My kids ate, spaghetti, taco’s, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, Mac & cheese, soups & stews. I added in all kinds of vegetables. Snack plates were a thing, fruits, vegetables, cheese, crackers and always a dip. They learned soup could actually come in a can in college. They never had it before. So many memories. We didn’t have much money, but we used up everything to feed our kids & half the neighborhood. Fun times!
Something my mom taught me… before you put in your dried seasoning, put it in your palm and rub the seasonings between your fingers to release the oils and then toss them in your dish. This process ups the flavor. Nice video, thank you for sharing! Sending you warm wishes for a wonderful 2023 from Kentucky ❤️
Celery is 4 dollars for a bunch, carrots are 3.00, onions are 3.00 a red bag. The price on fresh veggies have gone up so high they are almost unaffordable now.
👍😊❣️ Just a tip for anyone; you can use canned milk to substitute cream or half and half in almost anything. Most people cannot tell the difference once prepared. 😊❣️
I was going to put in the comments I haven't been able to afford sour cream or half in half in almost 2 years. I can get discounted evaporated milk and sometimes powdered milk due to my low income, Thanks for letting me know I can replace it with these.
I know for my family we’ve cut down on our meat and dairy. I lean vegan/vegetarian already. But to get my family invested I looked for vegan international recipes using my pantry staples. Our favorites peanut stew, ramen and curry (I’ve ventured out because a lot of cultures have a version of curry). If I do cook with meat I half the amount and use a can/2 cups of lentils or beans. The channel family foods is really helpful. She does $2 a day meals. She extremely creative and reminds me of things I’ve forgotten I could do.
I use to do something like your first meal for my boys when they were little. Somewhat of a combo between your stroganoff and a shepherd's pie. I would leave the burger fat, add some flour and cook the flour down, add some water to make a gravy, and a can of mixed vegetables and then spoon it onto usually mashed potatoes, but as you mentioned it can be poured onto bread, rice, a baked potato, or noodles, too. If I felt fancy enough, I'd put it in ramekins and brown some cheddar cheese on the top in the broiler. (And if you really wanted it to taste more like shepherd's pie, you could add a bit of ketchup/tomato sauce to the mix.) Since this recipe has no sour cream or cream soup, but added vegetables, it would most likely be at the same price point.
Walmart has a small package of Great Value bacon bits for around $1.70. Depending on how large the meal is of course, I can make this last one to three meals. I know you are showing us meals with no meat, but budget permitting, I think a little would be perfect in that beautiful pea and noodle dish.
I'm a new subscriber to your channel! I'm going back through past videos of yours. :) 3 things: My husband has the exact same shirt as your husband, I love your poor man meal ideas, and I also call my son "Bubba goo!"
I am so happy my daughter just got her first apartment i asked her what has she been eating and she said all of the frugal meals you taught me to cook i havve to pay bills. That was music to my ears fresh out of college and she knows the program🙂
I love how your kiddos enjoy everything you cook for them. I share a home and expenses with my daughter and her family including 4 kids age 5 and under. They’re not extremely picky but not as open as yours.
I just discovered you on UA-cam. I love your ideas. In South Africa food is so expensive. Especially meat and dairy. We don't have food banks so the struggle is real.
Your stroganoff meal reminds me of one my husband taught me. His family ate it as children, and my kids loved it too - Creamed beef. It is just browned hamburger, add in flour. Cook a few minutes then add enough milk to make a thick gravy/sauce. Flavor with Worcestershire sauce, beef bouillon and seasoning salt. Served over toast also.
Chinese style vegetable egg fried rice, Chinese vegetable stir fried noodles with bits of leftover meat, etc. Super easy. Very tasty. And most importantly cheap. 🤗
I like to add some kind of cooked pasta, elbows, ditalini or other small pasta. Throwing it in raw sucks up all the liquid. Cabbage is also good in this. Yours looked excellent except I prefer more liquid. Just my preference. Edited to add that this is for the soup.
You may already be doing this, but cutting out all subscriptions and streaming services I don’t need or use really helps. And of course less beef or meat and dairy and more brown lentils, rice and plant proteins. Usually only half of the amount of meat/dairy is needed to add flavor IMO. Keep up the great work! Four kids whew! ❤😊 great video, momma!
When they gave extra food stamps ( i dont get any stamps now) i got food for shtf. Most neighbors got pizza n hungry man type meals. I have to pay cash for food now i only get $933 mo social security and SSI . I buy stuff to extend what i was able to set aside w food stamps i had. All gone now but it helped. Ill b ok God takes care of me .
I get less than $900 a month with no food stamps but I also have built a stockpile with one can at a time. When something is on sale buy one extra and put it away. You would be surprised at how fast that will grow.
Place into casserole dish cooked pasta 4 cups , flake a big can of drained tuna or salmon put on pasta peas corn top with a big jar of cheese sauce or your favourite canned soup top with shredded cheese bake in oven 180 until cheese melts ,enjoy 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨
Great video and super ideas for cheap meals!!! So many people need these wonderful ideas right now! Budgets are really big stretched to the max! Blessings!
Red or purple deadnettles are sprouting up everywhere like crazy right now and they are a superb great depression food. It takes a few minutes to harvest a bunch and they can be cooked just like spinach. Add to kale or spinach at a 50/50 ratio and you wont even be able to tell the difference once it's cooked up. Moms used to have their kids harvest a bunch on their way home from school back during the Depression age to add to the evening meal. A clove of garlic takes them to the next level too, yum! An incredible free side dish and mega nutritious! A great supplement to any of your meals!
This is my first time to watch your channel. I noticed the packaging on your ground beef. My son and dauther in law lived in Maize for a year from 2020*2021. He works for a major meat company there. but has since then transferred to another location with that company. Anyway, I just thought that was nifty! I am always looking for ways to cut grocery costs and stretch our food. Thank you for the tips!
I struggle daily, despite being disabled and having state federal insurance I don’t qualify for food stamps. My local county gives me food pantry boxes monthly and I go to a local inexpensive store to buy small things such as canned meats, not the most nutritious but it’s all I can afford
If lack of milk is a problem for any Mac and cheese box mixes the pasta eater will work in its place. My grandmother who was raising 5 kids in the depression made homemade Mac and cheese that was almost box mix we have now and she used water instead of the milk.
At $400 a month for food, that is still very possible. We have 2 adults and spend just over $100 a month, sticking with nutrient dense foods, using whole grains and dry beans, this money includes fresh on sale produce, plus meat sparingly. We make a yummy no meat vegetable soup with side of biscuits. We use eggs a lot too. It can be done, it takes steady planning and doing. Worth it.
that soup is one of my goto meals. I do add water to make more of the broth which extends it further, but I also brown the hamburger, then add all the ingredients and the meat flavors the broth more.
Hey laugh at yourself when cooking ie the soup I laugh at my self every time I cook it just make it worthwhile I think I am a messy cook also but I try to clean as I go but sometimes I fail lol😂
@Cookies & Bacon oh yes and my friend and I spend 1 day every week going to different stores and we have lidle, aldi, poundshop which is the same as dollar tree to get the best out of our money. I also volunteer for an app called olio which shares access food within our community. We have many shops here but we are in the heart of London so still expensive. What cost me 60p a year ago is now £1.49 just to give you an example
back in my mom's day they called that "chipped beef and gravy over toast" in MY day? we called that "💩 on a shingle".. whatEVER you call it.. its delicious.. but.. definitely NOT stroganoff.. 😂 just sayin
I know that it’s really getting tough for us, so last week I bought 18 eggs for 6.18 and this week they were 7.30 it’s getting really ridiculous at this point! I remember when Trump was president I could get eggs at Aldi for 22 cents a dozen…😒
@@CookiesandBacon22 I just want you to know I love your channel! You make a lot of good recipes and I’m interested in trying several of them in the future! I appreciate your budget meals as well!
These meals are the simple meals I grew up on, nothing poor man about them. This is the way everyone ate and many still do. I would much rather eat like this than eat fast food, frozen nuggets and all the other over processed foods kids are fed today.
I come from a family in nine children and two adults and the word cheap just as so on appetizing I wish they would change the word cheap I mean it's what people can afford and that's not cheap to them
No veggie? No fruit?that is not a balanced meal. Its very easy to heat op a can of green beans or add a bell pepper to the meat. As for fruit use tiny cups and divide a single can of fruit( kept cold in the fridge) it doesnt need a topping.
Vote Republican 2024 if you wanna live within your budget Biden administration is the reason you can't make it from pay to pay thank you for your recipes
My kids ate, spaghetti, taco’s, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, Mac & cheese, soups & stews. I added in all kinds of vegetables. Snack plates were a thing, fruits, vegetables, cheese, crackers and always a dip. They learned soup could actually come in a can in college. They never had it before. So many memories. We didn’t have much money, but we used up everything to feed our kids & half the neighborhood. Fun times!
Something my mom taught me… before you put in your dried seasoning, put it in your palm and rub the seasonings between your fingers to release the oils and then toss them in your dish. This process ups the flavor. Nice video, thank you for sharing! Sending you warm wishes for a wonderful 2023 from Kentucky ❤️
I’ve never heard that before, I’m gonna have to give that a try! Thanks for watching!!
Thanks for reminding me I've forgotten that tip.
You start of any meal with a sauté of onions, carrots, and celery, and you're making a tasty meal - that's just fact!
Haha yes!
So true!
I put celery in my spaghetti saute it ...it's delicious
You might be Cajun.....you are right in the seasoning
Celery is 4 dollars for a bunch, carrots are 3.00, onions are 3.00 a red bag. The price on fresh veggies have gone up so high they are almost unaffordable now.
👍😊❣️ Just a tip for anyone; you can use canned milk to substitute cream or half and half in almost anything. Most people cannot tell the difference once prepared. 😊❣️
Canned milk, dried milk, and cream are much more expensive than fresh milk in my area. They used to be thrifty but no more.
I was going to put in the comments I haven't been able to afford sour cream or half in half in almost 2 years. I can get discounted evaporated milk and sometimes powdered milk due to my low income, Thanks for letting me know I can replace it with these.
I know for my family we’ve cut down on our meat and dairy. I lean vegan/vegetarian already. But to get my family invested I looked for vegan international recipes using my pantry staples. Our favorites peanut stew, ramen and curry (I’ve ventured out because a lot of cultures have a version of curry). If I do cook with meat I half the amount and use a can/2 cups of lentils or beans. The channel family foods is really helpful. She does $2 a day meals. She extremely creative and reminds me of things I’ve forgotten I could do.
I use to do something like your first meal for my boys when they were little. Somewhat of a combo between your stroganoff and a shepherd's pie. I would leave the burger fat, add some flour and cook the flour down, add some water to make a gravy, and a can of mixed vegetables and then spoon it onto usually mashed potatoes, but as you mentioned it can be poured onto bread, rice, a baked potato, or noodles, too. If I felt fancy enough, I'd put it in ramekins and brown some cheddar cheese on the top in the broiler. (And if you really wanted it to taste more like shepherd's pie, you could add a bit of ketchup/tomato sauce to the mix.) Since this recipe has no sour cream or cream soup, but added vegetables, it would most likely be at the same price point.
Walmart has a small package of Great Value bacon bits for around $1.70. Depending on how large the meal is of course, I can make this last one to three meals. I know you are showing us meals with no meat, but budget permitting, I think a little would be perfect in that beautiful pea and noodle dish.
That’s a great idea! Sounds delicious too!
I'm a new subscriber to your channel! I'm going back through past videos of yours. :) 3 things: My husband has the exact same shirt as your husband, I love your poor man meal ideas, and I also call my son "Bubba goo!"
I have two boys and my oldest I call bubby and the other one bubba or bubba boo lol I’m sure that won’t last long lol 😂
Asa kid mom made this about once a week she added an envelope of onion soup mix, home nade works well too we ste it over egg noodles! Yummo!😊
I love to add cabbage and a can of corn to my vegetable soup.
I am so happy my daughter just got her first apartment i asked her what has she been eating and she said all of the frugal meals you taught me to cook i havve to pay bills. That was music to my ears fresh out of college and she knows the program🙂
Beautiful the veggie soup looks really good. Thank you for sharing your family with us and your great recipes.
I love how your kiddos enjoy everything you cook for them. I share a home and expenses with my daughter and her family including 4 kids age 5 and under. They’re not extremely picky but not as open as yours.
Aww we’ll they are just so used to mama making so many different things by now I think they’re okay with trying new things.
I just discovered you on UA-cam. I love your ideas. In South Africa food is so expensive. Especially meat and dairy. We don't have food banks so the struggle is real.
Wow, thanks for watching all the way from the middle of the US to Africa, so neat!!
Your stroganoff meal reminds me of one my husband taught me. His family ate it as children, and my kids loved it too - Creamed beef. It is just browned hamburger, add in flour. Cook a few minutes then add enough milk to make a thick gravy/sauce. Flavor with Worcestershire sauce, beef bouillon and seasoning salt. Served over toast also.
I had forgot this one 😊
Love watching your meals and get a lot of great recipes! Love seeing the kiddos too!! Great aunt “tine” loves them!!!!
I honestly never would have imagined that friends and family would actually watch my videos lol
Thanks so much for watching miss y’all!
I watch all of them and share when I remember to!
@@kristinecooper150 Aww so sweet!
I want to try the pasta and peas! That looked so good!
It was surprisingly delicious!
Chinese style vegetable egg fried rice, Chinese vegetable stir fried noodles with bits of leftover meat, etc. Super easy. Very tasty. And most importantly cheap. 🤗
Yes indeed
I like to add some kind of cooked pasta, elbows, ditalini or other small pasta. Throwing it in raw sucks up all the liquid. Cabbage is also good in this. Yours looked excellent except I prefer more liquid. Just my preference. Edited to add that this is for the soup.
I like to add noodles to mine, too. And you're right, it's better to cook them separately and add them when ready to serve.
You may already be doing this, but cutting out all subscriptions and streaming services I don’t need or use really helps. And of course less beef or meat and dairy and more brown lentils, rice and plant proteins. Usually only half of the amount of meat/dairy is needed to add flavor IMO. Keep up the great work! Four kids whew! ❤😊 great video, momma!
It’s a busy life for sure lol
Cauliflower cheese with crusty bread or a baguette is cheap and cheerful. Filling too.
Chipped toast is loved in our household. It is an appetizer at Christmas dinners on my hubby's side of the family.
When they gave extra food stamps ( i dont get any stamps now) i got food for shtf. Most neighbors got pizza n hungry man type meals. I have to pay cash for food now i only get $933 mo social security and SSI . I buy stuff to extend what i was able to set aside w food stamps i had. All gone now but it helped. Ill b ok God takes care of me .
I get less than $900 a month with no food stamps but I also have built a stockpile with one can at a time. When something is on sale buy one extra and put it away. You would be surprised at how fast that will grow.
Place into casserole dish cooked pasta 4 cups , flake a big can of drained tuna or salmon put on pasta peas corn top with a big jar of cheese sauce or your favourite canned soup top with shredded cheese bake in oven 180 until cheese melts ,enjoy 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨
I like your cookware set, pretty.
Thank you!
Great video and super ideas for cheap meals!!! So many people need these wonderful ideas right now! Budgets are really big stretched to the max! Blessings!
Thanks so much for watching! So glad you enjoyed it!!
Red or purple deadnettles are sprouting up everywhere like crazy right now and they are a superb great depression food. It takes a few minutes to harvest a bunch and they can be cooked just like spinach. Add to kale or spinach at a 50/50 ratio and you wont even be able to tell the difference once it's cooked up. Moms used to have their kids harvest a bunch on their way home from school back during the Depression age to add to the evening meal. A clove of garlic takes them to the next level too, yum! An incredible free side dish and mega nutritious! A great supplement to any of your meals!
Thanks so much! Boy she sure thinks she is lol
Just found your channel. I'm glad I did cause, I am definitely struggling, And I'm making that first meal tonight, thank you.❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing these Yummy inexpensive meal ideas!😋 So sweet when the babies were trying the pasta!🤗❤️💙🤗
So glad you liked it!
Canister sets use to come with a grease can in the older days. Or it would come with salt and pepper shakers. I use to have one.
I think they should all come with a grease can!
I make the one you did last. Everyone loves it. Have a happy New Year!!
So glad they liked it!!
This is my first time to watch your channel. I noticed the packaging on your ground beef. My son and dauther in law lived in Maize for a year from 2020*2021. He works for a major meat company there. but has since then transferred to another location with that company. Anyway, I just thought that was nifty! I am always looking for ways to cut grocery costs and stretch our food. Thank you for the tips!
We actually lived 5 minutes away from maize. We moved to the OKC area in 2010. So neat though!
I struggle daily, despite being disabled and having state federal insurance I don’t qualify for food stamps. My local county gives me food pantry boxes monthly and I go to a local inexpensive store to buy small things such as canned meats, not the most nutritious but it’s all I can afford
Thanks I'm adding all three to my menu 😊
Hope you enjoy
Awesome video thanks
Your family is so cute! Love your affordable meal ideas, will have to try some.
Thanks so much! 😊
Beautiful children.
Aw thank you!
What a lovely family you have x
Thank you 😊
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
everything looked 😋 yummy
That first meal reminds me of beef stroganoff. Adding egg noodles to it would be fantastic and still economical.
Yes and oh so good!
Thank you for the great meal ideas!😊
Thanks for watching! ❤️
Love these meals! They look yummy!
Thank you!
Thx for the great ideas!
Glad you like them!
You've got a beautiful family. I love your recipes
Aw thank you!
Great video. I am going to make the soup and the noodles and peas.
My husband loves the soup!
We had this often as children. However my Mom would always put potatoes in it too.
You have a precious family.
Thank you!
If lack of milk is a problem for any Mac and cheese box mixes the pasta eater will work in its place. My grandmother who was raising 5 kids in the depression made homemade Mac and cheese that was almost box mix we have now and she used water instead of the milk.
Love this kind of videos thanks 😊 ❤️
Thank you for sharing 😊
At $400 a month for food, that is still very possible.
We have 2 adults and spend just over $100 a month, sticking with nutrient dense foods, using whole grains and dry beans, this
money includes fresh on sale produce, plus meat sparingly. We make a yummy no meat vegetable soup with side of biscuits.
We use eggs a lot too. It can be done, it takes steady planning and doing. Worth it.
Yes indeed!
Just to add I love your content, very helpful 😊 🙏
Aww thank you!! 🥰
I love beefaroni. I extend hamburger with generic cereal n add ketchup n salt. Add to noodles add peanut butter sandwich good meal for cheap.
I have the same soup recipe. But I love peanut butter cracker with my soup.
SOOO Good!
Market based shopping. You can make cream soup base cheaoer than a can. Utah extension service.
I know! Probably will next time.
that soup is one of my goto meals. I do add water to make more of the broth which extends it further, but I also brown the hamburger, then add all the ingredients and the meat flavors the broth more.
My husband loves it. One of his favorites so we make it often.
Love the ideas thanks!! I would love to know how much the meals cost!
I can put that in the description box!
Pasta is usually cheapest. Chicken and pork used to be but it's gone up like everything else if you watch for sales it still be budget friendly
Can milk goes long ways from lots meal prep
Can serve over noodles also
Hey laugh at yourself when cooking ie the soup I laugh at my self every time I cook it just make it worthwhile I think I am a messy cook also but I try to clean as I go but sometimes I fail lol😂
Only stock up when meats on sale chicken thighs 99 cents at Albertson's last week got 20 pounds that is enough chicken for 6 month's
Yes I love to stock up when it’s a good deal!
The spaghetti breaking broke my heart and I'm not even Italian... RIP pasta
Haha haven't thought a thing about it til now lol
You could have added some onion if you had it and add cooked noodles to your stroganoff to make it go a farther.
Don't drain the canned veggies before adding to your soup. It adds nutrients.
Take ketchup pzcks add to cup hot water n add crackers stir n u have free cup of tomato soup.
When I travel for medical I am going to try this thanks. 😊
Where on Earth did you get your containers that you used to put your bacon grease in it because I would love to have one
I think just Walmart but I absolutely LOVE it!!
do you keep you bacon grease in the frig or leave it out?
I leave it out.
how long does it usually last?@@CookiesandBacon22
There is always "RUMFORD'S SOUP." Also there is the Military's dish "SOS." Also "Hoover's Stew.......
Never heard of rumfords soup…
You can goole it.. There are recipes on UA-cam for "Rumford's Soup." It is a very old recipe I think the first soup used in soup kitchens..
Cute kids ❤
You were making me laugh when you stared into the camera 😂
Lol 😝
In the uk it's impossible to stay in bugdet
Do you guys have any discount stores for groceries?
@Cookies & Bacon oh yes and my friend and I spend 1 day every week going to different stores and we have lidle, aldi, poundshop which is the same as dollar tree to get the best out of our money. I also volunteer for an app called olio which shares access food within our community. We have many shops here but we are in the heart of London so still expensive. What cost me 60p a year ago is now £1.49 just to give you an example
back in my mom's day they called that "chipped beef and gravy over toast"
in MY day? we called that "💩 on a shingle"..
whatEVER you call it.. its delicious.. but.. definitely NOT stroganoff.. 😂 just sayin
lol
People with high blood pressure use salt substitute instead of salt
I know that it’s really getting tough for us, so last week I bought 18 eggs for 6.18 and this week they were 7.30 it’s getting really ridiculous at this point! I remember when Trump was president I could get eggs at Aldi for 22 cents a dozen…😒
Yes! I very specifically remember getting them for $.27 a dozen!! You know it’s bad when organic eggs are cheaper than regular eggs😵💫
@@CookiesandBacon22 I just want you to know I love your channel! You make a lot of good recipes and I’m interested in trying several of them in the future! I appreciate your budget meals as well!
@@katereaume191 aww I’m so glad!! Thanks so much for watching, it means a lot to me!
These meals are the simple meals I grew up on, nothing poor man about them. This is the way everyone ate and many still do. I would much rather eat like this than eat fast food, frozen nuggets and all the other over processed foods kids are fed today.
So true!
She so cute.
Thank you!
.mushrooms would potassium. That's not stroganoff its S.O.S. which is tasty
$hip on a shingle
Lol
Yep, SOS
I come from a family in nine children and two adults and the word cheap just as so on appetizing I wish they would change the word cheap I mean it's what people can afford and that's not cheap to them
400 ten months ago cost 600 today... :(
Truth, unfortunately...
Food is SO expensive!!!!
😭😭😭 the struggle is so frustrating!!
No veggie? No fruit?that is not a balanced meal. Its very easy to heat op a can of green beans or add a bell pepper to the meat.
As for fruit use tiny cups and divide a single can of fruit( kept cold in the fridge) it doesnt need a topping.
S... on a shingle.
Everything but the kitchen sink.
I'm sorry I'm so linear I think you did a good job my family called your stroganoff S.O.S.
The word poor sound so negative
everything is way more expensive :(
It's crazy how much food has increased just in 6 months time.
Vote Republican 2024 if you wanna live within your budget Biden administration is the reason you can't make it from pay to pay thank you for your recipes
😂😂😂
You are misinformed.
You talk too much, cook
Is this video done as a joke?
It is very hard to stay in the budget, everything is going up every week, it is depressing,
Very!