Well done! Everything looked delicious, the mince pie with gravy and mash was a treat on a cold day. This week I made cabbage rolls which take some time , but produce a great, big pot , enough for dinner, lunches and you can freeze the rest. If the labour involved puts you off, you can make a deconstructed cabbage roll, with the mince browned and served on the side with the shredded cabbage. I love cabbage and collard greens , I was brought up on economical , made from scratch home cooking. That meal planning looked very yummy. Have a great week, Margaret
Glasses 🤓 look good. Lidl prices appear to OK, not surprised that the shop is busy 😊 🥧 Pie looked very yummy and just right for a chilly winter day. Nice to see kitty 🐈⬛ Jack Good video 🇦🇺👍
Love a good cook, especially in winter! I really need to nake pastry! My Nan made the most delicious pastry! She used to make a jam tart with sweet shortcrust pastry, serving it with custard! It was delectable!
Another tip if you are up for it! My butcher has free “dog bones” in a bucket. Take a bag for your”dog” and boil them with apple cider vinegar for 24 hours. You can use a slow cooker on high for this. You can add your veg scraps but I keep mine simple! Homemade bone broth is great. You can add spices to it later if you have a cod or aching joints
Love Lidl I’ve got some lovely shopping recently from there and tried some different food too and reasonable prices too. Barley, buckwheat or lentils are lovely in stew or chickpeas or butter beans :)
Many congrats on 10,000 followers! I only subscribed last week after you popped up in my recommendations - so the algorithm must like you. I love these budget ideas because there are no compromises on taste and nutrition. I'll 100% be buying parsnips on my home tomo. Cheers 👍
I got a big batch of cheap lentil Bolognese made this morning. Perfect on mash, a jacket, bed of polenta or pasta. Cheap as chips. Also made a pan of Thai red curry roast pumpkin soup.
very nice. I have made a vegan banana cake today plus some chocolate and cherry cookies. I have been using up some vegetables and yesterday used the slow cooker to make a soup.
Hi ! Was für eine schöne Wohnung und eine schöne, grosse Küche !! 🥰 Danke für's zum Lidl mitnehmen, von so manchen Preisen träumen wir hier in Deutschland. Bei uns ist es noch immer in den Geschäften ziemlich teuer. Das Essen sieht gut und lecker aus. Grüße aus Bayern, hier ist es ziemlich kalt, momentan - 2 ° C 👋
For the stock you could invest in the tin of Bouillon stock you can get vegetable one there is less bad ingredients and salt. Or boil up meat trimmings or the carcass of the chicken and veg and make stock and freeze it. Like I know it takes time but you know it has good ingredients.What's lovely if you put tomato puree in the mince pie as well with lee and Perrin's. Or stock up every week on one pantry item for the cupboard so you don't have to go out to get flavourings.
Save the skins of you onions to feed your indoor plants. I keep them in a ziplock bag and garb a handful once a month and soak in four cups of water for about an hour. Then I give my plants a nice drink of this liquid gold water. My orchid is now having a second bloom this year and my massive poinsettia from last year is bushy and has lovely red leaves.
I have started saving onion skins and all vegetable scraps in a freezer bag in the freezer. When the bag is full, I make vegetable broth. Super easy (put all scraps in a large pot of water and simmer for a while) and I know what's in it. I then freeze the broth for future use. "Old" glasses look great!
I love all your glasses but these ones may be my favourite. Thank you for the video and new ideas for comfort winter meals. I got the same apples this week in my £1.50 Lidl box, first one I ever got! I love your videos, you made me want to cook properly again after a long time.. thank you 🙏💓
Lidl do a goid casserole mix for 34p, for cheaper dumplings buy suet n just mix it with flour n water this gives u same as a dumpling mix but cheaper. X
Back up specs look good, Rechenda. I've lost count of the number of glasses I've sat on over the years 😆 you're cooking lots of comfort food, which is needed at this time of year. Beanie is his usual adorable self 💕
So glad you have done your research on lard 🙌 I absolutely love it! Don’t tell everyone though they’ll put the price of it up! 🤣 If you can get yourself some free or close to free beef fat or pig fat rendering down your own into a tallow is great too
Love your glasses! You are getting your veggies in😊 I’m trying not to shop this week😅Just made stewed Apples with raisins and ginger to top My oats or greek yoghurt the next couple of days. Put leftover potatoes in the oven with mushrooms, pointed cabbage, kale and paprika for lunch box tomorrow. Going to eat a wholegrain pasta dish with kale and onions stewed in milk with parmesan. Tomorrow is miso soup with smoked tofu and What veggies I’ve Got on hand. Maybe making date balls or oat squares too. Will keep at it all week, you are an inspiration ❤
butter, tesco £1.60 Dumpling mix, home bargains, 45p bayleaves, grows everywhere, free rosemary, grows everywhere, free that twig, push it into soil, it may root. or buy mixed herbs, big pot home bargains, £1.29, last for months. gravy granules, morrisons, 49p flour, tesco, 77p replace cream with yoghurt, aldi, tesco, 50p get those veg blanched and frozen before they spoil.
You can make dumplings with butter flour and water, google it, although stuffing balls are a genius idea. I made a mince and onion pie last weekend and had loads of mince mixture left and made a cottage pie out of it. Leftovers at their best. Your pie looked delicious x
Bought 5 big storage boxes heavy duty ones,,,lm packing some kitchen thing in them but leaving the christmas pots and pans and plates 🍽 in the cubed,,,lm making sure before the renafashion ,in February, lm dreading it,had bangers and mash and beans 🫘 for me tea ,,,🍽☕️🍰🍁🪻🌲🎅🎄❄️⛄️🌙
The trouble with specs is once you take them off you can't see them. Trashed a week old pair a couple of years ago by sitting on them. Send Beanie some extra snuggles and love tonight from us , our Robbie otrb last Monday. Kisses to him and everyone out there with a much loved pet ❤
I use 3 lards for the 🥔 🥔 🥔 potatoes for rosting and for the turkey. And for the. Veg. And for the rest of the week for leftovers,,,,mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm❤what your makeing❤😂😅🎉🎉x
New subscriber , I spend about £10 a day on food for work.. which financially is ok for me but , next year I want to save more money each month to invest so I will definitely be watching some more of your budget videos.
Hi, me and my mum love watching your videos. She really wants to know where you actually get your glasses from because she really likes the ones you wear
Sorry l had to go chec my 🍽 🥗 not boilin over Carrott gravy ,, àlls well😅 as l was saying eny food left after Christmas l use lard for bubble and sqweek freups😅
I'm makeing a christmas 🎄 dinner list,,,for 7 family relatives,,,,when l cook a christmas 🎄 😋 diner no one is allowed in the kitchen,,,,,,,,so no one is in the way wile lm preping and cooking the christmas ❤❤❤❤❤diner,,,,lm the christmas shef,,,,,,in our home 😀 ow merry 🎄 christmas 🎄 🎅 🧑🎄 🎅 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 ho,ho,ho,
I was curious what kind of "budget food" can be cooked in this day and age in the uk in 2024. Thank you. After all it is not Ready Steady Cook from 20 years ago where the contestants had £5 budget.... What shocked me was the price of 1 pint of milk for 89p, 99p for bay leaves and 52 p for rosemary....( I have bay leaves and rosemary in my mini flower pot garden). In Aldi they are still selling organic 4pt milk for £1.79, I would personally not pay 89p for 1pt of non organic milk. This budget food seems false economy as that stock cubes were full of chemicals and other nasties. ..so was that 25% fat beef as it was not 100%grass fed. Thank you for giving me an idea of making my own shortcrust pastry and looking out for different kind of fats than olive oil. I would rather eat nothing for 24 hours just to make myself homemade organic soup and baked organic bread. Fasting is also healthy.
Yeah, milk at £1.45 four pints is a bargain, it lasts for 10-14 days depending on how cold your fridge is. 1 pint for 89p is criminal when you could freeze half 4 pints, put it in a smaller container. Over the course of a year, that's a saving of £27.56p, that freezer will save you money, use it. Whole Milk is packed full of nutrients.
Agree. Our brains are mostly fat. Studies have shown people with raised cholesterol seem to be protected against dementia. And I just discovered pig lard is a brilliant source of vit d.
Yes, for years I was told to eat mince meat 5% fat, but now I've tried 20-25% fat mince meat (i drain some of it off when cooking) I find it much better to cook and the mince is well tasty. All the flavour is in the fat. I made mince and tatties yesterday for the first time, and it was absolutely tasty, a cheap nourishing meal.
Check out Dave Ramsey he is a financial wizard. He has a RUclips video, and he steams every day for about 2 or 3 hours. His advice is invaluable and learnt the hard way.
Food looks yummy, your back up glasses look fab too! Lovely to see you this week. ❤️
Thank you! 🤗
Well done! Everything looked delicious, the mince pie with gravy and mash was a treat on a cold day. This week I made cabbage rolls which take some time , but produce a great, big pot , enough for dinner, lunches and you can freeze the rest. If the labour involved puts you off, you can make a deconstructed cabbage roll, with the mince browned and served on the side with the shredded cabbage. I love cabbage and collard greens , I was brought up on economical , made from scratch home cooking. That meal planning looked very yummy. Have a great week, Margaret
Cabbage makes amazing okonomiyaki (a Japanese pancake that's like bubble and squeak, in that you can chuck whatever in it).
Always so fun to see you and Jack! Happy winter! ❤
Glasses 🤓 look good.
Lidl prices appear to OK, not surprised that the shop is busy 😊
🥧 Pie looked very yummy and just right for a chilly winter day.
Nice to see kitty 🐈⬛ Jack
Good video 🇦🇺👍
Love a good cook, especially in winter! I really need to nake pastry! My Nan made the most delicious pastry! She used to make a jam tart with sweet shortcrust pastry, serving it with custard! It was delectable!
Yummy x
I’m so glad to see you back again. RUclips didn’t alert me so It was a real surprise. I love your new old glasses 🤓
Oh thank you!
I have finally been able to sit down and watch your video been so busy. Thanks for an inspiring video 😊
I'm so glad!
Another tip if you are up for it! My butcher has free “dog bones” in a bucket. Take a bag for your”dog” and boil them with apple cider vinegar for 24 hours. You can use a slow cooker on high for this. You can add your veg scraps but I keep mine simple! Homemade bone broth is great. You can add spices to it later if you have a cod or aching joints
Can I come & stay this week 😅😅😅
Try roasting slices of cabbage in olive oil, lemon juice & garlic - delicious!
Sounds great!
Oooh, I do that with cauliflower, I'll try it with cabbage. Thanks for the idea!
@ stolen from Ottolenghi 😳
I't all looks good rechenda🙌🙋♂️
Yeah replace the oil with lard though
Cowboy beans is the ultimate budget, winter, comfort, healthy (ish) dish in our household
Love Lidl I’ve got some lovely shopping recently from there and tried some different food too and reasonable prices too. Barley, buckwheat or lentils are lovely in stew or chickpeas or butter beans :)
So good
The back-up glasses are lovely!
Many congrats on 10,000 followers! I only subscribed last week after you popped up in my recommendations - so the algorithm must like you. I love these budget ideas because there are no compromises on taste and nutrition. I'll 100% be buying parsnips on my home tomo. Cheers 👍
Thank you! Welcome x
I got a big batch of cheap lentil Bolognese made this morning. Perfect on mash, a jacket, bed of polenta or pasta. Cheap as chips. Also made a pan of Thai red curry roast pumpkin soup.
very nice. I have made a vegan banana cake today plus some chocolate and cherry cookies. I have been using up some vegetables and yesterday used the slow cooker to make a soup.
That nice❤
Delicious
Hi ! Was für eine schöne Wohnung und eine schöne, grosse Küche !! 🥰
Danke für's zum Lidl mitnehmen, von so manchen Preisen träumen wir hier in Deutschland. Bei uns ist es noch immer in den Geschäften ziemlich teuer. Das Essen sieht gut und lecker aus.
Grüße aus Bayern, hier ist es ziemlich kalt, momentan - 2 ° C 👋
Please keep posting, it's lovely to hear how things are in other countries ❤
Excellent video 👍
For the stock you could invest in the tin of Bouillon stock you can get vegetable one there is less bad ingredients and salt. Or boil up meat trimmings or the carcass of the chicken and veg and make stock and freeze it. Like I know it takes time but you know it has good ingredients.What's lovely if you put tomato puree in the mince pie as well with lee and Perrin's. Or stock up every week on one pantry item for the cupboard so you don't have to go out to get flavourings.
Great ideas dx
The glasses look fab! Yummy food. Big love to Beanie. ❤️
Thank you! 🤗
@TheBudgetFoodie you're very welcome xx
I love your videoes ❤🐈⬛🥰 your food always looks so yummi 😍👌
Thank you 😋
The food looked fantastic
Like the glasses 👍...food looks amazing and tasty yum 😋..Jack's looking good bless him ❤
Thank you 😋
Save the skins of you onions to feed your indoor plants. I keep them in a ziplock bag and garb a handful once a month and soak in four cups of water for about an hour. Then I give my plants a nice drink of this liquid gold water. My orchid is now having a second bloom this year and my massive poinsettia from last year is bushy and has lovely red leaves.
Great tip!
love ur videos, food looks delish!
Thank you 😋
Wow, perfect winter food x
It was!
You look stylish and lovely as usual. Thumbs up on the "new" glasses.
Oh thank you!
Love the mince pie and the back up glasses, they look great!
Thank you that all looked tasty 😋 and your mums recipe too so sweet 😊
Thank you so much 😊
I did an audit this evening, With the ingredients that i always keep, i can make 48 different evening meals that cost less than £1 per serving.
I have started saving onion skins and all vegetable scraps in a freezer bag in the freezer. When the bag is full, I make vegetable broth. Super easy (put all scraps in a large pot of water and simmer for a while) and I know what's in it. I then freeze the broth for future use. "Old" glasses look great!
Fantastic idea!
I love all your glasses but these ones may be my favourite. Thank you for the video and new ideas for comfort winter meals. I got the same apples this week in my £1.50 Lidl box, first one I ever got! I love your videos, you made me want to cook properly again after a long time.. thank you 🙏💓
Glad you like them!
I prefer your back up glasses.
Traditional mince meat pie mmmmmmmmmmmm❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ good for winter comfort 😋 👌
Oh yes!
Lidl do a goid casserole mix for 34p, for cheaper dumplings buy suet n just mix it with flour n water this gives u same as a dumpling mix but cheaper. X
Great idea!
Food looks gorgeous
Back up specs look good, Rechenda. I've lost count of the number of glasses I've sat on over the years 😆 you're cooking lots of comfort food, which is needed at this time of year. Beanie is his usual adorable self 💕
Thanks so much
So glad you have done your research on lard 🙌 I absolutely love it! Don’t tell everyone though they’ll put the price of it up! 🤣 If you can get yourself some free or close to free beef fat or pig fat rendering down your own into a tallow is great too
Love your glasses! You are getting your veggies in😊
I’m trying not to shop this week😅Just made stewed Apples with raisins and ginger to top My oats or greek yoghurt the next couple of days. Put leftover potatoes in the oven with mushrooms, pointed cabbage, kale and paprika for lunch box tomorrow. Going to eat a wholegrain pasta dish with kale and onions stewed in milk with parmesan. Tomorrow is miso soup with smoked tofu and What veggies I’ve Got on hand. Maybe making date balls or oat squares too. Will keep at it all week, you are an inspiration ❤
butter, tesco £1.60
Dumpling mix, home bargains, 45p
bayleaves, grows everywhere, free
rosemary, grows everywhere, free that twig, push it into soil, it may root.
or buy mixed herbs, big pot home bargains, £1.29, last for months.
gravy granules, morrisons, 49p
flour, tesco, 77p
replace cream with yoghurt, aldi, tesco, 50p
get those veg blanched and frozen before they spoil.
You can make dumplings with butter flour and water, google it, although stuffing balls are a genius idea. I made a mince and onion pie last weekend and had loads of mince mixture left and made a cottage pie out of it. Leftovers at their best. Your pie looked delicious x
Great idea!!
Cnt beat homemade foods they are the best you know what’s in thm 😊 that meal looks delicious 😋 😋
So true!
Food looks great and I agree with you about the fat. Like your glasses better than the other ones xx
yum!!!!
I't all looks good thanks rechenda🙌🙋♂️
You’re welcome 😊
Like your new home Looks cosy all the best x
Thanks so much! 😊
Bought 5 big storage boxes heavy duty ones,,,lm packing some kitchen thing in them but leaving the christmas pots and pans and plates 🍽 in the cubed,,,lm making sure before the renafashion ,in February, lm dreading it,had bangers and mash and beans 🫘 for me tea ,,,🍽☕️🍰🍁🪻🌲🎅🎄❄️⛄️🌙
thank you Rechenda (And Jack )you did great and are more on form today .xx
Yum, Rachenda, am gonna have to make that mince beef and onion pie . Looked delicious!
It's so good!
The trouble with specs is once you take them off you can't see them. Trashed a week old pair a couple of years ago by sitting on them. Send Beanie some extra snuggles and love tonight from us , our Robbie otrb last Monday. Kisses to him and everyone out there with a much loved pet ❤
I know right?! 🙄😆 Glasses are the hardest thing to find 😅
I use 3 lards for the 🥔 🥔 🥔 potatoes for rosting and for the turkey. And for the. Veg. And for the rest of the week for leftovers,,,,mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm❤what your makeing❤😂😅🎉🎉x
Britannia beef fat £1.25, tasty tasty tasty 👍
Nice video. Lovely grub, well done.
Many thanks!
I wonder what would be budget food for pets like Cat? I'm sure others might have that question.
New subscriber , I spend about £10 a day on food for work.. which financially is ok for me but , next year I want to save more money each month to invest so I will definitely be watching some more of your budget videos.
Thanks for subbing! Welcome! X
Try making a lentil curry. Im going to give it ago.
Great idea!
@TheBudgetFoodie let me know how yours turn out. I brought all the makings of my lentil curry yesterday.
Yeah, like a chickpea and potato curry. A doddle to make.
Pick your battles with UPF. A stock cube is not a disaster!
Having said that you could keep your veg peelings in a bag in the freezer until you have a decent amount to make stock.
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Hi, me and my mum love watching your videos. She really wants to know where you actually get your glasses from because she really likes the ones you wear
Usually Firmoo
Sorry l had to go chec my 🍽 🥗 not boilin over Carrott gravy ,, àlls well😅 as l was saying eny food left after Christmas l use lard for bubble and sqweek freups😅
All good
Next time you shop buy oregano & cayenne pepper....they are so tasty & really good for you. 😊😊
Next time!
Instead of cubes one could just use herbs and salt.
I'm makeing a christmas 🎄 dinner list,,,for 7 family relatives,,,,when l cook a christmas 🎄 😋 diner no one is allowed in the kitchen,,,,,,,,so no one is in the way wile lm preping and cooking the christmas ❤❤❤❤❤diner,,,,lm the christmas shef,,,,,,in our home 😀 ow merry 🎄 christmas 🎄 🎅 🧑🎄 🎅 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 🧑🎄 🤶 ho,ho,ho,
Here I am here mb😊
Hello 😊
@ I made clean out refrigerator . So I made soup it turned out good.
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I was curious what kind of "budget food" can be cooked in this day and age in the uk in 2024. Thank you. After all it is not Ready Steady Cook from 20 years ago where the contestants had £5 budget.... What shocked me was the price of 1 pint of milk for 89p, 99p for bay leaves and 52 p for rosemary....( I have bay leaves and rosemary in my mini flower pot garden). In Aldi they are still selling organic 4pt milk for £1.79, I would personally not pay 89p for 1pt of non organic milk. This budget food seems false economy as that stock cubes were full of chemicals and other nasties. ..so was that 25% fat beef as it was not 100%grass fed. Thank you for giving me an idea of making my own shortcrust pastry and looking out for different kind of fats than olive oil. I would rather eat nothing for 24 hours just to make myself homemade organic soup and baked organic bread. Fasting is also healthy.
Yeah, milk at £1.45 four pints is a bargain, it lasts for 10-14 days depending on how cold your fridge is. 1 pint for 89p is criminal when you could freeze half 4 pints, put it in a smaller container. Over the course of a year, that's a saving of £27.56p, that freezer will save you money, use it. Whole Milk is packed full of nutrients.
Sorry I know it's personal but did your lovely niece have her baby yet?
Believe it or not it’s not actually winter yet
These glasses look better to be honest
We need fat for our brain....I'm glad u picked up 25% fat mince.
Keep ur rosemary, u can make new plants...checkout gardener Charles Dowling 😂❤
Agree. Our brains are mostly fat. Studies have shown people with raised cholesterol seem to be protected against dementia. And I just discovered pig lard is a brilliant source of vit d.
Yes, for years I was told to eat mince meat 5% fat, but now I've tried 20-25% fat mince meat (i drain some of it off when cooking) I find it much better to cook and the mince is well tasty. All the flavour is in the fat. I made mince and tatties yesterday for the first time, and it was absolutely tasty, a cheap nourishing meal.
Glasses are gorgeous. Yay to eating fat.
The mince pie looks fantastic. I will have to try it myself. x
It's so good!
Check out Dave Ramsey he is a financial wizard. He has a RUclips video, and he steams every day for about 2 or 3 hours. His advice is invaluable and learnt the hard way.
I much prefer these glasses. Make your face look younger, your eyes bigger, and your skin looks bright. So maybe your arse did you a favour 😂
Haha
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