Here are 13 fast and easy dinners for $5 . These are great when you need to really stretch your dollars
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@GG-uk3dn4 ай бұрын
I like that Charles is honest in a nice and respectful way-not just “ wow” to every dish. Everyone has foods they do/dont like and that’s fine! I definitely do. Personal preferences.😊And….. if you like or dont like the same as Charles then his review is especially helpful to those people…..!
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
I agree with you that is why I have him taste it. I always tell him honest review
@donnadequire-rios35314 ай бұрын
i agree
@l.j.20434 ай бұрын
Lots of great meals here to choose from. Charles is so gracious when he doesn't like something as much as another. Love that. It is O.K. to have favorites. But ..he is a good sport to try them all. Thanks Noel for creating all these easy to make and good looking meals and cheap to boot. That is so helpful in this day and age!!
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thanks so much
@shanonthomas66444 ай бұрын
I love how honest your husband is. Some couple cooking shows I watch, the husband says “everything is awesome! Or Amazing”. I love his honesty!!! Keep it up!
@scook55994 ай бұрын
Hi Noel, I like how you show different ways to prepare the food. Very creative.
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thanks so much
@donnadequire-rios35314 ай бұрын
I just love all the ideas she has.
@flossysmartt4 ай бұрын
Thank you noel I absolutely love these videos bc your doing realistic and saving money type of meals 😊😊
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thank you ❤️
@merediths96674 ай бұрын
Hey Noel Charles and fam ❤. This was a great vid. Love the ideas. Keep them coming Noel!
@edithhorgan37334 ай бұрын
I enjoy your channel so much. Thank you for all the recipes. Charles is very supportive of you too. He makes a great food tester for you. I very much appreciate your showing us new easy recipes that are cheap. Thank you!
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thank you
@kjking664 ай бұрын
You're doing a great job with the budget series❤
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thank you!! 😊
@donnadequire-rios35314 ай бұрын
Indeed she is.
@karendiane54 ай бұрын
Your husband is so sweet. When I don’t love something, I cant hide it on my face. He’s a sweetheart! ❤️
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thank you. He is such a good sport
@thewoodenspoon96794 ай бұрын
Charles is so cute! And has a sense of humor. He is a great taste tester too. Noel your meals look delicious! Thank you for this video!
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! 😊
@LindaNicholson-p5d17 күн бұрын
I really like the way you say what you could add to it to make it even better if we have the money for it. That way you’re covering everyone you are both awesome.
@hawnair66244 ай бұрын
I’m in Hawai’i- our Walmart prices are so much higher here, but still cheaper than most other places. Love your suggestions!!!!
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
We are very fortunate to have lower prices here . My girls looked into going to college in Hawaii but the cost of everything seemed way more expensive
@blueamenaa7494 ай бұрын
Thank you. You re giving me a lot of ideas. Take care.❤❤❤
@donnadequire-rios35314 ай бұрын
Thank you, for giving us many great ideas. I love your channel. Also, thank you to your hubby for being your taste tester. May GOD bless u and your beautiful family.
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@jammiedodge92224 ай бұрын
I would have to say hubby does have a good point on the corn being a green vegetable cause he's correct on "it comes with a green husk!!!! Lol I like the way he thinks!!! New to channel and loving it so much! Can't wait to binge watch past videos!! Thank you for your time and great meal ideas 🎉
@user-xd3xv3vi7l4 ай бұрын
Great 5 dollar dinners
@juliesnider2636Ай бұрын
nice video lots of good ideas!! thank you
@yvettegerry98624 ай бұрын
Hi Noel 🎉so happy you are here !
@kathyfranco93724 ай бұрын
I found you this morning and really like your recipes. You are using things I already have in my pantry.. thank you so much.. I'm definitely subscribing😂
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thank you so much
@yvettegerry98624 ай бұрын
Did you guys see the Eclipse! ? It was so emotional for me . I like the pizza bread with soup . I got asparagus for 99 cents at Kroger . When I was in home economics class we took hotdogs and split them (but not all the way through) and stuffed them with mashed potatoes and topped with shredded cheese and baked on a cookie sheet in the oven . I still make them today cheap and good . Great video ! Thank you ! 🌸🦋🌸
@nadinefrandsen60874 ай бұрын
Yes! About the hotdog boats. Been making them for 50+ years. Yummmm
@yvettegerry98624 ай бұрын
@@nadinefrandsen6087 😋
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
We only got to about %95 here but the girls sent me pictures from school and it looked so cool . Great deal on the asparagus 😊 It is probably my favorite vegetable . We really need to plant some this year
@hello-vs4me4 ай бұрын
Love your videos thanks have everything to make these ❤😊
@LindaNicholson-p5d17 күн бұрын
I new to your site but so far I think it’s awesome. I would appreciate knowing the temperature of your oven and the time it takes to cook. You’ll be looking forward to seeing you more. I always acknowledge the likes or not. From what I’m seeing it will always be like for you. I also love the idea of knowing what it’s going to cost me.
@emily--m4 ай бұрын
I don't know how I ended up on your channel.... I'm liking your husband's spirit. 💕💖💕💖😊
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Yay! Thank you!
@kathleenwayda21414 ай бұрын
Lots of good ideas!
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@dianalynn87813 ай бұрын
I love comfort foods! And easy to make seeing I'm 76! I am on a 1,200 calorie diet and have taken recipes and made all of them that I'm able to eat! I've gone from 400 pounds to 225so far. I'm headed to 150 pounds. Thank you for ALL of these that are inexpensive, too! I'm going to make each one of them, making them so that they are something I can eat on my diet!
@lynnchristensen44394 ай бұрын
Everything looks delicious . Some are great for emergency meals❤
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thank you
@barbnauman7054 ай бұрын
Great ideas! One thought for the tuna casserole- I always use crushed potato chips on top. Give those a try and see what you think! I do make my own cream sauce too, plus two cans of tuna. I really enjoyed this video!❤
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thank you and normally I would make mine like you do as well. It is so good
@SJC494 ай бұрын
Hi, Noel. Thanks for the tips!😍🇨🇦
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@kathyclarke63274 ай бұрын
Charles is so cute on the pancake taste 😂
@dianakile13284 ай бұрын
Thank you so muchfor the ideas! I honestly dont think abou the economical side of dinner but Ill be watching and definitely be more mindful! 😊
@annethompson22124 ай бұрын
really helpful ideas, thank you 😊
@thixotropic4474 ай бұрын
It's been a long time since I had to watch pennies. I wish I would have had these ideas then.
@susanh39364 ай бұрын
Loved it. Thank you.
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
You are so welcome!
@amywendlandt62974 ай бұрын
Hi there, I just subscribed today after watching the first recipe. I like how you change up the proteins with the grains, definitely going to try some of these. Thank you. I look forward to more content.
@kathyparkhurst70054 ай бұрын
i always add cinnamin and vanilla to my pancake mixture
@cathydecarles70844 ай бұрын
Hi Noel sweet Friend your meals look delicious and Charles is so good trying them all The Family is blessed to have You sweet Friend Cathy 🙏🏻✝️☮️🌹🌺💐💗💙🍀💜💝❤️
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thanks so much ❤️❤️
@patriciakoester15804 ай бұрын
Awesome Noel thank you ♥️ Patricia
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
You are so welcome
@user-gm1kl6xy4m4 ай бұрын
I am cooking pasta add tin tomato soup and beas through it topped gratted cheese broccolli in side
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Sounds great!
@scook55994 ай бұрын
This is off topic. I was wondering what your plans are for the homestead this year? What will you be planting? How are your fruit trees coming along? I recently watched a Spring video from 2021 around the time the pool was going to be filled in. I couldn't help but marvel how far you have come in such a short time! Lots of hard work of course!
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Charles posts on Instagram some of the farm. We are planting corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions , peppers , tomatoes , carrots , luffa , peas . lettuce, spinach , cucumbers , zucchini , green beans , cantaloupe , watermelon , spaghetti squash . acorn squash. butternut squash. pumpkin, okra , peanuts, herbs and I am sure I am forgetting a few things lol I will show some of what is happening here soon. ❤️as far as fruit our strawberries do great and so do our blackberries but we still have not gotten any blueberries or grapes. Our fruit trees are doing great but still no fruit ( probably next year ) We have apple . pear . cherry . peach and persimmon. The animals are all doing great we added 60 new chicks and should have piglets soon. A stray cat found us and just had 5 kittens 😊 We plan on getting 2 new calves and a few dairy goats this spring and summer. We sold our dairy cow and she will be leaving soon 🥲 Still deciding on turkeys . We are defiantly busy but I wanted to do this budget series for the kids. We are also working on a lot of home remolding so I will try to share some of that all with you guys, Soon as summer hits we slow down a lot
@scook55994 ай бұрын
@@bluejayacreshomestead6529 Thank you for the update Noel! You guys have sure been busy!
@christydenney58934 ай бұрын
Everything looks good.
@SJC494 ай бұрын
She does have beans, cheese, bacon bits, sausage and other proteins to offset the small amounts of chicken or tuna.
@scook55994 ай бұрын
That was probably a 5.5 oz can as I don't think that Walmart sells 3 oz cans of chicken breast.
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thank you
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
The protein is definitely small amounts but these are meant to get someone dinner on the table without much money. I am doing a video later in the week that will be a high protein healthy meal plan for the week
@scook55994 ай бұрын
@@bluejayacreshomestead6529 I think that many of us are not really used to seeing what budget meals look like and sometimes a person with limited funds has to do the best they can do. I am sure that the protein in the meal was more than adequate. Also, everything looked delicious. I love watching you cook!
@paulamccarthy81974 ай бұрын
Mmm I love fresh lemon and sugar on my pancakes or fruit and maple syrup or Nutella you are making me peckish at 00:19 in the uk 😂
@LisaCatLady4 ай бұрын
Love cutting the sausages with scissors!
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Me too!!
@juanitataylor69474 ай бұрын
The gentleman.sincere with his comments with his comments
@createwithlinda51814 ай бұрын
Great meals Noel….
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thank you
@patriciakoester15804 ай бұрын
The Eclipse was so cool !!!😎
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Sadly we only got to about %95 here but my girls sent me pictures of it from the college and it looked so cool
@cindysteffens80654 ай бұрын
I make a similar dinner of your 4 way......chili mac. Made with macaroni ( I use penne), 2 cans of chili and beans mixed in, topped with onions and cheddar cheese. I serve it with a salad and garlic bread. A favorite of my boys.
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
That sounds delicious
@kathyclarke63274 ай бұрын
For a picky eater he is very willing to try things❤
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
I am proud of him for trying things
@beverlypatzke2364 ай бұрын
I use Fritos from the dollar store also!
@KKreate1014 ай бұрын
Do you have a link to your griddle? I’ve been looking for a good one. Thanks
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
It is at walmart. So far I love it. It is from the Drew Barrymore collection. I got it as a Christmas gift
@adrianakessler3844 ай бұрын
My husband has gotten so difficult to cook for-when I had seven people here, we ate about anything. Now, he has turned into a pain, and there are only three of us. Exact things your husband would not eat, definitely. We have always eaten high carbs, also, now trying to cut carbs. Can you do any meals semi cheap low carb? Trust me, I think every bite I eat has sugar or carbs. I can do eggs & meat, but besides that I think it is difficult to do low carb & be satisfied. Any ideas 💡??? Thank you!☺️
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Yes I am doing a dessert video next but after that one I am doing a high protein week on a budget
@hollyfink61684 ай бұрын
I made the Cincinnati chili, I loved it. My family, wouldn’t even try it. It’s different. 😊
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
We love it . It is defiantly different
@user-ln4op5oj4q4 ай бұрын
I would use a can of baked beans with the hot dog caserole. I make the tamale pie in a pie plate, with cornbread on the bottom, the rest on top. You can cut it like a pie, and the cornbread is cakelike.
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
That is a great idea
@Nogames22814 ай бұрын
I LOVE chili cheese dogs but id see how that way would last for leftovers. To me thats an eat rt away meal like the chili cheese fries(ok the fries i could personally eat reheated but rest of family no way)
@SJC494 ай бұрын
Sausage bake is my fav!
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Charles too
@MrsAlmaTrumble4 ай бұрын
Yum, everything looks and sounds so delicious. Thanks for sharing these tips, Noel.
@yvettegerry98624 ай бұрын
Hi Alma ! See you tonight! 🙏
@MrsAlmaTrumble4 ай бұрын
@@yvettegerry9862 hey sweet friend. Yes, you'll see me in less than 2 hours on Falon's. How are you doing today?!
@yvettegerry98624 ай бұрын
@@MrsAlmaTrumble I’m good are your meds helping with your pain? Hope so ! 💐
@MrsAlmaTrumble4 ай бұрын
@@yvettegerry9862 they are, friend. I've only had 2 migraines.
@cathydecarles70844 ай бұрын
I am still praying 🙏🏻 for you Mrs Alma sweet Friend I am happy the medicine is helping you God bless 🙏🏻✝️☮️🌹💐
@user-gm1kl6xy4m4 ай бұрын
Yes butter goes in home made apple sauce
@Fat_dog_problems4 ай бұрын
Love the recipes the back ground is a bit loud tho with the music
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Sorry about that. We are a large family and when all the kids are home it can get loud here
@michellepotter92894 ай бұрын
Don’t worry Noel my husband is a very picky eater also! Drives me crazy!!! 😂
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Right!! Good thing we love them 😊
@user-xt5zh2fr4r4 ай бұрын
Hi Angel girl and family ❤ God bless you all ❤❤ I'm going to try to find out tomorrow about,an assistant living ❤ Love you Noel❤❤❤❤
@yvettegerry98624 ай бұрын
Is that you Erica ? Glad you’re back! 😊
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
We missed you !!! We were getting worried about you ❤️❤️❤️
@user-xt5zh2fr4r4 ай бұрын
@@bluejayacreshomestead6529 I've been trying to find out what is going to happen to me and my cat's. It's got me a nervous wreck!!! I'm I've been trying to get another free phone! This one won't hardly work I am still trying to find out everything Love you guys too!!!!
@Nogames22814 ай бұрын
They sell the skyline chili in a can pretty cheap..They also sell it frozen
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
It is pretty good I honestly prefer gold star and they sell that in a can as well
@Nogames22814 ай бұрын
@@bluejayacreshomestead6529 will have to try that. Im from NE ohio
@tammymeek89304 ай бұрын
So if you make these all in one day do u eat on them for the rest of the week
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
I made these meals over a 3 day period and with all my kids home they did not last very long
@cindywoods46454 ай бұрын
You are so clever, great ideas
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@nancyculp69684 ай бұрын
Instead of using the package of small pasta, why not save it to make a pasta salad out of it…the small pasta out of that Mac & cheese cooks up quickly, because it is so thin and small. It will cook a lot faster than the larger pasta you added to it. I would have cooked the smaller up by itself if that is what you wanted to do, but could have stretched the meals by using the boxed dinner noodles in another meal. I still think someone is better off using one something large( like Rotisserie Chicken), to make a lot of meals out of: chicken & dumplings, chicken pot pie, cheesy chicken & rice casserole, wonderfully seasoned broth to use in your dishes, chicken & noodles and out of micro pieces that most people throw away, you can make potstickers! This way you have utilized the entire chicken! A bag of flour will help you make the dumplings with only water, salt & flour…same with the noodles. A bag of $1.00 rice can produce the chicken casserole that feeds 4-6 producing a 13x9x2” casserole, you can make your own chicken soup by making a roux and adding in some chicken broth or the cream of mushroom soup by making a white gravy and adding in some diced mushrooms that was sautéed in butter before adding in the flour. Is it more work than convince foods…yes, but saves you a lot of money and feeds your family healthier meals. Another suggestion with the flour is a real pizza crust. I make my own marinara sauce out of crushed or whole tomatoes makes up two quart size jars. Another way to save is to buy a 2 /lb package of sausage and cook the entire package and put in containers of 1/3 to 1/4 servings and make: beef stroganoff ( I have even bought the hamburger helper on sale and used the small amount of sausage in two boxes of it), make stuffed bell peppers, pasta bake, make a Mexican Pizza…takes very little sausage, because the base is refried beans. It takes very little to make sausage gravy and very little saved up with any sources of meat that we do not eat( sausage, bacon, pork roast, any kind of beef). I took a cauliflower crust pizza and doctored it up with: crumbled up bacon, around five leftover slices of pepperoni cut into fourths, added very small amount of cooked breakfast sausage, jalapeño slices, around 2 tablespoons of leftover mushrooms. It even pleased my son that hates cauliflower 😂. You can make a barbecue pizza out of small amounts of leftover chicken or pork. Make a five meat pizza…so many options with pizza that you can use vegetables and small amounts of meat to make a large pizza with whatever you have and save $20.00 or more from making your own. The key is to never throw anything away! Even if it is only a tablespoon of something I keep a large, plastic container in my freezer and every time we have any vegetables that we do not eat, they are placed in this container along with either: pork or beef to make a large pot of vegetable soup( yes even the sausage if any is left. It is all about planning. This soup will serve a lot of hungry people served with a large pan of homemade cornbread and a dessert…like a homemade peach cobbler ( again made from the flour… what would we do without flour!!!). There are just so many ways we can save if we just plan ahead!
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
These are all great suggestions.❤️ The point of this video was only to use $5 a meal. We actually cook everything from scratch and raise all of our own meat and can most of our vegetables from our garden and I mostly buy my whole grains in bulk from Azure standard . I actually feed my family of 6 to 9 people ( depending on who is home ) for under $400 a month. But how we live is not something most people can do so I started this serries to help my older children but ended up helping other as well.
@Jewelsquiss4 ай бұрын
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@user-gm1kl6xy4m4 ай бұрын
Use a spoon to put your batter in muffin tin
@user-gm1kl6xy4m4 ай бұрын
What about hot porridge with raising honey and cinnamon
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Sounds delicious
@user-xt5zh2fr4r4 ай бұрын
Hi Roby ❤ love you sweetie ❤😂😂
@kathyparkhurst70054 ай бұрын
you need bigger mixin bowls
@lilnikki10024 ай бұрын
Hotdogs in chili sauce is not "chili".
@Brie73624 ай бұрын
Toooo much background noise. Sounds like a party in the other room.
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
We are a large family and it is always like a party ❤️ I wouldn't want it any other way
@Paige-220Ай бұрын
Why did you use your drinking cup to put 3/4 cup of water into the cornbread? Completely unsanitary for your family!
@bluejayacreshomestead6529Ай бұрын
Thank you for the comment but nobody used a cup that was being used for drinking We get all of our water out of our Berkey filter so I use cups or empty jugs to get my water
@user-xt5zh2fr4r4 ай бұрын
First ❤❤
@kathyparkhurst70054 ай бұрын
sad that jojo has made america poor and a 3rd world country
@dawndillon70434 ай бұрын
I'm with Charles no cooked canned 🫛. Frozen are so much better and only $.98 at Walmart. Peas and carrots 🤮
@bluejayacreshomestead65294 ай бұрын
Yes we prefer fresh and than frozen but on this video every penny mattered
@user-xt5zh2fr4r4 ай бұрын
Hi Roby ❤ love you sweetie ❤😂😂
@user-xt5zh2fr4r4 ай бұрын
First ❤❤
@user-xt5zh2fr4r4 ай бұрын
Hi Roby ❤ love you sweetie ❤😂😂
@user-xt5zh2fr4r4 ай бұрын
Hi Roby ❤ love you sweetie ❤😂😂
@robylove91904 ай бұрын
It's wonderful to hear from you, Erica❤ I was getting really concerned about you. Love you too.❤
@cathydecarles70844 ай бұрын
God bless You Erica praying for you also 🙏🏻✝️☮️💐🌹🌺