kdk05d Amen, Friend. Nice to meet you! 🙂♥️ She’s wonderful. I’m a brand new subscriber, since being home this week. I’m loving her down to Earth way and sweet manner. And she’s so sassy and fun!
my mom used to do "pantry cleanout" weeks/months where we didn't shop again until we didn't have anything left. my husband and i still do it to this day and we will use the extra money to apy down debts. it's honestly really humbling and also reassuring to stop and just check yourself and realize that you can do just fine with some beans and rice or a simple pasta dinner.
My family also does this! Doing it now as a matter of fact! Why shop when i have 3 bags of flour,sugar,baking soda,baking powder,and several other items? Today for lunch,im thinkin since ive got a plethora of hot dogs,ill make a homemade "pigs in a blanket" type deal. Lol
This is great. I appreciate how you could appreciate what you have on hand, but I would actually advise against cleaning out your pantry till it’s all empty, because you never know if there might be an emergency where you can’t get to stores or stores are closed down. I’m thinking of weather emergencies such as the Texas blackout that left so many freezing cold, starving and thirsty, or local shutdowns. I would suggest you ALWAYS have at least 2-4 weeks of food(or more if you can afford it, or quick ready to eat soups as well as longer term dry goods, like rice, legumes, pasta, jarred sauces with protein just Incas you can’t get fresh meat) ALL the time. You can look up “working pantry” or “ prepper pantry”. You just never want to be left without any food at any time. Don’t forget to keep some gallons of water. 1 gal minimum per person per day. 🙂
Jennifer, I couldn't agree more! Sometimes I tend to over shop or I've grown too much and they got to get used up cut a bad spot out and they're good to go. I also hate wasting food. I grew up poor I went to bed hungry I will be hard pressed before I throw something away. I plan meals around what we have in the house and I try to make sure every bit of it gets used up and I especially try to not overcook because we tend to get bored with leftovers very quickly. But you would not believe how quickly some people throw out a zucchini because it has one little bad spot on it.
I tend to freeze stuff when I notice it going "bad" and I know I won't eat it soon. Even things like zucchini with lots of water (which will get mushy after thawing) are good for soups or sauces, just season and puree it, add some cream or broth and whatever. Also, I take the ugly veggies and single bananas at the supermarket, they still taste the same 😊
Your recipes sound so delicious. Although my days of cooking are behind me, I'd like to offer a suggestion. For the chicken tortilla soup, instead of putting the onion and lime juice directly in the pot, I would saute the onion in the same frying pan that I'd cooked the chicken in, soaking up all that bacony, taco seasony goodness. I'd then deglaze with the lime juice to get up every last bit of flavor. Then add it to the pot. Just an idea.
Molly K. Yup. I am a big proponent of sautéing the aromatics first then deglazing. I also sear any meat I plan to use first, then sauté the aromatics and deglaze, getting all that lovely fond up. The Maillard reaction is the best friend for flavor, lol. I love her frugality, but cringe every time I see her using un sautéd aromatics, lol.
I've started freezing Avocado! I buy them in bulk. Once they're ripe I cut them into quarters, toss them in a freezer bag, add some salt, pepper, and garlic powder, a liberal squirt of lime juice, and then mush by hand! Squash the bag flat and stack in the freezer. They stay green and thaw within 20 minutes. Then we're never without avocados and I don't have to worry about them over ripening.
Thank YOU -- for using the zucchini -- and just cutting off the bad! SO many people think that is not good - but I ALWAYS use up what I can just the same way.
For many things that´s fine, but don´t try it with something like bread as the mold can spread though the whole loaf even if you only see it on one slice.
@@miekekuppen9275 Yes! It is quite safe to cut off moldy piece of some kinds of vegetables with low water content and eat the rest. Like carrots, parsley root, cabbage, bell peppers etc. In other cases the whole piece of fruit or vegetable might be full of mycotoxines. The zucchini is mostly water and toxines spread easily there so I would rather throw it all away. As well as cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries... Mycotoxines are especially dangerous to children and babies. That is why baby food is being tested for patulin. Do not underestimate the mycotoxines!
Guilty here, but I have to get it by my 18yr old son.( Have had to for 4-5yrs now, my mom was ocd, and freaked if it was a day past..had to explain best by vs use by, and they want you to toss and buy more,)
I solved that problem by removing everything front their boxes/bags and storing them in big containers. That way I'm the only one who knows exactly how old it is since I do all the grocery shopping. 😂🤣😂🤣😂
“What happens to dry pasta, it gets more dry?” 😂😂. I have thoroughly enjoyed your channel. It is so great. I found you and Jen both from Marriage & Motherhood’s channel from a different challenge and I have been hooked ever since! You’ve given me inspo for a pasta dish and I’m so doing those air fryer potatoes for breakfast.
Keeping dry pasta dark and dry is not gonna spoil just like dry beans. It usually dont even have egg its just flour that had water in it. For flour or anything dry to go bad it needs moister to come in contact. Fat is the first thing to go bad and or get a weird taste from strong smells like chocolate but chocolate kept from strong smells Will keep for at least one year the white you may see is just the coca butter that has risen/ flower it is harmless. Other things like Tea, spices lose taste over time meaning it can be bitter or you need to add more.
My mother gave me a box of food when they moved houses, among it was pasta boxes expired 02/2018. We ate some yesterday with sketchy broccoli and frozen ham slices cut up. Quarantine makes you creative!!!
We could SO be friends, lol. If I had a UA-cam channel, this is exactly how I’d be. I can’t begin to tell you how refreshing it is to see “real”. Thank you. 😊 You’re awesome.
I know you have a small gardening and I just wanted to let you know that I am using my last red cabbage from my 2019 Garden. No Lie! Talk about a vegetable that stores well. I watched a video on how to store the cabbage and you pick it and you do not wash it and you wrap it super tight in Saran Wrap and store it in your refrigerator inside a ziplock bag after it's been wrapped with the Saran Wrap and I got to tell you you pull the outer leaves off and you're left with a beautiful red cabbage underneath we had about 20 of them we've eaten about 1 a week I gave a couple of them away and I'm about sick of red cabbage to the point I'm not even growing it in this year's Garden. But just wanted to let you know because I know you always like to keep stuff around and you literally can keep it around for you know six months. Unfortunately the green cabbage does not last as long
I had some leftover potato, capsicum and onion from breakfast burritos... I never thought put to add a small tin of beans to make tacos. I’m going to have that for dinner =) I’m loving your videos. With the pandemic I’ve learnt to stockpile and this has given me some great ideas!
I love your videos and recipe ideals. If someone wants to save a step on cooking their veggies, I normally cook my frozen veggies with the pasta. I wait until a few minutes before my pasta is ready. Then I'll pour the veggies into the pasta pot and drain them together. Voila!
Love how you use real looking food like most of us do lol years old pasta, growing potatoes, weired looking limons & cucumbers 👏 i still eat them too lol
Expired pasta can hatch bugs, grow mold, or go rancid (if it contains things like egg); but it is easy to see/smell if it is safe. It's best to go by expiration guides, but pasta is one of the things that is generally okay.
Everything looked delicious. I think you love your air dryer as much as I love mine. The tacos at the end I think I would of taken the sour cream with lemon or lime juice, maybe some garlic powder and made a type of slaw for the tacos. (I am in no way saying the way you did it didn't look delicious.) If you want to try something really delicious take diced sweet potatoes or russet potatoes, olive oil and either taco or fajita seasoning in a bowl. Toss the potatoes until they are coated. I like to add onions and peppers if I find them on sale. I toss it all in the oil with seasoning mixture. Put it in the air dryer until the potatoes are done. I put this in a tortilla with sour cream. It is delicious.
You should consider a bigger saute pan! I got some money to Kohls for Christmas and got a 5 qt Calphalon saute pan. I can't believe how amazing it is- I could probably cook 3-4 lbs of ground meat with out it spilling over.
I'm having a pantry clear out this week. I made soup yesterday with the leftover veg in my fridge and I have black beans soaking so I can cook them tomorrow. I'm planning on making burgers with them and some fried rice. Tonight I'm trying a recipe using some extra minced beef I had in the freezer (it's not a full packet, just about 100g)- hamburger pasta 😊
I'd put a "tisp" of butter in the Italian sausage, broccoli, pasta dish; and I would serve the beans and rice with cornbread. I think you would benefit from growing your own veggies!
Frozen veggies are actually better then fresh i stores because they are frozen right after harvesting but fresh are transported and may have been in the store a few days, meaning the frozen are fresher then the fresh ones as long as they havent been in your freezer for long.
I made quarantine black bean and potato enchiladas with green sauce. So good! We were surprised at how much we liked them. Could have been better with avo, sour cream, cilantro on top. But it’s quarantine rules and I was desperate for something original.
Food is not bad unless fuzzy stuff is growing on it or it smells horrible..people today are oblivious. Even with the fuzzy stuff, cut it off. You need to determine if edible after.
In every family there is a struggle of a mother to save the family kitchen and the struggle of a father to save the family budget. All for raising the kids and keep the fam alive . Thats why we can not hurt or ruin their children' s heart and life .
@@sandravasquez7628 you can definitely freeze the juice (you can make ice cubes, volume depending on how much you use at once) and if you remove the skin beforehand you can freeze that as well for use in baking.
Ok thank you for this. Don’t toss “expired” foods unless of course their perishable and have perished. This will go a long way towards what we are heading towards. People need to learn to cook cheap, use what you’ve got. And waste not want not. I love all your videos but this one I love that you cut mold spots off (you’re cooking them anyway) and used expired pasta! ❤️❤️
You should try mashed potato quesadillas. It is a lot a carbs in one but it’s sooooo good. With cheddar cheese and caramelized onions in them. Mmmmmmmm
So glad I found you, while I’ve been home this week! I’m a new subscriber. I’m a Navy nurse in NC. Wonderful to meet you! 😊 I’m loving getting to know you and the lovely family. Had fun watching you buy all the groceries yesterday! Lol God Bless you 🙏🏼🦋🥰
Hi Christine. Sausages are a bit pricey where I live. So what I did is substituted sausages with burger patties. Yumm! Perhaps you can add a bit of starch like potato flour in to the soup. It looks bit watery but really each to their on liking. Love your frugal food. Thx babe
Love your attitude to food, your recipes, and your energy. I hate wasting any food and you show so many creative ways to use up what you have in the fridge or pantry. Also like your spicy flavourings.
Hey my mom and I love your channel. Today we were gifted some beautiful tri-colored grape tomatoes and some red bell peppers and we knew would never be able to use them all so....we reached to our inner Christine and said let's freeze it. So we roasted and made a home made tomato sauce to put in the freezer.
I'm guessing I watch these videos because they remind me up cooking when the kids were little. Roast a whole chicken with 10-12 baked potatoes and make 3 dinners. 1)Chicken and baked potato, 2)BBQ chicken(add BBQ sauce to chicken thighs) and home fries(cut up baked potato), chicken salad (cubed chicken)and potato salad( from cubed baked potatoes). Then put rest of chicken and bones in crock pot for chicken stock and bits of chicken for casserole and/or chicken soup. Days of stretching the food dollar popular now and popular then.
I am 3 minutes in and I love you... What happens to dry pasta, it gets more dry?!! I died. Found you from Jen's channel and I am so happy to have discovered you. THANK YOU!!
Awesome! I have beans, cabbage, potatoes and tortillas. We'll definitely try those tacos tomorrow. I only have 1lb of beef left and don't want to use it yet. I think I have half a red pepper I can add too.
Christine I have learned to appreciate the value of beans since I was a child. I raised my children and husband on beans. LOL 😆! I keep beans in the freezer and I buy canned beans for my pantry. Since we may have a hard winter, I don't have to worry (I never worry) about what to cook. I have been preparing for the last few weeks and have been stocking canned foods, seasonings and dry goods. Not the 50lb products but we are pretty good. Thanks for your "realness" and showing what we can do with a bit of creativity and a decently stocked pantry. You Rock! 😘🙏💯
Lol, that shirt kills me! Ha ha! 🤣 Love your ideas and videos. I am obsessed with cooking videos due to our current virus situation. Your meals always look so delicious. I am single and spend waaaay too much money on food just for me. So, I love these challenges. Keep therm coming please!
I LOVE THE RECIPE LINKS!!!!! Awesome! I'm a new subscriber (I "found" your channel about two months ago.) Cooking is NOT my strong suit (especially cooking healthfully on a small budget!), but you inspire me to be a better person/wife/mom by all the amazing videos and incredible resources! Thanks so much for sharing.
Dry pasta if left in its original box or bag will get bugs in it. That’s why people who store lots of food in long term storage remove pasta/rice/beans/flour etc from its packaging and either freeze or bake it to kill off any eggs that may be inside the packaging. If you put a box of pasta or bag of rice away for awhile and go back to it don’t be surprised if there are tiny moths in it
Definite agreement on if a little cheese is good, a lot is better. When I lived in South Korea, real cheese was not common/affordable in most grocery stores. The first time I went to a Costco there (after living there for about a year), I got a little too excited in the cheese aisle, lol.
2 year old pasta and moldy zucchini...
This is so incredibly relatable. Thank you for making me feel like a little less of a hot mess.
I just finished it and got to the sketchy limes, overcooked beans, and sprouting potatoes.
Amazing.
Right?? Love her.
kdk05d Amen, Friend. Nice to meet you! 🙂♥️ She’s wonderful. I’m a brand new subscriber, since being home this week. I’m loving her down to Earth way and sweet manner. And she’s so sassy and fun!
*salute*
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my mom used to do "pantry cleanout" weeks/months where we didn't shop again until we didn't have anything left. my husband and i still do it to this day and we will use the extra money to apy down debts. it's honestly really humbling and also reassuring to stop and just check yourself and realize that you can do just fine with some beans and rice or a simple pasta dinner.
YES. My mom did that too and I’ve started doing it now that I have a family as well! 👍🏻
My family also does this! Doing it now as a matter of fact! Why shop when i have 3 bags of flour,sugar,baking soda,baking powder,and several other items?
Today for lunch,im thinkin since ive got a plethora of hot dogs,ill make a homemade "pigs in a blanket" type deal. Lol
This is great. I appreciate how you could appreciate what you have on hand, but I would actually advise against cleaning out your pantry till it’s all empty, because you never know if there might be an emergency where you can’t get to stores or stores are closed down. I’m thinking of weather emergencies such as the Texas blackout that left so many freezing cold, starving and thirsty, or local shutdowns. I would suggest you ALWAYS have at least 2-4 weeks of food(or more if you can afford it, or quick ready to eat soups as well as longer term dry goods, like rice, legumes, pasta, jarred sauces with protein just Incas you can’t get fresh meat) ALL the time. You can look up “working pantry” or “ prepper pantry”. You just never want to be left without any food at any time. Don’t forget to keep some gallons of water. 1 gal minimum per person per day. 🙂
Great one I do it every week
This whole time I was doing it bc I was broke
I'm so glad that you use "ugly" or "sad" veggies. I hate food waste. As long as they're cooked they can be delicious 👍👍👍
I was thinking the exact same thing!
Jennifer, I couldn't agree more! Sometimes I tend to over shop or I've grown too much and they got to get used up cut a bad spot out and they're good to go. I also hate wasting food. I grew up poor I went to bed hungry I will be hard pressed before I throw something away. I plan meals around what we have in the house and I try to make sure every bit of it gets used up and I especially try to not overcook because we tend to get bored with leftovers very quickly. But you would not believe how quickly some people throw out a zucchini because it has one little bad spot on it.
Jennifer Marshall they’re great bunged in soup & blitzed down nobody knows. xXx
Soup and pizza topping are two of my favorite ways to use up food so it doesn't go to waste.
I tend to freeze stuff when I notice it going "bad" and I know I won't eat it soon. Even things like zucchini with lots of water (which will get mushy after thawing) are good for soups or sauces, just season and puree it, add some cream or broth and whatever.
Also, I take the ugly veggies and single bananas at the supermarket, they still taste the same 😊
Your recipes sound so delicious. Although my days of cooking are behind me, I'd like to offer a suggestion. For the chicken tortilla soup, instead of putting the onion and lime juice directly in the pot, I would saute the onion in the same frying pan that I'd cooked the chicken in, soaking up all that bacony, taco seasony goodness. I'd then deglaze with the lime juice to get up every last bit of flavor. Then add it to the pot. Just an idea.
This sounds delicious. Thank you for sharing this idea. Makes sense and sounds like it would add more flavor.
Molly K. Yup. I am a big proponent of sautéing the aromatics first then deglazing. I also sear any meat I plan to use first, then sauté the aromatics and deglaze, getting all that lovely fond up. The Maillard reaction is the best friend for flavor, lol. I love her frugality, but cringe every time I see her using un sautéd aromatics, lol.
I've started freezing Avocado! I buy them in bulk. Once they're ripe I cut them into quarters, toss them in a freezer bag, add some salt, pepper, and garlic powder, a liberal squirt of lime juice, and then mush by hand! Squash the bag flat and stack in the freezer. They stay green and thaw within 20 minutes. Then we're never without avocados and I don't have to worry about them over ripening.
I'm so impressed that you hot all that sausage, broccoli' and pasta stirred togethered in that shallow of a pan. I would have had a big mess. 😅😅😅
Yeah, I thought I would Have pour the skillet into the pot! But I'm just an amateur
Thank YOU -- for using the zucchini -- and just cutting off the bad! SO many people think that is not good - but I ALWAYS use up what I can just the same way.
If I'm afraid I don't have time...I'll cut off bad parts and chop and freeze for later dishes.
For many things that´s fine, but don´t try it with something like bread as the mold can spread though the whole loaf even if you only see it on one slice.
@@miekekuppen9275 cheese is literally made with mold. Before you buy cheese at the store they are completely covered in mold.
@@miekekuppen9275 Yes! It is quite safe to cut off moldy piece of some kinds of vegetables with low water content and eat the rest. Like carrots, parsley root, cabbage, bell peppers etc. In other cases the whole piece of fruit or vegetable might be full of mycotoxines. The zucchini is mostly water and toxines spread easily there so I would rather throw it all away. As well as cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries...
Mycotoxines are especially dangerous to children and babies. That is why baby food is being tested for patulin. Do not underestimate the mycotoxines!
OMG! The expired pasta and 4 year old batter mix!!!! I laughed so hard simply because I do the same things 😂😂😂
I do it too when hubby doesn't look 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Guilty here, but I have to get it by my 18yr old son.( Have had to for 4-5yrs now, my mom was ocd, and freaked if it was a day past..had to explain best by vs use by, and they want you to toss and buy more,)
I solved that problem by removing everything front their boxes/bags and storing them in big containers. That way I'm the only one who knows exactly how old it is since I do all the grocery shopping. 😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@tracymclaughlinholmes677 that is friggin brilliant!😂💚💜
@@tracymclaughlinholmes677 smart cookie!
Pandemic: You can't go to the store because of me. No more extreme budget videos
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LOL!
😂😂😊
She's pretty amazing!
“What happens to dry pasta, it gets more dry?” 😂😂. I have thoroughly enjoyed your channel. It is so great. I found you and Jen both from Marriage & Motherhood’s channel from a different challenge and I have been hooked ever since! You’ve given me inspo for a pasta dish and I’m so doing those air fryer potatoes for breakfast.
Keeping dry pasta dark and dry is not gonna spoil just like dry beans. It usually dont even have egg its just flour that had water in it. For flour or anything dry to go bad it needs moister to come in contact. Fat is the first thing to go bad and or get a weird taste from strong smells like chocolate but chocolate kept from strong smells Will keep for at least one year the white you may see is just the coca butter that has risen/ flower it is harmless. Other things like Tea, spices lose taste over time meaning it can be bitter or you need to add more.
Yes! That line made me spit out my water lol
My mother gave me a box of food when they moved houses, among it was pasta boxes expired 02/2018. We ate some yesterday with sketchy broccoli and frozen ham slices cut up. Quarantine makes you creative!!!
We could SO be friends, lol. If I had a UA-cam channel, this is exactly how I’d be. I can’t begin to tell you how refreshing it is to see “real”. Thank you. 😊 You’re awesome.
Jennifer Tritsch I totally agree! I just found her this week- after being home and I’m so glad! She’s so sassy and FUN! I’m learning so much!🙏🏼♥️🦋
I was thinking this too!😄
"Just a pinch of salt" sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle.... sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle... SO ME!!!
I also, totally LOVE your meat free meal ideas!
I was just thinking the same thing lol
I am the opposite …. I about died, I hate salted food -nasty
@@lijohnyoutube101 do you like chips or tortilla chips.
@@2JobsStillPoorUSA I will eat some tortilla chips but in general I don’t care for potato chips.
“Just a pinch of salt”, yet pours in 2 TBS. 😂 That’s my pinch too!
Beautifully crafted shots! Lol! Oh so much pressure. Thanks for collabing again 😜
Just have to give credit where credit is due! Ha!
“What happens to dry pasta, it gets more dry?”
loved that you talked about that. the best before date does not matter.
u are awesome!
“What happens with dried pasta, it just gets more dry?” I like that attitude.
“I’m not good at making my food look beautiful.” I leave EVERY cooking video of yours hungry so you’re doing something right with the thumbnails! 😂💕
Christian McCowan Exactly! 😃I love all the things I’ve been learning!🙏🏼🦋❤️
So much SAME!😂
I love that you have sketchy limes and ugly zucchini just like me 😂 thanks for keeping it real! 🙌🏻
There is nothing wrong with them
Same thing in my house🙈😆
Right? As I’m looking at my sketchy lemon and limes on my counter. Damn I needed zest but I ain’t throwing out the rest 🤷🏻♀️
I do that with bell peppers. I don’t care if they’re all wrinkled I still use them. They make the dish taste a little special.
I know you have a small gardening and I just wanted to let you know that I am using my last red cabbage from my 2019 Garden. No Lie! Talk about a vegetable that stores well. I watched a video on how to store the cabbage and you pick it and you do not wash it and you wrap it super tight in Saran Wrap and store it in your refrigerator inside a ziplock bag after it's been wrapped with the Saran Wrap and I got to tell you you pull the outer leaves off and you're left with a beautiful red cabbage underneath we had about 20 of them we've eaten about 1 a week I gave a couple of them away and I'm about sick of red cabbage to the point I'm not even growing it in this year's Garden. But just wanted to let you know because I know you always like to keep stuff around and you literally can keep it around for you know six months. Unfortunately the green cabbage does not last as long
I love that you are doing this during a pandemic so you can show people how to still make good meals with the staples.
I love the way your daughter is following in your footsteps. She is already so into cooking.
I had some leftover potato, capsicum and onion from breakfast burritos... I never thought put to add a small tin of beans to make tacos. I’m going to have that for dinner =) I’m loving your videos. With the pandemic I’ve learnt to stockpile and this has given me some great ideas!
You know it's gonna be a good day when there are new Christine and Jen Chapin videos to watch! 🥰
Thank you for the true pantry meals complete with ugly produce. I especially appreciate the meat free meals.
I LOVE PLANNERS AND SCRAPBOOKING. JEN'S CHANNEL MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT FOR ALL OF US PLANNERS. THANK YOU.
I thought I was the only one who liked that dry pasta sound!! ❤️😊
I love your videos and recipe ideals. If someone wants to save a step on cooking their veggies, I normally cook my frozen veggies with the pasta. I wait until a few minutes before my pasta is ready. Then I'll pour the veggies into the pasta pot and drain them together. Voila!
Immediate thumbs-up for hilarious t shirt
Thanks for the idea to do black bean/roasted potato tacos! I'm sure my girls will love those!
Thanks for keeping it real! I hate when people cry about a canned item or dry pasta that they think is expired so they trash it. 😂
I cook like you do many times! You are so relatable and refreshing.
When made from the heart it doesn't matter how the dish looks. Great receipie Christine. Keep them coming!
Love your vegetarian meals. Maybe try a vegetarian week challenge😀
Thanks for sharing all of your recipes.
P.s. Love your shirt.
Love how you use real looking food like most of us do lol years old pasta, growing potatoes, weired looking limons & cucumbers 👏 i still eat them too lol
Hiii, I came over here from Jen's channel. She highly recommended that I come over to your channel and I was not disappointed!!! Thank u! New subbie❤
We love chicken tortilla soup, I like to add diced green chiles, tomatoes, and frozen (or canned) corn as well
YES! More cheese is always better. Also, included in that list of all the things that Christine is: A witty t-shirt collector!
I agree 100000%!
Definitely of the camp that you can rarely ever get too much cheese..😋
even though i'm vegan and a lot of your recipes would be hard to veganize on the fly, I absolutely LOVE your approach to food and your energy!
Just leave out the meat or substitute with tofu. I roast veggies and add to salads or serve with rice.
Expired pasta can hatch bugs, grow mold, or go rancid (if it contains things like egg); but it is easy to see/smell if it is safe. It's best to go by expiration guides, but pasta is one of the things that is generally okay.
Oh, ‘ what happens to dry pasta - it gets more dry” just cracked me up!!!!!
I always have carrots, celery, shallots and green onion and if possible mushrooms!
Oh Cabbage lasts for a long time too!
Everything looked delicious. I think you love your air dryer as much as I love mine. The tacos at the end I think I would of taken the sour cream with lemon or lime juice, maybe some garlic powder and made a type of slaw for the tacos. (I am in no way saying the way you did it didn't look delicious.) If you want to try something really delicious take diced sweet potatoes or russet potatoes, olive oil and either taco or fajita seasoning in a bowl. Toss the potatoes until they are coated. I like to add onions and peppers if I find them on sale. I toss it all in the oil with seasoning mixture. Put it in the air dryer until the potatoes are done. I put this in a tortilla with sour cream. It is delicious.
You should consider a bigger saute pan! I got some money to Kohls for Christmas and got a 5 qt Calphalon saute pan. I can't believe how amazing it is- I could probably cook 3-4 lbs of ground meat with out it spilling over.
You are a pro at this, I just love how you make gourmet food out of pantry items, as always love your videos😍
I'm having a pantry clear out this week. I made soup yesterday with the leftover veg in my fridge and I have black beans soaking so I can cook them tomorrow. I'm planning on making burgers with them and some fried rice. Tonight I'm trying a recipe using some extra minced beef I had in the freezer (it's not a full packet, just about 100g)- hamburger pasta 😊
I'd put a "tisp" of butter in the Italian sausage, broccoli, pasta dish; and I would serve the beans and rice with cornbread.
I think you would benefit from growing your own veggies!
Frozen veggies are actually better then fresh i stores because they are frozen right after harvesting but fresh are transported and may have been in the store a few days, meaning the frozen are fresher then the fresh ones as long as they havent been in your freezer for long.
The potato tacos are very tasty. I like to make my black beans that way too. So flavorful!
I made quarantine black bean and potato enchiladas with green sauce. So good! We were surprised at how much we liked them. Could have been better with avo, sour cream, cilantro on top. But it’s quarantine rules and I was desperate for something original.
Hi there. What’s the green sauce? Is it like the tomatillo sauce, or green chile sauce? It sounds really good. Thx
@@oi812NM I think I just used the herdez salsa verde. Or whatever green enchilada sauce you like.
Agree potatoes turn out fantastic in the air fryer try this. Air fry your diced potatoes with olive oil, garlic, Parmesan and rosemary. DELICIOUS
Food is not bad unless fuzzy stuff is growing on it or it smells horrible..people today are oblivious.
Even with the fuzzy stuff, cut it off. You need to determine if edible after.
In every family there is a struggle of a mother to save the family kitchen and the struggle of a father to save the family budget. All for raising the kids and keep the fam alive . Thats why we can not hurt or ruin their children' s heart and life .
Just so you know in the future you can freeze avocado and limes.
You freeze the lemons whole? Or do you cut them first? How do you defrost them? I'm very curious, never heard of freezing lemons before.
@@sandravasquez7628 you can definitely freeze the juice (you can make ice cubes, volume depending on how much you use at once) and if you remove the skin beforehand you can freeze that as well for use in baking.
@@judith769 thanks Judith! You are totally right, never thought of it!
@@sandravasquez7628 I freeze lemon slices and add them to my tea.
@@catherinestephthanks!! Good idea
Like your recipes. My son loves soup and sandwich for lunch now that he's working from home keeping everyone's Internet working.
If you run out of cheese, it's an "emergen-cheese!" Hahaha, I crack me up like you crack me up. 😁
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Ok thank you for this. Don’t toss “expired” foods unless of course their perishable and have perished. This will go a long way towards what we are heading towards. People need to learn to cook cheap, use what you’ve got. And waste not want not. I love all your videos but this one I love that you cut mold spots off (you’re cooking them anyway) and used expired pasta! ❤️❤️
You should try mashed potato quesadillas. It is a lot a carbs in one but it’s sooooo good. With cheddar cheese and caramelized onions in them. Mmmmmmmm
You had me at sketchy limes and ugly looking zucchini.. 😂😂😂
So glad I found you, while I’ve been home this week! I’m a new subscriber. I’m a Navy nurse in NC. Wonderful to meet you! 😊 I’m loving getting to know you and the lovely family. Had fun watching you buy all the groceries yesterday! Lol God Bless you 🙏🏼🦋🥰
2:26 I replayed that over and over it was SO CUTE :') scrudiption box
I love your budget videos SO MUCH
Hi Christine. Sausages are a bit pricey where I live. So what I did is substituted sausages with burger patties. Yumm!
Perhaps you can add a bit of starch like potato flour in to the soup. It looks bit watery but really each to their on liking.
Love your frugal food. Thx babe
Glad to see someone else who does not freak out over “expired” food. I use my senses to know if something is bad.
Easy and budget friendly. Beans are great for fibre so we should all be eating that at least two or three times a week.
Love your attitude to food, your recipes, and your energy. I hate wasting any food and you show so many creative ways to use up what you have in the fridge or pantry. Also like your spicy flavourings.
Great meals will try all Spanish rice snd diced chicken is great also any rice with any diced meat and vegetables is also great
A friend of mine is frome italy and he says that the pasta water must tasty like salty oceanwater then it is the right amount of salt☺
Exactly!
dumdi dum I always learned it that way too! 🙂I was stationed in Italy and everyone says it there!! It’s true. It works!🦋🎉
Never would have thought to put potatoes in a taco lol will def be trying this recipe !! Thanks for sharing
Looking at your older videos for more recipe ideas!! Love your channel!
I’ve been binge watching your channel these past few weeks they are so interesting! I love your vlogs and cooking videos!
Hey my mom and I love your channel. Today we were gifted some beautiful tri-colored grape tomatoes and some red bell peppers and we knew would never be able to use them all so....we reached to our inner Christine and said let's freeze it. So we roasted and made a home made tomato sauce to put in the freezer.
"YAYYY WE GET TO BE COOKED" lovely
I love that you pointed out the mouldy spot on the courgette and just said it's fine we'll cut that bit off 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I always save my bacon fat. It gives a bacon flavour without using any bacon. It also doesn't hurt that's frugal.
Yes 👍 I do this also! Fry up some onion, garlic, Serrano pepper and add a can of beans! Top off with some cheese and yum!
Bravo me too.
I did not know about the frozen broccoli in the air-fryer hack. Sweet! I will be doing that from here on out.
I just used almost 10 year old pasta, it was great! Trying to use old stuff first.
dryed pasta and rice can be used as old as 20 years if it has been stored well that might contain fat.
I'm guessing I watch these videos because they remind me up cooking when the kids were little. Roast a whole chicken with 10-12 baked potatoes and make 3 dinners. 1)Chicken and baked potato, 2)BBQ chicken(add BBQ sauce to chicken thighs) and home fries(cut up baked potato), chicken salad (cubed chicken)and potato salad( from cubed baked potatoes). Then put rest of chicken and bones in crock pot for chicken stock and bits of chicken for casserole and/or chicken soup. Days of stretching the food dollar popular now and popular then.
Super authentic lady.
I am 3 minutes in and I love you... What happens to dry pasta, it gets more dry?!! I died. Found you from Jen's channel and I am so happy to have discovered you. THANK YOU!!
Love how you don`t waste anything! Great video!
Another pearl😘🤣🤣🤣🤣: a little is good, The more is better !
I FINALLY found the spaghetti sauce you recommended
I take my sausage out of the casings too! My husband thought it was weird, now I can tell him see! I wasn't weird lol
Christine, you have such a calming mom voice! Thank you for being such a positive, inspiration. 🤗
Low waste meals! Looks so yum!
Awesome! I have beans, cabbage, potatoes and tortillas. We'll definitely try those tacos tomorrow. I only have 1lb of beef left and don't want to use it yet. I think I have half a red pepper I can add too.
Other videos to check out:
Jessica Ashcroft - ua-cam.com/video/h0o8DLsR64c/v-deo.html
Coppercalf - ua-cam.com/video/ECZfjSz3CdA/v-deo.html
Colleen Hansen - ua-cam.com/video/h5YJAwTkRCY/v-deo.html
Great Idea!!
More of these, please!
Those potato & bean tacos look so good! I’m definitely gonna have to try that.
I made them last week. Whole family loved them. My kids ate the leftovers for breakfast.
Christine I have learned to appreciate the value of beans since I was a child. I raised my children and husband on beans. LOL 😆! I keep beans in the freezer and I buy canned beans for my pantry. Since we may have a hard winter, I don't have to worry (I never worry) about what to cook. I have been preparing for the last few weeks and have been stocking canned foods, seasonings and dry goods. Not the 50lb products but we are pretty good. Thanks for your "realness" and showing what we can do with a bit of creativity and a decently stocked pantry. You Rock! 😘🙏💯
Lol, that shirt kills me! Ha ha! 🤣
Love your ideas and videos. I am obsessed with cooking videos due to our current virus situation. Your meals always look so delicious. I am single and spend waaaay too much money on food just for me. So, I love these challenges. Keep therm coming please!
AnnEvelyn7 I love all her “sassy” shirts!
Four? Yes please. Shirley
These meal ideas are so helpful when cooking from what we already have!!! As always your so creative!
I LOVE THE RECIPE LINKS!!!!! Awesome! I'm a new subscriber (I "found" your channel about two months ago.) Cooking is NOT my strong suit (especially cooking healthfully on a small budget!), but you inspire me to be a better person/wife/mom by all the amazing videos and incredible resources! Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks! I love your comments.
The only UA-cam channel where I don't feel guilty about my expired ridiculous amount of pasta 💜
So loved this segment about using what you have ,new to your site and was so happy to see I can adapt these to vegetarian! Great recipes ! Thank you 😊
Dry pasta if left in its original box or bag will get bugs in it. That’s why people who store lots of food in long term storage remove pasta/rice/beans/flour etc from its packaging and either freeze or bake it to kill off any eggs that may be inside the packaging. If you put a box of pasta or bag of rice away for awhile and go back to it don’t be surprised if there are tiny moths in it
Definite agreement on if a little cheese is good, a lot is better. When I lived in South Korea, real cheese was not common/affordable in most grocery stores. The first time I went to a Costco there (after living there for about a year), I got a little too excited in the cheese aisle, lol.