DITL Off Grid Kitchen , Large Family, From Scratch, Meal Prep, Planning and Preservation | Australia

[@MelMarx-nw9ql]

Not sure how you learned to cook, but I watch your video's with my mouth watering! Please don't doubt yourself, there are millions of children around the world that would love to have your food everyday. ❤

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I am mostly self taught, but my grandmother lived with us when I was young and taught me to make things from nothing because we didn’t have much and I’ve expanded on that :)

[@JuliaGeddings-l6w]

Yaayy!! I look soo forward to your videos Nyssa! Thx for all your hard work. You are the Bomb, lady! 🤩💗🎉

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you! :D

[@vickiallum2190]

I make zucchini marmalade It is very good

[@kirvin8737]

That Z bread looks amazing!!!!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It has such a lovely texture!

[@lisapadilla27]

You are the "energizer mama". Love your content!

[@tigerlillibrede5654]

I can't find the video to put this comment, but you can put dim sims in the basket in your airfryer with water (on baking paper) and they are soft and crispy!! So good - thanks for the idea 😊

[@wannie9731]

Oh goodie, another video, thank you.

[@elizabethmcenearney7860]

I love watching you cook because I often improvise and often estimate ingredients. I love knowing I’m not the only one who does that LOL. And I’m 65 and have been cooking since I got married at 20. I get so many great ideas from your cooking. Love this channel. TFS.

[@brilliantbutblue]

Ive never heard of zucchini butter before, that would make a fantastic dip or pasta sauce as you said. Wow you are very creative with the wonderful box of zucchinis you scored for free. Well done 👏

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I adore zucchini butter, it is so worth the effort! :D

[@heatherbolichowski1910]

Great ideas here! Also looking forward to seeing more on the building project. Congrats on reaching 11K subscribers!!

[@CherylRoode]

U are a wonderful role model .thank u for all the info

[@kimmcvitty3580]

You know how your titles say, "Slow Living"????😂😂. You are flat out all the time!!!

[@julliefillippi8155]

Old Alabama Farmer has recipe for “canning” zucchini. We like it. Also mock pineapple

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I've done mock pineapple, we weren't overly enamoured of it unfortunately! I had high hopes lol. But we get pineapples fairly well priced a few times a year so don't really need an alternative. I'll look up the other one though :D

[@atlanticalilly]

I really enjoy all of your videos. You do a great job. I just want to suggest covering any plants you would like to make it through the winter in leaves. By that I mean a small leaf pile covering the whole plant. If it's small enough you could also cover it w a 5 gallon bucket or something similar. We did this with some of our frail plants this year, like baby blueberry starts and it worked well. Everything came back which didn't happen to the things we didn't cover

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We need to get the covers for the beds sorted before I can worry about overwintering, we've still got pepper plants thriving out there and some zucchini plants, but I get no fruit off any of them because the bush rats are eating everything that pops up :S

[@MadelynFenu]

We make zucchini fritters a bit more pancake-like. Instead of savory, sweet. (Not overly sweet) We add vanilla. We call it "chocolate pancakes."

[@tawanajackson5545]

Wow what a score on the zucchini. It all looked Yummy . I use zucchini for spaghetti sauce as well. I also use it to make noodles.

[@oliviafox3605]

Thank you.

[@CherylRoode]

U are so impressive how u do everything food. Family and cooking . Nyssa u are frigging awesome ❤

[@mylife-321-0]

Hi Nyssa, We love zucchini in our family a lot! We make zucchini bread, fritters and tossed in with other summer goodies. Great seeing your helpers in the kitchen today. I hope they can all capture your cooking skills.TFS!!❤🦤🦤🦤

[@holleym2927]

I think you managed that zucchini amazingly well!!! Everything looked so yummy!

[@elizaC3024]

Ugly vegetables and fruits are my favorite, since they come so cheaply. 😊

[@tessie4136]

Enjoyed video. Zucchini pancakes looked good.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

They're something I forget how much I like until I make them again!

[@bunnobear]

Love watching your video while I have my lunch :) i will have to try zucchini banana bread that looked really tasty

[@Ladythyme]

I can relate…I never follow a recipe (even if I have one) 😏😉… I pretty much just wing it & taste as I go…recipes are just a guide as far as I’m concerned 😂😂😂 trying to backtrack if someone asks is a challenge 😊

[@crazygrandmaweaz8942]

Lol glad I'm not the only one😊

[@Ladythyme]

@@crazygrandmaweaz8942 😂😂😂

[@annahoover5296]

Amazing ,you are a great cook,I would be lost.

[@sharonburling2262]

What great score! You must have a great relationship with your greengrocer. Cute seeing the cat persuading you to give it just another piece of chicken! Your boys are great little helpers!

[@carolynrose9522]

You’ve won the zucchini bake up. Great to get through all that you got. Fritters, yum. Haven’t had zucchini fritters for a long while. I used zucchini last in a green curry. I think it is an underrated veg.

[@bethenyauker4727]

You did amazing working thru the zucchini! I adore zucchini but have never made zucchini butter. The meals looked delicious 😋

[@vegemitegirl1971]

Lorkan looks so much like Sonnet.

[@robynclarke5274]

I love seeing new zucchini recipes so thank you.

[@sallyhostetter2820]

So many ways to use zucchini. One of my favorites. Thanks Nyssa.

[@lindawyse5980]

❤ great video again nyssa

[@annamaria8755]

Ive never made zucchini brownies, I'll have to try that.

[@user-qd2wd7ns9uAnnie]

Hi Nyssa, wonderful video of your culinary skills, making every part the of produce not wasted👏... Everything looked great... I was wondering where you get your water from, are you on tank ?? Look forward to the next one, lucky its late in the evening or I would be raiding my cupboard.. 😊

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We have a few tanks on the property with rooflines going into them. We are also lucky to have a community bore that is free about 15 mins away that we use for animal water etc, and a stand pipe in town 35 mins away that we use for potable water for about $3 per 1000L. We have extensive filtering as well :)

[@elainecoad205]

Often end up throwing away courgettes (zucchini). Try to use them up by roasting with other veg that is past its best such as peppers, aubergines, celery, carrots, and add onions, garlic and herbs or spices. Great to add to couscous, rice or pasta sauces or as a side with salmon or chicken.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I think they're a great filler veg, they take on flavours so well!

[@stefaniebenson2949]

My family loves squash fritters. You cook yellow squash till it gets soft enough to mash, drain it, and mash it up. Add diced onion (sweet onion is great), egg, and cornmeal. Mix it up to the consistency you like and fry it. It is so good, and a southern staple.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Yellow squash as in what we call pumpkin ? Winter Squash ? I'll have to give that a go! prob work similarly with sweet potato being a similar texture.

[@stefaniebenson2949]

@@OurSmallFootprint-In the states we have yellow squash and zucchini squash. We have yellow crooked neck and yellow straight neck squash.

[@karenlauder9768]

Hey Nyssa🥰 So lovely to see Lorcan developing his knife skills & cooking with his Mumma. 😂🤣😂 Darryl was so funny reaching in for the brownie😂🤣😂 Yum the zucchini butter looks so good!!! I ended up with ginormous zucchini’s this year, I kept missing them at a normal size!!! I recut broccoli stem & sit them in a tupperware tub with the stems in a few inches of water. And pop it in the fridge to keep it fresh for 2 weeks. You may not have the fridge space though…..especially after your big shopping trip. You are amazing getting through the 30kg of zucchini 🤩 Great video as always 🥰

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I try really hard to get it in the fridge ASAP but we struggle that first week and it goes bad so quickly if the heat hits it! Winter it lasts much better, but I do think I need to figure out freezing it so we can eat it for the whole 6 weeks, especially when I can get it so cheap, frozen veg are so expensive lately!

[@annahoover5296]

Good evening

[@jenniferr2057]

I can chunks of zucchini every year. I'm water or broth. I put it when I take it off the shelf because it doesn't fall all apart, and add it in soups, stress, rice, etc. And it's good!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

What process do you use ? I couldn't find anyone who did it, its not recommended but that's not a definitive no for me, but the only recipes I could find that people used it was in pickles etc.

[@jenniferr2057]

@@OurSmallFootprint I cube up squash, pack in jars, salt, liquid to 1 inch. Pints 25 minutes, quarts 30 minutes. Sometimes add garlic and onion. Makes good pureed soup, too. My understanding was it wasn't recommended to can as it was an unpleasant texture... We just prefer it on the shelf vs in the freezer. It's all nutrition!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

@@jenniferr2057 I made sure to do more research before offering any info in the video and the stuff I could find was more that it ends up into mush in the jars, and can affect the heat transfer, but from the national agency, but I don't follow them for everything, I do like to provide the disclaimers though! But I've just done some more googling and it looks like a ball book used to offer up doing it cubed! I will have to give it a go :D

[@OurSmallFootprint]

@@jenniferr2057 Ok! I just found further info, apparently it was in the 01 ball book, but removed by 12, because the 'agencies' declared it unsafe, so its no longer an 'approved method' interesting!

[@jenniferr2057]

@@OurSmallFootprint Cool. It is a useful product. I do not have the dissolving into mush issue with any of my squashes! 🙂

[@Whimsy_Pose]

Lol love how Darrel's..Daryl's? Darrell's?...(not sure of spelling) ...hands reach in eagerly to get the tasty treat

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Hehe, he spells it Darryl, but like me, we're all used to having our names misspelt, we get the intention! :D

[@Whimsy_Pose]

@@OurSmallFootprint arh me to, always being told how to spell my name correctly 😆

[@Smalltowngirl318]

I cook the same way! lol My daughter wanted my lasagna recipe and I was like add fresh oregano, basil, thyme & garlic to taste.. she was like estimate it and I was like um 1/2 of hand full, 1/4 of hand ect..

[@aprilwright8056]

You know that brownie would have been really good without the zucchini?!?!?! Lolololol

[@jamessmithsaltyarmy5210]

Hello, you never got in contact with me about Dog food and Cat food for free, we got 10 x 15kg bags of dog food last week. We gave most of it away and still have some left.. I gave you clues of who we are so you can find us, just ask the the food parcel people who we are.. Be safe :)

[@gloriadavidson8599]

The zucchini fritters looked 😋😋😋😋😋 Hats off to you Nyssa for all the recipes you did with the zucchinis 👏👏👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉As always a pleasure to watch ❤️❤️❤️ Love from the UK x

[@kerryhull2116]

Why was the one Guinea fowl a different color??

[@OurSmallFootprint]

They come in a variety of colours, we bought some eggs a while back and got Penguin (that particular guinea fowl is named lol) out of it he's a lavender rather than a standard colouring :D

[@em......]

I noticed you gave the cheeky cat a bit of chicken after you cut it up ❤ that made me smile 😊😊 good luck with the building! I hope you get it all done soon.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Hehe, its my own fault she harasses me, I feed her tid bits, but so long as she doesn't get up on the counter then I feed her little bits hehe. The dogs are just past a fence behind me too, so they regularly sit there waiting for their little tidbits too!

[@em......]

@@OurSmallFootprint I love that. ❤️❤️❤️

[@crazygrandmaweaz8942]

I have never made zucchini fritters but they are definitely on the "let's try this" list for the summer. Zucchini is one of the few things that I can generally grow well. 🤞

[@dianelopes8199]

looked tasty meals and at least you try yo use every thing you can, i was going to ask about the buildings but you covered it at the end :) , take care guys was great watch

[@kerryhull2116]

First off I must tell you your children are beautiful❤️. Second What kinda knives do you use, they are so sharp?

[@ShoestringJane]

This was bloody brilliant! So much zucchini inspiration

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It's such a great veg, underrated I reckon :D

[@DiannaGrable-fm8jd]

Hi Nyssa. I have a little story to tell you about Zucchini Bread. Most of us here are older so I thought it might bring a chuckle to some. We were visiting my now ex Mother in-law and she had made Zucchini Bread because we all loved it. Later that evening my boys were passing gas so bad. They both stated that they were trying to eat as much of the Bread so they could see who passed the most gas. That's kids for you!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Lol, I can imagine that scenario! :D

[@alleyoftheoasis6830]

❤ love watching your videos

[@craftedbykittens]

here me out zucchini butter pesto

[@OurSmallFootprint]

That would prob be delicious! I’d want to do it cold add the basil once it’s cold etc to get that fresh flavour

[@craftedbykittens]

@@OurSmallFootprint oh yes. I have a pine allergy so a lot of commercially done pestos in the US are a no go for me but add fresh chopped basil and a bit of garlic to that zucinni butter and it would be a heavenly pesto..

[@OurSmallFootprint]

@@craftedbykittens we tend to use cashews in homemade stuff, much cheaper heh

[@nickybenn3320]

Videos a bit longer would be awesome, ps you rock🤟

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Sometimes I feel like I talk too much! :D

[@debbieframpton3857]

We would all like longer and more frequent videos but we know you have a family and have other things to take care of. We are happy with whatever videos you can provide.

[@nickybenn3320]

Definitely not

[@nanettesilas6062]

Another 5 star video

[@mandiejohnson2802]

always a pleasure watching your videos I just got done making hashbrowns and freezing them out some of the 80 lbs of potatoes I got a deal on still have to do something with the other 40 lbs

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Did you precook the hashbrowns before freezing ? I've wondered about how I would preserve things like hash browns, some people dehydrate the potato shreds, but we don't have the power for that.

[@mandiejohnson2802]

I did the hashbrowns they call diced potatoes but theshredded and the diced are made the same in a way I peeledthem cubed them then placed them in boiling water till they were par cooked placed then in really cold water to cool then placed them on parchment lined baking sheets and flash fteeze them then placed them in ziplock bags the shredded hashbrowns you par cook them then shred them place them on a bakeing sheet lined with parchment flash freeze and place in bags it was my first time makeing them but it turned out well and was easy @@OurSmallFootprint

[@susanwilliams1881]

Love your videos 😊

[@glenelle24]

Thanks

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you! :)

[@glenelle24]

@OurSmallFootprint found you a few days ago Nyssa, loving your content. I am now living the exact opposite to you - moved from acreage to a tiny 357m2 block, empty nester, between us we have 7 kids, 6 grandkids, I love to bake and cook but just don't with no one to eat it, there's only so much you can freeze. I'm obsessed with container gardening. If you need irrigation help, just holder, we own a pump and irrigation shop at Yatala. We live not far from where you shop as the crow flies and I recognise where you shop in Brisbane. Thank you for keeping it real, I've just tried to find a reflection journal as I too prefer to reflect and not detail plan or set resolutions....I couldn't find one that wasn't daily! Maybe you could design one in pdf format??? I wanted to buy a coffee but do not have credit cards, part of my debt free strategy ;) so the Thanks button allows for a PayPal gift 🩷

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I think having small goals is good, but its better to look at what you have achieved as well, those reflections just help you see how far you've come and help you make realistic goals too I think! Debt free is the best way to be! We will get there eventually hehe, though I am grateful for debit cards that allow you to use them as credit cards but your own money! Oooh, thank you re the irrigation, I will definitely keep it in mind as we try to rejig everything, one day we'll get a bore too, one of those higher cost things but would save us so much money eventually! Hrmm, a monthly layout to reflect on the month, I think that would be good, I shall have a think!

[@allthingsjonda5760]

Another great video ❤

[@freyagrayden9851]

first

[@theonewhomjesusloves7360]

what does DITL stand for?

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Day in the Life :)

[@fayejacobs1043]

Just fascinating watching!!