MUST MAKE 5 Family Dinners with ONE Piece of $7.00 Meat - The Struggle is REAL
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Recently divorced. Don't eat like I should. But now cooking for one, no income, this is what I do. Occasionally, buy big, and split it up. Love your stuff. Please, keep it coming.
Living on my own and trying to save money (and time) I just recently discovered the blessing that a big piece of meat, roasted in thr oven, is!
Hang in there buddy! It might take time and effort but life will get better!
After I left my husband, me and my girls struggled big time. I'm almost an empty nester now and I use a lot of Wolf Pits recipes and freeze the rest.
That must be a tough thing to go through. I hope everything works out for you and I hope you stay strong.
Wishing the best of luck Guy
It's rough and I've been there. Back before social media was a huge thing. I turned budget meals into a hobby out of necessity. 2 bucks to rent a movie at blockbuster on the weekend and 10 bucks to feed myself for the week. I was lucky to have a vacuum sealer back then. They're around thirty bucks or so if you hunt around these days. Boy did it make a difference in taste after freezing
“One taco in your stomach is better than no tacos in your stomach.”
Based and truthpilled beyond comprehension.
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Loved that one
if you said "based and truthpilled beyond comprehension" to someone 100 years ago I'm pretty sure their head would explode lmao I love it
@@John-nt3dk They would say, "Based on what, and what's this about a pill?"
I would add to NOT toss the fat and bones. Use that to make stock to cook your rice and beans in later.
indeed, being on struggle street, you cannot afford to waste anything that can bring flavor.
@@UltimateGamerCC very true!!
Absolutely! Makes yummy meals and yummy meals more yummy!!! .
I was thinking the same thing.
Perfect comment as someone who raises meat birds for themselves nothing goes to waste even chicken feet are the perfect dog treat
My mom used to say that a good cook is someone who can make something out of nothing. Like, if you say, "I don't have anything to eat" - they'll take a look in your cupboards and fridge and come up with a meal.
Professional chefs do that as a game called "refrigerator roulette." It's sometimes part of the job interview at high-end restaurants.
Yes this is so true!!! My husband likes my food and says I'm a good cook, but I'm truly not because I always just follow recipes and can't really improvise well. He is way better at creating something great out of nothing. It's a good skill to have.
Yep, been doing that my whole life. 🤓🍻
@Lori Anne That's a classic combination. I've done a lot of egg drop ramens -- boil up a pack or two of ramen with as much of the seasoning as you like in the broth. When it's done to your liking, stir in a beaten egg and let the egg cook in the broth before serving. You can also make a peanut (butter) sauce with some of the broth, a tablespoon or two of peanut butter, and some garlic powder and/or soy sauce, if you have it. Drain the noodles -- save that tasty broth for later -- and mix in the peanut sauce for satay noodles. If you happen to have a green onion -- the green part of a sprouted onion counts -- or other vegetation, toss it in the ramen broth as well mix as well to add vitamins and flavor. Enjoy!
@@mackenziedrake Egg drop ramen just never occurred to me even though I’ve made tons of ramen with hardboiled eggs, I’ll have to try it!
Also, I find that crushed cashews or the like in a stir fry are really good if you have any; definitely use the random greens you have laying around, or even by a harder cabbage to take slices off of
There is such a deep gap between poor and too poor to eat until you're full. A lot of people grew up poor, and it was hard. But there are a lot of people who grew up so poor that they just don't talk about it much. My dad's family of 5 was so poor, all they had to eat was corn for months on end. 70 years later, he would never touch corn again if he had a dollar in his pocket.
This sounds exactly like me lol. I grew up super poor. (had to sometimes take home school lunches just to have something else to eat).
At one point all we could afford were eggs ramen noodles & potatoes, so we had to go multiple weeks (close to a month) eating nothing but omelets, baked potatoes and noodles. To this day I still refuse to eat any type of pasta lol
@@saika.magoichi.214 I'm glad you brought up school lunches! A lot of families count on school breakfast and lunch. I always worry when schools are closed. I've known kids that their school breakfast and lunch were the bulk of their meals for the week.
I'm glad you're doing better now. Thank you for sharing that story with me.
@@m.g.7475 When our schools closed due to COVID, several restaurants in my town immediately started making lunches available for anyone that needed them. Once things settled down a little, the schools started providing lunches even though they were closed, but in the mean time these restaurants filled the gap at their own expense so no kid went hungry.
This should not be happening in this country. No one should ever go hungry. Not trying to be political, but with all the money the government has, this should not be happening.
@@greyeaglem You don't actually think they spend it on us, do you? Get real.
I grew up where dinner was often a leftover ham bone and beans or soup with a box of jiffy mix cornbread and today even though I can spend more on meals it’s these cheaper meals I enjoy the most
I'll take a bowl of soup beans with ham any day of the week. Broke or not that is a quality meal!
Beans, cornbread and fried potatoes. Now that's a meal!
we aren't struggling anymore, but i still cook this way. reducing you food budget by cooking at home and using these tips can really account for you savings account increase. My food bill per week is about $125. I cook every night when we need leftover for lunch. We have a varied menu and i try to cook so that there are two lunches for the next day. I just don't get people who don't eat leftovers. Already paid for food, bruh.
Yep. My wife and I grew up poor, especially by today’s standards. We worked our way up and out, and we’re not anymore. We still love this food, though, and it still saves us money.
I eat leftovers but I’m definitely pickier about it and have to figure out the best ways to get it done. I basically cook for me, so it’s hard not to have leftover food. I just get bored eating the same thing for days.
@@VileVisionshaunt maybe freezing your leftovers (when they are fresh) will help you enjoy them later.
Wow. My food bill is 125.00 every 3 months. For two adults. I waste nothing! I have challenged myself to reinvent left overs and reuse and recycle. I stretch that penny to the limit.
@@Cat-ik1wo that's amazing do you grow a lot of your food or use a food bank ?
You can save the bone, freeze it, and make broth when you have enough bones saved. You can mix it with chicken bones, or a whole chicken carcass. Stick the bones in the oven first on high until it's been roasted, then dump it all in a pot and cover with water and boil for several hours. Great for soups :)
And so nutritious! I have terrible GI issues, and sometimes just live on bone broth. I put all roasted bones in my crockpot with bay leaf, celery, carrot, etc. 2 Tbsp vinegar helps bring out the nutrients from the bones. 12 to 24 hrs later, you have high protein, highly nutritious broth. Great comment, thank you! Most people don’t know the true value of the foods they purchase.
@@peggydeffley2194 same gut issues here. Recently made bone broth in large pot, skimmed and then transferred to crock pot overnight a total of about 20 hrs. It really needed added flavor even after simmering with an onion carrots and celery. I had to add a bit of salt. Good stuff.
I have no dietary issues, and am by no means a chef/expert - but learning to buy cheaper stuff with bones and then what to do with those bones, is massively satisfying - and gives you an ingredient for say ramen that's better than anything you could buy.
InstantPot (or any other similar brand - or even an OG stove-top pressure cooker)
Freeze leftover bones/veggies, when when you've got enough ideally roast up and then make the elixir of the gods!
Saw or poultry-shears are really handy for getting those carcasses down into smaller chunks with more surface area and easier extraction of the gelatinous-unctuousness.
#edit - Did Mr wolf just suggest buying dough??
Just buy a big-ass bag of budget flour, and you can make flat-breads, pasta and all the rest.
Sure, it's nice to have different gluten flours for the different things you might want to make, but they'll all work.
Again your freezer can be your friend for mahoosive blocks of bakers yeast, which work out better than the expensive little sachets
I save all my vegetables skins and scraps when preparing them. I stick them in a ziplock and freeze them. Once a month, I take all my meat and vegetables scraps and make soup stock.
I do that with my ham bones. Makes the best soup.
Unwanted pork fat??? I've never heard of such a thing! I gotta make this after my next grocery trip.
On a side note, I'm getting old and arthritic, and losing my hair, but "Boston butt" still makes me laugh. Growing old is inevitable, but growing up is optional.
Yep, I'm 59 and I still ride the shopping cart around the parking lot (and sometimes the store) like it was a skateboard. 🤓🍻
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No such thing as unwanted pork fat around here, either! I'm thinking this pork butt would make some great stuffing for pork buns, too. ;) Enjoy!
Never grow up. You'll be having more fun that way
"growing up" or acting your age as the term goes is just putting one foot in the grave willingly, be as young as you can feel.
I commend you doing whatever you can to help people out during difficult times. I don't have trouble buying food today but an affordable meal like this a few years ago was lifesaving to me. Keep it up!
Well said
Excerpt democrat voters. They voted for this, they deserve to have to deal with it.
@@rifleshooterchannel208 leave politics off this channel. What a ridiculous thing to say, the idea that people deserve to suffer because of their political leanings.
I’m thankful for President Joseph Biden, he’s doing his best, for “the people.”
@@londonyes1380 They voted for it though, this is what they wanted 🤷🏿♂️
One trick I learned was to wrap the meat in foil really tight and place in freezer bags. Get as much air out as possible. The meat never gets freezer burnt.
not just meat but also any other kind of food.
A 30sq foot box of good time foil is $13.79 right now where I live. And freezer bags are $4.89 for 10.
@@cademancaden Walmart generic is just as good and cheaper on both.
Saran wrap (cling wrap) works really well too. I used it before we got our vacuum sealer. Never had freezer burn when wrapping in cling wrap and then putting the items in Ziplock freezer bags.
@@Telcomvic yea of you want freezer burnt food.
Mexican rice is also a cheap pot of food I make :) I cook the rice with the canned tomatoes with peppers, onions, and mexican spices. It's really good if you serve is with beans and it's a meal on its own that way. Budget willing, I do the same thing I take the rice with pulled pork or roast chicken and cheese and make burritos, you can mix beans into the Mexican rice to stretch it even more.
I did this for this month. Ground beef was waaaay too much, so I am doing pork with assorted spices for Mexican meals (our Taco Tuesdays are not always tacos, lol.)
@@ladywytch129 oooh for ground beef if you don't like chili, you can cook it with little cubes of potatoes and carrots and season with a bit of soy sauce or oyster sauce and ketchup (kind of like sloppy joes), mix it up with eggs and cook them like pancakes. They make a very tasty meal if you serve it in a sandwich or with rice and you don't need a whole lot of meat.
Rice and beans or a grain and a legume, make a complete protein.
This is literally life saving for some. I remember eating like this when i was a kid. My parents did anything they could to make it stretch. These meals will be a core part of my life forever.
I recently made rice, lentils, onion, and tomato. some herbs/spices/seasoning and it came out to around $6 for 8 comfortable servings. It was also something that fit the diet restrictions of several people I was feeding.
Rice is an MVP food for sure, and it fits a ton of diet or workout routines.
@@clevelandbci9562 yup
I just made the exact same meal for dinner tonight! It was great
I can't eat lentils (migraine trigger) but I often cook meals of rice and vegetables.
Only whole chicken legs with the back attached are cheap here at $1.99 lb. But I make them go a long way by stewing, then remove meat from bones, then cook the bones and skin again to make stock. Soup is a real budget stretcher. Great video, keep them coming👍
I do this too!
My local Kroger sometimes has chicken leg quarters for 0.79 to 0.99 a pound in the 10 pound bag. My last bag was cooked in a large roasting pan, and deboned the next day, reserving the meat for burritos, casseroles and soup, the bones and skins in a stock pot filled to 12 quarts with water, simmered for 9-10 hours, strained, yielded 5 and 1/2 quarts, then reduced to 4 quarts, filtered and stored in mason jars. Final product is what my hubby calls "chicken jello", jiggly when shaken. This will be the base for soup, or a cold chicken jello salad for hot weather. Last week temperature here hit 98 F, and it isn't even spring yet!
There is no such thing as unwanted fat.
Great video. Peace , Be Free.
Tell me about it. Fat is a terrific addition to meals to add a ton of flavor.....
Just because I could eat all of the pulled pork sandwiches doesn't mean I should!!!
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As long as you're enjoying it, and saving money, how can it hurt?
I just did this on Wednesday. Carnitas that night, homemade pork and beans for lunch the following day then pulled pork sandwiches earlier this evening and I still have enough left over in the freezer for two meals next week. Never heard of the spaghetti but it looks amazing so that will be one of the two other meals.
I have 4-5 prok shoulders in the freezer from when they were on sale. So many good meals can be made. coffee also does well in a pork rub if you have some around
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Chef John: I sense a great disturbance in the Force
Thank you. I was trying to figure out who his voice was reminding me of.
HAH! I thought the same thing when I heard him say that and knew someone else would comment. Chef John would be happy someone is copying him, he even said this about chefs at some point. I love both of the channels!
This was a great video. Another very easy and low effort meal would be just rice, a bag of frozen vegetables of your choice, a can of beans, and some of the pulled pork (topped with some hot sauce).
I've been making a ton of olive oil and garlic pasta due to our budget. Thank you for sharing meals on a budget. I can make several pasta dishes (my mother in law is Italian) but those with meat are always a treat!
Having affordable, tasty meal ideas is so helpful when planning that trip to the grocery store. And, saving in one area means a little extra in another like fresh fruit and veggies and/or a little treat. Thanks Larry.
These sort of cook once get many videos are great. Leftovers get a bad rap but when you plan for it they're such a timesaver and it doesn't seem 'leftover' when you change up every meal. Always a pleasure, Larry.
Grocery outlet, here in norcal, consistently has these 2-3 lbs marinated pork butts. At $.99 a pound, it's a steal. I always keep a few in the freezer
Yes, I'm so happy that you did this budget meal with one piece of meat...especially this type of meat because this Boston Butt is EXACTLY what I bought and threw into my freezer last week and I was trying to think up all the ways I could make different meal options using it! You gave great ideas!
Please do more of these budget type videos!! Thanks :-)
Hi Wolfe. I'm not struggling but may I just say I love your struggle meal series. It really makes me think of what things I can use in my pantry and not to take my ability to buy ingredients for granted. I also love that I can "taste" all the food already just by watching your video and know that tasty and nutrisious food can be acieved even on a struggle.
Keep at it my man. Mad respect from me to you.
I very much appreciate these. I am lucky enough that I don't have to do this, but I *always* enjoy watching them, and it is extremely thoughtful of you to do it. My parents lived through UK rationing in the UK during WWII, so they didn't have to be taught frugality, but you are doing a good thing. Thank you. I wish you all the best for your YT channel. Chef Woofie
Strange comment.
I GREATLY appreciate the variety of recipes in these videos. It's easy to eat the same thing too long and get bored with it if you are not careful.
Also, if you are feeling super cheap, tortillas are super easy to make too. Just make some golfball-size dough balls with water, flour, and a little salt, roll them out in a round(ish) shape, and cook them on a dry frying pan on medium heat. I typically flip them when they start to bubble, then cook the other side just long enough for the little brown "freckles" to form.
It ends up being just a few minutes per tortilla, and the bubbling makes it flexible so it doesn't break when you fold it.
You show some great ideas in your videos, Mr. Wolfe, and I find them fascinating. I've been cooking since I was 8 years old, so for 61 years, I've been cooking and baking. But now that I'm retired, live alone, and can make a meal that used to serve six people---setting aside five portions for later meals for myself---I want to keep things budget friendly. While I'd be using chicken, beef, bison, or turkey for my meats, watching what you come up with gives me a lot of good ideas that fit well with how I want to eat.
That your budget meals really do fit lower budgets is a terrific thing, as so many of us are struggling now, no matter how much money anyone has; and for those who use SNAPS cards, or other forms of getting their food, I just know that any seriously presented ideas to turn out good, decent, nutritious meals has to be very welcome.
I have much respect for "you n' yours." I am one to say. I appreciate "you." Mrs. Wolfpit does a commendable job. You guys are right on point and truthful to "more than "a" fault." A fault in humanity, somehow. Your knowledge is excellent. I recognize that. SO, Thank you (sorry) for your struggles. I wish you would WIN the "lottery." lol. I am not much of a "gambler" myself. YOU deserve the grand prize. My vote is for you. Ty all.
What's with all the "quote" marks?
@@ZagorTeNayebo We use quotation marks with direct quotes, titles of certain works, to imply alternate meanings and to write words as words. Using quotation marks to emphasize smaller bodies of work or those that form a larger body of work-is stressed by using quotation marks. You read it like the quotes are italicized. I am not a teacher, but there you go.
@@DeceasedONE i know what they are I was asking why the fuck you were randomly putting them around "words"
I love these struggle meal videos. Keep them coming, please.
Good video. Meat is expensive and it's always nice to be able to stretch it out. 1 thing I learned being poor is too portion everything so there's no waste.
I live alone and am a disabled senior. I love doing this! After I shred the meat, I'll make pork enchiladas, refrigerate them, put them in snack size zip bags then into a freezer bag. I like them saucy so I'll freeze more sauce in ice cube trays 1/2 full then add those cubes to the individual enchilada bags. Perfect for one. The rest of the meat I also package in snack bags then a freezer bag so I can have just the right amount for me to make stir fried rice, a taco, a burrito, pork chili, BBQ sandwich, pork with beans, egg rolls with cabbage and carrots, etc. Now I'll have to try some of your meal ideas, thanks!
I wish I knew about this channel when I was struggling bad haha, but man, this is incredible work. AMAZING looking meals for so cheap, I don't have the words for how great this is.
Love this video. I think this is the best strategy for struggling. Get a cheap meat in bulk, cook it up and then change it up throughout the week. Pork, chicken and turkey are all great options. Beef and seafood tend to be pricier.
Pork fried rice is also a delicious and cheap way to use pulled pork. For the best rice cook it a day in advance and let it overnight in the fridge. Then heat up some frozen mixed veggies, add the pork and rice and heat it up with an egg or two, some soy sauce if you have it.
I dont know man. Hearing Larry is so soothing.
He's like the kind of Father in Law that you could listen to all day and spend more time with than your wife haha. xD
2 things...
I make it the same prep way, only 275° for 5 hours. It renders the fat into the meat better, and I don't discard, but mixes in well.
2nd. When scrapped for cash i use ziplock freezer bags. Cut off the zippers and stick in my machine.
If you do that you can probably find the really cheap bags that are not really ziplock. in fact they make ones that are no closure, just some twisty ties in the box, they are the cheapest.
@@Dana-ie2bh yes I do that also, but you need to watch out for the real thin bags. They tear easily.
Excellent idea. I love you including Scooter again🤣 My mom made pork and spaghetti, but she used red pasta sauce instead of BBQ..it was delicious
You are helping countless people with these budget meal videos. Thank you!
I cut the big slab of fat off the bottom before cooking then mix it with a little water and render it down into about a cup of lard, it is much better than any that you can buy and will make the butt go even further.
That's FLAVOR,not burnt! 💕 And I agree. Always need a "taster". Lol.
these type of videos really help give me ideas to feed my family in a cheaper way and i, for one, truly appreciate these videos!!!
Wolfe, this is awesome! Great job, man. Pulled pork is a great thing to stretch. In fact, if you're budgeting but get to a point where you can reward yourself with extra ingredients, try redneck egg rolls as a way to use up your leftover coleslaw mix. So good! One thing I've been doing lately because my husband and I love steak, but can't afford to eat it all the time is London broil. It may seem daunting at first, but the key to a good one is marinating with apple cider vinegar and/or citrus (lemon or lime), Worcestershire sauce and seasonings of your choice. Then, drizzle with butter and parsley or carrot greens while it's resting when you're done cooking. When you cut that puppy into thin strips, you can make all kinds of great stuff! Burritos, fajitas, quesadillas, protein bowls, philly cheesesteaks, steak sandwiches, salads, stir fry, everything under the sun. I can easily feed the both of us for lunch and dinner all week on a $10-$12 cut of top round London broil.
He could have wrapped some of that pork in cabbage leaves and baked. Cabbage is a cheap veggie and can go along ways.
@@gregzeigler3850 include some cooked rice, chopped carrot, onion, celery and covered with crushed canned tomatoes to round it out. That was a special treat when I was growing up. Still is!
☺Another portion could have become meat gravy to eat over a good portion of white rice, or homemade mashed potatos. Or both.
Least expensive struggle meal, of all the delicious food ideas.
Or on toast. 🙂
On a diet/workout program. Love seeing good/cheap options. A bag of rice, 2 cans of white chicken, and a couple Ramen packets will make tacos/burritos for a week+ for under $7 adding in tortillas.
Hell! You need to do a UA-cam yourself!!
I use large burrito wraps for my pizza crust - doesn't get any cheaper and quicker than that.
Consider the crust a toppings delivery device, and the wraps are 'thin crust'! LOL
Tonight I found marked down chicken breast in the store - wrap, bbq sauce, sliced chicken, some pre-cut and frozen onions and peppers quickly sautéed, shredded cheese. 10-15 minutes in the oven. Bob's Your Uncle.
Regular pizza, alfredo, pesto, bbq , breakfast pizza, etc.
The pizza pie in the sky has no limits.
I think if I only had wraps and those ingredients, I would make quesadillas instead of pizzas. Either way, a nice cheap meal.
I grew up eating like this, and I really appreciate you sharing. I don't always like your flavor choices, but I always appreciate the sentiment. You go, Wolfe.
another food I vac seal. smoke a butt, pull it..eat enough for dinner. the rest I put in a casserole dish and put in the fridge overnight to set up. the following day, cut it into squares (I do 10oz squares) then vac seal and freeze. then just heat up in a pot of water. and yeah they make great enchiladas in addition to pulled pork sandwiches. don't throw away the bone. add that to your bone bag for broth some other time
One night I had put a pork roast in the crockpot and my plan for dinner didn't work out so when I was trying to figure out dinner. My husband suggested we shred it and put it in Alfredo sauce. I was like no but I didn't have other options so we did and it tasted pretty good. We made pasta and had a ton of leftovers.
I love your hubby's creativity to avoid waste! And bless your heart, your roast went wrong. Make sure you add enough liquid to your roast and veggies in your crockpot. Enough liquid makes it almost fail-proof. Make sure meat is half submerged in liquid. I like to add broth rather than water, but simple water works just fine if you don't have broth or stock. :)
That sounds fantastic. Your husband is a smart man!
@@m.g.7475 I actually was going to make mashed potatoes but when I went to get the potatoes I found we didn't have any when I thought we did. That is what went wrong. Thanks for the tips too.
Cheaper tougher cuts of meat will be a saving grace in these times 😊 Sous Vide really makes a delicious meal out of em
We're not starving YET, but we do male at least one struggle meal a week and usually get at least ten lunches or quick meals out of it. This week it was 15 Bean.
If you're not already going to a food pantry I would highly recommend it. There is also EBT if you qualify.
I’d add sage and Cajun seasoning on my pork butt, but this still looks great! I don’t care for slaw on my sandwich, but I know you’re from
North Carolina, and that’s a tradition there. I love the pulled pork pizza!
Wolfe Pit doing great things for the internet as always.
I need to move near a Food Lion. Our local store is selling a pork butt for $2.99 a pound. I love cooking large cuts and using it in various meals. Really stretches out the protein per dollar.
Live near a Gordon's food service (GFS)? Good quality great prices.
@@usauditresponse Nope. Central Kansas with only Kroger stores available in my area.
Kroger has pork shoulder at $.97 a pound this week and spiral sliced honey or brown sugar hams at $.87 a pound . Limit one with their shopper's card, easy to get in just a few minutes. I'm in Texas.
@@donnaleveron6511 not at our Dillons :( I just double checked. And Kroger spiral ham at $1.99 a pound, limit of one.
Your budget meal videos are a live saver. I've used a few so far and glad they help me get by. Keep up the awesome videos
I literally did this two weeks ago For a game night
It fed me and 5 of my fat as buddies
There wasn’t any leftovers
pork shoulder is the ideal cut for pulled pork as it is inexpensive and once it's shredded you wouldn't be able to tell the difference over a more expensive cut anyway.
Leftover pulled pork goes great in fried rice as well -- fusion cuisine on a budget!
This is my favorite go-to meal.
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I'VE PICKED UP so many recipes from you, having 2 adults and 5 children in one house most of these "set it and forget it" type recipes help out so much $$$
Thanks for sharing these meals! Even though I know them. I really think you're helping people who don't. Thanks again!
Yes, I appreciate these videos. Believe me, I never thought I would become poor, but you just never know. I never thought of making these things with a pork butt (except the first one) but I like it. The spaghetti sounds delicious!
As someone who grew up relatively poor, and no longer struggles financially. I still appreciate this type of content because I know people out there who are struggling and this type of stuff can make life much more bearable.
With all the disruption in the world for various reasons, we could all be facing food shortages whether we have money or not, so I pay attention to these videos. We could all be struggling to stretch what food we have.
Great video. I've been watching a lot of your stuff lately. I've been getting better at repurposing leftovers. I like to look in my fridge and say "Will it taco?" Yes. Yes it will. That might make a fun video--show us all the leftovers in your fridge, and then how to taco them.
Best for gluten free!
Love it! Top tier, but, lol, how the heck did you slice a pizza into 7 slices?!
A good trick if you don't have a vacuum sealer!! Get a large bowl and fill it with water, put your food in a ziplock bag, and leave a little bit open. Submerge the food while leaving the open corner out of the water, then close it the rest of the way. The water pressure squeezes out most of the air in a rather pleasing way!
One of the things my daughter does is take tomato sauce and add basil oregano and couple of other things for easy noodle sauce.
As always, a great video. I think many like myself, covid caused a major drop in the household income. For me, I've pretty much never been out of work (I'm 72) so when I got laid off due to covid the buck, as they say, stopped here. So your videos are a great reminder of how our parents (or at least mine) made it through the Great Depression. Thank you
Love this series. The money I save can be put towards other things. Keep em coming!
4:35 "At this point, if you find any unwanted fat, go ahead and discard it."
HERESY!!! FAT EQUALS FLAVOR!!!
With everything going on in the world right now i appreciate your videos even more....i cant tell you how many evenings my wife and i go to bed early with a couple drinks lay in bed and watch your videos. Were both kind hearted fat kids at heart. Anyway, i appreciate you man, and your wife and i think daughter...whomever is helping you 💜✌️👍
I turn to casseroles. I buy a whole chicken and cook divide. I make homemade dumplings, chicken casserole and use what’s left for a simple soup. I buy crap meat and make a sauce and serve it over noodles. I find good buys on chicken quarters and add bake those and add mashed potatoes and a vegetable. I make beer bread to round out a meal. Beer recipe is 3 cups flour, 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 can room temperature beer. Bake in loaf pan. I had 5 kids so stretching meals is what I do. I make a pizza pie that will feed a huge number of people. You use sausage or ground beef if you don’t eat pork. I put the cooked meat on top of marinara sauce and add whatever ingredients I would normally like on a regular pizza but it’s in 13by9 inch glass pan. Lots of cheese on top. It’ll fill up a lot of kids. Very little meat but they feel full. Any way I could go on and on.
Love the video and the humor, as always! A request...this time of year many stores have ham on sale. For people who like ham (we do) it's a great buy. Maybe do a video on that. Baked ham of course, but ham and beans, ham and scalloped potatoes, Hoppin' John, potato soup with ham, red beans and rice with ham, are just a few more that come to mind. Happy Easter to you and your crew! 🐰
Mac and cheese with ham, ham ground up and made into ham salad for sandwiches, ham slices wrapped around asparagus or broccoli spears and baked with cheese sauce. Lots of ways to serve ham.
Gourmet grilled cheese with ham and other add-ins.
We do ham soup with the bone for broth and add the ham bits and barley with carrots for the veggie. Is excellent.
I got the same food lion deal in the SC upstate! Bought an 11lb butt with a small fat cap (max protein, not fat).
I have a 10qt crockpot, so I cooked it slow and low for 24 hours with 2 jars of salsa Verde, saison and salt.
food lion life for the win! Thanks so much for putting these recipes out, can't tell you how much they're appreciated for spacing things out. Thanks sir!
Thank you! Thank you! I am making a pork butt for Easter and since it was 8 lbs for 4 people now I have ideas for the leftovers!
These are great meal ideas! Thank you so much for all the work you and the Mrs put into making these videos for us!
Been following this guy since he had under 10K subs. I always find the winners. I still remember this guy and his Dollar Store meals with the funny music LOL!
_If you are starting out and I find your channel, you have a good chance of going big. Found at least 20 the past 5 years that blew up._
I haven't had a proper pork shoulder since before the pandemic. I'm totally buying one on my grocery trip tomorrow. My coworkers will rejoice. And yes, that's NOT burned!
All that pizza is missing is some spicy, like chopped jalapeños (fresh or pickled). Or just some tabasco sauce. You nailed the tacos, though.
Your imitations get me rolling every single time not a lot of people understand my humor but you do...
Keep up the great work chef 👍 👏
Oh for the pizza one, depending on costs you van actually find a frozen cheese pizza for less than the other ingredients combined! So what I like to do is take the meat, pulled pork in this case, and throw it on half way through the cook with a little extra cheese! It's pretty good!
Great video as always wolf!
Good point .....people dont like to admit it but sometimes the dollar/budget drive through menu is greatly appreciated
Genius pizza idea!
I can get a pizza for 2.99 when it's on sale and it's the best frozen pizza I've ever had.
@@fugueine Thanks!
@@Rat-mk6fk I love frozen pizza so I usually hunt for 2 for 5 deals at my local super market. Honestly love all pizza, but I'll take frozen pizza over Domino's 9 times out of 10!
when you said apples go with pork all i could see was peter brady doing humphry bogart saying "pork chops and apple sauce" i have to give you credit, i dont know how you managed to not pick up the whole roast with two hands and start chomping on it like an apple........i know.... im an animal
I caught that food wishes reference! Please keep up the good work, we enjoy it.
Great episode. GF and I have been working through a small ham for the last week. Ham w scratch made mac n cheese and either salad / veg last night. Ham slices with potatoes and vegetables. Ham cubes in scrambled eggs with toast. Fried rice or stir fry with ham as the meat. We'll also make pulled pork a few times a year. This is a great vid as it's given ideas - I love taking it to both street taco's and burritos.
I will have to remember that spaghetti. That looked really good. Good job on the video. I suppose you can do similar things with a whole chicken too.
Absolutely and always save the bones for broth. I like to roast the chicken to stretch it farther.
At least where I am, turkey legs and thighs are dirt cheap and have a shocking amount of meat on them, and are great alternatives to meats like pork, lamb, or even beef.
Thank you for the video! If you happen to read this comment, I'd love to see you do some stuff with chicken thighs. We always get boneless skinless thighs and I either marinate them and bake them 400 degrees for about 20 mins, fry it in a pan with butter, or deep fry them. The marinade is just basic seasoning, couple tbsp of oil, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, adobo, garlic, a little vinegar, maybe cilantro, chilis or onions/diced veggie of your choice.. The chicken and pan drippings can be used in everything from stir fries, ramen, shakshuka (my favorite), sandwiches, quesadillas, stews, alfredo pasta, rice etc. A big bag of chicken thighs is around 7 -10 dollars where I live, and lasts for a month or more.
Or pita breads, super versatile and amazing fried in butter. I have to suggest that as it's just a fundamental part of my impoverished polish childhood
You two are Awesome! I feel safe and more hopeful when I listen to you. 5 stars for creativity! No more buying salsa!
This is one of the best yet! Cooking and prepping ahead of time helps save us so much (we have trouble motivating to cook for ourselves at the end of an exhausting day) and I appreciate this channel a lot.
Great video. You had me dying at "scooter"...DOn't forget pulled pork nachos and pulled pork and tater/veg of your choice frittatas.
starting around April 24, gefilte fish will be on sale. It's part of a traditional Passover dinner. It's slightly sweet, eaten with some horseradish (or a similar type tartar would be good). I'm not sure who ends up buying the leftover jars, but for inexpensive protein, it's worth trying. I like it. It doesn't have that typical 'canned' type flavor since it's in a glass jar typically.
Gefilte fish is not always sweet. I don't care for the sweet brands myself. If you try it and don't care for the sweet flavor, try another brand.
Ug. You can have ALL the gefilta fish that should be mine, okay? I never want to see or smell it again.
When my son was little and I was working my way through school, a boxed pizza kit and one hot dog made Hot Dog Pizza. Fun fact: I retired from Law practice and my son is now a commercial real estate broker with a family. But we both still love to make Hot Dog Pizza.
I think I have met your Scooter, who would eat all the meat in one sitting. As it is, with the prices of things higher than a cat's back, my beef becomes broccoli/beef stir fry. I can fees 6 people on a pound of low cost steak. I add chow mein to the dinner menu as well as won-ton soup and whatever else I have. The last time I did this, no one realized that they only had a 2 oz (or so) serving of beef and no one walked away hungry. Fried rice is also a hit with this menu, especially if you only have a handful or so of left over chicken and a quarter bag of mixed vegetables.
I love your ideas, and Memphis spaghetti sounds interesting, but I have no problems using pork in a marinara either.
Thank you for your channel. I have referred many of my friends and relatives over to you.
The seasonings you mentioned here I get out of the Dollar Store. My landlord has let us go a year with a busted oven so I do a slow roast in my slow cooker. I miss this bark. Great video
Sorry, about your slumlord. Hope things start going your way. 🍀
I have a broken oven to so I use my toaster oven as an oven.
Okay, this is actually a recipe I will definitely be making 😂🙌🏻 it’s just me and my husband but this is worth a few leftover meals!
This is fantastic, thank you! I've had a picnic roast in my freezer for a long time and I just didn't want to have bbq sandwiches for days and days. Your creativity has inspired me to cook that roast next week and use it all week long.
When I first came to the US I was irritated that most colleagues overseas weren’t taught even the basics of cooking but I soon considered it modern to adapt to their style just to buy fully prepared meals or mixing up some convenience items... but it was a costly, costly life style which also lacked varieties. Teach your kids to cook. It like teaching a man to fish...
Try making your homemade pizza on tortillas, there are many different sizes to suit your needs. They are pretty cheap when compared to pizza crusts, and delightfully thin and crispy😍
Or a pizza stuffed burrito. You can grill it.
You sir pit and Mrs pit are true heroes in this mixed up world . They don't teach this stuff in school today .
one time I had nothing to cook my kids for supper. my husband was working nights and since he wasn't home for dinner he thought we didn't need anything. It was very cold and our house would not get warm no matter how many space heaters we ran. So, I looked at what was available. I had a shriveled carrot, one egg, flour and chicken bullion cubes. So I made chicken noodle soup. the kids loved it and it filled them up. Hot soup is very warming.
As a kid, my mother had close to zero money to raise us kids with (my father was an alcoholic). Meals like this remind me of the love my mum had for us. (she's still alive). One day i'll cook them with her, while telling her how much i love her.