24 Meals for $30 | EPIC $5 Dinners | Emergency Grocery Budget | A Budget Friendly Meal Plan

[@armyofone3893]

It may sound silly, but you’re making a big difference in people’s lives, during these really hard times ppl are struggling through… young and old.❤

[@LauraLegge]

Thank you so much! That’s very nice of you to say. We’ve recently had to cut way back on our spending and the grocery budget was one of the biggest areas I needed to work on. I’m happy to be able to share anything I come up with when it comes to saving money on groceries ☺️

[@ChantelMesh]

And you cry in Canadian prices. LOL

[@ej3016]

@@ChantelMeshwhen I stop crying - blowing my nose - and getting my stuff together 🤣😂 I watch the rest of the videos for meal ideas - am a young senior and grocery prices have always been heart breaking up here - so glad am a farmers granddaughter and have folks who still keep a kitchen garden 🇨🇦🙏

[@aprilpetersen5479]

Thank you Laura for these delicious recipes on a budget. Praying for your continued success. Have a blessed week!

[@LauraLegge]

You’re welcome and thank you so much for your kind words ☺️ I hope you love the recipes!

[@lizmiller2341]

I really like your meal plans. You kept the suggestions overall healthy not loaded with cream of soups. I appreciate that.

[@LauraLegge]

Thank you so much! 😄 I hadn’t seen anyone else cooking like this so I try to share as much as I can.

[@stacel1972]

Everything looks fantastic and easily eaten by a veggie like me. I’ll just use cooked pinto or black beans in the crockpot meal. I second the mash potato tacos. Surprisingly good on corn tortilla and a fast meal. Or a quick egg hash with crispy potato cubes and salsa on top.

[@LauraLegge]

Yum!! Thank you so much for the suggestion! I hope you love the recipes ☺️

[@melodyshaw9329]

Great channel! Thank you for being such a pleasant person!

[@LauraLegge]

Thank you so much for your kind words ☺️

[@crus5112]

Use the leftover potatoes, cheese and tortillas and make "taco bells" potato soft tacos.

[@LauraLegge]

Yum! I’ve never tried that before! I’ll give it a try! Thank you for the suggestion ☺️

[@LisaRM72]

Great recipes and great tips 💜💜💜

[@LauraLegge]

Thank you so much!! 😊

[@hello-vs4me]

Aldi has small brown potatoes for 49 cents a pound

[@SamanthaOrtiz-g1c]

Looks delicious

[@LauraLegge]

Thank you so much! These are some of my favorite recipes!

[@nancyculp6968]

Instead of using the amount of filling to just throw on top of your enchiladas, you could have made a Mexican rice bake for another dish. You had most of if not all of the ingredients to create this dish. I know everyone makes this dish a little differently, but it can easily feed 8 people especially with a guacamole salad, chips & salsa or cheese dip. I googled it and this was name it was officially called: Taco Black Bean and Rice Casserole. This way you could have turned your chicken into “ Chicken Tortilla Soup” for another meal…used your macaroni to make either buffalo chicken pasta, or bought a bottle of Parmesan& Garlic sauce( $2.12) GV brand to make a different dish from all the Mexican flavor…using a chicken breast, this sauce, little spinach( fresh or frozen, chopped) all created in the slow cooker. When I buy chicken, chicken enchiladas with sour cream sauce is always on the menu…plus spinach & mushroom enchiladas using the same sauce. It makes enough to freeze some too for a freezer meal. Just some ideas for everything you bought and had on hand. What surprises me is everyone seems to show cooking with black beans, but no one ever shows how to make black bean soup. It is easy and very tasty. Then after eating it as soup, it can be cooked down to make refried bean mixture to make bean burritos, serve like in restaurants, base for a Mexican pizza, tostadas etc.

[@LauraLegge]

Wow! Those are some amazing ideas!! Thank you so much for sharing. I’ve made black bean soup and refried black beans in one of my other meal plans and they were both absolutely delicious! 😋

[@drendahalbert8510]

Make mashed potatoes.. use the cream cheese in them.. it’s so good!!!

[@LauraLegge]

Oooh! Yum! I’ve never tried that before! It sounds delicious 😋 Thank you for the suggestion!

[@drendahalbert8510]

@@LauraLegge I think I saw it on a pioneer woman recipe

[@LauraLegge]

@@drendahalbert8510 I love her recipes!

[@rosythivierge752]

Do you create new meals (new recipes) everytime? or are you using recipes that you are used to make ? or both? i had to get realllllly creative to make loe budget recipes here! i loved the experience haha thank you your recipes look really delicious! i wish our dairy products in canada were lower price! cream cheese, parmesan, cheddar, yogurt, milk, cottage cheese etc are so expensive.. minimum 3 to 4 $ each!

[@LauraLegge]

Sometimes I use a recipe I’ve made before but most of the recipes are new to me when I make these videos. I just try to get creative haha. And wow! I can’t believe how expensive your dairy products are! 😰

[@anuvakeva969]

How much you budget for food monthly😊?

[@LauraLegge]

For groceries, I try to stay under $400 and I also have a separate budget for going out to eat, which we do about once per weekend.

[@codynmags]

Hi Laura! Do you have an affiliate link for the spice shaker container you use, if still available for purchase. Thanks! :)

[@LauraLegge]

Thank you so much for asking! I actually found these at Aldi! If I see similar ones on Amazon or at Aldi, I’ll post a link ☺️

[@soniamartinez7867]

I understand using some pantry staples but as many as you use, it makes the budget amount you say not realistic.

[@brandiwestpfahl7539]

I didn't get that impression. She used some standard spices.

[@ej3016]

soniamartinez7876 if you notice - the pantry things Laura generally uses are the same video to video - perhaps they are things she always keeps on hand from one shop to the next - unless you have zero things in your pantry after each shopping cycle - most of us have basics - you don’t expect her to purchase cornstarch, flour, hot sauce, spices etc for each video - maybe have something to eat before you watch the next video so you won’t be so grumpy 😂🤣 🇨🇦🙏

[@budgetrebelgoals]

❤❤

[@LauraLegge]

😄

[@jowser8085]

OMG boom moment! Cilantro in a jar with water in the fridge that lasts a MONTH!

[@LauraLegge]

Yes!! It works amazing! 🤩

[@robinsmith6293]

I have watched a lot of budget videos… I like yours the best. Good job and good ideas. Nice variety.

[@LauraLegge]

Thank you so much!! That’s so nice of you to say ☺️

[@diversekakes]

Yes! Keep it up!

[@missmrice91]

These recipes looks so good and those sweet potato fries! 😋

[@LauraLegge]

@@missmrice91 thank you!! The sweet potato fries are my absolute favorite!

[@hello-vs4me]

Love your videos have everything to make these new meal plan thanks family also ❤️ love your meals thanks again. Have a great week end and week ❤😊

[@LauraLegge]

Yay! I’m so glad to hear that! Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy! ☺️

[@diversekakes]

You can also slice the potatoes flat and make potato/sweet potato nachos. Yum!

[@LauraLegge]

@@diversekakes oooh yum!! Excellent idea! I can’t wait to try that!

[@rachel87-h1c]

You can make cheesy potatoes soup with the cream cheese and potato left overs. Or make potato pancakes for a nice dinner or breakfast option. However i personally would roll the left overs into the next week and keep it in mind that i have those leftovers.

[@LauraLegge]

Great suggestions!! Thank you so much! Potato pancakes are one my favorite things to eat 🤤 I LOVE potato soup too! So good!

[@Diane-p5o]

Looks yummy

[@LauraLegge]

@@Diane-p5o thank you!

[@nancycarney]

Great recipes for 2 adults. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@LauraLegge]

You’re welcome and thank you so much! ☺️

[@FaithfullNess]

Groceries where I live are almost 5-7x the cost, including the conversion of Canadian dollars

[@LauraLegge]

Oh wow 😰

[@ej3016]

@@LauraLeggewow is one word to use 🤣😂 🇨🇦🙏

[@sheldaritchie6829]

Same here in Australia. The prices you pay are unbelievably low to me.

[@ABeautifulHorizonTV]

2.49!! My potatoes are 3.99 for 10 lbs at Aldi. Both amazing deals though!

[@LauraLegge]

$3.99 is also amazing! I think the $2.49 was just for the one week but they were $3.55 the week before that too! I was amazed!

[@betsyjohnson9213]

When making baked potatoes in the oven, I add extra. By adding extra potatoes, I can then let them cool, dice them up for hashbrowns 😊 ( then freeze)

[@LauraLegge]

That’s such a great idea! Thank you for the suggestion! I’m going to try that 😋

[@denairby7454]

Sliw down with your instructions please

[@LauraLegge]

Ok! Thank you for letting me know ☺️

[@ashleykleinkauf2963]

You can slow down the vid on KZbin. I’m a faster talker myself , so get it Laura. Keep up the good work 😊

[@LynnWilliams-s8k]

Love your meal plans❤ Mash potato tacos good way to use up leftover

[@LauraLegge]

Thank you so much! And thank you for the suggestion! That’s an excellent idea. I’m going to try that 😄

[@ireneroy8820]

Your recipe’s are great! My husband doesn’t live black beans, I can’t eat too much tomato based sauces and a lot of beans. Cant wait for more meal plans for a week with less of these ingredients if you can please. Thank You!!

[@LauraLegge]

Thank you so much! I have a few meal plans without beans on my channel, if you’d like to check them out, and I’ll definitely work on more without both beans or tomatoes! Thank you for the request! ☺️

[@sheldaritchie6829]

Yes definitely less of the beans please😊

[@tracyforsyth4060]

@@LauraLegge thats interesting I come to your KZbin channel FOR the bean recipe ideas since we have cut back on meat I have increased beans in our diet. thanks for your recipes

[@LauraLegge]

@@tracyforsyth4060 you’re welcome! ☺️ I’m glad to hear that

[@mikthehumblehomemaker]

I will definitely be trying that macaroni & cheese recipe! My toddlers are in a really picky phase so it sounds like a great recipe to hide extra protein in there from the cottage cheese😋

[@LauraLegge]

Yes!! I hope they love it as much as my kids do! My pickiest eater will always eat a whole bowl 😄

[@lziniti]

How many people are in your family? How old are your kids? Thanks!

[@LauraLegge]

I make all my recipes for 4 adult servings or more 😄 My kids are small so we usually have enough for all of us and then at least 1 portion for lunch the next day

[@janehunt8421]

When you heat the tortillas in the microwave oven do you dampen the paper towel on top

[@LauraLegge]

Not usually but I keep my tortillas in the refrigerator so that may be why they’re a little more moist 😄

[@yvonnepalmquist8676]

There are recipes out there for black bean & potato tacos for your leftover items.

[@LauraLegge]

Yum! That sounds so good! I’ll look it up! Thank you ☺️

[@impish22]

wow, some really great recipes !! thanks for sharing

[@LauraLegge]

Thank you so much and you’re welcome ☺️

[@heididiaz1572]

So dinner is a baked potato?

[@LauraLegge]

Yes, one of the meals is a loaded baked potato ☺️ The prices are so good on potatoes here right now! I simply had to take advantage of that