COOK WITH ME | LARGE FAMILY MEALS ON A BUDGET | WHAT'S FOR DINNER?
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Hello friends and welcome to Frugal Fit Mom! What's for dinner this last week? Cook with me to see what our large family eats on a budget!
Potato Casserole
30 oz. bag of shredded hash browns
1/4 cup melted butter
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 1/2 cups sour cream
3 green onions, chopped
2 C. cheddar cheese
salt/pepper to taste
1/2 cup crushed ritz
mix all except ritz and 1 cup of the cheese together in put into a 9X13 pan. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, add the rest of the cheese and crackers and bake another 10 min.
Add ham to make it tastier!
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We don't eat meat in our house but I'm so impressed with how many beans and legumes I've seen in your recipes. I think a lot of people neglect an entire food group!
We eat meat but not a lot of it, so I'm well used to using lentils, beans etc but good point
Exactly! I've been vegetarian 11 years and I rarely ever have beans. This reminded me that my diet is definitely lacking.
A lot of budget cooking videos also skip potatoes, like whaa?? They're the most perfect food and super cheap and easy.
diet culture makes people afraid of carbs when stuff like beans and lentils and potatoes are lifesavers on a budget, and tinned fruit can be super cheap
Erinn Enchanted,
Agreed!
We’re a household of six (+ five grandkids that are over at our house at last 5-6 days of the week). I’m the only one who doesn’t eat meat, fish or dairy, but I still prepare my family’s meals. I just found her channel and I really like how easy it is to make a lot of her meals plant based 😋🌱
I absolutely love that you're doing recipes again because I have to cook almost every night and sometimes to be honest I just get so sick of my own ideas and I need a little bit of inspiration and though I always change things up to my family's taste it's nice to get some new recipes in the repertoire.
I'm on my last meal I stretch 3 large chicken breasts. I made
Chicken tacos
Quesadillas
Shredded bbq
Tonight is enchiladas
fot how many people
Girl flautas or potato fried tacos is a way to stretch a meal too ❤
I really hope 2020 is less stressful for you and your family. I'm in awe of everything you handled last year. Take care of yourself and I love your channel!
Yes! Same here, I was going to say the same thing. Whew, that was a lot.
Lol sike
I guess since she's a self-proclaimed frugal mom and works from home that 2020 hasn't hit her that hard, hopefully. Also, many youtube channels benefited from people staying at home and having more free time.
@@Saturn57 I'm guessing your new here? Christine is definitely frugal from all the years I've been watching her channel. 😂
Last year she had several deaths in her family back to back and that was what I was referencing above. 💔
Earlier this year she had a viral video and her channel blew up overnight and we are so happy for her. She's been doing this channel for years with little recognition and I'm guessing even less pay while working several side jobs (babysitting, teaching etc). Hard work pays off! 💗
@@amilawstudent no I've been here for a while 😊 English is not my first language but I still know that "self-proclaimed" does not have negative connotations (I was referencing the title of her channel). Her video going viral is one reason her channel grew and another one is the virus and people having more time and being interested in frugalism. You're right about the deaths in her family. I said she's working from home and that includes babysitting and the other jobs you mention. That said, she hasn't been doing any other jobs recently, has she? Finally, you took my comment way too seriously. I was just confirming the wishes that the year didn't hit her as hard.
My heart goes out to you and your family. 2019 was definitely crushing for a lot of people.
I think 2020 was WAY worse for everyone.
This has nothing to do with your comment, but I smiled when I saw your name. My youngest daughter’s name is Ranee Omega.
I lost my mom, my daughter and my uterus all suddenly and unexpectedly in 2019. Lots of tears. Such a toughy.❤️💔❤️
Oh and I like to fix whole roasted chicken. I can get 3 dinners and 2 lunches - first night is the chicken, roasted vegetables, muffins, homemade cranberry sauce. Second night is chicken taco salads. Third night is soup and I use the carcass for the stock!
If you have a food processor that has a slicing blade throw the brussels sprouts through that it’ll be way faster
Sorry to hear about the bad things. It’s eleven years later and I still am struggling with all the negative fallout from my ex walking out on me and my daughter. I pray for her daily. She’s so messed up mentally and tells me all the time how it messed her up. Breaks my heart that bc I wasn’t good enough to keep him home - my poor baby is suffering. I guess I’m the opposite. I’m alone and need to talk about it. The burden is too heavy alone. I hope you all have peace.
Everything looked really good!
I love how your husband seems so supportive of your videos and helps you film! Awesome family!
His look at her juice combo made me smile. They are so laid back.
@@LP-NYc I know, he is like "okay, no problem!" what a good sport.
I love how he's supportive of her meals. Mine will complain about the cost of groceries but also complain about eating meals with no meat.
I cant come to thank you enough! I love these recipes! So helpful to me being a hungry 22 year old, 5'8 148 pound female. An being active a lot of the time. I eat a lot. Thank you very much! Keep making these amazing videos. Much love.
A great source of information for me on your channel. I no longer have kids at home and I'm widowed. However, I've found that I can freeze your recipes which is a great time saver for me. I've recommended your channel to several friends and they agree that it's a fantastic resource.
I mix breakfast sausage with ground beef and use it for marinara used in my lasagna... soooo delish!!
Me too. Spicy sausage and ground beef. Great taste
I do that tooooo!!
You should try adding a glug of Worcestershire sauce to your shaved Brussels Sprouts and bacon. Let it cook down until it’s stodgy and caramelized. YUM!!
100 Lives of Winifred Lane or soy sauce
I absolutely love fajitas. I like to add jalapeños. I also like to eat my fajitas in a bowl but I like to add rice cauliflower rice, sour cream, cheese & guacamole it’s so good!
Thank you so much for letting us screenshot your recipes! It’s so helpful not to have to write it down or go to a different website to get it. It’s a very nice and helpful touch!!!!
Awww man you gotta get some brown on those sprouts baby. Mmm mm mmmm! Add about a tablespoon of brown sugar in the last stages of cooking to glaze them😙👌🤚
Caedydid and JewelvidsYT1 Oh the brown sugar sounds delicious
I received a beautiful selection of Sabatier knives when I got my first apartment from my big sister who is a chef. I still use them 42 years later.
I just made the Sausage and Bean Ragu from this video and even though I wanted to make it exactly how you had it written i had to make a few changes because I didn't have the exact ingredients in my cupboard and fridge like I thought I had. I used penne pasta because I needed to use it up and I thought I grabbed hot sausage and it was just the regular breakfast sausage, I thought I already had cannellini beans in my cupboard but it turned out to be garbanzo beans and I swear i had red chili flakes in my spice cabinet and I couldn't find them. I thought I could use a few dashes of that since i didn't buy the hot sausage but noooo i didn't have any. Lol. Ugh! But, I made it work with what I had on hand because i refused to run to the store because I know that I wouldn't have been able to buy just the missing items I would have ended up buying other junk I didn't need. I'm terrible. Lol. But all in all I think it still tastes really good. Next time though I will have all the correct ingredients.
I would like to share my tip for cooking with ground beef/chicken, or sausage meat ;
Soak porridge oats with water, and mix 50/50 with the meat in a large bowl.
Add one finely chopped ( fried ) onion, one egg, salt and pepper, plus seasoning to your taste.
The flavour of the meat will be absorbed by the oats.
Great for meatballs, burgers, meatloaf, and simply fried ground beef for pasta sauces or oven dishes. 😀
Love from Norway
Our house likes shredded Brussels sprouts with chopped onions, shredded carrots, and chopped bacon. (1 lbs Brussels sprouts, 1 large onion, 3 medium carrots, and 4-6 bacon slices depending on size)
Poor baby! I hate those tummy bugs. Hope he feels better soon. Those fajitas looked so good. I made hamburger helper cheeseburger macaroni from the box last night. First time in years and for some reason it was so good.
Fajitas on a sheet pan?! Genius! I’m super lazy, that’s right up my alley!
I prep mine the night before and toss them into a ziploc bag with the seasoning so I can mix everything. Store them overnight and dump them on a baking sheet the next night to bake. Super easy.
If you don't have a blade for the mandolin for small items use a fork believe me you don't want a cut from that. Hope you had a fab Christmas and new year lots of love from the UK.
Marie Ince I may be wrong, but I believe her glove was a special glove meant to use for protection against cuts with sharp knives. My mother has some for her job at a meat processing factory.
Those hungry Teens can destroy a budget. 😄
I'm so jealous of your family! They seem so easy to please and not very picky!
Loved this! Everything looked great!
I hope he feels better soon! ❤️
Thanks for the recipe cards, great idea! Definitely took pictures so those can go into this week's meal ideas. 😁
Christine, I hope your family and you had an amazing time on the holidays. BTW, Those fajitas look amazing!
Will def be trying the sheet pan fajitas never thought about doing them that way!
I am so sorry for your losses and hope that 2020 is more peaceful for you.
Dinners look delicious!
I hope 2020 is a better year for family.Love your homemade meals.Hope Ryan has a speedy recovery.
These all look so good!
So sorry for your families loss. Will pray 2020 will be a blessed year for your family! ❤
I really enjoy your channel and love your scratch recipes! Happy 2020!
The pasta dish looks great. Love beans in my pasta. Definitely trying this!
Oh Christine! I'm sorry for your losses! Love all your videos! I also love Brussels sprouts smothered in butter of course.
I am with on the brussel sprouts. Love them. Never thought of bacon. Will try this week. Have an amazing week everyone. ☕🤗
Lots of great ideas!
I'm so sorry to hear about the insane amount of losses you experienced! Will be cooking this dish!
Sheet pan fajitas are the only way I do them. So delicious and super easy!
Last years was brutal for me as well. So hopefully this years is a great year. I lost both my parents within one month. It has to only be better. I am totally making these sheet fajitas!!
💔
Everyone started this year so hopeful.
So sorry 😞
We had many losses too in 2019. So sorry for your losses. This looks like a great dish
I'm sorry 2019 was so rough for you all. God bless you all. God bless your family.
I shave my sprouts in the food processor with the slicer attachment.
I shaved part of my finger with a mandoline. 😵
B. Gomez I did too. It took a while for the flesh to grow back in.
Love these recipes!! I’m only cooking for 2 for now, but affordable meals that keep/freeze a while are always needed. Also, praying for your family! Last year was rough on us as well. Praying that season is over now! ❤️
Carrots and oranges make a great juice! I buy it from Jamba sometimes (so expensive!). The carrots sweeten the mix.
I wish I could get my husband and older kids to eat beans! The sausage and beans looks amazing! Oh well, great idea for the next work potluck!!
I have to try these recipes. I love your channel
That's a cut glove. It's meant to keep your fingers safer from a blade, but it's not 100% safe. Some blades like that mandolin will definitely cut through it if you get enough pressure and momentum going as you slice. But, good for you for showing safety first.
thanks for the pasta recipe i dont have a large family but sundays when my husband travels to vegas i try and go and cook for everyone to give them a home cooked meal
Beans really do help stretch meat! I like to add black beans to ground turkey. I love to add shaved brussel sprouts to stir fries. And props to you for keeping family stuff within your family. So many youtube channels way over share and I feel bad for their kids. They have no privacy.
We had chicken fajitas the last two nights! One of our fav go-to meals.
Oooo does that pasta dish look good or what!! I think I will add the ingredients to my next grocery list. The hubs loves him some pasta. Thanks for sharing such yummy recipes!
Just made your first ragu recipe but with hot Italian sausage instead. Came out great thanks for the video
I can tell you that mandolines are GREAT for slicing off the tip of your thumb as well. Like cutting through warm butter. 😬👍
this is why i will never own one. our cook used to cut herself on one almost every time she used it
Recipes look yummy! 👍🤩
You should add cumin seeds , dijon mustard and mple syrup on the brussel sprouts . Total game changer
Need that pickled onion recipe! My mouth is watering for those!
Food processor works great to shred Brussels sprouts. It’s quicker and safer. I feel a mandoline takes just as long as a knife. A mandoline is GREAT with larger things
like that happy spoon.
Thanks for mentioning "snipping" in this video. I didn't know what it was and I was forever writing down recipes. Now I know how to "zip". Woo Hoo!! Also, will make the macaroni bean thing but think I'll use about a quarter of the macaroni (low carb doncha know?)
I love your videos! You are awesome mama!!
That looks amazing even without the pasta! I might try it over rice as well
agreed! I am not a big pasta person (texture thing) but over rice would be amazing!!!!
We have a ruby red grapefruit tree in my backyard I make fresh juice daily 😊You can also make a delicious sweet cucumber water .. add one chopped cucumeber peel and all with a few cups water in a blender and mix into a puree .. strain the mix .. then add one or 2 cups of sugar and additional water to make a gallon .. Its delicious fresh flavored water ..
Brussel sprouts in a salad just three or four per person or roasted in the oven with potatoes and carrots . Than melt butter and mix with maple syrup yummy!!!
What a great idea for fajitas!
Thanks for the potato casserole recipe! I needed an easy and cheap dish for a work potluck. This is perfect. I subbed jennie-o turkey sausage because it's what I had in my freezer and turned out great.
I love Brussels Sprouts! Great idea to shave them! Thanks for all your videos! Love your creativity and energy. Happy Thanksgiving!
Just recently found your channel. Hope you and your family have a better 2020 than 2019.
I use lettuce as a substitute for tacos/tortilla wraps
I could steam a whole bag of brussel sprouts and eat them all. 😋 delicious!
Very sorry to hear about your family members.
Happy that you are back in the kitchen.
The pasta recipe is very similar to one of my favourites but I add canned tomato soup 😀
Also bacon wrapped brussel sprouts are the best! But I cut the bacon in half so all of it gets crispy. Anyway... all your recipes look great.
Try Brussel sprouts in a food processor if you have one , stand mixer is great to shred chicken with the paddle attachment.
Balsamic vinegar reduction ( I make my own just boil down ) is Fabulous on Brussel sprouts .
I've got to start making sheet pan meals.
Life is so awesome
One of my fav originals is a take on green bean casserole. Brown SAGE sausage and mushrooms and small amt onions. Make casserole as regular ( I use golden cream of mushroom soup from can or scratch) add sausage mixture as usual. Adjust amt. Of sausage for side dish or fill casserole. Has been a big hit at potlucks for 30yrs (minus this one lost). Love the Brussels!!
My family will devour the first recipe! They also love spinach added to most pasta dishes, so I’ll throw some in there as well 🌱
... now, on to the rest of the video!!!
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Blessings ~
I need your Tshirt! So cute!
Looove the mandolin, so glad to see you using the protective glove. I wish I had... My missing middle finger tip can attest, THEY ARE SHARP! Yes, I was slicing a potato without using a guard and WHAM! Fingertip gone! It hurt sooooooo bad. It's been almost 11 years & my now shorter finger is still EXTREMELY sensitive, for years if anything touched it, it felt like electricity running thru it. 😱😭😵
I’ve got some tortellini in the freezer so I think I’ll try that ragu with Italian sausage. Looks yummy!
Orange, carrot and lemon juice is yummy
We have always done our fajitas in the oven...lol I think you should try Dump Chicken creole. That's my second go to for using up peppers. So good!!!!
Have the same mandoline and the same glove. Those things are sharp!
You are pronouncing it right. Man-do-LYNN. And yes, those suckers are sharp! Sorry your 2019 was so trying. Our 2019 was trying as well. Cooking can be therapeutic IMHO. Thanks for all the recipes!! They look great!
I absolutely love your channel. i also love to cook but I am disabled now due to my back only 55 yrs old but feel 85 sometimes. i am also alone now so I love that you do the freezer meals. One tip that i would like to share (like for your fried sprouts ) I use it a lot with fried potatoes ( my kids loved fried potatoes lol) . When you first put your veggies in the pan add about a fourth of a cup ( or more depending on your pan size) of cold water. This will steam your veggies right off the bat then at the end your water is gone and you can crisp up your veggies the way you like them. Will cook faster. Just a tip.
Love your pan
For some reason i have a bunch of elbow macaroni too.
I’d love to see Dave review his juicer in depth.
Wait where did you get that pot that drains the pasta? I need this! I use a separate colander and burn myself ouch almost everytime☹️
I do the same, I just discovered that using kitchen towels cover my arms a little bit more than those heat protection things, maybe this tip helps you, also try and do it at arms distance hahahaha
There is a shop at home magazine called Ginny's, they sell those pots
You could pass as mama doctor Jones' sister!
A can of mild green chillis would be great in that ... love your videos
We do have a family of 10, we will have to try this one :)
You have some great cook ware , I love LC pots and they are so worth the $, I have some of my gramma, they can be passed down . I also have my gramma’s cast iron skillet which is over 75 years old , and her sourdough starter I have as well and it’s in the same age range , makes the best bread and biscuits- just not as good as hers missing her love that went into all her cooking .
Your dog is literally the cutest thing ever
Thank you for taking in Speedy! We also have a rescue doggy. Her name is Asker. Her 1st family tried to drop her in the middle of no where west Texas. She is my baby girl!!!!
These are great
I love Brussels sprouts too😜
Yummy meals. We are a family of 6 too. I just got rid of my mandolin after using it once because I was convinced I was going to lose a finger 🤣🤣
I’ve made the fajita recipe with both chicken and CHICKPEAS! The chickpea one is great. 🤤