Frugal Meals of the Week.

[@ruthhill5311]

Thanks for sharing your meal preps with us! What I notice is that you have focused (intentionally or not?) on 1/2 the plate being vegetables, 1/4 is protein and 1/4 is starch for the most part. Your sharing inspires us that yes we can eat very healthy on a budget! This style of eating is exactly what is recommended for diabetics (we are both diabetic) and those wanting well balanced nutrition. Thank you Jane and Mike!

[@rachelkieffer8707]

What great meals! This week we had cottage pie, split pea soup with sweet potatoes, chicken shawarma with salad and tahini, veggie omelet with toast, I also made chocolate cake with almond flour. Today I am making pasta with beans, baked sweet potatoes and delicata squash, sautéed cabbage and carrots and a salad for the weekend.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

All sounds delicious

[@KimKearney-t4v]

Very impressed with how well you eat when eating frugally. Loved the look of the lasagne bean soup and shall definitely give it a go

[@Sandra-s3p]

Oh my such goodness! Will be doing some of these yummy meals for the week ahead. You are brilliant, thank you. Hugs to puppies.

[@rachelseibert7882]

You are an amazing cook!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@@rachelseibert7882 thank you

[@marygovantes7219]

Everything looked delicious. We had a delicious slow cooker potato soup for 2 meals, a low fat chicken Alfredo, a venison vegetable stew, and an Italian sausage vegetable soup. I think tomorrow will be fajitas with Spanish rice.

[@leiannalogan4197]

Your salads always look so crisp and delicious. When your video is finished, and the two of you are on your walk, and wave to us.... I wave back!! 😂

[@JackieAustin-vq9br]

Love the lasagne soup idea. Looked tasty and easily made from bits and bobs from the freezer and/or fridge and store cupboard items. Looking forward to trying It!

[@Cheryl-gu1hv]

I will be making some of your meals this upcoming week. They sound delicious. Hugs to the puppies. ❤❤

[@stevechampion5488]

Loving the recipes. I will give the salmon dressing a try this week. We use the “leftovers” for lunches the following week as we do a 14 day rotation. This way we feel that we have different meals.

[@szerdahelyibiancalaura7815]

Wow,great meals ❤ congratulation Jane 😘 You gave me a lot of ideeas ❤

[@paulinegagne-bertrand9871]

I enjoy seeing your hearty and delicious looking meals.

[@sandiellett1786]

Thank you for your videos, Jane, I always look forward to them. This week, we made minestrone soup, for one meal we had grilled chicken breast in it (had it already cooked and frozen) and another night we had premade meatballs in the leftover soup. On another night, we had a sausage pizza (thin crust) we bought for $3.19 at Aldi and put tons of veggies on top. We also had an Indian-style vegetables (I add garam masala and hot curry powder to cauliflower, onion and potato and cook it in the crockpot. I make it nearly every week. Lastly, we get a $5.49 ravioli from Aldi and I made a bake with pasta sauce and top with mozzarella and a little parmesan which lasts us 2 meals, served with salad.

[@lorimoran8023]

Love all your recipes, Jane. You could be a chef! Keep showing us more for inspiration. I made a quiche, this week for our breakfasts, pulled from the freezer our batch made chili for 2 days, our chicken soup, for 2 days and I have a loaf of bread in a breadmaker rignt now. 😂

[@rose-g3l]

Wonderful meals, well cooked, it’s the best! Thank you for sharing with us. I will make your lemon sauce for the salmon. I make a soup with pasta: "The Pistou soup", traditional of Provence, made with only summer vegetables (tomatoes, zucchini, green beans, beans and pasta). Of course, before serving, we add the "pistou" (a mixture of crushed garlic, olive oil and fresh basil). With toast, it’s divine!

[@yvonnebourque9115]

We make a mayonnaise sauce that dates from the 1950s when, in general, food “ate” up a higher percentage of a family’s income . 1/2 tsp mustard mixed into 1/3 cup mayonnaise. Add 1/4 cup milk, 1tsp sugar and 4tsp vinegar. Blend and heat. Husband just loves this over steamed cabbage wedges.

[@jgrady9553]

Delicious looking meals

[@tracyaf6084]

Those meals looked delicious. We had ground beef on offer this week so I made chili today. It’s an easy meal we can then use the leftover as a base for tacos, enchiladas, sloppy joes or even a salad.

[@rebacarmack8335]

The food looks scrumptious!

[@rachmc34]

The baked quiche looks delish, in fact it all looks good!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@rachmc34 thank you

[@conniewinter5154]

That looked delicious. We’re just waiting on our toad in the hole, made from scratch to cook with roast potatoes and mashed swede and Carrots. Looking forward to it, your video has really got my appetite going. Thank you for the excellent content.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

I love toad in the hole

[@juliethompson5301]

Every meal absolutely delicious 😋 thank you Jane and Mike 😊

[@brendavilane6183]

This is so very yummy and very Nutritious Jane , watching from South Africa 🇿🇦 love this Channel

[@SharonMcGee-b2i]

You are such a great cook! Mike is a lucky guy!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@@SharonMcGee-b2i thank you

[@suematile9078]

I love your blue bowls. Lately, whether soups or casseroles, we have eating our meals in bowls, too.

[@evgeniagasumova4487]

Tasty meals 😋

[@jacquelinejordan1588]

Your meals look delicious. My frugal week has been : creamed eggs on toast because hubby undercooked the eggs for egg salad. Having baked ziti with all of the bits of cheese in the fridge. Leftovers for lunch are taco's. Great video

[@PenniestoDollars]

Your dishes always look so attractive!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@@PenniestoDollars thank you

[@IrbyGirl]

I made tonight the pasta bake using leftovers that you posted about three months ago. It was delicious and used up my leftover cooked chicken and vegetables. I did two like you did so pleased it was so nice. I was thinking I needed more inspiration so very happy to see this latest video 😊

[@MsArri81]

I would like to try to make the pasta and bean soup. That looks really hearty and tasty. Also, I like your suggestion to puree half of the beans to thicken the soup. ❤

[@lynnhensley4326]

You eat very well. Everything looks great.

[@georgiawise8375]

Really enjoy your food tour🎉❤🎉❤

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@@georgiawise8375 thank you

[@ninaoaster8039]

Your meals look fantastic. Like you're eating out at a restaurant!

[@lynnbrown9164]

I made salmon cakes using 2 6 ounce cans of salmon. I added 1/2 cup of GF bread crumbs, 1 egg, 1/4 cup mayo, seasonings and fried it in a bit of veg oil with GF macaroni and cheese and salad. We ate this two nights for dinner.

[@karenwilson8607]

Love all of these ideas, Jane! The bean tip and salmon sauce in particular. Will be adding to my menu plan . Have a great weekend 😊

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

You are so welcome!

[@debbiedorsey2371]

Your meals look amazing! Thanks for sharing ❤

[@yelenayeli9529]

I think I make lasagne soup this week. Some home cooked meals from scratch: nasi with omelette, vegetables, peanut sauce. Mashed potato with sauerkraut, raisins and a vegan burger. Bean salad with tomatoes, onion, feta, eggs and boiled potatoes. Hawaiian Rice. Jewish carrots (tzimmes), Rice, baked potatoes and chicken breast.

[@sophiawolthof1238]

👍👍👍

[@TracyOwen-y9t]

Thank you 😊

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

You're welcome 😊

[@ciLinspirations]

I love your channel!The videos you make give me so much inspiration while I also try to live frugally!I wish you the best from my heart!Goodmorning from Greece!😄

[@loriburgess1866]

The soup looks delicious. We eat similarly. Where you lean more British we lean more Mexican. Shredded cabbage on a taco shell with leftover chicken or roast beef. Homemade beans cooked with onions and jalapeños topped with cheese. Taco salad with avocado. Maybe some homemade aioli sauce drizzled over whatever we’ve made.

[@Sally-wm5jh]

Last night I made a balsamic marinade for some salmon and served a small bowl of corn chowder with it. Your meals look great.

[@olgawren4214]

Hello Jane. Was unable to leave a comment on your short about cost of eggs. Jusr came back from Lidl. Box of 12 free range large eggs £2.79. I m in Hampshire UK. Enjoining your videos, learning how to be frugal 😊

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@@olgawren4214 thanks Olga

[@jacquelinejordan1588]

$6/dz where I am in south New Jersey, us.

[@elizaC3024]

Beautiful menu.😊

[@lorelei9393]

Wonderful meals. Snowed in because of Storm Enzo. Have been eating from the freezer. Spaghetti sauce, taco meat on chips, ham steak with field peas, and orange cranberry bread from a marked down mix from after Christmas

[@traceymorton892]

Your meals looked delicious and definitely very inspiring. I’m trying to live more frugally and I’ve made a sausage and veg casserole for my hubby and a total veggie one for me that we will have over the next couple of days x I’m going to trying the lasagne soup with our meat for myself x it was good to hear how you substitute when you didn’t have a specific ingredient as some people think/feel they have to follow a recipe exactly x

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@traceymorton892 thank you so much

[@sandrabryan9106]

This week we picked up a large cabbage, so we made a big batch of cabbage rolls. For the two of us, not only did we get 6 dinners out of it, but we have enough leftover for soup, or to go with Perogies and sausage.

[@preppernut]

The pork gravy looks mouth-wateringly delicious. Now I have an appetite for stir-fry and rice, so that will be on the menu soon.

[@christineclarke9098]

I don’t ’meal plan’ at all. Inspired by your creations, and find I do similar. I go through phases. Recently I have made Haluski several times, as I’ve had enormous cabbages to use up, and it uses lots of buttery cabbage, and is utterly delicious ! Lentil patties too with a tomatoey sauce. Veggies and potatoes but of course. I tend to shake them cooked in the pan rather than mash them up. Rustic looking and easy. It always looks great arranged on nice plates doesn’t it ? Easy to pick up lovely odd plates in the charity shops.

[@CreamPuff-ek8fd]

Great video once again! Will try the salmon sauce in salmon fishcakes I will make this weekend.

[@jodiesbudgetlife]

Those meals look delicious.

[@sbn.4608]

Looks delicious 👍

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thank you 😋

[@jackiephillips9042]

I love a good soup and yours looks very tasty.

[@Helen-c1n]

Going to try that salmon dressing, sounds nice

[@susannahedwards8230]

Might try The soup thanks always looking for ways to use beans.

[@joanmoore3018]

How do you heat up your leftovers?

[@jeannetteshahenkari265]

Hi Jane and Mike! Everything looks so delicious. I’m unfamiliar with frikadelle and had to google it😢. Maybe in the future you could provide a recipe for that. Have a wonderful weekend. ❤

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@@jeannetteshahenkari265 we buy them, they're like mini meatloafs

[@rose-g3l]

FRICADELLE RECIPE for 4 persons: INGREDIENTS - 750 grams of ground meat (from beef, veal, pork..). You will use pork or beef for half, and the rest of poultry if you want. - 45 cl of milk, - 250 grams of bread crumbs, - 2 beautiful onions, - 2 eggs, - a little flour, salt, pepper, ground nutmeg, a little oil. PREPARATION - Fry the chopped onions in a skillet, gently - Soak the bread crumb in a bowl with milk, then drain the bread crumb by pressing it into your hands. - beat the eggs - Mix fried onions, soaked bread crumbs with minced meat, beaten eggs, nutmeg (two-three pinches), salt and pepper (same measures). With this mixture, you will make shapes of sausages of 2cm in diameter for 20 cm long, or in the form of a ball flat. - You will roll these in flour, egg yolk and breadcrumbs. Finally cook the fries in the frites fat or in oil so that they are well browned.

[@jeannetteshahenkari265]

@ thank you so much for the recipe. That was so very kind of you.

[@CreamPuff-ek8fd]

@rose-g3lthx!! Will give it a try.

[@roz.russell8122]

Thanks for the sauce for fish recipe we had it on our salmon, very tasty

[@aaac1561]

would you please provide the bbc recipe for the pulled pork/roasted pork? I'm making salmon patties - no bread crumbs but almond flour so they could be ok for both of you. I add some minced sauteed zucchini onions to them before pan frying. They freeze very well.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

In Google type BBC pulled pork recipe and you'll go straight to it , it great cooked in a slow cooker

[@cm-ft8wd]

So good on a burger with fried red onions or sauerkraut if you have it!

[@beverlyanntaylor9652]

😊💜

[@justjet]

Having fish tomorrow so I'll try your dressing. Sounds so good!! Tonight homemade pizza. Also had corned beef hash w/garlic green beans, homemade chicken soup and chili w/tossed salad. Safeway has pork sirloin chops $.97lb so that will start next weeks meal plan. Enjoy the weekend!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Lovely

[@eileengatenby6915]

making the salmon and sauce tomorrow for dinner. looks good. Salmon was on markdown.

[@gladyschandler6724]

Im making salmon, sautéed spinach with Shallots and airfryed yams

[@rosemarydoran9907]

Just got a large piece of salmon Wednesday. I will be portioning it out and freezing it today.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Sounds great!

[@kathiparshall8094]

Do you have a affordable recipe for cassoulet?

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

In the KZbin search box type frugal queen in france cassoulet

[@georgiawise8375]

Just ate very similar veg avacado salad 1 meat pattie...

[@lenaharden5486]

All of your meals look good, it's hard to pick one. Think we need a lesson on how to cook on a woodstove!

[@cathydyer3774]

Very healthy 🙂. Your gut microbiome must be very good.

[@Jan-q2b]

All looked delicious. find it hard to see or hear what the potatoes are and the meats.

[@gwenroireau6203]

Does Mike ever cook for you?

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

No

[@AdrianaPage-vb8zu]

Do you have kids?l see more plates than two ❤

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

I often cook for two days.