$75 REAL Food LARGE Family WEEK Long MEAL Plan w/ Recipes & Grocery List! #cooking #budgetmeals
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This week , we are MAKING IT HAPPEN with a $75 meal plan that will easily feed even a large family all week long! I am so …
Here are the recipes I used this week!
Home Made Biscuits
2 C Flour
3 TBS baking powder (eliminate if using self rising flour)
1 TBS salt
2 TBS reserved bacon grease, oil or butter
1 C half & half, diluted with water if desired, or milk
Preheat oven to 400F.
Combine dry ingredients. Blend in grease with pastry blender or fork. Stir in milk until well combined.
Using hands, form into biscuit shapes.
Place on baking sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
Serve with sausage, if desired. Makes 12 biscuits
Cheese Grits
6 C Water
1 1/2 C grits
1 TBS salt
1 C Shredded Cheese
Boil water. Add Salt. Add grits and stir frequently. When grits are thickened, turn off heat and stir in cheese. Serve warm.
Makes 6 servings
Vegetable Broth
2 TBS Salt
Discards of celery bunch
1 C carrots, or use discarded pieces if available
1 whole onion, quartered
2 cloves garlic
8 C water
Combine all ingredients in large pot and simmer for several hours, until vegetables are cooked down significantly. Store in airtight container in the fridge for up to two weeks!
Mushroom Rice & Chicken Soup
1 TBS olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 lb carrots, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb fresh mushrooms, diced
1 C cooked chicken (optional)
1 C uncooked rice
5 C vegetable broth (see recipe above)
1/2 TBS salt
1 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp italian seasoning
Saute onion and carrots in olive oil until softened. Add all ingredients to stock pot, dutch oven or large soup pot. Stir well and cook on low-medium heat for 1 hour, or until rice is done.
Kelsey’s French Bread
(from The Prairie Homestead Cookbook by Jill Winger)
1 1/2 C warm water
1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
1 tsp sea salt
3-3 1/2 C all purpose flour
1 lg egg, beaten with 1 tsp water
Combine water & yeast in large bowl and stir until yeast is dissolved.
Mix in salt and enough flour to form a stiff dough. Using hands, knead on a lightly floured surface 7-8 mins, until smooth and not sticking to your fingers.
Place dough back into mixing bowl, cover with a towel, & allow to rise in a warm place 1 hour, or until doubled in size. Divide dough into two pieces. Form each piece into a rectangle. Fold in half lengthwise and pinch seams. Fold in half lengthwise again, and pinch seams. This should have created a long, thin loaf. Pinch seams to ensure loaf stays together. Form a loaf with other part of batch as well.
Place a baking stone in the center of your oven and a metal pan on the rack underneath. Preheat oven to 450.
Place loaves ona sheet of parchment and slash each loaf several times with a knife. Allow to rise in warm place for 15 mins. Lightly brush each loaf with egg wash.
place loaves (with parchment)on hot stone. Pour 1 C hot water into metal pan (for steam). Bake 15-20 mins, until golden.
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Ham & Potato Casserole
1 lb ham, chopped
10 russet potatoes, chopped
1/2 C flour
1 C chicken broth
4 oz cream cheese
1 tsp italian seasoning
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground pepper
1 12 oz pkg frozen sweet peas
4 oz shredded cheddar cheese
Preheat oven to 375.
Combine flour and broth in small sauce pan. Heat until thickened. Add seasonings to your taste preference. This is a cream of chicken substitute!
Add cream cheese and melt.
Combine ham, potatoes, peas, & cream of chicken mixture. Place in casserole dish.
Bake at 375 for 75 mins, until potatoes are soft.
Sprinkle cheese on top and bake for 5 mins to melt. Broil if desired to get more browning.
Serve with roasted brussels sprouts, or your choice of vegetable!
ENJOY!!
Sausage & Cabbage Skillet
1 TBS olive oil
1 pkg smoked sausage
1 head cabbage
1 TBS salt
1 tsp black pepper
Slice sausage into rounds. Brown in skillet, stirring frequently to prevent burning. While sausage is cooking, cut cabbage into bite-sized pieces. When sausage is browned, add cabbage. Cook on medium heat until cabbage is cooked down to desired tenderness. Serves 6.
Yummy Chicken
4-6 chicken leg quarters
1 C onion, diced
1 C carrots, diced
1 C celery, diced
4 medium potatoes, sliced
3-4 C chicken broth
2 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
2 tsp italian seasoning
Place chicken in pot. Sprinkle with salt, pepper & italian seasoning. Pour vegetables on top of chicken. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and italian seasoning. Pour chicken broth over vegetables. Top with sliced potatoes.
Bake at 350 for 45 mins, until chicken is well done and vegetables are soft.
Serve with your choice of green vegetables.
Campfire Stew
6 C Navy beans, prepared
3/4 C Water
1 onion, diced
1 small can diced tomatoes
3 TBS sugar (brown sugar if available)
4 TBS molasses
1 lb Breakfast sausage, browned and drained
Prepare navy beans according to package directions.
Add water, onion, tomatoes, sugar, molasses and sausage in crock pot. Stir until well combined. Add beans and stir carefully, so as not to crush the beans. Cook on low for 6 hours.
This can also be made on the oven in a dutch oven (lid on), baking for 60-90 mins at 350F.
Ham & Cheese Pasta Bake
1 lb ham, chopped
5 oz Parmesan cheese, shredded
8 oz mozzarella, shredded, divided
1 lb pkg pasta, cooked
3 C half & half
2 tsp Italian seasoning
Preheat oven to 350.
Combine half and half with Parmesan cheese in small pot. Heat until cheese is melted and mixture is thickened.
Combine all ingredients (only add 1 c mozzarella to bowl) in large mixing bowl and mix well to coat all with cheese sauced. Pour into baking dish. Top with remaining mozzarella and bake at 350 for 20 mins, until cheese is browned.
Serve with broccoli or your choice of vegetable!
Garden Rice Soup
1 Zucchini, diced
1 Bell Pepper, diced
1 Onion, diced
1 TBS olive oil
1 1/2 C Rice, uncooked
4 C chicken broth
1 can diced tomatoes
1 pkg frozen green beans
2 C navy beans
1-2 C Chicken, cooked (optional)
1 TBS salt
2 tsp ground pepper
2 tsp Italian seasoning
Saute onion & bell pepper in oil until softened.
Combine all ingredients in crock pot. Stir.
Cook on low for6- 7 hours or high for 3-4 hours.
To serve as a soup, you may need to add more broth toward the end of the cook time.
I would buy regular carrots instead of baby carrots. The cost saving is significant, they keep much longer, and only take minutes to wash, peel, and cut into sticks. Plus, the scraps can be used for veggie broth.
Extremely impressive for what you spent!!! Did you use regular ham or country ham? I thought I saw country ham on your list.
Great tips and recipes. I never used to save my bacon grease but I totally do now. They bring such good flavor to collards, grits, soups, I think it's a great idea! And my mother in law LOVES Andy Griffith show, oh my I think she's seen every episode five times or more. She's 91 bless her heart. God bless you!
Thanks for the video!!!
New to your channel. Loving it. Do you live in or near Bibb County Alabama?
Just curious. I do and the Walmart parking lot looks so familiar. Regardless, love your channel it's great. Love your beautiful home and advice🙂🌺
New subscriber here. The ham, pasta bake looks amazing. I can't wait ti try it. Thank you for all the recipes.
Currently stuck in the hospital for a day and your videos are getting me through. Love the budgeting tips and your little one climbing up the stairs made me laugh 😅❤.
I have a hate hate relationship with Walmart…lol. I hate that it's the cheapest place to buy things like medicine. And I feel forced to spend money there when I really don't want to. And the way they have made us as consumers work for them. Self serve check outs and then treating us like criminals when we leave, checking receipts etc…and prices have still gone up even tho they are supposedly paying fewer people…smh. end rant. Really good video
You’re meals look delicious! Love all the great ideas.
Thank you so much for writing out the recipes.
I made the Ham and Potato Bake last night and it was a huge hit for my family.
Please keep sharing your frugal meal ideas. 😃
Andy Griffith in the background, raising your kids right! 🧡
Love your videos!! What portion of Alabama are you from? From Tennessee! Hey neighbor
I am branching out of my normal YouTube mom's who do videos on meal planning, shopping, and cooking on a budget. I absolutely love that you do so much from scratch! I try to do that as much as possible because it really makes a difference in the long run for taste and cost. Currently my family is stationed at Ft Benning but live in Alabama and man, if we had some chickens and cows it would be a money saver! Milk is $4.55 on a usual week in Alabama where we are, but drive thirty minutes to Georgia and you spend $1.55 on milk. I just subscribed to your channel and will be watching more videos ❤️
I would at least check those beans for rocks.
Girl! I’m so proud of you!!!
I just wanted to add a big thank you for all the work U put into this video. Its just me, but U have inspired me to get on a budget. I spend about 150 on food a week!! I prayed God would help me learn to budget and here you are! Thank you for yummy recipes. 😋
The biscuit recipe is almost identical to my mother in laws. Thanks for the video 👍🏼
This is my first time watching and I must say I really enjoyed this video!
Add 2 cloves of garlic to that cabbage. Hehe great video! I also add jalapeño to cabbage, just half.
I use dried parmesan cheese for cheese flavouring, you only need a small amount as it's very strong. Here in Australia fresh parmesan is $55 kg.
Grits look like cream of wheat
Great budget cooling. It looks delish.
Hi Laurie, my name is Karen. I am a mom to 3 hungry boys. My husband of 28 years had major brain surgery 7 months ago and he is still in the hospital. Things have not been good for my family of 5. I tried to get us food stamps here in Norcal but was denied. My husband was hurt on the job so worker’s compensation is supposed to pay him every other Friday and in 7 months time we have never been paid on time. Now our next check was due on 1/6/23 and we still don’t have it. We have no money to eat. I am so stressed and sometimes just feel like I don’t know what to do. I can’t get help.
The chicken leg quarters….you definitely wasted a lot trying to debone them like you did. Next time maybe just cook them as is and THEN take the meat off the bone. Or just buy thighs already deboned….
I love your channel!! Thanks for sharing and including the meal prep. My husband and kiddos are ready for some new meals on the cheap and I’ve been too exhausted to come up with anything else, but you make it look so simple and always have things they would enjoy! 🥰
Yummy
Wow, you actually listed prices! 👀👏thanks for the extra effort! also, 1$ cabbage 😲
Wow! Thank you for the tips and recipes.
What a great round up of budget meals. I definitely want to try that ham and potato hot dish. And can I just say, I truly enjoy your gentle and motherly demeanor. Thanks for sharing.
Great meal ideas, Thank you
First time enjoyed very much 😊
Do you have pantry staples bought on sale? It seems rather counter productive to only purchase items for the week's meal plan.