$200 For ONE Month of Groceries || January Week 4 $50 Budget || Cheap Meals
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Hey y’all! This is what I did with Week 4!! Hope it gives you some ideas! And yeah, I probably didn’t do that spring wrapper correctly 😂
Love, Brooke
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Day 1
Beef and Broccoli-
3/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 TBS minced garlic
1 cup beef broth
beef of your choice
Day 3
Manicotti-
jar of sauce
1/3 of the jar with water
manicotti shells
16 ounces ricotta cheese
2 TBS parm cheese
italian seasoning
garlic powder
salt n pepper to taste
3 ounces of mozzarella cheese for filling
1 egg
5 ounces of mozzarella cheese for topping
Day 5
baked beans-
2 cans of pork and beans
hamburger meat
onions and peppers diced if you want
1 TBS ketchup
1 TBS mustard
2 TBS BBQ sauce
1/2 Cup brown sugar
salt n pepper to taste
garlic powder
bacon pieces
Day 6
Philly Cheesesteak Pasta-
8 ounces of pasta
hamburger meat
4 ounces of cream cheese
6 ounces of Provolone cheese
2 cups of beef broth
1/2 cup of milk
1 cup of water
minced garlic
diced peppers and onions
Update on the spring rolls: I, in fact, did the “trend” correctly. No frying. Just wet rice paper. I done a lot of research today 😂
There’s another one where they do get pan fried. You put sliced cheese on the rice paper, then the noodles on top, wrap it up like a nice chubby package and pan fry on both sides. Girl! Those are soooo much better and then you dip them in some spicy Asian style sauce.
Might I suggest a future ingredient for you to try? Gochujang. It’s a Korean red pepper paste, it’s kinda sweet, kinda spicy. It works so well in a lot of things. Mix it with ketchup and top meatloaves. Put a little bit in the beef broccoli, fried rice, etc. It works really well with Mexican food too. Been binge watching your videos for a couple of days now and have been enjoying them a lot. Thanks!
Yeah I ordered some once and They were fried?!? I guess that may be a thing, but i always have them cold and gummy 😆
I don’t like spring rolls like that. I can eat fried ones but would rather have an egg roll lol.... it’s a texture thing for me
You can airfry the spring rolls. They get crispy.
The only spring Rolls we deep fry them 😊
Hey Brooke! I just wanted to let you know I have severe PTSD. I don't find much relief with it. Your videos help me to escape intrusive thoughts and lessen my anxiety. Thank you for being you!
Praying for you tonight Shell, from TX. XO
Shellbell, my heart is with you. I understand.❤
Same
Your excitement at finding a package of cheese buried in the meat/cheese drawer made me lol. ( Yep, I've been there!)
I never thought to just fill the manicotti straight from the package and have them cook in the oven. I always boiled them and then fought with floppy noodles trying to fill them with cheese lol
Stuffed shells can be filled dry and cooked in the sauce also. I use a piping bag to fill them and smother with sauce then cook. Easy.
I always cooked them first before stuffing. This will be so much easier!
same!
My mom filled the manicotti dry all the time.
missing ingredients is when neighbors come in handy. Its a constant text back and forth with us all
My neighbor would have been disappointed because I don't buy ground ginger.😆
If you store a fresh knob of ginger well wrapped in the freezer you can just take it out and grate some off of it. It keeps a long time.
Congratulations on meeting your monthly $200 goal!! Love when you wiped off the stove real quick with your hands 😅.
Have a great day everyone!!
Yep, that's what I do 😁
I think she was a bit loopy in this video did you notice the burn meat on bottom of pan?
Hey Brooke, you can add a little water when youre adding the cornstarch to the beef. Its a little easier to mix, and separates easier as you cook and has the same velvetting result :) x
Braden is a doll! He would prolly even like my awful cooking! You are gonna have to give their fiancées cooking from the hip lessons!
OMG! That manicotti looked so good! Thank the lord for found cheese! 😂
Congratulations on making your goal!!! Your oldest sons hair cut looks amazing on him!!! I love your love of life… ❤️
I thought I was the only person who added water to get the last drop of sauce, pesto, instant coffee out of the jars. Instead of using Ricotta Cheese you could use Cottage Cheese and mix it with the Egg I save money doing this when I make Lasagna. You did a great job with your food budget of $200/ the month
We just use sour cream in our lasanga and it works too.
Is watching Brooke’s delicious meals actually making your grocery bill go up? Lol. I want to try everything she makes
LOL! Yes, she has a better stocked pantry than me.
Love her down to earth attitude and simple rib sticking meal ideas.
I have definitely found food I don't remember buying. I found a whole bag of tortellini in my freezer that I added to soup. I just imagine the food fairies paid me a visit because I was good.
I had a cast iron Dutch oven with white enamel on the inside and the instructions told me to soak it and OxiClean fill it up with hot water and and add a scoop of OxiClean powder into your pot and let it soak for an hour and then wash it out. Works pretty good. It may not take all of it away but it does a decent job
Congrats on meeting your goal.. $200 a month for a family of 5 sure is not an easy task with todays prices and yet you did it!! Cant wait to see what you do next!! PS totally doing the Philly pasta this week!
HA! I love the face...It looked like Dusty and the boys' faces when they tried that survival food! Glad you met your goal of 200! I'm practicing getting my grocery costs down so that I can pay off credit card debt! Y'all pray for me! LOL! The manicotti looked great! I might have to try that. Never have. :)
Thanks for the video. Miserable people just want to make others miserable. They’re annoying and pitiful. Oh well, there’s always darkness with light. Thank you for being a light, Brooke. 😁
Just wanted to see how your husband was doing keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery 🙏
We have a saying…poor is the one who doesn’t live life, rich is the one who lives life with or without material item’s…sounds a little better in Spanish lol😊 we also love going to rodeo’s or bronco riding shows. 👋 from Oklahoma. May god bless you and your family always 🙏🏼 ❤
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On ramen you put about one scoop noodles and some chopped veg and seasoning. Than fry and great to make peanut sauce using pb is easier. You chicken dinner looked awesome. Love beef and beans.
I work at an agricultural complex and we have a pretty big rodeo in March! We have all kinds of stuff….indoor motor cross racing, horse shows, circus, dog shows etc!!! It’s a great place to work! We also have a big bluegrass show every November and Rhonda Vincent was here this past November!! She was just awesome!!! Good job Brooke!!!! I just love you so much!!!!!❤
Have you ever tried a dish called: Steak on a Stick? I use to order this long ago at TGI Fridays Restaurant. So good. I just googled the recipe and found it. It uses shaved beef like you bought, is marinated and then you thread it on wooden skewers and grill it. Serve it couple of skewers over white rice with your broccoli on the side. Recipe said, you can do this with chicken, pork, beef etc. your raw protein just has to be very thin like you bought. Since your guys hunt…might be a way to prepare a wild product. Also, you might want to try the Greek version of their yogurt marinade chicken on a stick served with some pita bread…just something different. 😊
The cheese fairy was there!
Having a stocked pantry sure helps when the budget gets tight, also helps to use the ole stuff up. My sons have been doing junior rodeo since they were 7, my eldest got state champion for his age bracket last year. Mama proud for sure.
I’ve never seen that Instant Onion, but I always keep frozen chopped onion in my house. In our area, onions are actually very expensive so it’s the same price to buy one fresh onion or a bag of the frozen pre-chopped stuff. It really helps me cook at home when I have some of the tasks I don’t like (such a chopping onions and garlic) already done by the store.
same! if i had to constantly peel and crush garlic id never use it haha.
For years I hated to have my hands smell like onions or garlic! I’m nearly 60 years old and just realized in the last year I can easily use gloves when chopping them! Game changer!!!
I love that shaved beef from Aldi! Mine doesn't always have it, but when they do I buy several packs and freeze them. It thaws fast. And is great for so many different recipes. And it doesn't shrink down much at all. Magic mozzarella found in the drawer! It was just waiting for this moment! Those baked beans look delic! And could be a meal on it's own! All that protein! They looked so good, I've been craving baked beans! I need to make some asap. Great video as always!
Yeah you did it and yes I love your be nice that was special, keep up the good work you are blessing a lot of people with your easy, inexpensive, delicious meals 🍑
I think that you allowed yourself $50 a week was very smart. I watch another Channel where the family allowed themselves $500 a month and spent most of the money by the middle of the month. 3 days before the month they went to the grocery store and started into the next month's grocery money. I was getting excited to see how they were going to stretch what they had for the 3 days remaining in the month but they didn't finish the month out. Kind of felt like somebody starting a race and not finishing it, I lost excitement for that channel.
Everything you make looks delicious! Love your taste testers. The little one fainting cracks me up every time.
I love your channel,your cooking, and your family!! You’re a very real, down to earth person. So happy you don’t let the ass hat comments get to you!❤
Brooke
You did so good staying with in your budget each week. You always make me smile as you cook loved it when you found the cheese in your frig. I did the same thing today.
You poor thing with the Raman noodles. I laughed so hard because of your facial expression that I woke up my husband.
Love your channel.
Brooke!!! I would love to see a video with you canning the Pork n Beans and other canning as well!!!
I absolutely love your videos it's like hanging out with a fun friend. You make me laugh so hard, you do you Brooke!
The mannacotti sure did look like my kinda dinner ❤
If it weren't for Dollar Tree and HEB we would starve. Thanks for your help and ideas.
Mama love to watch your videos you always make such interesting food that I would never have thought of also I love to hear you say Aldi and oil reminds me of my mom
I think you did a good job on your week-long meal prep.
Girl you get excited over bonus cheese just like I do I swear, LOL! LOVE your meals, love your cute lil' personality too, honey! Keep keepin' on, mama! xo
Your face with the spring roll was funny, you couldn't have lied through that if they paid you 🤣🤣
A fabulous week of fabulous dishes. Well done.😉🤗
We put all our egg shells in a old container. No washing etc. They dry out. In early spring put them in a food processor or blender . Grind them up. Sprinkle them all gently into your garden. Full of fantastic soil nutrients.
I have the same problem with the spring rolls, fry them in shallow oil it will crisp them! Great job Brooke!!
I bet frying the ramen noodles in an egg roll wrapper would be good though :)
Brook ,
You have done a great job!!!!!! I'm so proud of you!!!!! Please keep the recipes coming! I love love love love love your channel! And the boys are just soooooo handsome!!!!!
I love the shaved beef for Philly cheese steaks and saw someone else use it for beef and broccoli a few weeks ago but they put it in the slow cooker so I tried it that way. I must have done something wrong cuz it was like meat had all disintegrated! lol I’m gunna try it the way you did it !
Your boys are so sweet! Thanks for the family friendly recipe ideas.
OMG I recently bought that minced onion when it was on clearance. It is such a great “pantry” item this month when I ran out of fresh onions and was trying to stay out of the grocery stores and use up what I had on hand .
I just love you! Your happiness and energy is contagious 😊 Thank you for being a light!
What my mom does is take a gallon bag or even a “Walmart” sack and puts her flour mixture in to coat her meat.
All of those dinners look great. I agree with you on the spring roll thing. I have never liked them. They're kinda rubbery. Great job sticking to your budget. You are very creative. I have found little ingredient gifts in the fridge before too. It's awesome. Thanks for the video. ❤️
Brooke God bless you. You are a real mom inspiring real moms!
Thank you Brook. Your videos are awesome. You help me get creative with what I have available. Stay real😃
Huzzah for sticking to your goal! I set a goal for $400 for the month (5 of us home all the time and living in NY). I was creative and made a lot of homemade…..trying again for February. ❤
Great job for the $200 month for family of five!! It’s nice to eat from pantry and freezer. Gives you so e to buy and store more loss leaders and clearance foods. Debi in Vicksburg, MS. 🥰🥰
You did it! What a great feeling it must be, Brooke. Thanks for sharing and be blessed always! xoxo
I love your family so much! We live so differently (ie. I'd never go to a rodeo or do survivalist stuff 😂 Typical NY'er) but I know I would love hanging out with you all. Cooking, having coffee, collecting eggs. You all just radiate goodness! ❤️❤️❤️
Hey, I live in central NY and I LOVE rodeos!!!!
Speaking of which, the darn Gov is making huge changes to the NYS Fair, bet she doesn't know that they will now be operating at an even bigger loss now!!! I mean, wth, the fair was started to show off the animals, now she raises fees etc, when we are all broke already??? Plus, the Wurlitzer organ that's been there forever as a loan from someone, has to be moved AND she is searching back 50 plus yrs.of records to prove that at some point, the handshake agreement shouldn't be valid anymore. How sad is that???
Love your videos! Thank you for sharing your family and your ideas! 🌼💛🌟✨
To get the chicken vein out of tenders we use a fork and a dedicated pair of pliers to pull them out!! Easy Peasy!!
You are awesome and so are your videos. I'm sorry everyone can't see it! Most of us LOVE you and your family!
I just did an Aldi order for a total of $45.47. That is for breakfast, lunch and dinners for 3. Breakfast is toast, cereal and coffee/tea, lunches is ham and provolone sandwiches, yogurt and pretzels. Dinners, chili and cornbread, leftover chili and turkey burgers, tuna noodle casserole with mixed veggies, ham slices, Mac and cheese, green beans, Salisbury steaks, mashed potatoes and corn.
I'm glad to hear someone else is as picky about their chicken, having to pick off the membrane and the tendon! Welcome to my world!
You did good! I spent just under $200 for me and my son sometimes, during the month of January. However, I have a lot of food leftover, so I do not need to buy any food this week. I'm well stocked up for February.
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Use what you have and feed your family. Great job 👏
I loved your reaction to trying the spring roll ramen 😂!! As usual, wonderful video!! I adore you Brooke! ❤❤
me too!! I laughed so hard!
Love love love your sassy attitude,it makes my day!!! Love from SCOTLAND x x x
Well. I just have to say that lazy fried chicken recipe is pure genius and it looked amazing. I’m going to try it!!
Hi, Brooke. I love watching you and your family, y'all are so cute and funny and I love it!
I can't imagine people are being rude especially when you preach be kind.... Love ya your new friend
Brooke, love your recipes. Congratulations on making your goal.
Dollar Tree has the Kinder brand of seasonings and they are great. Try them if yours carries them. You’ll love them.
I have to tell you I’m so super excited. After going through my freezer.. I have enough meat to have at least two weeks of dinners without buying a single thing. That’s without using my pantry meats like canned chicken, tuna, spam…I am so very excited. You are a big part of why I can do it.
"PERRRFECT DAAAYY..." 🎶 LOL I love that song
im doind my best to do this for february now. im planning meals around what i have to get through some of my older canned goods and flour etc. its working great :) my dads getting into it too. (its just me and him now siblings moved out and he needs care) im so used to cooking for 6+ people its crazy. its like having to learn to cook all over again haha.
I hear ya!! I went from a full house to only me and my 2 cats. They like my cooking, but when your used to making lots then go for 1.. So, I sometimes still make huge pans, but my upstairs neighbor is a single guy, and 1 of my friends is too, so I give em care pkgs 😆
Love the food you cooked today, especially those baked beans they look super delicious 😋 thanks for sharing❤
Love ya too Brooke!! Congratulations meeting the January goal!!
I miss going to the Rodeo LOVED IT
Love your videos 💕 Great ideas on how to make budget meals!
Thanks so much for the awesome recipes, so much cool stuff going on.
Love watching your channel!!! Lyly is hilarious. My husband has started doing this when I ask him if something is good 😂
I love buying the bags of frozen chopped onion at Walmart. It’s cheaper and saves my eyes !
I have been obsessed with the pasta dinner at the end it’s so good!!!!!
I love how forthcoming you are about stuff😊
People can be so mean behind the computer screen.... you are fantastic and I really enjoy your content! THANK YOU!
Brooke. I've tried several of your meals and we love them. It's just me and my husband. We are experiencing food insecurity really bad. We are just trying to see what we can scrape together. Mainly rice, broth and some bread. I'm on social security but with my husband not working it's up to me to pay what we can on our bills and still have some money to spend on food. I try to buy like family size packs of chicken, pork chops so that I can stretch them out. Love your videos. Bless you.
Prayers for you, dear one!
.. food pantry ? ? …
For your pan that's seen better days I suggest you replace it with a heavy bottom stainless steel one! The one I have is the size of your pan and it was passed along to me by a friend who was getting older and didn't cook much. He probably got it in the 90s and I've been using it for over 8 years (just as much as you use yours!). Check out thrift stores 😉
Thank you Brooke! I enjoyed these so much. You did a great job! ❤
The cheese Gods have blessed you 😂 I love when I find block cheese. ❤😂
I look for you every morning! You start my day with humor
Same🙋♀️💜💐 my day just seems better if I've started it Brooke 😆
Thanks Brooke! Love your videos!
Thank you Brooke and family 💞
Brooke, you had me rolling on the floor over that awful spring roll!!!!😂😂no way would I eat that either.. I think sister was kidding u..🤔🤔I hope!
Awesome video, thanks for sharing Brooke ❤️❤️❤️
Awesome you made your goal!! Love the way you cook, a little of this and a little of that makes delicious tasty meals. The spring roll, this is just a suggestion if you try it again, add less filling and roll it tightly. Love your channel and your family, especially the little on who pretends to pass out when doing the taste test, he is a riot! Lol. See you on your next video!!
Yall did awesome on y'all's budget. The whole family is on board! Love that you always bring hope and positivity to your channel. No room left for mean or degrading people! Thanks Brooke and family! 🥰
Well Done! I love how honest you are.
When I cook Ramen I stir in a couple of beaten eggs add let them cook, then thicken the broth with cornstarch.
LOVE your channel. ❤
Nicely done! I always enjoy the uploads where you cook 😘 ty!
Love watching your videos. Thank you for all the good ideas .
Great job! You did it! Congratulations!
Awesome job!