Don't meal plan | Try this instead
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I've been a mom for 7 years and a sahm for almost 2 and I gotta say I learned pretty much EVERYTHING from you. I started off not knowing really anything about cooking and now I'm very confident preparing all our meals from scratch. The best ones are the ones that come for our tiny 3m² garden...it's really the highlight of our day knowing that everything on the table is grown by us and made from scratch 😊
You are SO right. Every time I learn to make a new thing from scratch I get so excited to serve it!
This is amazing!!! What a compliment
I meal plan in reverse: I see what I have in my pantry, fridge and freezer and what needs to get used up. I see what is on sale or markdown at my grocery. Then I plan, with the emphasis on little to no waste.
This is what my mama taught me to do! There is very little, if any, waste in our house because of this.
I do this too! I have a list on the counter right now of possible meals I could make with what I have on hand without going to the store.
This is also what I do 😊
Yep, here too. And if I don't feel like making that meal during the week, I use the meat for something else. Either way, nothing goes to waste!
This just makes a ton of common sense. I mean, why waste what's already bought and paid for just to go to the store and spend more money on different ingredients only to toss out the ones later that you didn't use.
I am a cook from scratch granny but my meals are way more simple. Yogurt and fruit for breakfast, sandwich, salad or soup for lunch and chicken or fish for dinner. I bake bread and desserts once a week and host a family gathering every weekend. More power to you Lisa, you are a workhorse!
Oooo. Please think of starting a RUclips channel!!
I feel like this is a lost art. Back in the day, mothers and grandmothers would teach their daughters how to cook like this so that by the time they got married, they had the foundations. Nowadays women are left hanging somewhat which is why I think meal planning became so popular. Most women don’t know these foundations to cooking; myself included. I’ve had to learn on my own how to do these things. I wish we would bring back the tradition of teaching our sons and daughters how to cook intuitively.
Yes. It's so basic.
And its also so satisfying..eating GOOD REAL food
I agree!! I learned some about cooking growing up, but I'm excited to teach my kids even more than I learned 😊
I was just thinking this yesterday. My mom hates cooking and even when she did it she never wanted me in the kitchen with her. I’ve had to teach myself and still feel like I don’t know much. It’s overwhelming.
I agree with you all! I learned some of the basics at a very young age. My mom taught me some things, but I really enjoyed being in the kitchen, so I dove in and learned a lot on my own. I have been working on teaching my kids these basic skills, too. As my kids are getting more involved in our local 4-H program, I am volunteering more and this summer I taught a beginning sewing class with a friend. It is so interesting to see the young kids who are very interested in learning how to crochet and sew. I am surprised at how many of the kids are very interested in quilting! Anyway, getting to know these kids, I find they are also very interested in other home economics type topics, especially cooking and baking. Some of them talked about cooking camps they have done this summer and they seemed disappointed in how little actual cooking skills they learned. So I am taking notes on what kind of cooking classes to put together for these kids (ages 10-19). I have some ideas and Lisa has mentioned some very good places to start in this video. But I ask you all, which skills do you think are most important and wished you would have learned, first? Or let me ask it this way: If you could have a teenage kitchen assistant, which skills do you think would help you the most? Thanks!😊
Another tip that we use in Puerto Rico is to make ahead and freeze a key ingredient for most puertorrican dishes. In our family we bought (we didn’t have a garden) a lot of sweet peppers, onions, garlic, and cilantro (plus recao from our backyard that grow wild there) and grind everything together to make a sofrito. Then we divide it into portions for a week and freeze the containers to last for several weeks or months. Then we prepared a big batch of annatto oil and have it ready for use for several weeks. Then we cubed several ham steaks and freeze them. That little preparation made it possible to cook the basic staple foods we eat at the island. With the annatto oil, ham, sofrito and tomato sauce or paste you can prepare most of our traditional stews, rices, beans, fricassee.
I love seeing another fellow Puertorrican watching this channel! Saludos!
great tips! Thanks for sharing with us.
@@Leynnallenumber one fan! I learn so much and I'm not that young anymore 😂 I learned to make sourdough with her and have made more than a dozen of her discard recipes. All awesome! Some of them I have made as is, others I have added our Puertorrican flavor that we love so much. Gracias por conectar conmigo! Saludos!
We prep our green bananas and freeze them in large zip loc bags for the masa we will need for pasteles, as well as the sofrito and achiote oil ahead of time. Makes it all so easy.
Me fascina el idea! This seems much more possible for me at this point in my life! Thank you for sharing it!
I have a basic structure for the week e.g.
Monday - pasta
Tuesday - potato
Wednesday - rice
Thursday - pulse
Friday - pizza
Saturday - bread
Sunday - slowcooker
And then have a bunch of meat defrosted for the protein. I make three loaves of sandwich bread, a batch of a sweet baked item and pizza dough all at once weekly too plus yoghurt, sour cream and usually bone broth, jam or a condiment for the pantry too.
It works for me!
Great video ❤️
Would you mind sharing your sandwich bread recipe please?
Love it!!
Veteran homeschool mom of 8 here-
I did once a month cooking method AND what this video is about as well.
The pre-prepped or at least partially pre-prepped meals really saved me at times.
It also helped me to be hospitable and help others.
Grandbabies are fun, but I sure miss being that homeschool mom with all our Littles around.
Our adult daughters love watching your videos!
Keep up the good work!
Does this mean you did a lot of freezer meals?
I want to hear more about this once a month method! Can you share more about what that looks like?
Please look into what you are actually saying when you refer to children as the L word.
Hint: gross "adult" stuff including pdf files, in. Sessst. Etc...
@@Thisorganizedmother some canning and mostly freezer meals. I also did partial meals. Meaning the most time-consuming parts of the meals I did ahead and froze them.
@@micaelablogs
You basically plan about a month worth of meals and one day you get all the groceries for those meals and the second day you prepare most of them, if not all of them.
I actually did this recently, and my mom came over to help.
I make several meatloaves and freeze them. I do the more difficult parts of Meals ahead of time.
My chef husband watching over my shoulder says that meat should be on the bottom shelf of the fridge for food safety 😅
That is correct. The lower shelves are the coolest. Remember that hot air rises.
@@bessiebyakika7580 also, you don't want raw meat dripping on anything
That freezer is all beef from the 1/2 cow she bought.
I defrost my meat in a dish so it won't leak everywhere.
There is so much info in this video that I feel like I could re-watch this video 5 time before registering all the information. It's great but a Lot to think about.
As someone that has been making sourdough for over 8 years with a baby on my hip, and toddlers on my feet, still in my pijamas before even m first morning coffee and without any idea of when ill bake it…and many times forgotten about a little bit….i never have wasted a loaf. If too much was going on, ill just put it in a mould and leave it in the fridge for me to bake the next day. If i wanted to fold cool, if not, no folding is just fine. It is so much more chilled than making bread with yeast. I always have so,e ferment going and i never know what im going to end up baking with it. And I learned so much from you!
it really is versatile once you get a basic understanding of it! Thanks for sharing with us.
Even though I’ve been cooking for my family for 20+ years, I still glean bits of useful information every time I watch one of your videos. Thanks, Lisa, for providing quality content that is useful and inspiring to women who want to do things “like Grandma did”!
Lisa - this would be a great idea for a course. How to cook from scratch without a meal plan and the foundational skills to learn.
I would buy that in two seconds !
@@candycandyissodandyme too
This came at the perfect time. Ive gotten bad about buying convience/processed foods because ive convinced myself im just "too busy" to cook from scratch again. I also find when I plan a menu all the ingredients I buy really add up versus always having a protein, starch and veggie on hand to whip up. ❤
Soup is a great staple. My doctor gave me two great ideas when making soups: 1) roast your vegetables before adding them to your soup stock, and 2) boil your water or stock prior to adding anything to the stock. Works like magic to increase the flavor.
Thanks for the tip! I’ll try this.
@6hZCBpMy try making your broth in a crockpot. I let mine go for about 24 to 36 hours. The best brother ever.
May I say firstly and most importantly is the family gets fed.
Secondly, it doesn't matter so much if an "open kitchen routine" or a "menu planner system" is how you manage to keep your sanity and the kids free of scurvy....you're doing just grand!!
I have wasted so much less since I stopped meal planning. Yeah Ive have to figure it out every day, but the meals end up being simpler and we eat through the food we store. I love it!
I learned that you don't need to reinvent the wheel w/ meal plan. Keep it simple.
My grandma was born in 1918 and had 16 kids. They very much were all about living off the land. My dad and most of his brothers (and their families) still hunt, fish, and live a lot off of the land. ❤️
That was a great video. I’m an 84 yr old homemaker, Mom& Grandma. You definitely have it figured out how to do things. I really enjoy watching you! It’s like been there done that! KEEP GOING!🙏👏😊
I cook the majority of my meals from scratch and also can’t consistently meal plan. As long as I have meat thawed and fresh veggies, it’s pretty simple!
Loved the baby eating from the pan.
I do occasionally meal plan but it’s more a list of 4 or 5 meals that I will make in a week, no particular order. But I do tend to cook mostly using our staples. I find it so much easier to shop and easier to go with the flow if I need to change things up. I do not always meal plan but since I do enjoy trying new recipes, I will usually just add whatever ingredients I need that may not be my norm to my grocery list. Then I cook it whatever day I want. And I will then plan to use that ingredient until it’s gone. But I’m not frequently buying unique ingredients so I’m not wasting food. It allows me to try new things, go with the flow but with a little bit of planning. I really enjoyed this video and it definitely gave me some more things to consider. Thanks Lisa!
I go with meals like this. My parents and grandparents were farmers and we always ate at home from scratch...as did everyone else at the time. As I went to work with shiftwork I started putting 5-15 ideas for meals on a whiteboard on the frig. This way I looked at what was available to make without thinking. I adjusted to what shift I worked and how many hours. I still do that with what I have as were both retired.
I’d love a multipart series that’s more in depth about cooking skills!
You’re a Phd level homemaker!
That tip about adding more salt and butter is essential! My food just wouldn't taste as good but now I'm heavy handed with the seasoning and it's taken my food to the next level❤
I couldn't agree more
Ive never meal planned.45 years of marriage sahm of 3 ,I always kept my kitchen stocked with everything.and decided day by day what the meals would be .I don't recall planning a holiday meal either other than buying the turkey on Thanksgiving and I usually bought several to have in my freezer 😊
As a first time full time homemaker who is learning as much as I can, this video was the most helpful and direct video I’ve seen so far from your channel (which I follow!). Definitely love them all, but this one has just moved to the top for me!! Taking so many notes!!
I feel like she just gave us the permission slip we all need to stop looking for a Pinterest perfect meal plan and just cook 🙌🏼
Glad it was helpful!
If this isn't meal planning, I don't know what is. But hold my beer, until I can buy a super sized freezer, put in half a cow; a giant fridge, several Le Creuset? pots, and the storage place to keep them all; stock up on tons of organic foods, have a huge room in my basement full of $100 bakers shelves, (I have 2) and every kitchen gadget known to mankind. That being said, I cook almost everything from scratch because my husband can't have salt. I have a bunch of mixes for no wheat all oatmeal muffins and pancakes ready to go, homemade bread mixes ready to go, divided portions of chicken and ground beef, and pork in the freezer in the garage, our luxury; pizza dough that doesn't need proofing; marinara sauces, pesto sauce, and I too don't need to plan each meal. I have planned for a routine that is continuous, and flows endlessly. It is a lot of work, but I admire the host for the INCREDIBLE amount of work that she does.
You should write a book!
Timing on this is perfect. I’m 6 weeks postpartum with my first baby and trying to figure out what to make with what we have with a crying newborn is a struggle to day the least. Thank you for the ideas!
Love this! I am a mom of 5 kids and hubby....kids are grown and gone now, but I cooked from scratch very similarly to you. For me, getting that meat out and thawed was my number one way to get a meal on the table. I can always change up ideas, but the meat is the main ingredient for me, and still is. We eat a lot less carbs now that we are older with no kids, but I still love to bake some bread now and then (not sourdough) and a pie or cookies to share with the grandkids. Your meals look so delicous. You're a great inspiration for young moms today. God bless.
Great tips. To the mamas starting out, it definitely takes time. If you are following a recipe, super helpful to print them out instead of using a phone or computer.
Hi Lisa, you have brought home cooking back into the modern kitchen. Now a days everyone is used to take aways or eating out. You are such an inspiration to the mother's in this modern age.
Re. spices, my mom always told me “When in doubt, use thyme.” I’ve often fallen back on that little tip!
I love that! Everyone has their staples they rely on. Maybe I need to use more thyme in my cooking!
Definitely😉👍
My favorite herb! 💕
My fav herb…it’s amazing that it enhances everything
That’s so funny that everyone has one spice they will add to everything! I add dill to everything or paprika…often both lol
been a mom for almost 21 yrs and a wife for almost 24 yrs. every meal is from scratch in my home and agree with everything you shared . Bone broths made from cooked chickens are another great base for so much: soups, saute veggies, mix in with mashed potatoes, cook with ground round for added nutrients etc. I love my raw milk, raw butter, raw cheeses, bone broths, coconut oils, ghee..strong healthy fats as a base for meals add so much flavor and quality to every dish..thank you for the reminders and inspiration
100% ! Not having a plan had helped me so much to get healthy meals on the table quickly
My mom,sister and I really enjoyed your class at The Modern Homesteading Expo ! Even though I am a "seasoned" mother who also homeschooled my children from K-12 and have lived on a "homestead " for the past 20 years, I still enjoy your channel and continue to gain inspiration ❤ Thank you for being a Proverbs 31 woman and being an example to the next generation ❤️
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! Thank you for following along!
Do you viewers realize how much work she put into this video? Thank you; this is excellent!
You are sooooo inspiring! Once again you are my hero when it comes to feeding your family well. It's only me and my husband now. The kids are grown and gone, but everyone can take something from the tips you give and if anything, be inspired to cook from scratch at home. Love to you and your family!
Please do more content like this!
Something not mentioned that helps me is utilizing foods that don't need cooking, especially in the summer.
Sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, sweet peppers, carrots, and celery are filling, easy, colorful and nutritious. Also fruits...watermelon, etc, are slice & serve. Add a protein and a starch, and you're good to go!
I can slice and refrigerate them twice a week, when I have time.
So helpful. I do not have the blessing of so much storage for our family but i will use these principles as best i can.
I must have said this before, but you are like Martha Stewart on Steroids! Fantastic video. You are so organized and creative.
That's such a good description 😂
Hi Lisa. Thank you for these tips, it’s helpful. My biggest problem is my family of 4, rarely like the same thing, and what they may like I don’t make over and over or we/they get bored. I adapt some recipes, but it’s hard to say the least. You’re lucky your family almost always eat what you cook, especially if that size.
Totally off topic and NOT to be meant as a bad thing, but I noticed in the video when you were in the freezer, it looked (to me), that the rubber along edges are starting to mold. I had this happen at one point way back when I had a basement, and found a good wipe down every couple weeks helped fix it up. It’s due to the moisture that traps when opening/closing it.
Thanks again!
I’m in my late 50’s and we had home economics in high school, sewing and cooking were really good basic skills we learned - I’ve always been able to make a great gravy with never any lumps lol…Wonderful story about your Grandma! I love hearing how things were back then, which in reality worked so well..the chicken, tomatoes and pie at the end of the video 🤤😋 I’d love to sample some of your foods lol
Great video! I love watching all these traditions going strong😊I say to my Husband all the time that all the traditions are slowly disappearing I remember our small town when it was all almost just woods all around it lol and I'm just 58 people don't teach kids it's a whole new world it's great to see Families that DO teach kids things the old way thankyou❤😊
Yes, what my mom, grandma did; having staples, canned goods, stocked freezer, etc. and "all" you do is vary your combinations!😁 Of course always looking for new recipes is fun and helps but being familiar with what you have, how to use it, keeping things stocked works without a meal plan. Getting the energy to deal with it is another subject! Chocolate helps.....😄😁♥️
I need to watch this again and take notes!! This is what every homemaker needs 🥰🥰🥰🥰🙏🏼 Thank you again Lisa!!
If you have tomatoes to spare, maybe try cooking SALMOREJO. You'll only need tomatoes, bread, garlic, olive oil and salt. Worth trying, kind of a cold summery tomatoe soup from Spain.
Loved this one. I cook like this as well and am trying to teach my kids how to cook this way before leaving home. It took me years to figure out how but now it’s just second nature for me.
❤ I have 3 girls so far. The two oldest are 5 and almost 7... my mom made us five kids cook growing up, and I can see how much easier it's made cooking for me as an adult... so I teach my girls already, and they love to cook, bake, and yes, even clean up after, lol. I'm so thankful my mom taught us and made us learn!!! ❤
Thanks to you, Lisa, I learned sourdough 3yrs ago!!! 😊❤
I do the same, Lisa, and it's just so much easier!!! Keep all the main things stocked and to have all the main dairy products, like cream cheese, cheeses, sour cream, cream, milk, etc, and yes to the can goods, spice, herbs and condiments!! We love cooking all the authentic foods!! Chinese, Mexican, Italian, Indian, Kenyan etc!!! For Christmas, we choose a different Authenticity every year for our Christmas dinner.
Love this video!!😊
A skill that you will always need!
I love your straight forward no nonsense approach to making this video.
So much info. I want to come a be a worker in your kitchen and just glean from your wisdom.
As a semi-recently new wife and mom, with one baby on the way, I've been trying to figure out how to meal plan in a way that's effective for our family. It's mostly been me struggling as I look up meals that might be appetizing to us, listing out all the necessary ingredients, and going to buy those at the store. Doing this, I find that we end up having food leftover at the end of the week that we don't use or that goes bad because it wasn't planned to be used fully! (For example; a huge bag of broccoli but only 1-2 meals that week actually called for broccoli).
I can't put into words how much I dread meal planning, and as I was hopping on the computer to do it yet again for this upcoming month- yes, the whole month- I ran into this video. Thank you so much for all of the helpful tips you've shared! I haven't touched my sourdough starter in the fridge for *months*, so I plan to get a new one going soon. I absolutely love the tip about just putting meat into the fridge and having it thaw throughout the week to use!!! I need to incorporate more than just ground turkey & chicken breasts into our meals- maybe that will help also! Thanks so much again for this video!!
That’s amazing!! Just a heads up that your starter is probably totally fine even after months 😂they are pretty hard to kill. Just pour off the hooch and give it a good feed or three and it should be good to go hehe! Congratulations on the baby on the way!! 🩵
A pressure cooker (I use an Instant Pot) can really help reduce waste until you get well into the swing of cooking. I don’t defrost until the morning of or night before I expect to use something. You can safely cook frozen meat in the pressure cooker if you find that you’re home for an unexpected meal. The savings (no wasted/discarded expensive meat) has been impressive.
Very happy to hear that you found some encouragement for yourself in the kitchen! As a follower said below, your starter should be just fine!
I use fresh broccoli & cauliflower for two meals. I also peel & slice stalks for beef/black bean stir fry or chow mein. I cut florets, blanching in boiling water and freeze them.
Lisa! I’m loving this style video. The last one you did you talked about continuous broth on the stove top. I’ve always cooked and canned it and although I still will, this is going to be so helpful for weekly meal prep. I have some going right now, in my crockpot as it’s too hot for the gas stove right now. But what a convenience tip!! Thanks again. Please keep these videos coming. ❤
Glad that was helpful!
This was very helpful. I’m from the UK and have watched your channel for years. I love watching channels from other countries, it is fascinating to me to see how alike we can be but also how different. Your tips are so great. I hate meal planning set meals, to pull a protein from the fridge and decide what we are having that day works much better for me.
Have a lovely week 🌿
I am happy you are doing this. It's beautiful. Unfortunately our home doesn't have a pantry or room for a shelf. We moved our dishes out to the counter so we can put the pantry items in the shelves. 😊 And our garage is hooot. I will look through my kitchen to see what I can do. I am inspired to try something new. Thank you.
I've got ADHD plus a chronic condition. While I keep well stocked on meal ingredients if I don't have a plan to follow I can't function. Meal planning is only wasteful/expensive if you are choosing exotic recipes instead of common ones based on your supply of staple foods.
Having all your supplies on hand is great but for me if there isn't a plan to follow it turns food prep into stressful drudgery instead of positive forward momentum.
That was a lot of information in one video, but sums up nicely all the things I have learned from you! Celiac disease and food intolerances keep things a little tricky for me to fully cook this way, but the foundation of this way of running the kitchen has been life changing! I love that my married daughters are learning from you too!! ❤️❤️
Lisa, I recently found your channel, and am enjoying it a lot. You frequently refer to your “well-seasoned” cast iron skillet; would you please address how to re-season a “wrecked” skillet? I left mine with water in it(I know! 😢). My children are grown, and I am retired; I find it refreshing to get to have a glimpse into the window of your young family. Thank you for all you do and share. 😊
www.farmhouseonboone.com/how-to-season-cast-iron-and-cook-with-it-too/
For a long time, I felt like I needed to meal plan (and did!) but I’m never consistent. Except for the ingredients or products we buy as we need them (limited fridge and freezer space), I’ve been working to keep our budget lower by making use of what I’ve stocked, frozen, or just bought to try. It’s rare anymore that I need my husband to bring home meat because we ran out or I forgot. That’s progress over here!
Great job...celebrate any progress!
I feel so overwhelmed and stressed wanting to be like this but I have such a dependence on staring at a step by step recipe for anything! Also I’m so impressed at making everything from scratch bc I so quickly grab the prepackaged snacks for kids and freezer meals 😬
I would pick one thing that you want to learn how to make homemade...whether that is roasting a chicken, or making jam, or biscuits etc. then take time to practice making it until you are confident and fully understand how to do it..then add on another recipe etc. in no time at all you will have quite a few skills
Everything you do for a family of ten (?) I do for my family of one (me!) and it works brilliantly either way! I think learning methods that can be used on all kinds of foods and then working with what you have (and keeping a reasonably well stocked pantry) beats meal planning every time. I've done both and found that meal planning meant buying too any one-off ingredients. I also use the rotation idea for dinners--fish/seafood; tofu; chicken; beans; wild card (whatever I feel like making). You're a great teacher.
thank you!
I have seven children and this is very similar to how my kitchen runs, but it took a while for me to have the arsenal of recipes in my head where I could cook like this. I think that meal planning is still great when you're first starting out cooking and don't know what you're doing
What are some of your go to meals?
@@micaelablogs Spanish rice, spaghetti, chili, steak salad with fries, from scratch hamburger helper, egg roll in a bowl, chicken noodle soup ... I rely more on soups in the winter and salads and sandwiches in the summer and hot months. There's definitely more, but these are rotated most frequently
Tacos are easy.
@@morningstarhomestead love these ideas!! I make a lot of soups and casseroles in the winter, but sometimes I struggle at this time of year!
@@micaelablogs me too
Lots of salad and sandwiches!!!
This was a jam packed video. Thank you for all the tips!!
You are such an inspiration! As I was watching your video I told my kids that your video just makes me want to live with you ;) It just looks so natural and comfy in your home with all you do from scratch; someday maybe with all your inspiration I might be able to have more of that understanding and bless my family in the same way. Thanks again for another great video, keep up the great work!! :)
I’m somewhere in between. I don’t live on a meal plan, but I give it a nod while asking family if there is something they would like that week. I have found being flexible reduces my stress.
I'm a 27 year old mama to a 2.5 year old... And this is how I cook! It works so well! I love having a good kitchen flow and I also don't use a meal plan but just take meat out for the week. And yes! Just keep cooking! Lisa, love your videos and I learn so much from you... And I adore your podcast. You are a true blessing!
This idea has changed my life! It's so much more adaptable and I haven't wasted food!
So glad it was helpful for you!
Yeh, and here's me thinking I'll prob skip through most of this when I actually rewound it several times. What a cool mom/ wife/ woman you are! Keeping it old school and knowing all the latest. I'm super impressed! Really enjoyed this video...
Glad to hear that!
I think the last couple videos haven’t had much “breathing room” with how much you share. Love your content! This was just like drinking from a firehouse.
I agree haha although it doesn’t bother me! It might be a little tricky for someone to keep up who’s pretty new in the kitchen. I think this and the previous video should be used for reference more than anything.
I have been doing this forever. I have tried to meal plan, but it was too expensive. When I di meal plan its just a few days of thawed meat and I work around that with what I have fresh. We bake like crazy and make homemade ice cream. Simple and good!
Looking forward to getting into the kitchen again after morning sickness is over.
This is the most informative video on RUclips. Thank you!
Your stock is awesome. As a mom of 4 in Hawaii, I would have to invest multiple thousands to keep that on hand. 😂
I do understand that everyone has different situations and regions vary wildly with food costs.
I usually look at what I have and just write down a bunch of things I can make with them. Depending on the day, my energy level, how much time I have, and how much activity is going on, I will make one of the meals. I just can’t stand having to think up of what to make the moment of. It stresses me out but I also haven’t enjoyed planning meticulously for each day. It’s interesting how different we all can be.
Lisa could you do a video on kids snack ideas? I’m assuming you don’t buy the typical cheezits/grain bar/fruit snack type stuff that most people buy for snacks. I’m really wanting to get away from the more processed snacks but kinda in a rut! I’d appreciate it. Thank you!
A great snack, and a great way to dive in to using freshly milled flour and reaping all its nutritional benefits, is muffins! Similar concept to this video, just get down a basic recipe and then add whatever goodies and flavors you want.
I,m going to throw out what will seem like a crazy idea but I,m suggesting it with kindness. I,m in my 60's back in the day when we were growing up I don't recall most middle class children being given snacks. We were given 3 heathy meals a day. Sometimes now I see children who don't eat their meals very well because they eat snacks and juice so often. Also many more overweight children.
@@southloupriverhomestead4696 You bring up an important point. When we eat processed food, it's devoid of nutrients and doesn't satisfy, so we crave more snacks. According to Sue Becker, when she started feeding her kids real bread, muffins, etc made from freshly milled flour (with all its 40 nutrients put there by God), they stopped snacking entirely. When I started making all of our bread with freshly milled flour, our sugar cravings went away. I eat multiple pieces of bread a day and haven't put on any weight. Real wheat is amazing!
@@southloupriverhomestead4696 good point!! I’ve thought of this often. I try to stick to fruits but I guess in this fast paced world we live in we always look to grab and go. Good reminder to slow down 🥹
@@bfeurtado12 I raised my children in the 90's and I wish I could do it all over and differently this time. We didn't even know we were doing wrong by the children giving them the fruit roll ups and fruit loops cereal So don't feel bad about the real fruit. We did give them real fruit also I,m just joking around but I would do better now.
I have to watch this video several times to take notes because it has way too much important good information. Thanks for all the ideas and tricks to make cooking flow. As long as you have good cooking skills and know a few basic recipes you can make it happen using whatever is available at the moment. A few more ideas that you may have mentioned in other videos that work for me are to make a double or triple batch and divide in rations and freeze for next week or two. The other is gather all the leftovers from the week and make them into a soup, rice, stew, omelette, pasta, or casserole. If they didn’t eat in a way, add new spices, a little cheese, a new sauce, and convert it to a new dish. There are many ways to recycle leftovers into delicious and nutritious meals.
This video is holy grail. I will share with all my mom friends!!
There’s absolutely no way my husband would let me cook like my grandma lol
Your roast and mash look soooo good 🤤
I love this video! Cooking from scratch without meal planning is definitely an art that takes time & practice. I have an almost empty fridge but stocked pantry & freezer & still have so many options for meals. It helps with no waste & stretching your budget. Simple garden items like chives/green onion & herbs can be kept at an apt or house & add a fresh & nutritional punch to meals. Thank you Lisa for the teaching, encouragement & inspiration over the years! You have been such a blessing!
You can add red lentils to tomato soup for protein.
Do you leave it whole or blend it up?
I add butter beans, cannelloni beans or chickpeas to mine ☺️ and yes, I blend them in
@@bridgetteurbano1440if you get the peeled ones, it's better. They'll be a bright orange or a bright yellow colour. Yes you blend it in if you want it completely smooth, but peeled lentils mostly disintegrate in soups, so it's slightly hearty but not really
My system can't tolerate garlic or onions....I've gotten alway from cooking as much because the meal planning was stressing me out. This is a refreshing approach.
I'm sorry to hear that!! Cooking without those two must be so tough
Enjoy your homesteading skills. I am 64 years old and raised 3 kiddos while working full and just recently retied. On retirement income I have found that meal planning is such a comfort; but, did not always have the luxury of time when working and raising children. I think you are doing a great job with your homestead.
You do have this food making down pat!!! Very impressive!!! Beautiful family and home. God bless
I love baking sourdough and would love to stock my fridge the way you do...but I don't have enough room! I have a small fridge (space limitations) so I can't afford the space to have many bowls of fermenting dough sitting in it.
I understand everyone has a different situation and my methods may not work in all situations.
I wish you were around when I was raising kids in the 80’s and 90’s! Now it’s just me and my hubby, but I am incorporating some of your tips. Thank you!
Thank you for pointing out the info about seasoning ,because some people really don't know about basic seasonings. U r correct salt pepper onion powder and garlic powder goes on any type of meat.
Great advice! Meal planning is annoying. Lol. Better to have well stocked pantry, fridge and freezer and pull together a healthy meal.
If you did meal planning without considering the season, using ingredients in several dishes, or what is on sale you didn’t meal plan.
Meal planning works for us. Of course, we work outside the home so maybe that makes a difference. And we no longer have little babies. We have chickens and a large garden and are often working outside until dark. I need to know what I'm cooking for dinner in advance because I have so much to do after work. I can get dinner ready and get outside to tend to the garden and/or can/preserve food. I "meal plan" around what is growing in my garden and what I've preserved. I don't buy canned tomato products for instance. I have them in my canning pantry as well as black beans, brown beans, green beans that we've grown and preserved. When grocery shopping after meal planning, I just fill in but try to keep it seasonal most of the time. We don't have dairy animals and we don't have meat animals. We do have all the veggies, herbs and a lot of fruit....and eggs too. It's fine to meal plan. No shame if you do. It's fine to not meal plan.
Im the same way. Hubby and i also work outside the home and if i didnt meal plan we wouldnt eat. I enjoy meal planning and it takes the stress off of me to know what im making for dinner the next night. 😃
I do a weekly meal plan around the food in my fridge, freezer, and pantry that needs used up, and then supplement with what's on sale at the grocery store. This has helped me cut down on food waste and drastically reduces my weekly grocery bill. I do keep a very well stocked pantry and freezer, but because i keep everything stocked I never have to buy meat or pantry items full price and can restock when a sale comes up.
Great video! I'm super interested in how you get various doughs ready and use them throughout the week. I know you have a week of sourdough video somewhere, but i don't think you went into detail on how you get various doughs going and paused and going again. Would love to see a video on how you do that!
I just pause my doughs in the fridge and then get back to them when I can. Once they are made they will last a week or so in the fridge and I just pull them out as I need them.
@FarmhouseonBoone thanks! Are you able to pause it at any point, and then just pick up where you left off? Or you do all the stretch and folds or whatever and then refrigerate until it's ready to bake?
This might be one of the most useful videos I’ve ever watched regarding homemaking.
thank you!
I may have to try this method, I usually meal plan to help keep our budget low, but I’m finding it’s stressing me out for some reason. Not sure why I feel I need to make a new meal everyday and feel like I can’t repeat things. Then if I forget to take something out to defrost we end up eating out 🤦♀️
I think all of us just have to figure out what works best for our personalities and our families...it may look different for each of us which is ok!!
My paternal Gma did the same with a chicken. She had a hot boiling cast iron pot ready to drop the hen in to remove the feather. I'll never forget that smell. Or watching the thing flop around without a head on the ground.
This is almost exactly what i do. That makes me feel smart! 😄
I love this concept.
I’ve never had much of a desire to meal plan and this is what I do instead, but I still have much growing to do.
One thing I learned recently was my great grandmother had to learn how to feed a large family on the farm during the Great Depression. Her advice to my grandmother was that when you don’t know what to make, make potatoes. Potatoes are such a versatile carb, have a longer shelf life and work well to make up for a lack of meat when things are a little tight.
This is advice that I cherish and your channel bursts with the same advice.
Thank you Lisa for all your hard work in teaching us this lost art.
Thank you so much for sharing that...I love old wisdom.
Even though I hate using gas, I really love that stove. Those stoves are such a powerhouse for people who actually cook, especially for decades
I've never been good at meal planning but have been good at throwing things together on the spot. I always kept trying to meal plan feeling a but like a failure at it, because it does help me to have some direction, until I read your post on not meal planning. It helped me take the guilt away that I wasn't failing in this area I was still cooking 3 meals a day for my family and your tips on how not to meal plan did help me be a little better at it. I was already doing much of it, but having a sourdough starter, and making sure I get my meat out to Thaw in the fridge once a week really helped.
So glad that was helpful to you!
It’s just incredible how natural this is for you, because you’ve been doing it for so many years. I’m still in the reading recipes stage which is stressful/time consuming the first time but as it’s in rotation it becomes easier. I love watching your videos! You got me into sourdough this year ❤ so I’m heading in the right direction 😂
Yes...recipes really help you to gain wisdom and understanding that you can apply to cooking later without using them.
I am the same way, can not follow a meal plan, just easier to use what you have and get ot on the table! Keeping a fully stocked pantry and freezer with about a yrs worth of staples is the key
I am jealous….that I didn’t get a RUclips channel earlier because everything you do I have done for years…it’s all I know! I wish I thought that other people might need help and not know how to do this already! 😂
Great content Lisa!