To be fair, even meal kits expect the purchaser to have certain things on hand, I don't think those should count against the cost of the meal. A few basic pantry items are advisable for anyone preparing food. I love the fact you are helping people often forgotten...I once could only walk (we had no vehicle) to a dollar store with very little money and a young child, so thank you.
I don't agree either. If you already have it in your cupboard it's NOT cheating. Most people already have basics like milk, eggs, and butter in the house, I know I do. I also always have a ton of spices.
I've been binge watching all your videos. I especially love the Dollar Tree ones, and I'm looking forward to trying out the chickpea curry (using a can of carrots, either chickpeas or shelf-stable tofu - which my Dollar Tree does sometimes carry, coconut milk, rice and Dollar Tree curry powder). Thanks for all your wonderful suggestions, Jaime! =)
I had, for some reason, a box of hush puppy mix in my cupboard. I read the ingredients on the back the other day, saw there were no real seasonings in it, so I made it according to the directions, then thinned the batter out, added cinnamon and a bit of honey and cooked it as pancakes. Wow. They were so good. My oldest son and husband liked them better than regular pancakes, lol.
I think these are great videos. There’s so many people who are having hard times, who feel like they can’t make warm meals that taste good. And feeding your family is the most basic need so not having that is such a doorway to spiralling downwards. I like that you show people where to start and encourage people to improvise and add in what you’ve got at home. And for those of you who live where the garden season lasts more than 4 months - you can always add basics like green onion tops - everyone who’s got a spot of sunshine and a pot with soil can grow those. 💛
Great ideas! My fridge when out and it is always nice to have shelf stable meals. I have found that saving condiments that come from take out are usually shelf stable and can add flavor i.e. bbq sauce, soy sauce, honey, salt, pepper, etc... A jar of salsa can also be used to flavor many dishes like chili, soup, omelettes. Love your videos!
most ppl have salt pepper onion powder garlic powder. i think ppl get pedantic about "only $5" or "only 5 ingredients" . it becomes counterproductive to the subject. even when you are having a broke pay period we all have pantry basics and usually we are supplied with them. i have seen ppl complain that salt is and ingredient... or you need water so that is 6 ingredients. if you are one of these ppl please stop. i say call it pantry basics. or refrigerator basics. pantry basics. oil, salt, pepper, flour, sugar, garlic and/or onion powder. refrigerator basics butter/margarine. eggs. milk. while you may be out of one or two of the basics but you usually have the others.
I LOVE their crusts! They are crispy and so cheap! You buy a 6 dollar frozen pizza....or you could pay a basic 3 -4 dollar recipe (actually more, because the sauce lasts a long time and the personal pans sizes have 2! You can add some jarred peppers, pepperoni...some sun dried tomatoes...country boone ham trimmings! YUM!)
I wanted to see this kind of video and I'm happy you took on the challenge, Jamie! I think you were very creative with the shelf stable limitations. I think we all have oil and spices on hand so I don't think it's cheating to spice things up a bit! I've seen that biscuit mix at DT and wondered if it was any good. I'll have to pick it up next time! I think I mentioned in another comment they sometimes have True Lemon at DT. It's great to put in water but is also good to use as a lemon replacement In recipes. I saw another UA-camr use it to season the DT tilapia. I saw those crescent roles a month or so ago and I picked up several bags because I figured they wouldn't stay around very long. I wasn't a big fan of them as bread but I used them to make a French toast casserole and they were wonderful in that! I think they would also be good in a savory casserole. Anyway, thanks so much for doing this. I live in a rural area and DT is one of the only close grocery options so these kinds of videos are always inspiring not only to keep costs down but also to make creative meals with no fresh ingredients. I agree with all the other commenters who would like to see a Thanksgiving meal from DT. I hope you give it a go!
Dollar tree has jars of mushrooms and jars of red pepper slices. I would have skipped the extra bread and gotten one of the veggies to dress up the pizza.
Also, one suggestion for November. How about a Thanksgiving-themed Dollar Tree challenge? Maybe prepare an entire Thanksgiving dinner using $10 worth of Dollar Tree ingredients?
I agree....most people have spices on hand...even if they're condiments from takeout. No need to account for those. Eggs and butter 🥚🧈... I would include in the meal total. Sometimes we are forced to choose between eating super healthy food or having enough food to feed your family and not go hungry. Been there. 😪 Do what works for you. 🌞
Thank you for making a pantry meal video....we have less than a year we moved on our own with my lil family and unfortunately the first two fridges we bought broke down and ruined all the newly food we just bought....so we had to live on pantry food for a while....so this was helpful
This is great and your husband and daughter ate it. My husband and my boys would not eat this. There very picky and they got it from there dad. Me though I’m not picky and I would try it
This video series teaches you to work with what you have. I'm from a small town and if you couldn't get transportation to the grocery store or needed food before or after their business hours, the only place to shop was the convenience store gas station a mile and a half away. These videos give you inspiration to make the most of whatever you can find.
You can save the juice from the canned chicken and even the liquid from veggies like green beans and carrots to make broth or to make broths stretch. Just know the salt varies and usually there’s no need for extra salt. That pizza was a great idea!
Using a few basic pantry items is not cheating. Dollar Tree carries many of the spices and people can add one here and there over time. They also have shelf-stable milk and canned fruit can also be included instead of just frozen fruit. Thank you for your creativity and well-balanced choices.
Girl God bless you for every idea .ur so amazing I've watched others and they couldn't hold a candle to ur show on dollar tree meals ..you can make a dollar store so amazing .. thank you so much for every idea .. God bless you ....
Great ideas for shelf stable meals. For the first meal, I probably wouldn't have served bread with pizza. I wonder if a can of vegetable blend drained and added on the pizza would have rounded out the meal? The idea reminds me of a pizza my niece gets from a pizza delivery.
Yes Jamie I maybe a Thanksgiving themed dollar tree meal. And since it is a holiday meal, if you were making a regular holiday meal you would have a little more budget. Maybe make the budget $15. And see what kind of holiday meal you could make. The pizza looked good but I would totally cheat on that one and add more toppings to it. Thanks for sharing. Catch you next time. 🍕
Those crescent rolls cooked on the stove in garlic butter OMFG. You forgot the parmesan on top of that pizza! Plus the lentils go well with white rice. 50c. Just omit 1 veg, plus dt has box milk.
Who doesnt have spices on hand? They should quit complaining about what you're doing, these are just suggestions. And you really wouldn't have to count the rice or lentils as a full dollar because you didn't use them all. So it all works out in the end. You are doing a great job!
Bolognese n sausages with cheese would b perfect on that pizza base. Done that😋. That alfredo sauce just add in the mushroom n chicken in a oven bowl & put frozen pastry on top..nice yummy pie
Right now I’m back in College and I’ll be done in a little under 4 semesters, soooo we do use our local food bank right now bc the cost of food. My food bank is super amazing always has milk and meats and eggs and cheeses but the can stuff you can just grab and this is really helpful to us to stretch out making meals from the bank so I. An get my kids a couple Christmas gifts and save up for a bit nicer dinner for Christmas 😊
Hey Jamie! So I don't have a channel but I have been making a little cook book for dollar tree items. This is great! If you want to spend a little more, the jarred jalapenos, banana peppers, omg make such a great, cheap pizza!
I think it could be fun to do videos with different themed meals like Mexican, Italian, Indian, Greek, Asian or whatever you think is doable with the resources you have available at your store.
Nice job. Thanks for sharing. I love to make curry lentils with rice. It's a really good meal and you don't miss the meat. Looking forward to future videos. Stay safe.
With the leftover rice and grains...imho you’re ‘owed’ a few cents towards spices... and I think most people who cook have at least a couple on hand. Also, you can use the water from canned garbanzo beans as a leavening agent...
I work on a community cook book and I try to achieve the challenge to be a $20 for a week for a family of 2-3 including breakfast lunch and dinner - needs to include drinks and condiments spices ....meals have to stretch for the entire week .
I keep milk powder and evap also spicws cocnut and olive oil my stapleitems are cream,cheese,and rwal butter. Fish chicken,shrimp and broth abought 20-22bucks worth of Dolor tree items and creative ideas to last the month w teeats included.....love your vidios theve helped through the harder moments.....
Non healthy version get cheese pizzas out of the frozen section, can a chicken and the sauce. Also have bread sticks in frozen section. I was sad when I couldn't find a pizza crust
Love your videos...just one observation...why not use the liquid from the can of mixed vegetables in the soup? The liquid has vitamins cooked from the vegetables.
I am a new subscriber to your channel and have already watched and enjoyed several of you videos. I live in Ohio and Cassano's is my favorite pizza, so when you said Cassano's that caught my attention. I watched your Thanksgiving meal video and thought that you did a great job with only shopping Dollar Tree. I would make and eat that meal. I also really like boxed stuffing mix and prefer it over home made.
These are great meals for the money for sure. If you have a few extra bucks you could easily kick them up a notch by adding a green salad and still feed a small family very economically. Here's a tip on the biscuits: my Dollar Tree has Bisquick cheese and garlic biscuit mix that makes 6 nice size biscuits - and there's cheese in the mix. They are quite good! Brush them with a little melted butter and Old Bay seasoning when they come out of the oven and you have basically duplicated Red Lobster biscuits.
Check out the high levels of highly toxic Arsenic in rice esp. cheaper rices from Texas and Lousiana grown on old cotton fields. Parboiling before hand and choosing white rice (Arsenic collects in the chaff of brown) rice from California, India, or Pakisan is the safest bet. Stay healthy and great content!
If u dont have sour cream , and U only have cottage cheese , U can blend cottage cheese until its smooth and use it the same way as sour cream .The only dif is its smoother and taste is purty much the same and way less calories .
My 16 month old daughter love this video she watch the whole thing although she did have something to say about the last video at the end but who knows what she was saying I should definitely try the chicken pizza one that actually looks pretty good
I have a recipe question with lentils. A friend of mine made lentil tortilla things and fried them up and put butter on them, she said they eat it all the time, I am wondering if anyone knows how to make them. I have looked everywhere for a recipe and canyt for the life of me find one.
Seasonings are a staple I don't know why you would have to add the cost in for normal staples because most people have those on hand anyway and if they don't they can just substitute what they do have
Hi! As a long distance runner, I eat carbs all day long and need them to function. Not everybody can eat high-carb due to medical issues, but eating a lot of carbs isn't bad if you're healthy. =)
If you had cut back one can of chicken on the pizza. Maybe bought Parmesan instead . Leftover parm could have been used for lentil soup. If dollar tree had roasted red peppers they could have subbed for mixed veggies and save a bit for the pizza and lentil soup. Carrots could have been split as well then over two meals
To respond to some of the people as far as the spices there's a pantry Staples so those are some of the stuff that you have in your pantry anyway sometimes I can see the eggs and butter if you don't have them maybe you can account for that but your basic spices salt pepper oregano Etc that comes as a pantry staple so technically that should not be accounted for
@@NoGettingOffThisTrain hi I thank you for responding cuz if I watch other videos people do have these spices and oils in their pantry and they do not count that as buying something they just add that as a regular light stuff that you would have in your pantry I agree with you 100%, and I do thank you for expressing the Health Nutrition and so forth not a lot of people will do that but I think you kindly and I will continue watching new old catching up with you but I think you again
Yea there is know way my family would eat any of this. But my mom lives with us and she would eat so would I. It cool that your guy and child will eat it.
I am enjoying your videos. A cheap pizza dough is a tortilla. And yes most people have a few spices. Also if one drains but not rinses canned foods a good amount of seasoning is reserved. Liquid from garbanzo can be used as egg in baking or w/real eggs to stretch your real eggs. Lentils can be sprouted. Dollar Trees w/out refrigerators food can't take SNAP
I cant eat lentils because everytime I try my joints begin to ache (I have the same problem with goji berries). What would you add to replace the lentils?
To be fair, even meal kits expect the purchaser to have certain things on hand, I don't think those should count against the cost of the meal. A few basic pantry items are advisable for anyone preparing food. I love the fact you are helping people often forgotten...I once could only walk (we had no vehicle) to a dollar store with very little money and a young child, so thank you.
I don't agree with her having to add in the seasoning to the total..most of us have salt..pepper..milk..and butter/margarine at home
I don't agree either. If you already have it in your cupboard it's NOT cheating. Most people already have basics like milk, eggs, and butter in the house, I know I do. I also always have a ton of spices.
Your right someone was being petty
I agree it isn't cheating and suggested doing a pantry staples video. Dollar Tree sells spices, flour, oil, sugar, etc.
@@tophat5870 Excellent idea.
I think it would be nice if each video she allotted a dollar to replace a 'staple' like one might have to in the real world (and did $14 for 3 meals)
I bought meatballs from my DT and added bbq sauce with it. It came out so good with Knorr broccoli and cheddar rice. My husband loved it.
I've been binge watching all your videos. I especially love the Dollar Tree ones, and I'm looking forward to trying out the chickpea curry (using a can of carrots, either chickpeas or shelf-stable tofu - which my Dollar Tree does sometimes carry, coconut milk, rice and Dollar Tree curry powder). Thanks for all your wonderful suggestions, Jaime! =)
Calling that a curry is a bit of a stretch, but it looked tasty
I think the curry was my favorite!
@@francihenderson8526 I agree, but it was good enough for us. 😂
I'm a guy and I live alone. Money is tight for me and your videos are really helping me out. Thanks!
Thank you! I'm glad it can help! =)
I had, for some reason, a box of hush puppy mix in my cupboard. I read the ingredients on the back the other day, saw there were no real seasonings in it, so I made it according to the directions, then thinned the batter out, added cinnamon and a bit of honey and cooked it as pancakes. Wow. They were so good. My oldest son and husband liked them better than regular pancakes, lol.
I think these are great videos. There’s so many people who are having hard times, who feel like they can’t make warm meals that taste good. And feeding your family is the most basic need so not having that is such a doorway to spiralling downwards. I like that you show people where to start and encourage people to improvise and add in what you’ve got at home. And for those of you who live where the garden season lasts more than 4 months - you can always add basics like green onion tops - everyone who’s got a spot of sunshine and a pot with soil can grow those. 💛
More of these please!
Great ideas! My fridge when out and it is always nice to have shelf stable meals. I have found that saving condiments that come from take out are usually shelf stable and can add flavor i.e. bbq sauce, soy sauce, honey, salt, pepper, etc... A jar of salsa can also be used to flavor many dishes like chili, soup, omelettes. Love your videos!
Thank you! Those are great ideas!!
most ppl have salt pepper onion powder garlic powder. i think ppl get pedantic about "only $5" or "only 5 ingredients" . it becomes counterproductive to the subject. even when you are having a broke pay period we all have pantry basics and usually we are supplied with them. i have seen ppl complain that salt is and ingredient... or you need water so that is 6 ingredients. if you are one of these ppl please stop. i say call it pantry basics. or refrigerator basics. pantry basics. oil, salt, pepper, flour, sugar, garlic and/or onion powder. refrigerator basics butter/margarine. eggs. milk.
while you may be out of one or two of the basics but you usually have the others.
I LOVE their crusts! They are crispy and so cheap! You buy a 6 dollar frozen pizza....or you could pay a basic 3 -4 dollar recipe (actually more, because the sauce lasts a long time and the personal pans sizes have 2! You can add some jarred peppers, pepperoni...some sun dried tomatoes...country boone ham trimmings! YUM!)
I wanted to see this kind of video and I'm happy you took on the challenge, Jamie! I think you were very creative with the shelf stable limitations. I think we all have oil and spices on hand so I don't think it's cheating to spice things up a bit! I've seen that biscuit mix at DT and wondered if it was any good. I'll have to pick it up next time!
I think I mentioned in another comment they sometimes have True Lemon at DT. It's great to put in water but is also good to use as a lemon replacement In recipes. I saw another UA-camr use it to season the DT tilapia.
I saw those crescent roles a month or so ago and I picked up several bags because I figured they wouldn't stay around very long. I wasn't a big fan of them as bread but I used them to make a French toast casserole and they were wonderful in that! I think they would also be good in a savory casserole.
Anyway, thanks so much for doing this. I live in a rural area and DT is one of the only close grocery options so these kinds of videos are always inspiring not only to keep costs down but also to make creative meals with no fresh ingredients. I agree with all the other commenters who would like to see a Thanksgiving meal from DT. I hope you give it a go!
Thank you!! And yeah, I thought of you because I saw that True Lemon last time I was there. I need to pick up a box and try it!
Dollar tree has jars of mushrooms and jars of red pepper slices. I would have skipped the extra bread and gotten one of the veggies to dress up the pizza.
I forgot about the mushrooms; thanks for the idea!
Also, one suggestion for November. How about a Thanksgiving-themed Dollar Tree challenge? Maybe prepare an entire Thanksgiving dinner using $10 worth of Dollar Tree ingredients?
That's a cool idea! Thanks for the suggestion!
@@NoGettingOffThisTrain I second Jane's comment!
Cheapest way to do Txsgiving is potluck but w/social distancing? So different 2020
2020 is crazy for sure!
I agree....most people have spices on hand...even if they're condiments from takeout. No need to account for those. Eggs and butter 🥚🧈... I would include in the meal total.
Sometimes we are forced to choose between eating super healthy food or having enough food to feed your family and not go hungry. Been there. 😪 Do what works for you. 🌞
Thank you for making a pantry meal video....we have less than a year we moved on our own with my lil family and unfortunately the first two fridges we bought broke down and ruined all the newly food we just bought....so we had to live on pantry food for a while....so this was helpful
That sigh when the pizza broke in half made me laugh so hard!
I have the darndest time getting through a video with no mistakes, LOL!
This is great and your husband and daughter ate it. My husband and my boys would not eat this. There very picky and they got it from there dad. Me though I’m not picky and I would try it
This video series teaches you to work with what you have. I'm from a small town and if you couldn't get transportation to the grocery store or needed food before or after their business hours, the only place to shop was the convenience store gas station a mile and a half away. These videos give you inspiration to make the most of whatever you can find.
Love your meal suggestions. I wish our Dollar Tree had a frozen section
$10 Dollar Tree Thanksgiving meal
Thanks for the suggestion!
I love this channel; college students everywhere salute you
Thank you! =)
It's so true! I'm in my freshman year if community c and am just looking for ideas for cheaper meals, or items to keep readily available. Thanks!
i hope you go far with this.now I can feed my husband good buy his med.may god bless you and your family.happy New year.2021.thank you again.❤
You can save the juice from the canned chicken and even the liquid from veggies like green beans and carrots to make broth or to make broths stretch. Just know the salt varies and usually there’s no need for extra salt. That pizza was a great idea!
Using a few basic pantry items is not cheating. Dollar Tree carries many of the spices and people can add one here and there over time. They also have shelf-stable milk and canned fruit can also be included instead of just frozen fruit. Thank you for your creativity and well-balanced choices.
Whew the carb count was high on the soup. I'm diabetic so I don't consume alot of carbs. It looked really good tho.
This lentil soup looked terrific! I'm going to try it, but using my crock pot!! 🙌💜 Thanks for doing these, they're great. ☺️
I recommend everyone spend $1 on spices on every monthly grocery trip. Spice is the spice of life, lol.
Love your meal ideas!
we do a similar pizza...and add spinach...it is delicious
I love the lentil soup. Going to make it. Adding onion and green peppers instead of can veggies!
That's what I wanted to do! =) I think it'll turn out good that way.
You make So many Amazing meals on a budget 👍🥰 love it
Girl God bless you for every idea .ur so amazing I've watched others and they couldn't hold a candle to ur show on dollar tree meals ..you can make a dollar store so amazing .. thank you so much for every idea .. God bless you ....
Great ideas for shelf stable meals. For the first meal, I probably wouldn't have served bread with pizza. I wonder if a can of vegetable blend drained and added on the pizza would have rounded out the meal? The idea reminds me of a pizza my niece gets from a pizza delivery.
That would have been a good idea too!
Yes Jamie I maybe a Thanksgiving themed dollar tree meal. And since it is a holiday meal, if you were making a regular holiday meal you would have a little more budget. Maybe make the budget $15. And see what kind of holiday meal you could make. The pizza looked good but I would totally cheat on that one and add more toppings to it. Thanks for sharing. Catch you next time. 🍕
Thanks for the suggestion! And I agree about the pizza, too. 😂
Those crescent rolls cooked on the stove in garlic butter OMFG. You forgot the parmesan on top of that pizza! Plus the lentils go well with white rice. 50c. Just omit 1 veg, plus dt has box milk.
Who doesnt have spices on hand? They should quit complaining about what you're doing, these are just suggestions. And you really wouldn't have to count the rice or lentils as a full dollar because you didn't use them all. So it all works out in the end.
You are doing a great job!
Thank you so much!
Bolognese n sausages with cheese would b perfect on that pizza base. Done that😋. That alfredo sauce just add in the mushroom n chicken in a oven bowl & put frozen pastry on top..nice yummy pie
Right now I’m back in College and I’ll be done in a little under 4 semesters, soooo we do use our local food bank right now bc the cost of food. My food bank is super amazing always has milk and meats and eggs and cheeses but the can stuff you can just grab and this is really helpful to us to stretch out making meals from the bank so I. An get my kids a couple Christmas gifts and save up for a bit nicer dinner for Christmas 😊
Hey Jamie! So I don't have a channel but I have been making a little cook book for dollar tree items. This is great! If you want to spend a little more, the jarred jalapenos, banana peppers, omg make such a great, cheap pizza!
I think it could be fun to do videos with different themed meals like Mexican, Italian, Indian, Greek, Asian or whatever you think is doable with the resources you have available at your store.
Those are great ideas, thanks!
Nice job. Thanks for sharing. I love to make curry lentils with rice. It's a really good meal and you don't miss the meat. Looking forward to future videos. Stay safe.
Lentils are good with pretty much anything! =)
I am loving these videos. I'm a new sub. I was in a cooking rut and found your videos. These are giving me good ideas on a budget! Thank you.
Thank you! I'm so glad you're here!
3 meals for 10 dollars!! And I love the dollar tree meal idea.
Go ahead and use ur spices and oils. Some people are so picky.
Broccoli on the Pizza would be great
You really have done this!!!! Very nice 👍
Maybe skip one can of chicken and get pepper jack cheese
With the leftover rice and grains...imho you’re ‘owed’ a few cents towards spices... and I think most people who cook have at least a couple on hand. Also, you can use the water from canned garbanzo beans as a leavening agent...
Excellent recipe and I love the curry
Thank u I will try the recipe I have garbanzo, coconut milk, and dry cilantro
I saw pork loin in my dollar tree today.
love, you got a new subscriber
The lentils are a great buy thanks for sharing
I work on a community cook book and I try to achieve the challenge to be a $20 for a week for a family of 2-3 including breakfast lunch and dinner - needs to include drinks and condiments spices ....meals have to stretch for the entire week .
Dr has 100 bag tea and two lb. sugar. Just FYI
People are So nit picking
I'm going to do this
My favorite pizza
Chickpea curry is a staple here. I love throwing a sweet potato in with it so I’m sure carrots would be good!
Oh man, sweet potatoes would make it awesome!
Thanks for repping Ohio!❤❤❤
Salt, pepper and bullion should be accepted as most Pantries have those three Ingredients as well as others.but limit to 4??????
I keep milk powder and evap also spicws cocnut and olive oil my stapleitems are cream,cheese,and rwal butter. Fish chicken,shrimp and broth abought 20-22bucks worth of
Dolor tree items and creative ideas to last the month w teeats included.....love your vidios theve helped through the harder moments.....
Thank you so much!! =)
Non healthy version get cheese pizzas out of the frozen section, can a chicken and the sauce. Also have bread sticks in frozen section. I was sad when I couldn't find a pizza crust
Love your videos...just one observation...why not use the liquid from the can of mixed vegetables in the soup? The liquid has vitamins cooked from the vegetables.
Low fat mozzarella cheese!!
add cost of spices or condiments... is just sily
Hello
I am a new subscriber to your channel and have already watched and enjoyed several of you videos. I live in Ohio and Cassano's is my favorite pizza, so when you said Cassano's that caught my attention. I watched your Thanksgiving meal video and thought that you did a great job with only shopping Dollar Tree. I would make and eat that meal. I also really like boxed stuffing mix and prefer it over home made.
Hey fellow Ohioan! Thank you so much! =)
These are great meals for the money for sure. If you have a few extra bucks you could easily kick them up a notch by adding a green salad and still feed a small family very economically. Here's a tip on the biscuits: my Dollar Tree has Bisquick cheese and garlic biscuit mix that makes 6 nice size biscuits - and there's cheese in the mix. They are quite good! Brush them with a little melted butter and Old Bay seasoning when they come out of the oven and you have basically duplicated Red Lobster biscuits.
Check out the high levels of highly toxic Arsenic in rice esp. cheaper rices from Texas and Lousiana grown on old cotton fields. Parboiling before hand and choosing white rice (Arsenic collects in the chaff of brown) rice from California, India, or Pakisan is the safest bet. Stay healthy and great content!
You could've added Broccoli to the pizza.
You are correct! This was a shelf-stable challenge so I could only buy what was on the shelves. =)
prices have been kind of crazy Thanksgiving on a budget would be a good video (feed 12) since it is a larger group for these kind of things
Maybe you could use evaporated milk I use it for something's.
Parmesan is shelf stable. look for packets or get packets from your local pizza shop. but at pizza hut we never refrigerated the parmesan shakers
If u dont have sour cream , and U only have cottage cheese , U can blend cottage cheese until its smooth and use it the same way as sour cream .The only dif is its smoother and taste is purty much the same and way less calories .
Hamburgers!!!!!! Love your videos, keep them coming 😊😊😊
Thanks! Good idea, too. =)
My Dollar Tree doesn't have a frozen or refrigerated section either. Thank you ❤️
soup looks really good.
My 16 month old daughter love this video she watch the whole thing although she did have something to say about the last video at the end but who knows what she was saying I should definitely try the chicken pizza one that actually looks pretty good
LOL, that's so cool! Yeah, the pizza was good. I'd definitely add some mozzarella or Parmesan to it, though. =)
Everyone that does these kind of u tubes doesn’t count spices and a fat.
I wud hav not hav gotten the rolls & gotten the cheese def
The dishes look great! I'm from Chicago and we cut our pizzas into squares here. ✌
Thanks! I prefer the triangles, but this was pretty good. =)
I have a recipe question with lentils. A friend of mine made lentil tortilla things and fried them up and put butter on them, she said they eat it all the time, I am wondering if anyone knows how to make them. I have looked everywhere for a recipe and canyt for the life of me find one.
Interesting! I see plenty of recipes for lentil tortillas but they don't sound like what you're talking about. Hopefully another friend can help!
Seasonings are a staple I don't know why you would have to add the cost in for normal staples because most people have those on hand anyway and if they don't they can just substitute what they do have
I agree completely!
I cant believe u actually go by serving size. For most people that's not enough
Every person is different and I love that! =) This helps me to maintain my 20-pound weight loss from the past 5 years.
Nice ideas😋😋😋😋😋👍🍀💯👏💕🌳
I don't get the rolls and the pizza. That's a LOT of carbs (which turn to sugar when you eat it) The pizza looks yummy, though.
Hi! As a long distance runner, I eat carbs all day long and need them to function. Not everybody can eat high-carb due to medical issues, but eating a lot of carbs isn't bad if you're healthy. =)
@@NoGettingOffThisTrain I get that, but I would have gone for a veg instead of the rolls to be balanced.
Thank you
Veggie lasagna
love the meal ideas.... how old is your daughter...
Thanks! My daughter is 7. =)
If you had cut back one can of chicken on the pizza. Maybe bought Parmesan instead . Leftover parm could have been used for lentil soup. If dollar tree had roasted red peppers they could have subbed for mixed veggies and save a bit for the pizza and lentil soup. Carrots could have been split as well then over two meals
Those are all good ideas!
Do you do 5$ Walmart meals.. love ur videos
Thank you! I haven't done any yet, but Wal Mart is my next adventure!
To respond to some of the people as far as the spices there's a pantry Staples so those are some of the stuff that you have in your pantry anyway sometimes I can see the eggs and butter if you don't have them maybe you can account for that but your basic spices salt pepper oregano Etc that comes as a pantry staple so technically that should not be accounted for
Thank you, Barb! I agree!
@@NoGettingOffThisTrain hi I thank you for responding cuz if I watch other videos people do have these spices and oils in their pantry and they do not count that as buying something they just add that as a regular light stuff that you would have in your pantry I agree with you 100%, and I do thank you for expressing the Health Nutrition and so forth not a lot of people will do that but I think you kindly and I will continue watching new old catching up with you but I think you again
Can you make a dollar tree low sodium meals
I'll add it to my list!
Yea there is know way my family would eat any of this. But my mom lives with us and she would eat so would I. It cool that your guy and child will eat it.
Would you make some egg recipes from DT?
I can take a look! I made an egg casserole for my Christmas brunch in case you missed it: ua-cam.com/video/r5kHsrnQFnk/v-deo.html
No cheese? Not pizza, lol.
I have to agree with this one!
But I do understand the challenge, and you could not use non shelf stable stuffs. 😁
Alfredo sauce is half cheese.
Our Dollar tree were I live just got the freezer and fridge part a few years ago.
I am enjoying your videos. A cheap pizza dough is a tortilla. And yes most people have a few spices. Also if one drains but not rinses canned foods a good amount of seasoning is reserved. Liquid from garbanzo can be used as egg in baking or w/real eggs to stretch your real eggs. Lentils can be sprouted. Dollar Trees w/out refrigerators food can't take SNAP
Thank you for all of these tips!!
Who is Allison?
My darling 7 year-old daughter. =) You'll hear all about her in my other videos!
I cant eat lentils because everytime I try my joints begin to ache (I have the same problem with goji berries). What would you add to replace the lentils?
Hey there! That's really strange. Does your body do okay with beans? You could probably use kidney beans instead. =)