I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the 10 pound bag of chicken from Walmart, but the chicken pieces come out to $.67 a pound. It’s such a great deal. Great video.
The prices are much higher in San Francisco. I might print out the grocery list and see what this would cost buying the cheapest versions I can find locally. I'm not quibbling - this meal plan would still be really thrifty here, just a different economic. scale.
Cottage cheese put in a blender/food processor is a much better substitute for sour cream, imo, taste wise. Also, utilize thrift stores for appliances if a bread maker is not in your house. I see them often (and grabbed a great one for $6!) This way, I can easily make bread or pizza dough for pennies (pizza dough takes 90 min and can be made ahead and put in the fridge for a day or two.) It isn’t hard to make from scratch with no bread maker, but the bread maker is fast and easy…just add the ingredients and press “go” and it done in the time given. Jewish dishes utilize chicken fat often, the same way Southern and Mexican dishes use lard. It’s delicious, and a “free” extra from boiling your own broth. Full of taste and inexpensive, plus uses things that may otherwise be wasted. Same from making a pot roast. The fat adds flavor, and all of our bodies need fat to digest and absorb nutrients effectively (if you have specific dr restrictions, of course follow those) but fat is not the enemy of food. Also, shredding your own cheese from blocks is less expensive, and it melts better and makes sauces better because pre-shredded cheese has corn starch (or similar) in it to keep the shreds from sticking. Corn starch is a great thickener for gravies…and it keeps the cheese from melting smoothly, and instead it holds it’s shape. The blocks are always cheaper and last a long time in the fridge (they taste better, too!)
I absolutely love all those tips!! Those are great! Thank you so much for sharing! I’m going to head to my nearest thrift store this week and see if I can find any bread makers 😄
When I ate meat I used chicken fat in place of butter in cooking. It is so delicious. You knocked it out of the park this video. Every single meal looks absolutely delicious.
Thank you so much!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I can’t believe I hadn’t used chicken fat before. I won’t have to use butter for awhile if I just save all the chicken fat! It’s a total game changer!
I love cooking a lot of chicken ahead of time and I also reserve the skin and bones for broth. I have to admit that I threw away my chicken fat after removing it from the refrigerated broth and I will never do that again lol. This was very good video and great ideas! Keep them coming. I really enjoy your channel. Have a great new week 🌻
Thank you so much! I definitely will! 😊 I used to throw away the chicken fat too until someone mentioned I could use it like this! Now I’ll definitely be saving it from now on!
I like how you start shopping in meats, the most expensive item on the list usually. Then you can adjust for everything else. I do that also. Great recipes.
If you don’t want the chunks of cottage cheese in your pasta, just blend it for a few seconds.. It resembles whipped cream cheese when blended and easy to use in different recipes.. Love your grocery hauls and meal ideas.
You did fabulous! All looks good too! i am plant based but love these videos. had a few o fthem in my life where I had to do three meals a day that filled bellies ad nutritional. I brought nothing premade. All from scratch. Peace!
Love cooking with chicken fat! It’s the best. I do a similar casserole to the chicken noodle one-just use tuna instead of chicken. I haven’t tried using cottage cheese in meals yet. I know it’s on trend. Gotta try it! Lower calorie and higher protein sounds like a winning combo.
Yes!! That’s the casserole I used for inspiration! One of these days, I want to include that classic tuna noodle casserole in a meal plan. I love it 😋 The cottage cheese makes things surprisingly cheesy and flavorful! I was hesitant at first but once I tried it, I was amazed! I think I’ll be incorporating it more often now!
I really enjoy your budget meals. You use ingredients that are not fancy and that are easy to find. Please do more .. oh and can we use beef fat in the same way you use chicken fat?? That would save so much money.
Thank you so much! I’ll definitely be doing more soon 😊 As far as beef fat goes, if you make it in a similar way by boiling fat from brisket trimmings and skimming the fat, you could definitely use it the same way! I believe it’s called Tallow!
I lost 100 pounds on weight watchers and one of the foods I made was pizza! I would mix equal parts gluten free flour and plain unsweetened greek yogurt with 1 egg to make the dough. (You can use regular flour, I’m allergic) The sauce you made is super nice! I used to just use canned tomato sauce and season it on the pizza haha!
Hello from Australia 🇦🇺 I really enjoy watching you shop at Aldi and being amazed at how cheap grocery prices are in the US. For comparison the cheapest bag of frozen veg is $2 something at Aldi here and milk is $2.80/l which is over $11/gallon. 💛🧡🤎
I have to try that cheese lasagna, thank you for that one! Great video, Subscribed! So glad i'm not the only one grabbing bowls too small for the recipe. 🤣🤣🤣 I always do that when making bread dough and end up with the counter looking like a hot mess!
Very good ideas! I just subscribed. I reuse aluminum foil. Easy to wash and rinse. When it becomes too limp and scraggily. I use it to scrub my pots and pans. I enjoy reading the comments, lots of good tips.
Looks great. You made alot of great food. Im confused about the "drippings" you used to make the broth. You get drippings when you roast meat in the oven and collect the fat. The juice in the instant pot is just broth. When you made your broth all you did was water down the broth you already had. The food still looked good.
Yes, it was a bit different than just collecting the drippings from roasting but since it was just a cup of water, it felt odd calling it broth 😅 I used more of it with the water than I would have with drippings from roasting. I probably should have used the word broth with this one.
Where were u when my boys were teenagers!? Great old school dishes with new school convience - canned/ boxed from the store. I will be using your meals for the clients where i work. Liked, sub and shared with my 3 sons. (They 33,29 and 24 actually cook at their respective homes 🎉)
So delicious and very tasty and yummy and healthy and unique recipe 😋 😊 best wishes to you 😊 God bless you ❤ 😋 you are my CZcams family 👪 member ❤ all the best 😋 😊 good evening 🙏
It's similar to pioneer woman's beef bake. I boiled eggs noodles . Next bowl added cottage cheese sour cream. Garlic powder onion powder fresh parsley. Any seasons you want. Made. Basic spaghetti sauce with meat. Layer like you did like. Lasagna but I used motz and cheddar cheese. Not really coat effective as yours but way cheaper than homemade lasagna lol
It should be here at this link on my blog 😄 I also have a link to my blog in my LinkTree wholeandhappyliving.com/2023/08/06/30-meals-for-35-a-budget-friendly-meal-plan/
@@stanialynnewhen you say this - please make sure you indicate that there is the 25% exchange (73 Cnd cents : 1.00 USA ) before we even consider food prices which have always been high 🇨🇦🙏
I totally understand! When I was researching my title for these types of videos, I noticed that many budget meal planners use the term “meals” to describe portions. I wanted to be sure my content had a relevant title so I went with that. It was odd to me at first too 😅
I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the 10 pound bag of chicken from Walmart, but the chicken pieces come out to $.67 a pound. It’s such a great deal. Great video.
Wow!! That’s an incredible deal! Thank you for letting me know! I’ll have to go pick some up! 🤩
Kroger also has 10 lb bags of frozen leg quarters for a comparable price. The last ones I bought were $6.99, but they have been lower.
Those are fab, great recommendation! I use them a lot! Love having all the bones to make bone broth and stock with my veggie peelings as well!
Aldi carries the 10 pd bag of chicken leg quarters also.
I am binge watching your videos! They are awesome. Such good ideas and content. Great editing. Thank you for all your hard work.
Thank you SO much for saying that 😊 I hope you enjoy the videos and thank you for watching!
I enjoyed this video. I like grocery hauls, but I especially like it when it’s combined with the meal plan.
Thank you! I’ll be sure to do more of these as often as I can 😊
Super jealous of those grocery prices! Even the amount you bought would be 100+ in Canada. The struggle is real haha
Aww dang 😰
The prices are much higher in San Francisco. I might print out the grocery list and see what this would cost buying the cheapest versions I can find locally. I'm not quibbling - this meal plan would still be really thrifty here, just a different economic. scale.
@@SuzanneU I completely understand! Prices are definitely much higher there. Do y’all have an Aldi nearby?
I use cottage cheese for lasagna. Due to inflation we see older recipes becoming popular 😊
That’s so true! I love the flavor even more this way! It’s delicious! I don’t know why it’s not more popular
Cottage cheese put in a blender/food processor is a much better substitute for sour cream, imo, taste wise. Also, utilize thrift stores for appliances if a bread maker is not in your house. I see them often (and grabbed a great one for $6!) This way, I can easily make bread or pizza dough for pennies (pizza dough takes 90 min and can be made ahead and put in the fridge for a day or two.) It isn’t hard to make from scratch with no bread maker, but the bread maker is fast and easy…just add the ingredients and press “go” and it done in the time given. Jewish dishes utilize chicken fat often, the same way Southern and Mexican dishes use lard. It’s delicious, and a “free” extra from boiling your own broth. Full of taste and inexpensive, plus uses things that may otherwise be wasted. Same from making a pot roast. The fat adds flavor, and all of our bodies need fat to digest and absorb nutrients effectively (if you have specific dr restrictions, of course follow those) but fat is not the enemy of food. Also, shredding your own cheese from blocks is less expensive, and it melts better and makes sauces better because pre-shredded cheese has corn starch (or similar) in it to keep the shreds from sticking. Corn starch is a great thickener for gravies…and it keeps the cheese from melting smoothly, and instead it holds it’s shape. The blocks are always cheaper and last a long time in the fridge (they taste better, too!)
I absolutely love all those tips!! Those are great! Thank you so much for sharing! I’m going to head to my nearest thrift store this week and see if I can find any bread makers 😄
When I ate meat I used chicken fat in place of butter in cooking. It is so delicious.
You knocked it out of the park this video. Every single meal looks absolutely delicious.
Thank you so much!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I can’t believe I hadn’t used chicken fat before. I won’t have to use butter for awhile if I just save all the chicken fat! It’s a total game changer!
Thanks for the information chicken fat
I love cooking a lot of chicken ahead of time and I also reserve the skin and bones for broth. I have to admit that I threw away my chicken fat after removing it from the refrigerated broth and I will never do that again lol. This was very good video and great ideas! Keep them coming. I really enjoy your channel. Have a great new week 🌻
Thank you so much! I definitely will! 😊 I used to throw away the chicken fat too until someone mentioned I could use it like this! Now I’ll definitely be saving it from now on!
I liked the soup recipie becouse i am a soup fun ...also the peas pasta aș well...i even saved this video...
I hope you enjoy the recipes! ☺️
You make food that looks good and I plan to make some of the recipes!!!! And i would love to save money lol like you do.
Thank you so much!! I hope you love the recipes! ☺️
Very good looking recipes! I will try a few!
Thank you! I hope you love them ☺️
Those recipes look so delicious 😊❤
Thank you so much! 😊
I just made the lasagna, its delicious!!!
Yay!! I’m so glad to hear that!! 🤩
Cooking hash browns in chicken fat is wonderful
Oooh I’ll have to try that! It sounds delicious!
Bacon fat is even better.
I like how you start shopping in meats, the most expensive item on the list usually. Then you can adjust for everything else. I do that also. Great recipes.
Yes definitely! I always like to get the variable priced items first so I can adjust, if I need to 😄
If you don’t want the chunks of cottage cheese in your pasta, just blend it for a few seconds.. It resembles whipped cream cheese when blended and easy to use in different recipes.. Love your grocery hauls and meal ideas.
I love that!! Thank you for the tip 😊
@@LauraLegge You’re welcome
You did fabulous! All looks good too! i am plant based but love these videos. had a few o fthem in my life where I had to do three meals a day that filled bellies ad nutritional. I brought nothing premade. All from scratch. Peace!
Thank you so much! What are some of your favorite plant based protein packed ingredients? I’m always looking for new ideas for meatless meals!
Love cooking with chicken fat! It’s the best. I do a similar casserole to the chicken noodle one-just use tuna instead of chicken. I haven’t tried using cottage cheese in meals yet. I know it’s on trend. Gotta try it! Lower calorie and higher protein sounds like a winning combo.
Yes!! That’s the casserole I used for inspiration! One of these days, I want to include that classic tuna noodle casserole in a meal plan. I love it 😋 The cottage cheese makes things surprisingly cheesy and flavorful! I was hesitant at first but once I tried it, I was amazed! I think I’ll be incorporating it more often now!
Found turkey with taco seasoning for 99 cents no limit took it all got 22
Wow!! What a great deal!!
I really enjoy your budget meals. You use ingredients that are not fancy and that are easy to find. Please do more .. oh and can we use beef fat in the same way you use chicken fat?? That would save so much money.
Thank you so much! I’ll definitely be doing more soon 😊 As far as beef fat goes, if you make it in a similar way by boiling fat from brisket trimmings and skimming the fat, you could definitely use it the same way! I believe it’s called Tallow!
I lost 100 pounds on weight watchers and one of the foods I made was pizza! I would mix equal parts gluten free flour and plain unsweetened greek yogurt with 1 egg to make the dough. (You can use regular flour, I’m allergic) The sauce you made is super nice! I used to just use canned tomato sauce and season it on the pizza haha!
I love that! I’m going to try your pizza dough recipe! It sounds so easy!
Thanks for pointing out that Aldi has organic frozen veggies!
You’re welcome! They have some great prices on organic products! I love it!
Hello from Australia 🇦🇺 I really enjoy watching you shop at Aldi and being amazed at how cheap grocery prices are in the US. For comparison the cheapest bag of frozen veg is $2 something at Aldi here and milk is $2.80/l which is over $11/gallon. 💛🧡🤎
And for perspective I’m a nurse and we get paid less in Australia 🇦🇺 than nurses do in America 💛🧡🤎
Oh wow! That’s crazy how high your prices are! I hope they come down! And you should most certainly get paid more. Thank you for everything you do!
I have to try that cheese lasagna, thank you for that one! Great video, Subscribed! So glad i'm not the only one grabbing bowls too small for the recipe. 🤣🤣🤣 I always do that when making bread dough and end up with the counter looking like a hot mess!
Haha it happens a lot here 😅 I hope you love the recipes!
I think the chicken fat is called schmaltz . Matzo ball soup is made with the schmaltz . It gives a nice rich , buttery flavor without the dairy .
I think you’re right 😄 I’ll have to try making that soup sometime soon! It sounds delicious!
Very good ideas! I just subscribed. I reuse aluminum foil. Easy to wash and rinse. When it becomes too limp and scraggily. I use it to scrub my pots and pans. I enjoy reading the comments, lots of good tips.
Wow! I never thought of that! Thank you so much for sharing! 🤩
Looks great. You made alot of great food. Im confused about the "drippings" you used to make the broth. You get drippings when you roast meat in the oven and collect the fat. The juice in the instant pot is just broth. When you made your broth all you did was water down the broth you already had. The food still looked good.
Yes, it was a bit different than just collecting the drippings from roasting but since it was just a cup of water, it felt odd calling it broth 😅 I used more of it with the water than I would have with drippings from roasting. I probably should have used the word broth with this one.
New subscribers awesome video thanks 👍👍🍎
Thank you so much!! 😊
Where were u when my boys were teenagers!?
Great old school dishes with new school convience - canned/ boxed from the store.
I will be using your meals for the clients where i work.
Liked, sub and shared with my 3 sons. (They 33,29 and 24 actually cook at their respective homes 🎉)
Thank you so much! ☺️ I hope you love the recipes!
Love your videos
Thank you so much! 😊
So delicious and very tasty and yummy and healthy and unique recipe 😋 😊 best wishes to you 😊 God bless you ❤ 😋 you are my CZcams family 👪 member ❤ all the best 😋 😊 good evening 🙏
Thank you so much!! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for watching 😊
The chicken noodle soup looks great
Thank you so much!! 😊
Great recipes!
Thank you so much!
Love these recipes I use to make one similar to your take on lasagna I called it cowboy lasagna
Thank you! I love that! What all did you put in it?
It's similar to pioneer woman's beef bake. I boiled eggs noodles . Next bowl added cottage cheese sour cream. Garlic powder onion powder fresh parsley. Any seasons you want. Made. Basic spaghetti sauce with meat. Layer like you did like. Lasagna but I used motz and cheddar cheese. Not really coat effective as yours but way cheaper than homemade lasagna lol
Add eggs noodles to the cottage sour cream mixture
@@joycain1119 yum!! I’ll have to try that! Thank you so much for sharing! It sounds delicious!
Laura, Do you have a shopping list available for this meal plan? I tried the link but it did not work and I do have have Facebook.
It should be here at this link on my blog 😄 I also have a link to my blog in my LinkTree
wholeandhappyliving.com/2023/08/06/30-meals-for-35-a-budget-friendly-meal-plan/
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Thank you 😊
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Where are groceries this cheap!? 😭 I would have no problem with a budget for these prices.
This is at Aldi here in Southern California 😄 Our Walmart also has similar prices
Right!?
Those were pre-COVID prices.
They have gone down, but not like they were.
Or like where she is.
Pre-COVID prices?! Try pre 21st century prices, at least here in Canada. All that would've been at least $120!!
@@stanialynnewhen you say this - please make sure you indicate that there is the 25% exchange (73 Cnd cents : 1.00 USA ) before we even consider food prices which have always been high 🇨🇦🙏
I AM RECCOMENDING FRIENDS TO YOU WONDERFUL CHANNEL ITS FABULOUS❤❤❤ KATE CAPS FOR BLINDNESSS
Oh my goodness, Thank you so much! I really appreciate that!! ☺️
What grocery store does she shop?
This is at Aldi!
how is it 35 meals when you only made 7 meals...title is confusing me
I totally understand! When I was researching my title for these types of videos, I noticed that many budget meal planners use the term “meals” to describe portions. I wanted to be sure my content had a relevant title so I went with that. It was odd to me at first too 😅
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Hey! Thank you so much for watching 😊
If you make your pizza dough from scratch you'd save a lot of $
Definitely! It’s relatively easy too! These dough balls were less expensive than buying flour so I went with them this time 😊
Would love to see your version of homemade pizza dough I like the dough where you can throw in air lol
@@joycain1119 haha I’ll have to plan that! I don’t think I’ve ever tried throwing one before 😅 it would be interesting for sure!