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I can TESTIFY that Tawra was just fine as a kid. I knew her in high school and was awesome to find another kid who's family shopped at thrift stores, yard sales and super cheap food. Seriously her mom was a genius and Tawra always had a great attitude about it. Always shared ideas even as teens. ❤️
hi everyone,i'm so annoyed on your behalf (child abuse)!!!!!!!!! you have a wonderful mom who kept going through tremendous hardship to bring up her two children extremely well,if only all kids had a mom like that,i admire you all for the way you live your lives and thanks for all the info you post,god bless from the ukxxx
my grandma lived to 9 days shy of her 106TH birthday her favorite sandwich was a lard and mustard (not butter lard) and she was healthy until she passed
I remember as a child, if we did not have cereal, my mother would take left over rice..(cold) and sprinkle cinnamon, a little sugar and milk and it became cereal. Also we ate raw potatoes for snacks..sometimes for a sweet treat we would get a slice of bread with sugar on it. We ate according to what was available and not expensive. Both my parents grew up through the Great Depression and continued what they were taught while I was growing up. We would have creamed tuna on toast...or chipped beef on toast. Tomato sandwiches were delicious! We ate cucumber sandwiches too. Leftovers from the week became hash for a meal. I find myself in a spot now where I need to be frugal and all these things come back to me. I have gotten many tips from you and your family. Thank you and never apologize for helping people like you do.
No need to defend yourself. I have much respect for your family and coming out on top of all the struggles. Use what you got til you can get what you need!
My grandad grew up very poor in dublin, they often ate bread and butter if they couldn't afford meat or filling and he called it 'open air sandwiches' lols
I am a loyal viewer, I rarely comment but I feel like I know you all and love your family! I can relate so much because I am a single mom (make about 16000 a year and also get no child support. ...sounds similar to jills life) and although I feel like a pro at stretching a buck, I learn so much from you. so thank you!
My grandmother told me a story about the teacher in the one room school house my mom and her brothers went to. They went to school with lard sandwiches - even in the winter and the teacher was so concerned she asked all the parents to send dinner scraps each day - she started a school lunch program in the 1930's. The soup would set on the wood stove and the kids would have soup and whatever kind of sandwich they could bring. I have used a vacuum sealer for many years, I think it is worth every penny. I stock up on chicken and salmon when it is on really good sales and freeze it - it really does last a couple years and is in perfect condition, no freezer burn. I have always done sale items and then freeze portion sizes. I use to make my grocery list and include the left overs in the list. If I was buying cabbage for stuffed cabbage, I planned for cole slaw for another day. Late 60's early 70's I spent between $5 and $10 a week on groceries. My menu was based on the weekly sales. One store sold their milk very very inexpensively but it was pretty far away and they didn't advertise sales. I would drive there first - the cost of the gas was covered by the milk savings and then I would check to see if anything else on my list was as cheap or cheaper than the stores I was going to stop at for sale items on the way home. Love your tips and hints, I wish the young people today would be more frugal. My daughter is very frugal - grand daughter not so much.
I remember when my son was very young, I literally found myself counting pennies to buy a week's worth of groceries to feed myself, my son, and my husband. It happened to be $7. I don't remember everything that I bought, but I remember one package of hot dogs was for 2 meals. I wasn't so concerned about the most nutritious meal, it was more about filling empty bellies. And of course, popcorn was the best snack food to fill the voids.
My Mammy used to call it Rubber Chicken. Coz it was stretched across 4/5 dinners. We're in Ireland though and I come from a family of 9 so not really living a comparable lifestyle. I don't know anybody who eats out several times a week. I live in a small town where there aren't really restaurants or drive throughs. We do have Aldi though 👏
I'm from Mississippi and tomato and bacon sandwiches are gourmet eating! I also grew up eating scrambled egg sandwiches, mayo and pineapple sandwiches, and banana and peanut butter. I grew up on a farm with a dad that had a factory job and a mom that worked in an office. We never did without but we definitely had thin times. I still bottom shelf shop like my mom taught me and look for bargains where I can. No need paying full price unless you have to!
Great channel. I discovered your channel today. Can't wait to go through your other videos. I'm on a $400 a month budget being unemployed I'm always looking for ways to save money
I actually ordered the ebook of living on a dime and love it so much already that I ordered a hard copy for my daughter for Christmas. Thank you for the great resource.
So excited for the video about spending $20 for the whole week! Working on trying to get down from $87 to $50 a week, trying to make it into a game to make it fun ;)
Yup. I used to love mayonnaise sandwiches. We also had the flour and water pancakes as a kid. I thought that was how they were made. My Mom raised five kids by herself, after Dad left us.
Here in Florida our grocery store Publix has Buy One Get One Free (BOGO). Last month they had huge chuck roasts which goes for $20.00 each. I bought 8 but only paid for 4 so I got $80.00 worth of meat for free. I have a big freezer so I can do this. I have recently discovered you guys and you are awesome!
I remember growing up as a family of five children we had our own animals for meat, and my father was a hunter also. We always had a big garden for our vegetables for winter. The only food we had to buy was bread, butter and milk which we mixed it with water. We hardly ate sweets if we were hungry we made toast or something else.We survived and never went hungry.
People can be so judgmental. You don't need to explain anything to to anyone. I very much admire Jill for working with what she had to make the best for her family. It appears that she made much effort in getting the most nutrition out of every dollar. Can everyone else say that? I know that I can't. Spending more on groceries does not necessarily mean buying what your body needs, or what is best for you. As a child I was "chubby," and it is not wonder. My father made us drink 3 glasses of whole milk, every day, thinking he was doing what was best for us. Whole Milk! Ignore the negatives. Your mom is awesome.
Love your boys. They are amazing. I think your right about people being pressured or brainwashed into thinking it's abuse to say no or not give kids the run of the cupboards. We were brought up similarly to you and we are all fine
Tawra, my mother was the same, we ate portion size meals, we ate three times a day, my father is a firm believer everything in moderation, my parents did not buy brand name clothes, my mother taught me how to thrift at the thrift shops and not be wasteful like our society is today. At one time when it was just me and my daughter, she was about 10, we had ten dollars a week for food and I used to make it into 20 by shopping deals. I loved doing it because I used a lot of creativity and and I was appreciative of everything I had, whether it was an item found by the roadside, handed down, dumpster diving. I used to have a small lawn sale twice a month to add to our money and believe it or not this was in the 1995 we lived under $350.00 Dollars a month. Our rent with utilities included as $310. A month, I spent $10.00 a week on laundry at the laundry mat on our block, $10.50 in basic cable, $10.00 for telephone with no long distance, $10.00 on food weekly. Extra money came from having my little lawn sales. I had no car and lived right in town close to everything. I was receiving $350.a month from my husband for child support and did not work because I had and still have chronic fatigue syndrome, so I could not work especially with the stress of our breakup. I got no government assistance and I loved the fact that me and my daughter were doing it and being so attentive to every detail in our lives. I absolutely love that you and your family do this to help so many others because yes, it can be done.
Life has been busy so I haven't been able to keep up with your shows as much (can't wait to binge watch/listen this weekend!) But wanted to say that's for the shows! Still lovin them.
Well said! I have always bought groceries and fed my family this way. That letter was ridiculous. As far as the tomatoes, Walmart has huge cans of them in Thier brand (GV) for a dollar. Also alot of stores sell bags of frozen veggies for very cheap.
Thank you for sharing how Your Mom saved money on groceries. I never paid attention to all the tricks and skill involved in stretching a grocery budget as a kid. It is always good to learn new ways to save money.
oh sometimes just driving around town during the summer months (know when your fruit is in season!) you can see trees full of fruit that people living there don't want (at least that happens here) and if you clear off their tree thats free fruit for your family and you can freeze or can it for later use by your family. This past year I got Plums, Apricots, Pears, grapes and walnuts.
Candace Brady I used to have an apple tree that produced literally thousands of apples. I told all my neighbors they could have as many as they wanted... I had plenty for my family (quarts and quarts and quarts, lol)
Hi I'm a new subscriber and since I started watching your videos I didn't realize how much I actually waste especially using way too much shampoo and conditioner now I know less is working out great. Thanks to you and your Mom I'm finally learning how to budget much better on my fixed income. Your recipes are great too, I will be trying those also 👍
AGREED! I can't believe that something like this is no longer taught. Doesn't everyone need basic life skills and knowledge? I'm always amazed to come across people who don't know how to cook for themselves. I once had a adult friend who didn't know that real pudding is cooked, not instant. I'm almost 60 and I still make Taco Salad and Thumbprint cookies from my 7th grade HomeEc. :D
I am African America I can relate to being poor and everything you say, and yes you can get 4 meals out of a chicken, you can even get more by adding vegetables, which you can get from the panties. Find 10-20 pantries in your towns or county and you will have tons of food. No matter what your race is we can save lots of money, it just that most African Americas and Spanish communities don't even make $10,000.00 a year as a household. And we find tons of ways to save money, when you don't have that much money you must be very creative and we do very well and very healthy over the average African America health.
when i was growing up my mom would eat sandwich spread on bread...i love it! i eat lettuce, tomato, onion sandwiches alot, sometimes if they're cheap i'll put avocado slices on it with mayo and it's delicious! toast the bread for even more flavor!
We make 3-4 meals out of a roast chicken even now. You don't need as much meat as recipes call for, and if your making casseroles and soups, you don't need as much meat. A portion of meat is supposed to be the size of a deck of playing cards for an adult. People eat way to much of things. I get what your saying about it not being about a specific price/amount of money, but rather a way of cooking/living life on less. I feel like there are a lot of food "lies" perpetuated out there, for example that you "need to drink milk to get calcium." when you can get lots of calcium from other vegetables, and get more of it than from even one glass of milk. People buy into lies like these and think its the only way to live, and it is one way of living, but maybe ot the best way especially if your living pay check to pay check
Tawra, I can understand your frustration in trying to get your point across about how, if you can’t afford it, you just DON’T do it/buy it. “Cut your coat to fit your cloth” as they say. Everything you and your Mother talk about is common sense and was an accepted way of life in times of hardship. And, you’re right, today so many people just don’t know how to sacrifice or do without, even on a temporary basis. The truly amazing thing about you, Jill, is the self-discipline you possess. That is extremely rare. I must confess that I, myself, fall short. I admire and respect that (and so much more) about you. Too many are into instant gratification. Today’s world promotes and encourages it. I am your age, Jill, and I have the utmost admiration and respect for you. I would aspire to be more like you. There is a great deal to be learned from you. So much more than the tips and recipes you share. Although those are treasures, YOU, Jill, are the real treasures! Not to discount your contribution, Tawra ;-) You have followed in your Mother’s footsteps and are a great example. Especially to those of your generation and generations to come. Keep up the good work! Since my Mother has fallen ill and there are so many demands on my time, I have had to limit my RUclips time. Your channel is one I never miss. It is at the top of my list. If I don’t watch any other channel, I watch you. Love all you guys!
I work in poundland in the uk like dollar tree in America we sell lunch meat ,and fresh fruit eggs, bread ,milk for a pound I buy all my food from the pantry from work it's much cheaper than supermarket money
Hi. We have a budget of $100- $200 avg for two. Sometimes we dont go to the $200 when we try to save. How ever sometimes when we buy non food items we do go to the full $200... (Once a month when we get soup and laundry supplies)
Keeping chickens are expensive. I have 20 chickens and it costs 60 to 80 a month for their feed. Its way less expensive to buy eggs from the store. Don't buy chickens for their eggs if your doing it to save money. My grandmother had 11 children and they ate potato soup or bean soup literally every night for dinner. The older girls would get up in the morning and make sugar toast & coffee with evaporated milk for all of the children to eat. They only ate meat once a week for Sunday dinner and that was cheap cuts of chicken. My mother used to tell me that they never had snacks during the day. They ate their small meals and not one of them were sickly or overweight. Keep your menu simple, basic, and cook from scratch.
I just wanted to take a min to thank you for making Living on a Dime in Ebook form. I made sure to share that information. It is a fantastic way to get the book for those that live outside the USA. :) On my other channel I will probably do a vid here and there trying out your recipes and give a link to your book... but I will make sure it is vids or recipes you have already publicly shared. LOL .... because well... that is just the right thing to do. :) Lots of love and I hope you are having a good day.
We lived on 40$ Of groceries per week for 3 months after arriving in the us. We moved in with just a couple suitcases so we got everything from the thrift store or hand me downs. I couldn’t build up the pantry very fast. And buying tp felt like a waste of money lol. But we did it. Breakfast was oatmeal with sugar or French toast ( that is super cheap if eggs are cheap). We d have sandwiches for lunch with homemade soup and some stew with rice for dinner. Frozen veggies are cheaper than fresh. Fruits only for the kids and only for dessert. Bananas, clementines and canned fruits. I tried to garden but the deers ate it all. So sad. Then we were able to double that budget and I felt like a queen! Lol. Now we are spending 100- 130 per week and I feel like a hipster having fresh veggies everyday.
Just came across your show. Love it. We ate like this all the time as kids. My dad would not let us drink until after we ate and we would fill up so easily. We did all our shopping at Aldi and had a garden too. My parents would buy fresh ground beef / ground turkey on sale and portion it out in small sandwich bags and freeze it and it would last for several months. My dad made home made pizzas and cost him barely anything to make them. a box of jiffy mix, a can of tomato sauce, a small amount of shredded cheese and a can of mushrooms. he would also use some ground meat. We loved it. We used to eat airpopped popcorn with butter too.
i do foodstorage too we have 1month worth of meals for whenever we need. and we use a closet. I'm a cupons lady i love it yes us a lot of time consuming but totally worth it. i use them more for hygiene thing i get shampoo etc... for .50 cents or less
I agree 100%. This is survival mode! Also, most of us all overeat anyway! We have a family of six and I divide out my meat and chicken as well. As I am watching I have broth on the stove from leftover bones, celery stalk, etc. I will freeze this to add and use in meals down the road. Extremely nutritious broth and virtually free. I buy seasonally and if it isn't in season we wait until it is affordable. Could I buy it? Yes. But why? Example. We haven't had grapes for months and months because it isn't cost effective. However. I found it on sale today for 69 cents a pound. I bought 6 pounds and my kids will love it for a super treat. We have at least one meal a week that is meat free. My children have learned to love lentils (good source of protein) in soup. We garden, but only a small one, and only vegetables that I know are easy to grow and that can be easily frozen and stored. Otherwise, the garden takes up time and get wasted. We also trade with others to get other produce.
People have no clue about actual "portion control". I run a state funded daycare on the food program....children 6-12 are allotted 2 ounces of meat for their recommended allowance. 3-5 yrs is 1 1/2 ounces and 1 ounce for children 1-2. Americans OVEREAT!!! Note the all caps lol. You can stretch a pound of meat and your mother did marvelous 👏
Not sure when they were talking about but in the days of the depression it was the norm to stretch a meal as far as possible. Many people were going hungry. I doubt they had the term child abuse at that time either. It was a different time and nothing says it can’t get back there again. Maybe not the attitudes around discipline but the economy could belly up again. Food could become scarce. Knowing these tricks may not be nutritionally optimal but a full belly feels much better than an empty one.
I remember my single mom raising us two girls without child support. We ate a lot of neck bones & beans back in the 60's. One thing that you mention a lot if black beans. I've never had those before. Do you eat them as a separate dish like you would northern beans or are they mainly to be added to a dish?
Do you have a container in your freezer that you put your leftover bits in to use for soup at the end of the week/2 weeks? Sometimes there is just a little bit of something, even a spoonful, and it works great to have a pot of soup and know we're not wasting anything.
Jill talks about doing that. She would also take a couple Tablespoons out of each pound of hamburger, before splitting, and putting it in their for her soup.
I find if you stock your pantry and shop discount and sale items you can spend much less on groceries than the average family. During the 90s I feed a family of 4 on $30-$35 per week. it can be done!! We ate very well!!
Here I am in 2023 going to discount grocery stores. I got Napa cabbage 25 cent a pound, iceberg lettuce 3 for 1.00, pork roast bone in 4 lb for 7.00.. 5 pound split chicken fryer breast for 6.00 none of this was on clearance but a truckload sale. I grow peppers in my garden so we are having pork roast tonight, then Chinese pork fried rice with cabbage, chicken breast baked with mushroom soup and rice, and some if the chicken will be boiled and Deboned for freezer quick meals later. I live in North Florida. Grocery store is Ramseys Cash Saver in Blountstown. Also got apples 80 cent a pound, celery hearts 50 cent a package.
I made the honey glazed chicken the other night and it was delicious and I actually had all the ingredients (unlike so many other recipes). I have never regretted buying your cookbook!
When I make a sandwich, I used 2 slices of Buggig lunch meat and it made a great sandwich !! Even with a ham and cheese it was 2 slices of meat with cheese in between and grilled on the stove.
There was 12 of us, my grandpa use to send each of into the store when hamburger was on sale and instruct us to buy 5$ each of hamburger. Then stocked the freezer. I found out much later he only made 100$ month as a farmer who ran a combine and yielded others crops !
Kudos to you for talking about this. We are a family of 4. For years I have been making 4 -5 meals out of a pound of ground beef. A chicken 5-6 main meals. (All of which are healthy and everyone was "stuffed" at the end of the meal.) Each of those would often turn into left overs for the next day. On top of that I made our dog her food from what was left. She never ate anything else! Food waste in first world countries is astounding!
SOME PEOPLE LIKE HER REALLY NEED YOU TO EDUCATE THEM. BECAUS YOU CAN MAKE 4 MEALS WITH A WHOLE CHICKEN. MEAT IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT MAKE A MEAL. THE ITEM YOU ADD TO THE MEAT IS WHAT MAKES A MEAL. WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE SAID.
A lot of the nutrition is in the peel. I think that study is to keep people from getting angry. But I would eat conventional produce. Sometimes you can get cheap produce at distribution centers, too.
Cheap gardening...Soil preparation...free woodchips...layer every year..no tilling...Save some plants to go to seed. Year 2 and 3 is cheaper. No fertilizer needed. Compost shredded paper, kitchen scraps, card board, grass clippings and leaves. All of this should be for free
In Australia our food is crazy expensive like dei meat the cheapest is often $13 a kilo up to $25 a kilo, and general meat/poultry is from $8 kilo to $45 a kilo its crazy, mince and sausages are the cheapest meat, mince is approx $14 a kilo and sausages are approx $10 a kilo, I went to buy sweet potatoes the other day and I couldn't believe they were $5.50 a kilo
1 use 250g of ground beef for spaghetti bolognese for 4 adults and that's no diet trust me so I can see 1 adult 2 children effectively (2 adult portions) working for about 125g per meal it wouldn't for a carnivore but as part of a healthy balanced diet its fine
1 can feed my family of 6 with 1 chicken for 2 says ,I only use 3/4 of lb of meat for 1 meal and 1 1/2 chicken breast for a meals i stretch my meats and I think is fine we eat alot of veggies and I dont think Is child abuse my family loves my meals,I do all my kids snacks for schools etc..I always buy the milk every time is on sale and I freeze some gallons for whenever we need and even is already expired when defrost is good for a week.
Wow! I know this video is at least one year old, but food must be so cheap over there! As some perspective, here in Australia, deli meat is between $20- 25 per kg, it goes down to $15- 17 when it’s on sale. Beef mince is about $8 per kg for budget meat, and up to $15 per kg for premium beef mince. Even pet mince is $2-50per kg. We only have meat once to twice a week to keep costs down. Even clearance items are usually very expensive. No couponing, but we can earn points to redeem as dollars off our groceries (it takes a lot of spending to earn a few dollars off though). Having said that, wages are higher to match cost of living (it is still increasingly difficult though). A middle class income is about 115k per year before tax. We don’t do tipping as standard and our goods and services tax is included in our totals when paying bills or buying food.
My dad told me his mom would go out in their yard/fields and collect an apron full of greens for supper. I know dandelion but I wish I knew more of our native edibles.
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I can TESTIFY that Tawra was just fine as a kid. I knew her in high school and was awesome to find another kid who's family shopped at thrift stores, yard sales and super cheap food. Seriously her mom was a genius and Tawra always had a great attitude about it. Always shared ideas even as teens. ❤️
You knew me high school? What a small world. I'm very sorry but I don't recognize you by the picture, what your last name? Tawra
hi everyone,i'm so annoyed on your behalf (child abuse)!!!!!!!!! you have a wonderful mom who kept going through tremendous hardship to bring up her two children extremely well,if only all kids had a mom like that,i admire you all for the way you live your lives and thanks for all the info you post,god bless from the ukxxx
my grandma lived to 9 days shy of her 106TH birthday her favorite sandwich was a lard and mustard (not butter lard) and she was healthy until she passed
I remember as a child, if we did not have cereal, my mother would take left over rice..(cold) and sprinkle cinnamon, a little sugar and milk and it became cereal. Also we ate raw potatoes for snacks..sometimes for a sweet treat we would get a slice of bread with sugar on it. We ate according to what was available and not expensive. Both my parents grew up through the Great Depression and continued what they were taught while I was growing up. We would have creamed tuna on toast...or chipped beef on toast. Tomato sandwiches were delicious! We ate cucumber sandwiches too. Leftovers from the week became hash for a meal. I find myself in a spot now where I need to be frugal and all these things come back to me. I have gotten many tips from you and your family. Thank you and never apologize for helping people like you do.
No need to defend yourself. I have much respect for your family and coming out on top of all the struggles. Use what you got til you can get what you need!
Tomatoe and mayo sandwich yummmmm. It's cheap, fast and nutritious. Add a little salt and pepper. Toast your bread and it's even better.
I live on tomato and mayo sandwiches during tomato season now just because they are yummy.
My grandad grew up very poor in dublin, they often ate bread and butter if they couldn't afford meat or filling and he called it 'open air sandwiches' lols
I am a loyal viewer, I rarely comment but I feel like I know you all and love your family! I can relate so much because I am a single mom (make about 16000 a year and also get no child support. ...sounds similar to jills life) and although I feel like a pro at stretching a buck, I learn so much from you. so thank you!
My grandmother told me a story about the teacher in the one room school house my mom and her brothers went to. They went to school with lard sandwiches - even in the winter and the teacher was so concerned she asked all the parents to send dinner scraps each day - she started a school lunch program in the 1930's. The soup would set on the wood stove and the kids would have soup and whatever kind of sandwich they could bring. I have used a vacuum sealer for many years, I think it is worth every penny. I stock up on chicken and salmon when it is on really good sales and freeze it - it really does last a couple years and is in perfect condition, no freezer burn. I have always done sale items and then freeze portion sizes. I use to make my grocery list and include the left overs in the list. If I was buying cabbage for stuffed cabbage, I planned for cole slaw for another day. Late 60's early 70's I spent between $5 and $10 a week on groceries. My menu was based on the weekly sales. One store sold their milk very very inexpensively but it was pretty far away and they didn't advertise sales. I would drive there first - the cost of the gas was covered by the milk savings and then I would check to see if anything else on my list was as cheap or cheaper than the stores I was going to stop at for sale items on the way home. Love your tips and hints, I wish the young people today would be more frugal. My daughter is very frugal - grand daughter not so much.
I remember when my son was very young, I literally found myself counting pennies to buy a week's worth of groceries to feed myself, my son, and my husband. It happened to be $7. I don't remember everything that I bought, but I remember one package of hot dogs was for 2 meals. I wasn't so concerned about the most nutritious meal, it was more about filling empty bellies. And of course, popcorn was the best snack food to fill the voids.
I love how enthusiastic your son is!
How is it child abuse if you are feeding your kids to the best of your ability?
My Mammy used to call it Rubber Chicken. Coz it was stretched across 4/5 dinners. We're in Ireland though and I come from a family of 9 so not really living a comparable lifestyle. I don't know anybody who eats out several times a week. I live in a small town where there aren't really restaurants or drive throughs. We do have Aldi though 👏
your mom is an inspiration for. many.
you get creative when you have a very tight buget and a family to feed.
I'm from Mississippi and tomato and bacon sandwiches are gourmet eating! I also grew up eating scrambled egg sandwiches, mayo and pineapple sandwiches, and banana and peanut butter. I grew up on a farm with a dad that had a factory job and a mom that worked in an office. We never did without but we definitely had thin times. I still bottom shelf shop like my mom taught me and look for bargains where I can. No need paying full price unless you have to!
Lana Pugh what bottom shelf?
Salsa is good on salad. It's cheaper, more nutrious , and salsa can be used with many diff meals. I love salsa and a baked potato.
Corena Garoutte yes, I use salsa on my salad to cut the fat and calories... Great share!
love salsa on pretty much everything!
I feed my family of 7 for £80 a week home cooking is the way to go !
Great channel. I discovered your channel today. Can't wait to go through your other videos. I'm on a $400 a month budget being unemployed I'm always looking for ways to save money
I actually ordered the ebook of living on a dime and love it so much already that I ordered a hard copy for my daughter for Christmas. Thank you for the great resource.
I love dave smiling all the time what a nice husband
So excited for the video about spending $20 for the whole week! Working on trying to get down from $87 to $50 a week, trying to make it into a game to make it fun ;)
Yup. I used to love mayonnaise sandwiches. We also had the flour and water pancakes as a kid. I thought that was how they were made. My Mom raised five kids by herself, after Dad left us.
Here in Florida our grocery store Publix has Buy One Get One Free (BOGO). Last month they had huge chuck roasts which goes for $20.00 each. I bought 8 but only paid for 4 so I got $80.00 worth of meat for free. I have a big freezer so I can do this. I have recently discovered you guys and you are awesome!
I remember growing up as a family of five children we had our own animals for meat, and my father was a hunter also. We always had a big garden for our vegetables for winter. The only food we had to buy was bread, butter and milk which we mixed it with water. We hardly ate sweets if we were hungry we made toast or something else.We survived and never went hungry.
my father was a hunter and my mother was a gardener. they spent very little on groceries but we were all healthy!
People can be so judgmental. You don't need to explain anything to to anyone. I very much admire Jill for working with what she had to make the best for her family. It appears that she made much effort in getting the most nutrition out of every dollar. Can everyone else say that? I know that I can't. Spending more on groceries does not necessarily mean buying what your body needs, or what is best for you. As a child I was "chubby," and it is not wonder. My father made us drink 3 glasses of whole milk, every day, thinking he was doing what was best for us. Whole Milk! Ignore the negatives. Your mom is awesome.
Love your boys. They are amazing. I think your right about people being pressured or brainwashed into thinking it's abuse to say no or not give kids the run of the cupboards. We were brought up similarly to you and we are all fine
thank you guys for all you do for your channel. I really do appreciate all of your efforts😄 this was a very helpful video..thanks so much!
Jam sandwiches is lovely if you feel like a cake it does the trick with a cup of tea
Loved this video, I think you guys are a very loving , smart & supportive family. Greetings from the Netherlands
Tawra, my mother was the same, we ate portion size meals, we ate three times a day, my father is a firm believer everything in moderation, my parents did not buy brand name clothes, my mother taught me how to thrift at the thrift shops and not be wasteful like our society is today. At one time when it was just me and my daughter, she was about 10, we had ten dollars a week for food and I used to make it into 20 by shopping deals. I loved doing it because I used a lot of creativity and and I was appreciative of everything I had, whether it was an item found by the roadside, handed down, dumpster diving. I used to have a small lawn sale twice a month to add to our money and believe it or not this was in the 1995 we lived under $350.00 Dollars a month. Our rent with utilities included as $310. A month, I spent $10.00 a week on laundry at the laundry mat on our block, $10.50 in basic cable, $10.00 for telephone with no long distance, $10.00 on food weekly. Extra money came from having my little lawn sales. I had no car and lived right in town close to everything. I was receiving $350.a month from my husband for child support and did not work because I had and still have chronic fatigue syndrome, so I could not work especially with the stress of our breakup. I got no government assistance and I loved the fact that me and my daughter were doing it and being so attentive to every detail in our lives. I absolutely love that you and your family do this to help so many others because yes, it can be done.
Life has been busy so I haven't been able to keep up with your shows as much (can't wait to binge watch/listen this weekend!)
But wanted to say that's for the shows! Still lovin them.
Well said! I have always bought groceries and fed my family this way. That letter was ridiculous. As far as the tomatoes, Walmart has huge cans of them in Thier brand (GV) for a dollar. Also alot of stores sell bags of frozen veggies for very cheap.
Thank you for sharing how Your Mom saved money on groceries. I never paid attention to all the tricks and skill involved in stretching a grocery budget as a kid. It is always good to learn new ways to save money.
oh sometimes just driving around town during the summer months (know when your fruit is in season!) you can see trees full of fruit that people living there don't want (at least that happens here) and if you clear off their tree thats free fruit for your family and you can freeze or can it for later use by your family. This past year I got Plums, Apricots, Pears, grapes and walnuts.
Candace Brady I used to have an apple tree that produced literally thousands of apples. I told all my neighbors they could have as many as they wanted... I had plenty for my family (quarts and quarts and quarts, lol)
Hi I'm a new subscriber and since I started watching your videos I didn't realize how much I actually waste especially using way too much shampoo and conditioner now I know less is working out great. Thanks to you and your Mom I'm finally learning how to budget much better on my fixed income. Your recipes are great too, I will be trying those also 👍
Oh my gosh, I wish I came across your channel sooner, as I learnt such a lot
Greetings from Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Unfortunately public schools don't have home economics classes anymore.
AGREED! I can't believe that something like this is no longer taught. Doesn't everyone need basic life skills and knowledge? I'm always amazed to come across people who don't know how to cook for themselves. I once had a adult friend who didn't know that real pudding is cooked, not instant. I'm almost 60 and I still make Taco Salad and Thumbprint cookies from my 7th grade HomeEc. :D
My kids high school had a life skills class that was coed. It was great 👍
The cutting onion tip is golden!! Thank you!!
I am African America I can relate to being poor and everything you say, and yes you can get 4 meals out of a chicken, you can even get more by adding vegetables, which you can get from the panties. Find 10-20 pantries in your towns or county and you will have tons of food. No matter what your race is we can save lots of money, it just that most African Americas and Spanish communities don't even make $10,000.00 a year as a household. And we find tons of ways to save money, when you don't have that much money you must be very creative and we do very well and very healthy over the average African America health.
Please please please do a video about gardening :-))) Love you guys!!!
when i was growing up my mom would eat sandwich spread on bread...i love it! i eat lettuce, tomato, onion sandwiches alot, sometimes if they're cheap i'll put avocado slices on it with mayo and it's delicious! toast the bread for even more flavor!
My favorite saving channel. People with real experiences.
We make 3-4 meals out of a roast chicken even now. You don't need as much meat as recipes call for, and if your making casseroles and soups, you don't need as much meat. A portion of meat is supposed to be the size of a deck of playing cards for an adult. People eat way to much of things. I get what your saying about it not being about a specific price/amount of money, but rather a way of cooking/living life on less. I feel like there are a lot of food "lies" perpetuated out there, for example that you "need to drink milk to get calcium." when you can get lots of calcium from other vegetables, and get more of it than from even one glass of milk. People buy into lies like these and think its the only way to live, and it is one way of living, but maybe ot the best way especially if your living pay check to pay check
Just ordered my Dining on a dime cook book. So excited, can't wait for it to get here. Thanks for all you do.
Yea!! Just ordered my Valentines Special can't wait to get them 🌺Happy Valentines to u n ur family🌺
I LIKE THE WAY YOU ALL THINK! YOU TALK SO REASONABLE ABOUT HOW TO BE FRUGAL IN COOKING.
Tawra, I can understand your frustration in trying to get your point across about how, if you can’t afford it, you just DON’T do it/buy it. “Cut your coat to fit your cloth” as they say.
Everything you and your Mother talk about is common sense and was an accepted way of life in times of hardship. And, you’re right, today so many people just don’t know how to sacrifice or do without, even on a temporary basis.
The truly amazing thing about you, Jill, is the self-discipline you possess. That is extremely rare. I must confess that I, myself, fall short. I admire and respect that (and so much more) about you. Too many are into instant gratification. Today’s world promotes and encourages it.
I am your age, Jill, and I have the utmost admiration and respect for you. I would aspire to be more like you. There is a great deal to be learned from you. So much more than the tips and recipes you share. Although those are treasures, YOU, Jill, are the real treasures!
Not to discount your contribution, Tawra ;-) You have followed in your Mother’s footsteps and are a great example. Especially to those of your generation and generations to come. Keep up the good work!
Since my Mother has fallen ill and there are so many demands on my time, I have had to limit my RUclips time. Your channel is one I never miss. It is at the top of my list. If I don’t watch any other channel, I watch you. Love all you guys!
Nice seeing you both back at the table. I've missed your table talks!
I work in poundland in the uk like dollar tree in America we sell lunch meat ,and fresh fruit eggs, bread ,milk for a pound I buy all my food from the pantry from work it's much cheaper than supermarket money
Love Macaroni and tomatoes for supper!
You have such a beautiful family
I do that all the time, first meat and potato,veg, then a meat pie with some, and soup, then add rice, I make broth too. This feeds me for a long time
Hi. We have a budget of $100- $200 avg for two. Sometimes we dont go to the $200 when we try to save. How ever sometimes when we buy non food items we do go to the full $200... (Once a month when we get soup and laundry supplies)
Keeping chickens are expensive. I have 20 chickens and it costs 60 to 80 a month for their feed. Its way less expensive to buy eggs from the store. Don't buy chickens for their eggs if your doing it to save money. My grandmother had 11 children and they ate potato soup or bean soup literally every night for dinner. The older girls would get up in the morning and make sugar toast & coffee with evaporated milk for all of the children to eat. They only ate meat once a week for Sunday dinner and that was cheap cuts of chicken. My mother used to tell me that they never had snacks during the day. They ate their small meals and not one of them were sickly or overweight. Keep your menu simple, basic, and cook from scratch.
Still great advice for today. I don't think it could be done for $7, but this is great information! And YES YOU CAN get four meals out of one chicken!
flea markets are great for produce during the summer I always stock up and put in freezer.
I just wanted to take a min to thank you for making Living on a Dime in Ebook form. I made sure to share that information. It is a fantastic way to get the book for those that live outside the USA. :) On my other channel I will probably do a vid here and there trying out your recipes and give a link to your book... but I will make sure it is vids or recipes you have already publicly shared. LOL .... because well... that is just the right thing to do. :) Lots of love and I hope you are having a good day.
I myself buy sale and store brand food. I also shop the dollar tree....etc. I do my beat to save on groceries and essentials.
We lived on 40$ Of groceries per week for 3 months after arriving in the us. We moved in with just a couple suitcases so we got everything from the thrift store or hand me downs.
I couldn’t build up the pantry very fast. And buying tp felt like a waste of money lol. But we did it. Breakfast was oatmeal with sugar or French toast ( that is super cheap if eggs are cheap). We d have sandwiches for lunch with homemade soup and some stew with rice for dinner. Frozen veggies are cheaper than fresh. Fruits only for the kids and only for dessert. Bananas, clementines and canned fruits.
I tried to garden but the deers ate it all. So sad.
Then we were able to double that budget and I felt like a queen! Lol.
Now we are spending 100- 130 per week and I feel like a hipster having fresh veggies everyday.
Just came across your show. Love it. We ate like this all the time as kids. My dad would not let us drink until after we ate and we would fill up so easily. We did all our shopping at Aldi and had a garden too. My parents would buy fresh ground beef / ground turkey on sale and portion it out in small sandwich bags and freeze it and it would last for several months. My dad made home made pizzas and cost him barely anything to make them. a box of jiffy mix, a can of tomato sauce, a small amount of shredded cheese and a can of mushrooms. he would also use some ground meat. We loved it. We used to eat airpopped popcorn with butter too.
i do foodstorage too we have 1month worth of meals for whenever we need.
and we use a closet.
I'm a cupons lady i love it yes us a lot of time consuming but totally worth it.
i use them more for hygiene thing i get shampoo etc... for .50 cents or less
I agree 100%. This is survival mode! Also, most of us all overeat anyway! We have a family of six and I divide out my meat and chicken as well. As I am watching I have broth on the stove from leftover bones, celery stalk, etc. I will freeze this to add and use in meals down the road. Extremely nutritious broth and virtually free. I buy seasonally and if it isn't in season we wait until it is affordable. Could I buy it? Yes. But why? Example. We haven't had grapes for months and months because it isn't cost effective. However. I found it on sale today for 69 cents a pound. I bought 6 pounds and my kids will love it for a super treat. We have at least one meal a week that is meat free. My children have learned to love lentils (good source of protein) in soup. We garden, but only a small one, and only vegetables that I know are easy to grow and that can be easily frozen and stored. Otherwise, the garden takes up time and get wasted. We also trade with others to get other produce.
From wife Lisa - and yes, I have all boys who are very active. And yes. Feeding them on a budget can be done!
We shop at discount stores and sales then eat from our pantry. I never planned meals
Such a lovely couple xx
People have no clue about actual "portion control". I run a state funded daycare on the food program....children 6-12 are allotted 2 ounces of meat for their recommended allowance. 3-5 yrs is 1 1/2 ounces and 1 ounce for children 1-2. Americans OVEREAT!!! Note the all caps lol. You can stretch a pound of meat and your mother did marvelous 👏
Just ordered you Valentine's day special , can't wait thank you
Not sure when they were talking about but in the days of the depression it was the norm to stretch a meal as far as possible. Many people were going hungry. I doubt they had the term child abuse at that time either. It was a different time and nothing says it can’t get back there again. Maybe not the attitudes around discipline but the economy could belly up again. Food could become scarce. Knowing these tricks may not be nutritionally optimal but a full belly feels much better than an empty one.
SO TRUE
My favorite with cinnamon sugar on bread with butter...
Thanks for sharing
I remember my single mom raising us two girls without child support. We ate a lot of neck bones & beans back in the 60's. One thing that you mention a lot if black beans. I've never had those before. Do you eat them as a separate dish like you would northern beans or are they mainly to be added to a dish?
dixiegirl999 Either way! They have a bit of "bite" to them.
You can do various things, including a brownie recipe. Google
Do you have a container in your freezer that you put your leftover bits in to use for soup at the end of the week/2 weeks? Sometimes there is just a little bit of something, even a spoonful, and it works great to have a pot of soup and know we're not wasting anything.
Jill talks about doing that. She would also take a couple Tablespoons out of each pound of hamburger, before splitting, and putting it in their for her soup.
I find if you stock your pantry and shop discount and sale items you can spend much less on groceries than the average family. During the 90s I feed a family of 4 on $30-$35 per week. it can be done!! We ate very well!!
Here I am in 2023 going to discount grocery stores. I got Napa cabbage 25 cent a pound, iceberg lettuce 3 for 1.00, pork roast bone in 4 lb for 7.00.. 5 pound split chicken fryer breast for 6.00 none of this was on clearance but a truckload sale. I grow peppers in my garden so we are having pork roast tonight, then Chinese pork fried rice with cabbage, chicken breast baked with mushroom soup and rice, and some if the chicken will be boiled and Deboned for freezer quick meals later. I live in North Florida. Grocery store is Ramseys Cash Saver in Blountstown. Also got apples 80 cent a pound, celery hearts 50 cent a package.
I made the honey glazed chicken the other night and it was delicious and I actually had all the ingredients (unlike so many other recipes). I have never regretted buying your cookbook!
I started buying bulk when it's cheaper too.
When I make a sandwich, I used 2 slices of Buggig lunch meat and it made a great sandwich !! Even with a ham and cheese it was 2 slices of meat with cheese in between and grilled on the stove.
There was 12 of us, my grandpa use to send each of into the store when hamburger was on sale and instruct us to buy 5$ each of hamburger. Then stocked the freezer. I found out much later he only made 100$ month as a farmer who ran a combine and yielded others crops !
Have a fun day
7.00 for a week maybe back in the 1960s lol
Kudos to you for talking about this. We are a family of 4. For years I have been making 4 -5 meals out of a pound of ground beef. A chicken 5-6 main meals. (All of which are healthy and everyone was "stuffed" at the end of the meal.) Each of those would often turn into left overs for the next day. On top of that I made our dog her food from what was left. She never ate anything else! Food waste in first world countries is astounding!
Yall are such a cute couple
What a gorgeous sweater!
SOME PEOPLE LIKE HER REALLY NEED YOU TO EDUCATE THEM. BECAUS YOU CAN MAKE 4 MEALS WITH A WHOLE CHICKEN. MEAT IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT MAKE A MEAL. THE ITEM YOU ADD TO THE MEAT IS WHAT MAKES A MEAL. WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE SAID.
I'm intrigued by the idea of garlic salt on salad. I'll have to try that.
A lot of the nutrition is in the peel. I think that study is to keep people from getting angry. But I would eat conventional produce. Sometimes you can get cheap produce at distribution centers, too.
Cheap gardening...Soil preparation...free woodchips...layer every year..no tilling...Save some plants to go to seed. Year 2 and 3 is cheaper. No fertilizer needed. Compost shredded paper, kitchen scraps, card board, grass clippings and leaves. All of this should be for free
I missed it😭😭 Maybe next time.... Watching it now anyways. Thanks yall!!!
Great information!
In Australia our food is crazy expensive like dei meat the cheapest is often $13 a kilo up to $25 a kilo, and general meat/poultry is from $8 kilo to $45 a kilo its crazy, mince and sausages are the cheapest meat, mince is approx $14 a kilo and sausages are approx $10 a kilo, I went to buy sweet potatoes the other day and I couldn't believe they were $5.50 a kilo
you all look pretty healthy , are you still eating the way you did as a child or do you eat more now ?
my daughter and I we lived on noodles and tomato sauce and spices and we hardly ever eat meat but that was a choice
1 use 250g of ground beef for spaghetti bolognese for 4 adults and that's no diet trust me so I can see 1 adult 2 children effectively (2 adult portions) working for about 125g per meal it wouldn't for a carnivore but as part of a healthy balanced diet its fine
I live in Canada and you can get Schneiders bologna for 3.97$ for 500grams
1 can feed my family of 6 with 1 chicken for 2 says ,I only use 3/4 of lb of meat for 1 meal and 1 1/2 chicken breast for a meals i stretch my meats and I think is fine we eat alot of veggies and I dont think Is child abuse my family loves my meals,I do all my kids snacks for schools etc..I always buy the milk every time is on sale and I freeze some gallons for whenever we need and even is already expired when defrost is good for a week.
Wow! I know this video is at least one year old, but food must be so cheap over there! As some perspective, here in Australia, deli meat is between $20- 25 per kg, it goes down to $15- 17 when it’s on sale. Beef mince is about $8 per kg for budget meat, and up to $15 per kg for premium beef mince. Even pet mince is $2-50per kg. We only have meat once to twice a week to keep costs down. Even clearance items are usually very expensive. No couponing, but we can earn points to redeem as dollars off our groceries (it takes a lot of spending to earn a few dollars off though). Having said that, wages are higher to match cost of living (it is still increasingly difficult though). A middle class income is about 115k per year before tax. We don’t do tipping as standard and our goods and services tax is included in our totals when paying bills or buying food.
Achieving is the New Dreaming isn’t a kilo about 2.2 pounds? If so hen that is very comparable to the US
My dad told me his mom would go out in their yard/fields and collect an apron full of greens for supper. I know dandelion but I wish I knew more of our native edibles.
We had ketchup sandwich when my mum did not have much money to live on x
I received my Dining on a Dime cookbook 2/14/2017 :) Thank you so so much. I'm looking forward to using it!
Where can I buy your cookbooks that are on sell I would like to buy for mothers day thank you