? Haha. That is soooo neat your mom was a foster mom to teens and taught them to cook. This warms my heart. It sounds so fun! I would love to teach kids to cook. I wonder if moms would be willing to bring their kids all the way out to my house. I should have done this when we lived in a neighborhood and kids could walk over and cook and then walk home with a full meal for their family. I wonder how I could set this up. Thank you for telling me about this!
I'll do a video on this next! My sister has been telling me to do a video for like 8 months. She says all of her friends with kids want help with this. I'll also write a blog post if you don't have time to watch a video. Thanks for asking and helping me stop procrastinating doing it. :)
I heard you mention raw milk. Do you know you can make your own cheeses sour cream butter etc. I think the cost is all up front to make I watch homesteading with the Zimmermans and she does a lot of homemade recipes. She has a lot of expensive appliances but I think there is budget friendly ones to use also. I am looking at making cheeses I need to purchase some raw milk some where. Also another goal 2025 for me is more canning I have done in the past but want to get back to it
Yes, we had a cow for a year and loved making our own cheese, butter, yogurt, etc. It was the best! Just thinking about it is making me miss it. It's illegal to buy raw milk here so I think I just need to get a cow again. It's hard to travel and I do want to go camping and such. But the health benefits of having a cow are worth it.
Great suggestion! I used to do this when I only had a few kids. Then I got lazy and started buying them for like the past 15 years. I really want to go back to making them. Thanks for encouraging me.
1st off foodstamps means you do not earn enough money to provide all the food for you and your family. If you do not qualify for food stamps, it means you make enough money to provide the food without help. 2nd, if you eat healthy whole foods, you will fill up quicker and stay full longer. Therefore, you will eat less. You will no longer eat half a bag of chips that cost $4-$5 each. And then rummage around for something sweet. Junk food is a vicious cycle. The more you eat it, the more you crave it. 3rd the health benefits out way everything, most of the ingredients in the crap people buy they can't pronounce it little alone know what it is.😢
I know it’s really hard not to pay attention with what people are saying. I think you’re doing a great job. You’re a hard worker and it shows through.♥️
You are doing a wonderful job
Ignore the haters. It's obvious that you do know how to budget and make healthy foods.
I totally agree on your chicken idea. A whole chicken can provide a meal, some soup and meat for sandwiches. Three meals from one whole chicken. Thank you ,Marcie! 💚💖💙
Thank you!! I enjoyed this video. Sometimes the problem is nobody taught them how to really cook from scratch. My kids friends grew up on McDonald's and TV dinners. The mom(s) didn't cook. My son would be at his friends house and everyone was saying "I'm hungry". My son would say, just cook something. They'd say there's nothing here to eat. My son told me their house literally has tons of food, they just didn't know how to cook. They were impressed when my boys would cook a full meal from basic ingredients from scratch. It looked good, smelled good and tasted good.
Wow! Good for your boys!! Fun story.
Great information! You are so gracious in the midst of rude comments.
Aww, thank you.
We are retired seniors and the main ways I save money are in the summer I grow a garden and buy bulk food from local Amish and can it to eat all year. The second way is I am able to get high quality local meat at an Amish butcher shop, but we cut back on how much we eat. When we eat tacos it is half ground beef and half lentils. Yesterday i had a package of two chicken breast and they looked big so I chopped one up and made stir fry and while that was cooking I boiled the other. Today I made chicken salad out of it. Instead of a beef roast that would give us too much leftovers I buy two and cut up and cook them in pint jars in my pressure canner and get 14 jars/meals out of the two roasts. It's a better portion for two people and there are lots of things I can make with them.
Great job!! So many money saving tips you have! I think all my viewers already know how to eat on a budget. I gotta figure out how to find those who don't.
Marcie i think that you're a very wise and intelligent woman. Plus a you're a great mom and love your children unconditionally. They are all very well behaved and intelligent children. I have high respect for you as a mom and teacher. Thanks for sharing! God Bless 🙏
I had my first raw milk yesterday and its so sweet and rich and so satisfying.
Yay! I remember the first time I had some too. So satisfying is exactly right! It really hits the spot. You're making me miss it.
You are one smart lady❤
Thanks for all the tips, you are a great mom. Please don't pay any attention to mean people, just block them, they should be ashamed to say mean things. We all love you and your sweet family. God Bless you sweet lady.
Hello, I went on the Thrift Books app and was blest to find the first book for $6. Thanks so much for your insight.
Me too! 📖 Thanks for sharing Marcie.♥️
Yay! Great!
Marcie, I have started following you a week ago. My first impression was wow what an amazing person ❤️Please Don’t try to explain yourself to people that don’t deserve it. Food stamps or not… You’ve done great.I’m 65 years old.As a child I grew up on food stamps, Christmas was used toys and etc. The help my Mom received for me and my four brothers, molded who I am today. I started working at 12 years old. Retired from the Healthcare system. I will FOREVER be thankful for my Mom putting her pride beneath her and reaching out for help. It still wasn’t easy. I remember standing in lines for commodities. Also remembering food stamps didn’t mean soap, shampoo and toiletries. These things became precious to us. Marcie just keep being you.🙏❤️
Aww, thank you for all the compliments! Thank you for watching! And giving me encouragement to keep going. You're right about the soap and toothpaste being precious to us. I try to use gift cards I get from donating blood to buy toiletries and plastic wrap or trash bags.
I enjoyed all your tips, Marcie!
Thank you!
I don't know who made this ugly comment, but you need to mind your business. We all need help one time or another. She's trying to help people . She appears to be a great mother. She's very intelligent and her children seem very well taken care of. May God be with.
I’m very sorry someone said that to you. I’ve been watching you for quite a while and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone make such good use of their funds and home grown food as you do with your family.
Thank you so much for pouring out your heart and life in these videos. You're a sweet sister!!
You are so encouraging and easy to watch 😊 thank you for sharing this with us!
Thank you for sharing!
Not sure if you’ve ever made your own corn tortilla chips, just cut corn tortillas into 6, and bake for about 8-10 minutes!
They are so good! Not extra oil!
I used to when I only had 4 little kids. It was fun! Then from 5-10 kids I got lazy and started buying them. Thank you for reminding me. Now that I am back to 5 kids I think I have time to make them without taking 2 hours, haha! Spencer has always loved tortilla chips and I was always afraid it'd take me hours to cook them when he was home because he ate so many.
@ this way you also have control over how much salt you want to use! Thank you for sharing your family ❤️
You’re such an encourager. Thanks for being you!
This is reminiscent of the way I grew up eating. Mom taught us the vitamins and minerals in the foods, taught us how to cook and as we grew a bit older, how to shop. All evening meals included a green leafy salad. Bread was set on the table each night for those that wanted it. She did stress variety not only in meals but also flavor pallets. We drank mostly unsweetened tea or water. Milk was available for any that wanted it but no one did for evening meal
Aww, I love this story. Sounds like you have a great mom.
TFS dont listen to all those negative people, they have no clue
You are a natural! I think you found yor niche. Thank you.
Really? Thank you! I think it would be SUPER fun to help and coach people. And just teach them. It makes me sad how much processed food we eat and how hard it is to quickly make good food for our families because nobody else is. It's so acceptable to serve pizza at every party instead of cobb salad with homemade dressing and fresh picked berries. I wonder how I can reach more people.
I actually think that nonorganic food is catching up to organic food in price lately. For me I buy too much I am single 62 yr woman and I am finding for myself that I have to put a lot more thought in food budgeting. When children were going up when I went to my sister I would shop at an Amish outlet and found many deals. I have thought a lot about you first part video You do very good in creating meals to stretch your budget I lived on food stamps for awhile when my children were young also. The Lord knows your heart Marcie thanks for the create videos and helping us with 2025 challenges
I hadn’t found your channel yet when you had a cow. Why did you stop having a cow? I know you must mis it .
Another great video! I sure miss being on a farm with a garden and animals . It was very rewarding.
She was given to us and we had her a year. Best milk ever! And I made cheese, yogurt, ice cream (with just the milk and 1/4 cup of raw sugar), dark chocolate milk. I sure miss it. She was very old and she died last Easter. So sad. I miss her. I think I'm ready for another one. At first I tried to be grateful I wasn't tied to home and milking every day. We did the trips in August and October. It's nice to go camping and do long day trips like taking Thomas to college without worrying about being here to milk. But that milk made me feel so much better about my health. I had more energy than ever.
I hope you can get another, if that’s what you decide. Im sorry she passed away. That had to be difficult.
I wish folks like that would realize there is no shame in food stamps! In a country like this, nobody should go hungry. I'm glad thats one particular area that our government is subsidizing support for those in need.
This was very helpful and a great video! That book is on Kindle so I'm gonna give it a read!
❤thanks for the video, I appreciate it so much! This is my “tv”😊
I absolutely love the colors of your sweater, looks fantastic ❤
Aww, thanks!
Marcie You are doing a wonderful Job on Your Taking care of your beautiful Family Food stamps are there for you and Medcaid is also God bless You all 🙏🏻✝️☮️💐🌹🍀💜💗💕❤️💙💜💗
Good morning from our working farm in New Hampshire. I just tuned in to hear you over explaining yourself to some inconsiderate person's comment. You should not feel you need to do that, but I can see it hit a nerve. I sometimes feel that way if I get a hurtful comment regarding farming, when their conception around farming can be way off. Rarely a glamour job. Lots of careful thought has to go into farming these days, as well as careful thought needs to go into feeding your family healthy foods on a budget. If I was in your position, I would take assistance to take care of my children if I qualified. We have never had to accept help, but I would. We are all on S/S on our farm and work. My husband turns 80 this year. Today's economy reminds me of depressions times. Things are tight for us and we are able to work the farm. I see you doing plenty around your home by way of having a garden, chickens, etc. You pick berries and look around your area for part time work. So do not pay attention to what I consider to be careless comments. I suspect one reason it gets to you, is that you are diligent to do whatever you can in order to keep going. I'm impressed and proud of your efforts. God is good. ~ Diane
Thank you, Diane! And good job working your farm. I can tell you are very hard working when you could be retired. I'd love to come visit you some time!
Great tips, thank you! Baked chickpeas with seasonings of choice is a good chip alternative. I make Greek yogurt from 1% milk in my instapot since it has no added sugars. When I cook beans, I save the cooking water and use it as broth in soups.
Yes! I love the baked chickpeas idea. I did that years ago and have totally forgotten about it. Thank you for reminding me. I've gotten lazy since starting working. I want to do better. Yes, using the cooking water from beans is awesome. Sounds like you already knew everything I said and more! I need to figure out how to find those who don't know.
Excellent video! Your a great mom! Blessings to you & your family ❤
Nikki-Ohio
My experience is that those who decry eating healthy because of cost have never really tried it and are looking for a quick and easy excuse to not make any changes. Healthy food is more filling so less is needed. Marcie is a most remarkable woman and mother. I am so inspired by her approach to life. And, her children are phenomenal. So many parents could take lessons from her.
marcie you are a great mother and you have amazing children .❤❤
You have so many great tips! I wonder if you could create a simple whole foods cooking curriculum? Or do some cooking classes in your community?
You are a great mother and smart woman, You are knowledgeable and are trying to help others. Do not listen to the negative complainers. Just block them and move on. God bless.
Thank you.
Merci😘
Hi, I wanted to comment in on your other video as well but with a newborn I totally forgot about it. 😂
You’re right it is possible to eat real foods on a budget. My local Kroger store has organic blueberries for 4.99 18 oz packages. 6$ savings. Great price here in Los Angeles, California. So I grabbed the limit will be freezing four out of the five and eating them throughout the upcoming months.
I also have started implementing eating real foods to lose weight. It’s been a couple of weeks and I see my body changing. Haven’t lost weight yet but 2 pounds. Yet, I no longer crave sugar. This is a big change as before I had to mentally struggle with only eating one cookie and I would be drained at the end of the day. Now I don’t even crave the cookie and when I do eat it, it’s too sweet. I believe the weight will come off because I’m just not eating a lot of sugar and I feel great. I’ve been yo-yo dieting my entire life. I finally got fed up. I’ll report back in a year.
Yay! Thank you so much for telling me! Yes, the yo-yo dieting is what I want people to be able to give up. To put their energy into their talents, hobbies, family, serving, etc. Instead of so much energy into dieting, obsessing about food and weight, being discouraged, thinking bad thoughts about themselves. Eating real food freed up a lot of mental space and time for me to focus on other things. And feel great too. And when I feel good I can care about others more. I also have a better relationship with God as I'm grateful for my body and life instead of mad at myself for not having better self control or something. Way to go!! Keep it up!
@ yes. Same exact situation. I’m even waking up earlier to knock out cleaning then when they wake up I spend time with the little ones. A month ago I got up when they did. Won’t lie, my energy a little up always wish for more but I don’t feel drained by noon. which is 10x better. I’m a better mom. Let’s keep going!
Great tips Marcie. Val C
It is possibke to feed a family whole natural foods on a budget, I did it when my chikdren were young.😊 ( family of 5 2adults 3 kidos. I usedbto spend half the nstional aversge! This was 1991-2000.
Wow! Good for you!
Thank you for sharing
Marcie You are doing a wonderful Job on Your Taking care of your beautiful Family Food stamps are there for you and Medcaid is also God bless You all 🙏🏻✝️☮️💐🌹🍀💜💗💕❤️💙💜💗I am trying to buy fresh fruit and vegetables and meats also 🙏🏻✝️☮️
Please ignore the stupid comments….they have nothing better to do!
These videos are so helpful! Thank you!
When my kids were young & tacos were for dinner, we loved lots of chopped veggies for them. .. So the next day were loaded omelettes.
Another great dinner for a big bunch is unstuffed cabbage casserole- grnd beef/rice/cabbage/carrot/onion/sauce, any ingredients you like.
Thank you for sharing your tips
Those sound good! Thanks for sharing!
I agree with you and salt
New subscriber ❤
Yay! Welcome! And thank you so much.
Great video
You can really cheap cleaning and laundry supplies by just clipping digital coupons at Dollar General.
Another great video thank you for the motivation to try and eat better. Just wondered did your kids resist much when you started? I can imagine if I gave my kids carrots instead of tortilla chips they would throw a fit 😂
Haha! Most were excited to try. They've always loved being a part of cooking and shopping so they jumped in looking for heathy food too. I think it helps that we are home together all the time. They don't know about a lot of junk food that is out there. They never eat out. First start adding the carrots and other sides with the chips so that they get used to having fruits and veggies (or hard boiled eggs or other real food) with their sandwich. They'll start decreasing the amount of chips they eat at least. Then some times just don't put out tortilla chips and they probably won't even notice! I gave some more tips on my next video!
@@singlemomonafarmThanks Marcie - I commented on your latest video which was fab also as trying the carrots was a big success and I'm so motivated to keep going making gradual changes - my kids will be learning alongside me better late than never!
You mentioned in your last video about making healthy brownies. Do you have a recipe? If so, would you please share?
Yes, it's on my blog! singlemomonafarm.com/healthy-dark-chocolate-fudge-brownies/
We made them last Friday in the vlog for the Friday night movie party where we watched Painting the Town.
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Not that you need another job or service opportunity but as others have said, not everyone was taught to cook. Maybe you could off cooking with real food classes and teach people. Also my mom was a foster parent to many teens who had zero knowledge about food preparation unless it came from a can or box. So while they were in her home she would try to teach them some basic skills. You have taught your children so well, wouldn’t it be neat if you and the kids could work with foster youth that might be interested. Just a thought. I great at finding jobs for others 😂 you can ignore my bright ideas like my family does 😂
Your ideas are very bright! I have never thought of this. I assumed everyone was taught to cook. I mean, how else do you eat? Haha. That is soooo neat your mom was a foster mom to teens and taught them to cook. This warms my heart. It sounds so fun! I would love to teach kids to cook. I wonder if moms would be willing to bring their kids all the way out to my house. I should have done this when we lived in a neighborhood and kids could walk over and cook and then walk home with a full meal for their family. I wonder how I could set this up. Thank you for telling me about this!
How do you get the kids to eat what you prepare?
I'll do a video on this next! My sister has been telling me to do a video for like 8 months. She says all of her friends with kids want help with this. I'll also write a blog post if you don't have time to watch a video. Thanks for asking and helping me stop procrastinating doing it. :)
I heard you mention raw milk. Do you know you can make your own cheeses sour cream butter etc. I think the cost is all up front to make I watch homesteading with the Zimmermans and she does a lot of homemade recipes. She has a lot of expensive appliances but I think there is budget friendly ones to use also. I am looking at making cheeses I need to purchase some raw milk some where. Also another goal 2025 for me is more canning I have done in the past but want to get back to it
Yes, we had a cow for a year and loved making our own cheese, butter, yogurt, etc. It was the best! Just thinking about it is making me miss it. It's illegal to buy raw milk here so I think I just need to get a cow again. It's hard to travel and I do want to go camping and such. But the health benefits of having a cow are worth it.
Make your own tortillas and then make your own tortilla chips fry in 🥑 avocado oil
Great suggestion! I used to do this when I only had a few kids. Then I got lazy and started buying them for like the past 15 years. I really want to go back to making them. Thanks for encouraging me.
1st off foodstamps means you do not earn enough money to provide all the food for you and your family. If you do not qualify for food stamps, it means you make enough money to provide the food without help. 2nd, if you eat healthy whole foods, you will fill up quicker and stay full longer. Therefore, you will eat less. You will no longer eat half a bag of chips that cost $4-$5 each. And then rummage around for something sweet. Junk food is a vicious cycle. The more you eat it, the more you crave it. 3rd the health benefits out way everything, most of the ingredients in the crap people buy they can't pronounce it little alone know what it is.😢
I am sorry you have to explain yourself. Maybe those that complain should help you financially!!!
Haha!
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You owe her no explanation. She does not know what you walk through. Just ignore her. That was very ugly of her.
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