I just watched a bit of living on a dime video where Tara and her mom said prices aren’t going up and called people lazy straight out and pretty much said all the comments are from people who are telling lies. And her I’ve clicked on your video and you and Larry are just so different and such a pleasure to watch. No name calling and you even touch on meat and considering you don’t eat meat is so telling of the kind of people you and Larry are..
Just because prices dont go up in 1 area from their store doesnt mean anything. They dont have very open minds, its not an opinion its fact. It is an opinion to say there will be shortages or to panic people with predictions . Sometimes the panic causes the predictions to come true.
Oh my goodness! Was this their newest video??? I don’t watch their videos anymore as I feel like they’ve lost their humility and I don’t like their new direction since renaming the channel “Living in a Dime to Grow Rich.” I don’t mind their motive but it does seem like the blaming and denigrating reflects on them poorly.
Girl I cannot watch their videos anymore. Prices are going up everywhere. People who watch these channels are not lazy whatsoever, some are just looking for information on how to stretch their food budget. I don't like condescending people.
I agree. I stopped watching their videos after only watching maybe 3 or 4...couldn't stand how rude she seemed to be towards her mom. The husband always seems to be pleasant but that woman...ugh. no thanks. I much prefer Hope and Larry Ware. 👍
Hope and Larry, I watch you for several reasons: 1) you love each other and like each other and that conveys in your videos, 2) you are 'on the same page' so there is no bickering about why saving not spending is the goal, 3) great information that is tried and tested, 4) offer new information based on comments and your research! Thank you for the inspiration! (-an older single mom)
This is a really great way to look at food budgeting! My little family is currently surviving on food stamps and we're so grateful we get them. Using your guidance, we've been able to continue to eat really healthfully, create a emergency store of food that makes sense, and actually keep some money saved on the account. Before I found you, we had one month where we blew threw all the food stamps and didn't have any left a week before we were set to receive our next round of benefits. That was a gut dropping, eye opening wake up call. Thankfully, divine guidance led me to your channel and it's made such a huge, positive impact for us. Thank you! Thank you!
Ck food banks, churches Salvation Army, I have a friend that goes regularly. He brought me a box of anchovies he didnt like so I gave him some canned salmon and tuna in return. Also he drives me to stores to stock up and I give him food in return plus gas. You could offer to ''share your ride'' to store to someone, elderly? for the same.
Good for you. Learn cooking at home skills. They are so important for the main cook and to teach the children. With very little ingredients you can put a filling meal on the table. If you find areas you can forage or are given a box of produce learn some basic food preservation. All of the above helped my family.
First of all, I love this channel! I found it about 4 weeks ago and I can't get enough:) I am a stay at home, homeschooling mom of 3 kids and I have felt convicted lately about being a better steward of the money our family makes. My husband and I made a budget (first time in years), and I have been very diligent about keeping my grocery bill to a minimum. Thank you for these videos, they have been so motivating and not to mention they are packed with unique ways to save money....I love it!!
Ashley, your kind words made my night. Welcome to the Under the Median family. We are delighted to have you. I've homeschooled for 21 years and I'm ready to "retire" in another three years when our youngest graduates.
I remember when nothing but milk had a date on it and we never threw anything away. I don't pay attention to the date on anything but dairy items. Thank you for all your help to others!
If it smells bad, looks bad, tastes bad - out it goes. Otherwise, like you, I ignore the dates. Just yesterday I cut off some blue mold from cheese and threw it outside to the birds. The rest of the cheese is just fine and I will eat it. Also, for sure, I pay no attention to yogurt with live cultures. I scoop off any spots and eat it anyway. Good to hear that others don't throw good stuff away out of fear of the date. Diane
@@jimmiepatrum I too don't follow dates but there was a video that was exposing stores in canada who ''doctored'' dates and food... anyway it showed all the bacteria left behind if you just scraped off mold....what I took from it was be careful and dont eat soft cheeses and berries if you remove visible mold.
@@eveny119 Thanks for the heads up. The only cheeses I scrape are hard cheeses - not sliced American cheese. I do throw away moldy berries, but I cut away bad spots from apples, peaches, pears, etc. I will be even more careful now that you've reminded me of some the hidden dangers. Diane
I love the hurricane lamp behind you two. My mother had the same lamp on her night stand as far back as I can remember - and I'm now 65 years old. We talk about comfort food, the is comfort sight.
I had to laugh at several of your topics tonight. We haven’t eaten leftovers in years. We eat planned-overs. I always have a second dish in mind when I cook supper. We have a Refrigerator Buffet once a week. I pull out all the leftover planned-overs and everyone helps themself. No one is late for dinner as everyone wants first dibs at the food. 🥰🥰
I like to add 2 other things. Track your grocery store sale cycles. That way it’s no more oh I wish I would’ve waited one more week to buy this because it’s now on sale. The second thing is keep a very simple price book on food items that you use all the time. That way you will know if the sale is actually a great sale which means you really should stock you up or if it’s just a average sale you would just get a few.
Thank y’all for taking the time to always prepare such great content. Fellow Subbies, as for other people ‘fearing’, ( Not Hope and Larry) we cannot feed on fear, prepare the best y’all can and God will always provide. His eye is on the sparrow, how much more are we? Be still. Remember God is great and people are crazy 😊
Hello, Lady Marie! Thank you for saying this. Yes, His eye is most definitely on the sparrow, and He does watch over me! I firmly believe that we should not live in fear but put our faith and trust in the Lord. I also know that He wants us to be like the five wise virgins Jesus talked about in the Bible and prepare ahead of time,
I love your comments..."Remember God is great and people are crazy." Fear comes from the devil and from own lack of trust in waht God tells us time and time again. Thanks from Diane
God has given us everything on this earth that we need. He said, let every being that moves also be food for you just as I have given you the plants. We need to remember and retrain our skills that we all have in order to be able to live our best lives if all of what we know now is lost.
I read once about having "leftover fiesta"--the mama made a big party out of having leftovers. So what you called, "potluck," we called, "leftover fiesta!" Thanks for all your great tips! I really appreciate how you share your many money-saving tips!
Stuffing or dressing is a great leftover use. Use stale bread!(about 1 loaf), cut into cubes and toasted in low oven (225) until very dry. Sauté leftover onions and peppers. Use 1 qt broth (chicken, Turkey, vegetable) and soak bread with small amount until all the broth is absorbed. Add spices to your taste. If not vegan, add 1/2 c melted butter and 1 beaten egg)Pile into a slow cooker with the rest of the broth. Cook on low for 5 to 6 hours. Yum.
Hope & Larry, glad I came back & watched the parts I missed by arriving late to the "live." A method I use to avoid having to go out to the stores more than once every 3-4 weeks is, I buy 2-3 half-gallon cartons of my unsweetened almond milk that has to be kept in the fridge; but I also buy 2-4 of the quart-sized aseptic cartons of it that are shelf-stable. They're more expensive per ounce, but they've saved me a few times from having to go into town a half hour away when almond milk was the only thing I had run out of. Given the rise in the price of gas for my car, being able to stay home and drive around less has been a boon to my budget.
Great point, Sherry. We all need to limit those quick runs to the store when we can. Hope wants to stock up on some shelf stable almond milk. Very important.
Dollar tree has shelf stable milk. I do not know, however, if it is almond or dairy or something else. Dollar tree is really a pretty good store for a lot of food items. 2lbs for 1.00 1lb of beans 1.00 1 pack of tortillas for 1.00 and more. Not everything there is a bargain but a lot are. And it's true about the price of gasoline going up and how it can effect how often we shop. Also gas prices also effect the cost of food. Trucks run on gas, Trucks deliver stuff to the stores. If it costs more to deliver the food, then the stores will raise prices to off set the cost of delivery.
Appreciate any help from your viewers or you. Caulking around windows with silicone where the window fits into the house has really helped us. Hope this helps someone else.
Amen on the 3, 4 and 5 way! We did a weekly “gaze and graze” to use up the leftovers when my kids were growing up. Gaze into the refrigerator and Graze upon whatever you find.
Great tips, as always. I switched where I'm shopping at for my groceries - found out there was a discount grocery store (similar to Aldi) just a couple miles up the road from my regular grocery store. Saves me about 40% on average. And I'm going meatless at least 1-3 days a week.
Talking about junk food - today i looked through prices per kilogram (i'm in europe), 1 kg of potato chips costs 9 euros, when you can buy usual potatoes for 50 cents per kilo! Chips look cheap when there is only 90 grams in the bag and you look at the price of the bag, but it is actually soo expensive. If you want a treat sometimes - why not make it yourself?
Potato chips are a little harder to make at home but, tortillas can be deep fat fried (they need just enough high smoke point fat to cover) to create tortilla chips and corn chips. In the USA, there are often 50-100 foot long banks of freezer cases and typically 1 to 2 full length freezer cases are full of prepared and partially prepared potatoes at considerably higher prices than a fresh potato. Snack crackers are getting considerably high priced for the volume. This is another from scratch opportunity fir some considerable savings.
Hi. I love your channel. It is a wealth of information! Can you please start a series of “cook with me”? Show us the meals you make in a week. What you actually eat on the groceries you get on a budget. I know you are vegan, and with meat prices now, we can all use some vegan/ vegetarian ideas. Thank you.
I am about 3 hours south of you guys and our prices have went up but definitely not by a lot... While I do not buy junk, prepackaged, and boxed items, I have taken a look at these items and that is where the prices are up considerably...
I don't know if desperate Dan, is just a UK thing, from a comic, but I once made a pie, that I thought was great and with great pride, announced to my husband "we are having a desperate Dan pie". He took a bite and said, "yes, desperate for some meat". Still makes me laugh. Learned a lot from my mother, how to stretch meals and cook from scratch, but I think I took that pie to a whole other level 😅 Great advice as always. Have a great weekend. 😀
LOL! I have a story about Hope leaving out the meat balls from spaghetti when we were dating. I was appalled and razed her for it. That night we were watching TV while babysitting her brother and the Wendy's "Where's the beef" commercial came on. Her brother and I laughed so hard that we fell on the floor. This was back in our pre-vegan days.
@@firegirl441fromga6 I have cut meat ratio too, in stews/casseroles etc. Mushrooms are a great substitute. The pie was more like pastry and gravy. The desperate Dan pie, was a huge cow pie, with the horns sticking through the pastry. That, it was not. Lol. 😅
Love this video some many ways to save! I already do a few of your suggestions but can do more. Also I appreciate your channel for not being fear mongers. Rather you offer solutions. Thanks so much!
Regarding bartering for food: I have volunteered at some food distribution pantries, and they have allowed the volunteers to take some of the food home. This is done after the outside guests have gone through the line.
Places like Meijer (in Michigan, OH, IN, IL, KY, and WI) have digital coupons, and that makes it easier for me than trying to keep track of paper coupons! Meijer also has a Rewards program. Sam's Club's Plus membership gives a store rebate available every January for a percentage of what you've spent the previous year. For our household of 7, it's a true blessing and ends up being around $200. I do home care, and in order to put more towards building our pantry, I've taken on 2 extra visits a week, which gives me around $40 extra per wk to be better prepared.
The cafeteria at the small Bible school I went to would serve what they called “musgoes” once a week. I loved that creative name for leftovers that must go before they go bad.
Hope and Larry, great video. Another thing you can do is share a buy. ( You've said this before) example: If it is cheaper to buy something in bulk but you don't need that much or have anywhere to store a huge bag of something, think about dividing the item up and sharing the cost. A 50lb bag of sugar or rice or beans, divided among 5 people is 10lbs each. Divide the food and divide the cost.. This is helpful especially when the stores say must buy x amount to get that price.
I’ve taken your advice to put aside part of my weekly grocery budget for stocking up. I have a $75 a week food budget. I’ve dropped it down to $60 by eliminating overly processed prepackaged vegan junk food and use the remaining $15 to stock up on canned goods and dry pantry staples from Aldi’s, Big Lots and the Dollar Tree. We don’t have bulk food stores near me, but there are a few ‘bent and dent’ stores. I bought five boxes of organic gluten-free corn flakes from a high end brand for $1 a box the other day 👍
Thank you, Cathy. So glad to hear that you've been able to make a way to start stocking up. It's not easy to live this way, but it's so much better in the long run. Blessings.
I have used a couple of strategies that you didn't list. One is shop only for what is on sale. That usually involves eating seasonally for produce, but also learning the seasons for canned goods, meat and eggs. Chickens stop laying in the winter, so eggs are cheaper in the spring and summer. Plan meals accordingly. Also, it is still the practice in many areas to harvest meat animals in the cooler months of the fall, so for the most part, meat is fresher and less expensive in the fall. I am an omnivore, so I pay attention to meat prices. The second tactic I have used falls somewhere in the meal planning category. I called it planned leftovers. I will buy a smallish roast and prepare it as a roast with sides for day one, then have French dip sandwiches for day two. Day three would use up the au jus and the rest of the roast along with some vegetables to make soup. I have done the same using a large pot of beans that I cook one day, divide and season for different meals. And, last, if you stock up on non-perishables on sale, you can have a food store to select from so some weeks you can skip shopping altogether if you want.
I live in an apartment and I just grow my veggies in pots on my balcony. I’m finding the larger and deeper my pot, the better my crops were. I used to run the food bank at my church pre-covid and even though ours was only open 6 hours a week, I was finding myself working at least 2 full days, sometimes with extra hours. There was a lot of food that I was to throw out, if I was unwilling to take it home. I had an entire “randoms” box of canned veggies once that were 12 months past the BB date and therefor I could no longer give them out. I took them all home and I have been eating off of it for close to three years now. It was such a blessing. I have both Receipt Hog and Rakuten and I live in Canada. I’m not sure if the others are available in Canada but those 2 are. I never knew there was a name for it. I used to use chilli as a pasta sauce or over rice because at the time I couldn’t stand the texture of beans. Thank-you for all the info.🤗❤️🙏🏻
I am a carnivore mostly, always looking at meat and dairy, My dogs are too but they do eat some veg as do I. I am very low carb. So a challenge to get groceries. I watch you every day note pad in hand. Just bought a used car,(paid cash) So can now buy in bulk ETC! Thank you for all the good tips. I am always learning something.
I’m in Central California and here’s what I have noticed. Bacon has went up almost triple, beef/fish has increased about 30-40 percent across the board. Chicken is about 20 percent higher. Vegetables are about 40 percent higher. All prepackaged foods have almost doubled. Milk products are up about 25 percent. Dried noodles are getting harder to-get. Sugar and flour are going on sale right now cause of the holidays. I’m spending tommorrow morning doing a full inventory of my stocks. Then I’m going to do my last shopping before thanksgiving. I’ll probably be getting canned veggies, flour, and broth. While those are on sale for the holidays.
The five way chili reminds me of a dish friends served us one time. Rice base, covered with savory cooked lentils (cooked in broth), carmelized onions, tomato sauce and grated cheddar then sour cream. Something about carmelized onions really makes this dish.
We had “Pot Luck” once a week when I was growing up. We didn’t call it that, but I remember those as the best dinners because I actually got to choose which meal I wanted. Sometimes it was just leftover cheese, bread, rolls, or English muffins, and some leftover sauce and pizza bread it was! These days my family doesn’t like when I suggest this but I sure remember those days fondly:))
Skyline chili, my husband loves it. Me I like southwestern style chili over rice with a side of cornbread. I eat chili without meat, add extra black beans or mushrooms to take the place of the meat. Just got the book Forks Over Knives for my birthday. Looking forward to learning more meatless meals.
Our family has done potluck meals regularly for years. It helps with the need to freeze so many small amounts of leftovers. This frees up space for meal prepping.
Love ur videos just stumbled across Kate Kadon and therefore you guys. Love you both. Luckily I’ve been getting extra food stamps from the gov’t 🙏. But I have gone to our local food pantries in the past when I needed to and I always tell people not to be shy doing that if they need it. It Literally saved my life 💗.
We would call Kitchen sink soup "what's in the pot" soup. Always made the day before pay day. Also impossible pie is a great way to use up leftovers if you eat eggs and milk, this can be vegetarian if you don't put meat in it
@@traceyobrien8410 crock pots are great. I had a big 8 litre one that recently died after 20 years. So many cheap meals were made in it. And always had leftovers that I freezed up for meals for the kids later
I love Lidl. I got milk for 92 cents for a half gallon, eggs for 85 cents a dozen and chicken cutlets for $1.99 lb this week. However, I will agree prices are going up weekly. I’m cooking more meatless meals and have stocked up on dried beans
The problem with some community gardens, are people just help themselves to other folks efforts. I've seen this happen many times, which is why I won't do that. I do love alot of your tips. Thanks to you for everything you share.
I would also like to recommend cultivating friendly relationships with either your local vendors or store associates. I have done this and been able to come away with some really sweet deals. For instance, there is a local ethnic store that I frequently visit. On one such time, he had some purple plums close to the cash register that were getting to the point of nearly questionable. He offered them to me at a greatly reduced price. I did not purchase all of them, but I had enough cash with me to purchase some. I steamed them and then used the mashed plums in a variety of ways, one or two sweet but most savory. It all worked for me, and because I live by myself I do not have anyone else to answer to.
Idea. If you have leftover taco,or sloppy joe, it makes great pasta sauce or chili. Fajita?makes great soups and stews. Leftover pasta?add to some broth Left over chinese food like pot stickers?won ton soup. Leftover chicken,bit of orange juice?you got 15 minute orange chicken. Leftover mashed potatoes?potato bread or pancakes. Old bread,crackers,chips? Breadcrumbs. Leftover oil based salad dressing is a nifty marinade Leftover coffee,brewed and unflavored can tenderize meats.also good if you have a high sodium meal.such as corned beef.it also can be made into a sauce
I am moving towards being vegan. I have made a decision that three times per week we are eating vegan. ( I live with carnivores🙃) it’s not easy for them but they love my cooking
Larry and Hope, I personally appreciate the work and time you put into your videos. There's a lot of talk about viewer's leaving Living on a Dime. Because of the host Tara screaming at, name calling, disrespecting the viewer's. I stopped being subscribed to them for that reason 3yr's ago. Was so glad to find your channel. I appreciate the calmness to your videos and good information I gleem from them.I refuse to support a Channel that screams at and disrespect it viewer's. If it wasn't for the viewers, U- tuber's would not have channels or the income it subplies them with. I do have a question ? I have forgotten from last year. What do you substitute for the Turkey on Thanksgiving being Vegan.
A lot of time we have stuffed, roasted acorn squash as the main dish. This year we decided on a soup bar. I'm doing two or three different soups, a quick bread and yeasted bread, and a couple of different salads. Not sure on dessert yet. Gotta celebrate with something sweet. What are you thinking of doing on Thanksgiving?
@@UndertheMedian I'm a single Senior lady with no children. So I will be joining family members. As we meet up @ Sister in law Toni's Sister Carol and her husband home. I will be bringing my green bean casserole, pumpkin cake roll,( Our Mom always made it.) In memory of Mom I bring it, a family favorite!!! Everyone is good about bringing dishes. We have the Traditional Turkey 🦃 Dinner. I enjoy the fellowship so much. The men watch Football 🏈 the woman talk,kid's play You know Larry and Hope as I think about this Thanksgiving season. It reminds me that it's all about family and friends. We need to all go back to Sunday Family Dinners, late Saturday afternoon picnic, Autumn wiener roast and Hayrides ( Family Favorite). Spending time with Family other than just meeting up at Funerals. Talking about how long it's been since we have seen each other. Everyone does there part, none of this is expensive. But look at the joy it brings 😊. From my Family to yours,May you have a Blessed Safe, and" Happy Thanksgiving ".
Request (forgive me if you’ve already done this and I missed it): A deep dive into veganism - tips, tricks, and the top benefits for your family - all with the classic Under the Median spin on it.
My whole household eats meat now and I’ve noticed if I shop at things like Sam’s Club the meat is cheaper and the quality is better I noticed over the pandemic that when the meat and all other things were off the shelf and empty there was an abundance of fruits and vegetables because the show a lot of people don’t eat their fruits and vegetables our household didn’t have a problem or meat was already in stocked and we just bought an abundance of fruit and vegetables like we do on a weekly basis or household eats a lot of fruits and vegetables grains pastas and things like that as well lentils beans all that other things so people should be looking at their sales like you said Sam’s Club is a great way to get it cheaper when it comes to meat in bulk and always remember to eat your fruits and vegetables
I remember growing up and it was called leftovers and when my mother decided we were cleaning out the refrigerator you either eat what she had in the refrigerator or you went hungry! LOL!!! She didn’t care if you’d like leftovers or not you were eating them
Hi Larry and Hope! My stew meat is $9.99 a lb., chicken breast $4.99. last I looked. I made a purchase for my pantry today and I thought of you. I don't know if it was a good deal or not but they gave me 10% off for giving them my address ( Tetley Tea). Hope, your voice went through my head about companies offering discounts so I pulled the trigger. It was for two cases of decaf green tea. You guy's out there are probably all ready to scold me for not growing my own or ordering it by the loose leaf or something but I'm just working with what God gave me here so be nice please.
You'll get no grief from me for ordering the tea. Believe me, there are certain items that I'm willing to pay for and not do it myself. Meat has certainly gone up in price. I haven't looked at the price in years. So, honestly, I had no idea what it was.
I went grocery shopping today, food prices have gone up here in the Toronto area. Mayo was 5.99$ Canadian for Hellmans unbelievable. A lot of stuff has gone up. Gas is 1.44$ a litre. Crazy
Our leftovers are called yoyo! You're on your own! I have even called it 2nd course meal. I love your videos! So informative and you guys are so cute!!
I love that name for leftovers! Sounds like our Sunday evening meal. I never cook on Sunday evenings. They fend for themselves. If it's still left in the fridge, they can eat it.
One of my store keeps putting a $10 off $50 and boy I want to spend it but everything I need is even cheaper at another store 😂. They aren’t putting any good deals with that coupon. Lol
Smart. Id search the store for the best priced items and just buy those. Like 1 store in my area gives a discount like that and its the cheapest store for only coffee and a few other things so I just go there and stock up on those items.
Kroger has $1.69 lb. half pork loins on sale this week, I went and bought 4 all at the price of $7.00 or less. Bought 10 lbs. Idaho potatoes 🥔 for $1.69, pound bags of carrots 🥕. 69 cents bought 8 bags. I raised our weekly budget from $35 to $50 I only buy sale items never buy anything not on sale. Make my own 🍞 breads. Great 👍 video Larry and Hope, love ❤ your channel 👏
Great tips yet again! My mom loves s Kroger. Here in Canada, meat has gone up a lot in price, as well as not as readily available. Stew meats and ground beef are what we have been finding the easiest to find in stores now. I was vegan for 3 years and I loved that tofutti! The cream cheese is so good too. May I ask why you both have made the choice to be vegan? I think it's great and would love to hear! Thanks again for a wonderful table conversation. 🙂
Grass Hopper vs. the Ant, hit clearance at Winco, bought 12 cans of Progresso Tomato & Red Pepper soup for .78 a can. I like tomato soup once & awhile. My pantry warrant's shopping by wants vs. need, little in need.
I dont know why, but stores here never have any good clearance. We use to have a P&C, that would mark down day old bread to .25c, whole pies $ 1.50 , now I think they must just throw it out. Now to make stuffing I have to buy my 3-4$ bread and let it go stale.
Food prices crazy!! In Canada too. Hope, I would buy a recipe book from you!! We scratch cook and follow those tips. Sometimes I feel my meal routine gets dull with staples.
Add spices and sauces. Sometimes I just stirfry veggies over rice and add some oyster sauce, soy sauce and sesame oil, its delicious. And you can use pre cooked stuff (leftovers).
I was very happy that wal mart had beans in stock online!! All meat has gone WAY up. But I don’t really remember grocery prices going back down after they’re raised.
Learned to make copycat restaurant meals just as good for a lot less. My favorites- zuppa Tuscana soup from OliveGarden and chicken tortilla soup from Chili’s!😋
I have worked on an organic farm for 4 seasons and get lots of high quality produce. Some just has a bad spot on it, or I can go out and harvest some nicer stuff for myself. I also have a decent sized garden. My biggest success was winter squash like spaghetti and kabocha. And it’s so nice that I don’t need to refrigerate them. Usually last to late winter, early spring. I also love to mix leftovers into interesting and new dishes.
Amen to Cincinatti chili!! And I’m not even from the Midwest 💜 Love your videos. My 23 year old daughter says I could do a frugal channel, but I always learn something from you. Thanks!
There's a farmer's market 7 miles east of my pad. They sell 50 pound bags of potatoes. We don't buy em. They will be wasted before we use em. I have thought of buying a bag and share with neighbors
I like to double batch soups and stews, we eat our meal, then I take the left overs in quart zip locks and freeze flat on on a cookie tray. Now the leftovers are ready for lunches or quick dinners..
I’m curious - did you get that technique from a comment? My cop friend taught me to do that and I’ve shared it in the comments several times. It’s great to stack the flat frozen bags or stand them up like books, and they thaw quickly.
Yes,I love your savings on that huge cabbage! Cabbage is so nutritional for a person! Sorry to people who can not eat cabbage because of gas,bloat,and flatulence. I love cabbage!
Great listening i bought turkey chop meat 4 pounds half price and chicken 3 packs half price and dry 16 bean mix some meatless dinners 75 off i have always shopped like this for years i go around what i get for a very good price
Hi I have tried downloading the app you gave and I encountered a problem with downloading them. Thanks for your advice. I have always been a Thrifty shopper and Mom coming from a grandma who taught me a lot 😊
I just watched a bit of living on a dime video where Tara and her mom said prices aren’t going up and called people lazy straight out and pretty much said all the comments are from people who are telling lies.
And her I’ve clicked on your video and you and Larry are just so different and such a pleasure to watch.
No name calling and you even touch on meat and considering you don’t eat meat is so telling of the kind of people you and Larry are..
Just because prices dont go up in 1 area from their store doesnt mean anything. They dont have very open minds, its not an opinion its fact. It is an opinion to say there will be shortages or to panic people with predictions . Sometimes the panic causes the predictions to come true.
Oh my goodness! Was this their newest video??? I don’t watch their videos anymore as I feel like they’ve lost their humility and I don’t like their new direction since renaming the channel “Living in a Dime to Grow Rich.” I don’t mind their motive but it does seem like the blaming and denigrating reflects on them poorly.
Girl I cannot watch their videos anymore. Prices are going up everywhere. People who watch these channels are not lazy whatsoever, some are just looking for information on how to stretch their food budget. I don't like condescending people.
So sorry to hear this. It's no secret that prices are rising. Appreciate your kind comments, Teresa.
I agree. I stopped watching their videos after only watching maybe 3 or 4...couldn't stand how rude she seemed to be towards her mom. The husband always seems to be pleasant but that woman...ugh. no thanks.
I much prefer Hope and Larry Ware. 👍
Freezer is full cabinets are full dehydrator been working overtime and I know God will provide
Excellent, sir .. excellent! 🤓👍
Hope and Larry, I watch you for several reasons: 1) you love each other and like each other and that conveys in your videos, 2) you are 'on the same page' so there is no bickering about why saving not spending is the goal, 3) great information that is tried and tested, 4) offer new information based on comments and your research! Thank you for the inspiration! (-an older single mom)
This is a really great way to look at food budgeting! My little family is currently surviving on food stamps and we're so grateful we get them. Using your guidance, we've been able to continue to eat really healthfully, create a emergency store of food that makes sense, and actually keep some money saved on the account. Before I found you, we had one month where we blew threw all the food stamps and didn't have any left a week before we were set to receive our next round of benefits. That was a gut dropping, eye opening wake up call. Thankfully, divine guidance led me to your channel and it's made such a huge, positive impact for us. Thank you! Thank you!
Ck food banks, churches Salvation Army, I have a friend that goes regularly. He brought me a box of anchovies he didnt like so I gave him some canned salmon and tuna in return. Also he drives me to stores to stock up and I give him food in return plus gas. You could offer to ''share your ride'' to store to someone, elderly? for the same.
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Good for you. Learn cooking at home skills. They are so important for the main cook and to teach the children. With very little ingredients you can put a filling meal on the table. If you find areas you can forage or are given a box of produce learn some basic food preservation. All of the above helped my family.
First of all, I love this channel! I found it about 4 weeks ago and I can't get enough:) I am a stay at home, homeschooling mom of 3 kids and I have felt convicted lately about being a better steward of the money our family makes. My husband and I made a budget (first time in years), and I have been very diligent about keeping my grocery bill to a minimum. Thank you for these videos, they have been so motivating and not to mention they are packed with unique ways to save money....I love it!!
Ashley, your kind words made my night. Welcome to the Under the Median family. We are delighted to have you. I've homeschooled for 21 years and I'm ready to "retire" in another three years when our youngest graduates.
I'm just so glad someone is trying to live the way we all used to live people need true food and stand up and understand they can make it happen 🤗
I remember when nothing but milk had a date on it and we never threw anything away. I don't pay attention to the date on anything but dairy items. Thank you for all your help to others!
If it smells bad, looks bad, tastes bad - out it goes. Otherwise, like you, I ignore the dates. Just yesterday I cut off some blue mold from cheese and threw it outside to the birds. The rest of the cheese is just fine and I will eat it. Also, for sure, I pay no attention to yogurt with live cultures. I scoop off any spots and eat it anyway. Good to hear that others don't throw good stuff away out of fear of the date. Diane
@@jimmiepatrum I too don't follow dates but there was a video that was exposing stores in canada who ''doctored'' dates and food... anyway it showed all the bacteria left behind if you just scraped off mold....what I took from it was be careful and dont eat soft cheeses and berries if you remove visible mold.
@@eveny119 Thanks for the heads up. The only cheeses I scrape are hard cheeses - not sliced American cheese. I do throw away moldy berries, but I cut away bad spots from apples, peaches, pears, etc. I will be even more careful now that you've reminded me of some the hidden dangers. Diane
Agreed! It’s marketing to make people buy more!
I love the hurricane lamp behind you two. My mother had the same lamp on her night stand as far back as I can remember - and I'm now 65 years old. We talk about comfort food, the is comfort sight.
Thank you, Monica. The lamp was a birthday gift to Hope - purchased from one of our favorite thrift stores a few years ago. She loves it, too.
LOVE the positivity! So many you tubers are full of panic and scare about "hyper inflation". Thank you!
You are SO welcome, Ruth. No need to panic, I think some capitalize on fears to gain popularity on other channels. There are always solutions.
I had to laugh at several of your topics tonight. We haven’t eaten leftovers in years. We eat planned-overs. I always have a second dish in mind when I cook supper. We have a Refrigerator Buffet once a week. I pull out all the leftover planned-overs and everyone helps themself. No one is late for dinner as everyone wants first dibs at the food. 🥰🥰
We call leftover night "fend for yourself or DIY night"
I just call them ''pre-cooked'', convenient for the next meal, lol.
I like that - Planned-overs." Good planning, Debi!
@@jenniferwang3489 - often Hope will say, "It's all on the table, pick what you want." (Meaning - fend for yourself)
I love the term "planned-overs." That's what I will call it from now on. Diane
I like to add 2 other things. Track your grocery store sale cycles. That way it’s no more oh I wish I would’ve waited one more week to buy this because it’s now on sale.
The second thing is keep a very simple price book on food items that you use all the time. That way you will know if the sale is actually a great sale which means you really should stock you up or if it’s just a average sale you would just get a few.
Good tip, Natalie!
Thank y’all for taking the time to always prepare such great content.
Fellow Subbies, as for other people ‘fearing’, ( Not Hope and Larry) we cannot feed on fear, prepare the best y’all can and God will always provide.
His eye is on the sparrow, how much more are we?
Be still.
Remember God is great and people are crazy 😊
Thank you, Lady Marie. God's supply chain goes on unaffected.
Hello, Lady Marie! Thank you for saying this. Yes, His eye is most definitely on the sparrow, and He does watch over me! I firmly believe that we should not live in fear but put our faith and trust in the Lord. I also know that He wants us to be like the five wise virgins Jesus talked about in the Bible and prepare ahead of time,
I love your comments..."Remember God is great and people are crazy." Fear comes from the devil and from own lack of trust in waht God tells us time and time again. Thanks from Diane
God has given us everything on this earth that we need. He said, let every being that moves also be food for you just as I have given you the plants. We need to remember and retrain our skills that we all have in order to be able to live our best lives if all of what we know now is lost.
I read once about having "leftover fiesta"--the mama made a big party out of having leftovers. So what you called, "potluck," we called, "leftover fiesta!" Thanks for all your great tips! I really appreciate how you share your many money-saving tips!
Stuffing or dressing is a great leftover use. Use stale bread!(about 1 loaf), cut into cubes and toasted in low oven (225) until very dry. Sauté leftover onions and peppers. Use 1 qt broth (chicken, Turkey, vegetable) and soak bread with small amount until all the broth is absorbed. Add spices to your taste. If not vegan, add 1/2 c melted butter and 1 beaten egg)Pile into a slow cooker with the rest of the broth. Cook on low for 5 to 6 hours. Yum.
Hope & Larry, glad I came back & watched the parts I missed by arriving late to the "live." A method I use to avoid having to go out to the stores more than once every 3-4 weeks is, I buy 2-3 half-gallon cartons of my unsweetened almond milk that has to be kept in the fridge; but I also buy 2-4 of the quart-sized aseptic cartons of it that are shelf-stable. They're more expensive per ounce, but they've saved me a few times from having to go into town a half hour away when almond milk was the only thing I had run out of. Given the rise in the price of gas for my car, being able to stay home and drive around less has been a boon to my budget.
Great point, Sherry. We all need to limit those quick runs to the store when we can. Hope wants to stock up on some shelf stable almond milk. Very important.
Dollar tree has shelf stable milk. I do not know, however, if it is almond or dairy or something else.
Dollar tree is really a pretty good store for a lot of food items.
2lbs for 1.00
1lb of beans 1.00
1 pack of tortillas for 1.00 and more.
Not everything there is a bargain but a lot are.
And it's true about the price of gasoline going up and how it can effect how often we shop. Also gas prices also effect the cost of food.
Trucks run on gas,
Trucks deliver stuff to the stores.
If it costs more to deliver the food, then the stores will raise prices to off set the cost of delivery.
Appreciate any help from your viewers or you. Caulking around windows with silicone where the window fits into the house has really helped us. Hope this helps someone else.
Prices will never go down!!!!!!
Amen on the 3, 4 and 5 way!
We did a weekly “gaze and graze” to use up the leftovers when my kids were growing up.
Gaze into the refrigerator and Graze upon whatever you find.
Great tips, as always. I switched where I'm shopping at for my groceries - found out there was a discount grocery store (similar to Aldi) just a couple miles up the road from my regular grocery store. Saves me about 40% on average. And I'm going meatless at least 1-3 days a week.
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Talking about junk food - today i looked through prices per kilogram (i'm in europe), 1 kg of potato chips costs 9 euros, when you can buy usual potatoes for 50 cents per kilo! Chips look cheap when there is only 90 grams in the bag and you look at the price of the bag, but it is actually soo expensive. If you want a treat sometimes - why not make it yourself?
Potato chips are a little harder to make at home but, tortillas can be deep fat fried (they need just enough high smoke point fat to cover) to create tortilla chips and corn chips. In the USA, there are often 50-100 foot long banks of freezer cases and typically 1 to 2 full length freezer cases are full of prepared and partially prepared potatoes at considerably higher prices than a fresh potato. Snack crackers are getting considerably high priced for the volume. This is another from scratch opportunity fir some considerable savings.
Hi. I love your channel. It is a wealth of information! Can you please start a series of “cook with me”? Show us the meals you make in a week. What you actually eat on the groceries you get on a budget. I know you are vegan, and with meat prices now, we can all use some vegan/ vegetarian ideas. Thank you.
I am about 3 hours south of you guys and our prices have went up but definitely not by a lot... While I do not buy junk, prepackaged, and boxed items, I have taken a look at these items and that is where the prices are up considerably...
I don't know if desperate Dan, is just a UK thing, from a comic, but I once made a pie, that I thought was great and with great pride, announced to my husband "we are having a desperate Dan pie".
He took a bite and said, "yes, desperate for some meat".
Still makes me laugh.
Learned a lot from my mother, how to stretch meals and cook from scratch, but I think I took that pie to a whole other level 😅
Great advice as always.
Have a great weekend. 😀
LOL! I have a story about Hope leaving out the meat balls from spaghetti when we were dating. I was appalled and razed her for it. That night we were watching TV while babysitting her brother and the Wendy's "Where's the beef" commercial came on. Her brother and I laughed so hard that we fell on the floor. This was back in our pre-vegan days.
@@larryware1 haha. Made me chuckle Larry.
Have a great weekend 😀
My hubby won’t do meatless meals so I’ve cut the meat in the recipes in half and he hasn’t even noticed that.
@@firegirl441fromga6 I have cut meat ratio too, in stews/casseroles etc. Mushrooms are a great substitute.
The pie was more like pastry and gravy.
The desperate Dan pie, was a huge cow pie, with the horns sticking through the pastry. That, it was not. Lol. 😅
Love this video some many ways to save! I already do a few of your suggestions but can do more. Also I appreciate your channel for not being fear mongers. Rather you offer solutions. Thanks so much!
Thank you, Chris. That's what we all need to look for - solutions. They are always there, sometimes hidden waiting for us to discover them.
Larry it is going to stay higher than we have never seen in life..
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Regarding bartering for food: I have volunteered at some food distribution pantries, and they have allowed the volunteers to take some of the food home. This is done after the outside guests have gone through the line.
Places like Meijer (in Michigan, OH, IN, IL, KY, and WI) have digital coupons, and that makes it easier for me than trying to keep track of paper coupons! Meijer also has a Rewards program. Sam's Club's Plus membership gives a store rebate available every January for a percentage of what you've spent the previous year. For our household of 7, it's a true blessing and ends up being around $200.
I do home care, and in order to put more towards building our pantry, I've taken on 2 extra visits a week, which gives me around $40 extra per wk to be better prepared.
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The cafeteria at the small Bible school I went to would serve what they called “musgoes” once a week. I loved that creative name for leftovers that must go before they go bad.
Hope and Larry, great video.
Another thing you can do is share a buy. ( You've said this before) example:
If it is cheaper to buy something in bulk but you don't need that much or have anywhere to store a huge bag of something, think about dividing the item up and sharing the cost.
A 50lb bag of sugar or rice or beans, divided among 5 people is 10lbs each. Divide the food and divide the cost..
This is helpful especially when the stores say must buy x amount to get that price.
I'M WIDOW AND I'M 67 YEARS OLD AND MY INCOME IS LESS THAN 10000 A YEAR. BUT THAT'S WHY I WATCH YOU TWO.
I’ve taken your advice to put aside part of my weekly grocery budget for stocking up. I have a $75 a week food budget. I’ve dropped it down to $60 by eliminating overly processed prepackaged vegan junk food and use the remaining $15 to stock up on canned goods and dry pantry staples from Aldi’s, Big Lots and the Dollar Tree. We don’t have bulk food stores near me, but there are a few ‘bent and dent’ stores. I bought five boxes of organic gluten-free corn flakes from a high end brand for $1 a box the other day 👍
Thank you, Cathy. So glad to hear that you've been able to make a way to start stocking up. It's not easy to live this way, but it's so much better in the long run. Blessings.
All I know to say right now is how much I like the two of you. I needed some positive energy!
I have used a couple of strategies that you didn't list. One is shop only for what is on sale. That usually involves eating seasonally for produce, but also learning the seasons for canned goods, meat and eggs. Chickens stop laying in the winter, so eggs are cheaper in the spring and summer. Plan meals accordingly. Also, it is still the practice in many areas to harvest meat animals in the cooler months of the fall, so for the most part, meat is fresher and less expensive in the fall. I am an omnivore, so I pay attention to meat prices. The second tactic I have used falls somewhere in the meal planning category. I called it planned leftovers. I will buy a smallish roast and prepare it as a roast with sides for day one, then have French dip sandwiches for day two. Day three would use up the au jus and the rest of the roast along with some vegetables to make soup. I have done the same using a large pot of beans that I cook one day, divide and season for different meals. And, last, if you stock up on non-perishables on sale, you can have a food store to select from so some weeks you can skip shopping altogether if you want.
I live in an apartment and I just grow my veggies in pots on my balcony. I’m finding the larger and deeper my pot, the better my crops were. I used to run the food bank at my church pre-covid and even though ours was only open 6 hours a week, I was finding myself working at least 2 full days, sometimes with extra hours. There was a lot of food that I was to throw out, if I was unwilling to take it home. I had an entire “randoms” box of canned veggies once that were 12 months past the BB date and therefor I could no longer give them out. I took them all home and I have been eating off of it for close to three years now. It was such a blessing. I have both Receipt Hog and Rakuten and I live in Canada. I’m not sure if the others are available in Canada but those 2 are. I never knew there was a name for it. I used to use chilli as a pasta sauce or over rice because at the time I couldn’t stand the texture of beans. Thank-you for all the info.🤗❤️🙏🏻
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I am a carnivore mostly, always looking at meat and dairy, My dogs are too but they do eat some veg as do I. I am very low carb. So a challenge to get groceries. I watch you every day note pad in hand. Just bought a used car,(paid cash) So can now buy in bulk ETC! Thank you for all the good tips. I am always learning something.
I’m in Central California and here’s what I have noticed. Bacon has went up almost triple, beef/fish has increased about 30-40 percent across the board. Chicken is about 20 percent higher. Vegetables are about 40 percent higher. All prepackaged foods have almost doubled. Milk products are up about 25 percent. Dried noodles are getting harder to-get. Sugar and flour are going on sale right now cause of the holidays. I’m spending tommorrow morning doing a full inventory of my stocks. Then I’m going to do my last shopping before thanksgiving. I’ll probably be getting canned veggies, flour, and broth. While those are on sale for the holidays.
The five way chili reminds me of a dish friends served us one time. Rice base, covered with savory cooked lentils (cooked in broth), carmelized onions, tomato sauce and grated cheddar then sour cream. Something about carmelized onions really makes this dish.
Mmm love onions. Onions are the gift, that keeps on giving, IMO.
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We had “Pot Luck” once a week when I was growing up. We didn’t call it that, but I remember those as the best dinners because I actually got to choose which meal I wanted. Sometimes it was just leftover cheese, bread, rolls, or English muffins, and some leftover sauce and pizza bread it was! These days my family doesn’t like when I suggest this but I sure remember those days fondly:))
Skyline chili, my husband loves it. Me I like southwestern style chili over rice with a side of cornbread. I eat chili without meat, add extra black beans or mushrooms to take the place of the meat.
Just got the book Forks Over Knives for my birthday. Looking forward to learning more meatless meals.
I love the Forks over Knives cookbook!
Our family has done potluck meals regularly for years. It helps with the need to freeze so many small amounts of leftovers. This frees up space for meal prepping.
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Love ur videos just stumbled across Kate Kadon and therefore you guys. Love you both. Luckily I’ve been getting extra food stamps from the gov’t 🙏. But I have gone to our local food pantries in the past when I needed to and I always tell people not to be shy doing that if they need it. It Literally saved my life 💗.
We would call Kitchen sink soup "what's in the pot" soup. Always made the day before pay day. Also impossible pie is a great way to use up leftovers if you eat eggs and milk, this can be vegetarian if you don't put meat in it
I like to call whatever I make either my "biology experiments" or crockpot crud.
@@traceyobrien8410 crock pots are great. I had a big 8 litre one that recently died after 20 years. So many cheap meals were made in it. And always had leftovers that I freezed up for meals for the kids later
My grandfather would make it..... and I always enjoyed it
I love Lidl. I got milk for 92 cents for a half gallon, eggs for 85 cents a dozen and chicken cutlets for $1.99 lb this week. However, I will agree prices are going up weekly. I’m cooking more meatless meals and have stocked up on dried beans
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I love Ibotta! Got my Thanksgiving meal for free
I just got my free turkey and extras at Wal-Mart through Ibotta today!
The problem with some community gardens, are people just help themselves to other folks efforts.
I've seen this happen many times, which is why I won't do that.
I do love alot of your tips.
Thanks to you for everything you share.
Unfortunately there will always e people who will abuse a beneficial opportunity.
Your pot luck Sunday is our fend for yourself Friday! Love it!!!
Super, Tammy!
Great content, as usual!!! Thanks so much for the suggestions!!
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I would also like to recommend cultivating friendly relationships with either your local vendors or store associates. I have done this and been able to come away with some really sweet deals. For instance, there is a local ethnic store that I frequently visit. On one such time, he had some purple plums close to the cash register that were getting to the point of nearly questionable. He offered them to me at a greatly reduced price. I did not purchase all of them, but I had enough cash with me to purchase some. I steamed them and then used the mashed plums in a variety of ways, one or two sweet but most savory. It all worked for me, and because I live by myself I do not have anyone else to answer to.
I live near Cincinnati so yes I know what the 5way is. This is the first time I have seen your videos.
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Idea.
If you have leftover taco,or sloppy joe, it makes great pasta sauce or chili.
Fajita?makes great soups and stews.
Leftover pasta?add to some broth
Left over chinese food like pot stickers?won ton soup.
Leftover chicken,bit of orange juice?you got 15 minute orange chicken.
Leftover mashed potatoes?potato bread or pancakes.
Old bread,crackers,chips? Breadcrumbs.
Leftover oil based salad dressing is a nifty marinade
Leftover coffee,brewed and unflavored can tenderize meats.also good if you have a high sodium meal.such as corned beef.it also can be made into a sauce
Glad to hear you're vegan. I too don't really notice price increase since what I eat is cheap and in the abundance of supply. Thank God!
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Thanks Julie how is your day going so far
I am moving towards being vegan. I have made a decision that three times per week we are eating vegan. ( I live with carnivores🙃) it’s not easy for them but they love my cooking
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Larry and Hope, I personally appreciate the work and time you put into your videos. There's a lot of talk about viewer's leaving Living on a Dime. Because of the host Tara screaming at, name calling, disrespecting the viewer's. I stopped being subscribed to them for that reason 3yr's ago. Was so glad to find your channel. I appreciate the calmness to your videos and good information I gleem from them.I refuse to support a Channel that screams at and disrespect it viewer's. If it wasn't for the viewers, U- tuber's would not have channels or the income it subplies them with. I do have a question ? I have forgotten from last year. What do you substitute for the Turkey on Thanksgiving being Vegan.
A lot of time we have stuffed, roasted acorn squash as the main dish. This year we decided on a soup bar. I'm doing two or three different soups, a quick bread and yeasted bread, and a couple of different salads. Not sure on dessert yet. Gotta celebrate with something sweet. What are you thinking of doing on Thanksgiving?
@@UndertheMedian I'm a single Senior lady with no children. So I will be joining family members. As we meet up @ Sister in law Toni's Sister Carol and her husband home. I will be bringing my green bean casserole, pumpkin cake roll,( Our Mom always made it.) In memory of Mom I bring it, a family favorite!!! Everyone is good about bringing dishes. We have the Traditional Turkey 🦃 Dinner. I enjoy the fellowship so much. The men watch Football 🏈 the woman talk,kid's play You know Larry and Hope as I think about this Thanksgiving season. It reminds me that it's all about family and friends. We need to all go back to Sunday Family Dinners, late Saturday afternoon picnic, Autumn wiener roast and Hayrides ( Family Favorite). Spending time with Family other than just meeting up at Funerals. Talking about how long it's been since we have seen each other. Everyone does there part, none of this is expensive. But look at the joy it brings 😊. From my Family to yours,May you have a Blessed Safe, and" Happy Thanksgiving ".
Request (forgive me if you’ve already done this and I missed it): A deep dive into veganism - tips, tricks, and the top benefits for your family - all with the classic Under the Median spin on it.
My whole household eats meat now and I’ve noticed if I shop at things like Sam’s Club the meat is cheaper and the quality is better I noticed over the pandemic that when the meat and all other things were off the shelf and empty there was an abundance of fruits and vegetables because the show a lot of people don’t eat their fruits and vegetables our household didn’t have a problem or meat was already in stocked and we just bought an abundance of fruit and vegetables like we do on a weekly basis or household eats a lot of fruits and vegetables grains pastas and things like that as well lentils beans all that other things so people should be looking at their sales like you said Sam’s Club is a great way to get it cheaper when it comes to meat in bulk and always remember to eat your fruits and vegetables
Your cabbage recipes looked yummy. Can you do a video on inexpensive, healthy and yummy recipes? Love your channel💕
Ok that is amazing. I spend about $200-250 a week for a family of four plus I take care of my elderLy mom.
I had two boys (grown now) and a daughter (she doesn’t eat a lot though). They ate so much I can’t imagine 4!
It's been a challenge with 4 sometimes, but Hope always found a way... (They DO eat a lot! LOL!)
For a long time we had meatless Mondays in our house when I was young.
If i have left over rice i fry up eggs on the side and it goes together real good
I remember growing up and it was called leftovers and when my mother decided we were cleaning out the refrigerator you either eat what she had in the refrigerator or you went hungry! LOL!!! She didn’t care if you’d like leftovers or not you were eating them
Yes. LOL! We didn't get a choice either.
Larry’s face after the Botta Paya was priceless! No pun intended!
LOL! Thank you, Angry OldMan.
Cincinnati chili is delicious!! Thanks for sharing your ideas.
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Hi Larry and Hope! My stew meat is $9.99 a lb., chicken breast $4.99. last I looked. I made a purchase for my pantry today and I thought of you. I don't know if it was a good deal or not but they gave me 10% off for giving them my address ( Tetley Tea). Hope, your voice went through my head about companies offering discounts so I pulled the trigger. It was for two cases of decaf green tea. You guy's out there are probably all ready to scold me for not growing my own or ordering it by the loose leaf or something but I'm just working with what God gave me here so be nice please.
You'll get no grief from me for ordering the tea. Believe me, there are certain items that I'm willing to pay for and not do it myself. Meat has certainly gone up in price. I haven't looked at the price in years. So, honestly, I had no idea what it was.
I make refrigerater stew from little bits of leftovers !
I went grocery shopping today, food prices have gone up here in the Toronto area. Mayo was 5.99$ Canadian for Hellmans unbelievable. A lot of stuff has gone up. Gas is 1.44$ a litre. Crazy
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Love your lamp in the background!
Thank you, Rae. It was a birthday gift to Hope years ago.
Our leftovers are called yoyo! You're on your own! I have even called it 2nd course meal. I love your videos! So informative and you guys are so cute!!
I love that name for leftovers! Sounds like our Sunday evening meal. I never cook on Sunday evenings. They fend for themselves. If it's still left in the fridge, they can eat it.
Yes...lived in Cinti for a while..good food!
3 way chili was big in OK too. But our 3 way was chili, beans and spaghetti.
One of my store keeps putting a $10 off $50 and boy I want to spend it but everything I need is even cheaper at another store 😂. They aren’t putting any good deals with that coupon. Lol
Smart. Id search the store for the best priced items and just buy those. Like 1 store in my area gives a discount like that and its the cheapest store for only coffee and a few other things so I just go there and stock up on those items.
I’m eager for your next Vlog!
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My mom did the potluck Sunday but she called it smorgasbord. I continue this tradition.
Kroger has $1.69 lb. half pork loins on sale this week, I went and bought 4 all at the price of $7.00 or less. Bought 10 lbs. Idaho potatoes 🥔 for $1.69, pound bags of carrots 🥕. 69 cents bought 8 bags.
I raised our weekly budget from $35 to $50 I only buy sale items never buy anything not on sale.
Make my own 🍞 breads.
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I checked our Kroger. They were out of the potatoes. I'm hoping they get more delivered and I can score some before they go off sale on Tuesday .
Meat eater here. ALDI has some very high quality meat.
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Great tips yet again! My mom loves s Kroger.
Here in Canada, meat has gone up a lot in price, as well as not as readily available. Stew meats and ground beef are what we have been finding the easiest to find in stores now.
I was vegan for 3 years and I loved that tofutti! The cream cheese is so good too. May I ask why you both have made the choice to be vegan? I think it's great and would love to hear! Thanks again for a wonderful table conversation. 🙂
Grass Hopper vs. the Ant, hit clearance at Winco, bought 12 cans of Progresso Tomato & Red Pepper soup for .78 a can. I like tomato soup once & awhile. My pantry warrant's shopping by wants vs. need, little in need.
I dont know why, but stores here never have any good clearance. We use to have a P&C, that would mark down day old bread to .25c, whole pies $ 1.50 , now I think they must just throw it out. Now to make stuffing I have to buy my 3-4$ bread and let it go stale.
I love ❤ the Kroger's "Unadvertised" sales 😍
Our Church receives food from Gleaners from Indianapolis Indiana and I also help with the days before then the day of the give away.
Food prices crazy!! In Canada too. Hope, I would buy a recipe book from you!! We scratch cook and follow those tips. Sometimes I feel my meal routine gets dull with staples.
Add spices and sauces. Sometimes I just stirfry veggies over rice and add some oyster sauce, soy sauce and sesame oil, its delicious. And you can use pre cooked stuff (leftovers).
Great tips! I'm going to stock up for winter. 🙂
Excellent video - I’ve sure noticed how high the prices are getting. Keep up the great work!
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I was very happy that wal mart had beans in stock online!! All meat has gone WAY up. But I don’t really remember grocery prices going back down after they’re raised.
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Poor Larry, 300 Dollars a month on food, wow that's a real challenge, good for you Hope that you achieved your target.😃
Learned to make copycat restaurant meals just as good for a lot less. My favorites- zuppa Tuscana soup from OliveGarden and chicken tortilla soup from Chili’s!😋
Love all the tips. Ill reach out to local farmers
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I have worked on an organic farm for 4 seasons and get lots of high quality produce. Some just has a bad spot on it, or I can go out and harvest some nicer stuff for myself. I also have a decent sized garden. My biggest success was winter squash like spaghetti and kabocha. And it’s so nice that I don’t need to refrigerate them. Usually last to late winter, early spring. I also love to mix leftovers into interesting and new dishes.
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This fall the Osage YMCA has provided a gallon of milk and one grocery bag of food per child each week in our community.
Amen to Cincinatti chili!! And I’m not even from the Midwest 💜 Love your videos. My 23 year old daughter says I could do a frugal channel, but I always learn something from you. Thanks!
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There's a farmer's market 7 miles east of my pad. They sell 50 pound bags of potatoes. We don't buy em. They will be wasted before we use em. I have thought of buying a bag and share with neighbors
I like to double batch soups and stews, we eat our meal, then I take the left overs in quart zip locks and freeze flat on on a cookie tray. Now the leftovers are ready for lunches or quick dinners..
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I’m curious - did you get that technique from a comment? My cop friend taught me to do that and I’ve shared it in the comments several times. It’s great to stack the flat frozen bags or stand them up like books, and they thaw quickly.
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My friend is a professional food inspector and you can for sure eat things passed it’s date.
Yes,I love your savings on that huge cabbage! Cabbage is so nutritional for a person! Sorry to people who can not eat cabbage because of gas,bloat,and flatulence. I love cabbage!
I bought 2lbs of ground beef on 2 weeks ago and paid 21.00!!! Unreal!!
Great listening i bought turkey chop meat 4 pounds half price and chicken 3 packs half price and dry 16 bean mix some meatless dinners 75 off i have always shopped like this for years i go around what i get for a very good price
Hi I have tried downloading the app you gave and I encountered a problem with downloading them. Thanks for your advice. I have always been a Thrifty shopper and Mom coming from a grandma who taught me a lot 😊
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My husband and I raised 4 sons and our Sunday evening meal was always a potluck meal to clean out the fridge!