Before you speak Think! T- is it true? H- is it helpful? I- is it inspiring? N- is it necessary? K- is it kind?

For those of us that buy in bulk, a few times of the year, to save money and time, we get it. No explanation necessary. Frugal scratch meal preppers, all do this. We don't shop weekly, and sometimes not even monthly. We buy what we use, and we use it over months and we know how to cook, and we take pride in making healthy meals for our family. Fabulous video! Great recipes.

I'm sorry you feel like you have to defend yourself. You've explained so many times how hard it is to find some of these things in Alaska. You do what you need to do to feed your family. Most of us have seen what is coming and are trying to fill our pantry. Loved this, I'm the only one here that likes oatmeal so I can't really justify more than the big tub I get lol. It all looked so good to me. 💛

Please do not feel like you need to explain how you use your food. It truly is your money, time, kindness and love that goes into everything you do. I learn a lot from your videos so keep up the great job

I have to mention the superior quality of Azure rolled oats and every single product I've purchased from them. I make mine 1 cup at a time but definitely going to try making some ahead. I use a mixture of pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds and also dried chopped dates, just for a couple of other ideas. There is no way you could even find anything in the store that would equal what you made yourself today. I've been ordering small amounts of things like the chia and flax seeds, so I'm going to try that too. There are only 2 in my house now and I go through 25lbs of oats pretty quickly, maybe 6 months at the most. I encourage everyone to try this, it's one of those things that you'll say "Where have you been all of my life?" No comparison to the packets. Thanks for all of the combination ideas. I appreciate you!

Keep doing what you do! Love the ideas with oats.

I make instant oatmeal up for myself in single serve containers, take it to work and use the Keurig for hot water several times a week. I don't eat breakfast before I leave home and eat it at my desk- I start at 7am too early for food. I think I will give baked oatmeal a try! Thank you for your videos! It is like listening to an old friend chat. ❤️

Please don’t feel you have to justify your stock and taking care of your family to anyone. Everyone is at different places on their journey to being able to care for their families, especially in tough times. Those that are just awakening to how no one is coming to save them from tough times are trying to catch up and are realizing the sense of panic starting to set in their stomach. Some will lash out and blame others for their not recognizing what’s happening around them, but most will look for others like yourself who have already figured out what we ALL should be doing for our families, looking to learn❤️🙏🏼🇺🇸

OK warrior woman...what a great video today! I love how you made everything today. Each bag of oatmeal sounded delicious! I have never had baked oatmeal before, but I know I will try it now! Granola is one of my favorite foods too! Don't listen to other people about what you buy for your family...you don't have to justify anything to them! Remember...you are FIERCE!!! Hugs and blessings!

I love blueberries or bananas in my oatmeal. Another favorite is to put strawberry preserves in it too. Lol. Now I'm hungry.

I made your breakfast burritos this morning to put in the freezer for hubby and I. Next is the breakfast sandwiches and different oatmeals. I’m loving your channel Jessica! Excellent content and content creator.

So cool!!! I’ve never seen baked oatmeal with pumpkin. It looks and sounds delicious! Great job! I use oatmeal, flax seed and chia seeds in what I call applesauce bread. I adapted it from an old family recipe that used crud I and applesauce. I have reduced the oil and use coconut oil in its place and have increased the amount of applesauce. It is so delicious and filling! I have to double or quadruple it when I make it because it goes so fast. Lol. Keep up what you are doing! You are so inspiring and a breath of fresh air and positivity in a world that seems to be getting darker by the day. God bless!

I love your apron. Great recipes.

I’m so blessed by you. I’m always looking for ways to feed my grandson and myself healthy food while I’m on disability. Thank you 🙏🏼

You made 6 different kinds 72 total instant oatmeal packets. I absolutely love this idea so I an going to be adding these yo my stock pile. Since my kids and hubby are up and leaving early for school and work. I never thought about making my own until you made this video. Thank you so much for sharing. 😀 I love Azure and love watching all your videos. You inspire my family so much.

Thank you so much for the recipes for all of these! Even though it is just me, I would love the prepackaged oatmeal breakfast bags! I like to have granola on hand with yogurt! Overnight oats in the frig would be great also! Yes, people need to THINK before they make comments. Love your channel, Jessica. Don't let those comments bring you down. You are doing so much to help people use their pantry goods.

The ones who think you need to justify what you buy are unfortunately the ones who will have to stand in food lines if prices keep increasing. If schools still had Home Economics for four years everyone would already know why and what you're doing because they'd already know it too and would be gleaning your tips and tricks. And thank you for the info, I found the light man. I told him about your channel, and he said to tell you he is soon to be on Magnolia also. I don't have tv so will miss out on that. LOL Thank you for sharing and my God bless you and meet all your needs!!

You are on in my house everyday! I cannot wait for my first Azure order in October, because my husband and I are going to do your oatmeal packs and bake. He leaves for work at 5:00 am, so this is something he can grab and heat up at work. Thank you so much for all the time you put into doing this, you are terrific!

It is nobody's business how many oats you need and use. I think we need to bring back the term, "mind your own business!" Enjoy whatever oats you buy and use. Be a good steward of what you buy and use. And forget what everone else is saying. I think your recipes are great. I am going to try them!

You definitely don’t need to explain how and why you spend your money or how you use your food. My momma raised me to respect others and I have my whole life. I did enjoy your video and all the wonderful recipes using oatmeal, one of my favorite foods since childhood. I hope you and your lovely family have a blessed night and weekend!

Regardless of where you get your stock, I love seeing different applications for basic things like oats. I love oats. I make baked oatmeal often and add oats to different breads and muffins for texture. I'll definitely be using the recipe for instant oatmeal this winter!

I think people need to understand you are feeding 4 adults. And keep their negative thoughts to themselves. I am thankful for your videos. Rock on!

Brilliant video on oats 😊😊😊 learnt a lot Really looking forward to your next video 👍👍👍👍. By the way the ( original intro ) is the best!!!! Love from the UK x

I loved it when you pulled those eggs out of your apron! 🥰 Thank you for this video. We live overseas where instant oatmeal is 50c a packet, so this is so helpful. Thanks!

Loved the video. New subscriber. I like that I can actually follow you. So many of the ladies go so fast, you can’t really see what they are doing. I am retired and 70 years old but I still preserve lots and prep things for my hubby and I.

I have not EVER commented on KZfaq, but with that said, I am for the first time today. You are such a blessing. I love your sweet spirit and heart for your home and family. I watch all your videos and my husband now asks about that “family in Alaska.” My husband totally can relate to yours and loves how he will “force himself” 😅 to join in. Your channel is real homestead/keeper of the home life. You are helping so many with basic skills that will be much needed in the days ahead. May God bless your family, your homestead and your channel. Praying your health improves! I have been battling breast cancer and the ill effects, and have Celiac and Crohns. I refuse to allow satan anymore time in my life. I do what I can, a little at a time, a task at a time. When my body says stop, I do. I’m learning the art of being still before the Lord and allowing Him to renew me. May you flourish in good health and keep sharing! Blessings.

I can’t tell you enough how much I love watching you. I was a stay at home mom and like you cooked from scratch, breaks\fast, lunch. Dinner and snacks. You do go through great amounts of different things. I have 3 boys who have eaten like full grown adults since they were little. I have experimented with bread, but never took the time to learn better or get better at it. I look forward in learning about those grains and bread making. My boys are grown and two live near by our farm and 1 is in town with wife and our 2 grand kids. But not to far away. I have always shopped big and went when I needed things only. To this day I do the same. Today had 8 over for dinner, absolutely love family and fellowship. You are doing a remarkable job! BTW, maybe NAN or pretzels in future videos? Thank you for your time.

You made the following flavors: Plain, peaches & cream, apple cinnamon raisin, cranberry almond, dark chocolate cherry walnut, blueberry & cream. At 12 packs each that is 72 packs of "instant" oatmeal. That's amazing!

I 100% know your family goes thru a lot of food as y’all don’t sit at a desk all day or go to drive thru fast food everyday.

It's just me, but I'm going to make a scaled down volume of these. Just a note on the granola, if you are like me and only use a little at a time you can store the rest in the freezer; keeps the oils in the nuts and the coconut oil from going rancid. I make my own greek yogurt plain in the crockpot, have it all week in the fridge. I like adding granola to it for breakfast or a late night snack too. Thanks for recipes. I'm a firm believer that recipes are the true gold we pass to each other!

I’ll bring the orange juice, coffee and you set the table with your choice of any of your amazing oaty delights!! I do request we visit in the dining room so I can see the lake!! Hey a girl has to dream! My largest and closest body of water is our filled jet tub!! Until tomorrow, I love you kiddo and appreciate your content. ❤️ Momma G

My boys loves old fashioned oats with honey. I personally don’t like honey and oatmeal gives me heartburn but I love that they love it!

I do these, I also add hemp hearts for added protein and healthy omega fats . Usually we stick with adding cinnamon, pimpkin spice or applie pie spice, raisins, nuts, dehydrated fruit. sometimes a splash of maple syrup after it's all heated

THANK YOU❤. I love your channel. I had just purchased rolled oats with the intention of doing the same thing but now I have a recipe to jump off with. I’ve visited Alaska a few times and thought it was beyond gorgeous. Stay blessed❤

Thank you for the instant oatmeal recipes. I didn’t realize you could do that. I’m like you I don’t care for texture of instant. I will be doing this as a alternative. Love your content. Have a blessed day!

I enjoy your videos immensely and even learn new recipes ! So much inspiration❤ God bless you and your family, Deb

I would like to see a video of you put you azure haul away and one of you refilling you pantry jars. Love all your videos

Hi thank you so much for taking the time to make and share these recipes and to also type them out for us! I appreciate your efforts so much

Thank you Jessica, I appreciate the ideas on how to cook, use my oats and save time. Wow I had not even thought of using my powdered milk for the cream.

Wonderful as always! I see this at night and get peckish again 😂🤭 Thanks for the inspiration. And for beeing so thoughtful of us non-Americans to explain things that are basic to you. Much appreciated 👍🏻 🙏🏻

I love the idea of making your own "instant oatmeal", I like to add milk to my oatmeal after it's cooked, adding the milk powder is going to make this so easy to take traveling or for work. Thank you for this great option.

Thank you Jessica! I used to make a cake with leftover cooked oatmeal haven’t made in a long time but it’s very good and moist. Those little oatmeal packs are a joke real oatmeal is like having an oatmeal cookie 🎉😊 stay safe !

Thank you!!! You have solved my dilemma!! Love oatmeal, not enough time in the morning and will not eat store bought instant packets. I would not have gotten creative without your ideas. Cannot wait to try this out!!

as always brilliant ideas, thanks

This popped up in my video feed and I was soo excited because I have sooooo many oats in my preps. Thank you!

Baked oatmeal sounds so delicious! I just told my husband I wanted to learn how to make granola, thank you for sharing that, it looks delicious! Actually everything looked good, I love oatmeal, I too use it for making meatloaf and meatballs, it was what my mom did, the only way I will eat meatloaf. TFS

A wonderful display of using oats. When my 9 children were kids, I just cooked the oatmeal for breakfast, and then added a dry fruit of their choice to it. Believe me, they were not as tasty as what you have put together! My neighbor had an orchard, so apples were available: I picked tons of blueberries and froze them, and also did the same with peaches. Food has come a long ways since the sixties!Thank you for a great video. Bev in Maine

Thank you for this video. Great way to change up what we each are doing already!!! Love your ideas !!!

Just had to come back here and comment. Normally, I don’t cook oatmeal. I can’t handle the texture and it’s a personal issue. 🤣 But, I just made some of these instant packets up for my husband and he is raving abt it! I used 1.5 Tb of brown sugar and he said it’s perfect don’t change a thing! Thank you! You are fun to watch. Here in Kodiak!

This was awesome. Thank you.

I will be doing your versions - love oatmeal but kids love instant oatmeal so no problemo. Yea for this video!

We lived in Alaska for 4 years. I totally get how hard it is to get things. I have 5 kiddos so I also understand the importance of stocking up!

I loved all these varieties including the baked pumpkin. My husband eats oatmeal everyday for breakfast but plain with brown sugar. I bet he would love these varieties especially made up to just add water. He does use instant oatmeal that I buy from AZURE in 50 lb bags. I have everything already except the dried peaches, apples and chia seeds. If i gather correctly, you made 72 individual baggies made up. How awesome you are for getting this all done including baked oatmeal and granola. I guess folks don't realize how much you can go through this amount of food. I buy bulk because it saves money and time for me. I do make from scratch meals and bake our bread. Don't buy store bought bread or other things due to added ingredients for preservatives that aren't healthy. I don't have children at home any longer and in my sixties. I now have the time to do made from scratch. Although our 19 year old granddaughter lives with us and enjoys the homemade food. It's a blessing to have her with us. Thank you Jessica for brightening my day with your videos. You are a God's gift to me. Many blessings dear lady for being part of my life. God bless you!

Yes you are! You have a large family. You have to feed them! Thank you for the baked oatmeal recipe. I watch a lot of Vlogs about buying in bulk, you are not a lone in buying in bulk. Everyone is buying because of the inflammation prices. They simply buy one extra or two. I’ve learned a lot from you so thank you I really appreciate your effort

You did a video about stocking the pantry first with herbs and spices. It really resonates with me. You always hear that spices go bad quick so only buy a little at a time but I thought if you store it correctly you should be ok so I bought 500g bags (uk we don’t have anything like azure) I’ve then to go on to buy a couple of pounds of different types of dried beans as I really understood what you were saying about it’s the herbs and spices that turn a very basic item into something delicious. In times of difficulties you can still eat like kings of you have the ingredients to elevate the ordinary to the extraordinary. Thank you

I feel watching you like I am with a friend. I am learning things I have never done but am going to start. Thank you for sharing. I want to make granola and trail mix. You are a blessing to all who watch you.

72 INDIVIDUAL PACKETS 6 FLAVIORS!!! WOW! You go, Mama! P. S. I love that you use Asure!

Thanks for the recipes. Just made apple n cinnamon and the blueberries with cream . I haven't tried the blueberries but Im eating the apple right now , so good.

Love this! Thank you!

It all looks so good, thanks for sharing

Thank you for this tutorial. It all looks delicious.

Oh forgot to say I will be making your granola and baked oatmeal they look delicious thanks for sharing!!! Also can you make other flavors of the baked oatmeal? If so can you explain what and how. LOL Thanks again

H great video! Learned so much!!

This is wonderful! Thx much 💕

Please don’t let others opinion of your life influence you no one pays your bills besides you and yours I love what your doing and look forward to your next video

Ohh thanks for this! I need to do this a day this week. You’re apron is so cute too!

Your gonna laugh, I also order from Azure and made sure I got all the ingredients for the “instant” oatmeal packets this past month and made up a handful of breakfast oatmeal. It is seriously SO GOOD that I look at those packets on the counter and can hardly wait for breakfast to roll around every day. I have added a spoonful of either collagen or protein powder to mine to give me a little more protein in the morning but the plain with blueberry is my favorite so far.

Love the oatmeal recipes!

Oats are so hearty and yummy. Great recipes! TY, Jessica!

This was great Thanks for sharing 😀

Thank you so much for this video. It is so helpful.

I love your apron !! You should never have to explain yourself to anyone !!

Great video with some great ideas. Whenever you share your life openly like this the keyboard warriors come out to play. Anyone who is paying attention would admire your well thought out pantry with your large family in Alaska heading into the winter months.

So incredible!! I am going to make instant oatmeals with protein, baked oatmeal and granola!! Why would I waste money on pre-packaged chemical filled products that I don’t even know where products are from (China, overseas) that are not regulated in processing. Keep it up! 👍👍🤤

Loving the Apron, thanks for sharing

Really enjoyed this video

Trying those oatmeal ideas immediately! They look fantastic!

Hi, your amazing, I just love watching you cooking 🍯🥜🌰🫐🍎🍒🍇🍑 xx 👍☺️

Thanks for sharing I love oatmeal just couldn’t figure out how to make my own. I will be trying your recipes.

I only buy regular oats too and if I need quick oats, I just blend it up. My husband is the big oatmeal eater and he likes maple brown sugar or cinnamon which have to be the two most basic and he won’t let me make them. I swear he will like them better and I can adjust to exactly what he want but some of your flavors sounded amazing. I saved the pumpkin baked oatmeal because it sounds amazing. I have a granola recipe I love and mine has coconut in it. Super tasty but I saved yours to try too.

That was a great teaching video. I’m going to try these. Thank you!!

I love the idea of using your oatmeal in so many recipes.

Love all of this!! Going to make the granola tomorrow!! Made the breakfast burritos last week and loved them! Love love love your channel!!

The cherry n dark chocolate is my favorite! Yummy

So thankful for this video! Oatmeal is my absolute favorite food! Yummy 🤤 😋

Loved these recipes, I love oatmeal. Going to try the baked oatmeal. You have got some great ideas.

I can’t wait to try this instant oatmeal. Such a great alternative to those packets

Always love your videos and really enjoyed watching you do this meal prep. Blessings 🙌 Sending love from Ontario 🇨🇦

Going to make your baked oatmeal for this week. Looks so good

I made instant oat packets when I was nursing but haven’t since then. Maybe I should get to it again! One of my kids is all about oatmeal and the other isn’t, so I could easily make one portion for him that way 😊

Thanks for sharing the oatmeal recipes . We are trying both.

I made instant packets of maple brown sugar oatmeal last month. They are spot on!😋

You did an awesome job! I have done oatmeal packets before and baked oatmeal. Saves so much time in the mornings. Love the ideas on the packets and will need to try a few of your idea's. Hoping to visit Alaska again some day...

I think I found my new favorite channel! Loved this--thank you for making it. Look forward to making the emergency candles too. Gearing up to binge watch while getting ready for winter!

Great video. Definitely going to try these recipes. I live in the UK so will have to go to the health food shop. Thank you for the recipes. Edited for spelling

I can't wait to try this! My kids are gonna love it and without all the junk from store bought. Giant prepper momma high five! ❤🥰

I want that pumpkin dish and the oatmeal.

Homeschool mom👋 and YES this will be VERY helpful. We eat a ton of oats too. I will probably storage them in small glass containers. This will help my kids be more independent when I’m out on the farm doing chores.

Those oatmeal packets look delicious! You have inspired me to start making these and experimenting with different flavors. Thank you for including the recipes in the description. I have made granola and baked oatmeal before but the pumpkin one you made looks yummy.

FABULOUS! I was waiting for you to share this with us ☺️ Love how you are sharing how you use what you are able to get from Azure Standard. You are helping so many people (Azure buyers and not) who are new to bulk buying as well as just new to scratch cooking. Been sharing your great channel. Have a blessed day.