MASSIVE MEAL PREP | FREEZER MEALS FOR A LARGE FAMILY ON A BUDGET | VLOGMAS #17
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- My name is Christine, and welcome to Frugal Fit Mom! Today is a huge meal prep day with a ton of freezer meals! I took all the clearance food I picked up in the previous clearance haul and did a large family freezer meal prep with them all.
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I wanted to leave you a comment for very long, but I just got myself to do it. Sometimes I find it strange why I watch your channel. I'm not a mom, I'm not athletic, I'm not frugal and I cannot cook at all. But I find your videos interesting and somehow calming. I had a very bad childhood and somehow it makes me happy to see your family, see what a good mother you are, how you care for your kids, encourage them to learn to appreciate food and money and feel happy that I get to see something like that. Sorry if this is a dark comment, but your videos really brighten my day. I just wish I could have had a mom like you. Keep being awesome! Thank you for that.
So glad you commented.
Thanks for commenting. I know what you mean. However, if we take little bits and pieces of what she does and learn from her, we can be a blessing to others also. I find that a wonderful thought.:)
I unterstand what you mean. I would give my left arm to have grown up in such a loving home with structure and patience. I love the channel mostly beacause of Christine's personality. Due to some health issues I can't work out as much as I would like and can't eat all the yummy things. But let me tell you something that helps me from time to time: Life only gives you the stuff you are strong enough to handle. Yes it is not fair that you struggle with minor things because you had such a rough start. But from one warrior to another: I believe in you! You came so far and you will go beautiful places! Sending lots of love!
This is the best comment. I so know what you mean.
I think you would also enjoy watching Moss Family TV. Such a kind family.
I just want to say that when you were yelling at speedy, I got an ad for dog training LOL
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I can't tell you all how glad I am that she finally made some freezer meals. I'm stuffed from trying to eat all this food! Vlogmas is making my clothes shrink. 😂
I loved when she gave you the cookie! You two are the cutest! 😊
I'm glad you're taking one for the team so we can enjoy all these great vlogmas videos. Lol.
I’ve been refreshing all morning waiting for my morning date with Christine lol
Same! Haha.
Same!!
grated onion helps keep turkey burgers moist. Yep, moist.
I use the Americas Test Kitchen recipe. They put Panko, soy sauce, parmesan and little unflavored gelatin in them. They turn out great!
I like to add water to fill up half the jar, put the lid back on and shake like crazy to get it all out!
I do the same! 😁
I would love to have a t-shirt that says "doobaleedo" on it and see how many fans stop me to ask where i got it!!! Lol!!! Love that word!!!
I'd buy it!
Yes!
Hahahaha. I love how Dave is your tester and he ALWAYS loves everything you make 😁
Im considering making a heck ton of these freezer type meals for when I'm down and not able to cook when we have our newborn coming in later April/early May! Like I'm about to go on a youtube binge watching all your videos. lol
All Moms lose the kitchen scissors. Found a trick: magnet it to the side of the fridge
They never look there
Then, buy them scissors for Xmas
Lol
great idea, thanks!
We own about 30 pair of scissors. They are ALL always missing. I'll buy a new pair then those go missing too. 😒 during a spring cleaning i found like 27 pairs of scissors and they were all missing 3 days later. I still don't know how 🤷♀️ the magnet trick worked for me, almost. I kept the same pair for almost two weeks before I found them outside where my husband was working on his truck 🙃 😳
I got some magnetic hooks from the dollar store and they live on my fridge to hold scissors.
Or make it a rule that kid scissors stay with school supplies for hw and mom scissors are moms
My are on the side of my fridge for about 4 years. This works beautifully.
Boy, that’s a lot of cooking, goodness. Glad I don’t cook for so many people. I don’t have that much energy. More power to u Christine.
Have you ever considered making a frugal cook book?
That would be pretty awesome.
She should 😀
I would buy it.
Is it just me or how many people love the fact that she actually freezes the crumbs too!!! That's awesome....
No Kidding! I would have just eaten them! :)
Heck ya!!! Waist not want not use what I always told my son!! Lol she gets it! Haha
The challenges when it becomes waist not!
I've never seen peppers cut that way to make stuffed peppers, I'll have to try that.
When you were stirring the macaroni and I didn’t get to see the smiley face on the purple spoon I died a little inside 😰
You can’t talk kids out of eating!! I tried!!🤣🤣🤣✌🏽
I love when you surprise family members with food. Their expressions are the best.
I have started every day of December with frugal fit mom videos with my morning coffee. Got worried about you this morning. I kept checking for a video.
Those cookies are my fav as well for the holidays. My kitchen scissors disappear as well. I put regular scissors in my kitchen and they are still there. Lol
Love how excited Dave gets about food!
A quick tip for getting all the sauce out of the jar. Put the lid back on after adding a little water and shake it up. You'll get the extra off the lid as well as the sides of the jar.
I love how nothing goes to waste in your house.
Next time you have a diabetic there, meatballs are great, just check for fillers. I buy the little tomato sauce cans and make a tiny amount of sauce adding some garlic powder, oregano or basil or both and a splash of balsamic vinegar. Put it in a little container and then do the meatballs in the air fryer or microwave. Top with some Parmesan cheese. Great diabetic meal. For the jarred sauce add the carbs + sugar and see what it adds to. I find them really heavy in those two things. Anyway, I noticed you had a relative that was diabetic and that's an easy Italian substitute for them when you eat Italian.
Thank you for including how you reheat the meals! I see a lot of freezer meal videos but then never know how to cook them after they're frozen!
My Dad used to attatch the kitchen scissors to the kitchen drawer with wire...
Your and Dave's relationship and interactions always makes me laugh! Lots of great ideas. Definitely trying the frozen french toast!
Well that's nice that you can freeze things on your porch! Man oh man that's cold! (I write from Southern California...) I love the idea of freezing stuffed peppers. They are just so much work. Great clearance haul and great idea for staying ahead of your kids winter break appetites!
Hi Mary
How’re you doing?
I’m soooo going to steal that idea of premaking cookies and freezing them. I’m working so much next week but ill be able to make the cookie dough this weekend! Brilliant.
Merry Christmas, Christine and Family!!!!!
Great idea to meal prep so you don't have to cook over Christmas break! Love the easy recipes too!
I'm in Colorado & I put food out to cool &/or freeze all the time too. Today we did a huge pot of white bean & pork soup. Once cool, it gets bagged in single servings for the freezer.
A few ideas that crossed my mind while watching.
If someone is short on freezer space &/or their family doesn't like their peppers stuffed (like my husband) you could chop the peppers & mix with the chorizo mixture. Chopped cabbage would be good with it also.
Canned pineapple, peaches or apricots made into a sauce would go well with the tropical fruit in the overnight french toast casserole.
When you add water to a sauce jar, put the lid back on & shake it. You'll get more of the sauce out & won't need a spatula.
You can cook ground meat in the Instant Pot. It would have held all the turkey for taco meat in one batch.
Love your food prep videos.
So glad to see another momma looking for those clearance food deals!! You also have helped me to be more efficient😉 with cooking more at a time and freezing left overs. Thank you!!
His face is priceless when you showed him the cookies...😂....Now I"m gonna have to bake those-OMG! I'm going to bake and cook tomorrow, you have motivated me. I'm a visual and I appreciate you showing what you have done and what you put into your menus (the spices, sauces etc..) Thank you!!!!!!!
I really like these ideas. I gotta start making my own freezer meals instead of buying them all the time
I been really implementing these and they remind me of my struggling college days very nostalgic. I love bringing it back to basics Im saving for a house now and these budget tips really help.
I made the cranberry oatmeal cookies tonight as part of our Christmas treat gift boxes. Since you said they were so sweet I used 1/2 a bag of white choc chips instead of whole thing. They were SO good! Yum! Thanks for sharing.
I needed to leave a comment to tell you that I absolutely love your channel. As a fit frugal mom myself I have been searching for a channel like this for some time. Yours is by far the best. You are like the mom I never had. I'm learning so much!
you always have the best clearance deals omg! so lucky
The french toast cream cheese looks amazing! Definitely going to make that! I think I'm going to start cooking dubble portions at dinner to freeze half. Our freezer isn't that big so just buy cooking extra to freeze i should save myself alot of energy on the days I'm exhausted (pregnancy is kicking my butt)
Always love these so much! Great idea putting cheese in the turkey burgers! We eat a lot of ground turkey because it's so affordable but the family always complains of "blandness". Goat cheese is the opposite of bland, so win!
Whoa, this looked a lot of work for you over multiple days. You work hard for us. GREAT video!
Bringing Dave a cookie without a plate to eat on the couch shows how much you really love him lol.
Oooh nice trick with the bag in the pitcher!
Vlogmas is going to quickly!! Love seeing you everyday!!
My there year old LOVES you. She asks for "the lady that cooks"
Absolutely love the laundry, you made me laugh hysterically, keep doing this can’t say how much this is change 2020 for me thank you
I've learned so much from you!! Thank you and never change your pure content
Those stuffed peppers looked awesome and so did that French toast I definitely will try both of those recipes because I like making freezer meals also
I love your ‘Friends’ shirt!! And you and Dave are just so cute 🤗 Thanks for the ideas!!
I always watch your channel and have missed very few videos, I always enjoy them, but today’s video had you more joyful, more of the old Times Much respect and I can’t wait to try those cookies
Love, love Christine’s Channel! The captions, finally showed up, I was so happy! 💃🏽
OMG! I am known for the cranberry oatmeal white chocolate cookie in my family! I also make a soft molasses cookie half dipped in white chocolate, delicious!! Merry Christmas! 🎄
Ooo!!! I want the recipe for the molasses cookies!
Love the kid photo bomb during the stuffed peppers 🤣... (Taking his time wit that tupperware)
I love watching Dave enjoy your baked goods 🥰 he is so happy and appreciative of the goods.
Thank you. I need to make those stuffed peppers. Memories flood me from when my Mom would make them. So Yummy!!!
You have the most informative cooking sessions and recipes. Because you cook with it, I bought a chorizo chub for a breakfast and plan to use it in the morning. My better half has decided he wants breakfast this week. Yay! At least he's hungry again.
Thank you for all you do for your subscribers. Should I get busy and not get to watch your videos for a few days, I wish you, your family and Mom, a very Merry Christmas! Blessings!🙂 🎁 🎄
Christine - Just have to say I love your videos! You are so charming and your videos light up my day. Love all the clearance haul videos especially. Happy holidays to you and your family!
I have a 4 year old and a 6 year old. I feel like all they do is eat. They get 3 meals AND 3 heavy snacks per day. They're very healthy kids. :-) I make a big deal out of feeding them lots but NOT junk food because I was very nutritionally neglected as a child. I love watching your videos because you clearly care about your family's health! Merry Christmas. God bless!
Yay, I was just looking to see if you posted for today!
Love love your channel, energy, and great information you are! Thank you!
Love the white chocolate cranberry oatmeal cookies. Always make them for Christmas because they are pretty!
Loved this video. So many great meal ideas! Thank you!
Enjoy seeing you every day. Great recipes.
I love you and your videos! You are so real and you have brilliant content that is made even better by a great personality! Keep up the good work. I always look forward to your videos!
Your cooking vids are my favorite. :) And yyyaaasss, girl, taco meat in the freezer is like the spice of an easier life!!
Well done. Such a good video. Positive vibes all over🥰😘
Quick tip to stretch your taco meat. Cook up 1 cup of whole wheat berries. I do it overnight in my tiny 1 qt crock pot. It's just 3 cups of water and 1 cup wheat kernels. Once they're cooked up, add 1 c of the cooked wheat in with your browned meat and increase your seasoning by about 50 percent. Gives you a lot more food, increases your fiber and vitamins, too. And the extra 2 c wheat can be frozen in 1 c quantities for the next time you make tacos. I'm sure it'd be an excellent addition to sloppy joes, too. And the wheat seasons well and isn't really noticable in the final dish.
Oh thank you! Great recipes, and this jogged my brain with some ideas for my holiday meals! Feeling very inspired now!!! Thank you so much!!! 💕🌲
I am going to do some freezer meals for the next week or so too! Thanks for the ideas!!!
Kept checking for today's video I love them xx
Omg, I'm literally doing laundry watching this! Haha, I love your videos!
Omg your hubby eating the cookie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I laughed so hard ❤️🌈
😭😭😭 I was looking forward to you slicing your peppers - you have a skill!! Don’t rush it lol. That elbow pasta looked amazing!
Awesome meal prep! That's hilarious about being able to freeze the trays on peppers on your deck. =)
I stubbled across your page when I was so very poor and had alot on your plate. There was something about your page. I used your recipes when I had nothing but what the food bank had given us. Now I am in a better placr in my life and still buying half price food items and watching your channel. Thanks for helping me and my family save money, eat healthy, and helping us not to feel depressed about our situation. It is really refershing to come on to youtube and see vidoes that help you get by and not trying tosell to you or make you feel less for having less. I got my current hubs buying from the discount part of our groucery store. We love it and will never go back. I hope you and your family have a great new year filled with good health, love, hope, peace, and happiness. Many blessings !
Thank you!
You always make meal prep look so easy! I need to get some of those meal prep freezer pans. I end up using my glassware and can only do 2 meals at a time.
Perfect timing
I love to buy the 10lb bags of leg quarter and then grill the whole bag up. There is just 2 of us so I freeze most of them in portions. Then when I want to use then, thaw, place on a cookie sheet, add a sauce, bbq, teriyaki etc and warm in the oven about 10 mins. So good.
Great idea!!
We have a sharps and none sharps drawer. That way, we'll never lose kitchen scissors
Gotta make those cookies! As soon as my torn apart kitchen is back together...
Dave with the cookie! 😂 “and it’s warm”
Same Speedy, I would try to eat a cookies too. 😄🍪😋
Your consistent videos help me be productive and/or keep me company as I’m in the kitchen or doing laundry. Especially on days I don’t really feel like doing much because of a migraine. Thank you for all that you do with your humor, keeping it real rational, and frugal ways because it’s great to same money and time.
I kept thinking your camera was falling with those shot transitions 😂😂 love these ideas!
I love the dubbulliedo.....😂😅🥰🤣
Love ur videos,,,, I find I ALREADY do so many same Technics....... Feeding family takes time, commitment, creativity, n nnnnn??? What ever,,, ur doing fantastic...
Just something about a freezer meal prep that just feels so homey!
Hi Yvonne
How’re you doing?
Thankyou for all that you do.
Love your videos, Christine. Thanks for all the great ideas! :)
I was rolling out sausage balls to bake while watching this. Sausage balls are way easy to make and freeze fairly well, and make a great holiday or other gathering appetizer.
I would never have thought to put cheese in the hamburger patties. The cookies and French toast thingie looked fantastic! It all looked good. I’m in the kitchen making a ton of bread products today, thanks for keeping me company!
I can't believe I missed this the day it dropped but I think it was meant to be. Yesterday I was scheduled for surgery in January and this morning it dawned on me that I will need to batch cook and make freezer meals. So I'm sitting here with my notepad on ideas for this I can make.
The filled pepers look amazing! Definitely going to try to make something similar. They don't sell ground chorizo here so I'll just diy that part.
The overnight french toast looks next level! One of the best tricks I learned for juicy turkey burgers is to form the patties around a little butter
I always keep all the little packets/keep 1/2 the sauce/dressing for later and even crumbs/salt from Triscuits. I found you early last year with the simple bread video.
My kitchen scissors stay in my one drawer, they are a set of Henkles we got for our wedding 19 years ago . They are the best , and everyone in the family knows to put them back or else .
I made those exact cookies today too! So yummy.
Christine, thanks for this video. At home I'm Nana and I live with 5 of my grands. Starting Monday I hear you about the grandchildren saying, Nana where's lunch? Oh it's only breakfast. Will you please make me ... ? Since we get turkey as well, I can get some Turkey Burgers prepared for dinner and see what we have for leftovers. We have gluten-free kids so I cannot make the pasta dish but I'm going to try some of your other recipes like your lemon chicken marinate and put that in the slow cooker and let that cook slowly for dinner. Thanks Christine
So you just totally gave me an idea for supper!! We have some white bread that needs to be used up and french toast sounds like the perfect thing to make!!
I watch you while I do school work and while I clean. I will say I have learned some AMAZING tips from you and have started the process of changing my husband and my financial situation and goals. Love watching you and keep the tips coming!!!
Hi Lisa
How’re you doing?
That Rosemary Sea Salt Garlic Powder is my favorite! I grab it Ross whenever I see it. The other seasoning blends in that same line are awesome too.