HOW I SPEND $16 A WEEK ON FOOD!
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- The average cost of groceries each month for one person ranges between $165 and $345, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. I will be spending only $65 per month for myself AND my dog combined in 2022. I have done it a million times before and it WORKS!
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You’re truly an inspiration. I lost my job in October, and while I have always been frugal, I made enough money to enjoy more expensive food. I’m also a foodie and former chef, so a big part of my monthly budget was spent on fine meats and cheeses. Now that I’m not working, we are eating through our stockpile and embracing the basics again. Things our ancestors ate during really lean times that, when prepared well, are still absolutely delicious. Our basics now are potatoes, cabbage, carrots, onions, ground beef and oatmeal. You would be amazed at the yummy stuff you can make with truly humble ingredients. Thanks for another great video PP!
You should make videos on how you make these foods tasty! I try to learn to cook nice things through chef videos, but they use expensive ingredients, it's annoying.
I second. I'd love a few recipie videos if your even so remotely inclined. You wouldn't even have to put your face on camera if you didn't want to. Or talk. 😂 Could put recipie steps in the description and show us how it's supposed to look on camera essentially. 🥰
@@luisa1473 , I too eat simple food. I go to restaurant supplies shop and buy seasoning in bulk. Sometimes its even 10 times cheaper per kg than in regular grocery shop.
@@Mairitas oh hon
Parsley is like $15 for a lb
A pound will fill up half a 5 gallon/drywall bucket
It’s so much cheaper to buy herbs n spices in bulk!
So it’s been over a yr. Still thrilled with ur super limited food menu?
Or did u get another job?
Lemme tell ya, it’s gets old in a few mos- not having money for fruit, any meat but bone-in chicken, pork butt, sausage and hamb, eating eggs in some fashion everyday, beans and lentils daily, etc
I just spent more than $65 to have pizza delivered for my house tonight.. 😒 I need to get my crap together.
Oh, how I relate to you on being an introvert. My anxiety level shoots way up, even when I have to go to a Dollar general and be around anyone.
I’m in Australia .. Same here.. I would dread moving back to Sydney.. I much prefer the quieter life outside of a big city. I can’t cope with the sheer numbers of people in Sydney or the driving and parking anymore.. better quality of life in a small town.
Great video 👍 I’m like you…I cannot stand to be around a lot of people….My anxiety goes through the roof!!!! Definitely not a crowd person…never have been!!!! Rocky is adorable!!! I love animals more than people!!!🥰
I don't blame you .I feel the same .
My coffee in the morning is the best part of my day. Have you ever shopped at Aldis? Their prices are really good. Quality is good too.
Henderson, NV used to be a tiny town so isolated from Las Vegas. We lived there in the 1960s. For awhile Judy Garland was our neighbor. I used to play with Lorna, Liza and Joey, they would come over to eat often as they did not have much food at home. I've lived in Sedona since 1977 and still make my food hauls in Phoenix. I have a small chest freezer that is great for storage. I tend to cook for two days and freeze meals to enjoy for months. I make my own dog food, too.
I love Sedona.
What an interesting story! Thanks for sharing it.
I grew up in Boulder City in the 60's!
@@minime7375 Recipe from my vet. I use a 3 pound chub of ground turkey or chicken, add a 1-2 pound package of broccoli slaw, a 6 oz bag of baby leaf lettuce. Cook half the ground meat with the vegetables till tender, turn off the heat, let it cool, add the rest of the meat and stir. I portion in baggies and freeze. The idea is to have some raw meat still in each portion. It should be 40% vegetable, no grains. Now and then I add some chicken livers, apples, canned pumpkin, carrots, etc. Dogs need leafy greens and some raw meat. It's the BARF diet, check it out on line. I've done it where I blend the broccoli slaw and greens to get them smooth (he'll spit them out otherwise} and mix in with the half cooked half raw meat so he gets all raw veggies, that works, too. I switch the meat to ground beef now and then, add some pork, etc. Buddy is an Italian Greyhound and is 19.5 years old and runs around like a puppy. He's eaten this way all his life
@@sheiladecker8899 Hi Sheila, very cool you grew up in Nevada. I lived in Vegas 7 years and miss it. Be well 🤗🔥🎲
Coffee is protective against Alzheimers so keep drinking!!
I'm a retiree and I have to watch my budget also. I found chicken for 69 cents a pound last week so I stocked up in my freezer. Also, keep in mind that cheese could be frozen so you could cut up your big chunk into a few servings and get more out of it. Also with vegetables, it's always nice to plant your own. The dollar store has seeds in spring each year for vegetables. I get my food in different stores, whichever one has sales, I visit on my bike. I enjoy creating beautiful meals that are healthy and reasonably cheap. I found eggs a few weeks ago for 99 cents and normally they are over $6 a dozen. I grow perennials, like sorrel for soups or salads, green onions, my tomatoes come out of the grown from previous years from seeds. I make flat breads that are really cheap, my favorite is the cooked sweet potatoes and white flour and you just cook it on the pan without oil, just heat for a few minutes on each side. There's so many ways to cook or bake for a quarter of the price and healthier also. It's fun to challenge yourself and create something out of practically out of nothing. I don't buy can goods or fake foods, just fresh, raw and dry. Just having potatoes in the house, you could create so many meals out of them. I make smoothies out of my vegetables and fruits, yum, yum. Thank you for spending time and creating your videos to teach people how to save, they should have classes in schools to teach the next generation on how to save and eat better.
I've got to have my coffee too! When I was shut down from working for 2 months; when the pandemic first started in 2020; I was more concerned about having my coffee than food! When I drink coffee; I eat less food.
Same here. Coffee comes before food.
@@PrepperPrincess ☕️😁
Thank you! I know I could live on what I have stocked in my house right now other than fruits and vegetables. With all the prepper channels I watch I feel like I need to keep stocking. I am a single person and I don’t have but myself and my two dogs to provide for.
My sister lived this way for almost 3 decades, saved enough money to give herself an amazing retirement. She planned to travel, to do all those things she had dreamed of. She died in a car accident and never got to see or experience those dreams. It is amazing how well you do with saving money but don’t forget to go live your life and enjoy those things you want to do. Life is short and none of us know when our last day will be.
This is great info for young people but finding the balance is key.
I’m so sorry about your sister. This comment just really hit me 😢
It is amazing how much good quality meat you can buy while staying within your budget when you do not buy candy, snack foods, carbonated drinks, frozen dinners, process lunch meat and other pre-cooked, over-processed food-like products.
Love that you bought dry beans! Folks, be careful not to eat too many canned goods. Their sodium content is high, will increase your blood pressure.
You can buy low sodium canned goods and rinse off the veggies after opening them
I eat canned food sometimes, but most of my food is natural and fresh. Cook your own food is the best!
Wish I could eat like that but I’m diabetic and can’t eat carbs it makes my blood sugar go crazy
I understand. People with health issues and food allergies and sensitivities are not her target audience. Personally, I have am also on a low carb diet and have food allergies. The food with bar codes is minimal.
Poor Rocky. The Like is for him. He deserves some steak. I worry about yours AND Rocky's nutrition. I know you don't like comments like this one but, it's a valid and genuine concern. Please take care of yourself and Rocky. Love you both. ❤
OMAD (one meal a day) is actually EXTREMELY healthy!
If you want to feel like you're starving all the time sure
@@rexcarebear4701 I don’t feel like I’m starving 😂😂😂😂
Well I go to Dollar tree and I pick up eggs, milk, rice, three bags of frozen vegetables, two bags of peppers and onion Frozen, cheese, chicken nuggets, bacon, sausage, oatmeal, two things bottled water, and sometimes seasoning, and sometimes sugar and flour, and all my household cleaners. With a household cleaners it adds up to being about 20 bucks. That can last for you for the food 2 weeks. Basically I try to live on $10 a week. My guilty pleasure is the craft section which cost me some money but overall I try to live as cheap as possible cuz I don't have much money to survive on.
I don't drink or smoke but don't try to take my tea
You can reduce the heat bill with all the beans. Don't forget that.
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My cat is also quite the little beggar when it comes to food. I swear we feed her, but you wouldn't know it the way she fusses for snacks. 😂😂😂😂
I usually cut and portion all meat before I place it in a freezer. It is more convient for future use.
This totally inspires me to save. I can't eat processed food due to immune disorders so saving in food is difficult. I have to have organic coffee too and if I couldn't drink coffee I would die! Lol. Also, I have 5 dogs and 3 cats (all rescues) so I spend more money in food for dogs/cats than on my own food🥴. Love the channel..
So glad you made this video in particular. I am a Senior Citizen on a very tight grocery budget (mainly because rent takes up 77% of my monthly budget). Most low-budget videos DO NOT CORRECTLY REFLECT HOW TO PURCHASE FOOD and still eat healthy diet when living on low budget. Most will take monthly budget amount, then divide by 4 weeks, and purchase only 1 week's worth of food. That is how upper middle-class and over PRESUME low-income people should purchase their food. TOTALLY WRONG! My grocery budget is $50 per month and I do eat 3 healthy meals per day. 1 meal has meat, 1 meal has dairy, and remaining meal might be vegan or dairy. My emphasis is purchasing about 95% sale items only, and it is "lopsided" just like your haul in this video. It is very myopic to purchase only enough for 1 week, need to look at spanning WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS, just like you bought 6 months of meats, coffee, etc. if those are sale items. For example, back in early November freezer was 80% empty, but luckily one store had 1-pound bags of frozen vegetables on sale for 88 cents each, so I bought 25 bags in 1 trip, costing around $25 with $25 remaining for rest of month. That was about 4 - 6 months of frozen vegetables. Now on the look-out for the next CATAGORY on sale. That is only way to stay ahead of curve. It would surprise most non-low-income people that I am still able to purchase high-ticket items for the year, like pecans, walnuts, and almonds, all for $4 or less because they were on sale during holidays. I concentrate on nutrition density first (the USDA's My Plate Guidelines) like dark leafy greens and orange vegetables (1-pound per week of each type), vegetables are more important than fruits, modest amount of meat, dairy more often than meat, a half cup of beans every day, etc.
Please if you need it take advantage of any food pantries local to you. There are senior only food delivery pantries available.
Yes please go to food pantry .I'm a single mom n I go 2 times a month.I don't get food benefits from government.tite budget too
I absolutely love your videos. I’m not quite as frugal but you’ve inspired me to bring my grocery bill for my husband and I to $70 a week from what use to be $100. Progress 😅😂
Love your videos! QUESTION......Why did you stop dividing your meat up prior to freezing? I'd really like to know. In a prior video I saw you divide it up with freezer paper. Thanks!
The fish heads cracked me up...lol! I would actually love to see the meals you make with them.
Some thing I did to streach food was. If I buy chunky soup I would add 1 or 2 cans of vegetables in kind of what was in that soup. The soup would be thicker with more of the same vegetables but I had 3 times more at a cheeper price.
I would do the same with some other soups I would add other vegetables to it so I get more of it but less price. Then I would have 3 meals. Canned vegetables are .50c or less.
When I make augrautin potatoes I would slice up 2 regular potatoes and added to it. Then bake it.
I did switch over from jar grevy to powered gravy. My jar gravy went bad before i used it all.
I need to find a BULK Grocery store. I would love to buy that gravy in bulk then packs. Going from the jar to packs has saved me a ton already.
I LOVE cutting back and saving BUT I am also in weight loss so I must keep it as healthy as posable. I have lost 50lbs so far and I need to get another 35 lbs off. It's important to me.
Congrats, Paula, on the weight loss & dollar savings! Prepper Princess has inspired me to get control of my money in so many ways, and it actually has been inspiring me to get my whole life in control... my health for one... and getting this excess weight off that I put on with covid lockdowns. All the best to you!
Adding vegetables to soup is a great idea; it would be healthy too. I like the idea that you made three meals from a .50¢ can of soup.
Lemme know where to buy 50 cent cans of soup or vegs
Coffee addicts unite! Thanks for another great video. xo
Thanks for being real! I’d really love to see a video on how you make Rocky’s food. I used to make raw food for my cats, and would love to try a cooked option for our dogs.
I totally understand the one meal a day and coffee. I eat very small amounts. Have done this my entire life and I’m 66 and weigh 105 5’2 and healthy. Just the way my body works
DO NOT TAKE MY COFFEE AWAY LOL
I'm enjoying this video series. Thank you for taking the time to make them, they are appreciated!
For me it's been straight beans, oatmeal, rice and frozen veggies since 2021. I can't with these food prices.
Daughter of a meat cutter here ! Buying whole chicken is best cuz rotten pieces are cut off bad chickens and the remaining good parts are put into "piece " packs.
I budget $100/mo for myself, but rarely spend it all. I usually end up spending around $60. Meal planning/prepping is key.
My budget after rent is 200 euros, including 6 bills I need always, and the rest is for food and miscellaneous. It's liberating when you can save even from that!!
That is not small amount of food in the fridge, especially in the freezer...
I mean it's not poverty but it's not alot of food
Meatless Taco Tuesdays - I take two corn tortillas and warm them for flexibility. I take ~2-3 tablespoons worth of re fried beans and warm them for spread ability. Take one tortilla and spread out 1 tbls of re fried beans all over it. Place the second tortilla on top and spread out the remaining re fried beans down a center stripe. I then take black beans/garbonzos/cannelli and add them on top of the re fried bean strip. I warm everything in the microwave (~20 secs). I the add chopped onion/tomatoes and your favorite crunchy veg(lettuce/cross cut peas/cabbage/etc.). Next, you add some red taco sauce 2-3 small dollops of sour cream and some taco/cheddar shreaded cheese. These tacos are a flavor explosion and they are fairly reasonable! Enjoy...
Girl, I hear you…. Every year, I get more and more introverted, too. And ‘Tetris with my freezer’… lol!!!!
I hear you with the coffee! I'm not a three meal a day person either. Two at the most ànd I get scolded about that by some medical professionals and not others. The opinion about only eating when your hungry baked greatly depending who you ask and what their theory is. I had a weightloss Dr say there's nothing wrong with skipping and only eating when hungry then I've had other day gotta eat 3-5 times a day. Well I feel like I'm over eating at that rate. I'm just so accustomed to eating one or two meals a day. Different strokes for different folks.
Looks like you got some really good deals, even grass-fed beef. I’m also an introvert, and shopping can stress me out. I especially don’t like crowds. Like you, I love my coffee!
I get the same results. When I eat more than needed, the weight is going up just like yours. I eat one warm meal a day, and sometimes no meal at all if less activity than usual. At morning and the evening I usually enjoy tea with loaded bread. I am frugal, even if in Finland no one really knows what is frugal except me, and this way I only spend less than 85 euros a month on food.
Wow there is somebody else who does this long term shopping at Winco's. It's a two hour roundtrip for me, but well worth it. I usually try to include other stops when I go shopping. Today I went to a $.99 store (although it's all $1.25 now) got a nice haul of things I needed other than food.
I just spent 450.00 on dog food. I have a family of 4 and spend easily over 1000 a month on groceries tho I am stocked up for a year and a half for when this pops off
Great, still working on mine!
Here in central Fl everything is expensive. We spend 150-200 a week for family of 3 a week
Your prices were 1/4 of what they are in Northern Kentucky. Just the chickens were amazing. Happy for you Prepper Princess. Glad you treat yourself to your beloved coffee
I love Coffee too but wow! It has really gone up.
I think you did a wonderful job.❤❤
When I'm home then I seem to eat less than when I work but I'm trying to learn how to do my shopping for 6 months at a time. We're eating down the freezer now and restocking quarterly at this point. The goal is to feed hubby, myself, the dog and the cat for less than $300 per quarter. Next shop is beginning of November...we live in a tiny town so its a drive to the "big city" to make a run to Sam's Club and Aldi's to do that grocery shopping trip. Cutting back my hours at work to keep my health as my top priority and I do go to the food bank when I need to. We're working on rebuilding savings from some emergency craziness over the last few years and I'm not ashamed to say that I'm thankful for the extra help with my groceries.
In New Zealand meat is around $20 /kg, a small frozen chicken is around $8, it's so expensive to live here.
I take notes when I watch your videos. Thank you so much for these videos. They have literally changed my life. For example I am saving 1,100 dollars per year by switching to AAA insurance! Thank you Thank you thank you!!!!
Everyone has an opinion and should do what works for them. We eat two meals per day usually and do very physical work. Having said that, we garden and this last year, my husband also built a greenhouse from salvaged materials. I also can and freeze veggies, homemade tomato sauces, pesto, berries, dry herbs, put up walnuts and hazelnuts, applesauce and such in the warm months. The only thing that might be a good move for you is to consider a leafy green juice or salad per day. So many nutrients, will really fortify you, your skin will glow, you will be in better health than ever, etc. We got our juicer from a garage sale for $5. Today, we're having kale and baby green salad with radish, celery, grape tomato,, persian cucumber and hemp hearts. All the veg grown by us. Homemade tahini dressing, which is inexpensive, delicious and healthy. Dinner will be some lentil pasta "lo mein" I will put kale, onion, carrot, garlic, celery, Chanterelles my DH foraged and sesame oil, red pepper flakes, soy sauce, etc. We try to eat meat every other day pretty much. Yesterday I boiled a couple eggs from our chickens to add to our lunch salad and for dinner, we thawed some turkey I roasted previously (with added homemade gravy) put that over the top of a slice of spouted grain toast. I also sauteed some spinach/garlic/grape tomatoes on the side. Dessert was some unsweetened, organic cinnamon apples I made this fall from our orchard. We spend very little and eat like kings!
@Nana Papa I love this 💯🤗❤
Everything sounds yummy !!!
With the fish heads make a stock and freeze it, take all the fish meat, you can add some flour, an egg, parcely and make a patty. Then with the stock you can make rice with vegetables and serve it with your patty, Very good.
Dietary issues cause you to spend more, I would starve on 65 dollars a month
Enjoyed your video! Always looking for ways to save yet have good nutritional foods. Btw, my dog would kick his bowl around when he wanted food too. So cute
Superfoods for dogs: Kelp, kale, carrots, pumpkin, apples, quinoa, bananas, eggs, turkey, sweet potatoes, sardines, local honey, broccoli.
I make a great frugal chicken soup with a Costco rotisserie chicken (which is huge). In a large soup pot I add the deboned chicken, 16 - 24 oz frozen bag of mixed vegetables, 16 oz cauliflower rice from Costco or Dollar tree, a couple of ribs diced celery, a chopped large sweet onion, some chopped up boo choy (including leaves), water to desired level and chicken bouillon to taste. Cook till veggies are done. Makes 12 - 14 servings approximately 12 oz each. Freezes great. Tasty, low calorie and very soothing if you are not feeling well. Cheap, quick & easy to make. tastes better than any soup from a can.
I could never do this with a husband who eats big portions, a toddler who eats 5-6 times a day and myself. I spend more like $60-$90 a week with some bulk purchases at Costco throughout the year.
Very commendable. I completely understand it for people on social security, or saving money because they are not rich. But why would you go to this extreme if you're a millionaire? Can you expand on this? I know for me, the saved money can be used for things "not in the budget" that are unexpected... or saving for something special. Also, I'm not a rich person.
In my experience, it’s a lifestyle. It’s not about the money. It’s about making due with what you you have, using it for as long as you can, fixing it before you replace it, and if you do have to buy something, try to find it for free, second hand, or at a steep discount. Living that way is WHY Prepper Princess is a millionaire. Those behaviours don’t cease once you have money in the bank-they intensify because you see the fruits of your hard work. For me, it meant not being destitute after my recent job loss because my decades of frugality prepared me to be able to cope with lean times with a bit of savings to weather the storm, as well as my ingrained frugal habits.
Why would I spend more money if I don't have to? It would seem to me that being frugal is just an intelligent thing to do.
the billionaire Walmart founder worked on a cardboard box his entire career. Frugality is a trait of the wealthy.
I’m a one meal a day person as well and an introvert. I work as an Education Assistant with 2nd and 3rd graders here in Saskatchewan Canada 🇨🇦. I’m new to your channel and really enjoy your content. It’s been very helpful in helping me tighten my budget. Food is so darn expensive here! ❤️ me some coffee ☕️ too.
I love my Coffee i cut up onions and celery, bell peppers.. i had vsg weightloss surgery in 2015. i lost a 166 pounds.. kept it off post op 7 years!! trying to keep weight off .. age 64.. i was a 3X before today i am a petite 6-8. a 114 pounds.. sorry not related!!
Wow!That is so inspiring! That is a lot of weight to lose!It is so neat to find others who are figuring it out.Buying this way makes so much sense!
God has blessed us greatly.
And so thankful I found your channel.
Thank you so much for the advice.
A lot of people do omad and I think that’s what I should do. Right now I generally eat 2 meals a day and if I get fast food I usually get 2 meals out of it. I don’t think it’s unhealthy for you to only eat once a day. We are brainwashed to believe we need more than we do even though people have lived and thrived on less. Disease and accidents use to be what killed people now we are dying from our foods that causes diabetes and heart disease. Thank you for your video. Curious what you will do with the fish heads.
I love cream in my coffee and haven't found a reasonable substitute until I was in the liquor store and the Bailey's called out to me. Now in my store room is a bottle and a note - not to be opened unless farmer's on strike. I can give up meat, bread and butter but oh how I need that cup of coffee, and it has to taste good.
I am a mom of a big family, 8 kids. We spend about 900 a month on food . Which comes out to about 22 $ a person a week. I truly believe we can all survive and be healthy on a lot less food then we think we can. Nice video. Thankyou.
That’s really good!
I love your videos. I grew up with grandparents who made everything from scratch.
People can absolutely live on one meal a day. I would say add a good quality multivitamin.
I feel your pain 😳 extreme introvert also. Yes, crowds are very draining 😳
The biggest thing for most people is just avoid eating out every meal and keep your diet simple. if you can do that your food bill will become a lot cheaper and easier to shop for.
Food is getting more expensive here in New Jersey so I really appreciate you doing these videos.
I'm a bit confused why you drive so far to shop. I hate shopping, so I keep 3 months of items in the pantry. I have a walk-in pantry and when covid started I stocked up and found I like not shopping as often.
Yes! I have adopted the one meal a day too! I feel so much better... AND my food cost has dramatically reduced. I did it naturally.
I adopted to fasting until mid day or early evening depending on my activity or hunger.
But the dramatic food cost reduction- I could not believe!
I am OMAD. It saves tons of money and it's all you can eat once a day mainly after 12:00 noon. Stop eating after 5 PM! I have great health and am carnivore.
Sounds great wish I could do it !
@@lynnsimard9810 nothing after 5. I eat once a day between noon and 5 PM all you want to eat until satisfied only carnivore diet foods.
I tried that and it felt like I was starving
@@zippydodahquirk9039I never feel hungry. If necessary I could go 3 days not eating on carnivore diet.
@@hello15848 honestly I would be worried about constipation too
I love your honesty. I would so love to go shopping with you
You would pretend you didn't know me..he he
Nah, I would call you Auntie.
I bulk cook my meals so I buy meat quality meat every 3 or 4 months. One whole roasted chicken can feed me for a week... not to mention on the broth/soup I make out of the bones. Nothing goes to waist. I like fresh veggies and fruit so that is where my food budget goes. Nothng goes to waist there either. I freeze vegetable peels/scrap for my broth. My cat is also on prescriotion food which is pricy.
Your video on what to eat when your broke doesn't explain how you made your homemade wine....will you be doing a video on that? Love your recipes for eating healthy and cheaply.
Do you find the 3 hour round trip drive, gas and stress of people is worth it? if you were to buy closer to home, save 2 or more hore of driving and gas, how much more would the same items cost? Your videos are very informative and appreciated!
Princess, Could you please show us how to make your beef jerky? Thank you 😊
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Well done, I normally go to Sweden 4 times a year, looking forward to open borders again! A tip from a pro - open all packages before freezing, divide your chicken and other meat, into portion sizes. Put the meat into ziplock bags, that saves up a lot of space. (I have a small freezer too)😊
Same here.
Love my coffee ( latte, mocha, cappuccino 's ).
I eat 2 meals a day & my body is happy with that.
I eat a lot of fruits & this hydrates my body wonderfully plus I just love fruit.
Love salads too & eat hardly any meat but have furr babies that eat mostly meat.
I love your videos on food recipes & your bargain prices.
I hate being around a lot of people too so I hear you loud & clear.
You've taught me a lot about budgeting.
Thankyou p.p. ❤️
P.s. I freeze cheese.
I have IBS-D and can not eat ANY kind of beans. I love pork and beans but my stomach cant handle it
Same here :( I have to ask myself if something is worth the stomachache
One thing I have found is that frozen veggies are very handy. I keep frozen onion and pepper strips, mixed veggies(corn//carrots/peas/gr beans), & sliced mushrooms. They are somewhat cheep/quick/used in a lot of dishes. Example: 20-minute Shepard's Pie - You take a frozen Hamburg patty(or 1/4 lb hamburg) and defrost in the microwave(1 min for 1000W). Fork pierce deep enough potatoes to make mashed pots. Place in microwave for ~10-12 mins. Cook thawed hamburg in skillet, add in mixed frozen veggies/onion&pepper strips/mushrooms. As they thaw, add in Worcestershire sauce & steak sauce & red wine and do a 50% reduction. When the microwave is done, mash the pots, add milk&butter&some shredded cheese. Place the meat/veggies in bottom of a bowl, spoon mashed pots on top(make pretty fork lines) and place under the boiler on high for 5 mins. For two people just double everything. Anything that requires hamburg(Spanish rice/american goulash/quick chili) can use this frozen hamburg patty trick. Enjoy...
I mentioned to someone I've been eating A LOT of potatoes, rice, and beans for the last month or so and they said "That's not healthy, you need more nutrients than that." Then the next few sentences were of them saying they rarely get to eat breakfast (work overload) and only get to eat late at night lol. Mmmmm ok. My potatoes, rice, and beans all have veggies with them lol.
Like you said, "My body is not your body." : )
Love these videos! I'm definitely trying to stock up as well (especially during good sales), just in case, but it's a little difficult in an apartment. Maybe I should get rid of my couch, hmm...lol (kidding...or am I?)
Thanks for being so transparent. You have the gift of teaching!!
Rocky heard his name when you were talking about those fish heads and he's like this is mine
Agree about the coffee. I only drink coffee for breakfast with hazelnut creamer, about 2 cups. It makes me nauseous to eat anything before 11 am. I make "breakfast" for lunch on Saturday or Sunday: toast with eggs and bacon.
You are not good for inducing sleep, lady! - I had been mindlessly surfing UA-cam but ended up watching you and being entertained.
I laughed out loud when you decided to put things away because of Rocky and again when you made the fish talk.
Thank you & good night - I will have fun dreams =;^).
Fish heads, Fish heads
Roly poly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, yum
Great haul! Yes, people do not need to eat alot. It is a lesson I learned for myself. Losing my excess weight and finding that food lasts a long time.
Great video! I would love to see exactly what you eat each week. How you make it work for you. I think that would be very helpful:)
She does have several videos showing how she portions out the food she buys and makes meals out of it.
Scroll through her video list and you should be able to zero in on the correct videos pretty easily.👍🏻
@@jaytee2642 Thank you.
Living in Central Illinois I don't have the stores that you have my main store that I shop at is Kroger because I'm always looking for markdown meat and other markdown food items I also check out the regular mark down aisle that is located in the pet area. I look at my store flyers on Wednesday but a lot of my meal planning comes from what mark down foods I fine
Love videos like this...shows me how to shop where i can cut down on my food prices....Thanks for posting
Fish head is delicious! 😁 It's great for seafood soup! You can boil the heads and add garlic, onion and ginger. Season it with salt and pepper and add chopped scallions at the end. And if you're not allergic to MSG, add a little bit while it's boiling. You can eat the meat if you're adventurous to pick some of the bones and drink the soup. If you put a lot of water, save the broth for the freezer and you have an instant fish soup when you need a hot soup. You can also add veggies with the soup. And if it's only a broth, add an egg at the end of reheating/cooking and mix. Instant egg drop soup with fish flavor! Hope this helps! 😁🙏
Enjoying watching your videos more and more. I love WINCO, go there 2 or 3 times a month. I live within 10 miles of 6 grocery stores. Here the WINCO has a good produce section. I eat a lot of vegetables (3 to 5 cups a day), whole grains, seeds and nuts, mushrooms, eggs, some fish and chicken, I don't eat U.S. factory raised beef (it's loaded with hormones to fatten up the animals (and you) and antibiotics to keep it alive while standing in it's own excrement), beef raised in the U.S. is not very healthy. I seldom eat refined flour and sugar, it's not healthy. I often have an omlete loaded with vegetables, or stir fried vegetables, or steamed vegetables, or big salads, or soup with loads of vegetables. I use the water from the steamed vegetables for soup stock or I drink it like tea. Or I boil eggs in the vegetable water, I don't waste it. Almost every week I normally eat fresh broccoli, kale, beets and beet greens, cauliflower, carrots, cabbage, onions, garlic, and more. Fred Meyer has great deals on produce if you know when they restock their produce bins. Example, I got 3 large peppers for $1 last week. Fred Meyer dosen' t add new produce to old. They remove the old and sale it at a discount. I have found amazing things. One time I even got a dragon fruit for $1.
You are so rigorous in saving money I think you deserve to treat yourself with good food it is the fuel for your body. Oh perhaps invest in a small Orchard with a vegetable plot for when you retire ? A hammock for you and the dog
You are great! Peel your bananas before you freeze 'em.
I love my Coffee!! me too!! Coffes my Life lol.. i am allergic to Soy.. i use half and Half no sugar!!
Toilet paper and coffee are life essentials, when theyre gone, the game is over anyway. We were tested on that last year about this time.
I remember the video when you were packing up to move to AZ. You said you were getting rid of all the emergency food you had stored. Do you not buy that kind of stuff anymore? It doesn't look like you have any of that in your pantry. Maybe it was address in another video, but if not, can you please comment on that in a future video? I love your videos and value your opinion.
The look he gave you when he was smelling the fish 🤣 he is so expressive! Good deals at the WinCo!
Do not keep your potatoes in the refrigerator..... keep them in a cool dark spot ......
amen to that....
I'm just watching for Mr. Rocky Pants.
I love idea of one meal a day. Maybe someday....