Food Bank/Pantry Haul: 08/11/22

Welcome!
We are a homesteading, homeschooling family of 7. Due to recent events (job loss/career change, health issues, rising food costs, etc.) we are having a hard time making ends meet despite our best efforts at frugality. So we are tapping into our local food banks to help us feed our family. Come along as I show you what we are blessed with, what we add to it via grocery store and garden, and how I use it all to nourish our bodies.
Thanks for watching and God bless!

[@karaporterfield7513]

Put the roast with carrots onions and celery in a roaster or in a cooking bag add water add flour .makes it's own gravy. Make slits in the bag. Serve with egg noodles or rice. I love you and your family. God bless you and Jesus bless you.

[@rivermoon4825]

A few easy recipes for the beef. Sunday roast: a can of cream of mushroom soup and dry onion soup mix, in a crockpot until fall apart server mashed potatoes. Stroganoff, cut it into bite size cubes saute it once done dump a can of cream of mushroom soup and a quarter of that can broth/water and mix it once the soup has melted and everything is coated at a spoonful of sour cream and serve over egg noodles.

[@lhea57]

I love breakfast for dinner!!!

[@mandipie1981]

I would put the shoulder Roast in the crockpot, you could make stew, or use it to make Shredded beef tacos, enchiladas, or a beef and Broccoli type dish ect.. but it's a tuffer cut so the slow cooker works best to cook it and it's easy. Thank you for sharing , and thank you for your content. I learned about clothing pantries from you and it has helped me so much.

[@bookreader7108]

Honestly this is the highlight of my day getting to see your hauls. I am not a good cook so I don't have any ideas for you 😁 I am just so happy seeing this food knowing your sweet family will be fed!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@rebeccaharper7859]

The roast will make a tasty stew.Great for a crock pot meal.Alwayy enjoy your videos.

[@sammi_norris]

I would make a Mississippi roast with pepperoncinis and ranch seasoning packet and butter and serve over mashed potatoes or mashed cauliflower for you! Something different!

[@rivermoon4825]

Take those dates wrap 1/2 of bacon strip around it and bake it you will not regret that. It is so good.

[@kevinatkinsakaklove1535]

Hello great food pantry haul There is a KZbinr that about a pork shoulder she cooked half of it for recipes and the rest she froze I cannot remember her name but look up how to cook and freeze pork shoulder God bless you be safe blessings👍😊❤️👏🏻✝️🇺🇸

[@alishaparr577]

Id just put the roast and some chunked up root veggies in a big baking dish with foil on top and some yummy liquid until everything is fork tender. Easy

[@krisicooper9155]

Look up recipes for Mississippi Pot Roast. It is amazing and should be pretty carb friendly. Basically onion soup mix, dry ranch seasoning, butter and pepperonchini. cook low and slow.

[@annevans5547]

You got great haul not unlike I get at are food bank. But I am thankful for what I get.

[@tinarosenberg5781]

Your such a pleasure god bless you

[@tinatacklesit1448]

I've used the cracklings as a coating for chicken and pork chops. I grind them in my Bullet. WOW! Amazing blessing from your pantry...

[@vermontnative5676]

Shoulder roast definitely should go in the crockpot slow cook or it can be tough.

[@vermontnative5676]

My mother use to split the dates, take out the pit and fill with cream cheese at Christmas.

[@Desertthorn11]

Make a Mississippi Pot Roast with your roast. In Slow Cooker put in beef, a stick of butter, a package of AuJus, and a half jar of Pepperochini peppers . Its delicious. Cook on low all day until the meat fall apart. Cream cheese in the dates is delicious too

[@amymeanor8879]

Happy Thursday thanks for sharing your food pantry haul with us xoxo and take care and stay safe and keep kool and have a great evening

[@debbieframpton3857]

I don't care how old the Sweet and Low is I still use it

[@annfoster6116]

Meatloaf and beef pies and tacos!

[@rebeccaturner4988]

Make a roast beef dinner and serve with roast potatoes, gravy - make with the juices and corn flour to thicken up, veggies like carrots, beans etc. Yorkshire pudding - use a batter mix and cook in a muffin tray and watch them raise up. Use the leftovers as sandwiches like arbys, salads etc. Beef is so expensive- so enjoy it. Use the dripping as fat and flavour to cook other things too.

[@amymeanor8879]

Use your crockpot to cook that toast

[@Iheart2cook]

Do the shoulder roast in the crockpot just like any other roast. What a blessing you all have. My local pantry also lets you “shop” for your item, which I much prefer. Sadly the last time I went, they didn’t have much to choose from. I had to start going on their only evening hours day and I wonder if that’s why? I’m happy with whatever we can get. It helps stretch our budget so much. God bless 🙏🏼❤️

[@creatingcommunity7022]

Great haul. God bless ❤ Came over from Sodbuster Living

[@weepingwillowhomestead]

Welcome! I'm glad to have ya. 😊

[@hello-vs4me]

Great score love your videos thanks ❤️ 😊

[@rivermoon4825]

The ginger beer is fermented. They treated like alcohol don't give those to the kids. They like do something with like a barrel like they make beer. It's been a minute but look it up don't give it to the kids

[@teresamohr9718]

With the cracklings ID use as breadcrumbs but im weird lol nice haul glad to see you back

[@weepingwillowhomestead]

Guess I'm weird too because I had the same thought. Grind it up really well and use as a coating. 😁

[@debclevinger7233]

Nice amount of meat and produce!

[@tiffanyh9706]

New sub. Have been binge watching your videos. God bless your family. Enjoy your videos.

[@weepingwillowhomestead]

❤ Thank you so much for the views and your kind words.

[@SodbusterLiving]

I love dates. I had a date and opened it, added peanut butter, just to see if it takes like my favorite candy bar....I disagree. It has the chewiness and peanut butter flavor of a snicker bar... bit completely missed chocolate.

[@darlenele7012]

Put the roast in crackpot with carrots potatoes and celery add beef gravy

[@angelaforcier378]

We’ve done that with our mini peppers also, but put them in the oven or air fryer , they’re delicious

[@AClark777]

My mom makes lentil soup and she puts the cracklins in there to soften up. It tastes good but not sure, some people don't like them soft. LOL

[@patriciacorpe6228]

ceral marshmallow bars with outdated cereal.frezet the box broth and keep for fall or winter soup.

[@janicerhoades8851]

Great haul!

[@karenjones1897]

that's a great haul! lots of variety. so nice of you to take cucumbers in to share. i hope everyone is doing well your way and not too hot. take care!

[@lilybailey5349]

Great to see you back hope your all well. Have a blessed day.

[@usatodaywife]

I'd toss some cracklins into my food processor and turn them into "bread crumbs" and then use them as breading on chicken or pork chops or mixed into meatloaf.

[@caroljane75]

The roast… cook it in the crock pot. You can add whatever veggies you have. Radish can be a low carb substitute for potatoes. Or, when it’s cooked, shred it for tacos or sliders or lettuce wraps. You could cut it up raw into chunks or strips, put it in 5he crock pot with taco seasoning, peppers and onion for fajitas. Eat it over rice, in lettuce wraps, or tortillas. Cut it up raw, cook in crock pot o4 over stove and add noodles at the end. I really like it that way and it’s what I’m making for dinner. Cook it, shred it, put it over salad or pizza. If pizza…adding French fries is good. Try to show us what you decide to do with it.

[@kevinatkinsakaklove1535]

Your recipes are making me hungry God bless👍❤️❤️❤️👏🏻

[@renegaderese]

Just a heads up- the ginger beer may be “spicy” for your little ones.

[@kathykb8123]

I got some of those Cocoa Crisps last week at our pantry. I was so excited, I opened it right away cuz I was gonna munch them. Well, I could smell the staleness as soon as I opened them. Tasted em, it was like eating cardboard. Then I saw they expired in January. Needless to say, I don't have chickens, so can't feed it to them. Lol

[@weepingwillowhomestead]

Yep. I went ahead and opened them to check...the chickens enjoyed them. Bummer. Lol

[@kathykb8123]

@@weepingwillowhomestead At least the chickens were happy. Ha!

[@renegaderese]

I’m wondering if you could soak the hard crackling in water or broth to soften it and add it to casseroles or veggies for flavor.

[@starshine4855]

Just wanna say ginger beer is nothing like root beer it’s “spicy”. Case ur kids don’t like it cos that brand is really expensive over in the UK

[@weepingwillowhomestead]

Thanks for the warning!

[@janecannon5567]

WOW is that 2 places?

[@weepingwillowhomestead]

No. Just one. ❤

[@mermulle5388]

milk you can make cheese s takes alot of eggs & yogart😢

[@unclechristhefoodpantryche7959]

Hey Willow

[@weepingwillowhomestead]

Hey Uncle Chris!

[@justnina8023]

I am back

[@michelemurphy7342]

Ginger beer doesn't taste like root beer just an fyi

[@weepingwillowhomestead]

Good to know. That's just what the food bank people told me.

[@amymeanor8879]

Cook it slowly

[@elizabethashton9590]

I'm not quite sure I agree with your choice of all those chips and other snacks with their empty calories as they are not nourishing and in fact think you could have made significantly better choices.

[@weepingwillowhomestead]

Yep, they are junk. That is one area we don't get a big choice in because they always have a bunch of chips. I could take less of them but we often take them to share at backyard pitch-ins and church functions.

[@Duh331]

Well bless your heart sis, seems we all have opinions even if no one cares what that opinion is….!!! God bless.