$25 grocery challenge - Week 32/2024
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- How I'm managing on a tight budget. #broke #frugallife #dumpsterdiving #livingonabudget #spendless #diabetes #eatinghealthy #groceriesonabudget #grocerychallenge #groceryhaul2024 #groceryshopping #groceryvlog #extremebudget #frugallivingtips #savingschallenge2024 #budgeting #frugalvideos
Cabbage casserole: Note - I halve the recipe
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Garlic Parmesan Brussel Sprouts
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Steak Bites
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Such an absolute lovely channel- you really are a frugal grocery expert! And I keep learning new tips and tricks - thanking you😊
@@nmarie360 Thank you! Glad you are enjoying my journey.
Wow - you do such a great job finding those specials and making some nice meals.
@@cyclingonplants7444 Thanks!
Thank you for sharing.
@@coleenrudolph5807 Glad you enjoyed the video!
Enjoyed your video so much! I stayed out of the grocery store last week, eating from staples and items on hand and we had plenty to eat and some interesting new combos of dishes. Can't wait to see what you have for us next week! Thanks!
@@martialbers3486 Thanks so much! Glad you are enjoying my journey!
I noticed the wet towel under your cutting board 😍 I'm so glad that worked!!
@@Cassieroll Yes! Thanks so much for the tip!
Nice to have a secret angle!
@@deannawest-e3p I am very grateful for my angel.
Those prices are very low compared to my city (Wisconsin) supermarket. I had to look to see if this video was from 4-5 years ago. Eating is difficult when you live on Social Security and a pension that will never get larger. More power to you.
@@cooneywi There are a lot of stores in my NY metro area, also a lot of people. Combined with places like Aldi and Lidl, along with living near areas with a lot of low income households (myself included), there's competition for consumers' dollars. Being near major shipping hubs probably also helps. I also compare prices via store apps . Since I was limited this week to Shoprite, I focused on their 3 day special sales, when many items drop in price compared to the rest of the week. The lettuce I got is normally $3.99-$4.99, but was $2.50 during the 3 day sale. Definitely a lot of math involved!
I was just thinking if that meat was going to have to last me a week I would have made things that would have stretched it more. I would have cut the pieces of meat chunks in half and separated the amount in half. Then I would have bought vegetables to make a pot of vegetable beef soup( carrots, potatoes, celery, onions, corn, peas, butter beans, green beans, okra. Some beef bouillon if didn’t have it, pasta. A bag of white dried beans and red beans. Do you have flour, sugar cornmeal? These items along with seasonings? These items along with pasta and rice helps to bulk up meals. I would have also made a beef stew by making a nice dark roux with your butter and a touch of oil, then added in my beef bits, some carrots and potato cut into nice bite size pieces, along with some sliced celery and onion. Then served it over rice with some homemade cornbread to go with each of these dishes. Did you know people eat cornbread with molasses or sorghum over hot buttered cornbread for breakfast? Rice can be eaten for every meal, any vegetable that was not used up can be frozen for a later date. Potatoes are one of the best bang for the buck. So many things you can do with this vegetable. I know you are diabetic, but if you can have ice cream you can have a potato once in a while too…also the rice( brown). Everything in moderation and spaced out. The vegetable beef soup can be frozen or just do not make a large bunch. This way you have vegetables for other meals. The celery can be stuffed with the peanut butter for a snack. Wheat bread for a PB& J ( sugar free or made with just juice) sandwich. A grilled cheese and homemade tomato soup or a cheap can of it doctored up. The white beans and pasta with a little tomato product for pasta a fagioli…Italian bean and pasta soup. Instead of having to dumpster dive…have you gone to your local DHS office to see if you qualify for an EBT card? Anyone struggling to put food on their table should qualify. It is worth checking into. I know some people just love the thrill of the hunt, but others do out of necessity. I hope I didn’t upset anyone, but a lot of people just do not know about things. 😌
@@nancyculp6968 Thanks for your comment.I don't qualify for assistance, and I dumpster dive for many reasons. Truly I am not in a desperate circumstance, I just have a lot of debt to pay down. I had other sources of protein as well as the steak. I know some things I make won't last a week, and also surprised some things last more than a week. I love soups and stews, but not in almost 100 degree weather. My focus was using the scapes. I do eat starchy carbs, but mindfully, as I don't currently take medication for my diabetes. As you said, keeping it stretched out. I like your ideas on the meals!
make your own greek its just milk and a tiinnnnyyy bit yogurt
That steak would do me for breakfast all week. My favorite is eggs and steak with dry toast.
@@samanthadodd8112 It's a treat for me too!
Well done and interesting meal choices. Do you cook every day or every other day. I often cook a meal that will last a couple of days.
@@annea7526 I usually cook/prep on the weekends, then assemble during the week. I often work into the evenings so I can't really cook every day.
My first video. What’s dumpster steak?
@@allyrooh3628 Thanks for watching. I dumpster dive (not right now as it's too hot) and several months back I got a lot of meat that was perfectly fine.
don't put it on the farmer about the quality and type of food... we've been restricted to what seed that we can buy and plant. we've been restricted by how we can farm. we've been restricted by where we can farm. we've been restricted on when we can farm and use tractors and equipment. we've been restricted by the government, banks, insurance companies, college kids protesting in our fields about the "environment" we've been restricted to who and how we can sell our produce to (yeah, that's right, i can't sell food directly to the people who want to eat it and i can get in trouble if i give it away as well) ... the list goes on and on... a head of lettuce costs over $2.00 at the store and i get about 3 cents for that head of lettuce... where does the other $1.97 go?... feeding the billions and billions of people is a daily miracle (and it feels good to feed people, it's kinda doing God's work)... please stop making laws and rules that hurt the farmers who are helping to feed people..
I'm confused by your comment. I have not said or implied anything in this video about farmers. Just showing how I manage on a limited budget. I'm grateful for the food I have.