Secrets to Working Full-Time and Scratch-Cooking!! It CAN be done!

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While we were still working full-time and homesteading in the city, we made a decision to begin cooking from scratch rather than buying pre-made foods from the grocery store. Sarah reveals her secrets to making it work without going crazy.
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@nmdispatchlady 4 жыл бұрын

The other thing that I still do is have homestead fast food. When I make a soup I make tons and can it put it on the shelf, same thing with chill or stew. I also freeze ready to bake casseroles, lasagna or enchiladas. Those things that take quite a bit of time to make. I just double the recipe and make up several at a time, pop them in the freezer and when I don't have time or inclination to cook I pull one out and dinner is ready. Everything is doable just takes a little planning. The biggest difference now is I put things up in pints instead of quarts, or smaller casseroles instead of 13 x 9. Very easy to pull out an extra jar or frozen entree if I have company. Still healthy no preservatives.

@LivingTraditionsHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Awesome!

@nmdispatchlady 4 жыл бұрын

@@LivingTraditionsHomestead Most of the dollar stores sell the tinfoil pans with covers, those are a must when freezing to keep all of your dishes out of the freezer. Not very expensive and makes clean up a breeze. Plus you can make everything right in the dish and freeze them with the instructions written right on the lid.

@cynthiamullin661 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, having ready to eat meals in the freezer or on a pantry shelf (beef stew, beans with ham, etc) saves you from buying crap fast food!

@karenrolling2174 4 жыл бұрын

I do this as well. I also do crock pot breakfast of mixed grains with apples, raisins, craisins, pineapple, apricots, pears or any other fairly firm fruit that I put together the night before and let it cook overnight. I have also done crock pot dump cakes, sloppy joes, pulled bbq pork, shredded beef, shredded chicken or even layered casseroles and soups that I start in the morning to have for lunch or dinner. Hope this helps

@nmdispatchlady 4 жыл бұрын

@@PrimeDirective101 I started because I could never cook for just one or 2, so I froze things. Comes in so handy and I still eat healthy food but its so fast and I don't have to cook all the time or eat the same thing for a week.

@lisacastano1064 4 жыл бұрын

I was a single mom working full time. The Crock-Pot is your friend LoL. I also can put together a meal in about 30 minutes it really helps to be half Chinese. One tip your spice cabinet should be well stocked it really helps to add variety to your meals even though you are using pretty much the same ingredients.

@raymondamaral8602 4 жыл бұрын

That dog looks comfortable in his nightshirt

@smalloscar1 4 жыл бұрын

“We don’t buy junk food” repeat 3x 😂😂😂😂😂👍

@kcfamilyfarm939 4 жыл бұрын

I still struggle with this so much... hi, my name is Shawna, and I'm addicted to Dr Pepper. And yes, I'm ashamed of myself. Even with sweets, I know I should be fixing those cravings with fruit and home made treats, it's just so fast and easy to buy a box of star crunch at the grocery store. 😖 I'll do really good for a month or two buying no junk food, besides my caffeine addiction, and then BAM. The star crunch are in my cart. I've gotta put more effort into making more healthy goodies that curb those cravings to avoid those boxes from finding their way I to my cart and my budget.

@TheBigBlueHouseHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

I was gifted a box of cooking magazines a few months ago. Going through them, i found your published garden pasta salad. 😁

@LivingTraditionsHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@robinlawson3574 4 жыл бұрын

Which issue is it? I'd love to look for it!

@karenrouth2056 4 жыл бұрын

Haha! Sarah do you realise you are probably single handedly responsible for Taste of Home website crashing today lol! Great informative and helpful video again, you are just SO organised and a fantastic example!! 100% awesome regardless of whether we are working full-time, family and all that involves, homesteading or living alone...thank you

@iartistdotme 4 жыл бұрын

Such great info and inspiration! Thank you so much. Now to watch you prepare all this - LOL. I usually prepare two or more meals when I cook and freeze them using tin foil in the pan I cook them in. Then once frozen, lift the meal out and freeze without a pan or freeze each in heavy plastic bags. I normally reuse the plastic freezer bags for other things after washing them. So useful to have around and more economical when used more than once. I don't have a dish washer so it's easy to wash bags quickly. I also love to share the extra meal bags with family or a neighbor that may be ill. It feels so good when preparing them for the freezer to know the meals can be shared.

@richardsemione7012 4 жыл бұрын

I live in upstate NY. I was leaving Walmart after shopping. When leaving the parking lot I saw a woman that looked like you in a car. I knew it wasn't you, but I thought how nice it would be if it was you. I thought it would have been nice just to say hi. So, hi Sarah. You and Kevin seem just like family and friends to me. Thanks for sharing your lives with us. God bless you and your family.

@LivingTraditionsHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, good morning! Thanks so much for your kind words.

@richardsemione7012 4 жыл бұрын

@@LivingTraditionsHomestead Sweet of you to reply. I know you get a lot of comments. Thanks.

@analarson2920 4 жыл бұрын

Prayers and blessings to your journey in upstate N.Y. I am too, capital district

@pjteeswater1668 4 жыл бұрын

These are all great tips. I started doing a meal plan about 35 years ago when my kids were small and I worked full time. Not only did it save me time but I could look at the store adds for the week and plan my menu around what was on sale, back then I wasn’t a homesteader and generally didn’t have much on hand. I have continued with my menus, for the most part all this time. As a side bonus it saved me a lot of stress. I no longer had to try and come up with a meal at the end of a long day. All I had to do was look at the menu before I went to work and take the meat out of the freezer and I was all set.

@alwayzbluepoolz2922 4 жыл бұрын

Sarah, your desk hasn't started getting messy yet. I can see your keyboard!!

@elysafrancisco7240 4 жыл бұрын

No worries, our desk looks like the sorting room at the post office! Lol

@caddycraft6823 3 жыл бұрын

Mine too! Hahaha

@laurenmmendoza3215 4 жыл бұрын

Menu planning for the week has been a sanity saver for me for years! It was especially important when our daughter was in high school & seemed to have a bajillion activities! Now that our girl is in college, the budget is a bit tight. Meal planning helps us stay on budget, cut food waste and still eat well (and healthily)! I love when my husband comes home, sniffs the air & declares that something smells delicious!

@fedupnow61859 4 жыл бұрын

Sarah I always worked full time and always made from scratch meals when I came home. Prep was the most important thing. Remembering to take things out of the freezer etc. Sometimes it worked and other times it didn't but I thought that the most important thing was we were together eating dinner every night. I know there might be other obligations but I did it as much as possible. My girls now 35 and 34 still love that I did it.

@maryoesterborg9397 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this very modern way of searching for favorite recipes. I have so many cookbooks and loose recipes I’ve saved since I started my married life. It takes so long to look through them and then I get distracted by other things. I just can’t bring myself to discard all of them.

@robinlawson3574 4 жыл бұрын

I have the same problem! I have over 300 cookbooks, but no system to find recipes when I need them.

@minuteman728 4 жыл бұрын

Don't hurt me here. (shudder) But if you like paper recipes like I still do, here goes... tear out the recipe you like, you know, the ONE recipe that you keep that ONE cookbook for (or copy it) and get a binder with sheet protectors, and you can get rid of SOME of the cookbooks you never look at. I have a 3 inch binder. It has stamps and return envelopes, inventory for the pantry, a daily and weekly routine, and all my favorite recipes. I still have a few cookbooks. Better Homes, how can you go wrong? lol

@partinlori 4 жыл бұрын

One of the hardest things for me to do is decide what to fix for supper. So I let each of my family pick (from my recipes) what meal they want for that week! It has been a game changer for me.

@EsthersEden 4 жыл бұрын

Our process is very similar! I love it. 😍 the main difference is we homeschool and our children are younger so I do make 3 meals per day. I give my kids a chance to decide meals too then mommy doesn't have to decide all the meals for the week. Lol!

@wyldeman 4 жыл бұрын

There is also an app to download..... Love it "WE DON'T BUY JUNK FOOD"! This is great! I'll be here next Saturday for the next weeks menu.!! Thanks!

@katiesmoozie7183 4 жыл бұрын

Taste of Home has been my 'go to ' website for a long time !! Everyone gets tired of making the same thing at times & I go to that recipe site & get wonderful ideas !! They have realistic recipes that aren't just for chefs! Thank you for showing others how wonderful that site is !

@chelinfusco6403 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sarah. We really appreciate this video.

@darnbunny1 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. Love the going grey gracefully hair.

@LynnViehl 4 жыл бұрын

I've been printing out recipes I find online that we like to save them, which has resulted in a huge stack of printouts. This information on the Taste of Home website that you shared will be incredibly helpful to me, thank you.

@dianashelton1371 4 жыл бұрын

I recently found “Cook Once, Eat all Week” cookbook. It was the glue that put my meal prep together. I am developing week plans with not only her recipes but my own. I think your Taste of Home will organize it nicely.

@judycummings6416 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Taste of Home website suggestion. A great idea - I will start using it. I love your no-nonsense way of teaching and appropriate, realistic ways of homesteading.

@tinasavage1597 4 жыл бұрын

Look at your local goodwill. I have found taste of home cookbooks there cheap.

@StaceyHerewegrowagain 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing story Sarah! Your family is such an inspiration to many of us who want to start a self sustaining homestead. We just bought our first house on a half acre and I can't wait to start the garden! Thank you so much for sharing!! I love cooking from scratch. Especially with food coming right from our own backyard. It's amazing how much beauty Mother Nature has to offer right at the tips of our very fingers!

@kathygirlygirl4109 4 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding me?! Rosie was such an adorable distraction. Just seeing her in her little night night on just makes me smile. Bubba and Rosie are sweet babies. They are just to cute. Great planning vlog Sarah. Thank you for the great ideas.

@chris3m98 4 жыл бұрын

Sara, I live alone so it's easy to make something to eat. Your desk looks OK I haven't seen the bottom of my dining room table in years!

@denisescull4227 4 жыл бұрын

Wowza! The way you showed us the website and sat down to meal plan was so so helpful. I immediately went and made an account. I have a little notepad that I make notes to find recipes, then I have to find the note lol. This will change everything! My tip is- cook once, eat twice (or more!) When I brown hamburger, I cook extra and freeze, same with chicken, rice, etc. Thank you so much, you make a difference in so many ways!

@Roberto-tt7yv 4 жыл бұрын

omg Rosie stole my heart!

@margarettt7675 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting approach. I use a system of what is on hand and different food prep techniques to make nutritious interesting meals. I've always cooked from scratch, don't eat fast foods or restaurant food. We enjoy our homemade treats.

@lenalyles2712 4 жыл бұрын

We're retired now so it's easier to plan. Where we live we can't have animals or garden, but fresh fruit and vegetables are cheap. Meat I stretch and buy once or twice a month from a meat market. They're cheaper than the store. I also use my instapot and airfryer a lot. I have always used a menu because with 5 kids and working full time we had to plan.

@jenniferspeers2453 4 жыл бұрын

Our desk is also just as cluttered. I blame my husband haha

@17buckrogers 4 жыл бұрын

can you write a book with all this great information i would buy one

@anitahouse3600 4 жыл бұрын

My desk makes yours look organized. :-) I used to meal plan but after our step-daughter graduated and moved out, just got lazy. Now it is the same conversation every night, "what do you want for dinner? I dunno, what do you want?" and back and forth. I should get back to planning. :-) Thanks!

@p123york9 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos -- and your dogs! Just some thoughts on your shopping list: 1. If you're buying canned beans instead of soaking dry ones, wouldn't it be more budget friendly to either do a big batch of home-canned ones once or twice a year to have on hand, or buy a couple of cases when they're on sale? 2. The 50 lb. bags of flour are too big for me to handle, but the 5# bags are something I buy in bulk when they're on sale (as they will be soon for holiday baking) and keep at least 30-40# on hand at all times. They fill in air space in the freezer quite well, too. 3. For flavoring soups and stews, dehydrated celery works very well; I'll buy it when it's on sale at 49 cents a pound and dehydrate three or four bunches so I'll always have some on hand, instead of buying fresh when it's not on sale and paying two or three times as much (and for a single-person household like mine, it's hard not to have some of the fresh end up going to waste). 4. This time of year it should be possible to find a local orchard selling boxes of apples at excellent prices, that will keep for at least a couple of months in your root cellar. (Do you HAVE a root cellar? I don't remember.)

@Lisa_Osborne 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Sarah! I have been menu planning and list making for 28 years. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way. I think it has saved me thousands of dollars because I don't buy anything not on the list. UNLESS, it's a bargain that I know I can use in later meals. I only shop twice a month by planning things that can be frozen or are pantry items and I have gotten good at being able to keep fresh veggies and fruit longer by washing them in vinegar water and drying. The last four years I have also been doing meal prep on my days off (I work 40 hours a week) and live alone now that my son is grown. So I prep lunches to take to work all week, cut veggies up for quicker night time meals, etc. When my son was younger I would make larger meals that I could freeze for another meal in a few weeks, or we could eat for lunches that week. For example a large lasagna for two people; half could be frozen for later use and there would still be leftovers for lunches. Or I would bake a whole chicken for dinner and we would have enough left for chicken & noodles later that week and chicken salad for lunches.

@LivingTraditionsHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Love it!

@bettyjeannereno64 4 жыл бұрын

Lisa Osborne k

@wendysgarden4283 4 жыл бұрын

On a cold day this week, I inventoried the food in the freezer and home canning and root cellar (which is a dark, unheated bedroom) and made mix-and-match menus for two months. Great job! from a fellow organized person and list-maker.

@MegaPokerPro 4 жыл бұрын

Aww, that is so precious Rosie in that onesie. All your fur baby's all snug, like a bug in a rug. 😁 All the information you gave today was great. Thanks for helping us that need it. 😊

@jenendahunter8207 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sarah, I just wanted to share that I am trying to implement a weekly meal plan for myself and my mother, my mother is 76 and we live together and I am also a type 2 diabetic and I take insulin up to 6 times a day. You have given me a starting point with the taste of home website and I thank you!! This is going to be a great help to get me started, wish me luck lol Jenenda 🍅🍅🍅

@jenendahunter8207 4 жыл бұрын

That is something I would love to try Riccardo!

@analarson2920 4 жыл бұрын

Try paleo, so many have reversed and improved many conditions, prayers to the journey

@phyllisschapiro7894 3 жыл бұрын

@@analarson2920 Type 1 diabetes is where your body no longer makes any insulin at all. You can't do anything but take insulin. For type 2 diabetes, paleo is a great option!

@swianecki 4 жыл бұрын

Being organized is the secret. Thanks for a great video, Sarah.

@southgeorgia2099 4 жыл бұрын

i like that kind wood stove u have there it good have one to stay warm in winter be sure have lot wood to keep family warm ....

@deborahwybou4285 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great videos. I save my menu plans for future inspiration.

@marygorecki9057 4 жыл бұрын

When you talked about your daughter making the rolls, brought a smile to my face cuz my son loved kneading the dough, said he had the ‘muscles for it! I have to attempt the ‘scratch cooking’ was actually forced upon me because my daughter has numerous food allergies & sensitivities that we were pretty much able to manage by going organic and omitting process foods, but turned out to be a blessing in many ways. Also, I remembered a brief conversation w/ a lady in the grocery store ahead of me in line. She glanced down into my cart and announced ‘I work’! I didn’t respond but simply grinned & thought SO DO I!

@user-us6ce7me8k 4 жыл бұрын

The stove looks so charming! 👌👌

@cleotaylor1860 4 жыл бұрын

After the birth of our daughter, I became extremely paranoid over the hormones and preservatives in the food. So we started raising, growing, harvesting, and processing food on our property. What we couldn't grow, we went to the fruit distribution market or if a neighbor grew it we would trade. I benefited from my husband's great grandmother and grandmother's recipe boxes. I also have his great grandmother's canning books. We love them.

@marthaduffy8386 4 жыл бұрын

What great advice. So detailed, I just love that almost all you content is so well explained. Food for thought.

@wildflowerhomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sarah! Great video. We have a wood burning stove in this old farm we bought but no idea if it's safe. Can you do a video on that please. Luckily in Florida its only cold for a few months but I would like to get away from space heaters

@christineortmann359 4 жыл бұрын

Great job explaining- very helpful.

@coastalfarmhouse1820 4 жыл бұрын

I love Taste of Home. My grandma, when she was alive, used to gift me a subscription to their magazine. She was an amazing home cook.

@mimiohnine 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! As a mother of four, when they all lived at home I meal planned and shopped once a week as well. It’s such an easy and important thing to ease my brain. With just the two of us left at home, I’ve gotten lazy at meal prepping and shopping. This is my reminder to jump back on the wagon. Thank you Sarah ♥️♥️♥️♥️

@monicavanderburg7342 4 жыл бұрын

That's where I'm at now, its just me and my husband. I have been thinking about meal planning for us. Last week I did prep our lunches for the week, we both work so that was very helpful. Let me Go pull out my recipes. Pinterest has been my lifesaver.

@BryansGMa 4 жыл бұрын

Thank for the info. Being a widow, and living alone, it is hard to plan something for my meals. Especially since I use to fix for family. The Taste of home is helping me to find small inexpensive meals for me. Love your dogs and Rosy looks so cute in her nighty

@glendagonzalez2469 3 жыл бұрын

I love the simplicity of it all. I tend to complicate things, thinking that every meal needs to have a protein, a grain, a couple of vegetables... A salad or chilli baked potato for dinner sounds awesome. I also love that you have bread with your soups or stews instead of rice. Thanks for sharing this with us.

@eligwb7116 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing Sara I enjoy learning more, it teaches me to save more, God bless you,

@kathleenconte3360 4 жыл бұрын

Outings at night use that crock pot. Fix it in the morning n set it going on slow cook. Early dinner, no problems, its all ready to serve n house smells great with food aroma. I love my crock pot during winter, as night duty nurse i fix b4 going to bed slow cook n dinner ready at night for family.

@audreynanapreps2543 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, thank you.

@marieleopold1625 4 жыл бұрын

H O M E Y !!! and sounds sooOOOOoo YUM! Love your clarity, organizing skills and humility! TRULY gifted woman! God Bless you and yours! Thanks for sharing your lovely life!

@suzannejones1996 4 жыл бұрын

My MIL gave me a subscription to Taste of Home magazine before we had access to the internet. Some of my favorite recipies were from those magazines. I haven't been to their website in a long time, so thanks for the tips.

@renitahebner3084 4 жыл бұрын

Just cleaned my desk. Lol. Great job

@joleneblair5735 4 жыл бұрын

Hello from Montana! I do not have a homestead. I still shop for all my needs, but I have always been on a budget. I find it helpful to look in my pantry, fridge, and freezer first. I can usually come up with a meal plan pretty easily this way. I write down what I am making, then beside it, what I need from the store. This idea has worked for my family 20+ years. Save money where you can. Be organized. 🙂

@sunflowersusan5616 4 жыл бұрын

Wow you are organized!

@markslaliberte3559 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin and Sarah … This video was in one word Choreographed (well choreographed). Simply excellent. Really love this channel. You're a great bunch!

@jannahuntamed3422 4 жыл бұрын

I need to stick with when I meal plan. Lol I always stray away. But I think I'm gonna try it again. Lol I also use to pre prep frozen meals on my days off from my full time non home job. :)

@lavernebufmack5091 4 жыл бұрын

We had six children. I was a nurse and my husband worked as a cement plant supervisor. I made a menu out every week and bought groceries accordingly! There was a from scratch meal on our table almost every night. It takes planning and family cooperation. We had a huge garden and I canned what we didn’t eat. Bought half a beef and pig every year, plus rabbit and other game meat we hunted or fished. Canned landlocked salmon on the lake in our camper. We just love watching you young people doing all the things We did out of necessity knowing we needed to educate six children. Will keep watching and enjoying your videos!

@robboone4367 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful!

@helennelson3120 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. God Bless you n yours.

@helenmarshall5705 4 жыл бұрын

Taste of Home rocks!

@crazycowlady3033 4 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to say how much I enjoy your channel. Its such a nice, welcoming, comforting environment and feels like "home".

@sharonmcmillin5007 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I have started canning meals in a jar. I buy carrots and celery and use the chicken and rabbit meat we raise and our deer meat to make soup for the winter months. You can either cook your chicken or rabbit in a roasting pan (which makes your own broth for the soup, then debone and strain) add raw veggies, carrots, celery, and onions to the jar and whatever meat you are using (if using deer meat just raw pack with the veggies and only add a small amount of water to the jar), add a little salt, add your broth to the jars and pressure can pints for 75 minutes and quarts for 90 minutes on 10 lbs of pressure. (below 1000 ft) You can also can taco soup with beans and corn and whatever ground meat you have on hand. Just slightly brown the ground meat, mix up the soup, (no thickeners) and add to jars and process same as above. It is so easy just to pop open a can and warm it up, add a little pepper and serve with homemade bread. If you decide to try this, Make a video! :)

@jed206 4 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a list of your more common meals with the sides you use. Especially when it comes to items you preserved yourself!

@LaurieChistine 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness Sarah! Have you been spying on me? This is the type of things I’ve been looking up and saving recipes for. I work full time and have a crazy long commute. You truly are the best! Thank you for this awesome video!

@wval4379 4 жыл бұрын

Good info. Rosie snuggled in her sweater, so cute!!!

@ellenclayton5955 4 жыл бұрын

I am going to try this. Anything to make life easier AND it will be a conscious effort to add variety to our menu.

@susanshanks2407 4 жыл бұрын

Your videos are always so informative, and yes my desk is messy. I am sure my desk have things that do not belong there. That's another day. Love everything you do. God bless.

@kimberlyreeseshipe7384 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this video thank you 🙏 😊

@FixItYerself 4 жыл бұрын

thanks for the vid. have a great day!

@anderander5662 4 жыл бұрын

My mother worked full-time and made a delicious home-cooked meal every day that could be eaten as leftovers later. On the weekends we had at least breakfast and dinner home cooked and perhaps sandwiches for lunch. We ate out once or twice a month as a treat not as a common occurrence.

@GrammaDebsStorytime 4 жыл бұрын

Even though I just retired from a full time job, I think this menu planning will help A LOT! Even more so I feel, because it seems like I am always trying to think of... "What to Have for Dinner!" You have convinced me to start meal planning and use the Tase of Home website for storing online recipes that I use frequently. Thank Sarah! 😁

@evacoppersmith6680 4 жыл бұрын

My children are grown so some of my worries are gone, but I have never been good at this and have never succeeded. I plan on giving it another go. Retirement doesn’t mean you can’t learn. We rarely eat out so that part is no issue. Thanks for the great video.

@judyabernathy80 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent way to organize your meals. Precious Doxie on the couch!!❤️

@The_Garden_Cat 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement!! God bless you all

@dianedodd8944 4 жыл бұрын

Beer turkey? I want a video on THAT LOL Never heard of it

@paulrice1918 4 жыл бұрын

Sarah we have a little in common. I too was in and trained in a military personnel shop and gained the position of assistant shop leader. I worked that for about 8 years. I too like to plan my work and then work the plan. A building/repair job also has a recipe and needs listed.

@AlyssaAllDayVlogs Жыл бұрын

I know this is an old video, but I really appreciate it. My husband and I work full time and we also have an urban homestead. We don’t eat meat, but have chickens. I just really like hearing of others that had some hard times and didn’t have a parent at home in the beginning. So thank you!

@cynthiamullin661 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you definitely need to be " intentional " in your planning. It doesn't just happen. You have to work hard at it until it becomes a habit! Thanks for sharing this message!

@annmittelstadt2938 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sarah. My daughter's name is Sara. I love Taste of Home, great recipes on it. Your videos are awesome, so much tips. And entertaining too. Thanks for all you do to keep us happy.

@deanbarr5740 4 жыл бұрын

A very healthy choice making this transition. I was raised just like this. We grew our own food raised our own beef,pork, chickens, and had our own dairy cows. I would love to go back to that time. Thanks Sarah.

@thannathursby5830 4 жыл бұрын

One thing I do is make like two meat loaf an freeze one. I would put my meals on the refrigerator. I don't like for the kids to ask what is for supper. They would look at my list loved it.

@LeeCraftyHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

I love Taste of Home web site. been useing it for years. thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day

@7paula777 4 жыл бұрын

Meal planning is such a habit now that I had forgotten that I had to learn how to do it!!!! Shared to all of my social media. Thank you for thinking to make this video!

@staceycollinsdukette6860 3 жыл бұрын

I have subscribed to taste of home for more than ten years. Love it. I used to love simple and delicious from taste of home. We dont have room for raising our own meat. We buy meat from ffa kids at our local fair. That fills both freezers. I also pressure can meat and beans. But have a big garden i can a bunch. You have started me planning a weekly menu. Thank you.♥

@ciciliacurt9104 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sarah I been doing all that for last 25 years when we come in this bless country and I am very bless Glory to God for his people like you and me. I'm bless and I bless others too

@tommywilliams5450 4 жыл бұрын

good morning God bless hi Sarah

@justmeandthethree 4 жыл бұрын

Again, you two are an inspiration. I truly appreciate your videos and especially your insight.

@walkbyfaithfamily9177 4 жыл бұрын

Good tips! The first thing I do when meal planning is go to the fridge and freezer and see what needs to be used up and plan my list around that. 🤗

@aprillaue1155 4 жыл бұрын

Micki A I do this too. Helps things from the week before get eaten up too.

@Foxy-uq8bu 4 жыл бұрын

OMG the dog with the dress on is SO cute!

@kathrinekerns8398 4 жыл бұрын

Very good planning.

@patriciagarza830 4 жыл бұрын

Sarah thank you so mych for charing the process with us

@rainspringing 3 жыл бұрын

Watching this makes me realize just how far you all have come! Grocery store, every evening... to be temped in while tired. Blows my mind. I've never had such a convenience to give up! You are amazing to have made these decisions, and then followed through.

@faintlyartistic7803 7 ай бұрын

I had a mini homestead in Gilbert, AZ as well! Now we have a tiny lot (9,000 sf) in PA. Meat rabbits, chickens, garden and greenhouse and working full-time. Planning and simplifying life is key.

@o.smallwood4268 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sarah, even as a man I actually watched your whole video. 😄 Shared with the wife and one of my daughters. Great idea, can see this lessening the weekly stressors of meals and grocery shopping. Thanks again,, all the best to you and the family.

@patriciamarino2479 4 жыл бұрын

Good morning! Thank you for sharing. Have a great weekend. God bless

@nldias5234 4 жыл бұрын

Your Fur Babies each look so comfy! I love your watching your videos on your Homestead. Thank you for all the information you and Kevin share with us. I'm an apartment dweller by necessity, but once had my own home. Watching your channel each day you share a video is a treat. I've missed seeing your ducks, they are characters. Wishing You, Kevin, Grace and Samantha a wonderful weekend and Veterans Day Holiday. Take good care and many Blessings for your family 😊