Meal Plan with me AND Cook with me! (And make the best use of leftovers)
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- Meal planning has changed my life and I can't imagine ever going back. It has taken a load of stress off of my weeks, and I'd love to show you how you can start meal planning too! ANNND you don't just get to meal plan with me, but you also get to cook with me 👩🍳
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Baked potatoes: pin.it/7fZuKW7
Breaded Drumsticks: pin.it/ma3Bs97
Pumpkin Chili: pin.it/74oVKLm
Meatloaf: pin.it/307yzWv
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Where have you been all my mom life, That Awkward Mom? Please keep the amazing and hilarious content coming. Power to the moms!
Thanks Sarah! ❤️
Agreed.
Yes!!! Keep em coming!
Yes, yes, yes! Love you after one vid, Awkward Mom!
❤
I saw a meme recently that said the hardest thing about being an adult is realizing you have to plan meals every single day for the rest of your life!
This is the most realistic meal plan ive ever seen!
Me too! Now I want all her meal plans! I don’t have the mind to know what comes after what!!
How have i waited this long to watch this?! The idea of a separate, specific list of leftovers recipes is genius!
I subscribe to lots of “mom content” channels, and I must say that you, Ariel, are the ONLY UA-camr that genuinely makes my day better every time. The only one. ❤️❤️❤️
Brings me joy to hear ❤️💙💚
Years ago, I didn't have any crackers or bread crumbs, so came about my Mexican Meatloaf.
I added crushed tortilla chips, chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, onion, cheddar cheese, hotel, tablespoons of salsa or rotel, egg & ground beef. You can put Enchilada sauce & cheese on top or omit salsa in meatloaf & put salsa on top with cheese.🎉
Best bacon hack is to throw the whole pack on a foil-lined cookie sheet and toss in the oven at 400 degrees. Done in 15-20 minutes with way less mess! 😊
And don't forget to strain & save that bacon grease 😋 I call it liquid gold & use it to fry eggs & add a little to some chicken recipes in the crockpot/instant pot or to grilled chicken. It adds so much more flavor!
But what about your oven, won't it be completely covered in bacon fat splattering?
@@namuseraici not that I've noticed but my oven is rarely pristine.
I have always made it this way..4 teenagers eat lots of bacon😋
I made the pumpkin chili tonight and it was DELICIOUS! My husband is a really good cook and we like to discuss how we’d improve a dish while we eat it for the first time, but we had ZERO notes on this one! It’s perfect as is, and it was so easy. It’s going in our regular rotation. I want to try the drumsticks too! Thanks for the great ideas; seeing you make it gives me confidence that I can do it too :)
Even though I'm an old and seasoned housewife I certainly learn a lot from you! Thank you, dear🥰🥰
😊 you're welcome!
Wow, what a compliment!
Your so down to earth!! You are humble and hilarious with great resourceful and affordable meals/ideas! Girl you are a rare gem!
Thank you 🙏❤️
I struggle to come up with meals for me and my husband, hardly feels worth it to cook for 2 people more than 3 times a week. Weaving the meals into each other is a wonderful tip, can’t wait to start my list of meals we eat !!
same predicament hahahaaha
Leftovers are really rare in our house. If they are, they become part of our lunches for the next day. I meal plan by the sales. Chicken on sale, let's find some recipes. My husband hated that his mom repeated meals. So I'm always looking for new recipes. We are onion lovers.
Lol, husbands make things hard sometimes, huh😁 Mine (a medical professional) hates vegetables. Hates them! My mother in law got me that Jessica Seinfeld cookbook if recipes she made for her kids where she hides veggies in it- very good recipes! I learned you can make macaroni and cheese with sweet potatoes; who knew? Good luck on your guy😉
My husband loves leftovers and I don’t usually make enough for leftovers cause I hate them 😆 I’m the complicated one but it’s okay since I cook the meals anyway!
@@gohawks3571 I don't mind. I like trying to make new recipes. We make a great pair. The internet has thousands of recipes. It's an adventure of sorts.
@@danicegewiss862 I, too, like cooking something new, but over my many years I have found a few that repeat - at least once a year. To repeat myself every month would be far too boring. As I live alone and still cook for 2 or 4 as the recipes are laid out for that many, I freeze meals and yes, I do eat another portion of that dish usually in that very week - I am not as strung up about repetition. But when I cook I usually try a new recipe. Not only is the internet so very helpful (you can search for ingredients you have and want to use) - I also have loads of cook books from pre-internet times. Yeah, I am old.
You should try marry me chicken! I didn't think it'd be as big if a hit in my house as it was, all 4 of my boys liked it, even my husband!
Leftover bacon? What's that 😂 another great video 👍
Lol! Thanks 😊
I thought the same thing!! Bacon doesn’t last more than 10 minutes around this place!! 🤣
One of my foster kittens really enjoyed watching this video 😂. Her siblings were sleeping but she was GLUED to the tv!
Your channel is a breath of fresh air! Thank you for keeping things simple and realistic. The meal plan video has been my favorite.
I have had a meatloaf sandwich, and they are so good! My granny would serve them cold for lunch.
Yes! 🥰
The pumkin chili I made for meal deliveries for church families. Everyone loved it!! Thanks!!😀
We love it so much we make it multiple times a month! Glad they enjoyed it 😊
"To which I give a thummy... up" You make me laugh so hard and you are so relatable. Love you Ariel!!!
I have teens so I have to hide my leftover bacon in a package of frozen peas. Leftovers? Not sure what that is. Haha!
Hahaha that's smart!
Noice😉
Hahaha I LOVE this idea.
One thing I learned running a cafe kitchen many moons ago - people who like onion, like onion.
Also, so many thank yous for your content. I have MS and epilepsy and it helps me to undo my troublesome brain (and troublesome house).
1000 thank yous. ❤🙌
You definitely need to do more weeks like this. LOVE this video!
I agree. Most fun meal planning video ever.
The best thought out, planned and edited video I've watched since your last one! I LOVE how you "piggy back" one meal off another! And I am definitely going to make meatloaf sandwiches that way next time it's on the menu! One quick helpful hint I make use of: when I plan out my menu and post it on the fridge, I always write the meat I need to take out of the freezer to thaw the morning before...for example, if we're having meatloaf on Wednesday, I will make a note on Tuesday to take the hamburger out to thaw for tomorrow. Keep the fantastic videos coming! You are a-DOR-able!
Oh! That's wise because I've definitely found myself in the situation where I forgot to thaw meat and couldn't cook. Thank you 🥰🥰
I like how you made the meatloaf into more meals. It seems to me that whenever I make meatloaf though, no matter how much I make, there are no survivors for leftovers anyways. But I will definitely tuck these 2 recipes in the back of my head for one day when the starving boys are off to college and it's just us again 🥰
"It's one of the few times in life that stabbing IS the right thing to do..." 🤣🤣🤣 I have to admit, this made me laugh hard enough out loud to get snot on myself. Thank you for all your helpful videos. You really help me make it through the week!
I love all your videos but I think this was my favorite! Please do this again sometime, it was so helpful!!
Too much cheese is a great philosophy as a fellow New Yorker I can say your pizza def looks like it gives NY pizza a run for its money. Love the idea of using leftovers for a new meal. Great video Ariel you most certainly are a meal prep Doc-tor 😉
Thanks Joy! ❤️
I really appreciate your humor, mom style and efficiency!
15:27. Thank you for breaking the spaghetti in half! I thought I was the only one who did that.
“Copy me that” is my favorite online recipe tool. You put your recipes in and then select what you want to eat on which day. Then it makes a grocery list for you and you can just check off what is already in that pantry. It’s a time saver 🤗
You are too funny love the video. My daughter always asks what's for breakfast she's 18. I took her to the kitchen by the hand and pointed. cereal, eggs, frozen waffles, frittata, leftover pizza, You can make scrambled eggs, bread, peanut butter and jam, and smoothies
I really appreciate how authentic you are. It can be easy with YT to get sucked into being “like everyone else.” And I know how time-consuming editing is so thank you. I laughed out loud in the beginning of this one.
And oh yeah. I could use help meal planning. 😉
I've watched a few of your videos now, but this is the first I have felt the need to comment and thumbsup on. Really like that you use your leftovers in new ways - I just feed family the same thing for three nights. Would love more of your ideas / recipes. More boar wants more!
You are the meal planning queen! Brilliant how you take one meal to the next! Also I didn’t hear one winner winner chicken dinner 😂 comon!
Lol you're right you're right...
Tip for making meatloaf... use a large oven-safe pan (like cast iron) and shape the meatloaf into a giant ring/donut shape. It cooks way faster that way and you can still slice it for sandwiches next day.
I love that idea, thanks!!
Meatloaf sloppy Joes and meatloaf chili are really good uses for leftover meatloaf, too :) You can also fry it up and mix it with scrambled eggs. Just in case you need more ideas.
I literally laughed out loud at the potato segment 😂😂😂 you had me laughing so much I almost woke up the baby! You’re hilarious 🤣
Mon: Left over Chicken Pizza
Tue: Baked Potatoes
Wed: Crispy Chicken Drumsticks with mashed potato and cucumber w/ dressing
Thu:: Pumpkin chilli, using left over chicken
Fri: Meatloaf and Scalloped Potatoes
Sat: MeatLoaf Manwiches? :D
Sun: Spaghetti bolognese and fresh salad.
Thank you for the inspiration Ariel!
Meal planning saves so much stress, it just takes some discipline to do it. And I agree about the list of foods your family likes: time saver!
I'm not a mom but I work 12 hour shifts and this really helps
Great ideas! Love how you walked us through an entire week. We have a few local stores that offer $5 rotisserie chicken and I’m always repurposing those leftovers to keep dinners easy and interesting!
Thank you so much for having both components of success in one video. I hate the meal planning videos that seem all theoretical. Your style is so dang practical. Like if you were a fairy, you would be the practical fairy. Making things happen with ease. That’s real magic right there. We use leftovers for my husband’s lunches. He loves eating the same thing over and over. I don’t. This made me rethink the process though. Recycling leftovers would free up some serious time. The meatloaf got you 3 days from I day of serious work. That’s success in my life. I wish we lived next door. You are so much fun!!!
I just love reading your comments Wendy 🥰 thank you! That's pretty cool that your husband is happy with eating the same thing repeatedly. I'm sure it makes your life easier!!
I learned you can mix the flour with the egg(add a little water) coat chicken then in the bread crumbs..eliminates one of the bowls and works great😊
Haha! I know what you are talking about with those onions! I used to hate them as a kid, but now I'm adding them to every meal that is not soup. Also I love tomatoes with onions, salt, pepper and a little vinegar or natural joghurt!
It must be a NY thing to have cucumbers with Italian dressing. I made it 1 time for some friends in GA and they looked at me weird. But they came around to the yumminess.
Southwest Arkansan here! Me and my 7yr old daughter eat cucumbers in Italian dressing on the regular!
Idk why they would look at you weird. I'm from Georgia and I've eaten cucumbers and Italian dressing or cucumbers and vinegar my whole life. 😋 it's so delicious either way.
I realize this is an old video. But, can I say I enjoyed this and would love to see other videos about meal planning. It was great to see the “using leftovers” idea in practice.
I know sometimes raw onions & garlic change the flavor of recipes, I love onions as well but for a meat loaf & other recipes I'll saute them first or use onion powder. Great weekly meal prep thanks for sharing. Cute 😍 little helper 👦:)
I love how you start with the protein that's on sale for the week to base your meals around! It's such an approachable approach...idk how else to phrase it, but I usually feel overwhelmed when I think of meal planning because I just don't know where to start and this would undo all that anxiety
I like the shape you guys made the pizza! I need to try that soon. It looks easier to make multiple types of pizza all in one if you want more than just pepperoni!
I'm not even a mom yet and I struggle with my kitchen shenanigans already. You are saving me and my future family, thank you !!
I'm absolutely obsessed with the pumpkin chicken soup. I didn't know that was a thing and it's drastically improved the quality of my life.
I still make it sometimes up to four times a month, love it!
I needed this is my life! Thanks so much for sharing. One of my biggest struggles is making use of left-over food and you have some awesome ideas :)
I love your videos. One thing I learned about, from my daughter, was frozen chopped onions. I am a vegan and make bean and rice dishes. Almost everything needs chopped onions, and that is one step I can skip. I just measure them out, and go.
I’m all about those Campari tomatoes too! ❤❤
I shop Friday mornings, so Thursday at lunch we plan. Each person (4) has to pick one meal, then I fill in the gaps. Then the kids can't complain when supper was literally their idea.
I'm full on gut laughing about your stabbing potatoes bit, lol🤣😄🤣 so funny!! Thank you for all these great ideas! I was getting so BORED of what I always make. And thx for the much needed humor, again😁
I keep a frozen meal in the freezer for those days I plan leftovers but my family eats everything. We buy what’s on sale: lazangna or enchiladas. Saved $90 last night because I had it in the oven before my husband said doordash.
Love your videos! I found your cleaning videos and became hooked. I am a seasoned mom but it's nice to see what other mom's do, and you are doing a great job! May I make one suggestion as a foodie, a home chef and a meat loaf lover? No matter how you season your meatloaf, it is important to use one egg per pound of meat if you want a more tender meatloaf. Not enough egg will make it tough and hard to cut.
"Stabbing is the right thing to do" great slogan for merch LOL
Mondays in my house is the standing weekly pizza night for exactly why you mentioned! And I love starting off the week with a no brainer meal. Great video, loved it!!
First time here😊you cook like I do..always piggy back food, Queen of leftovers here☺️good thing my husband likes leftovers revamped or not😅great video..!
Ironically I am doing my meal plan for the week while watching this
I like you. Down to earth unlike a lot of moms on here. Love you and mindy!
Hahaha the 'good to make when you're angry lines was so funny 😁
This is great!! I so wish we had left overs, but with 6 adults in the house and 4 of them hungry men, I feel I am batch cooking every meal. 😂 done great ideas, thank hit so much. 💙🇦🇺
Your version of meal planning 🤯 so simple and fast!
❤🎉 you're not awkward, you're a GENIUS!!! thanks for sharing enjoy your night, take care bye 😊
I love this video! I am trying to figure out the art of reusing leftovers and this was very helpful.. and entertaining. I'd love to see more of these.
Yummmmmyyyyyyy!!! What time shall I come over? 😄 Everything looks amazing! Love it! Thank you for the ideas! I love your cute little helper too!!!
Tip for pizza dough. If you have a bread machine make it in the machine. I make enough for 4 pizzas so I can freeze some crusts.
You're the *first* American I've ever heard say Worcestershire right before. As a Brit, who loves your videos, it makes me immensely happy!
Well then I'm proud of myself because I googled how to say it before I said it hahaha 😊
Your chili reminds me of some yummy pumpkin curry I had. I think we'll try it with tofu. Thanks!
That pumpkin chicken chili sounds amazing! I'm going to make a note in my future meal planning and this would be especially perfect on a cold Fall day . 💖
I thoroughly impressed with the variety you have. Everything seems so flavorful. I'm totally gonna try the pumpkin chicken chili.
It would be really cool if you made a video recipe for each of those items in your list of meal ideas.
try making spaghetti sauce in the pressure cooker , add some grated celery carrod or blend it so its hidden, garlic, beef stock, tomatoes. and cook it for the medium time for meat. its so delicious. you will love it. plus you can put it on when quiet during day and it keeps warm, use the leftovers to make a lasagne dish.
I’m a big meal planner too. In fact I plan breakfasts, lunches and dinners including dessert. Having a big family, I’m in the kitchen a lot, but when you love to cook, it’s my happy place.
Your family is lucky !! Desserts too 😮 ??
You are so wholesome and funny! I am vegan.. my family is not. So, I struggle with making their meals some weeks and you have some really good tips to remedy that! Thank you 💚 😊
I use Heinz 57 in my meatloaf with egg and breadcrumbs, and of course I chop onion for it too!! Seasoning and bake, I put a little Heinz on the top for the last 15 minutes in the oven. My mom used ketchup, I kicked it up a little. Love the videos, thank you!
Lol. High blood pressure all the cool kids are talking about. I too am a fan of salt. I so look forward to your videos.
Allergic to onions, here. Hard to find recipes without it, but I make due. Meatloaf sandwiches are a favorite in our house.
Thank you for always making such hilarious and approachable content. Your videos always make me feel excited to do mundane tasks and like I can easily accomplish anything. Excited to try some meal planning with your advice in mind, and some of these recipes! I’d love to see more of these meal planning videos
You need to try Chef John's Mom's Scalloped potatoes recipe! It cooks for an hour as well so you could have cooked it with the meatloaf. Oh, and if you withheld 1/3 of your meatloaf and made meatballs you could have had spaghetti and meatballs and meatball subs later in the week. You can also freeze both meatloaf and meatballs for later if you are really ambitious. You could also prep salads earlier in the week to get more vegetables.
The pumpkin chili is delicious. Definitely adding it to my recipe box.
I'm an onion appreciator. Not the hubby, but I learned if they're totally cooked he's fine. He doesn't like the texture of fresh onions. I'm excited to try that pumpkin chili! Great video. Girl, you're hilarious.
Wow it all looks awesome! I like to make my meatloaf in a bundt pan so the slices fit easily on the bread.
Leftover bacon?! What’s that? 😀
Girl! I watch SO MANY cooking channels! I need more from you! Please?
I really enjoyed! Thank you💗
Just like you, I’m an onion LOVER ( my husband is too, yay!)
That was amazing.
I love the meal planning and recipes!
Your meal planning chart is organized amazing!
I made the chicken pumpkin chilli. It was so delicious! We definitely want to have it again. I did make it a little different. I had no onions, bellpepers, or garlic so I used onion powder. For beans I used home canned kidney beans and bean soup. I put in the cream cheese instead of the coconut. Thank you so much for sharing! I can't wait to try the drumsticks recipe.
Yay! I'm glad you liked it!! 😊
I've never had a meatloaf sandwich cause my hubby always devoured my meatloaf the same night I made it. Yes, an entire 1 pound meatloaf! Minus the part I ate, of course. What can I say, the guy loves him some meatloaf.
Great ideas! Thank you!
Loved this video! Funny and helpful. Great content. Congrats on 50k!!
This was awesome!!! Thank you!
Looks good and yeah when things get hectic waste in the fridge happens. Keeping the chicken bones for soup is good.
Your meals all look delicious - thanks.
LOVE THIS VIDEO!!! So helpful to see the full process.
I really enjoyed this video! Thanks for sharing!