The Ultimate Time & Money-Saving Meal Plan
Вставка
- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- *Hurry! Sale ends soon! Explore Rada's Ultimate Gift Guide tag.gs/radagiftguideMINDY21 and enjoy 21% off your entire order with code MINDY21 at checkout!
*This video is sponsored by Rada Kitchen.
This meal plan is perfect for busy people who want to get the most out of their meals. By planning your meals ahead of time, you'll be able to save money and have meals that are delicious and healthy! Anyone can adapt this easy meal plan to fit their needs and make easy meals that are budget friendly for their family. Meal planning is one of the best ways to save time and money. This meal plan is designed to save you time and money while still providing you with delicious, healthy meals. Whether you're looking to save time or money, this plan is perfect for you!
Cheesy Smoked Sausage Pasta: www.budgetsavvydiva.com/2014/...
Swedish Meatball Orzo: www.orwhateveryoudo.com/2015/...
Taco Spaghetti: damndelicious.net/2016/01/23/...
Crockpot Ranch Chicken Pasta: 5dinners1hour.com/creamy-ranc...
Italian Beef: theskinnyishdish.com/italian-...
Chicken Chili: www.yummyhealthyeasy.com/easy...
📲Follow me on Instagram: @seemindymom
🥳*Get my NEW recipe book with over 20 recipes from pantry cooking videos and more on my channel: seemindymom.gumroad.com/l/mzgco
*My glasses are from PAIR Eyewear (use code SEEMINDY15 FOR 15% OFF!):
paireyewear.com/?discount=SEE...
mpaign=Evergreen_mid-cf_acq-st_test-pc_mixed-pd_rx_ca_core_op_na&@SeeMindyMom
E-Books you can print with my recipes & meal plans👇👇👇
📕$100/Week Family Meal Plan #1: seemindymom.gumroad.com/l/lqu...
📗$100/Week Family Meal Plan #2: seemindymom.gumroad.com/l/jty...
📘FALL 2022 CAPSULE MEAL PLAN: seemindymom.gumroad.com/l/mzael
📙SUMMER 2022 CAPSULE MEAL PLAN: seemindymom.gumroad.com/l/eplvqx
~STUFF I MENTION A LOT~
* ☕️ My YETI COFFEE MUG: amzn.to/3NLKwwH
* 🍿 Silicone Microwave POPCORN POPPER: amzn.to/3j189Dp
* 🍴GROUND MEAT Chopper: amzn.to/3DHDPY2
* My FAVORITE slow cooker: amzn.to/3JMYEWC
* My CuisineArt 3-in-1 slow cooker: amzn.to/3TpNRVm
⭐️BINGE WATCH BY TOPIC 👇👇👇
💵BUDGET MEALS PLAYLIST: • EXTREME BUDGET MEALS
👩🏼🍳 PANTRY COOKING PLAYLIST: • SEEMINDYMOM PANTRY COO...
* 🎉 Sign up for Fetch with my referral code "FA7A1N" and get 2,000 points when you snap your first receipt: fetchrewards.onelink.me/vvv3/...
*🎵Music from Epidemic Sound: www.epidemicsound.com/referra...
*As an online entrepreneur, I sometimes work with companies who want me to feature their products on my channel. This means that some of my links are affiliate links, and I receive referral credit or a commission on purchases made at no additional cost to the consumer. This also means that some videos are sponsored, and I earn a payment for my work with that company, while my videos remain FREE TO THE VIEWER. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. I am an amazon affiliate; this means that I earn commissions on the sale of certain Amazon products that are purchased as a result of traffic from my channel. You are not required to use my links.
Collab/Business inquiries: contact@tablerockmanagement.com
I've been using a category system for a while, and I love it. My categories are:
Monday -3 roasted veggies
Tuesday- soup (salad in summer)
Wednesday - frozen meal
Thursday - Asian/Mexican
Friday - American (burgers, grilled cheese, hot dogs, etc.)
Saturday - meat
Sunday - pasta
It allows me to be creative and have variety each week, but also keep the options limited so it's not overwhelming.
Everyone should subscribe to your channel. You help save us money and time. These are fantastic tips. Thanks for all you do, Mindy.
Thank you so much. ❤️
@@SeeMindyMom you're so very welcome.
Mindy is awesome!
You go with your bad self on tv!! You were great ❤
I would add Brinner to the list. When dinner choices are few or don’t appeal to you, breakfast will save the day!
We are a “bowl” family. Taco bowls, Fajita bowl, Greek bowl, salmon bowls, breakfast bowl, etc. If all else fails, I always have something for some kind of bowl.
The thing I love about a capsule meal plan is once you have your grocery list, you can work towards getting each ingredient at its lowest prices. This saves a lot of money, while simplifying the process. And with all ingredients, available all the time, you have maximum flexibility.
My favorite cake mix recipe is from the minimal mom. One box of yellow cake mix, one stick of butter, two eggs, and a whole bag of chocolate chips. It's amazing and requested for birthdays.
She's not kidding about Rada. I was gifted a knife and it started something around here! Nothing better than Rada knives. Best gift ever!
This video is perfect timing. I have a super busy day today and you mentioned soup and sandwiches and a bell went off in my head. Tomato soup and grilled cheese for dinner. We are empty nesters and I have no idea why I think I still have to make a full dinner every night. Thank you for the inspiration.
I tell all of my friends about your channel. I just love the no nonsense straightforward ingredients. There are so many recipes and meal plans i see that require so many ingredients i dont have on hand. I end up spending more money because i have to go buy them. I can always find something new and creative from your videos that i usually have all the ingredients.
Wow! Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m always glad to hear my videos are helpful in a realistic way. That’s really at the core of my goals for this channel. :)
Love all of this!! One thing I do for dessert is keep cookie dough in the freezer ready to slice and bake. My signature cookie is an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. When I make it I make a double batch bake what I need and freeze the rest in a log shape in some plastic wrap and parchment paper so when I need it I can just slice and bake! I’ve also seen it where you can freeze in a ball on a sheet pan then once frozen place in a baggie.
I’m a single working mom. I thrive on miracle meals. I don’t have time or energy through the week to slave over a dinner my toddler isn’t going to eat anyway. I do a lot of food prep on weekends when I’m not working and freeze everything. Then I pull all of my prepped ingredients out of the freezer and dinner is on the table in 15 minutes. Buy a small chest freezer if you have the space and money. It was one of the best kitchen investments I’ve ever made.
I am still using the Rada paring knives I got for a shower gift 41 years ago.
I’m only at the 1:41 minute mark, but I had to jump on here and say this is why I keep coming back to your channel! 😁 You have a real talent for creating the most customizable solutions! I just know I’m going to be watching this one over and over. Thanks! 😁
Thank you very much for the kind words and encouragement! They mean a lot. :) I’m glad I can give some ideas.
You are so informative without being overly wordy and and impart many pearls of wisdom in your videos. So thank you for being inspirational and motivational to your audience and for all your delicious recipes and hard work!!! 😀❤
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the encouragement! 😊
My RADA experience. back in the early 1990's, a co-worker's grandmother was selling RADA for her church. I knew I had to order something as it was a small medical office and we all did the "selling thing". Although I had a very expensive set of knives I bought while stationed in Germany - I bought a peeler and 2 small knives. Man I was blown away. So next time someone was selling I bought a few more. Then we started camping on weekends so I needed duplicates. We were active in the American Legion and had a steak night once a month - those peelers came in handy and I carried one in my pocketbook. So now I no longer camp and brought all my RADA's home - my knife magnet only has one of the German knives and the rest are RADA's. I have given them as birthday gifts and even once as a wedding present.
Thank you for always considering various dietary needs. It helps when I have several to take into consideration in my family!
One of my easiest and favorite quick have on hand meals for GF and vegetarian is: a packet of RightRice Risotto (I like the creamy Parmesan), a bag of frozen veggies, and either a can of white beans or you could easily throw in a can tuna/chicken. It’s so easy and filling and is one pot. So nice on those busy nights!
As a working mom, my favorite of these categories has to be the one-pot meal,, which includes sheetpan meals. This was a great video and great kitchen advice, thanks!
I was given the Rada peeler 24 years ago for our wedding. It’s still going strong and it’s still the best one I’ve ever used!
I like the idea of a minimalist meal list. As I watched the video, I realized I would often do this in certain seasons when there were so many activities that my family and I had to attend. Thanks for sharing. P.S. I have been praying for you and your family. If it is not too personal, let us know how the job hunt went.
I love the idea of a capsule. You are right about easy recipes. I make a crockpot beef soup that is So easy, beef cubes, one can of diced tomatoes, frozen mixed vegetables, cubed potatoes and a big container of beef broth. Crockpot on low 8 hours. Boom! Easy. Now build a few more.
Thank you, Mindy! I’ve been feeling so ovehrwlmeed with meals lately, and you reminded me to just keep things basic, simple, and not try to re invent the wheel. We’ve had a lot of stressors lately, especially my gramma being on hospice and declining, so my mental/emotional capacity for cooking is just not there. So thankful for you! ❤
This is an awesome video. One of your best! I started a recipe binder for my family years ago. Any time I made a recipe that my family loved, I put it in the binder right away along with any notes as to modifications I made or wanted to make the next time. This has been incredibly helpful. I have a large collection of recipes to choose from that I have since organized into categories. This takes a little bit of work at the outset but the pay-off is huge.
That’s a great system! I wish I had been that diligent in years past!
I just found you by watching Mandy in the Making! Love cooking and getting new ideas! So happy to find you!!!
Love, love those knives. Been using them for 40 years. Very good quality knives.
I had a whole set from Rada but the handles of the knives…. I didn’t like how they felt in my hands. But my whole family loves them! Great knives.
Same! I have them in the camper but i always reach for anything but, hate those handles!
Love the Rada knives. I am still using some I received in 1969!
We needed a meal that was was to throw together and microwave later on Halloween (we werent going to be home)...saw this on tiktok and though another taco soup how good could it be.... right? It was sooooo good😮 Especially the next day too. Im not a ranch person (powder kind) but it gave it a ton of flavor.
Taco Soup
(Crockpot)
*1.5 lb ground turkey (sub'd from beef)
*can corn
*can kidney beans beans (sub'd from black beans)
*can diced tomatoes (we used seasoned kind)
*can green chilis 4oz
*1 TBSP minced jar garlic
*1 packet ranch
*2-3tsp cumin
*2tsp chili powder
*1tsp onion powder (sub'd from.real onion)
*2 cups beef broth (i bought can)
3-4 high
5-6low
Yay!!!! A Mindy video….I watched with a hot cup of tea and my feet up….your videos are awesome!!! Thanks for all you do.😊
Thank you so much for the kind words!
I didnt a caspaule for a long time. Did get boring eventually but I still use it for breakfast and lunches. Dinners are based on budget and sales.
Your content is next level helpful and seems to get better every week!
I really appreciate that! Thank you!
Agreed! Kudos to you, Mindy. This video so well put together, thought out, organized, and full of helpful information. You just keep getting better.❤
My Go-To dessert is homemade, warm butterscotch pudding. So easy and I've made it so often I don't need a recipe.
Yay crockpot ! I’m obsessed too with them
I love they are MADE IN USA!!!!
I totally took that Swedish meatball orzo and changed it all around to be a Philly cheesesteak hamburger helper copy and I enjoy having it at least once a month because I don’t like pasta very often but this helps me enjoy it. Yummy ideas! Tacos are my husbands favorite meal.
My go to dessert is cobbler or really dump cake but I don’t like that term. It’s just yellow cake mix with either peaches or apple pie filling, butter and cinnamon. No need to mix just layer the dry cake mix in between the filling and butter, sprinkle cinnamon as your heart desires and bake until the top is GBD. I haven’t tried strawberry or blueberry filing but I think it would be delicious as well. Don’t forget to top with your favorite ice cream!
I love my Rada knives!!!!
You are a super super slow cooker recipe professional! I learn so much from you!!thank you!
Thank you so much! The teacher in me loves to hear this. :)
We just had that chicken chili yesterday. My picky teenage daughter loves it.😊
Yes it's soup season. I bought a cabbage from Aldi, know it will keep for a bit, it will be used in a great soup soon! Have the recipe in my head but will still get ideas. I like your recipes but some use too much dairy. It's ok, still watch and I think I'm actually going to try one of the cream soups with broccoli and potatoes. Thanks for you videos and if you have a broth based beef, cabbage and barley soup idea send send it my way😃
What a great video, so many great ideas and recipes. Was that a potholder I saw with This is the day the Lord has Made? Where did you get those? Great idea for gifts!
My MiL made those for me! :)
Ngl, I had never heard of Rada until I caught one of your videos. I bought myself the starter package. As someone who occasionally threw a grocery store knife into the cart while shopping, I didn’t expect much. Surprised and quite pleased to find that the Rada knives are such good quality. Thank you for your videos and your support of Rada cutlery.
Like you I love my slow cooker, and as fewbings. as possible.
Love love love this style of video you should do one for spring
Hey Mindy! My husband recently started working at a pasta plant. Now he brings home boxes and boxes of pasta. It's such a blessing! I'm just running out of ideas for how to make it. Could you do a video with oodles and oodles of recipes for noodles/ pasta please?
Haha! I love that idea! We eat a lot of pasta around here. :)
This is one of the most helpful videos you've made!
Thank you!
Thanks for all these tips & helps. Your education on recipes and cooking is such a great help! My cooking life has a better direction now. Great! and God bless you and your loved ones!
I LOVE RADA knives!!!!!
Me too!
I have slot of these knifes love them.
Slow cooker chicken Tikka masala has become one our favorites in this area. I first came across it on The Family Fudge.
I love my set of Rada steak knives!! I use them almost everyday just for food prep.
Hey Mindy - thanks for sharing this link. We've been needing new knives, Your link/code made it possible for a free knife sharpener and a dip. Just in time for Thanksgiving,
I have a Rada bread knife, veggie peeler, and paring knife and got them about 20 years ago. They still function beautifully and still look new.
I have heard this sentiment from so many people! I only just discovered them last year but I love their knives!
Do Rada knives need to be sharpened often? I have trouble finding places that will do this?
Our miracle meal would be the chicken tender salad wrap used every single grocery day (thanks for the idea!)
I make extra juicy burger meat to use later for more juicy burgers or as meat for walking tacos etc. Saves me time when I'm in a rush.
I was looking for that chicken chili recipe! We made it last year and I couldn’t find it. Thanks!
cool
I love your ideas. Life changes have occurred. Have to make changes and create new frugal grocery list. This video is so very helpful. Still praying for your family on your new journey.
Thank you so much, and likewise, Nancy!
Hi Mindy thank you for sharing I’ve learned so much about capsular meals thank you
I've got a lazy slow cooker unstuffed cabbage that is really good but it is a soup. Right now, I have 15 bean soup in the crock. The only thing I did was saute onions in bacon fat. Later I will add some leftover frozen ham.
Sounds delicious!
Scaled the cake recipe down to an Australian 'home brand' size cake mix (they are 340g instead of the Duncan Hines/Pillsbury 452g box cake mix size). Ends up needing 3 eggs, 170ml oil, 170ml sour cream, 85ml milk, and the packet of pudding. Hope this helps some Aussies that might watch these!
We love taco bowls with all kinds of meat
Great ideas! As an empty nester who now works full time outside the home, I struggle to put meals on the table. I will be implementing your capsule recipe ideas!
I have several pieces of Rada. Love their products.
Me too. I have ordered some as gifts, and I plan to again this year! I just sent some of my favorite pieces to a friend in Michigan!
Nicely done!
Love this Mindy. I've got the recipes. I can cook them all. I even have a couple miracle meals we keep stashed for the girls to start when all else...you know. Now I just need to organize them a little and make some capsules with them and rotate things a little differently. Blessings to you for unconfusing my meal planning. The most basic part was just out of my grasp.
Glad I could help!
So helpful! Thanks for breaking down stuff like this that doesn't come easy to everyone!
Love this! Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Great video!
Good stuff!
Love this!!
I'm a lazy cook and this is basically the system I use, good to know I'm doing something right in the kitchen 😂😂it's not my fav room in the house. 😅 Great video idea! ❤
When I'm struggling to come up with a meal plan, I've been trying to think of recipes in categories as well. Chili/soup and tacos are definitely a couple of the ones I use. Stirfry is another one. I'll also think in terms of flavor categories as well, such as TexMex or Asian-inspired. I should probably jot down some actual lists of recipes that fit in these categories to make it a little easier for myself. 😀
I've been trying to build my slow cooker repertoire, but I'm struggling because I really try to err on the side of more vegetarian/meatless meals than meat-filled meals. And I don't have a good repertoire of meatless slow cooker meals that are also easier to make and don't involve a lot of precooking ingredients.
Great ideas. Thank you for the video!
You are just awesome Mindy!!!
Good video!
Great meal ideas. I love crockpot recipes!
Love Rada been using them for years LOVE the peeler and the small chef knife are my favorites of course the paring knife is used a lot❤️
Great ideas!!! Love it!!
Thanks!
Can you link me to your Broccoli cheese soup please! Love your channel, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the taco seasoning recipe and spaghetti sauce recipe. Wanting to make my own.
Great ideas! Really enjoy your channel!
Thank you!
I like it better when you give the recipe
As far as dessert, jiffy cornbread mix takes care of my sweet tooth.
My husband and I both work full time at two different restaurants so its hard trying to find easy recipes for us that we both enjoy, so thank you for sharing these awesome ideas! I've been printing off new recipes to try and if we like them, they go in the book! I can't wait to try some of these. ❤
Side note: do you have any good chicken ala king recipes? I am fan of the stouffers but would love to try a homemade approach or spin. 😊
good video
Going to sit down and find my recipes right now! And I’m going to keep the list in my kitchen to remind me hahah. This is genius! ❤ But maybe with future videos like this you could do a quick recap at the end? I was watching while cooking so I had to go back through to write all the categories down
Oh that’s a good idea. I would have liked to get a printable together for everybody, but I just ran out of time!
Awesome recipes. You caught my husband attention when you mentioned your cake recipe. Going to make this weekend. One question is it instant pudding or regular? Thanks a bunch.
I always use instant. :)
How much tomato sauce and diced tomatoes do u put with the spaghetti seasoning mixture?
Off topic I need to know about your glasses. I have seen you slap on your shades will out shopping. Are they magnet snap in’s? Do tell please?
Can you share that ramen recipe?
What's the recipe for the one where you poured milk into a pot of tortellini and sauce, that looked yummy.
I don’t remember, I think that may have been b roll from a previous video.
Love the Miracle Meal!!
I need them on occasion!
❤
What kind of pudding mix is it, instant or pudding and pie mix
Instant
Mindy I saw you on Kotv this morning. Which of course sent me to your channel. Just subbed . But, where is the recipes for the meatballs with the jelly and bbq sauce ?
I looked but I can’t find it. Please help ! Thanks. I am excited about trying your recipes.😊
Its just a bag of meatballs (home style not Italian), your favorite bbq sauce (the whole bittle) and grape jelly (maybe 1\2 to 1 cup--depending how sweet you want to go). Some people use cranberry sauce instead of the grape jelly, especially at holiday time.
I use about 1-2 cups BBQ (depends on the size of the bag of meatballs) and about 1/2-1C grape jelly. I heat them up on low or high until the meatballs are heated through. Usually just takes 2-3 hours.
Thanks for replying. So easy. For some reason I thought it was much more. lol.
Do you have anything that's no pasta rice or chicken can't have these
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
❤❤
😭😭😭😭😭
Great video!
Thanks!