15 Unbelievable Grocery Hacks That'll Save You Thousands!

[@nikkihole2481]

The month is just about over I have not used my credit card this month and I feel lucky Thank for good encouragement 🙏 I now want to save money 💰 for emergency

[@sandraortega898]

Tawra and Jill, you both are the voice of the people. Such comfortable people to listen to. Love the laughter!

[@anchorsandarrows6935]

I have 11 children and have been cloth diapering for 17 years and counting… I use the cloth- like Viva paper towels to line our diapers as a cheaper alternative to buying disposable diaper liners. For soiled diapers we just throw it in a plastic pet bag from the dollar store and we don’t have to rinse diapers.

[@cheriebolender8765]

That is a wonderful idea!

[@vbo9872]

Beans and rice options: try lentils and rice, for beans try kidney beans or chickpeas and rice, etc. Add chopped onion - favorite seasonings or even diced tomatoes w/green chilies.

[@rachelrodgers9171]

You two women are really delightful. I love your cheerful demeanor and the way you run your show.

[@judithscharf6318]

My husband bought the little packets of instant flavored oatmeal. It took this crazy inflation for him to even to try the oats in the canister. It takes two minutes in the microwave and he can control the sugar. He wrote down the amounts of water, oats and sugar and the time in the microwave. He now won’t even think of buying the packets.

[@pam9426]

Don't need to microwave, pour boiling water over bowl of oats and added ingredients. Let set 5 minutes and eat. I have an electric tea kettle I use

[@gloriahansen854]

Love the superior quality of your recipe book pages! Am so very impressed & love that it's glossy, page lays flat when the book's laid open. Wonderful Tips inside! You've sure "got it together"! Sending many Blessings.

[@vickieharris3850]

I am being given canned fruit sometimes..but I make use of it by making smoothies or just eating it as a desert..I buy fresh fruit when I can afford to...too.

[@beegirlbernadette6216]

As a new viewer, I’m loving your info and purchased both cookbooks. Am really excited to receive them. Thank you for the sale price!💜

[@tammygreen7180]

I miss your live shows on Wednesday our church starts at 7:00.

[@diannthomas7849]

It really lifts my spirits to watch you two. I've lived in Illinois and Wisconsin my whole life (a born "Yankee" lol), but my mom grew up in Appalachia. She never lost her accent or her southern sensibilities. She was a hoot! She's been gone for nearly 30 years, but listening to Brooke talk brings back so many memories. Thanks for the great videos and great ideas!

[@kerrynwright]

Wow! What a day for you!!!! Thanks for your effort & time putting on the live after everything that happened! I hope & pray that things will smooth out for you with your renovations! Great tips!🥰 Blessings from South Australia💕🐨

[@missy2986]

I just ordered vol 1 cookbook. I can’t wait to get it. Thanks so much ladies & Mike for all you do.

[@andreakenney9349]

In my area in Maryland, our Walmart prices for meats are over priced. We have two Walmarts and depending on what you are looking for, the prices will vary between the two stores - prices are not consistent.

[@tiffylee3230]

I’m so thankful for You all!! It helps listening to you and not Being depressed And giving basics And teaching my Kiddos the way we are needing to live without feeling deprived!❤

[@atdepaulis]

I only cook rice in the rice cooker and beans in the crockpot because… I have burnt too many pots of rice and or beans… and after waiting for 4 hours putting in more water and then getting distracted I am so sad to have to throw it out

[@lucilledinant1890]

Just purchased vol one n two for my youngest daughter. Expecting her first baby in July. I hope she'll keep them near her chair to read while he sleeps. I do keep them near my recliner as my reading material of choice! ❤

[@maxibake9323]

Only on your Money saving channel, can we flip flop from Bacon grease leaks, to Vandalised Fridges, Foundation & Lipstick, to Books, Boobs & Beardy blokes. You 2 are hilarious, even though some of these things are actually really serious. Your going to need a Flower planter full of Tea for its calming effects. TFS LOAD, take care & keep really busy everyone.❤🙂🐶

[@BarbaraKurtz-e4z]

See I feel the same about all the prep stuff needed for freeze and dehydration . And canned foods work.

[@Princesshelyne]

When I conducted workshops on how to save money on Food. We explained to people hamburger helper does not help you. It’s a small amount of pasta with chemicals

[@SharonDay-v2o]

Hi i love your tips, your mom gave me the best tip, use a small glass for the kids milk, juice. Iwas always having glasses with milk or juice that was wasted. I do this for breakfast i use smaller dishes and i pour the milk. I was always left with leftover milk in the dishes and a waste, if they finish i will give a little more if they want more. Thankyou Jill.

[@chrisnutter6933]

That is a beautiful sweater on you, Jill!!!!🎉

[@pamettmayer2391]

Mike hope you are feeling better.

[@cherylgraham1016]

You two ladies are great! You’re such an abundance of good smart information. I love your videos and you feel to me like friends. Thank you for all you do and God bless you!

[@AnnaJones-r7i]

The recall on spinach six years was for the organic brands

[@theresav2479]

Oh that 40% off your books is so awesome. I bought when it was 30% and thought that was good. I did not know you ever did 40% off. That is so awesome and so generous!

[@AnnaJones-r7i]

I cut up leg quarters. The trimming from the back I freeze. I use it for stock and purlough (chicken and rice with onions). I get whole meals from the scraps

[@ameliainpdx1775]

The fridge that we loved was from White-Westinghouse. Fridge only with a very small freezer... So you need a separate freezer. When I bought my current fridge, I couldn't find a similar fridge, so I now have an Amana fridge, but no ice maker in it.... No water hook-up in my kitchen. Our local Kaiser health care system now has the bathrooms as unisex instead of women or men with multiple stalls. Very disappointing & discouraging. They need to just make them singular locking rooms. I stopped going to Target for the same reason.

[@debdoughty7694]

My mom also made homemade noodles for Thanksgiving that everyone loved. I found the Reames noodles a few years ago and I think they taste the same as the homemade ones when cooked with turkey broth.

[@pauletteturner8728]

Amen!!!!

[@amysteele9778]

Rice cookers are amazing.

[@Chelle-kd1po]

My husband makes that comment: "This would cost $_.__ at ___ Restaurant." 🤣 Thanks for the laugh, & thank you for the wonderful hardback cookbooks. I bought them during your moving sale. Before that, I had Not Just Beans.

[@ladyhawk9032]

Loved the advertisement "cookbooks by real women with boobs"!!!!! I laughed so hard I almost fell off the bed!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@michellestevens5884]

I have enjoyed making recipes from your cookbook. The Sourdough bread recipe has become a big hit with family & friends. I like to make it and give it away to help brighten up their day and it lets them know I am thinking of them.

[@rowddyone3570]

I used to have 6-8 spices, after I stopped working I went down to just salt and pepper and can’t tell difference.

[@taniaruiz2678]

You can make black beans with chorizo. And it’s😋

[@christinewallace9251]

Thanks!! I agree with you Tara and Jill. Keep teaching!!

[@deniselucy58]

i had left over beef so i made your stroganolff it was delicious.

[@kaylaaddison1818]

Made your honey baked chicken tonight. I covered it with foil because I didn't want to baste it every 15 minutes. It was delicious and earned a spot in our regular rotation! 🎉

[@donnagardner4338]

I did baste every 15 minutes and my husband loved it; however. I did wonder about just covering it 😊

[@monicablount5665]

Just ordered your GFDF cookbook for my daughter….. she’s going to love it!

[@kathrynjohnson4982]

I found ground beef for $3 per lb in California! If I buy in bulk, this week's sales at Raley's are this cheap! I tend to shop at Winco for basics, but for meat at Raley's as they tend to have much better quality meat. Both Winco and Raley's are within a couple minutes of each other and it won't cost me much to drive to Raley's .

[@vivr662]

If you are censored and removed that will be the final nail in the coffin for me. The world has gone mad but when people are silenced for speaking their feelings then civilization is done for. Keep up your good work and know that you speak for the majority. That you are still laughing when faced with the kitchen remodel and a corporate world in free fall shows what marvelous stuff you are made of. The Living on a Dime team are the best.

[@donnakerstiens9899]

Great video!❤️💙💚

[@jerriehattery6116]

Wow I hadn't heard about Maybelline. I'll have to start using a different company now for my eyeliner pencil.

[@juneallen4926]

Why don't you not wear makeup at all and save money?

[@QouteOfTheDay33]

Love your tips! Totally agree with buying organic. Your just paying for fancier pretty labels.

[@tammypoling9618]

Amen

[@rachelrodgers9171]

Re: discussion of Hamburger Helper/ Mac-N-Cheese @ 12:09, an even better idea is to buy a bag of pasta like elbow mac, bow-tie, etc.; and then go ahead add your favorite cheese and herbs/spices. 😋🙂

[@paularizzo5217]

Just ordered cookbooks...the wait begins....😊

[@ChristaSterken]

You guys always have great advice, and I want encourage new viewers, you CAN teach an old dog new tricks😂. Jill, when you were talking about organic advertisers, it really struck a chord with me. I am 52. We have been on a very tight budget our whole married life since we were young adults. It disgusted me when I realized how much advertising I’d actually fallen for. And how many times my husband had told me I was falling for it, but I was sure I was right because the expert said so. The thing about it is, in my case, and surely many others.… Advertisers prey not only upon the fears of a consumer, but also their genuine, heartfelt desire to do right by their family. I’m actually learning about things to let go of. I have a lot of health issues, I have bigger fish to fry than worrying about the tadpoles! And Tawra, I had to chuckle because I know how you get riled up about Starbucks lines. I finally broke that habit, only 4800 to go or so.😂 I remembered you guys talking about freezing things in ice cube trays. Today I finally broke and bought myself a box of the Tazo chai concentrate. I was apalled to see price up almost 2 bucks a box in the last two years. and is the only one drinking it it gets wasted because you can’t drink it before it goes bad. So I just poured it into ice cube trays. When I want to treat, and an actual, keeping it as a real treat, I will pull out a few of the cubes. Jill, I’m gonna take a lot of what you said to Hart about weaning off of other addictive behaviors. It’s just not worth it, I have the same complications with health that you guys do for 30 years. Chai does me no favor. Thanks for doing what you’re doing. God bless you and your family for your ministry to other homes, and your real passion for getting peoples heads out of financial rumps .

[@sandraortega898]

Things fell apart fast after Covid. My family doesn’t listen to me when I say that Jesus is coming. The signs are everywhere.

[@garyc.foster1132]

If you garden, you can grow and make your own onion and garlic powder by dehydrating and then grinding in a blender. You can also raise paprika peppers and grind up for powder.

[@shirleyfrederickson4794]

I have a roll of washable towels.

[@suetock5532]

What a neat gift. Order Tawras cookbooks and send them to Moms for mothers day.

[@lauriesullivan2890]

I make a huge pit of chilli so one night uts chilli and corn bread then I bag up and freeze in smaller portions days later a bag of chilli is served as chilli cheese fries then days later another bag is chilli dogs .or i fry 5 pounds of hamburger bag it in to meal portions 1 meal is tacos 1 meal is lasagna 1 meal is goulash 1 meal is spegetti I meal nachos 1 meal is enchiladas all spread out over the month chicken same thing pirk roast same thing ham same thing etc

[@janeulness2119]

We don’t have a Walmart. And leg quarters are 1.28. Same price as a whole chicken,

[@titalinda8515]

When I make lasagna, I double it and freeze one. After dinner, if I have simething leftover, I,pack them in one serving ziplock bags, I est them for lunch or we have different dinners when I don’t feel lime cooking. Leftovers? I love them, food really tastes better the next day….. hahahaha 😂

[@jennyh1970]

I was working..I sew.. so here I am laughing my head off.. girls looking at me like what?? Y'all just kept it coming.. had a great day at work. Thank y'all!

[@franzone70]

I've wore Maybelline for years. No more! Loreal has some good makeup. Remember when J C Penny's had that gay woman for their rep. for only a few months, when the Million woman got together and fought it and they took her off.

[@mrstwinkenator]

I was laughing so hard..thank you for making my day…

[@sheilagroleau2720]

Buttermilk freezes just fine. Thaw in fridge and stir. Definitely can tell if I use sour milk instead when making pancakes.

[@vickieharris3850]

I remember my mom's having to use cloth diapers on 8 of us 9 children...but she delegated me and one of my older sisters as helpers..because she had to work.we had to learn to wash diapers in pail of bleach..rinse it out..flush out the messes in the diaper in the toilet..rinse out the diapers again in hot water..but if we had a box of snowy bleach or dreft...that was a big help..in washing the diapers by hand..or if our wringer washing machine worked at the time. When the diapers were properly bleached and rinsed..we would hang the diapers outside on a clothes line with clothespins. To dry.. The cloth diapers always had a fresh clean smell that i remember...

[@eclairtreo]

Yes! That is how everyone used to do it when I was growing up. It doesn't take much time if you keep up with it.

[@heatherofthemountains]

I was so sorry to learn that you won't be doing bible Q&A's anymore. However, I would like to thank you for the time together we did have discussing the Word. There were many things that you all helped me clear up. My faith has absolutely grown stronger for your dedication to His word and the truth therein. May God continue to bless you all in the mighty name of Jesus the Christ, Yahshua Hamashiac. Amen 💙 All my love and prayers for you and yours. 💙

[@sherrieburcham6287]

Just bought chicken quarters for 68cents per lb. at Schnucks today.

[@sweetpeach12241979]

I live in NYC and I dont have a Walmart.where I live I have to drive a state away in New Jersey or Connecticut or if I'm willing to I will drive upstate an hour away to go to Walmart or in queens NY which is 1 hour away form me.

[@terriring319]

Woo hoo! So happy for that 40% off sale!

[@judithpratt8034]

It's true about milk in cardboard container lasting longer .

[@darlenethompson9325]

I make your taco seasoning all the time. I do by some seasoning from dollar tree.

[@cherylgraham1016]

I made their taco seasoning and it was delicious, tastes better than Taco Bell!

[@normamason3185]

Oh my, I learned to cook rice at about 10 years old. My aunt used to make rice several times a week. It was the base of most of our meals. (She was down here in FL where rice was king in the 60's). She made potatoes second, behind rice. I was forced into service to peel the potatoes at about the same age. These things made me a decent cook. Pasta was a real treat, spaghetti with meat sauce and a little stinky cheese from the green container before mac 'n cheese even. You mentioned cooking the same thing over and over (you mentioned tacos 4 times a month). My nephew and his father would have me make spaghetti with dinner sausages at least two times a week. Used to drive me crazy, but they would say, "Make something easy - make spaghetti". And I am a good cook! Please, please, use some of your "business budget" to come to my home in Florida, look at my budget, my pantry, how I cook, and use it on your show. You would be so proud of me! That includes food pantries and food stamps. If pork is on sale, I will buy a roast or two, and grind them like hamburger. What's the big deal. You can do whatever you do with hamburger, even the same seasonings. I recognized the fact that I can't afford asparagus most of the year - it doesn't fit into my price points. I won't spend more than $1.99 lb for it. I can't afford lobster, or scallops like I used to. They are not in my grocery cart - period. Margarine vs. Butter. Butter wins, but only if it is within my price point. Right now (4/30/23) butter at Sam's Club is $11.94 for a 4 pack. That is less expensive than Walmart by like 1/2 which is about $10 for a 2 pack. But I do buy and keep a big thing of Blue Bonnet in the fridge for things like cooking eggs in the morning. Your books also make great graduation gifts for both high schoolers going off to college, or those graduating from college who are going to be setting up their own households. I bought a couple of packages with 2 hamburgers on it - with some bleu cheese in the mix. They are heavy, tough if you cook them as 2 patties. So...I defrosted a package, added chopped onion, an egg and some bread crumbs and made 4 patties from the mix. Delicious. Since I live in Florida these days, I keep cans/jars ofpickled beets, marinated artichokes (most expensive thing I buy regularly and keep on hand), beet and leek salad. I also keep fresh tomatoes, and cucumbers. I can easily pull out one of these to have as a side at any time. I do keep some canned veggies, but I really prefer frozen. So I keep frozen bags of lima beans, sweet corn, mixed veggies, and broccoli all the time. 6 minutes in the microwave and I am good to go. 5 minutes in the microwave for a baked potato. I don't always have to have hot sides. I also mix my ground meats for various reasons. I was given ground taco seasoned chicken, and hot sausage. I don't care for either by themselves. When mixed, these make a unique meatloaf. I thought the ground chicken was actually beef and couldn't bear to throw it out, and could not figure out what to make with it - my tacos are not chicken. We have one of kinds of people in our family - totally demonic, still looks like a boy though. He needs every prayer we can say for him. He needs an exorcism, for real. You know the demons are there, you can feel them. I have told them to leave, asked God to bind them and send to the pit, now. So please stand in corporate prayer for my nephew.

[@VonOaks]

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[@normamason3185]

@@VonOaks I will pray for you.

[@tomvarnadoe4302]

Gm 👋 my lovely ladies ❤️

[@TinaC-r9s]

Is there a substitute for dry milk to use in bread machine recipes?

[@shirleyfrederickson4794]

Yeah buttermilk is the way to make

[@amysteele9778]

Great ideas.

[@shirleyfrederickson4794]

Chicken and pork are my staple meats. Always use or freeze leftover’s

[@suebraschio6763]

M+Ms with obstacles 🤣 I was just shopping at Kroger (Fred Meyer here in Portland oregon) I literally said out loud to myself nope I don't need that do I tawra lol😄☺️

[@nikkihole2481]

I have no bills to pay now except monthly payment am I making the second goal Right 👍 or what should be my next move

[@judyhobbs991]

Love you guys. Our world is horrible right now. God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah bc of sin. I’ve never seen anything like what is going on now. It’s so bad. These companies are horrible. God help us!!!!

[@karenlouise2156]

I like watered down juice. It's too thick out of the container. 😀

[@emikosan8712]

I love your basket in the photo. So...attractive...

[@darlenesgardenandhome]

I used to just use margarine. Now mostly just use butter. BUT, the margarine I do keep and use sometimes for baking, is " I can't believe it's not butter" margarine.

[@morgannaturcotte1843]

I make chicken broth. Im not a salt eater and its hard sometimes to get unsalted chicken broth. I put my veged in the freezwr until i have enough to make it.

[@paularizzo5217]

Regarding cloth diaper liners: i've never seen them. Do you have a brand name I can us?

[@cindybeatty5872]

Good afternoon. I have the old dining on a dime from 2004. Is mine volume 1? I don’t want to have multiples if it is the same. If not, I’m going to order while they are on sale. 😊

[@LivingOnADime]

yes it's vol. 1 with 40 additional recipes.

[@sharleneberry1447]

Lol. Circus freaks”

[@charlenebrissette3348]

I like margarine better than butter.

[@crazyfarmgirl606]

Time is money also you do have to factor in the time it takes to make something like noodles. Whichc would take an hour and cleanup vs $.79-1.00 a pound I typically pay $.30-.50 for someone to make something it would take an hour or more to to do and cleanup time and electricity to make said item…. That alone is a ton of savings for me….. i can be gardening cleaning, cooking other things that i want to and enjoy or are more simple in nature, and practice occasionally for giggles on the other things but on the reg i pay someone $.30-.50 to make my bag of noodles especially until i master the art of noodle making🤣😂

[@nicoletumblin8427]

bwahahha, yes the loonie ($1) and twoonie ($2) coins lol

[@sandrahansen83]

I am allergic to Maybelline. Melbourne Australia

[@nicoletumblin8427]

oh and not sure you know.....Maybelline is owned by L'oreal....i almost cried

[@MHayes7777]

My sister's dad was married to a woman that owned Maybelline. They wont have anything to do with her since she was a love child.

[@bonnielaarman1878]

I live in a small beautiful town along the shore of Lake Michigan and for years we had a cross on one of the tallest sand dunes and one person who didn't even live here sued the city and they took down the cross. Now a "minister" at one of the churches is pushing a festival for the queer people this Spring and one local resterants is going to have a drag queen show! I am just sick about it! People are protesting it. And the things are including children with games, etc. Yes, the world has gone crazy and it did seem to happen fast. I believe we are in the end times.😐

[@titalinda8515]

I lo e plain white rice with a fried egg on top and a salad on the side, my favourite meal in a hurry.

[@berrypatch5583]

What is the difference between book 1 and book 2?

[@LivingOnADime]

All new recipes. shop.livingonadime.com/collections/print-book

[@berrypatch5583]

@@LivingOnADime thank you! Sounds like I need to get both soon. I have been enjoying so many that you post online...I need to jump in and support your great work and enjoy hard copies 😁

[@kathyz.]

With all your frustration’s with kitchen etc are you glad you never quit Living on a Dime.,at one time you mentioned not doing this:,???

[@athenaperdomo8896]

I bought 4 volume-1 cookbooks. One for me and the others as mother’s day gift.

[@IamKyuTee]

I make cheeseburger macaroni anc make a double batch because I put the other half in a container and refrigerate 2 days on the 3rd day I add a can of chili and a diced onion which turns it into cheesy chili mac. My husband was one abd still thinks he is one of those who refuse to eat leftovers. He thinks I eat all the leftovers for my lunch. Lol. He has had leftovers not knowing and I am nit telling him. Oh, he is also one that says he hates beans and veggies. Well he loves my meatloaf and I put a cup of cooked black beans in the blender and use it in place of 1egg in my double batch recipe add finely sheddred carrots abd zucchini and season it with Italian seasoning, garlic a d onion powder, I top it with my homemade ketchup. He has yet to say he tastes any beans or veggies. Lol Yes, I am a sneaky wife but the type of sneaking I do is to sneak healthy foids in his diet. By the way his doctor asked how I was able to get my husband's nutrition up to normal levels from being so low. I gave him a look and he said " Never mind do not tell me since he will know and most picky eaters it is 90% in their heads." Also, if a person tried a food they say they do not like 10 times a year they usually have a chznge in their taste. Sugar and empty carb foods are the main reason people gain weight. The chikd obesity issue if you look into the duet that chikd has 80% of their duet is sugars abd empty carbs. Thise make a chi,d hyper. Another friend of mine before the doctors in the USA put her son on medication for adhd/add/hyperactivity I went over what she gad in her house and threw out 3 trash bags of junk food!! IT WAS DIFFICUKT THE FIRST 3 MONTHS WHITH HIS TANTRUMS. But after that he was doing way better in school and able to concentrate without being so ADDICTED TO SUGAR AND EMPTY CARBS. He never had to be put on medications. He is now in his late 30s abd he never has had junk food in his home with his children who are very healthy teenagers. THE FIRST DRUG ADDICTION WE GIVE OUR CHILDREN IS SWEETS AND JUNKFOOD!!

[@chickenmama4384]

I couldn’t agree more this young man pretending to dress up like a woman and all these companies catering to this is ridiculous.

[@helennelmes7560]

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[@nikkihole2481]

Why can't I get to your store to buy your cook book 2 😮

[@LivingOnADime]

Here is a link. shop.livingonadime.com/collections/print-book

[@tracysteward604]

Personally I buy butter when I can BUT is it just me or does butter not taste like it used to? Send to me it has no taste whereas margarine seems to taste more like butter to me.

[@sussannerandall85]

haha Canada has two dollar coins