That is a blessing that continues to give ♥️

@Fiftynine414 ~ from family of 8, similar here. I think those of us who had depression era and WW11 era parents and grandparents learned more about the importance of necessities - wholesome food, a warm, clean home, clothes, and Economy!👍🏼 That's what it was all about.😊

Absolutely it’s all about attitude and knowing what is important in Life God and Family for me and I pray that I never change that part of myself and in fact grow stronger in my faith and trust and love

These turnips are already around 6 pounds here…the kitchen already does not look like a low income family low middle class I will say

@@TheProductiveHomemaker I have a suggestion ... to cut those squash/pumpkins I never use a knife, the squash are too tough and it can be dangerous to try to cut them with a sharp knife!!! I use one of those cheap little saws from a pumpkin carving kit you get around Halloween time. I poke a hole with the saw and just "saw," letting the saw do the work instead of me exerting much energy with my wrists and it's MUCH less dangerous, those saws don't "slip" like a knife can. I also bought a keyhole saw for about $5 and I think that will work too! Actually ---- if I'm making soup, I never cut the butternut squash! I just poke them (like a potato) and bake them whole at about 400 degrees for about an hour. Works just great. I cut, peel and scoop them after they cool down a bit.

Simply beautiful!😊

Maybe I can put it on a mug 🤔

I’m assuming cream/milk and/or meat broth was in the soup Plus cheese on the bread Ya gotta have something to make that miracle meal out of lol Dairy n meat are hard to keep in the fridge w/low $

@@TheProductiveHomemakeryes!

@@YeshuaKingMessiah You could easily omit the cream and cheese. I make squash soup often and never put cream in it, it doesn't really need it. As for the chicken stock - you could always substitute with a stock cube or two, though you won't get the same nutrition from it. Chicken stock is easy to make from bones leftover from a meal. Just bring to the boil and then simmer on low heat for an hour. Turn off the heat and let it cool - this way it continues to cook for long enough to develop flavour. That's what I do anyway. Money is tight here as well so I do what I can to make ends meet.

Her mannerism and the way she conducts herself is so incredibly rare and refreshing.

@@susansmith493 Yes. Calm, peaceful, self-assured, yet humble. The perfect antidote for this chaotic time. 🥰

@@greenbyrd3665 So very true.

This is so True n WOW saves us money

You‘ve nailed it!

Oh yum! I’ll add that next time 😊

Being able to have bread & pasta is a blessing ppl don’t begin to fathom

🙋🏼‍♀️🇦🇺

Jerusalem artichoke soup is also very delicious and if you have started growing them in your garden you will have them forever!

It sounds yummy. I don't have homegrown squash so store-bought will be used this time. Planning patio garden for this year

God bless you ✨

May God bless you and give you comfort in life, in JESUS Mighty Name. Stay safe!

I grew up with a mom who struggled with mental illness so she was there but she was checked out most of the time. She did not cook. My way to show my children love was to learn how to cook and offer them amazing homemade meals. Now they all have discerning pallets. Boxed meal what??? Never!

Hello, I wanted to say that we all have one true Father. Our Father in heaven. His Son Jesus is the door to the Father. Jesus is the Truth the Way and the Life no one goes to the Father except through Him. NO Other way! No new age "we all are god" teaching is going to get us into heaven. Only recognizing God the Father and receiving His Son as our Savior will we be in eternity in a new physical body (at the resurrection of the dead and the rapture) for eternity and that is meant by not dying, This life will come to an end but trust and belief in Jesus will allow us to have a new eternal life with the Lord without a second death.

Ty!

Yes. Bones from grilled chiken, add carrot, potatoe, celery, parsley, burnt onion for aroma ....add some fidelini pasta (tiny soup pasta et voila)

@@natasamladenovic1765 *Potato.

Thank you! I will try this!

My husband told our newly we'd daughter (who keep ordering pizzas) to follow directions on boxes for her to cook . He said that's how he learned.

I love this, my anxious perfectionism paralyzes me.

This comment is gold. I've always held and practised this belief. Some folks criticise people who are just starting out or in their process of learning saying they should stop since they're so bad at it. Life is all about learning and making mistakes, and no one learns or becomes good at something unless they make mistakes, or messes if one is learning to cook / bake / make art or other stuff.

Yep I always say Betty Crocker taught me how to cook.

I had the same upbringing as you. I'm so thankful for KZfaq channels like these as I've learned so much about homemaking and at 36 I have learned how to bless my husband and our 4 boys with home cooked meals and a clean cozy house.

I got married young in 1979. I didn’t know a thing about keeping a home or feeding a family but I learned. I made many mistakes but eventually I learned how to cook. How to keep a home and all the rest of managing a life. You will as well. I have no doubt that in ten years you will look back at this time and wish you could remember every detail. Best of luck. Congratulations on your new family member. Happy 2024!

@@user-ds6jv1om7n I’m a 24 year old man. Raised by single mother. Had no male role model figure in my life. Learned how to take care of myself on my own. Everything’s fine now. We can learn, if we want to -Nordin

It is very impressive that you are striving to make a wonderful life for your young family. Being a good homemaker is very rewarding and learning to do so can be a lot of fun. I wish you all the best.

Sounds like your lazy ass father taught you to take on everything, including a dead weight male. Good luck to you. May you know your incredible, inherent worth.

Yum....and they are really good for you.

Same here 😄

I subscribed after watching the first video

Agreed

She's not for everyone. Her voice is surgery and a little grating.

Okay I subscribed

I would have liked a recipe for the bread

And sticking to a list

Make a menu according to what you already have in your pantry/freezer then use your grocery budget for the week/bi-week/month to shop the sales adds to stock up.

@@MaxsMom-bv6hf Brilliant! Thank you!

I keep meeting people who make a meal plan to avoid overspending but yet one still has to be able to buy the food to make meals. Currently it is almost impossible for many to be able to do this . Every month, sometimes weekly ingredients go up in price. I’m thinking community gardens and nutritional education plus community outreach will be necessary in 2024 . Let’s all be kind and helpful to the humans around us this year .

@@loriburgess1866 I *love* the community garden idea!!

This is so motivating to hear as sometimes I get frustrated that I’m only learning these things in my ‘40’s. I’ve learned to make bread and have had varying successes with gardening but I haven’t got around to canning yet (at least partially because it scares me). I was just telling my Dad today that I wish I had been able to learn these things from my Grandma but I didn’t get a chance because she died when I was really young.

Good luck, hope it gets better ❤️

You can do it! Just throw everyone’s opinion of worldly needs out the window! Start getting creative. Cut the tv subscriptions if you have any and go to the park and play with the kiddos in lieu of movies. Library story time and Sunday school are great events to get into a regular schedule for things to look forward too. 🙏

Dear lady! I have years on welfare and disability. Reach out to KZfaq, there are some excellent channels here for you. Please don't be afraid! Check out any Newfoundland cooking channels, THIS channel, Depression Era cooking channels...Deep breath, you can keep you and the kids healthy!

I wish you a better 2024 for you and yours

I’m always surprised by the fact that United States doesn’t have free healthcare. It’s absurd.

Trust me, you are no "dumbbunnie" LOL! Nutmeg is the bomb in sweet and savory.

@@optimystic1282..I'm not tech savvy and I asked my teenaged neice to help her dumbbunnie Aunt to set up an email account...so she did and I have no idea how to change the name...lol!

If old school advice is wanted, Laramie probably appreciates that. She’s definitely old school and such a blessing. 🙂

I love any tips shared in the comments ♥️ and all of you lovely people sharing them!

Nutmeg is great when cooking hardy greens too

"A-lot-of-people....don't-have-absolutely-nothing-to-eat."---You-just-said-that-lots-of-people-have-plenty-to-eat-because-you-used-a-(HUGE!)-double-negative. More-appropriate-to-say-that-some-people-have-nothing-to-eat..(and-that-is-not-an-"absolute").

You can do it. Start with simple recipes. Get yourself a 4 or 5 day, supper/dinner, meal plan, and work on it. When you feel you have it down, add another meal to the rotation. You said your boys are young, so don't make it fancy....soups, stew, chili, casseroles....keep it simple. Breakfast will be easy....pancakes, French toast, oatmeal. Your Littles will think you're a gourmet chef! Blessings.

When I was overwhelmed I would roast a chicken in my crockpot surrounded by potatoes every week. That night I’ll put the bones back in the crock pot for broth. We would make soup from that broth and also cook rice with the broth. We would do spaghetti another night. That’s 4 meals. 😊. The Lord gently leads those with young children. Ask him for help, step by step. ❤

You’ve got this. Everything can be learned, and the fact that you’re here shows that you are open to learning new skills. Accept imperfection. Nobody is born knowing these skills. If you weren’t taught them, that’s not your fault. For cooking, maybe start with a simple set of recipes you can rotate through. Spaghetti, nachos, tuna casserole, tomato soup and grilled cheese, Mac and cheese, soup beans and cornbread - whatever your family likes. There is comfort in knowing that if it’s Wednesday, it’s spaghetti night (or whatever). The consistency of a simple rotation will help you with organizing. We also had a smorgasbord night when I was a kid that was really just a leftover night. You don’t have to be a gourmet or bake your own bread to be a good stay at home mom. Apple slices are a great snack for kids after school. It does not have to be fancy. There is no shame in partly-homemade and store bought bread as an option. Do what you can with what you’ve got and that includes your current skill set. After all, fed is best. Maybe just aim to learn one new skill each month. Maybe this month you want to learn a simple sugar cookie recipe. Next month, a homemade tomato soup, the following month - how to make your own chicken stock and the next month, how to cook pinto beans from dried beans. Some day you might want to try bread making, and maybe you just won’t. I’m not good at it and I don’t enjoy it. I prefer making flatbreads. You will find what works for you. Whatever skill seems most important to learn next, focus on that. Remember that cooking is chemistry and chemists learn by experimenting and failing. It’s okay to cook something over and over again until you improve the results. It’s also okay to alter recipes to suit your family’s preferences. It’s okay to have fun and experiment and let family feedback guide you on whether today’s experiment was a keeper or not. As far as nutrition is concerned, Canada has a free food guide you can use for how to balance your meals. You can Google it. It changes from time to time based on current science. Besides this channel, Frankie Celenza at Struggle Meals on KZfaq has great recipes from easy to quite complex and they are all budget friendly. His approach is lighthearted and a bit whacky. Southern frugal mamma has some good cooking videos - particularly her older ones. But don’t believe her that putting pasta in cold water before it has boiled is okay. Your pasta will turn out starchy and kind of gummy that way. See Mindy Mom is another KZfaq channel that does easy and affordable recipes. There’s loads of channels out there that offer simple recipes. This channel is lovely and inspiring but baking bread, growing your own food and living outside of the city is aspirational for most women I know. Don’t compare your life to women on Facebook Insta or KZfaq. You do you, boo. You’re learning and growing and on the journey of life and that’s wonderful. Your journey is your own. I didn’t learn to cook anything from scratch till I was in my late 40s. I left home without any homemaking skills either. You’re coping better than you think. Never be ashamed to ask others for tips and tricks. Anyone who shames you for not knowing is saying more about their own personality and failure at being helpful to another human being than about your lack of skills. Find people who are willing to share their learnings. Maybe even an older woman mentor. I wish we had something like the Women’s Institute (UK) in North America but KZfaq University and your local church’s women’s groups are there as resources. Good luck, friend! You can do it! 💖

YOU can do this Nicole..how about cook once eat twice meaning if you make meatloaf, mashed potatoes make double the meatloaf and mashed potatoes and freeze the extra if you do this a couple times a week you will have freezer meals..you can make a no knead bread in just a couple hours that requires very few ingredients and heavy oven safe pot with a lid ..cookies (make a double batch) you can make and freeze the dough or bake and freeze do you have a quick desert …try to focus on one task at a time..make sure to get some me time..if you enjoy baths have your husband watch the kids and take a bubble bath or add some calming essential oils to the bath water..drink chamomile tea before bed to relax you. HUGS..

You have found a community here Nicole. We will help and root you on as you learn to do the skills you want. You are not alone in never being taught how to do these things, I can personally attest to that. But one little step at a time, one day at a time, it will get easier. And your little boys will be so grateful for their momma who did the hard thing to learn new skills. You can do it ♥️♥️

You’re so kind! I’m glad you’re enjoying our content ☺️

I think you’re right, the labor of love that homegrown and homemade food makes it all taste so much better ☺️

I love the recipes in that book. My mom passed, and one of my sisters took a lot of things.

I still have my later copy. Isn't that the cookbook that joked a church potluck could almost set up three tables for the food: cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, and cream of celery. That still makes me laugh.

More with Less is one of my favorite cookbooks . Love the stories also. I have Extending the table & Living more with less . Both are by the same author.

That was my first cookbook and I still read it! Every person should have it. It also gives you a sense of gratitude that no matter what happens, people in the US are fortunate!!!

We had 2 pear trees. I used pears to make many different dishes. Pear sauce, pear pie etc. Another way to use pears or apples is dehydrating. Pear chips are delicious as are apple chips. You can readily find recipes for all natural fruit roll ups too.. You will have almost zero waste by dehydrating. For years, I would even boil down the cores and peels and freeze them in ziplocs for my deer hunting friends.

@@SilentNoMore64 2023 must have been the year for pears. I received a bushel of pears. I gave them away, canned them and ate pears every day.

Sourdough is easier to digest

And silicon baking sheets....

I make a yummy roasted butternut soup with cilantro, onion, ginger root, turmeric, 1 peeled Granny Smith apple, a jalapeño, a can of coconut milk/ cream and some curry powder and blend.

Excellent idea! I need to try this!!

Toasting the seeds in olive oil ,butter and garlic powder makes a great topping for the soup as well.

Topping, sour cream too.

@@david-nt3cz ...or creme fresh, but then you'd be getting into a pricey ingredient.

@@dumbbunnie123 true. Or Greek yogurt

It is interesting you mention dreaming of being prepared and an urgency to learn new skills and be prepared before you even knew why. Me too. I still dream of future necessities. I would almost call these dreams anxiety producing . I try not to watch the fear inducing mainstream news channels and instead do what I can to a joyful heart . Planning ahead in all areas of life is the key to feeling less anxious for me . Remembering our parents, grandparents and great grandparents when though rough, uncomfortable, times and did a good job, gives me hope we can do the same for our own families.

@@loriburgess1866 Hi, I like the truth of what you said.

Thank you so much! It has been such a wonderful thing watching this channel grow ♥️

I’m glad to see your comment Linda. I continue to prayer for you and your husband. I hope he is doing well ♥️

@@TheProductiveHomemaker He's doing well. Thank you for the prayers. ❤️

You are so kind, I’m glad you’re enjoying my content ♥️

Thanks for watching!

Most "low income" people have a kitchen, or at least a table and some cooking implements. There's a difference between "low income" and "homeless".

We are not in a recession. Stop watching Faux News.