BUDGET COOKING How to Make Taco Meat GREAT FOOD CHEAP *HARD TIMES, Filling w/ Zucchini Onions Pepino

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  • A fresh zucchini from the garden to Dinner’s Main Dish, cooking from the garden fresh, onions, pepino, tree collard, garden food frozen from last year’s harvest and more, as we prepare for taco Tuesday night 😊
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  • @graceinthegarden9151
    @graceinthegarden9151 3 месяца назад +48

    Yes, I enjoy you changing up videos. It feels like sitting with a friend and just talking. You always make us feel welcome. Thank you for that.

  • @MomPuff-b9w
    @MomPuff-b9w 3 месяца назад +22

    In the Mexican Cuisine we call it picadillo 😋😋 What we do to stretch the meat (after we add chopped onions, peppers now zucchini 😛 etc) is cut raw potatoes in little squares add them after browning the meat , and add some salsa let it simmer to finish cooking the potatoes 🥔!! Robbie, now I want tacos 🌮🤗🦋😋

  • @jwater63
    @jwater63 3 месяца назад +15

    It's so refreshing to see you doing a cooking video, and I would love to see more! That meat looks so good! ❤😊😊❤

  • @donnatiller4215
    @donnatiller4215 3 месяца назад +7

    Yes,yes! Love when you cook for us. I have used zucchini in so many things thanks to your videos .I make chocolate zucchini bread using 1/2 coco, 1/2 dark coco. Soooo good! Happy Gardening and thank you again.

  • @vickiparrish3235
    @vickiparrish3235 3 месяца назад +10

    Loved this video & picked up several new ideas from it. Did you add taco seasoning? I missed it if you did, & will add it to mine. Thanks for sharing how you use half meat/half zucchini.

  • @mamabearthrives7815
    @mamabearthrives7815 3 месяца назад +9

    27:28 zoey is there to collect the "cheese tax" 😂 🧀🧀we say that every time the cheese comes out!

  • @patkrueger7353
    @patkrueger7353 3 месяца назад +8

    That looks really delish! My problem is not everybody likes whar i like. I really likw your cooking videos. I miss your late night excursions.

  • @sallieparodi9925
    @sallieparodi9925 3 месяца назад +7

    I enjoy your cooking videos. Keep them coming! 👏🏽

  • @mamabearthrives7815
    @mamabearthrives7815 3 месяца назад +6

    25:49 ummm yessss!!! 🤓I'm all about the eating videos 🤦‍♀️😆🤷‍♀️ Hey, what can i say, i love food. I enjoy when you cook and you look beautiful while cooking, I love how you always stay consistent with the message of using whatever we have available and whatever we enjoy, keeping us open minded and creative, love that about you❤️🌮😋 i Will definitely try your style of taco meat, i use certain spices, but i don't add anything other then garlic and onions! Thanks again! 💓🌮

  • @sanlin129
    @sanlin129 3 месяца назад +9

    IMO-first time seeing you cook your garden finds and it’s awesome. I do have the same chopper machine since late 1980s and they’re better made and works so well. Thank you for the cooking vid.

  • @BarbaraC02
    @BarbaraC02 3 месяца назад +7

    Okay, you got me off my tired fanny and I am heading for the kitchen to make a similar dinner. Gardening in the heat is kicking my aforementioned body part. Kisses for 🐾Zoe🐾🐝🌵🐥🐥😘

    • @RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
      @RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy  3 месяца назад +2

      Eating it this way, it is not heavy with meat. I think it would be healthier too. We don’t have your heat yet, you stay cool, thanks ❤

  • @sundrop3911
    @sundrop3911 3 месяца назад +8

    What a great way to eat healthier and stretch the budget. I will definitely try this when I get my zuchini planted. I wonder if I had an abundance of zuchini, could I grate it and freeze it to use later like you would zuchini bread ?

    • @Debbie-Keller
      @Debbie-Keller 3 месяца назад +1

      Absolutely! She has a video grating and freezing zucchini

    • @sundrop3911
      @sundrop3911 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Debbie-Keller Thank you, I will search that out.

  • @LaTonyaTresvant
    @LaTonyaTresvant 3 месяца назад +5

    That food chopper, old, but powerful!! I could hear it, it took like, 30 seconds, to have those onions ready, and I was like, it takes me forever with mines!!!!

  • @pollytiks3885
    @pollytiks3885 3 месяца назад +4

    I love ghee! I put it on popcorn (and pretty much everything) and it tastes like movie popcorn!
    Glad for your video - it’s dinner time and I was wondering what to do with this stray zucchini I have. 😋
    Wanted to mention that black olives are actually dyed green olives 🫒, which is why different brands have different flavors. Early California makes a non-dyed type, Simply Green. It’s a little pricey but delicious!

  • @sumsharp
    @sumsharp 3 месяца назад +6

    Love these videos. "EAT WHAT YOU GROW"

  • @jujubee7351
    @jujubee7351 3 месяца назад +4

    Wow that looked so healthy ! I’ve never incorporated the zucchini with my banana bread or taco meat, I really need to try this. I’m trying to eat healthier . Thank you for sharing ! Side note, have you ever had a zucchini plant give off all male flowers? Do I need to be patient?

  • @terry_679
    @terry_679 3 месяца назад +5

    Robbie, I love zukes, too ! I'll sub it for eggplant and make parm with the larger zukes...yum !
    Use them in a frittata, too. A million uses for them.

  • @wcoastgardener209
    @wcoastgardener209 3 месяца назад +10

    Taco Tuesday! 🌮 Looks good Robbie.
    I love the patty pan squash. I got 2 plants growing this season. They are slower grower than the regular zucchini but very tasty. I cut them into strips and stir fry with ground beef, oyster sauce and a few dash of brown cooking soy sauce and add a few slices of Serrano pepper. Serve with steaming white rice. Maggi soy sauce on the rice.

  • @bugnme
    @bugnme 3 месяца назад +10

    Ground turkey, cauliflower, and onions is a delicious taco filling

  • @gracefire7
    @gracefire7 3 месяца назад +8

    In TX here. Our grocery stores have large bags of dried chiles, and I sprouted some of those seeds! Wrapped in a paper towel with purified water & a bit of hydrogen peroxide, folded up, and placed in a ziploc in a kitchen drawer. It took a week, but they grew tails! Isn't that exciting? I have SO many seeds left, I'd be happy to send you some! Peppers grow so well here. We've made a lot of jalapeno poppers stuffed with cream cheese & wrapped in bacon and cooked on the grill. You could probably bake them, if you wanted. I really like the way you cook with produce you grow yourself. We're swimming in cucumbers and peppers, any recipes for that? Some cherry tomatoes, but those don't last long enough around here. ha ha! My ginger & turmeric is growing nicely, the okra is coming up, and my cannas have huge leaves, did you know those are edible, too? I saw a squirrel during a drought period tear off a canna stem, rip it open, and start nibbling. It was the most amazing thing to see. I have yet to beat the squash borers, but I'll plant squash again later in the season. My collards were stripped bare, too. Sorry for the book, guess I had a bit to say. DM me for seeds, if you want. I should do a tour and a video, but I don't think I'd be as good on the camera as you are! It's like visiting a friend!

    • @a.c.9993
      @a.c.9993 3 месяца назад +1

      I loved reading your "book." 😅😊 I've had so much stress that I could barely muster any garden...plus my heat tolerance seems non existent right now and it runs mid nineties and up until about late September now, it seems. I love hearing the excitement from other people, and there is always so much to learn. ❤

    • @an-alechianeathery770
      @an-alechianeathery770 3 месяца назад +1

      I have cannas, but I don't think they are edible. I've never seen any squirrel try to eat mine. My dad and my uncle 2nd wife made stuff jalapeños within the bacon in the oven. However, I saw them with and without bacon cook in oven. I personally haven't tried any. Not my cup of tea, to spicy for my liking. I wonder if you could do this with smaller sweet peppers like lunchbox pepper, sweet jalapeños or violet sparkle pepper? If they would be good.

    • @joyceobeys6818
      @joyceobeys6818 3 месяца назад

      Cannas I read are poisonous. Are you talking about elephant ears maybe? ❤

  • @sherrystacyrn589
    @sherrystacyrn589 3 месяца назад +10

    I have my mothers exact food chopper. And I love it. It's old, and works like a champ. I didn't use it so much when the kids were home and my husband was still alive, but it perfect now.
    I love adding different vegetables to hamburger meat. But you gave me some new ideas to try out.

    • @RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
      @RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy  3 месяца назад +2

      The older things are better made than many new items! I love that I could give you ideas and thoughts for you ❤️😊❤️ Thank You 💕

  • @dragonflysparkles
    @dragonflysparkles 3 месяца назад +4

    I had that processor and just loved it. Then it died and nothing that I've bought has been as good.

  • @cheriedoughan5583
    @cheriedoughan5583 3 месяца назад +3

    I like small chunks of zucchini like Gary. Better texture to me. Didn’t know you can freeze them,thanks.

  • @casual454t1
    @casual454t1 3 месяца назад +3

    I am so upset. My bush beans n tomatoes look awesome. My cukes n zucchini ended up massacred by some jerk bug. I think it was the huge earwig infestation we recently had. I covered them every night, too! Ugh!

  • @kingsdaughter3138
    @kingsdaughter3138 3 месяца назад +3

    I cook up a pound of hamburger each week in a little bit of olive oil with onions & fresh garlic. Stored in the fridge in wide mouth pint Mason jars, it is all ready to go in my homemade soup, chili, spaghetti, or just warmed on a slice of really good bread (an unburger) to go with my salad for supper.

  • @a2clanderos
    @a2clanderos 3 месяца назад +6

    Hi Robbie, did you know you can buy Organic GrassFed Ground Beef at ALDI grocery store? It's $5-6 dollars.

    • @kingsdaughter3138
      @kingsdaughter3138 3 месяца назад

      That's what I use. It's just about $5 a pound here, sometimes a few cents more or less. When they have it in a 3 or 4 pound bundle, the price per pound goes down. I always keep several pounds in the freezer.

  • @barbarabohannon3089
    @barbarabohannon3089 3 месяца назад +16

    I am so excited to see you making tacos..

  • @jujubee7351
    @jujubee7351 3 месяца назад +4

    Wow that looked so healthy ! I’ve never incorporated the zucchini with my banana bread or taco meat, I really need to try this. I’m trying to eat healthier . Thank you for sharing ! Side note, have you ever had a zucchini plant give off all male flowers? Do I need to be patient?
    Also try the Lydsay Olives , so good ❤

    • @par4451
      @par4451 3 месяца назад

      I don't know if this is true but I hear somewhere that zucchini puts out male flowers to attract the pollinators and then female flowers, I hope this help.

  • @LaTonyaTresvant
    @LaTonyaTresvant 3 месяца назад +5

    That food chopper, old, but powerful!! I could hear it, it took like, 30 seconds, to have those onions ready, and I was like, it takes me forever with mines!!!!

  • @juneramirez8580
    @juneramirez8580 3 месяца назад +4

    Funny just today I was thinking about making some kind of tacos. Will try adding veggies in! I'm not much of a cook so I enjoy learning!

    • @RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
      @RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy  3 месяца назад +1

      We love it this way, and this way it is not heavy with meat 😊 and taste Great❤

  • @shobeydaykramer3014
    @shobeydaykramer3014 3 месяца назад +5

    So much fun! Thanks for the video I really enjoyed it!

  • @tammiebeam507
    @tammiebeam507 3 месяца назад +2

    Looks delicious! Thanks for the 'recipe'. Such a simple idea but I still wouldn't have thought of it.

  • @LaTonyaTresvant
    @LaTonyaTresvant 3 месяца назад +5

    Absolutely!!!!!!!

  • @brendahowell5946
    @brendahowell5946 3 месяца назад +4

    Trying to learn to can and freeze my vegetables. The vegetables come out of freezer all mushy and yucky. How do I prevent that? Thanks

  • @ginnyhurst2290
    @ginnyhurst2290 3 месяца назад +2

    Robbie another great video ❤. Had dinner, but after watching your video I was hungry again 😂. Looks so yummy. I am sorry for trolls, please keep doing what you do ❤❤❤.

  • @cindywerner-fd3ll
    @cindywerner-fd3ll 3 месяца назад +6

    You have such beautiful cabinets!❤

  • @phylliswurm9473
    @phylliswurm9473 3 месяца назад +4

    Love this cooking video. 👌

  • @MrSharonrochelle
    @MrSharonrochelle 3 месяца назад +2

    I love ALL your videos and enjoyed being in your kitchen while you cooked. I would like more.

  • @brendahowell5946
    @brendahowell5946 3 месяца назад +4

    This makes my day What did you call that taste like apples?

  • @par4451
    @par4451 3 месяца назад +7

    I can't wait to see this, I'm starting to get salad out of my garden - the tomatoes.

    • @barbarabohannon3089
      @barbarabohannon3089 3 месяца назад +2

      😅

    • @RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
      @RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy  3 месяца назад +1

      Wonderfull ❤

    • @par4451
      @par4451 3 месяца назад

      @@barbarabohannon3089 The struggle is real, I got slugs, Japanese beetles, cucumber beetles, squash bugs, and I just saw a squash vine borer. And I forgot so many cabbage moth. On the bright side I see lots of baby praying mantis, Ladybugs, lacewings and lots of birds and spiders.

  • @conniedavidson1807
    @conniedavidson1807 3 месяца назад +5

    Wow you made the taco video. That looks yummy. Now I want tacos.

  • @debk9984
    @debk9984 3 месяца назад +3

    Loved the kiss at the last part of the video! You both are truly amazing 👏

    • @RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy
      @RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy  3 месяца назад +1

      I am a lucky gal 😊❤️ He is a real sweetheart💕 Thank you so Very Much for such a generous Super Thanks, This is so much greatly appreciated!!! Again, Thank You!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕

  • @najwaseiya
    @najwaseiya 3 месяца назад +1

    Nice one💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

  • @reneeking6261
    @reneeking6261 3 месяца назад +4

    Hi Robbie, love your channel. I was wondering where you purchased your food processor it’s so simple not like the bulky food processor. I’d love to purchase one. Where did you get it?

    • @jwater63
      @jwater63 3 месяца назад +2

      I think she said she got it at a thrift store.

    • @Debbie-Keller
      @Debbie-Keller 3 месяца назад +3

      Yes, she said she bought it at a thrift store

  • @martinaparrrish5397
    @martinaparrrish5397 3 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for the cooking lesson,Robbie.Did not know you could add zucchini to ground beef..Will try your recipe for a change of pace.

  • @hockeyref8789
    @hockeyref8789 3 месяца назад +1

    No where else to ask. Hummingbirds in the desert. I live in Mesa, Az. Any suggestions? Thx

  • @deborahkelley4719
    @deborahkelley4719 3 месяца назад +1

    I agree. You can add just about anything. Shoot, I added a zucchini instead of a cucumber to my Mac salad. It was fantastic. waves from Virginia

  • @anatorres4683
    @anatorres4683 3 месяца назад +1

    Robbie you are making me hungry. Enjoy dinner. Am like you I prefer beef over chicken. I also buy grass fed beef.

  • @susanbritton-giza5054
    @susanbritton-giza5054 3 месяца назад +2

    Thx for this video ! You are too funny 😂!

  • @an-alechianeathery770
    @an-alechianeathery770 3 месяца назад +1

    Thanks you for the video, im going to save this one along with your other food recipe video. Do you still do mint tea? I can doing this with picky kids who don't like veggies. I can't wait to try this next time my brother cooks hamburger meat. I wonder if cauliflower would be good in this recipe because its seem nowadays people and grocery are all about cauliflower in different recipes.

  • @joyceobeys6818
    @joyceobeys6818 3 месяца назад +1

    I froze pumpkin n it ended up so bitter. I maybe should have blanched it.
    I imagine maybe the zuchinni might do the same?
    Do you blanch it?

  • @AlpacaRenee
    @AlpacaRenee 3 месяца назад +1

    Tomatillos are great diced in salads too. They’re tangy and crunchy.
    Appreciate your channel. Thank you

  • @judydwiggins3456
    @judydwiggins3456 3 месяца назад +1

    Love this,Robbie. I can’t wait for my tiny zucchini to grow. Yum!!

  • @debheesen2097
    @debheesen2097 3 месяца назад +1

    I looked up peppino because I wasn't sure what it was. You've probably mentioned it in a different video but I don't always catch all of them. And it seems like it could be the name of a lot of different plants. Could you tell me what yours is? You said it doesn't have seeds is it one of those cucumbers with no seeds or is it something else? What type of flavor does it have? I live in North Florida in dealing with a lot of heat and humidity so I'm always looking for something to grow that would be happy here, so any info on your pepino would be appreciated.

  • @brendataylor9276
    @brendataylor9276 3 месяца назад +2

    I once saw a guy rinse his grounded beef before cooking it. But I never rinsed mine. Just wondering it anyone else does

    • @par4451
      @par4451 3 месяца назад +1

      I sure do.

  • @kathleenbenjamin5005
    @kathleenbenjamin5005 3 месяца назад +1

    Thanks Robbie, yes, please more of these videos. Take good care, Kathy

  • @Sheenasalesthriftytreasures
    @Sheenasalesthriftytreasures 3 месяца назад +4

    Looks delicious Robbie ❤

  • @mzcabo
    @mzcabo 3 месяца назад +4

    Looks yummy!!!

  • @sheilak4493
    @sheilak4493 3 месяца назад +1

    Loved this video… I put squash in mine… but adding this other things … is great ideas… Please do more of these

  • @barbarabohannon3089
    @barbarabohannon3089 3 месяца назад +1

    Loved your squash and hamburger for tacos.

  • @juneramirez8580
    @juneramirez8580 3 месяца назад +2

    What is a pepino?

  • @slingshot6670
    @slingshot6670 3 месяца назад +1

    Love the cooking video. I also have that same Oster brand processor. It was handed down from my mom and still have the instruction booklet dated 1987. What a great way to stretch the meat out. With grocery prices going up it's great to have different ideas. ❤

    • @judydwiggins3456
      @judydwiggins3456 3 месяца назад +1

      My mother had one that I inherited when she passed. I am so sorry now that I donated it when I bought big, fancy Kitchen-aid processor. I should have kept it for smaller jobs. It worked like a champ.

  • @MesaQuilter
    @MesaQuilter 3 месяца назад +3

    Yes, it motivates me to use more in my garden🎈

  • @sherrystacyrn589
    @sherrystacyrn589 3 месяца назад +3

    I was given a spaghetti squash, what do I do with that? I have never bought one and never had them growing up.

    • @par4451
      @par4451 3 месяца назад +1

      You could cut in in half and season it with a little bit of olive oil, salt, pepper, and whatever else seasoning you like and bake it in the oven.

  • @kellyc3577
    @kellyc3577 3 месяца назад +1

    Are you getting any smoke or ash where you are?

  • @lizhaydon2250
    @lizhaydon2250 3 месяца назад +1

    Looks delish. Thank you

  • @Valerie11859
    @Valerie11859 3 месяца назад +1

    I have to put in taco seasoning.

  • @ginnybrofford446
    @ginnybrofford446 3 месяца назад +1

    I love this kind of video

  • @Karoline_g
    @Karoline_g 3 месяца назад

    Good ideas here! I just wonder if your knives need sharpening. Looks (and sounds) like you’re working harder than you have to there. Sounds like your knives are hitting the cutting board kind of hard. Maybe it’s just an illusion from the mic. 🤷🏻‍♀️ just a suggestion.

  • @debclark4512
    @debclark4512 3 месяца назад +1

    Yummy

  • @theninashow787
    @theninashow787 3 месяца назад

    Yes, onion makes everything taste better. I love all the ingredients you’re putting in there after the onion. What did you put in there?❤

  • @tarameier6575
    @tarameier6575 3 месяца назад

    Your cooking shows are wonderful too. Thank you

  • @craig9843
    @craig9843 3 месяца назад

    Great video Robbie. Thank you for all you do!

  • @marlenedeal7124
    @marlenedeal7124 3 месяца назад +1

    I have that same chopper LOL

  • @claireledoux1681
    @claireledoux1681 3 месяца назад

    What is the spice you are adding I saw pepper but the other one?❤what is the best cheese for tacos

  • @valerietromble
    @valerietromble 3 месяца назад

    Not trying to be nasty or anything, but I’m just wondering why if you’re eating meat and then you have these veggies why do you have that weight on your body?

    • @Bgraytful
      @Bgraytful 3 месяца назад +4

      What an odd and thoughtless comment!

    • @Cynophileandavianenthusiast
      @Cynophileandavianenthusiast 3 месяца назад +4

      RUDE!!!!

    • @mamabearthrives7815
      @mamabearthrives7815 3 месяца назад +2

      Oh i am so unhappy with myself that i have to put other people down to feel better.....
      - you

    • @par4451
      @par4451 3 месяца назад +1

      You must be perfect!!!!

    • @mamabearthrives7815
      @mamabearthrives7815 3 месяца назад +1

      @@par4451"not trying to be nasty" literally was nasty 🤷‍♀️