Budget Meals A Dietitian Would Eat if the World was Ending (or like, a Recession!)

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Hey everyone I’m Abbey Sharp welcome to Abbey’s Kitchen. In todays video, we will be talking about meals I would make with non-perishables during a 🧟‍♀️ zombie apocalypse or 👽 alien invasion but we can even call these budget-friendly or dorm room meals!
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[@andreadekrout5222]

I have worked in disaster response and it is recommended that all households have at least 3 days worth of water and food you can eat without needing electricity to cook it. This isn't even for a major disaster but in case of smaller emergencies like very bad storms. It takes the pressure off of emergency services. If most people are fine in their house without electricity or running water for a few days they can focus on the people who are really in trouble like people who need special care, and the city services can work on getting the lights and water back on. I like the idea of more videos like this to help people think about what they should have available to do their part in emergency management.

[@jackiehammerton]

My house is definitely not prepared for any kind of disaster but I’m definitely stopping by the store today to pick up bottled water and several cans of easy-open canned soup 😅

[@andreadekrout5222]

@@jackiehammerton add a flashlight and little battery powered radio and you will be set :)

[@jackiehammerton]

@@andreadekrout5222 Done! 🫡

[@Blurp3]

In, Australia, back in 2007. My city had a really bad storm. Known as the: Pasha Bulker storm, due to a ship... We had to stay indoors for at least 3 days without electricity. Thankfully my mum was a hoarder of food for this reason! And grateful we had a gas stove and oven. So, my son and I were able to at least cook toast and other small meals. After that, I know to be prepared if something like that was to ever happen again. And on top of that, knowing that, God, always provides!

[@staceylynch9751]

After surviving 11 days post-Hurricane Sandy with no heat and no power, I learned to add a can opener and a corkscrew to my emergency tote with the flashlights and candles. 😊

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Yep! Apparently a must

[@mikki_s1100]

“The aliens are building their home” Abbey this video is gold 🤣 fun, entertaining, but still useful nutrition info. Would love to see more fun videos like this!

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Yay thanks for watching

[@zlata9720]

Abby we need more videos about cooking nutritious food when you are on budget! Please😂

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Got one coming

[@gerigaskill785]

You've outdone yourself with this one! Growing up and living diet culture all my life and still at my highest weight ever (thanks pandemic!) you have put sanity back into my life with your knowledge of nutrition and reaffirming it's okay to enjoy food! I LOVE that you are a real girl who says the f-word, messes up without apology and lets your dog eat off your spoon just like the rest of us! Thank you!

[@deneebex9760]

Dietitian here and I work on a Native reservation where 30% of people don't have electricity... in the United States. This gave me some ideas on other items i can recommened... because they live in a chronic state of apocolyspe... So thanks, abbey! Keep up the good work!

[@elizabethsbrocco6658]

I know this was meant to be a silly video, but growing up on the east coast, we regularly lost power during thunderstorms and went without power for more than a week after a few hurricanes. Now I live on the west coast, so I'm prepping for power outages in anticipation of fire season. You have lots of great ideas here - I would just make sure you are stocked up on water and extra propane for that grill for that zombie apocalypse/alien takeover! And find a use for the rest of those canned goods -- they won't keep, so you really have to eat them all once you open them!

[@cassiec9965]

This is absolute GOLD. One thing I'd love to see in your budget/apocalypse type well rounded meal videos is price per serving. Or even a cheap to bougie 1-10 rating along side a 1-10 nutrition rating.

[@itsalwayshalloweenexceptwh5118]

Serving size is very individual so it wouldn't really be helpful to include the price per serving. Maybe the price for the entire recipe.

[@AbbeysKitchen]

I got a vid coming that you’ll love

[@allisonburany8724]

Good Video Abbey, very entertaining and funny with a twist of education 😂

[@GingerBertrand]

I especially love Poppy's presence in this one! An excellent and much needed taste tester.

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Best taste tester always🏆

[@redlaserfox3988]

Keeping pets fed in an "apocalyptic situation" is a thing some don't think of til it happens. Abby is awesome haha

[@sdennen]

This was wonderful chaos! 💜 I'm thinking some of these would be very practical hot meals for us New Englanders who tend to lose power for 3-5 days in hurricanes or snow storms. Only so many PB&Js an adult can eat!

[@AbbeysKitchen]

yep you get sick of PB&Js after a while😅

[@draig2614]

I live in a rural area in the direct path of Hurricane Lee this weekend, so am preparing to be without power for a couple of days. Good to know that I can cook rice on the barbecue!

[@ellievillafane]

these meals would be great for hurricane season! as someone who grew up between Puerto Rico and Florida, the power would be cut off during storms. glad to know there are balanced meal options out there that don't require refrigeration!

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Yes for sure!!

[@masen0593]

Welcome to Abbies future bunker🤣

[@AbbeysKitchen]

basically

[@ranikster9955]

Love this ❤

[@dianaadamo5574]

I'm here on the east coast of Canada and we're prepping for power outages over the weekend from hurricane/tropical storm Lee. This is PERFECT TIMING. Thank you so much for these amazing ideas!

[@bettyrose1347]

I don’t care about end of days prep, BUT I am interesting prepping for a Canadian winter storm. Thanks Abbey!

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Yep

[@pancakepanda1301]

I thought Abbey was going to take a swig of the maple syrup. Time's are hard, guys!🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️😂

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Hahaha yep

[@pancakepanda1301]

You always give me a good laugh. Love you, Abbey💜

[@janellekibbe2348]

This was a fun video. I’m always surprised you don’t get your hemp hearts at Costco! I’d be interested in a video covering which foods you recommend paying more for higher quality and / or just cheap but nutritious meals in general.

[@00danielle]

Low tech meals ❤ you should make this into a series. These would be great camping meals too.

[@miki931000]

This literally is what I bought for groceries this week, because it’s all I can afford. When you’re on disability, everyday is the apocalypse apparently. 😂 I’m ready.

[@Breezy532]

I’m new to your channel but I wish I found it sooner. You are amazing!! When I look back to your earlier videos like the ones about Freelee, your approach is gentle and shows genuine concern. Their reply videos were so reactionary and extreme in narrative that it just shows their true colors as extremists. It’s their way or the highway and everyone must see it the same way, or else “must be stopped”. It just makes me want to follow a creator like you even more that presents nutrition from a position of human dignity and body autonomy ❤ Thank you for all that you do

[@seijitheclown]

My mental health was going down and this video cheered me up so much. Thank you for this Abbey, it was just so fun to watch!

[@melw2389]

Loved this. Really helpful right now. Please do more pantry meals. Thank you, Abbey. You're the best!

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Aw thank you I'm so glad

[@brandywillis3998]

Nuts, canned beans and veggies, and seeds will keep you going without need to cook is your power is out. Spices keep well and can make taking the monotony out of eating similar meals kind of fun.

[@Diana-qp2rw]

Thanks, Abbey, I really enjoyed this video! I don’t really expect an apocalypse or even a small catastrophe, but I like to be prepared, just in case. Sure, I won’t be prepared for a gigantic catastrophe, but a few days without electricity? That’s something we should all be prepared for, just in case.

[@harsimranminhas1305]

This was so fun and educational! I love your content!

[@OlivKas540]

Between snowstorms and hurricane seasons, these tips are super relevant to those of us that live in remote areas where power can be out for sometimes up to a week. Thank you!

[@alanaduplessis8681]

Loved this before I even watched!! Awesome video, construction noise and wasp threat and all! 😁

[@sarahhumphreys7593]

One of your best videos ever! (And I’ve watched every new upload for a good couple of years now!!) please make more like this

[@Sterling8953]

I lived many years in an area that was prone to flooding in the spring (and I would be trapped sometimes with no electricity or water for days) and ice storms (also no power or water). So I keep a prepper pantry. I also keep a bulk supply or flour, sugar, rice and beans. I have a small garden and fruit trees and home can as much as I can. Everyone should try to have a small supply of nonperishable food just in case.

[@nikki642653]

This was loads of fun. Such a cool video idea.

[@melissacurtis9492]

Loved this, great ideas to use our food storage b4 expiration dates... or apocalypse... ❤❤❤

[@morena6717]

This was so funny and still educational at the same time!! Love it!

[@actgirl1234567]

☺ i wasnt expecting to laugh but thank you, brightened a rough patch just a tad ❤

[@juliatokiohotellover]

This video is absolute chaos and I here for it

[@staciezens4670]

Loved this, so fun!!

[@Sarah-xz4li]

this takes me back to earlier this year when my range crapped out and I had to cook over a campfire for two months waiting for the new one 🤣 it was rough in the beginning ngl, but I grew to love it in the end! and I love and appreciate my new range even more lmao

[@AnthonyDeluca]

Ok obsessed with this video

[@AbbeysKitchen]

🥰🥰

[@ASIR-gg4ib]

Oh my God I am so happy I discovered your channel! Not only are you informative but you are funny AF!!!! Love it!!!!

[@morgansnellgrove6524]

This made me chuckle so many times... 🙃 Well done!

[@DonnaJoshi]

I just recently found your channel and am enjoying it. I would like to see a video on the food brands you choose and which ones are the healthiest. Thanks in advance.

[@CosmicEquestrian]

Super useful nutrition advice thanks!

[@uvatech]

Funniest video yet, Abby! I love it. I think this is a great video for recession-proof nutrition.

[@AJK278]

I ABSOLUTELY love this product. I have a few autoimmune diseases and major stomach issue. This product is a lifesaver!

[@AbbeysKitchen]

I'm so glad it's helpful

[@ninajohnson6578]

Loved this!

[@user-pz3sz2km5y]

Love your humour!

[@marlenegoulet4548]

Fellow dietitian here with an "apocalypse" foos story. Contexte: I manage a food bank. I often need to go to the grocery and buy big amount of food. Once I bought maybe 2000$ worth of non perishable. An employee came up to me and ask did I knew that push to prep that much (with actual concern in her voice). Looking back, I'm dispointed I did say "Aliens are coming" 😂

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Omg amazing. I totally would have f’ed w her

[@mamatizingwithCarley]

Love the hoodie!

[@blayne2029]

I enjoyed this video more than I should :)

[@Emma-fe6yt]

There's dehydrated powdered butter, cheese and milk! I use it to make dehydrated backpacking/camping mac and cheese and it's really good. Also, if you pre-cook and then dehydrate your rice and pasta, it cooks wayyy faster. When I am super busy, it's nice to have these ingredients already prepped, so I can have even faster meals!

[@katiefoster2169]

Yes! Perfect for me and my preparedness self. I have looked up packs you can buy for all the things you’d need in an apocalypse. They have these 3,000 calorie bars, and I’ve wondered how healthy they can be. Or if you’d even be able to poop after having them lol.

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Interesting !

[@nicoleelizabeth8393]

Oh my gosh this is the best video you've ever done LOL!!!!! absolutely the best.

[@Mercury688]

Love this!!

[@acerrubrum5749]

A single burner butane stove will save you time and energy. (Like the one caterers use) $30 ish and small to store. Or go fancy and get one that takes propane or butane.

[@tinathompson7408]

Wish i found your videos during quarantine.

[@LussyCakes]

Loved this video! Where did you get your green knit hoodie from?

[@jocelynhernandez8168]

as a Floridian this just looks like post-hurricane cooking to me lol .. great ideas! loved this video

[@nathalieelsen7221]

This was SO entertaining😅❤

[@sassyuterus]

Just starting the video, but i really appreciate the topic.

[@juliemoses1909]

Pasta with sardines and frozen veggies, a little olive oil or butter and Parmesan.

[@jessicapoliti6958]

Amen to the s’mores! ❤

[@Amyjwashere]

as someone who does live paycheck to paycheck, I have eaten many of these kinds of meals before! canned beans are a MUST, nutritional yeast (score), get some cheap flour, egg replacer (cuz who needs eggs), and powdered milk. boom.

[@haveaniceday111]

haaa I needed this video with the price of food these days!

[@xanadu5969]

YESSSS!!! Freelee bangs on about war food lol😅

[@melw2389]

Thank you!

[@missknight9]

Loved this video! Also if that’s an oxo can opener, I have the same one 🤣

[@DamiMami]

This is perfect timing because we're moving this weekend and will be without a fridge for a few days

[@craigjeffries]

This video is hilarious! If you do another one, I feel like Ramen noodles would be a good bunker food. And TVP for protein.

[@AbbeysKitchen]

love these ideas too

[@KatiesCraftStudio]

For the record, I love this thumbnail! 😂

[@hexsing2760]

LOL. This is maybe my fave episode. Hilararious!

[@mtaylor9055]

I feel like not adding canned pumpkin to your oatmeal is a real missed opportunity, although I have never had hemp hearts so maybe I'm wrong. I wouldn't have thought to add evaporated milk to it though, so that was a great idea.

[@stephieann6844]

Abbey, I blinking love this. I've followed you for years, I am UK based and started filling up my pantry when we stupidly voted Brexit. I'm no doomsday prepper but I have a good 3 months worth of shelf stable food, a solar radio and some simple cooking supplies. This was my favourite video ever! This could be the most important one you put out.

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Thank you!

[@DM-ql6ps]

For the mac and cheese, get ghee! Its shelf stable clarified butter.

[@kaylinsantana241]

Abbey thank you so much for inspiring me to major in nutrition ❤️❤️. Love the fact that I can understand some of the fancy sciencey terms now 😅😅

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Welcome to the field!!

[@tessnf]

This was actually very helpful! Hurricane last year in Canada was its own apocalyptic moment. More severe natural disasters are already here!

[@peachkeen64246]

This might be my favorite video of hers I am cracking up 😂

[@wendoxia]

It just seems like in America at least almost everybody has enough food for three days and all this panic buying and stocking up I mean, so what if you have to eat peanut butter and crackers but literally a jar of peanut butter and a box of crackers will hold anybody from starvation for a couple of days. That’s why it cracks me up to see people hoarding things like cake mix. There is a wonderful old book called how to cook a wolf by the famous writer, MFK Fisher, and she talks about that the London blitz and hiding in air raid shelters say people want a little comfort food like jam and peanut butter

[@anoli88]

What a great video!!!

[@redlaserfox3988]

OK, now THIS is interesting! Perfect for spooking season! OooooOooooo hahahahahaha Love it!

[@AbbeysKitchen]

yesss

[@joycesilva9563]

We’re at the end of times. Love your videos Abby ❤

[@WittyTzipporah]

In my country almost all cans (tuna, vegetables, beans, anything except for especially large cans) are pull-tab tops. I don't really know why the rest of the world doesn't do this. I do own a can opener but I use it less than once a month for sure.

[@Diana-qp2rw]

I don’t even own a can opener. Once, I couldn’t use the pull-up because it was broken and I had to use a knife lol

[@laurens7431]

🤣"Abbey's bunker!" 💀 Love love love this whole video!!

[@jackiehammerton]

I don’t understand why we still need can openers! All food-containers should be “openable” with tabs or twist-offs!

[@lulubeukes2296]

This diet isn't far off from my diet as a college student ( with very little fridge space). Most of my meals consist of canned protein and pantry stable carbs, and frozen veggies and fruits from my small freezer. If electricity wasn't an issue during an apocalypse (maybe through solar power?) I could definitely see getting a large deep freeze and stocking up on frozen produce as a good option.

[@AbbeysKitchen]

freezers are the best

[@kathyknight3137]

It made me laugh out loud,so thank you

[@MissSoso85]

all jokes aside, as someone who lived the 1998 "ice storm" in Quebec we went out of power for weeks so no way to buy food or really hard to cooking too, so video like this are important to learn tips trick to still eat good food and not just salted crackers and PB

[@kellyshaw236]

As an anxious millennial, thank you for your perspective dietician millenial!

[@ww7nx]

Looove this

[@rosefogarty6028]

You are so funny! You'd be great as a foodie news reporter during an apocalypse.

[@sainsworth42]

i thought this was so fun and funny. the can opener got me. 😂

[@baristabev9517]

I’m broke af and I like the lighthearted approach to everything going on. I think we gotta laugh about it 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@heyalexiajanee]

Cry a little😭, laugh a little🤣

[@sugarpalta]

​@@heyalexiajanee😂true

[@GingerBertrand]

Oh this is too fun Abbey! :)

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@85jongo]

Cool concept to do a video on. Hope I never have to do it though haha.

[@heyalexiajanee]

Loved this video! I predict a lot of apocalyptic what I eat in a day videos after this😂

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Hahaha

[@allythewriter]

Great, fun video! Makes me want to have oatmeal for dinner tonight. LOl

[@user-rf3su3hh4m]

This was so funny 😂😂

[@medioreblatherskite]

idk about you but i really enjoyed how chaotic this video was

[@Waste_less_want_less]

That smile at the end of the scene with the candy for the aliens 😂😂

[@ep2999]

Future bunker! I wholesale love love.

[@christinedougherty8089]

These would be Hurricane meals for Floridians!

[@AbbeysKitchen]

Yesss

[@OMGitsaClaire]

I recently made a really awesome white bean and garlic soup that used dry white beans instead of canned and I’m hooked! Yes, they take longer, but this soup is a crockpot recipe which already takes planning, but it’s a lot more economical and I have the rest of my two-pound bag sealed in an airtight container so they could last years!