Meatless Monday Meals To Save On Your Grocery Bill || BUDGET FRIENDLY MEALS
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~Mushroom Pesto Pasta~
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Mushrooms diced
Two Roma tomatoes diced
2 heaping spoonfuls of pesto
3/4 cup pasta water
Garlic power. Salt. Pepper to taste
16 oz pasta
~Black refried beans tostadas~
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Corn tortillas & oil for frying
Black refried beans
1/4c water
Cheese
Toppings of your choice
~Bean & Veggie Chili Pies~
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6 cans of beans
24 oz tomato sauce
Diced bell pepper
Diced onion
Diced portabello mushrooms
Chili seasoning packet
Corn chips
Cheese & sour cream
~Alfredo Tortellini & Veggie Bake~
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Bag of frozen tortellini
16 oz heavy whipping cream
1/2 cups Italian cheese
1/2 stick butter
1/2 can fire roasted tomatoes
Frozen broccoli
Garlic powder. Salt. Pepper to taste
❤Always looking for meatless meals. I can’t afford meat. I feel better anyway.Please give us more 😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I buy Bush's beans and I eat them from breakfast to dinner. Substitute for meat, plus filling. A protein.
Don't feel bad! We can't afford meat either unless it is marked down 50%. We eat lots of eggs, peanut butter, beans, and lentils.
I'm a vegetarian and I love these!
Do you like soup? Lentil and black bean soups are inexpensive to make and delicious. Homemade baked beans, a crusty loaf of bread and vegetables makes a satisfying and healthy dinner. We try to eat meat free Monday through Friday.
Brooke I am meatless 7 days a week lol, been vegetarian for over 25 yrs. That being said, I love all of your budget meal ideas, many meatless meals that I hadn't tried, and some that I can tweak just a bit to go meatless. Appreciate your channel and your positivity!! 🤗💜
For those whose families just will not do a meatless day/meal, start by reducing the amount of meat you use in a meal, add fillers: extra beans, extra vegetables, rice, etc. Eventually that reduction is going to save you just as a meatless meal or two would have.
The tostadas were Mexican so if you have themed days for your weekly menu they are Taco Tuesday. Or Mexican Monday. Almost all of the leftovers from these 4 meals can be put in a big container and they can become soup or stew for another meal. If you don’t have enough leftovers for that put the container in the freezer. Pop off the lid and just layer on more leftovers until it’s full. That has been part of my entire life.
I love picking up can's of broccoli and cheese soup and get frozen bag's of broccoli and put the two together. Delicious 😋
Me too, and add a baked potato!
YES 👍
@@SuzieQ-lw2kp Sounds good to me 🤗😋
I like getting The bearcreek cheddar broccoli family size about $4 at Wally world and frozen bag of broccoli just add to mug or pan with water or milk you have soup by the cup.
It is 🤗😋
We have been doing Meatless Monday for years and we love it! These meals are typically easy and inexpensive, not to mention delicious. Easy money saving meals are always a thumbs up in our household.
I was shocked when I found out vegetables such as Peas, Mushrooms have protein .
Peas 1 cup = 8 grams ! 1 cup Mushrooms 2.2 grams of Protein 😮😮
That knowledge has changed how I look at meal preparation, shopping, food costs, recipes, nutrition - you name it ! Eating healthy, delicious meals does not have to break the bank.
Love ❤ your channel
Plant proteins are not complete like meat.
This vegetarian appreciates learning any new meatless recipes! Thanks!
Just a tip...if you don't want to stand there and fry the tortillas you can put about six on tin foil and stick them under the broiler in the oven and broil each side. They come out cripy and good! No oil.
I’m gonna try this next time
Brooke, I cook dry lentil beans in beef broth/bouillon & when basically all of the liquid is cooked out, then I give them a very rough mash & use that as a ground meat substitute. They separate like ground meat & absorb whatever seasoning is being cooked in the dish.
This is also a great way to stretch your meat with a 50/50 ratio, virtually using less meat. Especially for families that insist on meat with each meal. Just do these types of hacks two or three times a week and it should hit a savings in your budget much the same way Meatless Monday would. I can get my family to do meatless, but they still like the meat meals, but I've used tricks to reduce my meat in the meat meals, too.
Thanks, I'm going to try this cooking it in better than bouillon veggies base:)
Brooke, I'm definitely going to make the mushroom pesto pasta, and the alfredo tortellini and veggie bake. You should flesh out the recipes (amounts/temperatures/etc.) and put together the Southern Frugal Momma cookbook, whether it be in print or an e-book edition. You could do your sections/chapters, Meatless Monday, Copycat Recipes For Less, Pantry Cooking, Cooking What's In The House To Make It To Payday, Freezer Meal Planning, Etc. I'd buy it. I'm going to Trader Joe's soon to get the Mandarin Orange Chicken and Asian Salad copycat recipe that you made in another video. I really enjoy how you bring us on a journey of how to cook the recipe from your vantage point from start to finish. If you can do it, we can do it. You're doing a great job, thanks!
I hope she sees this! I would buy one for sure!❤❤
I would buy one too! I think you would also do really well with a blog!
Thanks for a few new ideas !! Hers one for you Or whoever … a can of garbanzo beans (baby butts ) rinsed and drained. Mash up (not a paste ) keep some texture and add whatever you would to make a tuna salad sandwich !! I use fine diced onions , pickles and celery with a little mayonnaise . It’s very good and wildly like tuna salad !!
This is great for Lent coming up. We don't eat meat on Fridays during Lent and always need creative ideas
I did it! I made the mushroom pasta but put my own spin on it since hubby doesn't care for pesto. Back story here is that hubby is huge on the meats, he likes meat at every meal and lots of it! So I made the mushroom pasta and served it up to him and he loved it! Later last night after dinner he was talking to his mom on the phone and raving about this mushroom pasta dinner I made and started explaining all the ingredients. He hollers to me in the other room "there was chicken in that, right"? I replied "nope"! He said "humph well it was really good" 😊
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Brooke, your fearlessness in the kitchen is SO inspiring!
When money is tight, I will chop mushrooms super tiny, brown them in a skillet (they’ll look like meat once they cook down) and then add 1/2 pound of ground beef (turkey/chicken) - and then continue with the recipe. Everyone thinks it’s 100% meat - they can’t tell the difference.
That’s a GREAT idea!
The breaking of the pasta!!!! 😱 You’re a rebel 😂 Love these meal ideas. Meatless saves soooo much money
I could easily turn these into vegan recipes, too! Thanks!
You should do a lot of these. This was a great 👍 video.
Love 💕 and Hugs. 💙💙💙
My go to for low carb option is Cauliflower & Cheese (Mac and Cheese with caulifower florets instead of pasta), drained stewed tomatoes slipped in here and there, sprinkled with low card bread crumbs and baked. Served with a low carb bread I make, that is made into garlic toast.
My husband's favorite dinner no matter what, is beans and cornbread!!!!! 😊
I eat Bush's beans for any of my meals including breakfast instead of meat. They are filling plus a protein.
Great meals, Brooke! Most of my meals are meatless and I love them. Cottage cheese and eggs are great proteins (for the non vegans), beans, lentils, chickpeas and soy protein are also yummy proteins and there’s endless uses for them. Yay for meatless Monday! 💖
Grew up in a Catholic home. EVERY Friday was meatless Friday!
I love those beans in the pouch! I use them for all kinds of stuff. Great for bean dip way cheaper, I heat the refried beans in some bacon grease remashing them adding spices top with salsa, cheese and maybe sour cream. Delish
Brooke, I think I have watched most of your videos and I love them all, even the low carb ones, which I don’t eat low carb at all. Some of your recipes are laborious but most are nice and easy, fix it and eat happy kind of meals. And your family is the best. When I was married many moons ago my husband would look at it and say, “….blech! Looks like it’s been eaten once already!” Needless to say I didn’t cook very much for him! He did most of the cookin and it was bland…which is why I love your meals and your family! Much love to you and yours.
Meat is so expensive these days. Thanks so much for the affordable delicious meals.
Great meatless meals Brooke! It would be great if you add more meatless meals to your videos it think it would be well received !! I shared it to all my friends and some of them are vegetarians and I know they will love them !! Thank you and God bless ! ❤️🙏🙋🏻🌈🌈
I'm preparing to quit working full-time so saving money everywhere I can is my top priority. The only meatless meal my husband willingly eats is pinto beans, fried potatoes and cornbread 😂
Thank you so much for new ideas!
One of our favorite meatless Monday is steamed green beans and quartered taters,and hard boiled eggs.After cooking greenbeans and potatoes toss in a bowl with olive oil,salt,pepper,garlic powder,and cut hard boiled eggs and place on top after tossing other ingredients,sprinkle with paprika for color and taste..❤❤❤❤
If you haven't tried it, smoky black bean and sweet potato chili. The smoky comes from smoked paprika and chipotle pepper powder. Other than dicing the onion and peeling and dicing the sweet potatoes, there is very little prep. Sweet potatoes are cheap in Georgia so the whole pot comes together for well under $10 and then I serve cornbread and sometimes some sour cream or cheddar to top.
For a snack, I take round tortilla chips, spread on refried beans, and a little bit of cheese on the top heated in the microwave
My granny grew up as a sharecropper's wife. Then she moved in with us after granddaddy died. She cooked a lot of meatless meals using beans, taters, vegetables from the garden. I never really thought about the suppers where we didn't eat meat. It was just how she wasused to cooking.
Let's keep this series going with creative meatless meals for Lent. Just around the corner. Weren't we just shopping for Christmas? Why does time seem too fly faster and faster the older I get? I just get so excited when you post a new video!!!!
You could always buy pre fried tostadas to save some time and mess; the price is really not much different from the fresh tortillas, and you can heat them in the microwave to warm and crisp them. One of my fave meatless meals is angel hair pasta with mushroom pasta sauce plus a can of mushroom pieces (I drain the can liquid into the pasta cooking water). Mix the unheated sauce and shrooms with the hot drained pasta, which brings everything to eating temperature. Put some in an oven safe bowl, sprinkle with garlic powder and Parmesan cheese, and top with shredded mozzarella. Broil until the mozzarella gets lovely browned spots on it. I live alone, so I'll make 12 ounces of pasta with a 24 ounce jar of sauce, and i enjoy it for several days thereafter. Love your channel!
Yes to meatless Mondays! ❤
You can put the corn tortillas in the oven , set the temp to 425 cook for about 10 mins spray the tortillas with veggie spray they come out wonderful ad they are not greasy
Mushrooms are my “meat” of choice. I use them in everything. Personal preference, not a vegan. Thanks for the recipe ideas.
Brooke, you are such a beautiful woman. Your spirit is always joyful and uplifting and when I watch your videos it brightens my day. Thank you for being yourself and spreading kindness everywhere. God bless you and your family. 😊
New subscriber🙋🏾♀️. I just binge watched your channel and I LOVE IT!❤❤❤
lol... I had to pause your video to go make dinner for myself. I had 2 tomatoes on counter on last day, a container of mushrooms on last day in fridge, jar of tomato pesto in the cabinet I bought like a year ago and never tried, and wheat spaghetti noodles my husband refuses (he only likes flat noodles like fettuccine, haha). So what did I do? I made myself a huge bowl of spaghetti pesto and ate it while watching the rest of the video. Perfect for me too because I'm vegetarian. Thank you for tonight's dinner!!
My meatless is taco soup. No meat, extra minutes x chili beans. Then the usual stuff. I serve it over cornbread
Hi Brooke! I’m telling you this cuz I don’t want you to get hurt. If you put a wet rag under your cutting board when you chop it won’t slide around on you. 💙 I love your videos and your sweet family.
The mushroom pasta looks like it would be good with Parmesan. Thanks for the meatless theme!
I love this video ❤ in my almost 60 yrs of being in this world i don't think i have ever had meat every meal. I can remember being small and qhen my mom Cooked we maybe had a big meal with meat twice a week sometime three if we had company on Sunday. My mom just wasn't raised in a Time you had tge luxury of eating meat daily unless her brothers and dad went hunting and got it. I just kept up cooking like i was raised and in this time where all food is getting outrageous.
I'm concerned about having enough food to eat all month not if i have meat every meal most likely that's the way most of everyone is feeling. Great job i always enjoy watching your videos ❤
I always keep pinto, black beans and red beans, Bush's beans in my pantry. Protein, plus filling.
Glad to see you use the pasta water. I can't believe how many people throw their pasta and potato water away!!!!
My husband and I would stop at Cracker Barrel and get the veggies plate,yummy
Great recipes! Can hardly wait to try them all! Please, do lots more of these vegetarian recipes!
Ok, that all looks good, BUT that bean chili looks fantastic!
Brook,I'm convinced you could make a rusty bumper taste delicious! ❤❤❤❤
I see you cracking the linguine in half by hand. I have come up with even an easier way. Try cracking the entire unopened box at the mid way point against the corner of your countertop, you’ll hear it cracking. It cracks perfectly in half with no mess or wet hands. Just crack, pour, and done.
Thank you,I will be making the tortellini and broccoli bake. Thanks again
you're doing it all Brooke. you're a mother, chef, gardener, teacher to your kids and teacher in budgeting and cooking online. i don't know how you have time and energy for it all but it sure inspires me!
It’s so fun to recreate childhood favorites! Thanks for sharing ☺️
Meatless monday is a great idea after a full wknd of wings, bean dip, cheese & that over snacked days of ball games (or racing)😊
I enjoy vegetarian cooking and eating because it forces you to be more creative. I am definitely going t make the mushroom pasta dish, thank you!
Brooke, i am a true carnivore, but every one of these meals looked absolutely incredible. Fresh mushrooms, tomatoes, basil pesto, and pasta made with reserved pasta water. I am impressed! And the black bean tostadas looked amazing.
Lent is coming up. Those who observe it (as I once did) could simply make these wonderful meals on meatless Fridays instead of Mondays! I was always looking for good meatless meal recipes back then.
I know Walmart sells tostadas in a box ready to go also, I love the way you cut that onion. I’ve never seen it before boy that saves a ton of work. I’m definitely trying it.
Broccoli cheddar cheese soup ,tomato and grilled cheese sandwich. Cabbage butter fried lightly then egg noodles mixed in.
Ryder said that it was Very Nice!!! ❤❤❤
Yay! I’ve been looking for easy, delicious meatless meal. I look forward to seeing more! My husband love to use pesto on sandwiches instead of mayo and mustard. He said it elevates the sandwich. I think a Pesto Grilled Cheese would be delicious!
I love grilled cheese!! I need to try the pesto.
Great ideas!! Thank you! You're homemade bread looks SO good!
Please more meatless meals. I personally am not crazy about meat and I also stress about underdone food (trying to get better with that one)
Have you tried lentils? They are super good for you and can sorta melt into a recipe depending on what kind you get.
Thank you for all you do. You help me so much.
I do meatless every Friday. It’s a nice change to the regular meal rotation.
Thank you for so many awesome adorable meals. I,m on a limited income, so I love them. Thank you. I love your channel 😊
I watched. Simply mama cooks. She made mashed potato Taquitos they looked sooooo good💕
I love tostada's. Thank you for showing us your wonderful recipes.😀
Want to stretch that chili pie, add canned/frozen corn.
Or change it just enough to seem different, add macaroni noodles.
Have some left over add hot dog slices to it. Or put over hotdogs on a bun or toast.
I did this on a MWF schedule and called it Chili week. We did this once every 3 weeks to a month, very popular with my family
Hi Brooke. I'm totally looking forward to any and all of your meatless Monday meals. In addition to those, I'd like to request you do some shelf stable type meals. What I mean by that is using only ingredients that aren't fresh. Things like canned goods (diced tomatoes, corn, beans, spaghetti sauce), or pasta, or baked goods. I hope this makes sense. I love your channel.
Hey 👋 Bestie let's do this! Happy Monday yall ❤❤❤❤❤
I am all for this. Not a big meat eater and love these recipes! Good job!!👏
On refried beans my family loves it when I use salsa in it. Only about a third of cup it really brings flavor out. I try to use the one with chunks of veggies in it. Great meal ideas.
Love this, thank you!
The Tortellini recipe looked delicious.
We find ourselves eating a lot less meat. For us it wasn't a money issue. Our son is a vegetarian and since he's moved out we've adopted different habits. Now I cannot deny the savings and try to save in buying everything. I love a good steak but have traded in ground beef/chuck for turkey and enjoy the flavor much more in tacos and chili especially. The turkey absorbs the seasonings better IMO. Thank you for sharing these meals and be blessed always, my Southerland Squad! xoxo
Brook loved the meatless meals, could you do more? I really enjoyed the tortalinie, and fettuccine recipes
I don't wait for my water to boil either and I to break up my pasta in to small pieces all your recipes looks delish now i'm craving those meals Brook.
Brooke thank you so much for the meal ideas. We love refried beans tostadas now will try the black beans! The linguine looked so much like a Mediterranean pasta at a restaurant here, I’d just need to add some Kalamata olives (from dollar tree). The chili looked so scrumptious and who doesn’t like leftover chili! And the tortellini bake, so much easier than doing stove top! You knocked this out of the park!
I love cheese enchiladas and also cheese omelets both I prefer without meat. Cheese or veggie pizza is another delicious option. Back in my early 20s I would make frozen bean and cheese burritos with cheese melted on top and add salsa. The whole family could enjoy a homemade version. Bean tostadas are a winner. Try them with raw onion garnish - yum! Minestrone soup is hearty. My family doesn’t miss the meat.
Thank you and Blessings on you and your family
Great ideas Brooke ❤
Just what I've been looking for. Love it.
Wonderful ideas!!! Thanks again Brook!
I’m not a big meat eater so this is great for me!
Great ideas, Brooke!
Thank ya Brooke! Great meatless easy recipes. Looks delish and easy peasy!!! ❤❤❤
Great meals! Thanks Brooke
Blessings 💞💞💞💞
Brooke what a awesome video, thanks 👍👍👍
I love how you use simple ingredients most have ir have easy access to. I take all my left over veggies that i chop and throw them in a galloon ziplock freezer bag and when its full, i throw it all in a pot for some vegtable soup. I just add a large can of crushed tomatoes and small pasta noodles if I have any. Of course a piece of crusty bread and it's soo good and cheap
To say I love your channel, Is an understatement … but, is there much protein in those meals? Mushrooms only have 2 grams of protein per cup. (Only thought of this stuff, cuz I’m seeing a nutritionist because of anemia). But. Anyhoo. Love watching your recipes and have made several! 😀
Beans are full of protein, as well as cheese and heavy whipping cream. There’s even 7g of protein in each serving of pasta. It’s hidden everywhere 😉
Brooke love your videos. You are a natural . So happy for you that your channel is growing, keep it up girl!
I HATE mushrooms so it’s harder for me to find meatless meals....but as usual Brooke GREAT job!!!!!
Great meal ideas! Your videos are so peaceful to watch! Love your family.
Nice meal, I made something similar myself the other day. The only suggestion I have is - add pesto in the very end, when everything is else is cooked. Pesto should not be cooked/boiled/heated :)
This is the content that i subbed for. I know youre trying to grow your channel and offer variety by doing other things, but you cooking is all i watch.
Thank you! I mainly just do videos that are requested, I try to stick to 99% cooking. It’s my thing lol!
Love these! Can't wait to see more! Lent is around the corner so it's nice to have something different to eat thats not a fish fry or cheese pizza lol
Definitely going to make the tostadas they look sooooo good!! All great ideas!
Thank you for sharing these 😊
Great 👌 ideas
Awesome recipes, thanks Brooke 👍👍👍