RECIPES! Sweet & Savory Crepes- INGREDIENTS For the crepes: 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1 cup all-purpose flour Mayonnaise 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt Butter, for cooking For the sweet crepes: 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2/3 cup water 1/2 pound strawberries, sliced 2 tablespoons powdered sugar For the savory crepes: 3 tablespoons butter 1 yellow onion, finely diced 1 teaspoon salt 1 pound white mushrooms, sliced 12 ounces spinach 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 4 ounces cream cheese INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 200 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, eggs, milk, mayonnaise and salt, until smooth. If there are lumps pour through a sieve. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place the batter in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. The batter will keep in the refrigerator for up to 48 hours. Heat a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium to high heat. Grease the pan with butter. Scoop 3 tablespoons of batter onto the skillet, swirling the batter to create an even surface. Cook the crepe for about 2 minutes, until the bottom is light brown. With a spatula, flip and cook the other side for another 1 minute. Keep warm in a 200 degree oven, with sheets of parchment paper in between each crêpe, until serving. Make the savory crepe In a cast iron, melt butter. Sauté onion with salt for 3 to 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and sauté until soft, about another 5 to 7 minutes. Toss in spinach and stir until wilted. Break cream cheese up into pieces and stir until melted. Sprinkle with pepper. Turn off heat. Let cool slightly. Fill crepe and fold over. Make the sweet crepe In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine cocoa, sugar and water. Bring to a boil and let boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Let cool slightly. On a plate, lay crepe flat. Fill with strawberries, roll up drizzle with chocolate sauce. -French Onion Soup with Bone Broth - INGREDIENTS For the bone broth: 1 pound bones 1 yellow onion, quartered 2 carrots, washed and cut into thirds 2 celery stalks, washed and cut into thirds 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar 1/2 bunch parsley 4 garlic cloves 2 teaspoons black pepper 6 cups water 1 tablespoon kosher salt For the soup: 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 3 large onions, thinly sliced 1 teaspoon kosher salt 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 4 slices French bread 4 slices provolone cheese 1 cup Swiss cheese, grated INSTRUCTIONS In a large stock pot, add all ingredients for broth. Bring to a simmer. Let simmer for minimum of 2 hours, but up to 4 hours. Skim off any fat from top of broth. Strain. Season with salt at the end. Set aside. Can be made ahead of time. Freeze if don’t use within 5 days. In a large pot, add butter. When melted, sauté onion and salt on medium heat, until soft and caramelized, about 15 to 25 minutes. Do not brown. Add beef broth, soy sauce, salt, and pepper. Simmer for 30 minutes. Preheat broiler. On a sheet tray, fill mug with soup (about 75 to 80% of the way up). Place 1 slice of bread on top of each mug. Next, layer with ¼ cup Swiss cheese followed by 1 slice of provolone as a “hat” right over the top of the mug. Heat under broiler until cheese melts and is bubbling and browns. -Croque Madame- INGREDIENTS 5 tablespoons butter, divided 1 tablespoon all purpose flour, plus more for mug 3/4 cup whole milk 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 4 (1-inch-thick) slices country bread 6 slices deli ham 1 3/4 cups swiss cheese, shredded 2 eggs 2 pickles spears INSTRUCTIONS In a saucepan, melt 3 tablespoons butter. Whisk in flour and cook for 1 minute, until smooth. Add milk in all at once, whisking until mixture becomes thick. Stir in salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Set aside. Assemble the sandwich Spread 2 tablespoons butter on slices of bread. Flip bread over and top 2 slices with 2 tablespoons of the sauce. Sprinkle cheese over the sauce, followed by 3 slices of ham, then sprinkle more cheese. (It will be half a cup of cheese in total per sandwich) Top with remaining slices of bread, butter side up. In a cast iron, place sandwiches butter side down. Grill for 2 minutes or until golden brown, flip and cook for another 2 minutes. Turn off heat and in the cast iron, top each sandwich with more sauce and remaining cheese. Place in the broiler to melt cheese. Meanwhile, heat a non stick skillet on medium heat. Crack egg and cook sunny side up until white is set. Once cheese is melted, remove sandwich from broiler. Plate and top with egg. Serve with pickle.

Frankie is literally the only reason why I watch tastemade. Someone give this guy a raise so he can buy a ladle.

frankie literally just made crepes with mayo and im more amazed than ofended

Can't get away with the fact that Frankie put mayo in crêpes

Frankie, this has rapidly become my most favourite video every week or so. Always good, always entertaining, always awesome!!

lol we couldn’t afford a ladle for crepes but we could for the soup 😂

I just want to cook with Frankie. Laughing the whole time while making some great food.

“Can’t afford a ceiling” that made me smile inside and out

I was with you until you claimed that enormous block of swiss cheese was 84 cents. That block is $6 on its cheapest day.

Also, can we get Vietnamese on a budget. Pho is expensive :c

I'll admit, I'm pretty much just here for Frankie 😁

That mayo was something else...BTW, Frankie, for those of us whom can afford butter and have time to melt it...how much is needed in the crepes? And I'm sorry you cannot afford a ceiling. LOL

As a French speaker it always make me burst in laughter when he does hes French accent

Sounds absolutely delicious although the mayo frightens me a bit.

Something I think would be cool to do is get a few ingredients and work them in different ways. I know so many people who buy stuff for a recipe and have leftover ingredients that end up going in the trash since they don’t know how else to use them and don’t want to eat the same dish every day all week. Wasting food and $$$, double no-no.

mayo in crepes, soy sauce in onion soup and pickles with croque madame ?!!!!

Why is everyone going crazy about the mayo in the crepe? Y'all know mayo is basically just eggs, oil, and some vinegar mixed together....

Frankie eating those crepes like a taco made me anxious, if I weren’t so hungry... this show makes me so hungry.

Frankie makes me feel so much better when life is just crummy.

Man I love this show!! Can you cook brazilian on a budget? Lol

Kinda dissapointed in the french onion soup! Shouldve let these onions caramalize way longer like 45-60 minutes! Should add a lot of flavour!

I just recently found this series and I’m absolutely obsessed.

Fangirling from France. Just one thing though, "cèpes" are a type of mushroom (ceps), the French word for mushroom would be "champignons", those special mushrooms were what we call "champignons de Paris" (Paris mushroom) in France, but I'm definitely doing this mushroom/spinach sautéd dish for lunch

Honestly love all these recipes! Would love to see a Frankie does Vegan. So many boring things. Want to find something new

Could you do a episode on international sandwiches? I think I speak for the common man when I say ham chz and mustard gets old after awhile

Dude seriously i love your show. Doesnt even particularly have to be struggle meals. Ive watched frankie cooks all the way through and its the way you perform. You cant have a co star because you would steal all the thunder lol

You can boil the onions in a vegetable stock for a cheaper and also vegetarian option. I’d recommend caramelizing the onions further myself, but I‘m not really an expert. If you have some cheap white Chardonnay, deglaze the onions with that, too!

Frank's energy is just so good

I think struggle meals should do a “struggle grocery shop”??? You give us these awesome spending tips but no one knows what quantity to buy!! I think this would be such a great segment!!!!! So I just thought of this and I’m gonna put it on struggle meal videos! This would be awesome!!!!

Finally someone who makes the crepe batter as simple as it actually is. One cup flour and milk, two eggs (also works with 1 egg if you are on a super budget), pinch of salt and a splash of butter, veg oil or mayo. Easy. The first is also a throwaway because no one ever lets the pan get as hot as it needs to be. Let it get searing hot before starting.

Bring back Frankie’s world! Frankie is so amazing in that show (and of course this one too)

I wish this series didn’t include the packet drawer. That implies eating out to get some of the packets which those on a budget don’t do. Plus, it’s probably cheaper to just buy the condiment bottle rather than eat out to get packets.

You can make this in a cast-iron crêpe pan if the pan is old and well seasoned. I do it every Sunday

Chef Frankie, not only are your recipes amazing, but when you stood up on the chair to eat the cheese pull, it was hilarious, too. Thanx for your great recipes and the entertainment tossed in as a bonus.

1:19 says he can’t afford a ladle 8:10 procedes to use a ladle

If you are calling it the birds and the bees, drizzle some honey on that crepe!

0:45 OOF! 😂

Wow! The French onion soup was awesome! I took some bread and made some toasty croutons so they were just a little crunchy - made it perfect! Thanks Franke and Struggle Meals.

MAN, Frankie’s good! Bravo! 👏🏼

Does Frankie have a cookbook for this mindset, I would buy it in a heartbeat and think it money well spent.

Adding some rhum or orange flower water in the crepes is good too and grated mozarella and some tiny bits of dijon mustard works well in the croque

I frickin love Frankie. All these tips are so helpful!!

Frankie please do a soup video so we can make these chilly days tastier 😋

French on a budget come through! ❤️❤️❤️

Ohhh-la-la!!!!! Thanx, Chef Frankie!

I wish I could just subscribe to Frankie/Struggle Meals only 😂

He said he had no ladle to do the crepes, yet he has one to dish up the soup!! hahahaha

Looks delish! Tyvm!

...i really would add much more color to those onions *** I speeden this process by adding some water and steaming the onions (lid on!) so they break down faster and you can get to tbe caramelizing stage quicker, then repeat if needed. Add more oil/butter if needed as well

omg...that sandwich! yummm can't wait to try it!

Yummm definitely gonna try croque madame with Swiss next time, so much cheaper! 😃

Chicken Florentine crepes from iHop are amazing. I am going to try to make my own now. Crepes always seemed like a difficult thing, but I think I can handle them.

i truly enjoyed this video, this was a great episode but the mayo in the crêpe just because its "faster".... what the hell Frankie. Loved the "can't afford a ceiling" joke lol

Love this channel. So funny and educational

I adore your orange refrigerator!

I always want crepes, and now I don't have to buy one of those crepe tables...like OMG! You're a savior!

Looks great! And thanks for doing all the math. I've sent a link to your video to someone I know who needs this info, and you present it entertainingly, too. Thanks. (PS--I'm part French, and that spinach/mushroom filling you make is one I've been doing for years. Try adding a little pinch of nutmeg to it. Trust me. :) )

I use veggie scraps like the ends of celery and carrot skins and ends that I freeze then use in my broth as another cost saving measure.

you chose the messiest bite to take of those crepes. Love the show. Save me the dough.

That croque madame looks like at least 6000 calories... :'D Otherwise I love the inventiveness of this show. I'm going to try the french onion soup!

I get so inspired 😮

It’s already been said, but I’d prefer less reliance on the packet drawer. I appreciate and use free packets. My local Chinese restaurant shoves an enormous quantity of packets in the bag when we order from them. I get it! I use them! But, I would have to steal butter and mayonnaise, as they are rarely ever served in packets with anything we order when we eat out. I could not cook regularly at home with pilfered packets of butter. And this is about saving money by cooking at home. At least an honest price should be accounted for. Example total cost $1.99 or $2.50 with no packets. I love the videos! Very fun to watch and get creative ideas for dishes that I don’t always think to make.

@9:17 I appreciate his enthusiasm for this soup. If i made this I might add a potato and blend the entire soup :D

this is amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL

He is so high energy

Looks so good!

Love ur show entertaining and I learn how to cook

the way he says crepes lol

Awesome!!!

DEAR ALL YTP KZfaqR, THIS GUY OS A PERFECT TARGET FOR YOU!

Always learn something ,,,can u do a show on protein bars cheap on the go !! like the videos fun to watch LOL !!

For some reason I out loud said “dang why are there so many mushrooms and spinach in those cups, he can’t use all of them!” And then he did, and I forgot that those were two of the vegetables that cook down into particles.

For the Croque Madame, what can I substitute with Swiss cheese? Can I use Parmesan or Mozarella or Cheddar?

I somehow read this as “Frankie does Ranch” and now I’m sad that this isn’t a video focused on ranch-based recipes.

VIVE LA FRANCE! VIVE LA FRANCE!

I learned so much

I’m shocked at that fried egg on the croque Madame. Crispy edges!!

Hi there ..where do you get all those packets? Wow! I'm a new subscriber. I love these recipes

Awww the portrait.

Jadore comment tu parles lol thanks

Boys all I'm saying is if I was invited to a man's house for dinner and he pulled that French onion soup out of the oven *I* would propose. Food is powerful lol.

LOL the ceiling!

So happy, so hungry....

Can I use tortilla wraps instead of the crepe wrap for the Mushroom-Spinach thingy? Like, if I wanted a wrap sandwich out of it instead?

Why not sear the beef knuckles first?

Frankie you mad man!

French onion soup does not require meat. You made it more expensive!

Bootsy Provolone is my new hero!

Oui Oui 👌🏼

Frankie, can you speak with that French accent in every video going forward?

That soup though 🍲 🤤

Yummy in my tummy!!!

"Jamon! *manly grunt*" Frankie, is this a JoJo reference?

Chinese food on a budget pleassseeeee. I gonna have to make that ham and cheese sandwich. I'm a slave for runny fried egg.

Do Egyptian cuisine cause our dishes is actually pretty inexpensive and damn tasty also

There is a French chef I follow and believe it or not most French food...the ordinary folks...is practical and uses basic ingredients. Minimal waste too.

God, this video dropkicked me in the mouth (in a good way)

Gruyère cheese actually IS Swiss cheese 😭 France just claimed for paternity basically like for anything good in the world.

I honestly want to try every one if these, and I personally hate mushrooms... but I'd even be happy to try that. It all looks so good. I never have beef bones, guess I need to learn to cook even more stuff. Or maybe I can check out my local butcher?

Stop breaking the piggy bank makes me sad every time 😣