Thanks for some quick easy recipes also

I totally agree. It was like she made "take out" quality food too. It all looked delicious.

Yep

I totally agree!!

Anyone can choose highly processed foods, so what is your point?

Great job.

My sincere hope you and your daughter are facing better days now. I’m so sorry about your husband!!

God bless you. You're obviously very bright. Keep punching. Dream big. Count on God.

Last I knew chicken,fish and turkey are meats.

God bless you and your family

In my opinion, that was beautifully said! Lol. ♥️

@@hop529ddlft ha same

Winning THE LOTTERY ruins a rather substantial amount of "winner's" lives. I wouldnt wish it on anyone

those who play the lotto are dumb - they are giving their money to past winners

Thanks for that tip. I didn’t know that you can use it as fertilizer for my bonsai plant.

Thanks 🙏. I Did not know that👍🇺🇸 🇹🇹

Water your plants! Wow thanks for the tip!

I have heard statements that rice water is good for your hair.

@@loiskinder6133 what?

I don't see people starving in another depression, but thriving is another story. With everything going up (although housing may be slowly falling for buyers at least) stretching the paycheck is the difference between comfort and crazy stress.

I subscribed about 3 mins in... Looking forward to checking out her other videos

Well, it's $12.50, now, but, yes. My parents grew up during the Great Depression, and got by on cornbread, potatoes, dried beans, and whatever they could grow in their garden (including eggs and milk.) To be honest, my father's family didn't really have a garden, but the older boys did hunt (probably squirrels more often than deer....) They would have wildcrafted greens and things, though. Poke and lambsquarter make good greens. I moved to the country during the Mother Earth era. It's amazing what kind of free food you can find if you know what to look for. And where. Just a bed of turnips somewhere in the back yard would stretch the budget.... They make greens AND a root vegetable. And they winter over in many parts of the country. That's why we eat turnip greens, black eyed peas, and hog jowl for "good luck" on New Year's Day. It's what you could count on still having available in all but the worst winters.

Same I also live in East Texas and I fill like food has sky rocketed

Shelpipp; Why stay in a place that is do hard? My mom was born in Texas, but thru kept right on driving until they reached Californian. California has had an EXCESS of $90,000,000,000 in income taxes these recent years to spend on people getting through this economy.

I appreciate that! This was the second video I uploaded but the first I filmed, so I was feeling pretty nervous and self conscious! I'm feeling a lot more comfortable about it now 🙂

@@ThatLisaDawn You call those old counter tops, my laminate countertops are from 1947 and still do their job and that's all that matters. 😁

Fake content ?

Seriously!! You are so right! I immediately loved her for being real and like most ppl.😍😍 I paused the vid just to find a comment like yours.🤗 I live in California in a townhouse it's not modern but I'm humble and proud. We will get a house soon. Its expensive for a shack out here, seriously. So I know my new house will have plenty of old character for over half a million $$🙄🤭😁😁

@@judyapplepie4344 I think she's referring to the "fancy" people with perfect granite countertops and brand new state-of-the-art appliances who aren't very relatable to those of us with limited income and resources.

It's definitely not easy to live on such a low budget, especially for so long. I hope you're in a better position now and eating well! Thanks for watching

@@ThatLisaDawn It is easy. It’s only not easy if u make it that way. I spend wayyy less than that but not because I have too. Just shows if I had to then it would be rlly easy. Stop pretending that it’s not.

@@jayjayhibbs That's great that you've got it all figured out! You should share your Dollar Tree meal plan then!

@@jayjayhibbs you must be buying your groceries by the month.

@@ThatLisaDawn shop at aldi!!

I agree with you. It made me listen to her even more intently as I feel she really cares about people and teaching them about how they can do it too.

If you've got just a few more dollars and you go to a discount grocer like Sav-a-Lot or Aldi's, you can add a bag of onions, a bag of apples, a bag of potatoes, two cans of tuna, and a couple of cans of crushed tomatoes or tomato paste for about $12 and the next week you won't need to spend that whole $12 because you'll still have at least half the potatoes and more than half of the onions. Those weeks you can also buy some pasta and that's when you'll be able to use the onions. and tomatoes with your spices to make pasta sauce. Or if you have one more bag of pinto beans you can use half of that plus your tomatoes and onions to make chili. Maybe you alternate between sweet potatoes and white potatoes when you got the sweet potatoes you can eat them microwave with butter and cinnamon or you can even make sweet potato pie with them. Raisins aren't cheap but they sure go a long ways to add flavor to things and they're a nice addition to a lunch for the kids. In fact a peanut butter and raisins sandwich is pretty darn good. Bananas are cheap and they go great of course plane or in serial including in oatmeal and the peanut butter and banana sandwich is yummy and nutritious. A bunch of celery at Aldi's is about a dollar 49 and peanut butter on a stalk of celery is amazingly yummy. Somehow the celery taste sweet when you eat it with the peanut butter and it's nothing like you would imagine. Kids might be reluctant to try it the once they do they'll ask for it. If you've got cabbage potatoes onions tomatoes you have vegetable soup and that's a good time to use your little bit of neat because it goes a long way in a suit just like if you're going to use tease you don't want to use it on a sandwich at that will use it right up but a little cheese with the tuna and pasta and you've got a yummy dinner! If you also buy a large container of old fashioned oatmeal that's $2 and you can feed two kids for a month of breakfast's on that oatmeal. If you have enough money to buy a jar of peanut butter and another carton of eggs you can make everything from tuna salad to omelettes. You can slice the apples up and cook them with cinnamon, you can put them whole in. lunch buckets or sliced with peanut butter. You can dice them into oatmeal with cinnamon. You can dice them into pancakes are put cinnamon applesauce on top of the pancakes. You can peel them and boil them and mash them into applesauce which also makes a great topping for pancakes or ingredient for apple cake. It doesn't add nutrition but if your kids don't like playing eggs buying a bottle of bacon bits type Salad Topping can add that bacon flavor to them enough that they will enjoy eating them on a sandwich.

@@myfirstnamemylastname2994 Good ideas!

@@myfirstnamemylastname2994 if people have the stores and their area

@@myfirstnamemylastname2994 wow! Those were alot of great tips, thanks!

This is so true thank you

you was not alone

I'm glad you are doing alright.

Glad things eased up for you. So frustrated with the perception that most people are abusing the system. Does that happen? Sure! But the vast majority of people I came in contact with when I was working in that system were truly doing their best. Unfortunately the few abusers get most of the press.

Almost no one is abusing it. There's propaganda against support systems because some people want to reroute that money to tax cuts and corporate subsidies

Check out The Wolfe Pit on KZfaq. Lots of great cheap meal recipes on his channel.

Dollar Tree literally saved my life when I was going through a rough patch. I don't need them like I did once, but you can still find great value there.

Why don’t you get a job ?

@@posseruthless7096 He or she is an elderly person, and in some states food and rent are very expensive

@@posseruthless7096 why don't u find a heart. Also learn to read. They said they were an elderly person.

Amen, I was trying to find the words, but you did! 💯

She is, i just wish she wouldn't say " go ahead" in every other sentence. Is that a regional thing?

She is the biggest sweetheart, her channel should be so much bigger.

I can usually stretch 2 rotisserie chickens for 3 meals for my family of 7. 4 if you count a batch of chicken broth.

A toasted chicken can be three meals for two. Chicken breasts one meal. Wings and thighs, and legs a second. Crock pot the carcass with water and simmer to make broth. Bone and skin, cartlidge removed leaves a rich broth for egg noodles and frozen peas. Yum

I can picture it, Gordon Ramsay: Olive oil in. Calculator: $15 Gordon Ramsay: Fuck meeee.

LOL

I would rather eat her meals ANYDAY than Ramsey's attitude snob food. She cooks with love!

Gordon Ramsay is a joke. This beautiful soul can out chef him. any day of the week.

*advice

@@Ultamami really?

Thats about the same I have for an entire month and some of that I dont spend on food, some is for soap, clothes, shoes, medicine, hobbies, bus money or saving for unforseen expenses. And I dont get free food, so yeah its good to remind ourselves when we feel sorry for ourselves that there are almost always others who has it even worse then you. I have more food then what I need on 40 dollar/ month and I never felt like I dont eat what I want, i eat shrimp, caviar, crabfish, ”expensive” meat, fresh vegetables and more. And I buy the more expensive cup noodles( usually 2 for 4-5 dollars). I never really felt like I lacked something exept for maybe going out to eat and/or drinking alcohol( but I didint drink before either). Im a Chef so my meals tend to taste great anyway and I make resturant worthy foods all the time so I dont really miss the take out all that much, but sometimes I miss the cheap pizza flavour if you know what I talk about.

a slightly cheaper way to make really good spaghetti is to make your own sauce instead of buying jarred. since i was a fresh adult ive quit buying jarred sauce and i buy a can of tomatoes or some fresh ones, whatever i can get more of for less. i end up liking my homemade, cheaper sauce far better than jarred sauce and making it yourself lets you really customize its flavor

That's a great idea. I always liked cooking with my neighbors. We would both be up having coffee and just kind of be like awe well I gotta go to the store and get this or that. . . But combining our ingredients We could throw something good together!

@@thomashaley1036 👍😉😊

What a wonderful idea to share food with each other and cut it in half my friend and I do that with our 10 lb bags of potatoes I give her half of them cuz I can't possibly go through 10 lb and then she makes up the potato salad for that we barter quite a bit it's a lot of fun also and saves a lot of money God bless you sweet girl you did such a good job you are a encouragement to this older lady of 69 years old and at your age you're doing wonderfully love you God blessings eternally forever and ever and always 🙏🏻💜💐🏄🏼‍♂️❤️🐱🌺🇱🇷🙏🏻💜🙏🏻💯

This is a great tip if your local grocery store has the kind of sales that a store like Big Y runs where it’s buy one, get 2 free. It’s better to split, say, 3 bags of potatoes, among multiple households than let some of the potatoes start to rot in one.

Super cool I would love to have neighbors like this

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i think we have all been financially humbled in recent years! we're wiser and more patient!

Financially Humbled ...poignant statement

I’m sure you know that your worth is not tied to your finances and environment. May God bless and keep you as you adjust to less right now. Remember things don’t have to remain the same forever. Nothing does. And there is also always hope that the situation will change for the better. You can take such steps as you can to improve your finances and there is always help in even smallish communities if you don’t let pride hold you back. Best of wishes to you.

@@heidimeigs5192 thank you for your kind words 🙏🏾

Yup, it is a super common breakfast food in Japan, TKG! If you're uneasy about the egg being raw, or your rice isn't hot enough, mix the egg in and just microwave it a bit.

I'm on social security and when I take a taxi (its rare) you can be guaranteed I AM NOT ONLY going to tip, I'll make it worth their while. Drivers work hard, low pay. I appreciate a good ride. I had to be at the hospital for a very scary test at 5 AM the driver was great!! The total was $10 and I gave him a $5 tip. He was great and helped me to relax on the way over.

I have always said the poorest cooks are the ones who are the best cooks.

Thank you Great response.

Love your comment! We picked cotton as kids to buy school supplies after my dad died, that’s why I’m frugal still and love it, but, I do not hesitate to give of the little we’ve had, always finding something to give!

I buy the homeless people in my area food instead of giving them change. Even the leftovers from lunch is better than nothing. My fatass doesn't need it. I'm not poor, so that cab driver isn't always right... but it definitely seems to be the case most of the time.

Check out Running On Plants here on KZfaq. You'll hopefully love her Channel.

So true! Every college student should see this.

Why you have kids ?

I raised 5 kids living like this. Price rite and dollar tree. Thanks for the content!

The sad thing is... that when I went to school they had a required for 1 semester class, called home economics. I took it my freshman year to get it over with, but really learned a ton and enjoyed it! I do have to say that I have used EVERYTHING at least more than once that is learned from that class! I ended up taking it all freshman and sophomore year and am so glad I did!!!!! I honestly think that they should bring it back. The class taught you how to budget your bank account first. Checking and savings. Then we moved on to budgeting, paying your bills with what your given. Some were given more, some less, but you had to make it work to pass! You had to budget groceries in. You had a budget for one person and a family. We had a field trip to the grocery store and had to buy groceries with the budget we made for ourselves. We were also taught the basics of cooking, simple meals such as these to stretch your budget and a nice meal for guests. All of which was graded. We also learned how to wash, dry and fold your clothes. We were taught to iron a dress shirt, slacks etc. Also learned how to darn a sock, patch pants, sew and hem pants and sew a button back on a shirt. We also learned about budgeting in gas, insurance and maintenance for your car or cars. These aren't even all that we were taught! But let me tell you again.. I have used it all, and was so thankful! I grew up in a dysfunctional family and wanted to move out when I was 13! After learning and passing with flying colors,at 15 I lied on my application to job corps. You had to be 16 to enter the program. Iv was a troubled youth, had gotten kicked out of school but saw job corps as a way out! And it worked. By the time they figured out I lied in my app I was already 16 and thriving. I used everything that I learned from that class cause I was on my own in job corps! ( they don't tell you that when applying, lol) but I was lucky and helped a bunch of kids learn. I learned a trade, got my GED AND saved $1,800 of my own money and when I graduated my savings was another 1,800.. which was a good thing because when I got "home" I didn't have a room my stuff was in boxes and had a cot in the garage. Thx, but no surprise! I only had to stay there for 2 months. Worked 2 jobs until I got into my trade, so I didn't have to be "home" and saved. Turned 18 and bounced. But I've basically been on my own since 15.. Sorry.. but my point was that they should have these classes so today's kids have a clue when they move out! Kids today don't know much and this would help!

My father went to school with a lard sandwich when he was growing up. That makes me sad even though my three siblings and I grew up poor and our poor mother lived in poverty always. I applaud this woman and her frugal ways.

@@conniespillman5157 Lard is actually better for you than you think. My granddad never tasted skim milk and never ate 'diet' food. He started working at age 5. He lived to be 85. That's great given what he had been through.

@@conniespillman5157 My father, as a boy, would occasionally get a treat of a piece of pork fat to take to school. He would take it out of his pocket now and then and chew on it like candy. He called it paddywack. He would also be given lard sandwiches. Sixty years later he would still happily eat anything put in front him.

MsBlackheart… I do agree with you on the fat. But for those who don’t really need the extra fat can always use the fat dripping for their pets. During hard times animals suffer a lot so the fat will help keep them going

And this is why my desire to have financial freedom is real.

When wallmart didnt have any bleach or toilet paper, the dollar store had it all >>>>>....

Check the packaging and see where a lot of that dollar store food comes from. You won’t like it. I didn’t when I checked the packaging.

@@penelopelopez8296 Yeah, a lot of that stuff does not have good ingredients. None of them are ethically or sustainably sourced. But when you don’t have the money you can’t care. Either you eat it or starve. There’s no room for 100% clean organic eating in a extremely low income budget.

@@penelopelopez8296 dollar tree or dollar store?

@@penelopelopez8296 it’s still better than literally starving.

I find the tubes of meat strange but that's only because I'm in the UK and we don't package meat that way, we only have it in trays. But thinking about it the tubes must be better for the environment as there is less plastic waste.

I’ve bought the tubes of hamburger for years. I use them for spaghetti, beef and bean and cheese burritos, meatballs and pasta or rice and brown gravy.

Burger King sent me coupon in mail to buy a double cheeseburger, fries and a drink all for $3 plus tax. Some Mexican, Chinese and Pizza restaurants have lunch buffet for less than $10 unless their prices went up. Should be far cheaper to prepare your own meals.

I think you did a really good job on that

Really good job 👏👍👌

yes, but Dollar Tree is now $1.25 Tree, so she should change the title to: How to eat for $12.50 a week :)

Burger King raised prices now $4.00 plus tax near here with coupon for double cheeseburger, fries and a drink.

Check out Running On Plants here on KZfaq if you think this is something impressive.

What annoys me when I hear people say they're a broke college student

Apparently you weren't truly poor. There were times we literally ate scraps that were leftover from school, because there was $0 money for weeks at a time. So, yeah, you can be so poor you can't feed yourself.

@@clhart8405 and you know this about me how? I was just trying to be positive but if you wanna troll go ahead. I don't forget where I came. from.

Just a note that this person's great and helpful video content still isn't an excuse to be a judgmental person about the lives of others. The people you're "annoyed with" may have other issues at play in their lives you aren't privy to. A meal plan like this looks different for someone who lives in their car or in a motel, someone who has kids to feed, someone who has food allergies, etc, etc. You're probably going to clap back to this like I'm insulting you, but I'm not - just asking you to open your mind.

I agree. I don't know why the video popped up on my watch this but once I started watching and hearing the chat away I thought she was just a really kind, decent and down to earth girl.

The commenters have been the best part of starting a KZfaq channel! Thank you for the kind words and thanks for watching! 💙💙💙

You and I both Brotha!

Same

Are you subscribed to PREPPER PRINCESS?? She wrote a book on living frugally and her channel has many tips.

I beg to second that

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Adding lentils cooked down into almost any meat really doubles it. As the lentils break down. We put those red/orange lentils in chili to help bulk up the protein without breaking the bank. I've put them into taco meat too Once they cook down they just pick up the flavor.

Yeah I thought the same! But she did an absolutely amazing job!!!

Whenever I get ground chuck on sale, I make a big meat loaf & I also make shepherds pie - everyone loves it

Sorry about the loss of your husband. I know after my husband passed, it was hard to cook for just yourself

@@gloriannburick1837 so sorry about the loss of your husband - I sometimes cook different things for my husband than I eat so I always cook extra & freeze whole meals in Tupperware - he says they taste just as good after being frozen - you should try it if you haven’t - if you’re like me, there as days I feel like cooking & days I just don’t, so it is nice having those home cooked meals in the freezer - I lay the lid on loosely & heat them in the microwave on 1/2 power so they heat throughout & don’t get dried out 🥰

I am sending good thoughts to you, Joann.😊

I’m sorry for the loss of your husband 🙏. Isn’t this channel the best for meal ideas?! I am older and live alone and these recipes will work great for me.

Well here in st Tammany parish louisiana, if they catch you dumpster diving they take you to jail!this parishes law enforcement doesn't care,they watch too!

I feel so guilty when I throw food out. Especially when there are hungry people all over the world. My daughter hates it when I want to see everything from the freezer before it goes to the trash.

@@phyllisjones9626 maybe she should watch you throw it in the trash or you rush it into a new recipe. It's tough i know

when the fat people are "food insecure", you have to change the channel for the programming. People REALLY suffering need help..be aware waht "real suffering" is.

@@phyllisjones9626 when I see expiration dates closing in, I get a bunch of styrofoam meal holders from the Dollar Store. I cook up everything approaching expiration, including cake mixes. I make up meals for the homeless, elderly shut ins and feel great dispersing of this food. Nothing goes to waste in our household! My family wouldn’t tolerate food waste and taught me this. My children are always watching for expiration dates. If there is a blackout, I do the same thing. Get ice put it in a cooler to keep it from spoiling. When the electricity is restored I cook it all up and distribute it to the needy. There is never a reason to throw food out.

@@madamzzaj, I try to tell my daughter about wasting food. If something expire a couple months, she wants to throw it out. She laughs when I tell her to leave it. Your idea is a good one. I’m going to make her seal a meal everything. Before it expire, I’m going to make her cook it.

Exactly! Thanks for watching :)

Ppppp

@@brendasepulveda4363 What?

@@tiredapplestar what?

@@brendasepulveda4363 You commented Ppppp. I was wondering what that means. I guess you typed that by accident.

I agree. Very relatable to those of us who at some point in our lives had to decide on paying rent or buying food.

Kirby Gorjux Exactly.. There was a couple of very lean years in my early teens with a single mother dying of cancer.. I lived on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, (and never complained) then, I would boil a little pasta and put a can of stewed tomatoes on the pasta.. Oh, and I was only 13&14 yrs old, so couldn't go get a job.. (this was way before top ramen! 🤷‍♀️ but I appreciate this video..

$1.25 store! Lol! Love that everyone calls it that now!

That is sad. Legumes are the best

@Joe Blow not all are like that dear.

@@ashleyburks4639 I'm a nurse too but 1st a survivor many times in my life I've been on extreme budgets and every thing she cooked was filling and tasty. Perhaps Joe has never been really hungry or strapped for cash with a family to feed.

@@maxinemcclurd1288 I think joe is just referring to the fact that cooking this cheaply isn’t healthy and that poor people have to compromise on healthy food which is horrible. Healthy food should be available for all but I digress.

you could give me bags of black, kidney beans and navy beans. They would feed me for weeks with the addition of rice, tomatoes, cheese, a little bit of smoked sausage, onions, carrots. I would be making chili cheese casserole, bean soup, Chili, beans and rice, black bean burgers from scratch. plus many other dishes with the ingredients above and some veggies from the farmers market.

I love popping a couple on top of my toaster oven while it's in use (I cook in it more these days than my gas stove since electric is slightly cheaper than natural gas). They get warmed by the residual heat, and I wipe the toaster oven down daily so no extra dishes!

You don’t need to use a pan to reheat tortillas, Mexicans just heat them on an open flame by turning the burner on low. Wait 1-2 minutes for the grates to heat up or else the tortillas will stick. It’s ok to cheat and use a spatula. I recommend doing this on a gas stove or microwave for 15-25 seconds, use a cast iron pan if you have an electric stove!

FYI, if someone is really hungry a broken bean won’t matter. If you cook a small chunk of the sausage with the beans 🫘 it will absorb and infuse the beans with flavor and you can save the cubes for the rice.

@@juicy1325 what the hell are you talkin about? LOL

@@hotrod66ify What part didn't you understand?

Well what kind of garbage have you been watching lol

@@lectornox challenge videos...

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I know how very easy it is to find yourself in that position and how hard it can be to reach out for help. I think especially once you've experienced it, you don't want others to struggle the same way. Thanks so much for watching and commenting 💙

We are struggling. With trying to eat healthy at our age it's a matter of life and death I can't tolerate all the salt and I'm not supposed to have sugar after a lifetime of pizza pepsi candy bars and potato chips it's mind boggling I look at bag of lintels and say what

P.S. your cat is beautiful and seems quite interested in your meals as well!!

I agree hand up not a hand out.

If only those in need would realize how many neighbors and friends would find it an honor and privilege to share meals with them. I have never struggled financially, but am naturally frugal. I don't ask for help for anything, but love nothing more than helping others. There are so many people who would enjoy sharing their pantry, especially with those whose pantries are empty.

Also local store who throw away breads and baked good...try not trashing them. Drive them to your local pantries. You can also give them to support groups at you local churches.

You rock! U did an awesome job and I picked up a lot of great tips. Keep shining 🥰

@@farrah6734 Which stores do that?

So he was poor for 30 years and the rich for 50, where is the balance in that

Yes its great that people never forget where they've come from.and I just watches a small bio about him and how he loved the trademark neon signs that holiday inn used to have but sadley after he died they no longer use .

So Fuck him for working hard and becoming a successful hotel chain owner?? Simp

@@awilson816aw Well said. There was no remark about "Balance". There was no Balance, or Fairness during the Great Depression. Google it up or read "The Grapes of Wrath". The quote was, "He never forgot where he came from." I'm sure the reference was about being, cold & hungry, whearing rags, no shoes. Watching his family, & those around him suffering from the same, & the sickness, dieing, the fear. The friends he made, the scarce Job's available. The physical cost to the body's of family & friends for each $1.00 earned, & exactly what that dollar could buy. He never forgot, means he did something about it. For others. Never turned away from people he knew, grew up with, worked beside etc... what's wrong with that?

@@johnsandraco1086 I'm betting you were asking this same question in 2020 standing in line @ the Grocery store waiting to get inside the door. Then looking around at the empty shelves. "Where's the Balance"???

Yes, I love Japanese dishes! I got paranoid on camera at the last second about how to pronounce tamago kake gohan and got scared I'd completely butcher it 🤣 Thanks for watching!

Yep, these are absolutely great points to keep in mind! The Dollar Tree definitely isn't the best bang for your buck for a lot of things - especially canned goods and foods that quickly get cheaper when bought in bulk like flour.

She did mention this in the video and also that she was considering the fact dollar tree was the only option for some people. However the frozen veggies are right on the money here.

@@lstj2979 I don't remember if it was said in the video. I probably missed it. I think it's simply a matter of the type of item you want. I know some frozen foods are cheaper at Dollar Tree, but some other frozen items are cheaper at Kroger, or instance some TV dinners are only .88 at Kroger, and some cans are only .79 or .89. It's all good. Overall it's much cheaper at Dollar Tree.

Yeah, and with the gas prices going up... 1 stop can help.

@@lstj2979 I really liked the bag of stir fry veggies i bought there.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with "food on the brink of expiration" or even past it. You do have to exercise some sense though. For example, baking and the like will taste stale.

@@bobbyqroberts um yes TF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH EXPIRED FOOD IT GETS YOU SICK. Are you slow or something 🤨

@@TavaresTaylor YOU ARE VERY WRONG. HOW DO YOU KNOW? I KNOW BY DOING. FOOD ITEMS DON'T TURN INTO PUMPKINS AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT. FLAVOUR CAN GET LOST OR CHANGE TO VARYING DEGREES AS TIME GOES ON DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF ITEM. SOME TYPES OF ITEMS, SUCH AS PACKAGED BAKING, ARE UNACCEPTABLE WITH AN EXPIRED DATE, BUT THEN AGAIN THEY ARE UNACCEPTABLE TO ME "FRESH" AS WELL.

@@bobbyqroberts all that screaming and said nothing. Take your meds

@@TavaresTaylor I volunteer for an organization that collects 'extra' food from grocers and distributes the food to neighborhood groups doing free food distributions. State regulations here say how far out of date food can be...it is different for bakery versus dry goods. I usually sort and pack fruit and veg where there aren't expiration dates. We all use the measure of how we would feel if we saw the food in our own box. If we would be even a little grossed out, it doesn't go it. The food we can't distribute because it is out of date or perhaps the box is open (but the internal bag is still sealed) are available to the volunteers because there is a difference between being given something or voluntarily choosing to take it.

BACON GREASE!!! That hit me in the feels. Nice reminder of my childhood years at grandma's house.

I always save the bacon grease. Just stir fried some cabbage with bacon grease

The country needs to learn how to cook again. I don't mean from TV chefs, I mean learn to cook ordinary things from ordinary ingredients. The supermarkets are not helpful. They are full of industrial packaged and expensive scrap,.

There are plenty of people living on social security disability that are of “working age” that don’t get enough money from the government (they are either physically, mentally disabled or have mental health issues that prevent them from working). Same with older adults receiving social security or old age pension. They need these assistance programs to make their dollars stretch. I work as a social worker with these populations and it’s so hard to see them receive $497 a month and they’re expected to pay for basic amenities, food and medications. They often have to choose between these items and it’s not right. Assistance programs are very much needed because unfortunately saving doesn’t always cut it and no one seems to like socialism. There’s a lot of gaps and flaws in the US in terms of affordable health care, livable wages and housing.

I noticed how you said nothing about Congress giving itself a 20% raise on top of their $200,000 salary. They also have lucrative expense and travel accounts. How about government wasteful spending cuts so we pay less taxes?!

@@BBB-rd2qi when did they get a 20% raise?

Tkjhe wfay I found the best way to making more money was to not work for someone for wages but rather to be my own employer. By being self employed I work only for my own interests, not someone else’s interests. Other than what I have to give to the government the rest belongs to me.

@@brittm1895 Thanks for your compassion. My son is severely mentally ill. Social security disability is good - but he would be screwed without his parents.

Thanks for watching, and I appreciate the positive feedback!

@Joe Blow Yep a little heavy handed, her only fault. Too much salt and seasonings which already contains salt

@Joe Blow check out Running On Plants. You'll live a lot longer with her.

Thank you for the kind comment, it means a lot! 💙

Dollar Tree gas a pretty good frozen/refrigerator section , canned goods section and spices!

Thanks so much 💙 I actually was recently gifted a tortilla warmer, and that has been a game changer. That's a really great idea about the splatter screen though, I'll definitely keep that in mind in case I ever need it!