TRYING BUDGET RECIPES FROM MY VIEWERS
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- Опубліковано 21 чер 2022
- This week I'm trying budget recipes and tips from my viewers.
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Ok I have to tell you not only does your food looks so delicious, I LOVE how you present/serve it. From the cute bowls and dishes to the cloth napkins to your wooden utensils!!
Frances that wooden spoon is a game changer! If you've never tried using a wooden spoon, I encourage. you to do so. I got mine on Shein for a few bucks. It came with a set of chopsticks and the spoon. I even take it to lunch with me at the office. 😂 I like the way it doesn't transmit heat....and it's just more enjoyable to eat with.
I’ve heard Aldi has the best priced pure maple syrup. These are great ideas 🥰 I’m going to try several of them. Thanks for sharing Michelle 💖
Oh wow...I didn't think they would have maple syrup. I'll have to see if my Aldi has it the next time I'm there. Glad you liked my video. 😁
I've tried the Aldi Maple syrup and while it is good it's not as good as other syrups I've tried. However, you should give their vegan meatballs a try. Better than the gardien in my opinion
My husband makes potato and leek soup and it reminds me of your potato and onion soup. It's just leeks sauteed up, diced potatoes, and vegetable broth + salt and pepper to taste. It's surprisingly good for how few and simple the ingredients are. Tastes great with some croutons on top.
That sounds fabulous! I'll save this recipe. Thanks for sharing 👩🍳
I had diced sweet potatoes with eggs for the first time the other day. So good together!
Yum 😋 Maybe that will be my breakfast tomorrow. I still have 2 sweet potatoes left. 😁👩🍳
Add those carrots to cook in your potato soup too! Blend them up, they will impart great flavor too and give the soup a deeper color.
You are right 👍
This was wonderful! Please do, do another like this!
I DONT LIKE sweet potatoes, BUT, it looked soooo good, I think I'm going to give it a try.
Thanks to the viewers whose recipes that were used!
Thanks Gayla 🥰
Not only are soups yummy & cheap - you cook once & it lasts for days. If I make too much I freeze some to have later when I don’t feel like cooking. Can also freeze some bread to go with it.
I definitely want to make those apple chips! I’m thinking of making some plain and maybe some with a light dusting of cinnamon to see how they turn out. Thanks so much for the wonderful food videos Michelle. I love your channel 🍎🍏🍎
I LOVE apple chips...and I haven't had them in so long. Perfect snack for summer!
I keep frozen meatballs on hand most of the time, they're great for quick meals & so versatile!
Such a great idea having things on hand that you can throw together in a hurry! I think I'm going to start stocking up on them as well.
The sweet potato with maple syrup sounds delicious. I cook caramelised carrots in a skillet with a little maple syrup and sesame oil and they are a yummy side dish with chicken or pork.
hmmm🤔 something else I haven't tried- maple syrup with carrots and sesame oil. Sounds yummy! 😋
Thank you for sharing your viewers recipes. They all looked wonderful. Glad you tried Maple syrup 😋. It's wonderful. Pure Maple syrup is pure - no added sugar. Vermont's is my favorite. You'll find Canadian is expensive due to Canada's economy is much more expensive than US. I love microwaving a sweet potato, slicing it open, add butter, add maple syrup and place a fried egg on top for breakfast...fast and filling morning breakfast. Have a blessed and beautiful day 🥰
Hi Emilym 😁 Glad you liked this episode. I bought some maple syrup at SamsClub recently. It's in my pantry, and I keep thinking of everything it would be good on. I think I'm afraid to open it, because I will then put it on literally EVERYTHING! I agree...maple syrup is wonderful! Thanks for the comment!
@@ArdentMichelle LOL 😂. When you do put it on everything be sure to create a video 💖 I'm sure I'd love it. Maple syrup is a very healthy sweetener as well as a high quality honey. Try the Maple syrup or honey in oatmeal with diced 🍎 ☺️
Great ideas everyone submitted and love the music! Thank you 💖
All the recipes looked delicious and easy. Thanks for sharing your viewers ideas.
My pleasure 😊
I really enjoyed this video! Please make more. Can't wait to try the twice baked sweet potato! And that's the first one I've seen. I already know I love albondigas I'm making a grocery list!
Yay! Glad you liked the recipes in this video. 😁 I'm excited to try more of my viewers recipes because there are quite a few that sound amazing!
I have had both Vermont and Canadian maple sugar and they are very different tasting. Though I am a spoiled Canadian who has access to a farmer who has a small sugar bush and makes his own. He actually makes three different varieties that you tell apart by their colour. The darker the syrup the more intense the flavour.
This is so interesting. 🤔 I haven't done the taste test yet but I picked up some of the Canadian maple syrup from Samsclub and it's in my pantry. I'm eager to learn more.Thanks so much for sharing your info! 😁
I love these recipes! I've never been a fan of sweet potatoes because my only exposure was mashed sweet potato casserole topped with marshmallows. Too sweet!
But I followed Leah at Savvy Saute, and she chops hers into cubes and bakes them with cinnamon. I started doing mine with a little avocado oil, salt, pepper, and cinnamon. This savory method has become a hit, not just in my household but among family gatherings! They get crispy and the complexity of sweet, savory, and warm spice from the cinnamon makes them just perfect for an accompaniment to a variety of dishes!
I've made mine this way as well, although it sounds like you are crisping them up, as in sweet potato French fries? Yum.........my mouth is watering now 😋 I think its time for dinner 😂
For that final potato soup, if you have the opportunity to have even part of a leak, it will also add a tremendous amount of flavor. If you wanted to add something at the end there and you had access to it, a pat of butter and a tiny splash of cream would be good too. This very basic potato soup was something my mom made for me when I had a rare virus and couldn’t eat for a while and then had to slowly reintroduce pretty bland and just very simple foods. It became a comfort food for me, especially when I don’t feel well, which that virus reeked so much havoc on my health I’ve never really recovered and am sick quite a bit. Initially, it could only be the potatoes, water, salt, and a tiny bit of butter and milk, then later she was able to start adding other things, but even that very very basic soup tasted so good after not eating for so long and I still love it so much. I actually prefer leaks to onions in this soup, but carrots are great too.
That's so funny, I was at the store today eyeing a beautiful leek and imagining it in an upcoming soup. Potato soup has always been a comfort food for me too. Thanks for the tip. I'll be trying this very soon.
You have such a nice, sweet and soothing voice!! I’m a fan!! Not to mention, of course, this is my second video of yours but it’s so informative and inspiring!!!
Thank you so much for the nice complement 😁👩🍳 I appreciate it. I'm glad you are enjoying my content.
I like to make my version of Cedar Lane's Enchilda Pie frozen entree. I use corn tortillas (however many I feel like eating), jarred salsa, and shredded cheese and just layer them, lasagna-style on a plate and microwave it for 45-60 seconds. (Cover with plastic wrap) Sometimes I'll add pickled jalepenos, refried or whole beans. or, if I have taco meat, I use that. Simple, easy, reasonably cheap and I think it's really good!
This sounds like something I would like. 😋 You had me at tortillas and salsa. 😂 Thanks for the recipe 😁
It was actually a great recipe from the Pioneer woman where she sautéed the tortillas and a little bit of green enchilada sauce and layered them between layers of sautéed onions and shredded cheese like a little stack of pancakes with a flap of sour cream and some cilantro on top I made it once and it was delicious! I’ll see if I can find the recipe and send it out to you Michelle!
@@wendoxia Yes please do! 😋
Trader Joe's has an organic maple syrup, fairly reasonable. I use it as a sweetener in place of white sugar. I despise anything artificial and monkfruit causes havoc for my IBS, too.
I saw somewhere online that Trader Joe's has a maple syrup. I haven't been there in awhile. I'm definitely due for a trip and this gives me a good reason to go. 👍
maple syrup is my favorite sweetener i use it in oatmeal every morning and even my coffee and people always think im weird but it doesnt make it taste like syrup at all for anyone whose never had maple syrup its really not even comparable to table syrup its much more liquidy, lighter in flavor and just a subtle sweetness its really perfect for everything i tried it once just so i can say ive tried it but ive NEVER gone back to your “typical” syrup which really isn’t good for you at all.
I’m at Trader Joe’s right now and the organic maple syrup is made in Canada
@@wendoxia SOLD! I'll swing by there later and pick some up. Perfect timing to see this message. 😁 Thanks for letting us know!
I am not a potato soup fan but the soup looked delicious. I will be trying it.
Also loved the sweet potato recipe, definitely going on my list, in fact, I think I will try all the recipes you featured. 😋
Good! I'm glad they all looked good to you. I have so many more to try!
Hello 👋.
I really enjoy your channel. You have taught me a lot.
Also, it’s great to see your picture at the beginning of this video.
I’ve never see you before. 😁 Thank you, Elizabeth
Hi Elizabeth. Thank you so much 😁 That's the best complement! The girl on the cover is actually not me. If you want to see what I look like, go check out my Trader Joes haul video. ua-cam.com/video/Gh6NGkTOixo/v-deo.html
I loathe being in front of the camera though ☹️ So sorry....😂
Before apples go bad try some new techniques. Slice the apples horizontally within one day after bringing them home from the grocery. You have to use a paring knife to make a small circle to remove the apple core slice by individual slice. On my table they look like an apple in the shape of a cookie 2 or 3 inches in diameter with a wonky hole in middle about 1/4 to 1/2 inches high. Next get a zip lock bag put a little cinnamon and sugar in the bag. You don’t need much at all. Then add the apple slices. You have now created refreshing healthy cookies. They store in the refrigerator. I eat them with my fingers or a napkin. If I put them on a paper plate I eat with a fork over the plate because the cinnamon sugar mixture can get sticky believe it or not the less sugar the better they are so lightly dust. One of my favorite snacks to eat with morning coffee or tea. When I combine this with hot tea no sweetener is needed in hot beverage. Oh I forgot to tell you. When the apple slices go in the Ziplockbags zip the bag shut with the zipper and give it a shake. Remember the smallest amount of sugar goes a long way. Sometimes 1 tablespoon is enough. Hope you enjoy this. Another unconventional thing I do with apples is dip them in thinned out pancake batter the apples have to be sliced thin and fry off in skillet. I also put fresh fruit of any variety on hot buttered toast without sugar. In a pinched I have used peaches from a can or the new Motts applesauce combos apple/mango etc. The Motts applesauce varieties are numerous. All of these ideas are frugal and use up the extra bits and bobs.
Hi Carlotta 😁 Thanks for these wonderful ideas. I'll enjoy trying these. Thanks for sharing 🥰
I am so excited I am planning to purchase gluten free oats to make oat flour. I am also going to purchase rice to grind up as well. I did my research on the internet. Different varieties of rice give a different taste and grind of flour. Rice flour is naturally gluten free. You need a need a blender, electric grain meal or electric coffee grinder brand new. You can bake with it by the way it does not behave in batter like wheat does. It takes different amounts of liquid and eggs and needs to sit out to absorb moisture for a half hour before batter is ready. Good news you end up with cheaper gluten free products that are home made. I know that Walmart will let you order rice flour premade through online ordering and it will be shipped.
Grocery Outlet often has maple syrup.
I love sweet potato recipes. I have about 20 pounds that I got for $.39 a pound. I’ve been dehydrating them but I would love to use some to make this recipe. Thanks for posting it.
Are you making sweet potato chips? Or what are you doing with them?
@@ArdentMichelle I dehydrate them and then put them in jars with oxygen absorbers so they’ll last a very long time. I then use those in soups, rehydrate them for dog treats, or rehydrate them and make mashed sweet potatoes or whatever I would make with sweet potatoes. I love to buy in bulk and then preserve the food for later. I have enough sweet potatoes for the entire year.
@@allyrooh3628 That's so awesome 👍
@@ArdentMichelle I’m down to 20?left to do something with. I’ve already dehydrated 30 lbs!!
sweet potatoes--cook well in a slow cooker with skins on...also all squash and pumpkin cook well in a slow cooker...on low heat...dts/usa
I've never thought to cook sweet potatoes or squash in the slow cooker. Thanks for the tip. 😁
And that maple syrup is delicious on dried apples. It's also an excellent substitute for sugar and your body tolerates it so much better than sugar. I use it in my homemade yogurt and absolutely love it.
I haven't tried making my own yogurt yet, but it's on my bucket list 👩🍳
@@ArdentMichelle it's so easy and delicious that it's hard to go back to store bought. I've been doing Greek lately because it's so creamy. The only difference is you strain it. And I've used the whey in other things like homemade bread. It gives it a sourdough taste.
I keep meatballs in the freezer. They are great for making soups ( I add different pasta’s) spaghetti and meatballs and meatball subs.my sons love them.I always sauté before adding to soups. Great flavor.
When you start listing out the different meals you can make with meatballs it's kind of surprising. Yeah I wanted to mention...they look so much better and taste better if sautéed first.
I enjoy your videos, thank you. I love to add some mint, tapatio and a few sprinkles of rice in my albondigas 😊 also I store my green onions on the refrigerator door, change the water, peel off any dead part and trim the tips👍 that works for me ✌️♥️
Hi Alicia 😁 The way you store your green onions is how I normally do it too. Are you adding the mint and rice inside the meatballs, or just in the soup? Yum...you know how much I love MINT! 💜🌱
@@ArdentMichelle I usually add the mint and rice to the meatballs. Either way should give you the same flavor. 😊
@@AliciaM79 Got it. 👍I'll save this to my recipes. Thanks for the tip
FYI... pronounced Donay, like chardonnay. :) It has an accent, but I've just gotten used to leaving that off. Doné
Oh i love that sweet potato recipe with the syrup, will definetly make it myself. One of my favourites recipes to make is Zucchini Toskana with Rice. For that i use 2 small zucchini or 3/4 of a big one and dice them in little cubes (can be bigger cubes as well, depense on your preference). Than i will heat up a pot with Oil in it (1 or 2 TBSP, depends how much zucchini you have in there) and sauté the zucchini in there for a few minutes till there are soft. Then i will pour in 1/2 cup of vegetable broth and 1/2 cup of tomato purée. As seasoning i will use 1 or 2 freshly pressed glarlic cloves, oregano, basil, rosemary, pepper, cumin and paprika to finish it of. After taste tasting it, i will let it cook a few more minutes (2 - 4 Minutes). Should the sauce be to thin i will add more tomato purée or should it be to thick i add more broth, till i find it alright. We serve it with rice, but you could serve it with noodles as well. Sometimes i cook this with beacon pieces or serve it with chicken breast beside the rice. You could use tomato sauce, but then your sauce would not be thick enough.
This sounds yummy! 😋Thanks for the recipe! I will save this to try. 👩🍳
I agree with the others and everything looks great.
There is a huge difference between real maple syrup and the fake stuff.
Vermont syrup is good,as is Canadian. I have been to a working sugar bush when they are boiling the syrup, it's very interesting! There are a lot of lical producers here in Northern NY.
I bet the sweet potato recipe could be made with acorn or butternut squash too. Looks tasty!!
I love meatballs and agree they can really stretch across many meals!! I am planning on meal prepping some tomorrow with some fresh pasta. I will be trying the soup as I have a few jars of open salsa that need to be used.
Thank you for another great video!!
Thanks Tina 😁 and also thanks for commenting on the syrup. I'm such a newbie to maple syrup and I want to learn all about it. Plus I have a thing for trees 🌲 😂. I would LOVE to see a sugar bush!! That would be amazing!
No worries, Vermont and Canada border each other! I’m sure your syrup was perfect for the recipe!
Trees know no borders 😂
Maple syrup drizzled over Brussels sprouts and roasted is great.
Yum 😋 Yes please! I'll try this! 👩🍳
I used to make those zucchini coins in the oven. Regularly. But now I'm thinking they'd be wonderful in the airfryer...
YES!!! you are so right. I need to get an air fryer.
try a little cinnamon and sugar and your maple syrup on your apple chips 😊
I often use brown sugar in place of maple syrup. I tricked my family into thinking my homemade brown sugar syrup was maple syrup .. also dried apples in a salad is delicious!
That sounds interesting!
hmmm....dried apples in salad. That DOES sound good 😋
Those soups look great
Glad you think so Russell 😁👩🍳
❤everything is definitely delicious. Sweet potatoes. They are so versatile. Recently I made a sweet potato crust quiche. Real maple syrup is so so good. The pancake syrup is mostly high fructose corn syrup. Yuck. 🤢 Zucchini under the broiler for me. TY Michelle and those who submitted the recipe ideas.
I'm with you on the syrup. Maple syrup is so much better. I wish I would have discovered it earlier.
@@ArdentMichelle it’s worth the extra. Did you ever do the taste test between Canada and USA ? I buy seven farms organic it’s a product of both. I also use Natures Promise. I never paid attention as to where it comes from.
Some time you make the onion and potato dish, try blending the cooked carrots in with the potatoes and onions. I grew up eating a dish that way (sometimes the consistency of a stew, sometimes like mashed potatoes). We usually had some sort of smoked sausage on the side. So good.
Thanks for the tips!
I just tried the sweet potato recipe. Good!
Yay! Glad you like it 😁👩🍳
I like it thank you, You will have to let us know what the difference is between Canadian and Vermont syrups. I think we have pure maple syrup or maple style syrup and thats about it here in our 2 big chain supermarkets, and yes the bit more you pay for the real stuff the more depth of flavour and better value in bang for buck.
I WILL definitely report back and let you know in an upcoming video! Thanks for the input. I felt like there had to be a big difference between the cheap stuff and the authentic maple syrup. 😂
You need less real maple syrup compared to the cheaper pancake syrups, I really enjoy it.
Yes!!! So true.
I just buy my organic maple syrup from Costco! Half the price and it is from Canada.
I just saw one at SamsClub, also from Canada. One of my viewers told me that Trader Joes has the same thing! Starting to think Canada trees are better! 😂😂
Interesting video and don't worry Canada has the same maple trees as Vermont so your not missing anything lol people only pay for the name..im not a huge sweet potato person but this recipe might be good in a pumpkin pie .. there's always low sodium salt lol .but I definitely love your videos and all the effort in them and been getting good ideas for me and dad..my dad had two small heart attacks this pas august and hes ok but not liking the new stint and most health foods exspensive and healthy recipes can be exspensive and complicated and your recipes are definitely affordable and look easy enough ..the difference between maple syrup and what you probably grew up with the latter is fake with tons of corn syrup.. maple syrup is a whole other thing and not bad in moderation 😊
Sorry to hear about your dad 😞 hope he improves.
@@ArdentMichelle if he's complaining and being a mild butt then I know he's pretty much normal for him and all things considered he's ok just grumpy cause he has to eat healthy or else .it's like the Jeff foxworthy joke your kids grow up and your parents grow down..lol but thanks for asking and yeah he's ok for him
You can also use the meatballs in meatball subs!
OMG....good idea!
Vermont syrup is better than Canadian!
Just a quick hint it doesn’t matter where they maple syrup come from it’s pretty much all the same
Thanks for the input. 😁 Are you saying even the cheap stuff at Walmart tastes the same? I've had some differing views on this. I'm going to have to do some blind taste tests to settle this!
Always fry your carrots, onions & celery for any dish first!
I don't like my carrots too soft.
I have tons of pumpkin so I think I make try the sweet potato recipe with pumpkin
I'm sure that would be delicious too 😋
You can grow romaine lettuce and celery the same way! 😸
oh my gosh....I'll have to try that also...especially the celery. I LOVE celery!
Whyever would you need specifically Canadian maple syrup? Excellent maple syrup is produced in this country, not only in Vermont, but in other states as well, especially in Upstate New York. They are all good. 🍁
Because of my attachment to my Canadian viewers and besides, I love to sample foods from around the world. The recipe that I was trying in the video was from a Canadian viewer. But yes, of course there are great maple syrups from the U.S.
I may have been watching your videos too closely because I feel like I noticed a change in your manicure! really nice shape , I love that color! And really fun video!
😂 You always make me laugh Wendie.
You live out here in Orange County? 👍🏻😃
Yes I'm in Irvine 😁
oh and what is that dish that you broiled the zucchini on? do you have a link for it?
The white dish is a plate from a Corelle set I have. The black rectangle dish is from HMart. I love that one. It also has a small dipping dish that comes with it. I don't have a link to the black dish. Is that the one you mean?
@@ArdentMichelle Yes! We do have an HMart, so I’ll keep an eye out for it! Thank you.
I wonder if you don't like syrup because you've had imitation syrup in the past? Pure maple syrup is so good but I'm like you, I don't like my food *too* sweet. Usually I just put it in a small condiment bowl and dip each bite, that way it won't be too cloying (typically pancakes and waffles). I get syrup at Costco (organic), but I can't vouch for the best price being there. It also keeps a long time, like honey. I keep mine in the fridge.
I'm not really sure. I've only tried Aunt Jemima and that type of syrup. I don't dislike it....it's just that I prefer a less sweet breakfast 😂 Thanks for watching!
An interesting note. I just found out that sweet potatoes are not actually in the potato family. They are in the leek family. Interesting huh?
hmm...I've never heard that.
Maple syrup is maple syrup! Seriously, no difference. Just never use the fake “maple flavoured” syrup.
Please don't use metal tools in your non-stick pan.
I used wooden spoons.
Are you a vegetarian? I think you make some amazing dishes, but it seems they're all vegetarian. If so and that's who you cook for that's lovely, but not for me.
I am not a vegetarian but I make a lot of vegetarian dishes. I also cook meat dishes on my channel, but if you are looking for meat at every meal you won't find it here. You might want to check out my son's channel (FoodieJustin) He's a real carnivorous beast!
@@ArdentMichelle oh I'm not a carnivore beast. Lol. In fact I rarely eat much meat these day's. I've found that getting older has changed how my body processes things. But I fully admit that faux meat is just not good. I've tried and I think I'd rather go with no meat than faux. It's the texture and smell that get me. I do like tofu, just not daily.
Thank you for replying. You really are the sweetest.
@@JacindaH Understood. 👍 That's how I feel about the beyond burger. I wasn't a fan at all! Have you watched any of my other videos? I cook chicken quite a bit actually. I also use ground turkey in a lot of recipes. Not much of a beef person though 😂
@@ArdentMichelle I'll search them now. Thank you again
Ok, how much did you spend on gas chasing syrup…and now you would like to hunt for rock salt to cook/prepare one sweet potato AS AN ECONOMICAL MEAL!…You’re out of touch with realty!
Why do you think I drive a gas powered vehicle? I have rock salt in my pantry. You must have misunderstood. This video was about trying my viewers recipes.