What We Eat in A Week | Large Family Cook With Me | Alaska
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- čas přidán 25. 02. 2022
- Join me for a week of cooking for my Alaska family of 6! Recipes listed below!
GUMBO:
1 cup flour
3/4 cup bacon drippings
1 cup chopped celery
1 large onion chopped
1 large green bell pepper chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 pound andouille sausage, sliced
5 quarts water
7 cubes of beef bullion
1 tbs white sugar
salt to taste
3 TBS hot sauce
1/2 tsp cajun seasoning
4 bay leaves
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1 (6 oz) can tomato sauce
1 (14 oz) can stewed tomato
2 (10 oz) packages of frozen okra
2 TBS white vinegar
2 tsp file gumbo powder
1 pound lump crab meat (or halibut)
3 pounds uncooked medium shrimp (peeled and deveined)
1 pound shredded chicken
2 TBS Worcestershire sauce
Make a roux by whisking the flour and 3/4 cup bacon drippings together in a large, heavy saucepan over medium-low heat to form a smooth mixture. Cook the roux, whisking constantly until it turns a rich mahogany brown color. This can take 20 to 30 minutes; watch heat carefully and whisk constantly or roux will burn. Remove from heat; continue whisking until the mixture stops cooking.
Place the celery, onion, green bell pepper, and garlic into the work bowl of a food processor, and pulse until the vegetables are very finely chopped. Stir the vegetables into the roux, and mix in the sausage. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium-low heat, and cook until vegetables are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat, and set aside.
Bring the water and beef bouillon cubes to a boil in a large Dutch oven or soup pot. Stir until the bouillon cubes dissolve, and whisk the roux mixture into the boiling water. Reduce heat to a simmer, and mix in the sugar, salt, hot pepper sauce, Cajun seasoning, bay leaves, thyme, stewed tomatoes, and tomato sauce. Simmer the soup over low heat for 1 hour; mix in 1 teaspoon of file gumbo powder at the 45-minute mark.
Meanwhile, melt 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings in a skillet, and cook the okra with vinegar over medium heat for 15 minutes; remove okra with a slotted spoon, and stir into the simmering gumbo. Mix in crabmeat, shrimp, and Worcestershire sauce, and simmer until flavors have blended, 45 more minutes.
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7 LAYER:
2- 3 thinly sliced potatoes
1 large thinly sliced onion
3/4 cup white rice, sprinkled around
A layer of frozen mixed veggies
A generous layer of minced meat
1 large tin of tomato soup
Bake in the oven for around 1.5 hours, or until the potatoes are cooked
- Serve with fresh bread
STIR FRY/CHOW MEIN WITH STEAK:
Slice steak thin
Veggies of choice ( carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, peppers)
Cook in a skillet with oil and soy sauce
Optional: Add a few tablespoons of Peanut Butter
Cook spaghetti (add some soy sauce to the water)
Mix noodles and veggies
Serve with a side of pineapple
SPAGHETTI SQUASH:
Poke holes in the squash with a fork
Place in Instant Pot with 1 cup of water
High pressure for 12 minutes
Allow to cool slightly
Cut in half, remove seeds, and remove squash with a spoon.
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Love the way the entire family cooks together
Thanks! It is nice to have everyone involved when they can. Thank you so much for watching!
Cooking and eating as a family is what it’s all about. Good family values.
It is so important and I am glad that it is part of our family culture. It's not ever perfect but it is such a blessing!
I think it's so wonderful that you get your husband and the boys in there to help you prepare meals something I never got accomplished they usually all disappeared and waited for me to holler the food is ready
That happens a lot too but I love it when they stick around to help. Mark is really good in the kitchen and I learned a lot about cooking from him, especially when it came to all the game meat and fish. Thank you so much for watching!
I’m so glad you like the stir fry!! I saw my name come up and was oh, boy here goes... glad you like it!!!! I have lots more
It was great! I have made stir fry lots of times, but the noodles was such a fun change and adding peanut sauce. Thanks for the inspiration, I love having good ideas from you all!
That was a great meal and was a nice change from our usual stir fry routine, thanks Suzanne for sharing. 👍👍
Reminds us we are all just human 🤗 burning something on the stove is the most common in a household 😍 thank you for being just real and original.. love the content..
I was tempted to take that part out and then I realized, no, that’s real life!! Glad you found it relatable!
Also, LOVED getting your Valentine's card! It made me so happy to get in the mail!! Is there a food or gift card place that can be found in the southern US that interests you? Would love to send some love your way! I've said it before that your 4 boys at their different ages remind me and I can 100% see my almost 10 year old in all of them! Your family makes my heart so happy!
Hello Jenifer! We are so grateful you're here and I am glad your card arrived. Our favorite food place to go as a family is Subway, I think that is what you were asking. But don't feel obligated to send anything, we just so glad to have an amazing audience to share this with. I love that you can connect our boys to yours! Thank you so much for being here!
Girl hubby that cooks, and helps keep him. This is dixie from texas, i love your videos. You have your hands full with boys. I have a good hubby also, i hear alaska is beautiful, texas is beautiful also.. handsome sons.
I just love watching you make all your different dinners for the kids. Some of it looks really yummy.❤
Omg Lauren, Mark and Beautiful Boy's and "Luna" I just went to my letter box and I had tear's I received your Beautiful Valentine's Card I stood in my driveway in shock. I Just want to Thank you Beautiful Hamm Family, you made Me Cry happy tear's. This Video like all these video's make myself and all Your subscribers feel like we are living a wonderful Journey in your Shoes. Adore you Beautiful Lauren, Mark, and 4 Wonderful Handsome boy's and "adorable luna" Kindest Thoughts and big Hug's from Australia 💗⚘😘🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗💗
Wow Judy! Now you have made my day. I am so glad it made it to you on the other side of the world. I love that we can connect through CZcams and become friends. Thanks for all the love and support!
@@ThisAlaskaLife That's so Kind and Sweet. Thank you Beautiful Lauren, We are Distant Friend's. Hug's 🤗
Love how you all cook together
It has become something I really enjoy doing as a family! Thanks for being here Belinda!
Brilliant Lauren
Thanks Mandy!!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️I have all your channels I love watching you all you are all fantastic love to everyone of you Moms and Dads to xxxx
Thank you for my kind of entertainment just wholesome everyday stuff
Love watching you cook together!! Can I also love how many "mom"'s I heard while cooking while also watching Dad do his part.
Hello Jenifer! Glad you enjoyed the banter and background noise. I like to leave it in when I can (when there's not tv or music playing). I know I will love hearing it all back. Using a straw would slow me down with sucking the air out. We package so much meat and fish this way, it doesn't even phase me anymore! Thank you so much for watching !
I loved the video! All the food looked amazing! Was a joy to see the family cooking and eating together. Sending love and prayers for you and your family.💖🌺💖🌸💖
Thank you so much Kim! I am so glad you enjoy spending time with us! Have a wonderful weekend!
Dobar Vam i ugodan dan uživam kad Vas gledam zagrljaji od💖
Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoy the videos.
I love watching Everett using a butter knife to cut the carrots❤️
@7.41 Lauren that Thing your using to mash everything together, I remember you bought it in one of your other video's, that thingy is so handy for mince meat, and your yummy brekie, I purchased one here. @9.50 had to laugh with the description on the last can, you and Mark 🤣🤣 Thoroughly enjoyed this video, your little boy with the eggs, omg so cute. Big Hug's Beautiful Girl, Mark, Boy's and "Luna" from Australia 🐨🦘💝💙💙💙💙💙😻
Hi Friends, the description of the fizzy drinks made me laugh, and then Mark trying not to laugh about the taste of the spruce drink during a downpour🤣🤣, someone in marketing was having a good day!! All the recipes looked great, seeing other people make stuff gets you out of the Dinner rut that all Parents end up in "what's for dinner". The recipes sent in by Friends of the channel is so cool, glad you like them they certainly inspire me. Thankyou for sharing the Fanily with us. 💞
I love this video. Real food and real meals. Of course I would love the fresh catch fish you have.
Thanks Jackie! We are so grateful for the fish, it breaks up all the meat!
Good morning Lauren and Mark and family and thank you for sharing your yummy meals from Tunkhannock Pennsylvania
My mom always made the potato casserole but she used fresh veggies because years ago they didn't have frozen ones. She called it meal in one. We loved it.
It was very handy to cook it all in one! I will be trying it again!
Thanks for sharing all those yummy recipes with us. I'll definitely try out the stir fry and the gumbo :) It's such a pleasure to follow you and your family. So good to see that you and Mark raise your boys to become self-reliant, independent and well mannered men! Good job, you're great parents.
That gumbo was great, and really wasn’t very hard to make up in short order.
OMG! I don’t know how I found your channel but I totally love it! Love watching your husband and your boys. Living in Alaska seems very different compared to Southern Cali! Love the meal ideas and how you continue to record even as your kids are screaming in the background 😆😆😆 can’t wait to watch more!
Yay. Just starting the video.
Hello Cindy! Thanks for being here!
Hello love the videos seeing the kids you cooking meal so nice I see recipes I got found out which one I want to cook all look good I like the gumbo it remind of my mother she use cook for us.Take care all I am going to get p.o.box soon.🙏🙏🙏😱😱😱🤩🤩🐈
Hello Margaret! So glad you enjoyed spending time with us. We ate Gumbo a lot growing up but it was from the freezer section at Sams club. I think this is the first time I made it and we all really enjoyed it
I just started watching your videos. I grew up in Tacoma Wa. I love the Pacific Northwest and all of the great seafood. I live inTucson Az now. I love seeing how well your boys eat. Such healthy and fresh food. You are making me hungry
I call them “ must goes”. Must go out of the fridge !! Love leftovers !! 😀😀
Love that and I love an easy cooking night!
I use an ice cream scoop to make muffins or cupcakes , works really well
That’s a great tip! Thanks
I love watching you cook!
I am so glad! Thank you so much for being here Shelly!
All those meals looked amazing. The stir fry especially. Thanks for sharing these Lauren. Be blessed.
Thank you Carol! The stir fry was amazing. All the veggies, plus the moose meat, and the noodles, such a good meal. Thank you so much for watching and being part of our community!
Good Gumbo! That's a saver. Thanks! And love spaghetti squash recipes -- so versatile.
The gumbo was so yummy! I had to do a bunch of short cuts because everyone was hungry but we really enjoyed it!
Now I am in the mood for meal prep! Thank you!
You are so welcome! Happy cooking!
So pleased mist you all xx❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for watching! Have you checked out our other channel, @thisalaskalifefamily We have 2 really fun videos over there if you’ve missed us!
I have all your channels I love your family
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that food looks delishhhhhh!!
The breakfast burritos look so yummy! I really should try and make these for my kiddos! The local soda looks delicious too!
Hey Lauren!🤗
I loved your videos!
I was wondering if you would mind sharing your bran muffin recipe with us?
I love bran muffins for breakfast or a midday snack.
Yours came out big, beautiful and so delicious looking. 🤤
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos for us.
You and your family are so much fun to watch. 😁
Hello Joni, the link to all the recipes are down in the description of the video but here is the link to the bran muffins I made www.allrecipes.com/recipe/25224/classic-bran-muffins/
Hi Loren! I am Helen from Cyprus. I love watching you. Keep going, you are perfect
You should try canning some leftover soups, it’s excellent for long term storage and saves the freezer for other things and you have a quick meal when needed
That is a good idea, I’ve never really thought of that. We can moose meat and salmon but sound hadn’t crossed my mind
I love when you all come together in the kitchen ! Those are precious memories ! Even Everett with his butter knife cutting carrots !!! Food looked great !! 👍
Those Thai pizzas looked so good. I had to chuckle at the way you were throwing the peanut butter on the bread. 😂😂😂
I was surprised how great they tasted too.
Wow, all the recipes looked so good. Lots of great ideas. I bet those Breakfast Burritos would cook nice in the Airfryer, that way you don't have to be chained to the stove. I do that all the time, burn stuff because I forgot. But Burrito boats.., watch out "Chipotle" might snatch up that idea. The Soda's looked so good. I would love having the job writing descriptions for food and drink. SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS!! Thanks Lauren for taking us along, what a great Cook!! And Weston did such a great job with the eggs. I always love seeing him...
Hello Marcella! I get distracted often too but thankfully I find ways to save it most of the time. The sodas were so good and clever, I love finding little local treasures like that. Hope you have a great weekend!
Good idea about the burritos in the air fryer.
In my stir fry I mix soy sauce and honey and some ginger for a healthy teriyaki sauce
That sounds amazing! I am going to try that next time!
I love seeing you all cooking together, although I have to laugh when you see the boy's eating the food they are preparing. Where do they put it all 😳. I'm glad you all enjoyed your new recipes. Sending love 💞
Lauren! I got your card in the mail yesterday and it completely made my week! Thank you so much!!💗
I’m so glad Natalie! I’ve only gotten one back out of 100 so I am happy people are getting them. Have a wonderful weekend!
Wowzer terrific dishes, thank you, thank you. The gumbo and Asian steak a must try. Waving to you from Michigan, SE Michigan that is. Oh yes I need those cupcake liners. Ty
Hey love ,all looks so delicious love xx
Thank you so much Kathy!
Costco caught my attention!!!! lol!!❤❤
We love Costco!!
I love your videos! You’re my new favorite youtuber!
Loved the video the food looked amazing the cakes came out well. Love to you all x
Thanks so much 😊 Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video 💞
Thank you so much!!!
We used to call those clear out the fridge nights "every man for himself" haha
Hi Lauren This Alaska Life! You're looking beautiful! Lauren you should be a head Chef and open up your own restaurant! You're so clean and your home cooked meals always turns out perfect cooked. Just my opinion of how I see you works. You're good at what you do! Where do you get the energy? My mouth is watering with seeing all the delicious home cooked meals! All the meals looks delicious to eat! Another great video as always!
No desire to open a restaurant but sometimes I feel like I run one with all these boys!! Thank you so much for watching Bernice!
@@ThisAlaskaLifeYou're talented! You're welcome, Lauren!
Thank you very much, Lauren!
Lots of great recipes !
What fun soda’s. There is a sweet soy sauce. Perfect muffins.
There’s r my fav videos
So glad you enjoy them!!
Lauren, this is such a great video! I'm gonna have to watch it again to get all the yummy recipes right. The stir fry looked good & so did the gumbo. I need to figure out the proper way to fold the breakfast burritos, mine seem to fall apart! I loved to soda reviews, great taste tests!!! Thank you for sharing your sweet family with us, and yourself!!! 🌼
I also type up all the recipes in the description below the video. You can tap little paragraph below the video and it will expand and show you all the recipes. That way you will get all the details, in case some of it is left out of the video. Thank you so much for being here! Have a wonderful weekend!
hey Lauren!! it's great to have family time!! love the hamm fam!! hugs and kisses to you!! we love you!!!stay safe!!!❤
Thanks Andrea! Hope you are well! Thanks for being here
Hi Lauren you can definitely, very therapeutic to watch, luv to u all from 🇬🇧 (Michelle Alder) x
Thank you so much!
The Valentines Day Gift box was so special, there is alot of love coming your way ❤
Now lm sad l won't get a special Valentines Day card 😢
I sent you a Valentine’s card ❤️hopefully it will make it to you before tooooooo long but we know how these things go!!
Everything looked delicious and Thank you for sharing 💓
Thank you so much for watching, so glad you enjoyed it!
Loved this video! Oh my those sodas sound AMAZING!
On a side note Lauren is there any way to leave the written descriptions or notes on the bottom a little longer I am visually impaired and can't read that fast! Haha....if not that's ok, could try to pause it💕
@@ssss-io5ct : Oh me too!! I need a little longer on the screen to read lm a bit slow due to a previous head injury and would appreciate a little longer and can understand you do also. 🙂
@@brilliantbutblue yes! They disappear a bit quick some of them haha 💕
Thank you so much for letting me know this! I will do my best to make things longer. I appreciate the feedback, it helps so much ❤️
So glad you enjoy coming along!
loved the video and all the meal look so yummy thank you for sharing love from pa
Love the cutting board.
That was a gift from one of our viewers!!
Haha….we are empty nesters and I still have missing measuring cups….it’s not me 😜
Hahaha! Glad I’m not along in this plight!
Hi Lauren, I love these videos so thank you. When you said the breakfast burritos would last a couple weeks I laughed at that one 😁 & the blueberry soda makes me think of Weston saying it taste like coco 😊 & who is that cutie pie with the red hair? Have a great day 💜
Hello Kim! I was watching a bunch of kids for our babysitting co-op. That little guys name is Hatcher and he is a cutie!! Weston really loved those sodas, not sure where the cocoa flavor was but they were a fun treat! Have a wonderful weekend.
U should make a recipe book that looks yummy 😋
I love stewed tomato (flavored) over croutons.
Awesome❤
Salad look amazing
I love to join your email list... love to watch your videos esp with your handsome boys
So glad you enjoy being here with us!
I use buckets also I get them from Walmart bakery for a dollar
Awesome tip!
Great idea.
So awesome that your boys are involved in cooking. They will make great husbands one day.
I'm starving now
I always get hungry when I edit these videos!
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I know y'all don't know this, but your roux needs to be much darker for gumbo. Also, way too thin. But a great first try! It takes YEARS to be able to pull off a great gumbo. My first gumbo was disgusting!!! My MIL just said, I'll teach you... lol Dogs got a great meal that night. We had pizza! LolKeep trying... Thank you for the what you eat in a week videos. I love them!!!
I agree with EVERYTHING you said!!! I didn’t realize the amount of time it was going to take to make actual gumbo and did not have that amount of time. (Very hungry family) I’m excited to try again another time. I know the recipe was good because I had it at my friends house who gave me the recipe and now I realize how much time and love she put into it. Thank you so much for watching and being here.
@@ThisAlaskaLife believe me, a really good gumbo is extremely hard to make. My MIL is from New Orleans. She was very serious about her food. Lol I love your channel! It's so nice not to have to worry about what the kids hear or see. Great job!!
thatsalad looks delicious, I've tried n tried I can't do fruit in my salad . okay I can do Tom's lol but that is it on fruit. I can n do seeds n nuts but fruit gets me everytime.but I can eat a bowls fruits mixed in fruit salad just not the too mixed neither can my hubby, kids eat anything in front of them
Such a beautiful pic of your handsome boys
That soda looks good ,what one did they like the most . Do you know if they ship to the lower 48 states . I'd love my grandson to try the root beer?
Everyone had a favorite. I loved the spruce tip, Weston loved the root beer, and Bennett loved the blueberry! I’m not sure if they ship, I will have to look into it.
@@ThisAlaskaLife please do that would be amazing if they did !
How do you clean your chopping boards
Can you tell.me.about your air b and b would love to come to Alaska watch you all the time just do not comment alot....
At what temperature and for how long did you bake the layered casserole?
350° for about an hour... checked to make sure the potatoes were done. Recipe said 1-2 hours so I started checking around the
Can I please ask that you leave the writing on for longer as I didn’t have time to read it. Thank you sooooo much.
Hi Jacinta, I Adore This Channel and This Beautiful girl, Her Husband, Boy's and "luna" maybe just go back 10 seconds then you can read the screen again. Just a thought. That's what I do.
@@Judy.LoveandLightAlways thank you.
oh no metal in non stick lol could u leave captions ( writing up Lil longer to fast to read maybe I'm getting slower 😅
Hi Kellie, I Adore This Channel and This Beautiful girl, Her Husband, Boy's and "luna" maybe just go back 10 seconds then you can read the screen again. Just a thought. That's what I do.
I cant see your email address could you please reply to my message so i can see it please thank you so much
Delicious looking good! I love that the family all pitched in when you cook. All the future wives of your boys will thank you!
I am so grateful that Mark can cook and we are trying to make sure our boys can as well! Some like it better than others but they are all getting good at it. Thank you so much for watching!