Thanks for being here today my friend 🩷Here’s last weeks no-cook video: ruclips.net/video/-ROZF5Fka6o/видео.htmlsi=3zMPC_GWKjst70jP Here’s my cookbook: www.juliapachecocooking.com/cookbook
I remember reading a book about cutting your grocery bill in half. They said start with your pantry, freezer, and frig to plan your meals. Once you've planned as many meals as you can, then see if you can plan more meals if you have a little produce, spices, or other ingredients. Because I'm cooking for one, I know I can stretch meals a lot more. And with these recipes from Julia, I can do a lot more.
If you can download the websites where you shop like Walmart or local grocery, you can put in the search engine what you may be looking for. If you put the general term, say green beans, what they have will pop up- national brands and their cost as well as store brands. It saves me plenty time.
That is a wonderful tip, Karen. Thank you so very much for sharing that! I hope you enjoy some of these meals and I sure do appreciate you and your support here💜🙌🏼💜
People will always find a way to provide and adapt. Definitely nowadays you have to make lots of sacrifices. Frugal, simple and back to traditional roots lifestyle is the way to go, at least that’s what I’m learning. I can’t raise my children as frivolously as my parents raised me Im a pregnant stay at home mom and I count my blessings daily, Julia’s recipes are truly a gift
Love $5 meals. I'm a widow and I get 5-6 meals from them. I eat one and freeze the rest. Gives me variety and I can eat well and stay in budget. Blessings💕🇺🇸
That’s awesome that you can make a recipe stretch that far. Thank you so much for sharing what you do and I sure do appreciate your positive comment here💜💜
That’s awesome, Ashley! I am so very happy to hear that! The best feedback ever when I know a larger family is able to save money. Having the kids home all summer too must add a lot of extra expense when it comes to anything related to food😉 thank you so much again and I hope you have a wonderful week!💜💜
Julia you knocked it out of the park again!! All those recipes look delicious. With just my wife and myself each meal will probably be 2 nights worth of dinners for us. You are a blessing!! God Bless you and your family 🙏
That’s awesome! I’m so glad you’ll be able to use some of these recipes and that they can stretch for you like that. I appreciate your positive feedback🙌🏼
You should do a cookbook about $5.00 meals and all of your budget meals and maybe do more shelf stable meals. Especially for those that are sleeping on the street and for our heroic veterans ❤
Lovely recipes! Has anyone else bought a whole roasted chicken every 2 or 3 weeks and taken everything off the bone, frozen up packets. The bones make great stock for soup too! For $5 i can get 8 or more meals for 1 or 2 people.
My family has been making the sausage, Mac & cheese, and broccoli mix for decades. It’s a family “delicacy” that I share with everyone that my brother named “scongie” (don’t ask, we don’t know). Scongie in my family can take on any form depending on what you have on hand - the other night I made it with ground beef and peas. A quick meal that always hits the spot. Definitely try this one!!
Well that’s just awesome! Thank you so very much for sharing that and I’m so happy to have you and your support here. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week💜🙌🏼
I have all the ingredients for the five meals except for the zucchini. I can cook from my pantry and save money this week. Love the recipes Julia. Thank you ❤😊.
I work nights full time and take turns takin care of 3 sets of grandparents. I simply do not have the time or energy to cook at the end of my day, but buying convenience meals is making me sick and sluggish. Thank you so much for your series, it helps me eat better and I can even share with my grandparents ❤❤
I really am happy to hear that my ideas help so much. That is a huge task that you have caring for three sets of grandparents. I am sure it is very draining and I understand not feeling like cooking at the end of the day! I appreciate your positive feedback and you hang in there. And make sure you take care of yourself🧡🧡
Julia ! Thank you for all you do ! And thank you for your kindness of responding to everyone and trying to help our cooking skills and budgets You're doing a great job !
I sure do appreciate that positive comment, Lila! I try to do the best I can as far as the comments go. I appreciate your kind words and support and hope you have a great rest of your weekend💜💜
Thank you hun. I’m in Australia and lot of these recipes I can use here. Price is different but I can do this easily. I love your voice it’s soothing and love your positive attitude
Well thank you so very much! I really am so happy to hear that. That is such positive feedback. I really do thank you for sharing that and I appreciate your Australian support💜💜
Julia, you’ve done did it again👏👏👏 I don’t know how you manage to come up with these quick, easy and inexpensive meals but I’m glad that you do bc we don’t have to think for ourselves, we’re all fortunate to have you and your amazing cookbook available to us🙏 TYFS, I appreciate you so much and I look forward to trying all these delicious meals. Take good care and have a blessed day and week my sweet friend🙏♥️💫✨👼🏻✨💫♥️🙏
You’re so very sweet, Angie! Thank you so very much for your positive comment here and I am so happy that you enjoy my recipes. Thanks so much for that great shout out about my cookbook too. So glad you’re enjoying it and I hope you have a great rest of your week💜💜
I gifted myself your cookbook for my birthday, and I love it! The photos with each recipe make me want to cook every one! The simplicity and affordability of ingredients make the recipes doable for even a new cook.
That’s awesome, Cindy! Good for you! And a very happy birthday to you too. So glad you’re enjoying my cookbook and I appreciate your wonderful support here💜💜💜
Happy Sunday, Julia! Thank you for even more budget-friendly meals that have your touch for EASY AND SOOOO GOOD! Wishing you and yours a wonderful and blessed week ahead! ☺❤
All of these look fantastic! I love it that you use Walmart's Great Value brand products. I know a lot of people don't like Walmart, but I have used their brand for years and have never found anything that I didn't like. I plan to make all of these! Thanks!!
That’s wonderful, Becky! I do hope you enjoy these recipes. Walmart is the most cost-effective place that I can go nearby. Hope you have a great rest of your week and thank you so much for watching🙌🏼🙌🏼
I live in Boston and calculated that at cheapest grocery prices around here, each recipe averages around $2 more here. Still extremely helpful, will absolutely be using these these next few weeks. Thanks Julia!
I believe it! Thank you so very much for doing that comparison though. I really hope you enjoy these recipes and thank you so much again for your positive comment and feedback💜🙌🏼💜
...and, just like that...meals for the week are all planned! You never disappoint and always surprise with your creativity, dear Julia! I hope this channel is a huge benefit to you and your lovely family.
You are just the kindest, Pam. Thank you so much for wonderful feedback and your kind words. I really truly do enjoy what I do! I sure do love all of you💜💜
I bought your cookbook. I cook these meals for my family all the time. Not only are they delicious but also affordable. There such varieties of food that my family never get tired of eating these meals. 😊
I am so very happy to hear that, Anna! I really i’m so glad that you and your family are enjoying my recipes so much. You are awesome and I’m so happy to have you here💜💜
I am so happy to have you here, Cindy! And thank you so much for that positive comment and your feedback. It means so much to me! Hope you enjoy some of these meals💜💜
Thank you for more money saving recipes. We are retired with our son living with us. It saves us so much. The no cook recipes I've tried are great. Love, Hilah
Well thank you so very much, Hilah💜💜 I really am happy to hear that these recipes have helped you so much. Prices are so very high in the stores right now! I appreciate the positive feedback and hope you have a great rest of your day💜
Your videos always come right on time because I’m going to the grocery store this morning and I’m on a budget. I was wondering what I could make this week besides tacos and spaghetti. Thanks for these meal ideas that are budget friendly
❤ Julia I have started to make some of your recipes and I am saving so much money by not eating out as much. You truly are a blessing to those of us who don't like to cook because your recipes are so easy to make. Meal planning is a must when you go to the grocery store. Thank you so much for sharing all of your recipes ❤❤
I am so happy to hear that you were saving so much money, Lupe. That is the best news ever! Thank you so very much for your positive feedback and I’m so happy to have you here as one of my loyal viewers💜💜
I’m so very sorry to hear that! I hope things get better for you soon and that you get a new job. In the meantime, I hope that these ideas help you to save some money and eat well😊
I have been watching you since before the pandemic, and I love watching you grow ❤ Your recipes are always easy to make and practical 😋 everything I have made has been delicious!
Thank you so very much for being such a loyal supporter of mine for so very long. I appreciate that so very much! I appreciate your positive feedback too and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week😊
Love these recipes Julia so affordable and easy. I live in Arkansas and I have 2 young men from Morman church visit me they are both from Utah. I suggested they watch your videos they live on a budget that is not much. So when they stop by I remind them to watch you. ❤
Good idea. Not only are they on a budget, but usually they don't have the best cooking skills. I don't know if they can watch the videos while on their mission (they're pretty restricted as to what media they can watch), but maybe you could write down a couple of recipes for them?
That is so very kind of you, Renita. I am sure they appreciate you so very much! And writing down a recipe for them would probably make their day! Thanks so very much for your positive comment and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day. I sure do appreciate you and your kind words💜💜💜
Hi Julia! I have tried many of your budget meals. My favorite is the crockpot taco bowl. It is delicious! I am going to try these recipes, too. Thank you for helping us make delicious foods that are affordable, as well as easy to prepare. Have an amazing week!
That’s wonderful! I’m so happy to hear you’ve enjoyed that crockpot taco bowl. That is a tasty recipe! Thank you so much for sharing your positive feedback about it here and I always appreciate your loyal support. Have a great rest of your week and try to stay cool💜🙌🏼💜
Julia thank you so much for sharing these awesome recipes! I’m making your dorito taco casserole tonight and my husband can’t wait! He always loves when I make your recipes lol and I’ve been making them almost every night for the last couple weeks 😅😅 Your recipes have been such a lifesaver for us! I’ll be ordering one of your cookbooks very soon! God Bless your beautiful family! 🙏🏻💫❤️
You are awesome! Thank you so very much for your wonderful feedback and I’m so happy to hear that you’ve been enjoying so many of my meals. I hope this Dorito taco casserole turned out amazing too. i’m so happy to hear that you’re enjoying my channel so much! And I sure hope you love my cookbook too💜💜
My dear sweet friend, l can always count on you to come up with delicious recipes for my to feed my family and friends. You're an amazing young lady. Thank you s-o much for all you do for us all. May God bless y'all sweetie 🙏 👵 .
And thank you so very much, Linda. You are always so kind and offer so much support. Thank you so very much for your positive comments and I hope you and your family have a wonderful rest of your week my friend💜💜💜
Thank you for helping us with so many budget friendly, wonderful ideas for meals. With groceries costing so much these days, it's not easy to come up with something new and exciting using pantry staples over and over. I appreciate everything you do.
Well thank you so very much, Joanne! I do appreciate that positive feedback so much. It definitely helps me as I create my videos! Hope you have a wonderful rest of your day💜🙌🏼💜
Good morning Julia,these are amazing and cosrt friendly. I love it when you do these , this is going to help me again for my meal plans ........you are amazing,have a wonderful Sunday Julia and family ❤
That’s awesome, Natalija! And a very good morning to you too. I hope you’re having a wonderful day and I’m so happy to hear that. You have a great rest of your week my friend💜💜
These are really great and so easy! I'm going to have to get one of those strainers. I'm slowly switching all of my cooking utensils to silicone from my hard plastic. They are so much better and so much easier to clean. And I love that the heat doesn't melt it from the pots if you leave it in the pot! I'm so bad for doing that or laying it across the top. I have plenty of wood spoons, and stainless, I just never use them much afraid I'll hurt my nonstick cookware. Have a blessed week Julia! 💕
That’s so true, Jerri. Thank you so very much for sharing that a tip about the silicone cooking utensils. I do enjoy mine as well. I hope you enjoy some nice recipes and I thank you so very much for your positive comment💜🙌🏼💜
I have never had enchiladas with rice and beans or with flour tortillas. We would think of these as burritos. I like the idea of the zucchini pasta, especially this time of year when many people are getting zucchini from the garden.
Im at work, currently eating one of your enchilada casserole recipes for my meal as i watch this. Your channel is an absolute lifesaver for us working class folks.
I am so very happy to hear that, Ingrid! That really does make my day.💜🙏 I appreciate your love and support here and I hope you know how much you mean to me!!
You are so very welcome! And that is awesome to hear. I’m so happy that you are able to use so many of these recipes and that they will help you. I hope your college year goes well🙌🏼🙌🏼
I made the smoked sausage mac & cheese for dinner tonight. It was a hit. Even my picky son, who has never really liked any type of pasta before, ate and seemed to enjoy this meal! Highly recommend!
Another win tonight! I made the rice and bean enchiladas (with some slight modifications to make them gluten-free), and my son liked those as well! I make my own enchilada sauce from scratch. It takes about 15 minutes, and the only ingredient I had to purchase specifically for the sauce recipe is tomato sauce, which costs $0.47 at my Walmart.
Some very good recipes here. They look so yummy and quick for busy weeks. Bonus that they are inexpensive. Thank you for always looking out for our pocket books. Have a great week.
I hope you enjoyed your vacation, Nina! And I know what you mean, everything is just so crazy once you get home from those vacations. I hope some of these meals help and have a great rest of your day🙌🏼🙌🏼
Thank you so very much! I love gadgets. They make my life so much easier! Ha ha. If you are interested in any of them my Amazon store link is in my description box. I hope you enjoy some of these recipes and thanks for watching💜🙌🏼💜
When i seen $5 meals I thought you meant $5 per serve. I was amazed that it was $5 to feed my whole family. In these tough economic times this is truly amazing. Thanks so much Julia
made the smoked sausage mac and cheese for my boyfriend and i today and was so pleased to see we have leftovers for lunch tomorrow 🙌🏽 cant wait to try the rest of the recipes !!!
I made the sausage, broccoli, macaroni and cheese dish. It was really good, only thing I did differently was halved the seasonings. At first I didn't know if my husband liked it. He said everything worked well together, then he went back for seconds. So, I guess he liked it as much as I did. Again, this recipe is a keeper. Thank you for sharing it.
That’s funny! So glad you both enjoyed it so much! I appreciate you sharing what you did with that recipe. Thanks so much for your positive feedback and I hope you have a great rest of your day😊
I was finally able to get your cookbook. It came last week. Today I made a casserole, the chicken enchilada. But in between paydays we are really strapped. This video is so helpful. Thank you so much!!
Oh my goodness! Thank you so very much for ordering my cookbook and I’m so happy to hear you’re enjoying it. I’m happy to hear that some of these ideas help you during those in between times of the month. Hope you enjoy some of these meals!💜🙏
Thank you Julia, got my cookbook today, and I look forward to making food for my guy. Our challenge is we are off grid, no running water, or electric, but we do have gas genie, and propane cook stove. I will be using my WonderBag to attempt to convert slow cooker recipes. Will report back. Your no nonsense style makes me wish I was a bit closer to big grocery stores, but honestly our home in Alaska, is sort of a nonstop grocery provider. We do subsistence hunting and fishing, canning and preserving. We keep a freezer at our church on grid. Thanks for all the great ideas!
That is amazing!! Thank you so very much for sharing your life with me, Mary Ann. It sounds like you both are doing well and are so prepared and organized. I sure hope that that wonder bag works well! That is so very interesting. Thank you so much for your great support from Alaska💜🙌🏼💜
Thank you, thank you, thank you again! For the rice in the InstantPot try pressure cooking it instead of the rice feature. For Spanish/Mexican rice: 1/4 cup vegetable oil 2 cups extra long-grain rice (I use Basmati) 2 cups chicken broth (I whisk 2 tablespoons of Knorr chicken bouillon into 2 cups of COLD water) **If you are not using the Knorr bouillon, you will need to add about 3/4 tsp of salt 8 oz tomato sauce garlic and onion powder (I just pour from the heart lol) Using the Sauté function, add oil and rice and stir until rice starts to toast. Stir in chicken broth, tomato sauce, and garlic powder. (Sometimes I add a couple of tablespoons of carrots and peas) Add InstantPot lid and make sure the Pressure Release Valve is set to sealing. Cook for 12 minutes on low pressure. Use the Quick Pressure Release once cooking is completed and use a fork to fluff rice IMMEDIATELY after the pressure releases. Optional: serve with a squeeze of fresh lime juice and fresh cilantro. This comes out perfect every time!
@@JuliaPacheco no problem! I combine two of these recipes today and it was a hit lol. I used the smoked sausage and put it in the bacon tomato pasta. I couldn’t decide which dish I wanted to make 🤣. It was a hit! Thank you! 🥰
Wow! Thank you so much for that wonderful feedback. I appreciate you sharing that and that’s great that the potato works so well in this recipe too. Have a great rest of your day, Melissa💛💛
Thanks for being here today my friend 🩷Here’s last weeks no-cook video: ruclips.net/video/-ROZF5Fka6o/видео.htmlsi=3zMPC_GWKjst70jP
Here’s my cookbook: www.juliapachecocooking.com/cookbook
I remember reading a book about cutting your grocery bill in half. They said start with your pantry, freezer, and frig to plan your meals. Once you've planned as many meals as you can, then see if you can plan more meals if you have a little produce, spices, or other ingredients. Because I'm cooking for one, I know I can stretch meals a lot more. And with these recipes from Julia, I can do a lot more.
Smart! I'm cooking for one as well and I like how Julia's meals can be portioned and frozen.
If you can download the websites where you shop like Walmart or local grocery, you can put in the search engine what you may be looking for. If you put the general term, say green beans, what they have will pop up- national brands and their cost as well as store brands. It saves me plenty time.
Planning meals based on what you have on hand is a great way to use up what you already have and save money by not buying things you don’t need.
That is a wonderful tip, Karen. Thank you so very much for sharing that! I hope you enjoy some of these meals and I sure do appreciate you and your support here💜🙌🏼💜
@@pjperdue1293Agree i cook for 2.
I do not know how young people afford families. Everything is so expensive, thank you Julia for helping people make good meals for their families.
People will always find a way to provide and adapt. Definitely nowadays you have to make lots of sacrifices. Frugal, simple and back to traditional roots lifestyle is the way to go, at least that’s what I’m learning. I can’t raise my children as frivolously as my parents raised me
Im a pregnant stay at home mom and I count my blessings daily, Julia’s recipes are truly a gift
@@abbieliz396 God Bless You !
Thank you so very much! I do hope that these ideas help everyone, larger families or smaller families included. Thank you so much for watching🙌🏼🙌🏼
Love $5 meals. I'm a widow and I get 5-6 meals from them. I eat one and freeze the rest. Gives me variety and I can eat well and stay in budget. Blessings💕🇺🇸
That’s awesome that you can make a recipe stretch that far. Thank you so much for sharing what you do and I sure do appreciate your positive comment here💜💜
Thank you so much Julia. We are a family of seven and your recipes are sent from the lord. I have saved so much money following you 😊
That’s awesome, Ashley! I am so very happy to hear that! The best feedback ever when I know a larger family is able to save money. Having the kids home all summer too must add a lot of extra expense when it comes to anything related to food😉 thank you so much again and I hope you have a wonderful week!💜💜
Even as a single woman with no kids, groceries are expensive!!! Thank you so much for sharing all these recipes.
Thank you so very much! And I do hope that these ideas help you💜These prices are hard for everyone!
Thank you Julia for taking the time to to provide us with a variety of meals with lower costs.
And thank you so very much, Vicky for your positive comment. I really appreciate that and hope you enjoy some of these meals🙌🏼🙌🏼
Julia you knocked it out of the park again!! All those recipes look delicious. With just my wife and myself each meal will probably be 2 nights worth of dinners for us. You are a blessing!! God Bless you and your family 🙏
Thank you Julia! 💌
That’s awesome! I’m so glad you’ll be able to use some of these recipes and that they can stretch for you like that. I appreciate your positive feedback🙌🏼
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You should do a cookbook about $5.00 meals and all of your budget meals and maybe do more shelf stable meals. Especially for those that are sleeping on the street and for our heroic veterans ❤
Yes. I. Agree it would be a good cookbook IAM a widow on fixed income and families would love this ❤
I agree with this it’s just me and I still struggle with budgeting with groceries.
Thank you so very much for that wonderful suggestion, Valerie. I appreciate that💜
Seconded! Someone gave me a good stamp cookbook 10 years ago and I use it every day!
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos! You’re a blessing to so many!!!
You are so very welcome and thank you so much for that positive feedback. It helps so much!💜🙌🏼💜
Lovely recipes! Has anyone else bought a whole roasted chicken every 2 or 3 weeks and taken everything off the bone, frozen up packets. The bones make great stock for soup too! For $5 i can get 8 or more meals for 1 or 2 people.
Some of my other viewers have mentioned the same thing! I really do appreciate you sharing a tip here and thank you so much for your great support🙌🏼💜
My family has been making the sausage, Mac & cheese, and broccoli mix for decades. It’s a family “delicacy” that I share with everyone that my brother named “scongie” (don’t ask, we don’t know). Scongie in my family can take on any form depending on what you have on hand - the other night I made it with ground beef and peas. A quick meal that always hits the spot. Definitely try this one!!
I love your variations.
Well that’s just awesome! Thank you so very much for sharing that and I’m so happy to have you and your support here. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week💜🙌🏼
@piperdue Thank you so much. I sure do appreciate that positive feedback!
I have all the ingredients for the five meals except for the zucchini. I can cook from my pantry and save money this week. Love the recipes Julia. Thank you ❤😊.
That’s awesome! I’m really happy that you have everything you need for these recipes this week🙌🏼🙌🏼
@@dmmrad54 Zucchini is easy to find lol Ask a neighbor.good Luck
Easy and inexpensive. That's a win, followed by another win.
Thank you so much! That’s awesome🙌🏼🙌🏼
I work nights full time and take turns takin care of 3 sets of grandparents. I simply do not have the time or energy to cook at the end of my day, but buying convenience meals is making me sick and sluggish.
Thank you so much for your series, it helps me eat better and I can even share with my grandparents ❤❤
I really am happy to hear that my ideas help so much. That is a huge task that you have caring for three sets of grandparents. I am sure it is very draining and I understand not feeling like cooking at the end of the day! I appreciate your positive feedback and you hang in there. And make sure you take care of yourself🧡🧡
Love the tip to cook and spray enchiladas before putting sauce on.
Thanks so much! I do hope you enjoy these recipes , Sherilynn💜💜
Julia ! Thank you for all you do !
And thank you for your kindness of responding to everyone and trying to help our cooking skills and budgets
You're doing a great job !
I sure do appreciate that positive comment, Lila! I try to do the best I can as far as the comments go. I appreciate your kind words and support and hope you have a great rest of your weekend💜💜
These are great ways to feed your family on a budget. 💕💕💕
Well thank you so very much, Kathrine. I hope that you enjoy💜💜
Thank you hun. I’m in Australia and lot of these recipes I can use here. Price is different but I can do this easily. I love your voice it’s soothing and love your positive attitude
Prices are very different in Canada too but these recipes really help my grocery budget stretch.
Well thank you so very much! I really am so happy to hear that. That is such positive feedback. I really do thank you for sharing that and I appreciate your Australian support💜💜
Julia, you’ve done did it again👏👏👏 I don’t know how you manage to come up with these quick, easy and inexpensive meals but I’m glad that you do bc we don’t have to think for ourselves, we’re all fortunate to have you and your amazing cookbook available to us🙏 TYFS, I appreciate you so much and I look forward to trying all these delicious meals. Take good care and have a blessed day and week my sweet friend🙏♥️💫✨👼🏻✨💫♥️🙏
You’re so very sweet, Angie! Thank you so very much for your positive comment here and I am so happy that you enjoy my recipes. Thanks so much for that great shout out about my cookbook too. So glad you’re enjoying it and I hope you have a great rest of your week💜💜
Thank you, Julia! I love your videos where you take us shopping. They're my favorites! So practical!
Thanks so much, Melissa!🙌🏼🙌🏼
I gifted myself your cookbook for my birthday, and I love it! The photos with each recipe make me want to cook every one! The simplicity and affordability of ingredients make the recipes doable for even a new cook.
That’s awesome, Cindy! Good for you! And a very happy birthday to you too. So glad you’re enjoying my cookbook and I appreciate your wonderful support here💜💜💜
Happy Sunday, Julia! Thank you for even more budget-friendly meals that have your touch for EASY AND SOOOO GOOD! Wishing you and yours a wonderful and blessed week ahead! ☺❤
Thank you so much, Laura! And a very happy Sunday to you too. I appreciate your wonderful compliment and I’m so happy to have you here💜💜
Hey kids. Hurry up! Julia's on! YAAAAAAAY!!! 🎉❤
Ha ha! That’s awesome! I hope you enjoy some of these recipes this week, Kate💜🙌🏼💜
Julia, these frugal videos are a godsend ! So many are struggling. Thank you dear one- you are a blessing, 💕
Oh! Thank you so much for that positive feedback. I do hope that they help. Prices are just ridiculous😊
I absolutely love your channel. Thank you for all you do.❤❤❤ You literally are my favorite person to watch.
Thank you so very much for making me your favorite! I hope you know how much that means to me, Carrie and I am really so happy to have you here💜💜💜
@@JuliaPacheco ty 😊 keep up the great work
All of these look fantastic! I love it that you use Walmart's Great Value brand products. I know a lot of people don't like Walmart, but I have used their brand for years and have never found anything that I didn't like. I plan to make all of these! Thanks!!
That’s wonderful, Becky! I do hope you enjoy these recipes. Walmart is the most cost-effective place that I can go nearby. Hope you have a great rest of your week and thank you so much for watching🙌🏼🙌🏼
I live in Boston and calculated that at cheapest grocery prices around here, each recipe averages around $2 more here. Still extremely helpful, will absolutely be using these these next few weeks. Thanks Julia!
I believe it! Thank you so very much for doing that comparison though. I really hope you enjoy these recipes and thank you so much again for your positive comment and feedback💜🙌🏼💜
The first recipe you made. I make that literally every week. My husband loves it.❤❤❤
That’s awesome! Great feedback. Have a wonderful rest of your day my friend💛💛
Thank you for the 5 new recipes. They came in handy for next week's meals.😊
That’s awesome, Sharon! So good to hear and I hope you enjoy💜💜💜
...and, just like that...meals for the week are all planned! You never disappoint and always surprise with your creativity, dear Julia! I hope this channel is a huge benefit to you and your lovely family.
You are just the kindest, Pam. Thank you so much for wonderful feedback and your kind words. I really truly do enjoy what I do! I sure do love all of you💜💜
I bought your cookbook. I cook these meals for my family all the time. Not only are they delicious but also affordable. There such varieties of food that my family never get tired of eating these meals. 😊
I am so very happy to hear that, Anna! I really i’m so glad that you and your family are enjoying my recipes so much. You are awesome and I’m so happy to have you here💜💜
I just adore you Mrs Julia. Your ideas are so good and uncomplicated.
Well thank you so very much! I appreciate your kind words so much and I’m so very happy to have you here😊
Watching your videos always makes me smile and helps me relax. You have such a calm and cheerful demeanor. Thank you for sharing with us. ❤
I am so happy to have you here, Cindy! And thank you so much for that positive comment and your feedback. It means so much to me! Hope you enjoy some of these meals💜💜
Thank you for more money saving recipes. We are retired with our son living with us. It saves us so much. The no cook recipes I've tried are great. Love, Hilah
Well thank you so very much, Hilah💜💜 I really am happy to hear that these recipes have helped you so much. Prices are so very high in the stores right now! I appreciate the positive feedback and hope you have a great rest of your day💜
Your videos always come right on time because I’m going to the grocery store this morning and I’m on a budget. I was wondering what I could make this week besides tacos and spaghetti. Thanks for these meal ideas that are budget friendly
I’m so happy to hear that you’ll be able to use these recipes! Thank you so very much for your positive feedback and I hope you have a great week💜💜
❤ Julia I have started to make some of your recipes and I am saving so much money by not eating out as much. You truly are a blessing to those of us who don't like to cook because your recipes are so easy to make. Meal planning is a must when you go to the grocery store. Thank you so much for sharing all of your recipes ❤❤
I am so happy to hear that you were saving so much money, Lupe. That is the best news ever! Thank you so very much for your positive feedback and I’m so happy to have you here as one of my loyal viewers💜💜
Thank you, Julia! Everything looks yummy and now I'm hungry. Have a blessed week! xoxo
Ha ha! That’s awesome, Aimee. Hope you enjoy these recipes and have a great rest of your day💜💜
Excellent! Love how you go fast through your recipes. I’m definitely going to try some of them
I appreciate that positive feedback! Thank you so much and hope you enjoy these recipes🙌🏼🙌🏼
Thank you for all you do! I just lost my job and these budget meals are a life saver!
I’m so very sorry to hear that! I hope things get better for you soon and that you get a new job. In the meantime, I hope that these ideas help you to save some money and eat well😊
Hi, Julia! More great recipes....easy and inexpensive. Thanks so much, and have a wonderful week!
Hey there Linda! Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy these recipes this week💜💜
I have been watching you since before the pandemic, and I love watching you grow ❤ Your recipes are always easy to make and practical 😋 everything I have made has been delicious!
Thank you so very much for being such a loyal supporter of mine for so very long. I appreciate that so very much! I appreciate your positive feedback too and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week😊
We all need these affordable recipes to use when needed! Plus, with all the beans and veggies, these recipes are packed with great vitamins!
Thank you so much, Patti! And I appreciate that positive feedback. Hope you enjoy these meals💜💜
Wow, I absolutely love these easy and inexpensive meals. Thanks for sharing, sweet Julia. Have a great day. Sending love and big hugs Sherry 💚 ❤❤
Thank you so very much! I appreciate that and I hope my meals help, Sherry💜💜
Love these recipes Julia so affordable and easy. I live in Arkansas and I have 2 young men from Morman church visit me they are both from Utah. I suggested they watch your videos they live on a budget that is not much. So when they stop by I remind them to watch you. ❤
Good idea. Not only are they on a budget, but usually they don't have the best cooking skills. I don't know if they can watch the videos while on their mission (they're pretty restricted as to what media they can watch), but maybe you could write down a couple of recipes for them?
That is so very kind of you, Renita. I am sure they appreciate you so very much! And writing down a recipe for them would probably make their day! Thanks so very much for your positive comment and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day. I sure do appreciate you and your kind words💜💜💜
Hi Julia! I have tried many of your budget meals. My favorite is the crockpot taco bowl. It is delicious! I am going to try these recipes, too. Thank you for helping us make delicious foods that are affordable, as well as easy to prepare. Have an amazing week!
That’s wonderful! I’m so happy to hear you’ve enjoyed that crockpot taco bowl. That is a tasty recipe! Thank you so much for sharing your positive feedback about it here and I always appreciate your loyal support. Have a great rest of your week and try to stay cool💜🙌🏼💜
Julia thank you so much for sharing these awesome recipes! I’m making your dorito taco casserole tonight and my husband can’t wait! He always loves when I make your recipes lol and I’ve been making them almost every night for the last couple weeks 😅😅
Your recipes have been such a lifesaver for us! I’ll be ordering one of your cookbooks very soon!
God Bless your beautiful family! 🙏🏻💫❤️
You are awesome! Thank you so very much for your wonderful feedback and I’m so happy to hear that you’ve been enjoying so many of my meals. I hope this Dorito taco casserole turned out amazing too. i’m so happy to hear that you’re enjoying my channel so much! And I sure hope you love my cookbook too💜💜
Thanks Julia. Your always so creative in purchasing and making delicious meals. TY
Thank you so much, Donna! That is so kind and I appreciate your positive feedback💜
Happy Sunday everyone!
Loved the no fuss, easy, inexpensive dinners!! I hope I can find that chicken sausage at my Walmart! Love the add in vegetables with all the meals!
Thanks so very much, Stephanie! I do too. It’s pretty tasty! I appreciate your positive feedback and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day💜🙌🏼
My dear sweet friend, l can always count on you to come up with delicious recipes for my to feed my family and friends. You're an amazing young lady. Thank you s-o much for all you do for us all. May God bless y'all sweetie 🙏 👵 .
And thank you so very much, Linda. You are always so kind and offer so much support. Thank you so very much for your positive comments and I hope you and your family have a wonderful rest of your week my friend💜💜💜
Happy Sunday to you and your family!
All today's recipes look wonderful and I will be preparing them this coming week. Thank you so much.
A very happy Sunday to you too, Sharon! And I hope you enjoy some of these recipes this week. You have a wonderful rest of your day💜💜
Everything looked delicious as always. Nice meals for $5! Have a great week Julia 😊
Thank you so very much, Rachel. You’re always so kind and I appreciate your positive feedback here. Hope you enjoy these meals💜💜
*Getting excited about great value Spanish rice* I've never felt more seen 😅❤.
This channel is pretty much the entire reason I'm still able to stay fed on a budget, thank you!
I really am happy to hear that my ideas have helped you so much. Please take care of yourself and I hope you enjoy some of these meals😊
I'm definitely going to try a few of these,Thanks Julia
That’s awesome, Julie! I sure hope you enjoy them💜
Thank you for helping us with so many budget friendly, wonderful ideas for meals. With groceries costing so much these days, it's not easy to come up with something new and exciting using pantry staples over and over. I appreciate everything you do.
Well thank you so very much, Joanne! I do appreciate that positive feedback so much. It definitely helps me as I create my videos! Hope you have a wonderful rest of your day💜🙌🏼💜
You've done a great job again!!! Stay cool have nice Sunday.
Thanks Julia Jennifer 😊
Thank you so very much, Jennifer and a very happy Sunday to you too. I hope you have a wonderful week💜💜
Julia, you are so resourceful, smart, warm, & sweet! Thanks for the great recipes. 😊💛
Oh, Daisy, thank you so very much! You are so kind. I appreciate that💜💜
I love these recipes! So versatile for vegetarian meals too!
Awesome! And yes, most of my recipes can become vegetarian recipes😊 thank you so very much for that positive comment!
Good morning Julia,these are amazing and cosrt friendly. I love it when you do these , this is going to help me again for my meal plans ........you are amazing,have a wonderful Sunday Julia and family ❤
That’s awesome, Natalija! And a very good morning to you too. I hope you’re having a wonderful day and I’m so happy to hear that. You have a great rest of your week my friend💜💜
These are really great and so easy! I'm going to have to get one of those strainers. I'm slowly switching all of my cooking utensils to silicone from my hard plastic. They are so much better and so much easier to clean. And I love that the heat doesn't melt it from the pots if you leave it in the pot! I'm so bad for doing that or laying it across the top. I have plenty of wood spoons, and stainless, I just never use them much afraid I'll hurt my nonstick cookware. Have a blessed week Julia! 💕
That’s so true, Jerri. Thank you so very much for sharing that a tip about the silicone cooking utensils. I do enjoy mine as well. I hope you enjoy some nice recipes and I thank you so very much for your positive comment💜🙌🏼💜
I have never had enchiladas with rice and beans or with flour tortillas. We would think of these as burritos. I like the idea of the zucchini pasta, especially this time of year when many people are getting zucchini from the garden.
Thank you so very much! And I appreciate that feedback. I hope you enjoy both of those recipes this week and thank you so very much for watching🙌🏼🙌🏼
Im at work, currently eating one of your enchilada casserole recipes for my meal as i watch this. Your channel is an absolute lifesaver for us working class folks.
I am so very happy to hear that, Ingrid! That really does make my day.💜🙏 I appreciate your love and support here and I hope you know how much you mean to me!!
As a college student with a full time job… thank you. You have saved me so much time and money!! And everything was so delicious :)
You are so very welcome! And that is awesome to hear. I’m so happy that you are able to use so many of these recipes and that they will help you. I hope your college year goes well🙌🏼🙌🏼
I made the smoked sausage mac & cheese for dinner tonight. It was a hit. Even my picky son, who has never really liked any type of pasta before, ate and seemed to enjoy this meal! Highly recommend!
That is just awesome to hear! Thank you so very much for the positive feedback, Rachel. You’re awesome and so glad your son enjoys this recipe🙌🏼🙌🏼
Another win tonight! I made the rice and bean enchiladas (with some slight modifications to make them gluten-free), and my son liked those as well! I make my own enchilada sauce from scratch. It takes about 15 minutes, and the only ingredient I had to purchase specifically for the sauce recipe is tomato sauce, which costs $0.47 at my Walmart.
I hat I live about your budget meals is that you always make sure they are well rounded ❤️
That’s wonderful feedback! Thank you so much for sharing that and I do hope you enjoy some of these meals🙌🏼🙌🏼
I made the smoked sausage and mac and cheese for dinner tonight. It was delicious!! My husband kept saying how great it tasted. Thanks for the recipe!
That’s just awesome, Dana! Thanks so much for sharing your positive feedback about that sausage and macaroni and cheese💜
Awesome extreme budget recipes! I'm especially impressed with the Mexican rice that actually made two days worth for around $5!
Awesome! Thank you so much for the positive feedback. I love Mexican rice and hope you enjoy some of these recipes🙌🏼🙌🏼
I’ve never thought of mixing that sausage with broccoli and Mac and cheese but YUMMY it looked good! 🤤🤤🤤
Just a different combination for sure, Sarah! Sure hope you enjoy it🙌🏼🙌🏼
The first and last ones especially look absolutely amazing!!! 😍
Awesome to hear! Sure hope you enjoy them, Rebecca💜💜
Some very good recipes here. They look so yummy and quick for busy weeks. Bonus that they are inexpensive. Thank you for always looking out for our pocket books. Have a great week.
Well thank you so very much, Linda. I appreciate that so much! And yes, if you can stay within your budget, it makes it all the better🙌🏼🙌🏼
Always enjoy your videos. Such a sweet person you are to care for others❤
You are so very kind, Melody. Thank you so much for your great words and support💜💜
Hi Julia...we were on vacation..now back and running out of ideas to cook. Thank you so much for great ideas as always
I hope you enjoyed your vacation, Nina! And I know what you mean, everything is just so crazy once you get home from those vacations. I hope some of these meals help and have a great rest of your day🙌🏼🙌🏼
So yummy! I also love the kitchen utensils you use including the strainer that I need in my life.
Thank you so very much! I love gadgets. They make my life so much easier! Ha ha. If you are interested in any of them my Amazon store link is in my description box. I hope you enjoy some of these recipes and thanks for watching💜🙌🏼💜
When i seen $5 meals I thought you meant $5 per serve. I was amazed that it was $5 to feed my whole family. In these tough economic times this is truly amazing. Thanks so much Julia
You are so very welcome and I do hope that these ideas help you and your family, Kareena💜💜
I’m late to the party this week as I was traveling, but I still wanted to pop on and tell you that I really appreciate your work here. ❤
Late or not I love hearing from you, Laura!! Thank you for your support💜💜
made the smoked sausage mac and cheese for my boyfriend and i today and was so pleased to see we have leftovers for lunch tomorrow 🙌🏽 cant wait to try the rest of the recipes !!!
That’s perfect! I’m so happy to hear that you both enjoyed it so much and I hope it’s even tastier the next day🙌🏼💜
We're old school catholics and don't eat meat on fridays. So happy for the great meatless ideas! I think the enchilada's will be my go to this week!
That’s wonderful! I’m happy to hear that these ideas help you. Hope you enjoy those enchiladas this Friday🧡🙌🏼
You are great! You make cooking look so easy and fun. Enjoy watching you so much.
Thank you so very much! I really do appreciate hearing that and I’m happy to have you here as one of my supporters💜💜
Thank you, your videos are always a blessing to my family. I love your recipes ❤❤💯
Thank you so very much! I’m so happy to hear that and I sure do appreciate you💜💜
They all look delicious. Great job Julia as always.❤
Thank you so very much! I appreciate that and sure do love hearing from you, Erin💜💜
Also, for the mac n cheese in the first recipe, if you don’t have milk and butter, you can just use a little water. I’ve done that many times.
A great tip, Sandra! Thank you so very much for sharing that💜🙌🏼
@@JuliaPacheco For all of us who are cheap, cutting calories, rarely have perishables on hand, or all three 😂
Leftover cream cheese or sour cream works too and makes it even more rich and creamy
Great video - and I am a girl who loves cheese so I agree that it is wonderful!
Thank you so very much, Kathleen. Cheese lovers unite😊🙌🏼🙌🏼
I always appreciate your videos and they help me look better in the kitchen
That’s wonderful! I’m so happy to hear that and I hope you enjoy some of these meals😊
I can’t wait to try all of these.
Thank you, Julia 😊
That’s awesome! I sure hope you enjoy them and thanks so much for watching🙌🏼🙌🏼
So good! I never would have thought of combining Mac & cheese with sausage but now I can't wait to try it! Thanks so much for these.
Thanks so much, Piper! I sure hope you love it🙌🏼🙌🏼
Love your delicious, money saving recipes! ❤
Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy and if they help you save some money😊
Thank you Julia for the great ideas. Have a wonderful week.
Thank you! You too!🙌🏼
I made the sausage, broccoli, macaroni and cheese dish. It was really good, only thing I did differently was halved the seasonings. At first I didn't know if my husband liked it. He said everything worked well together, then he went back for seconds. So, I guess he liked it as much as I did. Again, this recipe is a keeper. Thank you for sharing it.
That’s funny! So glad you both enjoyed it so much! I appreciate you sharing what you did with that recipe. Thanks so much for your positive feedback and I hope you have a great rest of your day😊
Thank you for the ideas! Excited to try the chicken soup!
Awesome! I sure hope you enjoy it, Erin💜💜
Hi Julia! Thanks for creating $5.00 meals. I made the canned chicken with rice recipe. No broccoli so I used frozen peas and carrots. Delicious!
So happy to hear that! Thank you so much for sharing your positive feedback and your substitutions too. Have a great rest of your day💜💜
I was finally able to get your cookbook. It came last week. Today I made a casserole, the chicken enchilada. But in between paydays we are really strapped. This video is so helpful. Thank you so much!!
Oh my goodness! Thank you so very much for ordering my cookbook and I’m so happy to hear you’re enjoying it. I’m happy to hear that some of these ideas help you during those in between times of the month. Hope you enjoy some of these meals!💜🙏
Perfect timing! I was just sitting down to plan meals for this week! Will definitely have to give a couple of these a try! Thanks so much!
Perfect! I sure hope you enjoy some of these meals this week🙌🏼🙌🏼
Thank you Julia, got my cookbook today, and I look forward to making food for my guy. Our challenge is we are off grid, no running water, or electric, but we do have gas genie, and propane cook stove. I will be using my WonderBag to attempt to convert slow cooker recipes. Will report back. Your no nonsense style makes me wish I was a bit closer to big grocery stores, but honestly our home in Alaska, is sort of a nonstop grocery provider. We do subsistence hunting and fishing, canning and preserving. We keep a freezer at our church on grid. Thanks for all the great ideas!
That is amazing!! Thank you so very much for sharing your life with me, Mary Ann. It sounds like you both are doing well and are so prepared and organized. I sure hope that that wonder bag works well! That is so very interesting. Thank you so much for your great support from Alaska💜🙌🏼💜
Recipes and cost savings are always great! Got hooked on petite ziti lately. Little the shorter pasta. Thanks much for what you do ❤
I like the mini pastas too! Thanks so much for sharing that and I do hope you enjoy some of these meals, Debbie💜💜
The recipes look delicious and nutritious! Thank you Julia for once again saving us money!❤
You are so very welcome and I do hope you enjoy these meals, Lee🙌🏼🙌🏼
Thanks for all these quick, easy and affordable meal ideas. 😊😊
You are so very welcome, Deena! I do hope that they help and I hope you have a great day💜💜
Thank you, thank you, thank you again!
For the rice in the InstantPot try pressure cooking it instead of the rice feature. For Spanish/Mexican rice:
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 cups extra long-grain rice (I use Basmati)
2 cups chicken broth (I whisk 2 tablespoons of Knorr chicken bouillon into 2 cups of COLD water)
**If you are not using the Knorr bouillon, you will need to add about 3/4 tsp of salt
8 oz tomato sauce
garlic and onion powder (I just pour from the heart lol)
Using the Sauté function, add oil and rice and stir until rice starts to toast.
Stir in chicken broth, tomato sauce, and garlic powder. (Sometimes I add a couple of tablespoons of carrots and peas)
Add InstantPot lid and make sure the Pressure Release Valve is set to sealing. Cook for 12 minutes on low pressure. Use the Quick Pressure Release once cooking is completed and use a fork to fluff rice IMMEDIATELY after the pressure releases.
Optional: serve with a squeeze of fresh lime juice and fresh cilantro.
This comes out perfect every time!
Thank you so very much for sharing that! I really do appreciate that😊
@@JuliaPacheco no problem! I combine two of these recipes today and it was a hit lol. I used the smoked sausage and put it in the bacon tomato pasta. I couldn’t decide which dish I wanted to make 🤣. It was a hit! Thank you! 🥰
I made the smoked sausage macaroni and cheese recipe and it's amazing. I added 2 small lonely potatoes and it fit well. Thank you for the recipe!
Wow! Thank you so much for that wonderful feedback. I appreciate you sharing that and that’s great that the potato works so well in this recipe too. Have a great rest of your day, Melissa💛💛