Super Frugal Grocery Tips | Low budget | Healthy | unprocessed
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- Опубліковано 2 лис 2023
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You’re good. You know exactly what to do. Well done. I don’t buy meat or dairy products because I can’t afford it. So what I do is I grow my own veggies as best I can, I just planted some fruit trees three years ago, so I’m hoping next year I will have a nice harvest. I have honey bees, I grow all my own herbs and I forage blackberries every August and make blackberry jelly with them. Once or twice a year I go to Costco and get all my pantry staples like tea bags, flour, nuts, etc. I bake my own breads and preserve all the things, like what I grow, and I never ever eat out of season. It can be done, even on a pension. Thanks for the great video. I like this channel 😊
Sounds to me like I could learn a thing or two from you! Thank you so much for being here♥️
@@TheProductiveHomemaker thank you!
Good for you! All the best with your fruit trees! I grow veg but not fruit.
Maybe you could trade honey for meat products from a local farmer.
@@maryegerton6848 I'm impressed with everything you do. You encouraged me to do more.
What a blessing you are to the UA-cam world and all of us who are watching. I am a 53 year old first time grandma and I find your channel so hopeful and helpful. God is giving you a platform to teach your generation so much needed truths. Thank you for instill in me the hope to become debt-free once again.
I’m so glad you’ve found encouragement here!
Frugal is not cheap, its being wise and finding the bargain. It is not depriving yourself but enhancing yourself and life. Peace!
“She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.”
Proverbs 31:16 ESV
This verse explains how she considers what she buys and makes sure it’s fruitful. Taking hard earned money and investing it into something that will multiply for her & her family 🙌🏼
The whole video I had this scripture run thru my head. Thank you for your tips proverbs 31 woman!! It’s inspiring and very helpful for this season im in right now. 💗💗💗
Amen ♥️ I’m so happy you enjoyed the video!
Frozen vegetables are also excellent choices for those of us with disabilities who have difficulties prepping fresh veg
It also keeps, unlike raw, which seems to rot faster and faster! No waste, either!
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I found the debt free life 35 years ago! I have really enjoyed your channel. I’m looking for a place where frugality is practiced with joy. Sometimes frugality channels get so focused on instruction that they forget the joy part. Please keep your joy! ❤️❤️❤️
Joy is the forefront of everything I do ♥️♥️ it sounds like we could all learn a thing or two from you!
Hi Laramie - like many others, I just found your channel. I love how many senior's are watching, living, and contributing to your content!! Tons of knowledge in your content, and all if the comments are just added bonuses. Thank you for sharing your story and experiences! Your attitude of gratitude realed me in - SOLD! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!🙏🎄❤️
It makes my heart so happy to see others giving their tips and memories from their tighter years ♥️
You go girl.
You are so right about eating seasonally. Wisdom says to eat seasonally and preserve for winter what you can’t grow in the winter. You’re husband is blessed to have a Proverbs 31 wife.
I love your words at the end "checking your heart posture at the kitchen door and at the grocery store" . This is so very important. I'm married now for 32 years and I fed a family for most of my life on a small amount of money. I learned how to cook everything because I had to. I was always grateful for my provisions. Your channel is beautiful and you are such a blessing! Keep up the excellent work!
New subbie just today! After watching two videos, I fell in love with you and your content! The whole time I was watching, I kept thinking of the verse in Proverbs 31:27, "She looketh well to the ways of her household..." Dear one, you are a living example of this! So happy to get to know you...I'm 62, love the LORD, and live in New England. Pam
That is such a compliment, thank you 🥹
I plant lots of tomatoes in my garden. I make my own tomato purée not sauce because I store the purée in my freezer in less space. You can add a little water to the purée to make tomato sauce. The tomato flavor is more intense than just tomato sauce. I cut peppers in strips and diced to freeze for winter, also onions, zucchini and other squash. I prefer my own pumpkin from my freezer than canned. I have a small upright freezer and a small chest freezer to use. I sort through my supplies in the freezers and put these things in my refrigerator freezer for a week’s worth of meals. This saves me time everyday. I cook from scratch all the time. I am 73 years old and as you age you gain wisdom. The main thing I have learned over the years is to take my time in my kitchen and not buy all the gadgets that are for sale that makes clutter as it is so hard to work in clutter. You are a woman after my own heart in the kitchen. My problem for a while after all my children were grown and gone was the ability to cook for two. I am really a lot better now at that aspect. Have a great Thanksgiving holiday.❤
These are great tips!! Thank you for taking the time to share ♥️♥️♥️
I recently found this channel and have been binge watching to catch up. We are a debt-free mortgage-free couple married 46 years. Laramie, you are so wise and practical. Many blessings on you and your family. I’m sharing your content to benefit other young families. ❤
You are so kind ♥️ it sounds like you and your husband have done some things right! Not many people can say they’ve been together so long and also have their finances put together, good for you all!
Girl, I am very proud of you. I am 75 years old and I'm so glad my mother taught her four daughters how to be frugal when shopping and cooking food. When we were growing up in the fifties we were required to tend the garden. Mom would do an enormous amount of canning of fruits and vegetables. My mother was a stay at home mom and money was very tight for our family of seven. That garden and my father hunting and fishing fed us. When my husband and I bought our house, the first thing we put in was a garden in our backyard. That garden fed us for twenty-five years. We now garden in pots. There are a huge amount of books out there that will help you learn how to preserve your foods. Go to antique stores, flea markets, or ask family members if they have books they no longer want. You would be surprised what you will find. By the way, I love your vlogs. Watching you brings memories back to me.
You are spot on. This is what the younger generation are missing. Some never learned to cook! And now the food is so overpriced and it's easy to fall for the ultra-processed food because it's convenient, all while going in debt and becoming unhealthy. I hope your channel grows in leaps and bounds. Very good presentation. One tip, ignore the negative Nellie's, keep going...full speed ahead!!! God bless you and yours, from Bonney Lake, WA
Kudos to you! Wise advice. I'm 71 on a fixed income, and follow a similar grocery plan. God bless you and your family.
Thank you! I’m so glad you’re here. I’m sure I could learn a thing or two from you!
This was really awesome! I figured out so many of these tips after years of frugal shopping for a large family! Love your comforting reminder that we cannot always afford free range organic stuff and we have to work with what we have. Love your tips for finding good flour and staples
Young woman, you have got your head screwed on tight! I don't know who taught you your financial priorities, but they did a great job!
I just found your channel. You are so right. When I started planning to build my home, as single mom (widow of many years), I looked at every expense. The biggest change I did, and where I saved most money, was in the grocery budget. I started planning the meals, I said to the boys we can have everything, but not at the same time. Reduced food waste as much as possible. Cooking every dinner at home. I started with monthly grocery shoppings, but have changed that to weekly, to take advantage on the sales items, and seasonal food. And easier to have to meal plan a week ahead. And I dont have a big freezer either, just the one under my fridge, I have purchased a vacuum sealer, and that makes everything take up less space. Totally recommend to get one. I have never enjoyed beans or lentils, but these days, I use it a lot to stretch the meat.
Kindred spirits 💕 your children are blessed to have a wise mother!
You could try cooking the legumes in broth, it makes a big difference for the taste! I save the ends of onion, carrot, garlic, and celery then make a big pot of broth every month or so and then freeze to use when I make beans. They’re a lot tastier that way 🙂
Laramie I am currently trying to catch up on your older videos, have you done a tutorial on sourdough? If not, is that something you might do
Also if your budget allows, add a bit of bacon, sausage or the grease from cooking it. My husband and his family absolutely hated anything bean but cooking it with this (and a bone from a ham) makes a difference. All the in-laws would give me the Easter ham bone until I told them what I used. Now I have to always buy the ham to get the bone.😄
I wish my grocery budget was only 10% of my income. My husband and I are both disabled and on a fixed income.
I’ve just newly stumbled across your channel and I love this! We are currently on a journey to lower costs and the grocery budget has always been my biggest struggle. Learning to eat seasonally is such a big one!
I go to local farms and buy large quantities of tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, etc. I can them all up. Canned tomatoes tastes so delicious in the winter. I can milk, soup, broth, beans, jellies, apple butter, just about everything. I pick up jars from yardsales & thrift shops. I live in WV as well.❤ Lots of produce is given to me.
Yes! That’s a great way to do it ♥️
I am 73 years old and I have always done these things. I can and freeze every week! So glad you are doing what you are doing!! I pressure canned three turkeys in the last week! Love your videos!! I pray you will add more and more subscribers!!
You are so kind, I appreciate the prayers ♥️
You are so young but have wisdom of at least 60 years old. True proverbial woman!!!!
You are so kind! Thank you!
My trick to save on our weekly groceries is to stretch the time frame from 7 days to 10 days, if I can. So I TRY to only shop every 10 days. We spend $50 - $75 every 7-10 days for two adults, in the midwest (sometimes less sometimes a little more). Last week, we spent $26 because we didnt need any meat; Yesterday was the 7th day. I also choose to buy organic beef & chicken over unprocessed/bleached flour, but we dont bake our own bread and we dont have kids. We buy one loaf of quality whole wheat bread and it may last two weeks. We try to eat a high protein, healthy carb diet to support our health situations, and we definitely love meat. We dont buy much sweets or junk food (if at all), which allows us to buy more in seasonal fruits and some protein bars and high protein snacks. For salty things we love popcorn or salted nuts. For sweets we will enjoy a fruit, a fruity greek yogurt, a popsicle or an occasional protein bar on the go. We limit what we eat to maintain a healthy weight, as well, and snacks are limited to 2 per day. We prefer frozen or canned veggies except for salad stuff, carrots, onions, in season squashes and potatoes. PS I would LOVE to see chuck roasts go on sale, again, B1G1 like they did a few years ago. Im really hungry for a good roast, mashed potatoes and gravy! yumm! Sometimes cheap steak is cheaper than a roast!
Great tips! Thanks for sharing. Roasts haven’t gone on sale in a long time near me either. We do love a good pot roast 💛
I absolutely LOVE the approach you take !! Best possible quality food/ingredients within the (reasonable) budget and eat seasonally. This is exactly how I cook even for myself. Friends often ask me how I can live on so little food money and eat so healthy. Creativity, seasonal, meal planning, using every scrap etc. I do not shop sales either -go to my same 2 - 3 stores and one of them is an Italian store with the delicious & healthy semolina pasta and "ugly produce"
I did study Holistic Nutrition and do teach it as part of my business and I always say "buy the best quality you can afford within your budget and enjoy every bit and bite".
FANTASTIC job Laramie on educating yourself and supporting your family with such smart & sustainable habits.
That’s fantastic! And thank you ♥️
💜💜💜 I used to cook from scratch, dehydrate, and can my own foods. I really got away from it over the last couple years but I’m motivated to get back into it so we can pay off our debt even faster!!!!
Appreciate your channel and good to hear your practical wisdom! A great reminder for me to prepare a menu plan with healthy foods in season and appreciate your sharing your conscious choice to choose food that has less and healthier ingredients, (best quality products within our budgets). Growing a garden should be something everyone does especially in the times we live in- no matter how little space someone may have, they can grow food (container garden) which is a good skill to learn and so rewarding, satisfying, and much more nutrient dense food! Thankful for the encouragement and example (you and your husband are) of being debt free, wise with how you and we can care for our families. God bless!
At the smaller stores, turkey usually goes on sale for $0.27/lb if you spend $35. I always buy 2 (there’s a limit per person) and save one. They are usually less than $5 for an entire turkey!
Your channel is my new favorite! Such good advice and encouragement. I especially liked where you said to do your best and trust the Lord and ask Him to bless the food. Amen!
Aww thank you so much for your kind words!
Oh I forgot to mention on the other post(the one that talks about meats making into several dishes like Costco chicken into 4 dishes-sometimes even to 5) with my meal plan for my large family, I use meat as a condiment usually. One trick that I don't hear about but I do is I take frozen chicken breasts and when I defrost it to the point it is still slightly frozen but I am able to cut it in its frozen state. So this way, I basically shave a thin slice of chicken (or beef -any meat) in a paper thin slice on a diagonal slant. Looks shaved and even though it does not look substantial once cooked first, it stretches the amount of meat like in a stir-fry. The meat becomes substantial and tender (sometimes I coat it in a cornstarch and wine to stir-fry-this thickens sauce too-make sure you put enough oil when you do this and non stick cast iron pan is what I use or wok. I picked up this tip when I used to go to this Mongolian noodle wok type of place and they do this to the meat to stretch it for lots of customers and save money so I started doing it. It works wonderfully! I do this with vegetables too like carrots and celery to cut it at a diagonal and thin paper thin slices which also is substantial enough once cooked.
Try it and let me know how that works for you! BTW I just found your videos a few days ago (it came up on my feed) and I have been watching it and enjoying it. It made me go back and look at my spending log(I track every single penny every month) and in October I spent 634.10 on groceries total so worked out to 126.82/5 weeks in Oct. and I make sure I don't buy til the end of the 5th week and actually I am beyond that even now so maybe will stretch to 6 weeks on that amount. So then it will be 105.68 per week! I eat out of our garden too and seasonally-we just had one last strawberry left today in Nov which we cut thinly and my granddaughter and I enjoyed! One thing is I want to learn how to make sourdough and other breads (hope you have a video on that) and I agree with you be creative in your cooking. Like my lasagna soup once the lasagna noodles were finished, I added cabbage and carrots/peas and water and made pasta fajioli soup.
Oh I just went back and looked at my menu plans and I could see I can stretch to 12 more meals til Nov 17-18 so that means I can stretch to $90.59/week for 7 weeks-wow-instead of going to buy groceries again-I will wait now and save money! Thanks for that-btw I like your calm demeanor and God bless!
Wow!! You are on top of it! 7 weeks is a long time between store runs 😁 I bet that last strawberry tasted soooo good. They are my favorite fruit!
I found $80 hams clearanced at $20 after Xmas. I bought two, one for us to cut up and freeze - and the other to donate to the local Community Kitchen. I took my 9yr old grandson with me. He needs to know. Boy did their eyes light up when I walked in with a 32+ lb ham! My favorite use (beyond beans and split peas soups) is farfalle (bowtie) pasta - a casserole with a jar of alfredo sauce, chunks of ham and 2 bags of frozen peas. My kids and their friends used to demolish a huge enamel roaster full of this at their sport events. Carry on wise people!
That sounds delicious. I am sure that is a fond memory for them.
Being a senior on a fixed income I have more than doubled my grocery budget over past 2 years. I was raised to have a career and homemaking and cooking were not important. Making money was all that was important. I can cook basic foods and have chickens for eggs, goats for milk and dairy and rabbits for manure and meat. I don't have energy to go into stores. I can do Walmart pickup monthly and I might get something else if needed. I buy hamburger and small amt of beef from local farmer. I buy a small amount of chicken and pork from local Mennonite all natural store. Since I don't eat much meat this works. Azure Standard I use for bulk gluten-free grain. I spend less than 10% on groceries per month. You are very wise and look at all aspects of the best life for your family. I am so glad I found your channel.
It sounds like you are doing so well from not being taught to cook in your younger years ♥️
@@TheProductiveHomemaker everything I know I learned from books. Cooking, sewing, quilting etc.
Laramie this was so so helpful!!! I can't thank you enough. It brings tears to my eyes to see people going out of their way to help others, especially right now in this economy where we are all struggling and hanging by a thread. You are so appreciated
I have great respect and admiration for what you have accomplished and the way you continue to find new ways to thrive despite financial challenges.
I had to retire 15 years earlier than I had planned due to catastrophic illness. Luckily, I have never been a material person. I practiced law for my career and despite a high income, I have lived frugally and I know that, come what may, I will be fine. I always eat whole foods and don't splash out on unnecessary spending. I found a local farm who makes weekly delivery of fresh, bountiful produce for a fraction of what I would pay at the grocery store. If I buy anything, it is usually second hand. I mend and make do but like you, nutrition is always a priority. I have zero debt, use credit cards to get useful points - and pay them off in full every month.
Good for you, girl. You nailed it. ✌️❤🇨🇦
I love your attitude of gratitude! Very good tips. Take care, Linda 🦋
Thank you Linda! ♥️
Your methods are how I raised two kids as a divorced woman with a former husband who did not support his kids at all. I earned very little but worked full time. I managed most of the time but at the end of the month our meals were sometimes cinnamon toast and reconstituted powdered milk. I did work only one job when my children were under 12 years old. When they were old enough to stay alone in the evening I took a second part time job.
Now that I'm older and cannot work anymore I have time to shop in a couple of different places. I drive a 30 year old car infrequently, just for doctor visits and shopping trips. Rent is a little more than 50% of my income. I live alone but I do get Medicaid for help with my doctor bills.
My problem is that I'm diabetic so I cannot extend meals with breads, grains or other starches but I can and do eat beans. I have learned frugality within the limits of my very spare income and I can eat properly most of the time but in prepandemic years when I did not have the Medicaid assistance I lost too much weight because I could not afford to eat two meals daily. I was sick often. I'm doing everything possible to cook and and feed myself frugally and true to my diabetic guidelines.
I make soups. I make big meals I can freeze for future consumption like stews but with almost no potatoes in them. I can grow a very few things on my south facing balcony and I do that but it does not augment my diet very much. I live on chicken and eggs for protein, the least expensive I can find, and when it is at a good price I buy ahead. I keep the bones for soup. I clip coupons. I indulge myself with an occasional rotisserie chicken and one small chicken can turn into a week's meals ending with soup, and chicken wraps and sandwiches at the beginning of the week.
I manage but it would be helpful if you have mostly vegetarian, very frugal dishes that are almost completely carb free to share. Those dietary requirements are what make my meals more expensive than your meals. Eggs, chicken and dairy products are my main protein sourced. Fish is pretty expensive but once in a while, if there is a good sale, will buy frozen fish. I shop seasonally. Winter meals are full of cruciferous foods, stews and soups. Summer foods are more varied. But baking bread, making luscious rice dishes, potatoes and pasta dishes are impossible for me.
You’re doing great! I’m 67 and what you’re doing is how I was taught from my own grandmother who didn’t even have running water in her kitchen when I was a little girl. I know you said you don’t have freezer space, but year before last I had decided to plant 12 tomato plants. I froze my bounty whole. Best thing ever I had found on the internet! I take out however many tomatoes I think I’ll need for a meal. Put the frozen tomatoes in warm water, and the peels slip right off! 2 years later I still have tons of tomatoes in the freezer. I remember my grandma dehydrating lots of things so I’m thinking of investing in a dehydrator. And you’re correct. Young people no longer know how to cook from scratch. I remember people panicking during lockdown because restaurants were closed.
If you are considering a dehydrator look at the round ones you find in local stores. I bought a large square eight tray type and spent five times what the round one i had borrowed and i am sad i wasted my money. The round one you plug in and it runs. You may have to rotate trays but that is not a big deal. The fancy one will not run if the air flow is not right, or too much food on the trays or the interior humidity gets too high. Sometimes simpler is best.
@@lynhanna917 thank you.
Oh my goodness, your channel is so refreshing. It reminds me of how I was brought up with little expectation but true appreciation. You truly are a very wise head on young shoulders, I wish you every success on “you tube” endeavour and that it reaches as many as possible.
Thank you for your kind words!
Love the message that we can break the standard rules and that we are not bad when we don't do what the cultural norm says. Do our best with what we can, the ebb and flow like you said. Blessings❤
My goodness if everyone understood what you know this country would be so much better! People wouldn’t be drowning in debt, on edge at all times and living beyond their means. You are so intelligent in life skills and show such a beautiful personality I know you are of God. Thank you
He is my rock and my redeemer. ♥️ thank you for watching!
Thank you for being here!
Dear Laramie, such solid and practical advice. Your intelligent and practical advice will help many folks. 35 plus years ago, I was in your shoes and followed your same patterns. It served us incredibly well during that period of our lives. Cheers!
I’ve always been the odd duck. Growing a garden, canning, gleaning, foraging, homemade breads, cooking mostly from scratch, growing sprouts, fermenting etc. people don’t laugh quite as much nowadays, funny how that works. I love thinking outside the box. You keep doing you and you’ll be the wiser for it.
One thing i like about Aldi is that alot of their foods are from other countries that don't allow the additives that our FDA allows in our foods.
Yes!
'FDA allows' - LOL! You need to lay blame at the right doorstep. The corporate overlords who buy and control 'our' politicians who don't let agencies do what need to be done. Look up how the sugar lobby hides WHO recommendations for how much daily allowance of sugar is ok. Just start there and keep going until you find the actual truth.
I'm so proud of you. You display wisdom with thankfulness... you're doing a great job.!
I like the term "intentional frugal" and I have been embracing that life style for many years now. No better feeling than being in control of my money and not letting outside influences dictate how to live my life. You are a very smart homemaker!
Just wow!!! I just find your channel and I have to say I love you already because Im a mom also homeschooling and is being so difficult for me to stay in a budget but you give me light with all your advice thank you thank you so much to take your time even though you are very busy to help others to do better may God bless you and your family new subscriber here 🙏🏻😇🥰
Wow your food prices are crazy in the States. I have just returned from seeing friends in Conn and the price of basic food was mind blowing. I have just found your channel and it so uplifting hearing a young person speak such wisdom. I wish more young people were taught how to budget and how to cook as we were. Sending very best wishes from a 71 year old granny in England.
Crazy expensive or cheaper than England? Your words are so kind, thank you! I’m glad you’re here ♥️
@@TheProductiveHomemaker Your food is crazy expensive compared to ours.
GREAT tips. I love your practical approach to saving money on groceries.
2 decades ago an exchange student from UK went nuts over low prices of meat here, steaks esp
He would buy them constantly as they were about 3x the price in UK
Now UK is less for food????
@@YeshuaKingMessiah Yes! It’s a complete turnaround. We started having regular holidays in the US with our family , 40 years ago. It was always so much cheaper that here. Not any more. Your food prices are so much higher than ours.
I have now listened to two of your previous posts. Your insight into purchasing non-organic foods on a budget is so freeing, but it can be hard to make those choices. Recognizing the blessing of just being able to buy food, and blessing it before eating it, truly is a way to reconcile what we would like to be able to do and the reality that God can make up the deficient in our foods. I was especially happy to hear that you too would love to be able to purchase Einkorn wheat and grind it yourself. : ) You are a gift to the body!
It’s so hard. It took me a long time to be “okay” with buying nonorganic food. But remembering that it’s just a season helps. It doesn’t have to be this way forever, whether income allows for purchasing of better quality or we learn to grow it ourselves. It is a blessing that we get to eat ♥️
Solid advice! Well done. Real food is such a blessing.
We're able to get ground beef from an Amish slaughterhouse for $4/#. It's farm raised, mostly grass fed until the month before slaughter when they use grain to fatten. That's such a blessing to us. I go 2x year and get 30-50# each time. They're packaged in 1# rolls, so pretty easy to store.
We grow a lot of our fruits and vegs, but as your Kentucky neighbor, our growing season is similar to yours.
May God bless your family and Happy New Year!
Always enjoy your content! You are so charming and good at what you bring to us! Thank you! ❤
Good is bellys that aren’t empty.
And since perfection doesn’t exist this side of heaven putting one foot in front of the other on our journey to better is the all we can do. You’re absolutely right, gratitude is the best fuel for this🙌🙌
Don’t worry about the folks who don’t get it. They’ve got their path and you’ve got yours.
Eating seasonally is super beneficial especially when you work to broaden your skills and set up so you can preserve more for winter from your garden, foraging, your neighbor’s farm, etc.
Not sure if you’re into canning or dehydrating but I have gotten awesome deals at garage and estate sales or through folks at church on dehydrators and canning equipment. Both are good ways to put food up without a big deep freeze.
I am glad to hear you’re enjoying WV. It’s a state I have been learning about as I look at moving to debt free.
Keep your eye on the Lord, your mind and heart in His word🙏🙏
You’re doing just fine!!
Thank you, from the depth of my heart for posting these videos. I love being able to watch these videos that are real and raw for the normal folks like us making ends meet in rural Appalachia with modest homes and reverting back to the ways our ancestors live. I've had man 1:30 y women help and guide me along this life but I find your channel refreshing and very helpful.
One of the things we have learned for my diabetic husband is to measure our food. We set out a set of measuring cups and use them to control overeating and in turn saving food. Not only because of cost but health we measure our meat servings, starches, and stew portions. You don’t need a half lb hamburger, and we never put cheese on ours. I make my hamburger stew tasty by adding a can of Bean and Bacon soup. Look to see if local farms have too many veg and fruit and ask about free or reduced fruit; pick your own at the farm and freeze bags for winter pies and fruit butter. It’s fun once you start cooking and planning, especially as a family. Thank you for your wonderful channel.
Great ideas and insight. Thank you!
I’m so glad I found you! I want to be more intentional in shopping and meal planning. Happy New Year! Thank you for sharing what you have learned. I pray that our Heavenly Father blesses your family in 2024 ❤
This was a wonderful video. I would like one video just dedicated to the plan of seasonal eating. It is a new idea for me and makes such a lot of sense.
Your channel is a treasure trove of information! I’m addicted.
Love your channel! Thank you for sharing.
Such sound and brilliant advice, I try to be frugal but still have a way to go, with rising costs we have made raised beds and are planting veg and fruit some just in planters to supplement our food so we have seasonal fresh veg, I want to learn to preserve some but that’s going to take a lot of learning as it’s not something really done in England. Really enjoy listening to your videos x
Once you can afford a grain mill it will pay for itself! Even if you put away $10-$20 a month you will be able to buy one in a year or two! I have been using my NutriMill classic almost daily for over 10 years and it is amazing! I am a widowed homeschool mom and I too have to buy conventional meat but my trust is in Him, not the meat! I am so happy to hear someone else who understands doing our best and not being able to buy organic meat. I would love to! I just literally can't. I have been using frozen vegetables a lot as well. May He bless you and keep you, shine His face upon you, show you His favor and give you His peace.
Omg ...love you so much! I'm a big gardener and I always eat in season and look forward to what each season brings! You're also teaching me a lot about other things. I appreciate you so much!
You are SO kind! Thank you for brightening my day with your words. I’m glad you found me!
Hi Laramie, I live in Canada our growing season is even shorter than yours. I think that you're doing a great job feeding your family. A couple of things though, a banana is one of the most gmo things out there. It has been for hundreds of years. You wouldn't want to have eaten the original one. Wheat is also gmo. In Canada Barilla pasta is imported from Italy. The ingredients are listed as follows: Semolina, Durham wheat flour. It is enriched with 4 B vitamins and folic acid. FYI
Thank you for sharing ❤
Great informational video! ❤
Oh, and I am waiting impatiently for the next video. The topic is very interesting.
Working on it! 💕
Thank you for this video. This was my first time visiting your channel. This is 100% common sense or should be. We have much in common. We live about the same distance from a good grocery, and do similar to you. We have made friends with local farmers and over the summer when food is in season we purchase them then. We only purchase foods that store well, like onions, potatoes, cabbages, carrots, and all the winter squash. And we have decided that we only purchase from local farmers. It does mean that we don't have many options or variety, but we learn to stretch what we have. You have a new subscriber!
Yes, we do sound similar. Welcome the my channel, I’m glad you’re here ♥️
Your video popped up in my recommended and I’ve just watched all of your videos! I’m so glad to have found you. I look forward to watching many more in the future.
Ahh you are so kind! Thank you for joining me over in this little corner of UA-cam ♥️
Glad you're back on UA-cam and thank you for sharing your knowledge in these difficult times.
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I found your channel yesterday, and although my kids are all grown with families of their own, I'm loving your attitude and way of life. We still garden and I can more than we need and share extra garden produce. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.
U really inspire me.... Thank U!!!!!!❤😊
Wow this was great…thanks for sharing! I’m always saying just how grateful I am that my hubby has a job that can afford us to still be able to go grocery shopping during these hard times. Me as a trained chef I need to get back to using more of the skills I was taught and learned in school. That way I’m saving us as much money as possible, plus we’re eating healthier food. I’m going to start back using my indoor garden. Wow you just got me charged up…so thanks. I’m a new subscriber…I’m going to go binge watch some of your videos. Happy Holidays!!😊
Welcome to the community! Yes! Put those wonderful skills into practice 😁
Great video!
Thank you for this video! I learned some tips and have some new ideas now, so thank you!
You are so welcome! I’m glad you’re here 💕
Great video. Very informative
Wish I'd of had some of thisadvice 20 years ago when i first got married and was having my babies. So much wealth in this video. I hope more younger wives and moms find your channel and glean all they can from it As a 44 yr old mom of 2 I'm gleaning lots of great tips to help me improve as a homemaker. Thanks again for sharing.
Really solid information.
Love your videos 🎉
Thank you so much for sharing your common sense wisdom!
You are so welcome! I’m glad you’re here ♥️
You are a gem! PS I have used Wheat Montana flour from Walmart for years,,,GMO free, naturally white. pumpkins are cheap after Oct.31 or easy to grow and they store for weeks in cool places, as do most winter squash. no need to freeze or can. Eating in season is good for you...Thank you for being a voice of common sense and positive outlook
You can maybe make a small greenhouse for tomatoes, cucumber etc to have for winter. The materials to make it are pretty affordable
Great video! I’m coming along for the ride! God bless you and yours!
Thank you so much for being here!
Excellent information. Thanks for sharing
God bless you! You are what our world is missing!
What a blessing you are to your husband.
Smart Girl!
What a great video!! I like how you explain the why and then the how of what you do!! I enjoyed your video immensely!
By the way, I'm an Appalachian, too! You do us proud. Subbed today.
Thank you for your kind words 🥹 as a transplant, it means a lot to me you’d say that! Our neighbors only recently told us that they thought we fit in well and they were happy we decided to move in to the area 🤣 the communities out here are tight knit!
Hi Laramie. Lots of good advice and tips, which I love to hear about. Can't wait for more "What's for dinner/cooking" videos. I hope you're having a great weekend.
There are many more of those to come! They’re one of my favorites to make 😊
Hello Laramie! I love your name!! I am retired along with my disabled hubby. We don't have to subscribe to a strict food budget, but i do have a ssvings goal that i want to accomplish. Food purchases is the one place i can make these adjustments. I am here to LEARN! Thanks for all you are doing here. I look forward to your videos!
I hope that my future videos will be helpful for your as you make your way towards that goal! ♥️
U n ur spouse don’t work
Food costs isn’t an issue
U are incredibly lucky
I don’t think u get how lucky
U can save money even???
I’m blown away
Great it worked out for u both to be so well set
I wish you lived next door you are literally the coolest person ever!
Finding a friend like you is like finding a needle in a haystack. Next to impossible in this vacant, self absorbed world.
May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and prosper you immensly and greatly. 🙏
Haha! I wouldn’t say I’m cool 😂 but I’m glad you think so!!
I really enjoyed your video and your insights. Thank you so much, Cathy
You are so welcome! I’m glad you’re here! 💕
I am absolutely thrilled that I found your channel. Looking forward to future videos.
Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here 💕
Honestly thank you
Your channel is so helpful-thank you for all this helpful information.
You are so welcome! I’m glad you’re here 💕
Agree on eating seasonally for sure! The last thing I want when it’s cold is a sakad lol 😂 I do love frozen blueberries year around for my oats, they’re picked at the peak of ripeness and are always delicious for me. I microwave them for lust 30 seconds then put in my oats 😋 ❤ great reminders!
Frozen blueberries are always in my freezer too ♥️♥️
I shop sales on the internet before I decide if I am using my time and gas to go to the store.
Good advice 👍
I can a lot. I can lots of meat, including venison, chicken, turkey, pork, and beef. It is easy to store & shelf stable. I buy 1/2 a cow and 1/2 a pig.
The best money saving tip I can give anyone is to order your groceries online and pick up at roadside. The less time you spend in a store the more money you will save. You can pick exactly the best priced items and stick to your list.
You have such awesome information. Thank you for sharing it in such a manner. I just discovered your channel. I’m teaching a home economics class at our homeschool co-op this year and I will be using some of your videos for our budget cooking sections this coming semester.
Ahhhh I love this! We run a homeschool co-op too so this warms my heart 🥰
New subscriber as of today. Congratulations on 5K 🎉
Welcome!!