DOLLAR TREE 5 Ingredient Dinners | 5 Quick & CHEAP Recipe Ideas | Dollar Tree Haul
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- Looking for quick and cheap meal ideas? Check out these Dollar Tree 5 ingredient dinners! In this Dollar Tree haul, we'll show you how to make budget-friendly meals using only 5 ingredients. Perfect for busy weeknights or when you're on a tight budget.
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00:00 Dollar Tree Haul
00:45 Shrimp Mac & Cheese
4:12 Spicy Ramen with Peanut Sauce
6:25 Gnocchi & Sausage
10:08 Garlic Salmon Pasta
15:04 Kind of Potato Casserole
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Would love to see a video of “Hotel Meals” - what can you make and eat with just a microwave and small fridge as found in a hotel room, using minimal dishes and such. My son travels for work and doesn’t want to eat out every meal.
Rotisserie chicken is perfect for hotels
Dollar tree dinners!!! Rebecca has that ! She's AMAZING !
That’s a great video idea!
There is a channel I am subbed to… Dollar Tree Dinners. Rebecca does some amazing things with DT ingredients. Her most recent efforts are something different in that she is meal prepping for an elderly woman. Just go further back & you will find some amazing creations. Of course, DT’s can vary in what they carry.
I love her channel!
I watch her too. She does quite yummy dinners.
That Lisa Dawn is great too
Also, “That Lisa Dawn”, does some amazing meals!
omgosh I love Rebecca! She seems like she actually really loves what she's doing on here. Maybe she hasn't been taken over by a management co or making videos to fit around her sponsors yet but she really inspires me to get back into the kitchen with the love I used to have for it as well as to help others more than I do. That's what we need more of!!!
Personally, I don’t think DT is that great of a value for much of anything anymore but I still love your videos 💕
You really need to pick and choose now!
I live by myself, so the smaller size helps me not waste. But if I was cooking for alot of people a totally agree.
Pretzels and greeting cards!😃
Greeting cards for sure, and the snacks when they have good ones.
I take the 15 seconds to do a price comparison. But there are people who Dollar Tree and other Dollar stores are their only good option for food because they live in a food desert.
Girl, I will never want shrimp that bad if I had to get it from DT 😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️
If seafood has a strong smell, it isn't safe to eat. I hope no one was sickened.
the whole time she was cooking it,,I was grossed out. Seafood is harmful if it doesnt smell or look right.
How to make gnocchi better (non frozen).... don't boil it. Cook it with your fat of choice in a sauté pan. They turn into puffs of love.
I totally agree!! Gnocchi get absolutly delicious when you saité them🎉
I was gonna suggest that too. Some parboil it first but I love it toasty brown.
Came here to say this. Skip the boiling, straight into the frying pan with the bacon fat, and the gnocchi will be delish!
I have gnocchi in my pantry... gonna have to try this. How do you know when it's done?
@@tashainjena They are done when they are golden/a bit brown-ish and grispy on the outside🤗
A good channel is Dollar Tree Dinners. She’s amazing!
I agree!
Me also 👍💯
I agree
She's doing a new series.
Sure, more 5 ingred dinners.
Yesssss.... She's awesome. Her Content her voice and personality her whole channel. Agreed !!!
A tip for fish eaters - the ‘fishy smell’ indeed indicates the fish is not particularly fresh. Mercury quickly builds up in the flesh giving it that smell. Sometimes we don’t have a choice what we eat however when we do the human nose is an excellent indicator of bacteria!
A tip I learned from my elders to remove stronger protein odors (fresh-caught fish, seafood, liver, chicken, etc.) is to soak it in milk for a couple of hours before using.
Or do like some grocery stores do and soak in bleach. True story. They were caught on camera doing so.
Our tiny town has a dollar tree/family dollar combo store and a dollar general, side by side. Walmart or a grocery store is 45 minutes away. So I have to shop at these little stores. I do find a few bargain items and I spend 50 a week maybe 60 dollars depending on the extra items I need. These stores do come in handy and I'm grateful for it.
Homemade gnocci is completely different than store bought and surprisingly easy to make! Fluffy and delish 🥔
I always roast the gnocchi in the oven with veggies and a protien with cajun seasoning. Gnocchi is one of my six year olds favorite meals.
If she had sauteed the sausage slices until brown, defrosted and drained the water from the veggies, then added to the pan over higher heat, I think that would have added flavor and made the sausage texture better. Then turn down and add tomatoes.
I love your cheap cooking videos! While I don't follow your recipes, they give me great ideas for my own random ingredients! Thank you!
Yes, please do one from Walmart. Our dollar tree doesn’t have anything! Lol😂
Here in Canada the DT food selection is pitiful.
@@oksanaml9279 same in Philadelphia,,it all depends which one you go to, some have a great selection, the one near me is a mess. Nothing is neat and sometimes dirty. You can see the management does not care, also they hire people who dont stay long:(
👍 I really like these kinds of videos. They give lots of ideas for single people. . I have done several of your meals. I have made them on Saturday, cooled, cut them into portions, place in the freezer. I’m able to dump them in the Ziploc freezer bag. I take one out when I need a quick meal or just regular meal. I really do enjoy these Christine because they do help my single lifestyle
suggestion for a series. take a dish from like Paula dean and make her recipe exactly, then make a second dish with your twist on it. Do a blind taste testing have them decide which one they like best.
Great idea!
The Dollar Tree distribution center in Marietta, OK took a direct hit from a tornado. It could be hard to get anything in their stores for a while. 😢
I'm going to fix Mac n Cheese with a pouch or two of the fake crab that's now at mu DT and I'm going to use Old Bay. Yum. I will serve it with, get this, mexican corn style corn made with DT frozen corn with some Old Bay and maybe some jalapeño. If I don't have any sweet Korean BBQ sauce or any sweet chili sauce I use preserves or jelly mixed with hot sauce and a bit of vinegar. Using apple, apricot or a berry preserve or jelly (not strawberry) works really well. I have, in a desperate situation used pancake syrup with hot sauce and soy add some dried chives, a bit of garlic powder and it's a yummy dipping sauce for potstickers and spring rolls.
Yes to Bacon Fat it makes everything wonderful ❤❤❤
Liked the video. You never know who needs the food from Dollar Tree to cook for themselves or family and you showed some recipes to help them.. Great idea..
Good point about people that don’t have access to better grocery stores. We are very spoiled with access to Winco, Walmart, Safeway, Albertsons, grocery Outlet, Fred Meyer and Costco within a few miles. We can shop around without much hassle. You can buy food at DT, but it isn’t cheaper. Thanks for the reminder, and thanks Christine for the video.
That Velveeta with jalapeno is already wicked spicy....watching you add Tony's to the shrimp and then adding that to the jalapeno mac and cheese made my eyes water and my nose run just from the thought of how spicy that would be. Please pass the Tums! 😂
Pink salmon is typically what is used for canned salmon. It is a much smaller fish and a less firm texture. It looked like you were showing a king salmon....the best eating salmon. And the blood line is from the skin side of the fish. Yep, king is my favorite followed by sockeye. I can't wait to get out there and catch some fish!
I really love that you said "we do what we can."
I think 18:17would have been the perfect place to insert Phoebe’s “I’m very bendy.” 😂
I’m a Kentucky/Indiana girl and I am cracking up at your Midwest casserole comments 🤣 they always have canned soups and sour cream. I guess that makes everything better!
I fry my gnocchi really well so it has a lot of crunch on the outside, but is still soft on the inside. It takes about 10-12 minutes of frying on each side. Try that for texture. It makes gnocchi awesome!
Yes, I think those same ingredients would be tastier with a few chabges. Start pan on medium high heat, sauté the sausage slices until browned, remove and add gnocchi and saute, remove, and add thawed and drained veggies to brown, then turn heat to medium low add everything back and add tomatoes.
I would have liked to see one of your family members taste your concoctions!
You are one brave lady! Buying seafood at Dollar Tree… I enjoy your videos.
How can you not love gnocchis Christine. That’s my favorite pasta ever. Try frying it with garlic and olive oil. So deliciouso
You are a panic. Love watching you. It's just me and the dog but I am a habitual food buyer. My freezer looks like yours for 6 people. I do Walmart, Food Lion, Giant, Lidl but not a lot of Dollar Tree. Love grocery shopping.
I love these type of videos. you combination of flavors and combinations of food always gives me ideas for pantry shopping and new dinners. keep it up!!
My husband and I went fishing with the same company in Ketchikan. Too funny! The quality of their processing and freezing keeps the salmon so fresh! Delicious!!
It's seriously the BEST salmon I've ever had!
Great example of using what is available!
Velveeta is very melty. We had it a lot when I was a child.😁 When I'm on vacation, favorite part is eating out at great restaurants.😂
Love your videos because sometimes the hardest thing is finding variety, especially when hubby is a picky eater!
I love making copycat olive garden gnocchi soup. So good!
I really love your inventiveness. Great job making something with flavor.
DT sells salmon now?!? LOVE the comparison between real fresh-wild caught Alaskan salmon and DT's offering, lol. The DT might be an acceptable quality for some salmon patties - def gotta be a notch up from canned, right? Serious props and standing O for pulling off the quality level of these meals rustled up from DT!! 🏆
The sourcing info on the salmon was concerning. Salmon is a cold water fish, so how would it be wild caught in Florida? I read that there is an RAS salmon farm in Florida near Miami, and wonder if they can call that wild caught?
Would love to see more of these videos for different stores!
No dollar tree or anything like it in Australia, but I still watch for recipe ideas
you're not missing much the Dollar tree stores are not all that great, its really hit or miss, Sometimes you find a deal.... most times I do not:(
These are my favorite types of videos of yours! Keep them coming please! ;)
You are a braver soul than I.
I would not be able to eat the fish and think I was still going to live. Haha
These videos are great because some people have a DT close to them but a bigger store like Walmart is quite a ways away.
my Walmart is 30 miles away and it is the biggest retailer in our VERY large southern Colorado valley, as is my DT. We have Kroger, too, yes, 30 miles away, but the 'pickens' are slim down here. My DT is tiny, about half the size of a 'full' sized store, and often doesn't have items showcased on YT channels like Deal Guy, etc.
Love these videos. Well, love all your videos. Please do keep going with these.
❤ my preschooler loves watching you cook
We love your videos--very helpful! FYI for anyone with a Big Lots, you can get the same gnocchi for 99¢ there (and on their website). We try to stock up on them from there.
Thanks for the info!
I think you did a great job with what you had to work with ! As a tip- when I use canned chicken of tuna I use the water it comes in if using it in a cooked dish or a dish I have to add liquid to it adds more flavor which spreads out through the dish making you think you have more meat in the dish ! I also loved you idea if mixing peanut butter and teriyaki sauce to make your sauce. I’m gonna try that idea ! I know u add P. Butter in my ramen ti make a Creamy sauce. With frozen.stir-fry veggies which makes a delicious Asian meal. For me !! Thsnk you and God bless ❤️🙏🙋🏻🌈🌈
I love these experimental videos. This is how I like to cook. Well done! God bless 🙏🏼❤️
Our Dollar Tree quit stocking gnocchi, I'm bummed! Your sheet pan meal with peppers, gnocchi and sausage is one of our favorites.
Very original. Kudos. I like the idea of you showing ways to use Dollar Tree items that many of us probably skip over. Thanks!
OMG, I LOVED the salmon and orzo from Macaroni Grill
Right?!?!
I tried the scramble kit. If you like hard crunchy potatoes you’ll love it
😂
Thanks, Christine! I'd have used canned shrimp and/or salmon instead of the frozen meats. (I like the canned meats.) I've bought the frozen onion-pepper mix from $Tree. Those veggies are thick cut. Thanks for sharing new-to-me recipes!
The wild caught salmon at dollar tree is actually good. Its also Bobby Approved! LOL
That's surprising. Is it not from China?
@@dianasimplifiesno! The native range of the species is in the Pacific and Arctic coastal waters and rivers, from the Sacramento River in northern California to the Mackenzie River in Canada; and in the west from the Lena River in Siberia to Korea and Honshu in Japan.
Jarlic!!!!! I love it!!!!!
The jalepeno shrimp mac n cheese sounds good, but I think it would also be delicious without the shrimp (you could maybe add bacon or the smoked sausage they have for a cheaper price)....just jalepeno mac n cheese sounds amazing!! :P I would maybe buy a bag of pork rinds instead and crumble it up to put over. Velveeta is truthfully my favorite for mac n cheese and grilled cheese!
Great idea!!
I would like to see more veggies in the meals. Plain pasta is not a balanced diët. Fry some onion, sweet peppers or other vegetables. Spinach and onions sounds good in the mac and shrimp too
I do like these type of videos from you! Thank you
For the casserole if your dollar tree has it you could use cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soups
i feel like gnocchi tastes better when you pan fry it instead of boiling yum.
Yay! Food video!!! Need more of these🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
Thanks Christine! Please inform your viewers that Dollar Tree Prices will go up to $1.75 this year and will soon go to $1.50. So it might be a GREAT idea is to STOCK up now on your favorites at this store while we have a chance to save money ahead of the higher price change! Dollar Tree is no longer becoming a discount store. CHeers!!!
Thanks for the info!
@@FrugalFitMom Thanks Christine I am a recently laid off ASM from Family Dollar so I know what's happening! Cheers
I know, it stinks. We have a Walmart right across the street and Aldi next door so there will price themselves right out of business imho. 😢. I can still justify $1.25 on the things I buy but $1.75 is a hard no for me on most of the items they sell. 🤦♀️🤷🏼♀️
I might have to give at least two of those a try. I love gnocchi but usually have it in a cream based chicken soup like from olive garden but I make my own at home.
Your Aunt Wilma may have used a "Cream of ..." soup in her casserole. Loved this video.
I made the Yakisoba, it really was delicious. I used stir fry vegetables instead of the seasoning blend plus a little ginger.
Ur DT has alot of food 😮
I love your channel. I've learned so much from you. ❤
Christine, look up Nigella Lawson's Rapid Rostini recipe. She uses gnocchi in place of potatoes for garlic and rosemary roast potatoes.
We eat fish all the time. To get rid of the fishy smell soak in milk overnight. Works for seafood, too.
I’d love to see more videos like this and from Walmart! 5 ingredients or less, $10 or less, meals that don’t focus on the protein as much, and 1 pot meals! ❤
I agree but focus more maybe on alternative cooking appliances maybe a 20 dollar Walmart budget but only allowed to use air fryer a waffle maker and not instant pot cause that does too many things but something less complex like a grilled cheese maker or panini press or rice cooker/steamer
I mean protein is pretty essential, it balances out the carbs...
One of the things I have noticed about DT frozen veggies is how inconsistent their size is. I always have to spend a little time cutting the broccoli and cauliflower into smaller pieces since they will give you just 3 huge pieces of either of them sometimes and that will be most of the bag...
Possibly a taco spice mix instead of the french onion soup would also be a good spice blend with the hash brown casserole...🤪
Thanks for trying all these. I noticed how good you are with that bad finger. Glad you’re healing well!
the last dish, you could have done cream of soup (cheddar, broccoli, mushroom) and hungry jack hash, with the veggies and chicken. The Cream of Soup would probably have helped it stick together better.
Love these videos! Especially your honest reviews 🫶🏻
Great video. It was fun to see what you were putting together. Do another one.
With the Gnocchi maybe "pan fry" then put into the sauce. The DT is not as good as it once was. I use to get all my mushrooms from there but now they are from China. I don't eat the best but I do try to make what I eat "better than" some other foods. Are you starting a garden this year?
Great efforts. I think the binder for the sausage egg scramble would have been the eggs. So really not a total fail just u made different then it was designed for! Love your channel! 😊
Cream of something soup would help the potato casserole.
Love this
I am not a big fan of the dollar tree, I would rather go to Walmart (sorry all of the DT fans). But love the video (all of them) …. Can’t wait to see more videos on meal prep for vacations!
I get it. Some of us rural folks need to drive much farther to get to WalMart or other large grocery stores. The closest one to me is 90 miles one way. I'm lucky because I do have a little grocery close by. I also have a Dollar General 15 miles away.
I love watching all your videos and getting different ideas for meals. Im not good at mixing ingredients that go together tastewise. But i love watching you cook and find deals. Love your channel ❤
Adore your budget meal ideas, your spunk/personality, and your channel in general.
Enjoy the joys!
Rogue and Speedy for president!!! Lol some Dollar Trees have great selection and others always feel picked over. New Series: I'm allergic to or I can't eat it
I will say the John morel sausages are good❤
This was fun!!! ❤
Adding more peanut butter and maybe some brown sugar would help balance out the spicy 🌶 taste. But yummmmm, that looks good.
Great experiment! ❤
Those are some great ideas 😊 Thank you ❤
That was fun.
Well done n thanks.😊
Love this idea and would love to see more. ❤
Always enjoy your cooking
Thank you so much
Always great video
I love your recipes, always looking ways to save money
Omg, I got in at the ground level on this one! ☺️
I already bought my square pretzels for the Rollo m&m idea for Christmas I saw on one of your previous videos😊
Love these videos. Keep 'em coming!
Very interesting!
love this flick....you are always so entertaining....have a great day....
I enjoyed this video and wouldn’t mind seeing others along the same lines.
I would have doubled the stir fry mix and used it for both the ramen and the gnocchi vs getting the onions or reversed them and also crisped up the sliced sausage before adding the veggies for added flavor