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Yes! I loved watching Semi homemade! And 30 minute meals with Rachel Ray! We can’t always spend hours in the kitchen. Shortcuts is def a necessity most evenings!
I was just thinking about RR’s 30 minute meals- I always loved her retro kitchen!! And loved Sandra Lee too she always had a great cocktail to make too!!
I 💯 agree with you on frozen/canned. Most "fresh fruit and vegetables" are picked before they are ripe or even frozen ice stored
I definitely would try the chicken taquito with green sauce black beans with the rice
My favorite quick muffin is yellow cake mix and a can of pumpkin. I add walnuts or pecans sometimes too. And make it at whatever the box says. So moist and a great quick breakfast. And it’s vegan!
is the canned pumpkin the only liquid you put in the cake mix?
@@renoki4540 yep! Just one 15oz can of of pumpkin purée
I just made a frozen tortellini meal with some sauce, Rotel, and homemade meatballs (which were made months ago and in the freezer). I didn't know 2 other people would be eating with us so I made up some canned green beans as well and the meal fed us all, 4 adults. I love the frozen pastas!
Thank you, Mindy for recommending and validating the use of convenience ingredients and semi-homemade meals! I love to cook from scratch but I work lots of hours and am simply too tired to cook EVERY meal from scratch. I made a southwestern pasta dish similar to one of your recent recipes this weekend and really enjoyed the simplicity and it allowed me time to spend doing things other than cooking!
Yes!!! A Mindy and Jen video will be awesome 👏👏👏
We're working on it! :)
I use these shortcut-scratch, semi-homemade tips often. One of my favorites is using a rice-a-roni type box mix (I use the Aldi brand), any flavor, and, once prepared, extend it with plain white cooked rice. I also add various ingredients like a vegetable or two (frozen broccoli, kale, or spinach are faves), extra seasonings to taste, and a protein or beans. I find the boxed mix a tad too salty and seasoned, and this extends the meal to feed more people plus I like the favor more.
My mom made a casserole from box rice mix and added ranch style beans, cooked ground beef, rotel and cheese. My husband still asks me to make it because it’s delicious on its own or with chips or tortillas.
I agree. They had them, Rice a roni, on sale for 83 cents at Kroger last week. It's a great deal...just because of the seasonings.
You mentioned slicing the cooked sausage/kielbasa, and putting it in a skillet with BBQ sauce. We do this, but add ranch dressing too. Very good.
I'm going to show your videos to my teens, they don't love to scratch cook (yet), but I think this would be a great help to them. Thanks!
Microwave baked potatoes are the only way to go! I didn’t know people baked them regularly. ?? 6-10 min and it’s done and delish!
I never thought to buy frosting from a store’s bakery! I always learn new things from you.
Glad I can help, Carol!
I actually plan to make those cupcakes I talked about in this video for a birthday this week, so you’ll be seeing the actual recipe I mentioned and that bakery frosting in another video!
I love Hamburger Helper Stroganoff, I use Impossible ground, and I add in a finely chopped onion to the ground, then add the helper, it is really good, you can also cook up some mushrooms to add, or use the mushrooms instead of any meat. I make mac and cheese [store brand] then add 2/3 cup sweet basil marinara sauce [Catelli], then we use a personal size can of chili infused light tuna, yummy, quick meal. also we use parm cheese [grated]
An alternative title to this video is “How I cooked dinner the first few years of my marriage when I was 19 and didn’t know how to cook!” 😂 I swear we lived on Hamburger Helper and Rice A Roni.
My husband loves that tortellini! We all do. I make it about once a week. I also get that frozen broccoli every week.
Frozen broccoli is so good!
These types of "convenience" meals saved me many nights when I was working full time and everyone got home "starving" about the same time.
I have difficulty cutting due to an injury to my right hand. When I need cabbage I just use bagged coleslaw
Thank you for all the easy ideas! So timely with school and holidays coming up fast . Super excited about the upcoming collab with Jen Chapin. ❤️
Mindy, when I make a good cake I always do the semi-homemade cakes. I use the cake mix, 3oz. Instant pudding mix depending on the flavor of the cake. I usually make my frosting but if I don't have the time to make frosting I just buy it.
I love these shortcut meals! Things have gotten busy over here at our house, so I’ve definitely been making some more shortcut type meals recently.
It's definitely the season of life we're living in in this house! :)
@@SeeMindyMom Same here! School season is so busy 😅.
Short cut meals are needed especially during school time. Thank you!
Absolutely!! I agree! :)
Hamburger Helper is the 🐐.
I stretch it by using a little less hamburger, but add a little more milk and water plus some no yolk noodles (they cook in the same time!). Makes enough for myself and my daughter plus two leftover meals!
As someone who doesn't like buttercream I have purchased the elite icing from my grocery store bakery. It's the name they use for the cool whip based frosting
Good to know!
Most restaurants don’t really cook a lot of things from scratch either, they buy many things from food suppliers… So if they can do it, so can we. 🙇🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️🙆🏻♀️
Made the enchilada dish tonight. We used chicken taquitos as I do not eat beef. It was amazing. Definitely will make again
Thanks for the video!! I’ve been binging your content the last few days. Also, your hair looks SOO good in this video!!!
I love watching your videos, I am not a mom yet, but we are in the process of trying, and your videos are so encouraging!!! I keep thinking about my friends who eat lots of all organic, nothing frozen or canned, and I get so worried thinking I'm going to be a bad mom because, well we eat what I've listed above. Thank you for being a good roll model and being so encouraging! 🥰
Great ideas. Thank you!
I love the taquito dish.
Thank you for the meal ideas and I'm loving your hair in this video ❤️
Love your Hair, MINDY!! Thanks for quick & budget meals. God bless you,MINDY & your family!!
Would you consider doing a gluten free budget video? Gluten free items are expensive and I could use some new ideas.
2nd that request!!
I just recently, last week as a matter of fact, purchased taquitos and they were such a game changer. I was so excited to see these in your video. Great item to make quick meals with.
I love Sandra Lee!! I always think you are so good at giving me ideas about how to better approach meals for my family! Thank you!!
Love the new hair and brows.
Great meal ideas. Thank you.
Love your shorter haircut ❤️
Love this! Great ideas, as always. I also cook mainly from scratch, but shortcuts are needed and welcomed!! Thanks again for another awesome video. I love your haircut/color, very cute!
That taquito bake looks amazing ! I have always cooked semi homemade ! You get to be so creative that way and it’s delicious ! Thank you for the great ideas !
I loved all your ideas and concepts! This fits my lifestyle! Hope you will do more!
Love this video! I’m always looking for shortcuts. Can’t wait to try the taquito dish. Brilliant idea!
Love your videos thanks ❤️ 😊 this is great thanks 😊
I loved alot of your prepared food ideas Mindy. I thought the taquito enchilada dish and the ravioli lasagna were both great sounding and very easy to put together recipes.
Great video!
I'm glad I watched this video. I was planning on a quick clean out of my freezer for dinner tonight and I know have taquitos (very few left in the box) in there. I totally intend on trying to recreate something similar with them. Thank you!
This was a really helpful video! I loved watching Semi Homemade on the Food Network. Thank you so much for sharing.
I started making these pizza braids, a few months ago.
Great recipe.
Yes!! Totally remember that show!! Haha
I loved her show semi-homemade.
Tfs
Good ideas!!
Looking forward to seeing your video with Jen. I enjoy her recipes and have been watching her channel for a while.
Love your new hairstyle! And great video as always - packed with good ideas!
Thank you so much 🤗
Also another frugal way to frost cakes is to use instant pudding and 1 3/4 cup milk. Combinations are endless.
That sounds yummy💕 never thought oft!
Awesome recipes ideas, thanks for sharing 🎃🎃🎃
Love the ideas! I’ve made the lazy enchiladas recipe by Salty Cocina and they were incredible… I love your idea with the rice though… gonna have to try that too!
Wow the dinner looks delicious 😋 I will have to try that TFS! Also your hair it looks great!
I loved that show
I love your new look! So fun 🤩.
Great video as always. Thank you for sharing ❤️
I had the same thought. Looks super fresh!
Thank you so much!! I'm kind of struggling a little with it right now, but I think I'll get the hang of styling it soon! :)
great video 😊
Loved the taquito recipe. I’d love to see more of these semi homemade meals!
Haha, I totally used cheapo Ramen as a sort-of shortcut tonight. I sautéed a bell pepper and a few mushrooms in sesame and olive oils, added the noodles and their packets, some soy sauce, fried an egg in it, and added a bit of cheese on top. It was yummy, and not completely unhealthy.
I would love more videos like this, and I’d love more demonstrations of actually using those ingredients-the visual helps cement the idea in my mind.
💙💙 looks amazing 🙂
Outstanding
Love your hair, Mindy.
The Taquito casserole was extremely interesting!❤
Your new hair style looks so good to you 👍
Great video.. I make that taquito recipe all the time.. so easy and good!!
Going go try this next weekend ;) yours look great! Love watching your videos.. you have my support 🙏💪
I used to love that show!! 😂
Great ideas
Oh wow I haven't thought about Sandra Lee in years! Great video as always. Love your hair!
Thank you!!
This is how I cook ALOT of the time - maybe I’m just LAZY🤔😬 lolol. Honestly, I know stay at home Mom’s who don’t even cook EVERYTHING from scratch - WHO the heck has THAT kind of time??! 😎. Always appreciate your time AND money saving ideas! Have a blessed day
I LOVED that show with Sandra Lee / Semi-Homemade
Thanks
Mindy and family have a great week have fun thanks from Oklahoma
Same to you!
Yes I love these videos! Thanks Mindy :)
Glad you like them! I hope to do another video with more meal ideas with these kinds of ingredients!
@@SeeMindyMom Heck yeah! Living on a uni student budget your videos help a LOT!
we have a local grocery store here in Utah that makes Delicious butter cream and cream cheese icing that I frequently buy-especially over the holiday for parties or get togethers. I'll make homemade cookies and buy their icing! It's great! I've also been known to just pick up their bakery cookies and icing for kids to decorate with friends at playdates and such to keep it simple and easy!
I loved how Sandra Lee had themes to her dinners. I wish that show and 30 Minute Meals with Rachel Ray would come back on.
Great video and ideas
Thanks!
Hello from Norway. Nice video.
I watched semi homemade in high school lol
I do remember the show Semi Homemade!! With 6 kids thats the way i cooked and still do.
I'm the 4th of 5 and my mom did cook that way a lot growing up, so I do it now, too! :)
I remember watching that show with Sandra Lee. I do that same trick with the cake mix. But I usually try to make my own icings.
I just used a roll of pizza dogh to make a taco pizza type casserole! Love keeping canned dogh on hand!
Walmart use to sell the big container of buttercream frosting in the specialty baking aisle or with the wedding supply section. I just saw it posted at my local Walmart so maybe try looking at yours.
I picked up buttercream from the bakery once. I labeled it “lard” so the kids wouldn’t eat it 😂😂😂
I make a Stromboli with homemade dough and left overs all the time. It works with lasagna, sloppy joes, chili, taco meat. If you have enough for about 1/3 of a family meal, wrap it in dough and you will have enough for the whole family.
Although they all sound great ( some I already do) that taquito one looks really, really good and easy.
It was good! We had some friends over a few days later and we were all munching on leftovers and they particularly enjoyed that casserole!
I am LOVING your videos, I devour them (pun intended) every night when I'm nursing my baby lol Do you have a recipe for that sheet pan tortellini and veggies?
I am trying to eat a keto diet at the moment just to try a few food options but I still love watching you videos because you are such a positive person........Also unlike others I am not inerested in browsing clothing stores but I have a real fascination as to what Americans can buy in their supermarkets......Even for Australian standards by local supermarket is small and the range they have there is downright boring.......I travel and extra 20 minutes just do get to a supermarket with a bigger choice of food.
As for the chicken you can get it at Costco for under $5 bigger and better than Walmart
I didn’t know you can buy icing from the bakery ! Good idea.
Mmmmmpepperjack 😋😋😋 I’m sitting here talking to the screen and agreeing with whatever you’re saying lol
Hi which dip did you use for chicken salad? Thanks Mindy Jennifer 🤗🍁
The bacon ranch cheddar one. 😊
I'm going to have to try that taquito casserole I'm wondering if my youngest is autistic will even eat it he has food issues so it's hit and miss with him
I buy most of these items regularly. Especially, as a mom of young children, this is the best idea to get quick, healthy dinners on the table when everyone is screaming MOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!! Thank you for having a place for us exhausted parents.
Those bottles of Slap Ya Mama spice over your shoulder made me laugh out loud.
more semi homemade stuff please
Veggies are flash frozen at picking time…so the nutrients are way better and fresher !
Does any one know if you need to spray your dish before adding the minute rice. It’s what’s for dinner tonight, can’t wait!!👍🏻
Just finished dinner, it was delicious, we both liked it, I will season the rice next time with a bit of taco seasoning. More semi homemade recipes please👍🏻 Thanks for a good one.
I loved the show Semi,-Homemade with Sandra Lee! I also have a cookbook by a shopping channel host that is the same concept and it uses what he terms supermarket shortcuts which I think is a great thing. It's a terrific balance between still cooking at home but yet saving you some of the time that you need to depending upon which season of life you are in at a given time. When I was working before my stroke, there were nights that I would come home and not feel like cooking for my just myself so I would have cereal and toast for dinner or eggs and toast or something like that simple but I tried to do better and one shortcut I use is my indoor grill. I did a happy accident one night with frozen chicken breasts because I hadn't thawed any out. Did you know that if you take a frozen chicken breast and put it on an indoor grill (AKA a George Foreman) and cook it it comes out very moist and delicious. It takes a little bit longer to cook it when it's frozen but it's great. I could put a couple of frozen chicken breasts in, throw in a bag of the frozen vegetables in the microwave or maybe make a microwave baked potato and I would have a reasonably nutritious dinner in 20 minutes or less with leftovers for lunch or dinner the next day. I could come home throw things in the microwave and on the indoor grill and then go get my clothes changed and take care of the dogs and then by the time I was done with that, dinner was almost ready. I'm also a huge fan of frozen vegetables and fruit. I love buying the 4 lb bags of frozen sliced strawberries and blueberries from Sam's Club. They are good value and are quite tasty. Same goes for frozen vegetables. Very simple to have ready in just a few minutes and a great way to get an easy vegetable into your diet. Thanks for this content, Mindy! I have to say I think this coming weekend's football game between Oklahoma and Nebraska will not be pretty for us Husker fans given all the upheaval over the weekend. I just hope it's not too embarrassing for us! But I will be watching l, cheering for the Big Red!!🏈🏟️
I heard about the coaching kerfuffle at Nebraska, Rosemary! Yes, we will be watching our Sooners this weekend. :) In fact, I have a "game day snacks" video going up on Friday that is a collab with some other youtube ladies. :)
@@SeeMindyMom oh yum! I always love a good snack and appetizer recipe! Yes the coaching change was not unexpected, I was just a little surprised that it came before the Oklahoma game. It's really sad that Frost didn't work out. I'm not sure if you knew much of his history but he was our quarterback when we won the national championship in 1997. A true in-state, small town guy who went out and did well for himself at UCF and then came home. There isn't anybody that would have been more welcome as our coach then Scott Frost. He got much more time to prove himself than some of our other previous coaches have had. I hope the interim coach, who is also one of our former quarterbacks, can pull the team together for the rest of this season and going forward.
I love that I can adjust these recipes since I"m only cooking for one. I'd use an 8X8 pan and one of those pre-cooked bowls of rice for the taquito casserole. I love making the lasagna with ravioli recipe when I'm in the mood for something Italian.
Great idea!
Lynne, I make "lazy lasagna" with frozen ravioli too!
Honey I'm 25 years old and I still remember Semi Homemade with Sandra