When I was a child, but richness meant that you had a big family and everyone was healthy and we had plenty of food. So I thought our family was rich. I had no idea my father was working three jobs to try to feed us. Even to this day when I drink a glass of crisp cold water, or it rains and the roof does not leak, and warm water comes out of my faucet so I can take a bath whenever I want to, and we have food in the cabinet, I feel rich. I think of all the people who do not have even the basics in life and I feel blessed.
I feel the same way. I grew up in the ‘70’s and ‘80’s. We grew our food, canned our food and called it blessed when we had all the food we needed. My father also worked 3 jobs while mom stayed home. We worked hard, played hard, and we’re happy.
Mindset. I like that word. I feel that my "mindset" was active because I made a monthly meal plan and followed it almost to the letter. A couple of day I switched a meal, but mostly stayed on track. I know what you mean about pulling from your pantry the simple foods we enjoy and not trying out a lot of new recipes that we really don't like. Slow and steady has been my mindset during this pantry so far. Nothing wrong with good healthy food to fill bellies that are hungry. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I’m going on month 3. I’m a city dweller. I made oat milk. We switched to oatmeal when we ran out of eggs. We subbed applesauce for eggs in baking. I’m taking better notes this year so I can better prepare my pantry
You might like Azure Standard. It’s taken me 6 months but I’ve changed 95% of my groceries to Azure. Love your sharing and your big smile when you talk about your family. :)
With a ground hog, try a raised bed and put hardwire under it, it will make it to where they cant burrow under and you could probably also make a hardwire cloth frame to go over the top of where you plant your items
@@homemakingwithjoyI made and canned venison sausage a year and a half ago, it is such a great pantry item! I only recently realized that I can throw the whole can, juice and all, in a pot, thicken it, add a splash of cream, and I have instant delicious sausage in gravy!
It is amazing what we realize when we really decide to do something. I don’t garden or can, I just love the grocery store lol. I’ve been a whole lot better at shopping the pantry and freezers during this challenge. I got a lot of ideas from watching you, thank you!
Super, Rachel. Well done. Ty for sharing your “ah ha!” thoughts. What you learned and shared has helped us too. I love the wooden shelves you built. Awesome! I’m in the early stages of building a working pantry. It’s a process, that’s for sure. Happy bday to your Hubs. February is mine too.
My take away is that it has helped me use my canned foods and cleared jars for the new season. Otherwise I had been overlooking them and preparing "fresh" foods.
I also will always gravitate to making something new and fresh, when I have tons of food on the shelf! I love the seasonal changes and the push to use what’s on the shelf
I found you through the pantry challenge and loved your wrap up of the month of January and what you learned. Our family is also doing the pantry challenge and we just used the last of our potatoes and carrots that we grew last year. It let me know that I need to plant more this year. We planted a couple rows of potatoes last fall and will see if they will grow as we always seem to have random volunteer plants that come from our compost. All the best and good job momma.
We should be friends 😂💚 I made breakfast for Sunday dinner yesterday and my kids CHOWED down! I did eggs, venison sausage home canned that I made into a meat gravy, and I ripped up some pitas that I had made earlier in the week. It was like fake sausage biscuits and gravy. The kids LOVED it.
Last year we put less veggies in the freezer. I wanted to keep that room for meats. So when we went to the store I did see a difference in the amount spent. We even got some deer meat giving to us and we was able to grind into hamburger! So thankful for that. It does feel rich to know you have what you need and some wants to do for your family.
Great insight and a good plan going forward. I didn't do much of the pantry challenge this month because I had a big Azure haul, got 1/2 a cow a couple of weeks ago and 1 big haul at Costco. However, I'm ready for February except for the raw milk I buy from a local farm. That being said I have started my serious pantry challenge the first of February.
Finding your channel was a joy for this pantry challenge season - I, participated for the first time, and I greatly reduced my overall grocery budget - and I like to purchase my meat in bulk, too.
Totally agree!! I shopped less in January while trying to defrost my freezer. We needed cheese, eggs and milk which is why I had to go to the store. I store all my cheese in the fridge because we always use it up before the date on it. I also made the chocolate granola you shared which is my new favorite.
It sounds to me like you learned some great lessons this month. A month well spent. I found growing broccoli frustrating and not very fruitful. I’ll be interested to see how it goes for you. You may love it or you may find your time is better spent growing something that gives you a far superior product than you can buy at the store. (At least my broccoli wasn’t better than what I could buy, yours may be!). Experimenting is fun. Enjoyed your videos and look forward to your journey. Deborah from Florida
I don't know if you can get it in the US but there is a small separate hand cranked machine from Marcato, called Regina Atlas which has several shapes for macaroni/pasta
I have a small area that is my in ground garden. I keep bird netting staked around the outside of it. So far I have not had squirrels, bunnies, or any of the other critters get in. The birds fly down into it but so they have not caused any damage, I assume they are eating bugs, and that is fine with me.
What I do is grab my meat for my meal plan for 4 days at a time and bring it up to put in my fridge then I’m ahead and same with frozen veggies I just put those in my fridge freezer makes it easier on me lol.
So I’m assuming that you are rotating through your pantry and putting new canned items in the back and eating the ones that are the oldest. I haven’t actually seen you do any canning videos and I don’t know if you do those. But how often do you have to replace the things that are on your shelf?
I have heard that some people don't like the texture of canned potatoes turned into mashed potatoes. Do you have any tricks to make them better? Or hasn't it ever bothered you? Thanks for the good idea!
My family likes them - I put the potatoes in my Dutch oven on the stove top after I drain them, then add cream cheese, butter, and salt. Warm them then mash with potato masher. I've kept logs for about12 months of which home jarred foods I've used and their quantities and potatoes have been by far our most eaten product.
Bruh, I hate when people comment on other's food. It's literally none of their business, lol. I'm so sorry that grocery attendant thought it was their business.
When I was a child, but richness meant that you had a big family and everyone was healthy and we had plenty of food. So I thought our family was rich. I had no idea my father was working three jobs to try to feed us. Even to this day when I drink a glass of crisp cold water, or it rains and the roof does not leak, and warm water comes out of my faucet so I can take a bath whenever I want to, and we have food in the cabinet, I feel rich. I think of all the people who do not have even the basics in life and I feel blessed.
I feel the same way. I grew up in the ‘70’s and ‘80’s. We grew our food, canned our food and called it blessed when we had all the food we needed. My father also worked 3 jobs while mom stayed home. We worked hard, played hard, and we’re happy.
So true!
Always encouraging to see a young homemaker learning those lessons early.
I appreciate that! :)
I love your enthusiasm and bright smile! Thank you for sharing the results of January’s adventure!
Thank you for your kind words! 😁 I've been known for my big smile.
Mindset. I like that word. I feel that my "mindset" was active because I made a monthly meal plan and followed it almost to the letter. A couple of day I switched a meal, but mostly stayed on track. I know what you mean about pulling from your pantry the simple foods we enjoy and not trying out a lot of new recipes that we really don't like. Slow and steady has been my mindset during this pantry so far. Nothing wrong with good healthy food to fill bellies that are hungry. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I’m going on month 3. I’m a city dweller. I made oat milk. We switched to oatmeal when we ran out of eggs. We subbed applesauce for eggs in baking. I’m taking better notes this year so I can better prepare my pantry
You might like Azure Standard. It’s taken me 6 months but I’ve changed 95% of my groceries to Azure. Love your sharing and your big smile when you talk about your family. :)
You are very kind. :) I like Azure! I have a playlist of Azure hauls if you'd like to check them out. :)
With a ground hog, try a raised bed and put hardwire under it, it will make it to where they cant burrow under and you could probably also make a hardwire cloth frame to go over the top of where you plant your items
Good job. You can can the meat up. Then you have them shelf stable. Canning meat is easy. Good job, again. 🙏🏻♥️
Yes! I still have venison to can, too. I should put that on my to do list. :) Thank you!
@@homemakingwithjoyI made and canned venison sausage a year and a half ago, it is such a great pantry item! I only recently realized that I can throw the whole can, juice and all, in a pot, thicken it, add a splash of cream, and I have instant delicious sausage in gravy!
@@homemakingwithjoy Hi friends ❤
It is amazing what we realize when we really decide to do something. I don’t garden or can, I just love the grocery store lol. I’ve been a whole lot better at shopping the pantry and freezers during this challenge. I got a lot of ideas from watching you, thank you!
Super, Rachel. Well done. Ty for sharing your “ah ha!” thoughts. What you learned and shared has helped us too. I love the wooden shelves you built. Awesome! I’m in the early stages of building a working pantry. It’s a process, that’s for sure. Happy bday to your Hubs. February is mine too.
My take away is that it has helped me use my canned foods and cleared jars for the new season. Otherwise I had been overlooking them and preparing "fresh" foods.
I also will always gravitate to making something new and fresh, when I have tons of food on the shelf! I love the seasonal changes and the push to use what’s on the shelf
I found you through the pantry challenge and loved your wrap up of the month of January and what you learned. Our family is also doing the pantry challenge and we just used the last of our potatoes and carrots that we grew last year. It let me know that I need to plant more this year. We planted a couple rows of potatoes last fall and will see if they will grow as we always seem to have random volunteer plants that come from our compost. All the best and good job momma.
We should be friends 😂💚 I made breakfast for Sunday dinner yesterday and my kids CHOWED down! I did eggs, venison sausage home canned that I made into a meat gravy, and I ripped up some pitas that I had made earlier in the week. It was like fake sausage biscuits and gravy. The kids LOVED it.
Last year we put less veggies in the freezer. I wanted to keep that room for meats. So when we went to the store I did see a difference in the amount spent. We even got some deer meat giving to us and we was able to grind into hamburger! So thankful for that. It does feel rich to know you have what you need and some wants to do for your family.
Isn't it amazing what a pantry challenge gives us in return?
I'm so thankful for the experience!
“I feel rich” I was like awwwww ❤❤❤❤❤ so pure cus it not all the shiny and luxurious material items that matter deep down inside.
Absolutely! Keeping my priorities straight goes a long way toward contentedness.
at the register when I get wow that a lot of . . . . I always answer "feeding the freezer, or feeding the pantry" :)
Great insight and a good plan going forward. I didn't do much of the pantry challenge this month because I had a big Azure haul, got 1/2 a cow a couple of weeks ago and 1 big haul at Costco. However, I'm ready for February except for the raw milk I buy from a local farm. That being said I have started my serious pantry challenge the first of February.
Finding your channel was a joy for this pantry challenge season - I, participated for the first time, and I greatly reduced my overall grocery budget - and I like to purchase my meat in bulk, too.
Great job participating in the pantry challenge! The first year is always the most difficult.
Totally agree!! I shopped less in January while trying to defrost my freezer. We needed cheese, eggs and milk which is why I had to go to the store. I store all my cheese in the fridge because we always use it up before the date on it. I also made the chocolate granola you shared which is my new favorite.
I'm so glad that you liked the granola recipe! Defrosting the freezer is a good goal, too. I should do that!
In my experience, broccoli really attracts cabbage moths, like other Brassicas. I recommend keeping a row cover over the plants to deter the pests.
It sounds to me like you learned some great lessons this month. A month well spent. I found growing broccoli frustrating and not very fruitful. I’ll be interested to see how it goes for you. You may love it or you may find your time is better spent growing something that gives you a far superior product than you can buy at the store. (At least my broccoli wasn’t better than what I could buy, yours may be!). Experimenting is fun. Enjoyed your videos and look forward to your journey. Deborah from Florida
I don't know if you can get it in the US but there is a small separate hand cranked machine from Marcato, called Regina Atlas which has several shapes for macaroni/pasta
If I had a dairy cow and a banana tree I would be fine, lol.
This made me laugh out loud!! 🤣
I have a small area that is my in ground garden. I keep bird netting staked around the outside of it. So far I have not had squirrels, bunnies, or any of the other critters get in. The birds fly down into it but so they have not caused any damage, I assume they are eating bugs, and that is fine with me.
What I do is grab my meat for my meal plan for 4 days at a time and bring it up to put in my fridge then I’m ahead and same with frozen veggies I just put those in my fridge freezer makes it easier on me lol.
I've done this before but haven't made it a habit. I like the idea of not running down to my deep freezers all the time. 😅
I would love to do this, but we are a family of six and only have a smaller than normal fridge. It would be so handy!
I’m coming to the same conclusion as well-cook what my favorite enjoys and simple meals, thanks
Absolutely! No need to complicate it for ourselves 🙂
So I’m assuming that you are rotating through your pantry and putting new canned items in the back and eating the ones that are the oldest. I haven’t actually seen you do any canning videos and I don’t know if you do those. But how often do you have to replace the things that are on your shelf?
Pressure canning potatoes is very helpful for me, I make mashed potatoes regularly
I have heard that some people don't like the texture of canned potatoes turned into mashed potatoes. Do you have any tricks to make them better? Or hasn't it ever bothered you? Thanks for the good idea!
My family likes them - I put the potatoes in my Dutch oven on the stove top after I drain them, then add cream cheese, butter, and salt. Warm them then mash with potato masher. I've kept logs for about12 months of which home jarred foods I've used and their quantities and potatoes have been by far our most eaten product.
Bruh, I hate when people comment on other's food. It's literally none of their business, lol. I'm so sorry that grocery attendant thought it was their business.
Which brand of wheat berries do you recommend
I get all of my wheat berries from Azure Standard.