24 Meals for $30 | EPIC $5 Dinners | Emergency Grocery Budget | A Budget Friendly Meal Plan

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  • In this video, I’ll be sharing 6 of my favorite $5 dinners that the whole family will love! For the entire grocery shopping list and recipes, find them on my blog here:
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  • @armyofone3893
    @armyofone3893 6 місяців тому +26

    It may sound silly, but you’re making a big difference in people’s lives, during these really hard times ppl are struggling through… young and old.❤

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому +6

      Thank you so much! That’s very nice of you to say. We’ve recently had to cut way back on our spending and the grocery budget was one of the biggest areas I needed to work on. I’m happy to be able to share anything I come up with when it comes to saving money on groceries ☺️

    • @user-xc7zk3pd5z
      @user-xc7zk3pd5z 6 місяців тому

      And you cry in Canadian prices. LOL

  • @aprilpetersen5479
    @aprilpetersen5479 2 місяці тому +3

    Thank you Laura for these delicious recipes on a budget. Praying for your continued success. Have a blessed week!

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  2 місяці тому

      You’re welcome and thank you so much for your kind words ☺️ I hope you love the recipes!

  • @robinsmith6293
    @robinsmith6293 5 місяців тому +5

    I have watched a lot of budget videos… I like yours the best.
    Good job and good ideas. Nice variety.

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  5 місяців тому

      Thank you so much!! That’s so nice of you to say ☺️

  • @jowser8085
    @jowser8085 22 дні тому +3

    OMG boom moment! Cilantro in a jar with water in the fridge that lasts a MONTH!

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  22 дні тому

      Yes!! It works amazing! 🤩

  • @ireneroy8820
    @ireneroy8820 Місяць тому +1

    Your recipe’s are great!
    My husband doesn’t live black beans, I can’t eat too much tomato based sauces and a lot of beans. Cant wait for more meal plans for a week with less of these ingredients if you can please. Thank You!!

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  Місяць тому

      Thank you so much! I have a few meal plans without beans on my channel, if you’d like to check them out, and I’ll definitely work on more without both beans or tomatoes! Thank you for the request! ☺️

  • @pineridgecottage8035
    @pineridgecottage8035 6 місяців тому +1

    I’m watching this at 1:30 in the morning while I can’t sleep and it’s making me sooo hungry! 😂

  • @betsyjohnson9213
    @betsyjohnson9213 5 місяців тому +1

    When making baked potatoes in the oven, I add extra. By adding extra potatoes, I can then let them cool, dice them up for hashbrowns 😊 ( then freeze)

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  5 місяців тому

      That’s such a great idea! Thank you for the suggestion! I’m going to try that 😋

  • @melodyshaw9329
    @melodyshaw9329 2 місяці тому

    Great channel! Thank you for being such a pleasant person!

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  2 місяці тому

      Thank you so much for your kind words ☺️

  • @lizmiller2341
    @lizmiller2341 2 місяці тому

    I really like your meal plans. You kept the suggestions overall healthy not loaded with cream of soups. I appreciate that.

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  2 місяці тому

      Thank you so much! 😄 I hadn’t seen anyone else cooking like this so I try to share as much as I can.

  • @nancycarney
    @nancycarney 6 місяців тому +2

    Great recipes for 2 adults. Thank you for all your hard work.

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому +1

      You’re welcome and thank you so much! ☺️

  • @stacel1972
    @stacel1972 6 місяців тому +2

    Everything looks fantastic and easily eaten by a veggie like me. I’ll just use cooked pinto or black beans in the crockpot meal. I second the mash potato tacos. Surprisingly good on corn tortilla and a fast meal. Or a quick egg hash with crispy potato cubes and salsa on top.

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому

      Yum!! Thank you so much for the suggestion! I hope you love the recipes ☺️

  • @rachelthorne9767
    @rachelthorne9767 3 місяці тому +1

    You can make cheesy potatoes soup with the cream cheese and potato left overs. Or make potato pancakes for a nice dinner or breakfast option. However i personally would roll the left overs into the next week and keep it in mind that i have those leftovers.

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  3 місяці тому

      Great suggestions!! Thank you so much! Potato pancakes are one my favorite things to eat 🤤 I LOVE potato soup too! So good!

  • @hello-vs4me
    @hello-vs4me 6 місяців тому +3

    Love your videos have everything to make these new meal plan thanks family also ❤️ love your meals thanks again. Have a great week end and week ❤😊

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому

      Yay! I’m so glad to hear that! Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy! ☺️

  • @LisaRM72
    @LisaRM72 5 місяців тому

    Great recipes and great tips 💜💜💜

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  5 місяців тому

      Thank you so much!! 😊

  • @impish22
    @impish22 5 місяців тому

    wow, some really great recipes !! thanks for sharing

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  5 місяців тому

      Thank you so much and you’re welcome ☺️

  • @user-xb8kb9ft5k
    @user-xb8kb9ft5k 3 місяці тому

    Looks delicious

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  3 місяці тому

      Thank you so much! These are some of my favorite recipes!

  • @user-zc3xo2qx9y
    @user-zc3xo2qx9y 6 місяців тому +1

    Love your meal plans❤ Mash potato tacos good way to use up leftover

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому

      Thank you so much! And thank you for the suggestion! That’s an excellent idea. I’m going to try that 😄

  • @ABeautifulHorizonTV
    @ABeautifulHorizonTV 6 місяців тому +1

    2.49!! My potatoes are 3.99 for 10 lbs at Aldi. Both amazing deals though!

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому +2

      $3.99 is also amazing! I think the $2.49 was just for the one week but they were $3.55 the week before that too! I was amazed!

  • @mikthehumblehomemaker
    @mikthehumblehomemaker 6 місяців тому

    I will definitely be trying that macaroni & cheese recipe! My toddlers are in a really picky phase so it sounds like a great recipe to hide extra protein in there from the cottage cheese😋

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому

      Yes!! I hope they love it as much as my kids do! My pickiest eater will always eat a whole bowl 😄

  • @FaithfullNess
    @FaithfullNess 3 місяці тому

    Groceries where I live are almost 5-7x the cost, including the conversion of Canadian dollars

  • @nancyculp6968
    @nancyculp6968 6 місяців тому +1

    Instead of using the amount of filling to just throw on top of your enchiladas, you could have made a Mexican rice bake for another dish. You had most of if not all of the ingredients to create this dish. I know everyone makes this dish a little differently, but it can easily feed 8 people especially with a guacamole salad, chips & salsa or cheese dip. I googled it and this was name it was officially called: Taco Black Bean and Rice Casserole. This way you could have turned your chicken into “ Chicken Tortilla Soup” for another meal…used your macaroni to make either buffalo chicken pasta, or bought a bottle of Parmesan& Garlic sauce( $2.12) GV brand to make a different dish from all the Mexican flavor…using a chicken breast, this sauce, little spinach( fresh or frozen, chopped) all created in the slow cooker. When I buy chicken, chicken enchiladas with sour cream sauce is always on the menu…plus spinach & mushroom enchiladas using the same sauce. It makes enough to freeze some too for a freezer meal. Just some ideas for everything you bought and had on hand. What surprises me is everyone seems to show cooking with black beans, but no one ever shows how to make black bean soup. It is easy and very tasty. Then after eating it as soup, it can be cooked down to make refried bean mixture to make bean burritos, serve like in restaurants, base for a Mexican pizza, tostadas etc.

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому

      Wow! Those are some amazing ideas!! Thank you so much for sharing. I’ve made black bean soup and refried black beans in one of my other meal plans and they were both absolutely delicious! 😋

  • @yvonnepalmquist8676
    @yvonnepalmquist8676 6 місяців тому

    There are recipes out there for black bean & potato tacos for your leftover items.

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому

      Yum! That sounds so good! I’ll look it up! Thank you ☺️

  • @crus5112
    @crus5112 5 місяців тому

    Use the leftover potatoes, cheese and tortillas and make "taco bells" potato soft tacos.

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  5 місяців тому +1

      Yum! I’ve never tried that before! I’ll give it a try! Thank you for the suggestion ☺️

  • @rosythivierge752
    @rosythivierge752 6 місяців тому

    Do you create new meals (new recipes) everytime? or are you using recipes that you are used to make ? or both? i had to get realllllly creative to make loe budget recipes here! i loved the experience haha thank you your recipes look really delicious! i wish our dairy products in canada were lower price! cream cheese, parmesan, cheddar, yogurt, milk, cottage cheese etc are so expensive.. minimum 3 to 4 $ each!

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому

      Sometimes I use a recipe I’ve made before but most of the recipes are new to me when I make these videos. I just try to get creative haha.
      And wow! I can’t believe how expensive your dairy products are! 😰

  • @drendahalbert8510
    @drendahalbert8510 6 місяців тому

    Make mashed potatoes.. use the cream cheese in them.. it’s so good!!!

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому

      Oooh! Yum! I’ve never tried that before! It sounds delicious 😋 Thank you for the suggestion!

    • @drendahalbert8510
      @drendahalbert8510 6 місяців тому

      @@LauraLegge I think I saw it on a pioneer woman recipe

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому

      @@drendahalbert8510 I love her recipes!

  • @codynmags
    @codynmags 6 місяців тому

    Hi Laura! Do you have an affiliate link for the spice shaker container you use, if still available for purchase. Thanks! :)

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much for asking! I actually found these at Aldi! If I see similar ones on Amazon or at Aldi, I’ll post a link ☺️

  • @budgetrebelgoals
    @budgetrebelgoals 5 місяців тому

    ❤❤

  • @janehunt8421
    @janehunt8421 6 місяців тому

    When you heat the tortillas in the microwave oven do you dampen the paper towel on top

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому

      Not usually but I keep my tortillas in the refrigerator so that may be why they’re a little more moist 😄

  • @anuvakeva969
    @anuvakeva969 18 днів тому +1

    How much you budget for food monthly😊?

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  18 днів тому +1

      For groceries, I try to stay under $400 and I also have a separate budget for going out to eat, which we do about once per weekend.

  • @lziniti
    @lziniti 6 місяців тому

    How many people are in your family? How old are your kids? Thanks!

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому

      I make all my recipes for 4 adult servings or more 😄 My kids are small so we usually have enough for all of us and then at least 1 portion for lunch the next day

  • @soniamartinez7867
    @soniamartinez7867 5 місяців тому +1

    I understand using some pantry staples but as many as you use, it makes the budget amount you say not realistic.

    • @brandiwestpfahl7539
      @brandiwestpfahl7539 8 днів тому

      I didn't get that impression. She used some standard spices.

  • @heididiaz1572
    @heididiaz1572 6 місяців тому

    So dinner is a baked potato?

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  6 місяців тому +1

      Yes, one of the meals is a loaded baked potato ☺️ The prices are so good on potatoes here right now! I simply had to take advantage of that

  • @denairby7454
    @denairby7454 5 місяців тому +1

    Sliw down with your instructions please

    • @LauraLegge
      @LauraLegge  5 місяців тому

      Ok! Thank you for letting me know ☺️

    • @ashleykleinkauf2963
      @ashleykleinkauf2963 2 місяці тому

      You can slow down the vid on UA-cam. I’m a faster talker myself , so get it Laura. Keep up the good work 😊