IS FREEZER MEAL PREP WORTH THE TIME? | DAILY HARVEST VS. HOMEMADE | COOK WITH ME COPYCAT RECIPES
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2020
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My name is Christine, and welcome to Frugal Fit Mom! Cook with me today as we do some freezer meal prep and daily harvest reviews on some copycat recipes. Is it cheaper to make them yourself?
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Can you guys stop coming at Christine with the whole organic vs store bought version of these smoothies?!? She never said she was making an exact REPLICA of DH. She said you can make it at home for less. And she proved that you can. For all you organic lovers, use Christine's code below for $25 off your first order, and move on. Christine's channel is about saving money, and being able to feed your family at a lower cost. Coming at her in these comments is unfair and unnecessary.
This is my first time watching one of her videos and I AGREE!!
Well I think the point is a price comparison, so if lesser quality ingredients are being used, of course it's going to be cheaper. Not an apples to apples comparison. It would have been easier to compare is it worth it price difference if she used organic ingredients also.
@@TheWhiteMokona The foods don't have to be of a lesser quality. You can buy organic frozen foods if you want. At least the ones you make yourself will be edible, unlike DH, which tastes horrible!
I appreciate the un organic options
Thank you for this! The pettiness is ridiculous and real! I’m trying daily harvest. So far I’m surprised unlike it…I have heard some negatives. But my smoothie came out so good vs when I attempt myself. I just don’t like it when I do it lol
For those who have the time and ability, it's great! For those recently disabled, and cannot.. DH is a Godsend
The screaming over the blender gets me every single time 😂
Yes🤣🤣🤣
Dave: “Am I the final word?”
Christine: “Well, you’re A word.”
Not sure you were trying to be funny, but in my mind it was hilarious!
They're both hilarious 😂😂😂
That should be on a shirt
@@phyllisstein1837 LOL I'd buy it.
HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
I meal prep every Sunday, sometimes it’s about saving money or time overall. Sometimes for a mental health perspective knowing it’s all there is so reassuring.
That’s hgbbc
All of it. I batch cook and prep for the same reasons. I save money and time on my weeknights. I enjoy cooking so my Sunday prep is also like meditation.
Yes!! The idea that I can come home and relax after work instead of worrying about cooking a meal is the best feeling ever!
Do u ever get busy or forget so just throw it out? I can only meal prep 1 time and i split it up by day 3 or 4 i forget or 5,6,7 i gross out and dont want it.
I was literally just about to say your smoothies weren't as frozen as the Daily Harvest smoothies, and then Dave said it for me. Any time I use less frozen fruit in my smoothies they are always a bit more thin
The homemade ones had larger pieces too. That would require more time in the blender compared to the smaller chunks
I like to freeze vanilla soy milk or freeze fruit juice and use it in my smoothies I have even frozen yogurt and it's awesome
Yep, when Dave said it I was like “exactly!”
Zach ❤️
That’s a easy fix you throw your already prepped smooth fruit and veggies in the freezer before bedtime and boom daily harvest smoothie quality.
Man that new countertop makes a huuuuuge difference in the lighting. Looks good!
OK, we learned 3 things here---Ryan likes sweet ice cream, Dave's expressions are hilarious, and Christine knows her numbers. :D
I think he screamed more when he heard the price😂😂😂
Just want to re-emphasize what we all know. Your kitchen looks AMAZING!🥰
Oh thank you!
Hello
For future reference, the tartness in the mango/papaya smoothie was probably from the ACEROLA cherry. Acerola is a type of "cherry" and it is tart. It is becoming the new fad. They even use it in makeup and skincare products now!
it can be also found with the name barbado's cherry
That's so cool!
Daily Harvest might be dehydrated fruit before freezing thats why when you put the same amount of liquid theirs comes out thicker
Or cuz thiers was frozen a smoothie with frozen bananas is always thicker than with non frozen.
the directions on Daily Harvest shakes say to add your preferred liquid to the mix (more or less) as you desire. I fill mine to the top. There are other items where you need to read the directions to get optimum results. It took me a while to discover all the differences in preparation for different items. I really enjoyed your presentation and the kid and husband reactions.
I love that your intro is brief and you don't do up to TWO minutes of intro and useless talking at the beginning of your videos like so many other youtubers!. Been binging all these practical videos you produce even though we are just a childless couple, forced to retire early and live on a pretty low amount of retirement...your advice really helps for saving money! Oh and that misen knife was sweet, really. And you're just genuine and realy easy to listen to also.
Banana is typically used as sweetness and thickness in a shake. You can add a sweetener and frozen cauliflower for the same effect.
That's an awesome trick!
Medjool dates are a great banana replacer😀
Ooh gonna try these. I don’t like bananas and find them very overpowering in smoothies no matter how much other stuff I add 😂
I use frozen zucchini and maple syrup (I just hate bananas)
THANK YOU!!!
I absolutely love your little Ryan with his milk mustache. He’s not afraid of trying all those different flavors. Kudos to him for being the brave guinea pig to taste test your creations. Please give him a hug from this old grandma. 🥰
Lol Dave screaming at the price and brain freeze, so funny. I actually laughed out loud while my hubby was sleeping, that knife looks awesome.
The new countertops and backsplash make everything so light and friendly. I really love them
“Per shake?!?”
“Owwwww!”
Oh my gosh i laughed way too hard. And maybe watched it over and over 😂
Omg when he screamed 🤣
Did he have a brain freeze or was his mind blown 🤯 by the price of the Daily Harvest? 💁🏻♀️
The world may never known 🤣
LOL! Prob. a little bit of both!
He had a brain freeze plus a brain cramp at the price..
Bad juju.
If you freeze yogurt cups those are great to add to smoothies. You will need to let them defrost for a few minutes to get the yogurt out.
Homemade is cheaper, but for those of us that prefer the convenience and ease of having these delivered to our door and simply opening, adding liquid and blending...this company is a great one! I enjoy their combinations with their forage bowls, smoothies, chia bowls, vegan ice creams and their hazelnut bites are AMAZING 😍😍😍 Where I live, a smoothie will cost you AT LEAST $6 and that's not even organic ingredients! If organic, they're $10!
This is great content! Seeing the cost difference 🤯 $4-8 compared to $1.01. Keep it coming!
The ingredient in the papaya mango smoothie that you didn't know what it was, was an acerola cherry. That's the ingredient that's making that smoothie tart that Dave likes. 🙂
I love, love, love these types of videos from you! Thank you 😊
Love the video with the new kitchen counters/backsplash! I gotta say, I noticed immediately how much brighter it is in there.
This is my first time watching your videos and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I love how honest and thorough you are and I love your humor!
Your kitchen looks amazing!!! I'll never get over how big of a difference the counter and backsplash made!
I absolutely loved this video! I’d love to see a recreation and comparison of DH soups and bowls, especially getting into colder weather.
You do one HELL of a presentation!!!
I appreciate your content and the originality of it all. The real perspective that you share. You're honest, your family is awesome and you bring something unique and refreshing to the table. Thank you!
Well said.
Your so fun! Thanks for all your hard work figuring all this out!
Thank you so much for taking the time and energy (and money) to create this video. I literally was debating about this (again) and once again understand that doing it myself is much more cost effective. I have to say, my "a-ha" moment was watching as you put the ingredients in those plastic containers. I typically hold on to those when getting take out and use them for when I have company taking food home. But now I'll use them to put my ingredients in and basically just do what Daily Harvest done. Amazing how something so seemingly simple did not occur to me before (insert shrugging shoulder emoji). Any-who, this will save me time and now I can do this in addition to preparing multiple smoothies. Thanks, again and Happy New Year! :)
I don't like banana in my smoothies so I've always used avocado. It's actually the best (only) use of those frozen avocado chunks you can buy. You get that lovely creamy texture.
I do all my meals pretty much homemade from restaurants I just looked them up online see the ingredients make it from home thank you so much for doing this for the smoothies I’m gonna start using some of these recipes and making mine at home as well I don’t ever buy through those type of services but it’s awesome to know that you can just look things up and get the ingredients and make it at home and be so surprised on how cheap you can actually make it and save yourself some real money
Daily Harvest says they are 98% organic, so that would bump your homemade cost up. :) It would still be significantly less though!
Great point!
Not everything needs to be organic, only what’s on the dirty dozen list
@@annawitte8571 it's true that this isn't a very accurate comparison, however, she also stated that they don't know she's making the video and paid for the dh box herself. The diy smoothie is still more her style bc her channel is directed towards those who try to work with what they have while paying the least.
ok, so, I priced frozen organic fruits at whole foods . Take the mango, pineapple, macadamia etc smoothie. Daily harvest has this smoothie at 213 grams or a bit less than 8 oz. from the pictures and ingredient list on daily harvest, looks like it is about 4/5 fruit, a little bit of cherry (acerola) and 5-6 macadamia nuts (only non-organic). so, 4/5 of 213 gms is 170 gms or 6 oz. so, 2 oz of each. organic mango is $0.22. they only had fresh or canned organic pineapple. I choose fresh, since you all like that. I even choose the already cut up stuff which is $7.49 lb. 16oz to a pound, so $0.47 per oz. all they had for organic papaya was in a frozen blend, so you will have to pick out the papaya. since papaya is the first ingredient, that means it is the largest amount in the bag or equal of all. that bag is $0.45 per oz. I had to hit up Trader Joes for the organic Acerola puree, which is $3.49 for 14 oz. so $0.25 per oz. so far, the cheapest. must not taste good or they would have used more. or maybe it is hard to get. so macadamia nuts. they use regular, but lets see what I can find. ah, whole foods has them. they only have raw nuts in organic form, so you will have to roast them at home, but that is simple enough. these come out to $2.17 per oz. ouch. but, there aren't that many in there so there is that. looking at the container, there appears to be about 50 nuts in 6 oz if not more. so, let's say 5 nuts or 1/10 an ounce. that is $ 0.22 of nuts. now, what does that all mean. mango is $.44. pineapple is $.94, papaya is $.90, cherries is $.50 and nuts are $.22. that is $3 per smoothie at home vs $7.99 from daily harvest. and the only extra work you have to do is to roast some nuts. I didn't add milk cost because even with daily harvest you must provide your own milk. Now, if you wanted to get your cost much lower, you could just go buy the mango, pineapple and papaya fresh and organic, which all cost about half of what it was buying already cut up or frozen and get that smoothie down to $2 at home at least. I didn't even price cups because obviously if you care enough to only buy organic, you are not going to use disposable cups! You are just going to use that one you wash everyday. So, $7.99 vs $3 or even $2. oh, and I guarantee that my recipe version contains more product than what theirs does. also, this is in no way pointed at the original poster who just made a valid point in a nice manner. just answering the burning question of others.
@@annawitte8571 not everyone can afford organic crap. Some of us have to make a decision on either having power or groceries. Some of us CAN'T afford to spend all of our paychecks on food!
Christine! Dave's reactions to the last shake!🤣 Ryan's smoothie moustache- Too dang cute. Your hilarious editing! Girl, enjoyed it all sooo much. Thanks ❤
Thank you so much for trying this! I was really tempted to try them, but you've shown it makes sense to make shakes at home with our stuff!
I like it when you do the comparing the store bought to homemade and then tell the price differences. Way to go!!!!
Thanks guys, I’ve been thinking about Daily Harvest. I’ll make my own. Happy New Year 2023!
Thanks for taking your time to do this. I like smoothie recipes, I will definitely be trying the ones you made.
So glad this channel was recommended. This is so entertaining and informative. Love, love
You are awesome! I just ordered daily harvest and instantly regretted it due to price only. So after I finish them, I will make yours. Thank you for taking the time to come up with these recipes. ❤️
Christine, what a great video. Your hard work has definitely paid off!
Thanks for doing this! I honestly think YOUR smoothies look better. Delicious!
Happy Monday😊 looks delicious
Your kitchen looks great! So much brighter! 🥰🥰
Great job! Thank you for doing this.
I loved this video!! I am totally making these. Thank you 😍
Acerola is a tropical fruit, kinda looks like an cherry meets cranberry, I grew up drinking the juice in Brazil. It is a little tart, so that’s what Ryan tasted. Sometimes you can find the frozen pulp in the international freezer session or at a Brazilian/Latino Store.
I love you vids everytime Christine!! Watching all the way from Philippines! ❤️
Your edits have to be the funniest edits 😂😂 I’m over here almost peeing my pants over the blender edit 😂😂 even my 2 year old laughed 😂 he has a good sense of humor too 😂😂
Ryan is the cutest taste tester ever. You win over DH just for having him.
Dave's reaction to the prices was hilarious and then his face when you were blending the last one was brilliant. 😂
I worked at a smoothie place and would come across people with banana allergy all the time. Zucchini and cauliflower make great replacement for banana and a whole serving of veggie to boost.
Awesome video! Thank you for the comparison! I feel much better now about putting in the little bit extra work to prepare my own smoothies given the taste is basically the same but cost savings is HUGE!
This was a great video. Love the comparisons!
Just wanted to thank you! I found this video so helpful. I’ve been thinking about trying Daily Harvest but didn’t like the price point. I wondered if I could make them cheaper easily, and you have answered that for me. Thanks again from Florida!
I’ve been making my own homemade smoothies because i just couldn’t afford DH. I did look into them but I’m not vegan, cannot abide the taste of stevia and just wanted something easy to eat for breakfast. Thank you for this very informative video. You proved my thinking... Homemade is best!😊
My fav way to prep bananas is collect super ripe ones that don’t get eaten in time and cut them and freeze them after peeling them. That way you always have sweet frozen bananas on hand if you like a lot of smoothies!
You're a UA-camr, Christine! That's not 'old spaghetti sauce stained Tupperware' it's a vintage limited edition 'Kiss of Italy' container. I have been tempted by the Daily Harvest marketing too and it's nice to see the real numbers - at around $8 a shake (once the promo codes run out) that shake better be made of unicorn tears and and wash my blender and do my taxes afterwards.
I love your videos so much. I basically cook dinner with you every night now, because I just love your positive energy!
Thank you so much for doing this video! I have been wanting to figure out how to duplicate these recipes because DH is so expensive. Now I'm excited to try making these.
Oh my gosh, Dave cracked me up. He even did the blender scream. Love it!
Nice video - that last shake was funny with Daves reaction, and "needs a dollar more of ingrediants" lol.😂 Fun sponsor - good kitchen knives are one of my favorites! Ordering Walmart online and ordering the shakes online, cancels each other out? And your kitchen looks great!! 😍
This is the best vlog ever, u work so hard to make a huge variety of vlogs each day. Very much learned today from the smoothies. I am experimenting with different smoothies and hands down homemade is Best.
Haha Dave's blending scream was the best 😂😂😂😂
This was really helpful, thank you! I make "weird" smoothies with veggies and superfoods so I keep a lot of these ingredients on hand.
Seeing the inside of their cups and comparison against the copy cat recipes is like THE BEST cheat because I'm not about convenience spending.
I love this. I am new to your channel. I am a mom of 6 and could never spend the money buying at that cost but love the frugality of making the same for a decent price. Also at home you can customize it for allergies or taste. Love your channel. Thank you.
Your son was SO sweet! I loved his evaluation
Thank you for doing this. I am struggling after putting on 40 of the 60 pounds I lost. I was telling hubs that I am wanting to do plant based for a couple of weeks to see if it helps me. I can't wait to try these
Dude you are the best for sure!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!
Great video, I make smoothie bags and store them in the freezer for my daughters breakfast. I'm going to try the different types and see if she likes them.
I love this video, I am a smoothie fan especially on the go for work and school. I laughed so hard when the blending process was happening. Especially Dave's price tag shock, LOL. I love your videos and your meal prep videos, even bought my first chest freezer in your honor!!!
Love this! Money saving queen at it again. I think the daily harvest want you to fill up the cup it comes in as a “cup” of liquid. So that could be why it’s thicker.
Loving the kitchen reno!
Thank you for doing this!! I appreciate the comparison! Also I love the dynamic with your husband!!
Thank you!! 😊
Thanks
Im totally going to make the shakes because I live abroad and I have been wanting to try daily harvest
Love the sink!!!
Thanks for this one everything I seem them I think it would be really easy to make those.
You can also just buy frozen fruit medleys from the dollar store then add 2 cups of milk. Each frozen fruit bag makes 2 smoothies. So thats 0.50 cents a smoothie. At least thats what I do, because im efficient (lazy). xD Also, love the counter tops. Definitely makes everything brighter.
Much nicer quality visuals with the new countertops! Congratulations on the kitchen remodel.
Thank you!
Edit:
I started with Ryan is adorable..... what am I saying, your entire family is adorable!!!!! Y’all brought a smile to my face today!! Thank you for sharing
Dave has me rolling!
Same! Watching this was a great start to my somewhat boring work day 🤣
Thank you so much!!
Samesies!
Pls do more extreme budget challenges I LOVE THEM binged your entire playlist the other day!!
This was such a great video!! One of my favorites, I think. I also have an allergy to bananas, so if you ever felt like doing a video exploring the best banana substitutes in smoothies, I would greatly appreciate that (specifically one that will thicken, add some extra nutrients, and sweetness to the recipe). With the Daily Harvest smoothies, I took the instructions to mean that you fill up the cup that the ingredients came in, with liquid. So maybe that is where the discrepancy is with the thickness? The boys were all great taste-testers; it's so cool to see how into your videos your family is! Cheers!
This was so fun to watch.
Great information, super excited I found your channel
A lot of the smaller smoothie blender blades will fit exactly into a Mason jar's mouth, so you could put everything for the smoothies into those and blend directly, then there's no extra cup or anything to deal with cleanup. Looks great!
Seriously you crack me up. I have that same sense of humor and love of movie and commercial quotes.
Frozen zucchini thickens up a smoothie so nicely, a great alternative to banana for the same texture
I did something like these and added a bit of local honey to make a bit sweet and help with allergies.
This was so helpful!
Thank you for this video!
love these types of videos!
I love this kind of post. Also the pantry challenges.
These are amazing videos! Please make more 💕
This is so interesting and eye opening! Great video as always! :)
Lol why is your husbands reaction to his brain freeze, my entire reaction to 2020.....
LOL!
I normally put yoghurt in my smoothies to thicken it up
That was a great video. I think I will try the papaya mango dupe as well as the cacao zucchini one. Now off to find their cooked bowl dupes👌🏾
A squeeze of lime is the bomb