My best friend unfortunately died of cancer recently. I was skimming through RUclips looking for cooking RUclipsrs to follow. One of your videos popped up. I clicked on it and as soon as you began speaking I saw my friend. You have the same heart and personality and humor that she had. You remind me so much of her. So I obviously clicked the like button and subscribed!! Now when I watch your videos I feel like I have a piece of her with me. Thank you so much!!!
On one of my pick up orders at Walmart I ordered 1 pound of Black Forest ham. When I got home and unloaded my groceries, they had given me the ENTIRE deli ham! It was hilarious! When I called the store to find out what I should do because I had only paid for 1 pound of ham not an entire ham, they said to keep it and enjoy. They’d have to toss it out if it were returned.
You do realize my dear that you don't have to answer to us as to what you're feeding your children. And how much everything costs or how much you're feeding them. You are their mother and you are not mistreating your children. You make good judgment. You know what they like and what they don't like how much it takes to feel them up. You're doing a great job mom. They all look healthy and happy. So don't worry about what these people out here in this big old giant world. Say you're doing a fantastic job. And I love your programs that you did. You're so entertaining even if you don't mean to be. I just love watching you and I love watching the boys enjoying what mom makes for them to eat. You have some beautiful boys. Don't tell them that though you're supposed to be handsome
Did math on this one. Family of 5 times 3 meals a day (sorta, I know you skip breakfast) that equals 15 meals a day, time 7 days, that's 105 meals. So on a budget of $92 a week divided by 105 meals, that equals 0.87 cents a meal! Amazing job! So, even if you skipped breakfast all week, the same math make each meal $1.30, still incredibly good when you can't buy a regular Egg McMuffin for that, they're $2.79! And, what is that about canned biscuits? Opening them always, POP!, scares the bejabbers outa me, too! Great video, Brooke!
I do Walmart delivery every week and my substitutions have always be better than what I ordered! The delivery is a God send because I'm older and my car isn't running. I paid $100. for a year and its worth it. I can order a gallon of milk and nothing else and they deliver it. Plus I send food to my brother in another state once a month.
I appreciate you making the effort to put yourself out there online trying to help people who can't even afford to eat now due to inflation. Going to the grocery store is overwhelming and stressful with trying to eat and feed everyone in your family on a budget. there's some good karma coming your way girl. You deserve it.🙏👏🙏💕
I’m brand new to your channel and find myself LOVING you and your sweet family. You have the BEST personality and I have so much fun learning your recipes. Thank you for being you and sharing with all of us ❤🙏🥰
More of this type of videos please. More realistic. Also using what's in the actual pantry. You have the best content of this type. Not too flashy, just normal. 😅🎉🤘
I like to buy the cheese toast (which also has garlic) instead, as my Walmart charges the same price. Then I save on my cheese usage, too. They make great mini-pizzas.
I've gotten some weird substitutions before but my favorite was I ordered a 28oz can of crushed tomatoes and they gave me 6 regular tomatoes. I was like dang... I gotta crush these bad boys myself? 🤣🤣
WM pickup is always a gamble! I've had some weird substitutions... ordered frozen french fries but I got a bag of green beans instead. Guess they thought I needed to eat healthier 🤣
So enjoy watching you cook & ad-lib "It'll be fine" - also LOVE watching your kids reactions to the taste testing - especially the little one - so precious!
Even though we are a plant based family I love your videos. I love how creative you get in the kitchen and because you use beans I am able to make many of your recipes minus the meat or cheese. Keep up the great work!
I listen to your videos while I work from home! Your voice totally relaxes me and helps tremendously to feel less stressed. Love love love your content!! ❤❤❤
I love that your store is still doing no extra charge on substitutions. My order on Saturday was the first time I was given a pop up notice that my store will now be charging the price of the substitution.
A little trick I learned for the Walmart substitutions is I go through ny order and mark no substitution on everything. Amazingly enough, since I started doing that I don’t get substitutions and only ever didn’t get the pasta I ordered a couple of weeks ago. I do that every time now. I was always getting stuck with items that cost more than the ones I ordered, so now I don’t.
As usual my brain is quick ly translating your recipes so that my gf, df, and soy free system can enjoy many of your recipes. I really enjoy watching your kiddos doing taste testing. Love the new color. If ya know ya know. Best line of the video, " soggy hunk of grass in your wrap". It just made me laugh. Be blessed. Keep being kind!
@Brooke You get the trophy for the oddest substitution! I’ve never used the service where a WalMart employee pulls the order but I see them going through the store with their cart full of gray tubs and it seems like they work pretty dang hard… sometimes you can barely get through the grocery section because there are so many of ‘em out in the aisles…
Enjoy those upgrades while you can. Our Walmart used to do that too, but NOW they upgrade with a more expensive product and charge you the more expensive price. They also tell me right before the pickup time and give me three minutes to refuse the higher priced item. Then of course, you’re either left with nothing or the $5:00 a dozen eggs that they chose for you :(
Mine 2. When u place your order you can specify if you want substituons or not ahead of the order. I just click the box that says no substitions. Thats what I do now because I cant afford the more expensive stuff.
This JUST happened to me! Notification came at 8:03 and I had until 8:07 to approve or decline substitutions! But, they subbed Pillsbury crescent rolls for the GV brand at no extra charge. I'm shocked 😲
You are so good at what you do. These videos are amazing, the budgeting, the quick, easy and delicious looking recipes. I love this. Your family is very fortunate to have you.
I love your videos! You have such a fun nurturing spirit! When you make shorts to tease the negative remarks it cracks me up. Your facial expressions are hilarious. Remember we love you all and PFFFFFTTT on the haters! I envy your life!!!
Just recently subscribed after stumbling onto your channel and I have got to say, I'm loving it!!!! Your family is so sweet and can't wait to see your new videos. God Bless!❤
I find it funny how different people are when they cook. I go through a package of hard salami a week and I go through at least 6-7 bottles of red wine vinegar a year. I add it to roasts and all simmered meat dishes. I also put it on most every sandwich. Loved the haul and the meals!
I know this isn't funny but when you showed us what they subbed versus what you ordered I spit my iced tea everywhere when I laughed. I don't do Walmart pick-up as often anymore. (No car and don't want to have to depend on my friends to help with the pick-up.) I'm Canadian and I order grocery delivery from one of the major chains in Western Canada. I know my prices and while this particular store doesn't have the lowest overall prices, their delivery charges are definitely the lowest if you pick the biggest delivery window. So I watch for sales and when the prices are close I order things that way. It's not perfect but its definitely cheaper than trying to get to the lowest price grocery store and take a taxi home. AND they bring my groceries directly to my apartment door. The best sub I ever got was when I ordered a box on generic onion soup mix. They subbed 4 individual packages of Knorr onion soup. One envelope of Knorr was almost equivalent in cost the entire box of generic but because there were 4 envelopes in the generic box the gave me 4 of the Knorr.
Brooke I love when you catch yourself say something wrong. I really enjoy your channel and the meal ideas are fabulous. Thank you for working so hard and sharing with us.😊
I'm the same. I have to check each item and make sure the date is good, package not damaged, etc. Plus, I don't want grubby hands all over my produce. My OCD is fierce when it comes to grocery shopping... 😂
I do order for pick up but l won't let someone pick my produce or meat .l go in to a store for my meat and l dont buy meat from wal mart, not fresh meat,only pre packaged lunch meat or Butterball Turkey breast or something like that,and l choose ,my own produce too or they send half rotten stuff.l will order canned food and paper products,,cleaners etc,for pick up,lately though the greater % of cans are bashed in and dented which can compromise the seal so lm not going g to pay good money for that,lm calling for a refund.
You are amazing! I enjoy watching all of your videos and am definitely going to try the monkey bread as a Christmas treat. As a mom who home schooled my three children 30 years ago I remember those busy days squeezing in the library, the grocery shopping and any other "town" chores before returning home to get dinner going. Hope you are having fun with your kids. I sure did
We only have 2 grocery stores in our town in Washington state Walmart & Safeway so Walmart is the cheapest to buy potatoes. &4.26 for 10 pound bag & $2.56 for 5 pound bag. At my Walmart they recently started charging actual price of substitutions now. You are amazing, I enjoy your videos.
The weirdest substitution I ever got: I ordered tampons and they substituted mushrooms. 🤣🤣🤣 SN: I moonlight as a driver for Spark- Walmart's delivery service. Sometimes, we have to shop the express delivery orders if the OGP associates are behind. These substitutions are usually NOT chosen by the person picking them, but it's what the app algorithm suggests. They could still always NOT pick the suggested item, though. LOL
About the skewer substitution: My guess is that the shopper was looking for "Napkins", not Feminine Napkins. Skewers commonly hang on little racks with the napkins and paper plates. The shopper had to substitute SOMETHING, so they just grabbed the skewers. OMG, hilarious!
Idk if I told you this but I think this is a good BUDGET substitute for a more expensive meal… chicken parmigiana: Get Tyson chicken sandwich paddies (or offbrands even better), spaghetti sauce, spaghetti, provolone slices. So the way I do it (the fastest way)… microwave your chicken patties to cooked, get a shallow casserole dish or something and put a light amt of sp sauce in the dish first, add the patties, cook just for a minute to crisp up the patties if you want or skip this part, after that part take out and top with prov cheese, sauce, then more cheese and put back in oven long enough to melt cheese and warm sauce! And obviously cook your noodle’s during this process. Walah! Chicken parmigiana!!!! 😂
When I was little, my mother would make a quick treat or dessert by taking the biscuits & dip them 1st into melted butter and then into a bowl with sugar and cinnamon. She would then put them on a greased sheet pan and put them in the oven. Very much like what you have done. They were so-o-o-o good!😋
I live in Idaho & shop at winco...which is comparable in price. Every April a local fruit/veg stand opens about a mile from where I live & stays open thru October. Every morning they go thru the produce & create mixed bags that sell for a dollar! Sometimes you get a yam, 2 oranges, celery, 3 peppers and nectarines...it's widely varied, & amazing! We are a heavy fruit & veg fam & my last haul was 6 dollars...the weight was 10 pounds of delicious 😋. I love to save on groceries & you have great ideas! Plus, I agree w the tortilla theory.
Brooke, I also feel like I was born at the wrong time! I LOVE Little House on the Prarie!!!! I've probably watched every episode 1,000 times!! I would love to hang out with Caroline Ingalls and cook for the day!!
I just found your channel last week and I'm enjoying watching you. I love how you make things up as you go...but at least it works out and your family enjoys it. I forget about sheet pan dinners. I'm doing that tomorrow with my chicken thighs.
My 23 yr old son will put every medal in a wrap. I have recently just started following you. We were born and bred in Tennessee and move to SC 32 yrs ago. I love watching you because it feels like family.
My sister does Wal-Mart pickup. She purchased two large regular sized Busch Baked Beans cans. They substituted both cans for a "Huge" Can of different brand baked beans. When I say "Huge" can, this is the size can that you would purchase for a Wedding Reception meal.
Hi Brook this is Sue, FYI, what l do for garlic bread is, when butter is on sale, take one and let it get soft, then cream it up and add garlic powder and some parsley to you taste, then put it in a container in the fridge and it last forever. l take it out and just zap it for a few seconds in the micorwave till l get spred it and put it on bread, put the lid back on and back in the fridge she goes, it last for a long long time.
My daughters friend did Walmart pickup and ordered 10 bananas. She got 10 bunches! She gave us half of them. I made so much banana bread. We gave it away and froze it. They said to keep them so she did.
I loved your monkey bread method! I learned my recipe from Taste of Home Magazine when they used to do their home shows. Mine is similar (we use Rhodes frozen rolls), but I also cut up a block of cream cheese into 16 pieces, roll in the cinnamon sugar mix, and then seal inside the roll before rolling in the cinnamon sugar mix again. I haven't made it in a long time, but now I want to!
I never get tired of the variety of meals you create! The opened cans of sauces were opened prior to your putting them together. That must have taken planning or maybe someone was there to be your helper. Good job as always! The Grinder sandwich resembles the Big hero sandwich which can be 12 feet long for a birthday party.
I have gotten my husband to try and he now loves tortilla pepperoni pizza in my cast iron skillet with a lid. Spread the tortilla with squeeze Contadina pizza sauce, sprinkle with cheese and top with pepperoni slices. Low flame, lid on, until pepperoni has curled up and cheese melts. So yummy!!
Love your content, Im from the UK and think you and your family are wonderful A heads up to all of your lovely subscribers and others that like watching budget videos, there seems to be an awful lot of phishing/scam comments popping up about investing, all from 'people' that have subscribed the same time, protect yourselves and be vigilant guys, please report if you see these in the threads Much love to you all
I swear I could watch you all day!!!! You ARE very inspiring!!! I would never of thought up some oh the recipes on my own...my cabinets look like yours 😂 I just don't know how to get out of my comfort zone when it comes to putting stuff together....thank you so much and keep cooking Brooke.. love your inspiration
About 7 yrs ago I had a lot of chicken Roman noodles given to me. Just wanted to do something different with then. But wasn't really sure, so did a Google search and came across recipes that prisoners came up with. So l tried one of the recipes it was a corn soup using the Roman. It was yummy. It was quick to make and didn't require a lot of ingredients. As you know they don't have a lot of money.
I do Walmart delivery all the time and I've never gotten really weird substitutions. I always get an email where I can accept or decline my substitutions so I'm not sure what's going on in your neck of the woods. I am in Nebraska and it goes really well. I've always had good luck too with the produce they've chosen so sorry you got some weird stuff in the past but being disabled I don't know what I would do without grocery delivery! I happen to have been in a grocery store because I went in to get a flu shot otherwise I wouldn't have been in there but they were having to have a few things on special that I wanted so it worked out and I got a 5 lb bag of russet potatoes for 88 cents and 3 lbs of 85/15 ground beef for $2.49 a pound. I would have gotten more but the limit was three. I grilled up some of it this past weekend on man did it make the best burgers on the grill; oh boy was it good! I am lucky that the state of Nebraska does not charge sales tax on food! I think you did a great job getting a wonderful variety of food for your family for $92. I was particularly impressed with the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables that you purchased and I did not see a lot of junk food in the haul. It just goes to show that you can eat healthy on a reasonable budget. I think $100 a week is a pretty reasonable budget for a family of five especially given that you've got three growing boys that will soon all be eating you out of house and home!
I just discovered you on RUclips and I love your video. I grew up in a family with me the oldest of 4 kids and 2 adults. I grew up in the 60’s . Food was a whole lot less expensive then. My step Dad worked for USSteel as a laborer. Mom did her best to feed us. We shopped weekly. And fortunately we had a small family grocery store just down the street we could walk and Mom got Credit if we ran out of things in between shopping.
Brooke, you are in my top three RUclips people to watch, but every time I see one of your sweet food reviewers eating with a wooden spoon my eye twitches. 😂
We use both pickup and delivery service from Walmart. We have been fortunate that any substitutions have worked out. I also have a touchy stomach but I half to eat first thing if not I am messed up. But that is because of my medication. Really Enjoy watching your videos!
We once found a piece of rubber like a very big piece of rubber in a pizza lunchable. I happened to eat it as a snack and my son ate it for lunch(this was 3 years ago) I called and talked to them. They had us send them the peice of rubber, which they never sent the envelope for like they said they would. But they sent us like $30 in $2 off coupons. They said it would have been a peice of rubber that had fallen off one of the machines during the assembly. We almost gave that specific lunchable to my son. I'm so glad we didn't. 😮💨😬
I love your channel and you and your family. You do what's comfortable for your family and don't even think about the comments that are negative. You're real girl, and that means a lot to me. Your family's obviously healthy and happy! May our heavenly Father guide and keep you and make His face shine upon you and yours.
I so enjoy your videos ❤ You are so down to earth and I really enjoy the easy recipes! They help on a budget and on long school days when you need quick lunch and dinner. My son is at home schooling. So some days I need easy when my brain is over all things lol
I am 54 years old and have never even eaten Monkey bread (what is wrong with me??!!) It looks so yummy I'm afraid I would eat it all🤣And those garlic bread pizzas are soooo good! I eat those for dinner with a little side salad sometimes when my husband is working out of town. Quick, easy, and delicious! This video was great!
😊😊😊 BROOKE...WHEN I MAKE CHILI, THE NEXT DAY I WARM UP A SMALL POT OF LEFTOVER AND USE EMERTION BLENDER AND BREAK UP BEANS AND USE FOR HOTDOG CHILI. I ADD SQUIRT OF KETCHUP AND MUSTARD AND BAM. BEST HOTDOG CHILI EVER
years ago I bought hamburger and it was packed on a pink strophome tray well mine wouldnt brown up all the way cause they were tray chunks in it.... I took it back and found out some one had bought lots for an out side pot of chilie I always wonder how things get in there! glad you told them
I eat my lemon’s 🍋 with salt 🧂 too! 😅 We try to budget our weekly groceries too $100 a week for 4 adult’s and 1 teenager “basically an adult 🙄” lol but I usually make it work since my family and I rather eat home cooked Mexican meal’s but we will buy take out once a week or get ice cream 🍦 or shakes just to treat ourselves 😊
Listening in while I go to work. I've not done a walmart pick up yet. I'm afraid of what they'll substitute on my list, lol! When I need an item, I don't want some random crap, lol.
Last week at Aldi with my pick up order they substituted a cucumber for my ordered green onions. The only thing they have in common is that they are green. It's crazy the way these pickers think.
Ha! My substitutions were never that crazy. I once, right before the pandemic was official, ordered 1 whole chicken. They were out so they gave me the two pack of bigger chickens for $7.something. When lockdown started I was NOT upset about it. I once ordered heavy whipping cream and I got a substitution of soy creamer or some other kind of plant based creamer. I would've preferred to have nothing. I ended up having to toss it because I couldn't find anyone to take it.
I have never tried online ordering, but that is hilarious what they substitute. Skewers? Really? I wonder how the mindset worked on that one. You are the queen of budget shopping. I spent just $83 yesterday, but a large part of our budget goes to things like toilet paper, dish soap, dog food, comet, and Nexium. Oh, and a $6 beanie/hat because it is supposed to be snowing tomorrow and my husband works outside. Once I take all that off my ticket, my actual food bill was only $18. I really want to try online ordering, but I have control issues and it's hard to trust someone else to shop for me. Though, it seems to be a benefit when they sub from what I've seen. Unless it's skewers, lol. I still really wish I could be inside the brain that worked that one out. Maybe they just closed their eyes and grabbed randomly, and that was the winner. Anyway, that is still so funny.
I place a Walmart delivery order at least once a week sometimes twice a week. I use to pay the same price for an item substituted as they one I ordered; often times the substituted items was bigger and would cost more money. That policy does happen in RI anymore. You can select a substitution for each item ordered or click don’t replace. You will pay the cost of the item changed. I hate that now. You mentioned ordering an item and getting a package of skewers instead of sanitary pads. That was crazy. I am a diabetic and ordered a zero sugar juice- I was sent a bottle of Hi C fruit punch was loads of sugar. Instead of sending it back I gave it to a young family with kids ( no diabetics) in their family. I love your videos with all your meals and ideas. Thanks for sharing so much. MB
When you are on the check out page you can pick your substitution for each item or click dont substitute. Last week I ended up with 5 cans of biscuits, 3 party size bags of chips and I didn’t order any of. I also ordered 1 yard of fabric at $5 but they gave me the entire bolt which is 15 yards for $1🤦🏽♀️
The monkey bread looks amazing! Can’t wait to make it the same exact way you did. It looks so easy! Love your channel and your family is awesome! Thank you for sharing all the recipes!❤️❤️
Hi girlfriend, lol here I am again watching you. I am so addicted well when I got to say about the Walmart and you call up and order I’ve never done it. I don’t know how I am 68 years old with cancer living alone I can barely make it on $95 a month but that’s what I have to live on. I enjoy your videos so much and your personality. It really just gives me an uplifting feeling to keep trying so I would love to try that Walmart deal but I just I’m not sure how to do it. I know that’s sad. Can’t wait to see what you got going on this week with all this these delicious meals you make
I forgot to edit In the name of the sub 😂 oops!!
It was called Grinder Sandwich
I love the grinder sandwich. So good
i love those grinders 😊
Grinder is just another name for sub, or hoagie, or....you get the idea.
You really don't need a side because you have the salad on the grinder.
I found your yt you make me laugh girl I can relate I have had Subaru for things too.♥️
My best friend unfortunately died of cancer recently. I was skimming through RUclips looking for cooking RUclipsrs to follow. One of your videos popped up. I clicked on it and as soon as you began speaking I saw my friend. You have the same heart and personality and humor that she had. You remind me so much of her. So I obviously clicked the like button and subscribed!! Now when I watch your videos I feel like I have a piece of her with me. Thank you so much!!!
Prayer, hugs, and love to you. So very sorry to hear of your loss. Thankful you have something to bring a spark of joy your way.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Brooke is amazing.
Condolences of your friend and many prayers.
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I am sorry for your loss.
On one of my pick up orders at Walmart I ordered 1 pound of Black Forest ham. When I got home and unloaded my groceries, they had given me the ENTIRE deli ham! It was hilarious! When I called the store to find out what I should do because I had only paid for 1 pound of ham not an entire ham, they said to keep it and enjoy. They’d have to toss it out if it were returned.
God is real!!!
Oh my lord 😂
Wow… that’s crazy . Good for you
That would suit me just fine. Ham is the only deli meat I can eat without worrying about ingredients that I'm sensitive too.
God provides!
God blessed you
You do realize my dear that you don't have to answer to us as to what you're feeding your children. And how much everything costs or how much you're feeding them. You are their mother and you are not mistreating your children. You make good judgment. You know what they like and what they don't like how much it takes to feel them up. You're doing a great job mom. They all look healthy and happy. So don't worry about what these people out here in this big old giant world. Say you're doing a fantastic job. And I love your programs that you did. You're so entertaining even if you don't mean to be. I just love watching you and I love watching the boys enjoying what mom makes for them to eat. You have some beautiful boys. Don't tell them that though you're supposed to be handsome
Did math on this one. Family of 5 times 3 meals a day (sorta, I know you skip breakfast) that equals 15 meals a day, time 7 days, that's 105 meals. So on a budget of $92 a week divided by 105 meals, that equals 0.87 cents a meal! Amazing job! So, even if you skipped breakfast all week, the same math make each meal $1.30, still incredibly good when you can't buy a regular Egg McMuffin for that, they're $2.79! And, what is that about canned biscuits? Opening them always, POP!, scares the bejabbers outa me, too! Great video, Brooke!
I do Walmart delivery every week and my substitutions have always be better than what I ordered! The delivery is a God send because I'm older and my car isn't running. I paid $100. for a year and its worth it. I can order a gallon of milk and nothing else and they deliver it. Plus I send food to my brother in another state once a month.
Still my favorite RUclipsr. I can't have a bad day when I watch these videos.
Can I just say I love the fact that you show everybody eat in the living room! We never sit at the table either!😂😂
We don't either!👍💞
We don't eituer! We have a tiny house with no dining room, so...
You are raising beautiful young men. My son is 28 now and his girlfriend thanks me all the time. Expect a lot of thank you’s, Brooke.
A friend of mine once ordered Granny Smith apples and her Walmart pickup substituted Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint in “Green Apple” 😂
lol…
OMG!!!
I appreciate you making the effort to put yourself out there online trying to help people who can't even afford to eat now due to inflation. Going to the grocery store is overwhelming and stressful with trying to eat and feed everyone in your family on a budget. there's some good karma coming your way girl. You deserve it.🙏👏🙏💕
I’m brand new to your channel and find myself LOVING you and your sweet family. You have the BEST personality and I have so much fun learning your recipes. Thank you for being you and sharing with all of us ❤🙏🥰
More of this type of videos please. More realistic. Also using what's in the actual pantry. You have the best content of this type. Not too flashy, just normal. 😅🎉🤘
I like to buy the cheese toast (which also has garlic) instead, as my Walmart charges the same price. Then I save on my cheese usage, too. They make great mini-pizzas.
What a great idea!!!😍😍😍
This is a great idea. I put it on my list immediately and I will be making pizza for my kid for lunch this way!
I've gotten some weird substitutions before but my favorite was I ordered a 28oz can of crushed tomatoes and they gave me 6 regular tomatoes. I was like dang... I gotta crush these bad boys myself? 🤣🤣
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WM pickup is always a gamble! I've had some weird substitutions... ordered frozen french fries but I got a bag of green beans instead. Guess they thought I needed to eat healthier 🤣
LOL😂😂😂
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I’d love to see more regular weeks! This was awesome
"You could put a soggy hunk of dead grass in a tortilla and it would be good"- I couldn't stop laughing!🤣🤣 I'll take your word on that!- Great video.
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So enjoy watching you cook & ad-lib "It'll be fine" - also LOVE watching your kids reactions to the taste testing - especially the little one - so precious!
I agree that little one - he's so funny!!😍😂
That smiley face spatula coming out of nowhere cracked me up. You've made my day!!
Even though we are a plant based family I love your videos. I love how creative you get in the kitchen and because you use beans I am able to make many of your recipes minus the meat or cheese. Keep up the great work!
I listen to your videos while I work from home! Your voice totally relaxes me and helps tremendously to feel less stressed. Love love love your content!! ❤❤❤
I love that your store is still doing no extra charge on substitutions. My order on Saturday was the first time I was given a pop up notice that my store will now be charging the price of the substitution.
A little trick I learned for the Walmart substitutions is I go through ny order and mark no substitution on everything. Amazingly enough, since I started doing that I don’t get substitutions and only ever didn’t get the pasta I ordered a couple of weeks ago. I do that every time now. I was always getting stuck with items that cost more than the ones I ordered, so now I don’t.
Thanks for the tip... I've done that the last several times and it's worked!!
As usual my brain is quick ly translating your recipes so that my gf, df, and soy free system can enjoy many of your recipes.
I really enjoy watching your kiddos doing taste testing.
Love the new color. If ya know ya know.
Best line of the video,
" soggy hunk of grass in your wrap". It just made me laugh.
Be blessed. Keep being kind!
@Brooke You get the trophy for the oddest substitution! I’ve never used the service where a WalMart employee pulls the order but I see them going through the store with their cart full of gray tubs and it seems like they work pretty dang hard… sometimes you can barely get through the grocery section because there are so many of ‘em out in the aisles…
Enjoy those upgrades while you can. Our Walmart used to do that too, but NOW they upgrade with a more expensive product and charge you the more expensive price. They also tell me right before the pickup time and give me three minutes to refuse the higher priced item. Then of course, you’re either left with nothing or the $5:00 a dozen eggs that they chose for you :(
Mine 2. When u place your order you can specify if you want substituons or not ahead of the order. I just click the box that says no substitions. Thats what I do now because I cant afford the more expensive stuff.
This JUST happened to me! Notification came at 8:03 and I had until 8:07 to approve or decline substitutions! But, they subbed Pillsbury crescent rolls for the GV brand at no extra charge. I'm shocked 😲
Eggs are $5.00 a dozen or more
Our's did the same thing charging for higher substitutions so when I order I check NO Substitutions, so that doesn't happen again.
You are so good at what you do. These videos are amazing, the budgeting, the quick, easy and delicious looking recipes. I love this. Your family is very fortunate to have you.
I love your videos! You have such a fun nurturing spirit! When you make shorts to tease the negative remarks it cracks me up. Your facial expressions are hilarious. Remember we love you all and PFFFFFTTT on the haters! I envy your life!!!
Yea girl! Time for new pictures on the opening, boys have grown a lot and are just SO CUTE!
Just recently subscribed after stumbling onto your channel and I have got to say, I'm loving it!!!! Your family is so sweet and can't wait to see your new videos. God Bless!❤
Thank you!!
I find it funny how different people are when they cook. I go through a package of hard salami a week and I go through at least 6-7 bottles of red wine vinegar a year. I add it to roasts and all simmered meat dishes. I also put it on most every sandwich. Loved the haul and the meals!
I love your longer videos! Could listen to you all day! :)
I know this isn't funny but when you showed us what they subbed versus what you ordered I spit my iced tea everywhere when I laughed. I don't do Walmart pick-up as often anymore. (No car and don't want to have to depend on my friends to help with the pick-up.) I'm Canadian and I order grocery delivery from one of the major chains in Western Canada. I know my prices and while this particular store doesn't have the lowest overall prices, their delivery charges are definitely the lowest if you pick the biggest delivery window. So I watch for sales and when the prices are close I order things that way. It's not perfect but its definitely cheaper than trying to get to the lowest price grocery store and take a taxi home. AND they bring my groceries directly to my apartment door. The best sub I ever got was when I ordered a box on generic onion soup mix. They subbed 4 individual packages of Knorr onion soup. One envelope of Knorr was almost equivalent in cost the entire box of generic but because there were 4 envelopes in the generic box the gave me 4 of the Knorr.
The beginning was so funny..... Hehe on that replacement item.
Yes, everything in a tortilla is delicious. Love making garlic bread pizzas!
Brooke I love when you catch yourself say something wrong. I really enjoy your channel and the meal ideas are fabulous. Thank you for working so hard and sharing with us.😊
This is my favorite video of yours. I can really relate to this budget! Hope you post more like it!
Thank you for those words - right on time!!! Praying for you and your family and much love!!
I have yet to use Walmart pick up. I just can’t trust someone else to choose my groceries for me. I might be wound too tight. 😂
I'm the same. I have to check each item and make sure the date is good, package not damaged, etc. Plus, I don't want grubby hands all over my produce. My OCD is fierce when it comes to grocery shopping... 😂
Right? And especially the fruit and produce.
I am the same way. I have never once ordered groceries for pickup.😒
I could not have someone that was not a family member or a friend shop for me.
I do order for pick up but l won't let someone pick my produce or meat .l go in to a store for my meat and l dont buy meat from wal mart, not fresh meat,only pre packaged lunch meat or Butterball Turkey breast or something like that,and l choose ,my own produce too or they send half rotten stuff.l will order canned food and paper products,,cleaners etc,for pick up,lately though the greater % of cans are bashed in and dented which can compromise the seal so lm not going g to pay good money for that,lm calling for a refund.
You are amazing! I enjoy watching all of your videos and am definitely going to try the monkey bread as a Christmas treat. As a mom who home schooled my three children 30 years ago I remember those busy days squeezing in the library, the grocery shopping and any other "town" chores before returning home to get dinner going. Hope you are having fun with your kids. I sure did
Brooke, thank you so much for sharing your love with us through all of the wonderful recipes you make in your videos. Your kindness is so original. ❤
We only have 2 grocery stores in our town in Washington state Walmart & Safeway so Walmart is the cheapest to buy potatoes. &4.26 for 10 pound bag & $2.56 for 5 pound bag. At my Walmart they recently started charging actual price of substitutions now. You are amazing, I enjoy your videos.
The weirdest substitution I ever got: I ordered tampons and they substituted mushrooms. 🤣🤣🤣 SN: I moonlight as a driver for Spark- Walmart's delivery service. Sometimes, we have to shop the express delivery orders if the OGP associates are behind. These substitutions are usually NOT chosen by the person picking them, but it's what the app algorithm suggests. They could still always NOT pick the suggested item, though. LOL
About the skewer substitution: My guess is that the shopper was looking for "Napkins", not Feminine Napkins. Skewers commonly hang on little racks with the napkins and paper plates. The shopper had to substitute SOMETHING, so they just grabbed the skewers. OMG, hilarious!
Idk if I told you this but I think this is a good BUDGET substitute for a more expensive meal… chicken parmigiana: Get Tyson chicken sandwich paddies (or offbrands even better), spaghetti sauce, spaghetti, provolone slices. So the way I do it (the fastest way)… microwave your chicken patties to cooked, get a shallow casserole dish or something and put a light amt of sp sauce in the dish first, add the patties, cook just for a minute to crisp up the patties if you want or skip this part, after that part take out and top with prov cheese, sauce, then more cheese and put back in oven long enough to melt cheese and warm sauce! And obviously cook your noodle’s during this process. Walah! Chicken parmigiana!!!! 😂
This is a regular in my house for making chicken parm sandwiches! :)
@@yvonnepalmquist8676 so simple isn’t it!? I love it 🥰
Your recipes are like mine cheap,delicious and somewhat easy My family eats a lot of burritos or Wraps too
When I was little, my mother would make a quick treat or dessert by taking the biscuits & dip them 1st into melted butter and then into a bowl with sugar and cinnamon. She would then put them on a greased sheet pan and put them in the oven. Very much like what you have done. They were so-o-o-o good!😋
I live in Idaho & shop at winco...which is comparable in price. Every April a local fruit/veg stand opens about a mile from where I live & stays open thru October. Every morning they go thru the produce & create mixed bags that sell for a dollar! Sometimes you get a yam, 2 oranges, celery, 3 peppers and nectarines...it's widely varied, & amazing! We are a heavy fruit & veg fam & my last haul was 6 dollars...the weight was 10 pounds of delicious 😋. I love to save on groceries & you have great ideas! Plus, I agree w the tortilla theory.
Brooke, I also feel like I was born at the wrong time! I LOVE Little House on the Prarie!!!! I've probably watched every episode 1,000 times!! I would love to hang out with Caroline Ingalls and cook for the day!!
Oh my gosh, same!!!!
I just found your channel last week and I'm enjoying watching you. I love how you make things up as you go...but at least it works out and your family enjoys it. I forget about sheet pan dinners. I'm doing that tomorrow with my chicken thighs.
My 23 yr old son will put every medal in a wrap. I have recently just started following you. We were born and bred in Tennessee and move to SC 32 yrs ago. I love watching you because it feels like family.
I love watching you cook ..but my 4 boys would eat twice that sandwich amount ..thanks for all the great tips..your baby boy is so cute in this ..
My sister does Wal-Mart pickup. She purchased two large regular sized Busch Baked Beans cans. They substituted both cans for a "Huge" Can of different brand baked beans. When I say "Huge" can, this is the size can that you would purchase for a Wedding Reception meal.
That was my laugh of the day about the feminine product & the skewers!🤣🤣🤣
Hi Brook this is Sue, FYI, what l do for garlic bread is, when butter is on sale, take one and let it get soft, then cream it up and add garlic powder and some parsley to you taste, then put it in a container in the fridge and it last forever. l take it out and just zap it for a few seconds in the micorwave till l get spred it and put it on bread, put the lid back on and back in the fridge she goes, it last for a long long time.
Thank you so much for sharing! I hope you will do more of these videos. It looked like you were in a pantry. Could you do a pantry tour!
My daughters friend did Walmart pickup and ordered 10 bananas. She got 10 bunches! She gave us half of them. I made so much banana bread. We gave it away and froze it. They said to keep them so she did.
We ordered 1 bunch and only got 1 banana😂😂😂😂
I loved your monkey bread method! I learned my recipe from Taste of Home Magazine when they used to do their home shows. Mine is similar (we use Rhodes frozen rolls), but I also cut up a block of cream cheese into 16 pieces, roll in the cinnamon sugar mix, and then seal inside the roll before rolling in the cinnamon sugar mix again. I haven't made it in a long time, but now I want to!
That sounds amazing!😊
Thanks for sharing your grocery haul with us Brooke! 😊. Meals looks great also easy and quick.
Miss. Ruby
I never get tired of the variety of meals you create! The opened cans of sauces were opened prior to your putting them together. That must have taken planning or maybe someone was there to be your helper. Good job as always! The Grinder sandwich resembles the Big hero sandwich which can be 12 feet long for a birthday party.
I ordered 6 of those root blend bags last week. It is my favorite go to for meal prepped lunches. I roast it with some chicken sausage 🥰
I have gotten my husband to try and he now loves tortilla pepperoni pizza in my cast iron skillet with a lid. Spread the tortilla with squeeze Contadina pizza sauce, sprinkle with cheese and top with pepperoni slices. Low flame, lid on, until pepperoni has curled up and cheese melts. So yummy!!
Love your content, Im from the UK and think you and your family are wonderful
A heads up to all of your lovely subscribers and others that like watching budget videos, there seems to be an awful lot of phishing/scam comments popping up about investing, all from 'people' that have subscribed the same time, protect yourselves and be vigilant guys, please report if you see these in the threads
Much love to you all
I think this is the first video where I've seen Dusty without a hat! He does have hair! 🤣 great recipes too!
Your videos are so fun. TY for sharing your ideas 💜
Sending love from Ontario 🇨🇦
Brooke
Love to see your beautiful smile again. Thank you for the grocery haul and yummy sandwich . You are awesome
I swear I could watch you all day!!!! You ARE very inspiring!!! I would never of thought up some oh the recipes on my own...my cabinets look like yours 😂 I just don't know how to get out of my comfort zone when it comes to putting stuff together....thank you so much and keep cooking Brooke.. love your inspiration
About 7 yrs ago I had a lot of chicken Roman noodles given to me. Just wanted to do something different with then. But wasn't really sure, so did a Google search and came across recipes that prisoners came up with. So l tried one of the recipes it was a corn soup using the Roman. It was yummy. It was quick to make and didn't require a lot of ingredients. As you know they don't have a lot of money.
I just tried your pork chop in the crock pot recipe. It was a score ! Everyone loved it. All your food looks bomb. ❤
My mom used to make this but she included a bag of instant butterscotch pudding powder. So nostalgic to watch you make it. 💜
I do Walmart delivery all the time and I've never gotten really weird substitutions. I always get an email where I can accept or decline my substitutions so I'm not sure what's going on in your neck of the woods. I am in Nebraska and it goes really well. I've always had good luck too with the produce they've chosen so sorry you got some weird stuff in the past but being disabled I don't know what I would do without grocery delivery! I happen to have been in a grocery store because I went in to get a flu shot otherwise I wouldn't have been in there but they were having to have a few things on special that I wanted so it worked out and I got a 5 lb bag of russet potatoes for 88 cents and 3 lbs of 85/15 ground beef for $2.49 a pound. I would have gotten more but the limit was three. I grilled up some of it this past weekend on man did it make the best burgers on the grill; oh boy was it good! I am lucky that the state of Nebraska does not charge sales tax on food! I think you did a great job getting a wonderful variety of food for your family for $92. I was particularly impressed with the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables that you purchased and I did not see a lot of junk food in the haul. It just goes to show that you can eat healthy on a reasonable budget. I think $100 a week is a pretty reasonable budget for a family of five especially given that you've got three growing boys that will soon all be eating you out of house and home!
I just discovered you on RUclips and I love your video. I grew up in a family with me the oldest of 4 kids and 2 adults. I grew up in the 60’s . Food was a whole lot less expensive then. My step Dad worked for USSteel as a laborer. Mom did her best to feed us. We shopped weekly. And fortunately we had a small family grocery store just down the street we could walk and Mom got Credit if we ran out of things in between shopping.
Walmart sells a can of chili beans that has like 7 different beans in it it's so good!
Thank you for sharing, I have used so many of your meal ideas to mix up our meals!!
Brooke, you always make me smile. 😊 Thank you for that. I love your videos and your recipes. May God bless you and your family 💖
oh my goodness your kiddos are so cute. these recipes look amazing, thank you for sharing
Brooke, you are in my top three RUclips people to watch, but every time I see one of your sweet food reviewers eating with a wooden spoon my eye twitches. 😂
We use both pickup and delivery service from Walmart. We have been fortunate that any substitutions have worked out. I also have a touchy stomach but I half to eat first thing if not I am messed up. But that is because of my medication. Really Enjoy watching your videos!
Catching up on your older videos. That is the craziest substitution I have ever heard of in my life! Skewers 🤣
Love your videos, so amazing!💗
We once found a piece of rubber like a very big piece of rubber in a pizza lunchable. I happened to eat it as a snack and my son ate it for lunch(this was 3 years ago) I called and talked to them. They had us send them the peice of rubber, which they never sent the envelope for like they said they would. But they sent us like $30 in $2 off coupons. They said it would have been a peice of rubber that had fallen off one of the machines during the assembly.
We almost gave that specific lunchable to my son. I'm so glad we didn't. 😮💨😬
I love your channel and you and your family. You do what's comfortable for your family and don't even think about the comments that are negative. You're real girl, and that means a lot to me. Your family's obviously healthy and happy! May our heavenly Father guide and keep you and make His face shine upon you and yours.
You can also make garlic bread with garlic and olive oil, just make sure you toast it and it's delicious.🙂
I so enjoy your videos ❤ You are so down to earth and I really enjoy the easy recipes! They help on a budget and on long school days when you need quick lunch and dinner. My son is at home schooling. So some days I need easy when my brain is over all things lol
I am 54 years old and have never even eaten Monkey bread (what is wrong with me??!!) It looks so yummy I'm afraid I would eat it all🤣And those garlic bread pizzas are soooo good! I eat those for dinner with a little side salad sometimes when my husband is working out of town. Quick, easy, and delicious! This video was great!
😊😊😊 BROOKE...WHEN I MAKE CHILI, THE NEXT DAY I WARM UP A SMALL POT OF LEFTOVER AND USE EMERTION BLENDER AND BREAK UP BEANS AND USE FOR HOTDOG CHILI. I ADD SQUIRT OF KETCHUP AND MUSTARD AND BAM. BEST HOTDOG CHILI EVER
Thanks. I find this is more realistic than some of the other cheap meals videos I have watched. Really good work
This was a really good video with lots of recipe ideas I'm going to try and make some of those dinners I like the way you explain the meals
years ago I bought hamburger and it was packed on a pink strophome tray well mine wouldnt brown up all the way cause they were tray chunks in it.... I took it back and found out some one had bought lots for an out side pot of chilie I always wonder how things get in there! glad you told them
I eat my lemon’s 🍋 with salt 🧂 too! 😅
We try to budget our weekly groceries too $100 a week for 4 adult’s and 1 teenager “basically an adult 🙄” lol but I usually make it work since my family and I rather eat home cooked Mexican meal’s but we will buy take out once a week or get ice cream 🍦 or shakes just to treat ourselves 😊
Listening in while I go to work. I've not done a walmart pick up yet. I'm afraid of what they'll substitute on my list, lol! When I need an item, I don't want some random crap, lol.
Last week at Aldi with my pick up order they substituted a cucumber for my ordered green onions. The only thing they have in common is that they are green. It's crazy the way these pickers think.
Ha! My substitutions were never that crazy. I once, right before the pandemic was official, ordered 1 whole chicken. They were out so they gave me the two pack of bigger chickens for $7.something. When lockdown started I was NOT upset about it. I once ordered heavy whipping cream and I got a substitution of soy creamer or some other kind of plant based creamer. I would've preferred to have nothing. I ended up having to toss it because I couldn't find anyone to take it.
I have never tried online ordering, but that is hilarious what they substitute. Skewers? Really? I wonder how the mindset worked on that one. You are the queen of budget shopping. I spent just $83 yesterday, but a large part of our budget goes to things like toilet paper, dish soap, dog food, comet, and Nexium. Oh, and a $6 beanie/hat because it is supposed to be snowing tomorrow and my husband works outside. Once I take all that off my ticket, my actual food bill was only $18. I really want to try online ordering, but I have control issues and it's hard to trust someone else to shop for me. Though, it seems to be a benefit when they sub from what I've seen. Unless it's skewers, lol. I still really wish I could be inside the brain that worked that one out. Maybe they just closed their eyes and grabbed randomly, and that was the winner. Anyway, that is still so funny.
I place a Walmart delivery order at least once a week sometimes twice a week. I use to pay the same price for an item substituted as they one I ordered; often times the substituted items was bigger and would cost more money. That policy does happen in RI anymore. You can select a substitution for each item ordered or click don’t replace. You will pay the cost of the item changed. I hate that now.
You mentioned ordering an item and getting a package of skewers instead of sanitary pads. That was crazy. I am a diabetic and ordered a zero sugar juice- I was sent a bottle of Hi C fruit punch was loads of sugar. Instead of sending it back I gave it to a young family with kids ( no diabetics) in their family. I love your videos with all your meals and ideas. Thanks for sharing so much. MB
Monkey bread was always a special treat for me and my sisters growing up. So sweet to see Kylen so excited to try it ❤
When you are on the check out page you can pick your substitution for each item or click dont substitute. Last week I ended up with 5 cans of biscuits, 3 party size bags of chips and I didn’t order any of. I also ordered 1 yard of fabric at $5 but they gave me the entire bolt which is 15 yards for $1🤦🏽♀️
The monkey bread looks amazing! Can’t wait to make it the same exact way you did. It looks so easy! Love your channel and your family is awesome! Thank you for sharing all the recipes!❤️❤️
Red wine vinegar is great to make quick dressing and marinades! I use it a lot!
Hi girlfriend, lol here I am again watching you. I am so addicted well when I got to say about the Walmart and you call up and order I’ve never done it. I don’t know how I am 68 years old with cancer living alone I can barely make it on $95 a month but that’s what I have to live on. I enjoy your videos so much and your personality. It really just gives me an uplifting feeling to keep trying so I would love to try that Walmart deal but I just I’m not sure how to do it. I know that’s sad. Can’t wait to see what you got going on this week with all this these delicious meals you make
Thank you. I fell upon your video. It has inspired me to start cooking again.