Large Family MARCH GROCERY HAUL | Aldi & Walmart

Lent is here and the pantry is ready for it. My budget is going further now that our two oldest children have moved to their own places and I'm contemplating just how much I should drop down our budget.
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[@lauraknoop1877]

I'm going back to watch some of your videos from a few years ago that I haven't seen. You are consistently so respectful of your children. It is refreshing to see. No wonder they are respectful of you and others 💗!

[@rmstonge]

Amber sounds super health conscious! I really appreciate that you encourage your children’s food interests by letting them have input on the menu.

[@acountrylife]

She loves to research food options and try new things and I like that about here.

[@rmstonge]

A Country Life are there any dishes that she introduced to the family that you were surprised they liked/didn’t like?

[@randomnotyettaken5871]

I love how you tell us how you are using everything, so great!

[@acountrylife]

Random notyettaken that’s why I watch grocery hauls-to get ideas. Glad to have you here.

[@sandracraig1200]

You are the most patient mother I have ever seen.

[@CatholicMarathonMom]

Always love your grocery hauls and that you share your meals plan. It's really helped me to plan ahead and I've found that the amount of food that used to be wasted has gone way down!

[@acountrylife]

Catholic Marathon Mom same here. Another tip is to make the perishable meals first and save the canned good style meals for later.

[@CatholicMarathonMom]

@@acountrylife I also love finding new ways to use ingredients as the pantry gets lean... For instance, out of milk this morning, so 2/3 cup whole milk yogurt + 1/3 cup water got substituted in pancakes and they were gobbled up like always :)

[@sandracraig1200]

What a patient momma you are.

[@miriamsepulveda4821]

Cheese and more cheese. Yum. Your menu plan sounds delicious. Joseph is precious. Peter is a wonderful helper. Lovely children. Look at Maria’s smile. Beautiful. Thanks for the tip on dried cranberries. You have such patience. Cereal for supper/dinner.. yum. Graham crackers for never thought of. Sounds good. Tortilla s are eaten just plain by our Joseph, 16 years old. Bussel

[@simpingoncoffee646]

This kinda helped me because in my family there's also 7 people. I had four brothers and i'm the one who did the grocery shopping cause the other are busy. This just helped me.

[@tanyajohnson3241]

I love grocery hauls so much. I also love how u write on actual paper. You and I are the only people who do that every body else’s uses their phone to make list. I miss the days of paper. That queso findido sounds amazing.

[@acountrylife]

tanya johnson I live in paper mill country. I always feel using paper is keeping them in business. And I just like paper 📝

[@courtneydoell614]

I love how you share the meals you plan on doing for your hauls. Thanks for sharing!

[@acountrylife]

I love new ideas for meals - that's why I share. Glad to know you guys are liking that.

[@meburde]

Not sure if you will see this comment however I just stumbled upon your channel. I am so happy I found your site. Love all of your posts and your wonderful family. I'll keep on watching and God bless you.

[@acountrylife]

Mary Burden welcome Mary-I’m so glad you’re here and I didn’t even know comments were turned on for any videos.

[@AliciasInTheKitchen]

I like to make a nice Greek or Middle Eastern meal for lunch during Lent. Pitas, tzatziki, hummus, olives and feta. If I feel adventurous and can find eggplants, I will make baba ghanoush as well. Persian jeweled rice also makes a nice meatless meal.

[@acountrylife]

Alicia's In The Kitchen that all sounds very adventurous to me.

[@donnastratton8397]

I would love to see more of your recipes this month. Sounds tasty! Joseph is so sweet. I love cherries!

[@acountrylife]

I've been trying to film more of our individual meals. I'll see how many I can edit and post for you.

[@megantaylor9098]

I loved this haul, thanks for sharing! We always have cheese pizza for Friday dinner during lent and egg or pbj sandwiches for lunch. I enjoyed seeing the things your family eats for Lent!

[@acountrylife]

Cheese pizza makes my kids happy any day.

[@skoop0808]

Do you have recipe videos of the potato soup and taco fundido? I guess I should look on your blog! Love to watch all your videos. Your family makes me smile. The kids are adorable!

[@acountrylife]

Susan K I know I made queso fundido in one of my bulk cooking videos and if you search my blog (camp homeschool) you should be able to find both recipes.

[@skoop0808]

@@acountrylife thank you!

[@TheMountainsAreCalling.]

Would love to see a shop with me and grocery haul in one video. I enjoy watching people shop and see what they haul.

[@acountrylife]

Jessie T I have some of those. Check under the videos tab to find them.

[@TheMountainsAreCalling.]

@@acountrylife I've binged watched them already 😉

[@gooberpondue5700]

Your son is just adorable :) when you were talking about meatballs I could hear him saying meatballs, meatballs, lol. Love his singing

[@acountrylife]

Thanks. He'd eat the entire bag if I let him; it's one of his favorite foods.

[@gooberpondue5700]

My youngest son is the same way with burritos he just loves them.

[@annmatthews3579]

Great meal ideas with the groceries. Hello to Joseph and Maria, they do make me smile 😀

[@annmittelstadt2938]

Hi Jennifer, I love the Aldi sausage rolls. I buy 3 at a time and open it up and cut 8 slices and put on wax paper and put in freezer Ziploc and freeze them. Take out 2 for breakfast, cook, sooo yummy. I actually love this better than Jimmy Dean and Bob Evans. Great haul Gives me ideas for dinner. Thank you for sharing. I'm glad you like the 4% cottage cheese better. It's a hit n miss too sometimes. I just bought some last week for a sketti bake. It was yummy this time. Luv n Huggs for everyone.

[@acountrylife]

Ann Mittelstadt good morning. ☀️ I love the idea of slicing the sausage rolls. I bet they cook up pretty fast.

[@nancysadewater964]

I slice the pork sausage rolls while the rolls are frozen (thaw them slightly enough to hold it firmly), leaving the paper on it as there is a slicing grid on the side of the packages for uniform slices. Then pop them into freezer ziplock bag and only pull what I need, pulling the paper edge off and discarding it. If I need to break up the sausage (not as patties) thawing only takes a few minutes and it is ready to use.

[@evem4876]

Haven't been able to leave a comment on ur channel for several video's can u pls inform us why ty? Just wanted to say enjoying ur videos ur channel it's so nice the one about u explain a Q n A about Joseph . Ty for sharing that video with us , ur such a good Mom so loving n real to ur children . God has blessed u with so many gifts u ate blessed. I too Catholic n it's so refreshing to see how strong ur Faith us n how strong a women u are. Ur husband is such a good guy n father, husband, so devoted to his family it's very nice to see on ur video's. I live when he makes treats for ur kids the Popcorn balls haven't had those since I was a kid . Need to get that recipe for my grandkids . 😊 I'm going through some past video's trying to catch up . Ur becoming a fave here large family fave . Ur real not fake n that's a blessing . I'm enjoying the recipes for Lent there so helpful . Ty n hopefully ur comment section will soon be up on ur new videos soon . 3/23/19 😊

[@acountrylife]

I'm hoping to have the comments enabled soon, too. It's not me disabling the comments it's KZbin so hopefully they figure this out soon. Thanks for being here and encouraging us in our large family journey. Popcorn balls are such an old-fashioned treat, but my kids love them so much.

[@kathycourington4748]

Love your videos and family, thank you for all the recipe ideas. Love watching...

[@acountrylife]

Thanks a bunch and I'm glad you're here.

[@jankitteringham8483]

Hello Jennifer, I was so surprised to find comments this time. Loving your video’s and your family are amazing. Would love to try all the items we don’t have in the UK, and very curious about tater tots! Stay safe. 😊🇬🇧

[@acountrylife]

This is a video that YT missed turning off the comments. It's like my little secret spot for connecting with you all. Tater tots are basically little barrel shaped potato hashbrowns. Everybody loves them.

[@jankitteringham8483]

A Country Life Thankyou, we have hash browns so will try your recipes. The comments seem to turn off when children are involved. Could be the answer. 😊🇬🇧

[@Lin-id9qc]

I just saw your comment about your comments I'm new to utube..but anyway one of the vlogs I watch a month ago or so said there was a predictor looking into family blogs making bad comments? I'm not sure..but that could be why she said they were trying to catch him...thats all I know glad I found your vlog..I just subscribed I love cooking and have just started dehydrating food also have a food saver..learning alot...hope your comments come back soon.

[@lindaspillman1817]

Are you going to share the peanut butter balls made with the vanilla wafers sounds yummy 😋 I can remember when my mother would shop and there was a total of 10 in are family 8 kids and she would by flour in 25lb bags I haven’t seen it like that in ages and 10lbs of corn meal and they only sell in 5lbs now but we never got chips my mother would have popcorn on the weekends and she had this wash tub she would fill up it’s was special to us and I still have popcorn today

[@beccam507]

Love your grocery hauls! And your meal list is very helpful, as is telling us what you're using everything for..... We have two dogs, and 25 some odd chickens. Our second dog we got was a Chicken chaser. We were able to train him with an electric collar. You should give it a try. You just have to work with them for a few days. And I kid you not, he is now the best chicken watchdog! he watches out for them whenever they squawk, he runs out into the woods to make sure there aren't any foxes around 😄 Trick is, make sure you zap her soundly as soon as she stares with excited eyes at a chicken. Not just wait for her to chase it, but just giving the body language that she's interested in hunting it. And have someone holda chicken right in front of her, and make her sit there and be calm nearby, so she associates chickens with being relaxed. It will take time.

[@acountrylife]

That's a great idea. Thanks. I'm ready to try anything because I want to get chickens again this spring.

[@jessicaeaton3183]

I laugh every time he calls you Jennifer LOL Love him

[@lela0922]

Hi Jennifer as soon as I saw the word Lent I subscribed before even watching! So happy to see a fellow catholic blessings!

[@acountrylife]

Hi Lisa and welcome to A Country Life. There is a growing number of Catholic women youtubers out there; thanks for supporting us.

[@butchebabe]

Oh my goodness!! Cranberry pie filing?! Please share in a video!!!

[@acountrylife]

Yep. It'll happen one of these days.

[@cindiallain8542]

If there is anyone that has problems with cucumbers, the English ones don’t cause that. I don’t know why but they don’t. I love putting them in rice vinegar and onions. Usually made in the summer and I can’t figure out why just summer? Hmm I dunno. Happy to see you tonight. Do you find prices are better at Aldo than Fleet Farm? Packages are bigger at Fleet.

[@acountrylife]

Cindi Allain good morning. ☀️ I haven’t done any price comparisons between Aldi and Fleet Farm. Are you thinking of things like nuts and chocolate chips? That would be interesting to check out.

[@cindiallain8542]

A Country Life yes Jennifer that’s exactly what I was thinking. I know the packages at Aldo are smaller than Fleet. They have quite a bit of dried fruits too. Possible cheaper cranberries? It was funny last night, I had finished my comment and hit send. Was going to ask you about the avacodos, but didn’t want to be too nosy. Then you mention Amber not putting them on the list. I got a chuckle out of that. Have a good day. A prayer for me would really be appreciated I’ve been off work all week being sick. I’m ready to go back. Thank you

[@acountrylife]

Sending prayers up for you! Hope you feel better soon.

[@Lin-id9qc]

Hi if you want to contact the vlog I was watching she was talking about comments it Our tribe of many...it could have been a old video I was watching when she spoke about it...just trying to help.

[@locostasia]

Oh yay your comments are back rn!

[@acountrylife]

Joseph Monaco I don’t know for how long, but I’ll take it.

[@audrahcoleman7856]

To make buttermilk you just put milk in a little bit of vinegar and mix it up and wait for a little bit and it turns into buttermilk

[@acountrylife]

Audrah Coleman yes I do that all the time when I want fresh buttermilk but I like using the powder for making baking mixes. Then when it comes time to mix I just add water.

[@ericsgranny8933]

We eat a tremendous amount of tomatoes, salsa, etc. Joe is really wound up today! Love your family.

[@acountrylife]

Whenever I bring groceries home he gets so excited to look through everything.

[@evelinekipping8334]

freeze extra left over grapes, they make a great treat....add and bake with apples in a pie or crumble

[@acountrylife]

great tips. In the summer frozen grapes are a great treat.

[@jeanwoolman261]

I noticed u said that because it is lent u picked up pork and beans z Pork and beans have bacon and so they r not suitable for meatless meals

[@karenbrown1140]

As always love your videos and groc hauls ! I totally understand when kids move out lol. Your videos have helped me budget much better ! Thank you!

[@acountrylife]

Thanks for sharing that. I often wonder if this is more for entertainment or if moms are actually learning something.

[@apfelprincess45]

Hi Jen, just found your channel and subbed. Am enjoying it, have watched this vid so far and also your teenage daughter and her take on homeschooling and so much more to explore and watch! Blessings from Australia :) I lived in the Midwest waaay back as an exchange student (MN not WI) but still know your neck of the woods and recall it fondly, I'll enjoy visiting through your vids.

[@acountrylife]

Hello all the way over to Australia! There are a number of subs from there and you all always leave such helpful comments.

[@m.c.1933]

Great Haul !! I would love the potato soup recipe I love potato soup with bacon bits . I love canning dry beans it makes for fast suppers .I have been trying something new each month I get a new type of bean we have never tried I can them up for fast side dishes .That buttermilk powder Is so handy .I buy the Nido milk powder from Amazon it is the best I have found and I have some picky milk drinkers I keep I on hand for hurricane season it is also good for making a pitcher up and as they drink the regular milk down I add the powdered milk to the gallon and it has cut my grocery bill a lot my bunch goes through a gallon or more a day

[@acountrylife]

marcy chain those are all great food tips. The potato soup recipe is on my blog (camp homeschool). I’ll link it in the description, too.

[@lorrainegutierrez6569]

JOSEPH STEALS THE SHOW AGAIN!! HE'S QUITE A CHARACTER

[@carolm.4623]

Just found you! Love your videos. I’m from Wisconsin also!

[@acountrylife]

Welcome! And you found a video that still has comments turned on. Somehow YT missed this one.

[@soniaibarra1926]

Hello Jennifer!! Love watching your grocery haul!!🍌🍎🌮🍕 And the way u explain how u r going to use the food n meals!!👍👍 Joseph and Maria r so adorable!! Blessings to u and your beautiful family!!🙏🙏❤❤🌷🌷

[@acountrylife]

Sonia Ibarra thank you so much Sonia. I feel that’s the point of grocery hauls is to give people new ideas 💡.

[@stephaniecamplin9212]

Absolutely love your haul! And we love Aldi so much. And save so much compared to other stores. And how cute are the kid's picking thru the groceries lol that's my girl's all the way. And watching this Vlog gave me a few ideas for dinners this month!

[@acountrylife]

Stephanie Camplin that’s the goal 🥅 to give you all some fresh ideas.

[@bettywurm306]

Love your hauls. We also eat a lot of eggs during Lent. I made a dozen hard boiled in my instant pot last night. Had one for breakfast and will make egg salad for lunch. Yum!!!

[@acountrylife]

Betty Wurm eggs for the win!

[@lindazibluk8099]

Made your black bean quesadilla for our friday lenten supper 2 nt.Both my husband and I enjoyed it along with the chinese ck terriaki meal we made last week.Keep your cooking videos groc hauls and ditl videos coming.Thank you.. And of course love to see the kids and hear Sam sing!!

[@acountrylife]

Linda Zibluk glad to hear you enjoy the recipes.

[@reneeallen9527]

Nice haul

[@daniellecarter3087]

Hello Joesph I love your singing did you enjoy ur baseball game can't wait for the next video xx

[@acountrylife]

I'll tell Joe that you like his singing and he's waiting patiently for baseball season. He loves going to the minor league ball games.

[@evem4876]

Would u pls give us ur Potato Soup recipe ty 😊

[@candicewilson2703]

Yes! I would love to try it too.

[@acountrylife]

Eve M search for Amber’s Creamy Potato Soup at my blog (camp homeschool) and you should find it. I’ll also update the description with links.

[@NancyWhelanSharingMemories]

I love hearing all your meal ideas!

[@acountrylife]

Nancy Whelan thanks. Have a great day.

[@CanterburyTrailsFarm]

Great video. It's hard to adjust when you're "down a kid". lol. I've got 4. One has been mostly gone for 4 yrs now (college) and fixing to lose another one to college in the fall! It's been so long I don't think I remember how to only cook for four people! lol.

[@acountrylife]

Tons of leftovers always! Glad to have you here. This community is a fun one.

[@CanterburyTrailsFarm]

Absolutely! My Home Schooled kid calls the fridge Mama's Cafeteria and tells her public school brother she eats better than he does, lol.

[@MonicaSpauldingfreelance]

I have just discovered your channel! Awesome! I would love to have some of your recipes. I am a chronicillness warrior and have a homestead. I'm trying to get my weight and health in check. I need new recipes so I don't get bored and eat junk.

[@acountrylife]

Oh Monica I totally get the junk eating boredom dilemma. When I don't have my low-carb snacks ready to go all I want to do is reach for cookies and muffins. Some of my recipes are in the description boxes of videos and others are linked over to my blog. By the way - WELCOME it's so nice to have a new face around here.

[@vickifullilove8494]

Great haul I have got to try Aldi. Egg salad sandwiches and potato soup sounds so delicious, and I believe my kids would love the sandwiches. :-)

[@acountrylife]

Vicki Fullilove my kids love sandwiches in any “flavor”. It’s a go to lunch.

[@meluvs2read]

Do you have a garden during the summer?? I sure miss gardening since imoved to town.. weeding is so relaxing

[@acountrylife]

Louise Gullion I do and I find weeding relaxing, too.

[@cherylfewell-brown4070]

It's been unseasonably cold here in Northern Coastal California, but we are looking forward to the garden. I live in a small rural town, but live in a neighborhood. We have a good sized lot and have room for a greenhouse, blueberries, raspberries in wine barrels, some raised beds and even 4 laying hens we purchased about 10 months ago. The first started laying in December and we only have one that is not laying yet. Of course they are pets and have decimated our strawberry bed. DH is going to put up chicken wire across our garden area so we can keep them out unless they are supervised! Jennifer, our little chihuahua is scared of our hens so no problem there!

[@jenniferworkman6340]

Looks so good, Jennifer!

[@acountrylife]

Jennifer Workman thank you 😊 Jennifer!

[@lizfalk280]

There are some fantastic breakfast sausage patties at Aldi and they might end up being cheaper than your links if you’re not too picky. This is the first time I’ve come across your channel. Loved it! How old is your Joseph? Too sweet! Loved hearing him yell “Meatballs!” Haha. Curious, how many people will this feed? Subscribing now!

[@lizfalk280]

Oh my goodness! Your little girl is so lovely. Wish she could play with my Madeline. Madeline loves her dollies too. 💗

[@acountrylife]

Welcome Liz! I'm so glad you found your way to my channel. This is a fun community of very smart people. I always learn so much from all the comments. Joseph is 10 and this food will feed our family of 7 (living at home) + the other kids when they come home for meals a couple times a week. We're not picky at all when it comes to breakfast sausage; I'll have to try the patties next time.

[@lizfalk280]

A Country Life Also wanted to let you know that I loved when Sam sang in the kitchen. Super talented! We homeschool also and I really enjoy seeing my kiddos talents blossom through homeschooling. 💕 Have a wonderful weekend! Hello to all of your family from the Falkiewicz family in Vero Beach, Florida. Caroline (10), Madeline (6), Baby Falkiewicz, Mr. Tim and Miss Liz. 🐬

[@jsma5503]

I just love your son Joe

[@acountrylife]

We do too.

[@kyls37]

Jennifer, I'm not sure if your seasoned salt is similar, but we have something called all season here in australia. I'm assuming it's similar. We like to sprinkle it on top of veges with a dash of olive oil and roast them . It gives great flavour to veges for next to no cost! You could also try cottage pie bc it's cheap? and make you own sausage rolls. (not sure if they're the same there) puff pastry with flavoured/italian or plain) pork mins wrapped up in the pastry. Filling and easy bc you just bake them for 30 mins or so. Quick easy lunch and freezabel. If I think of other money saving stuff (it's late saturday night here in Melbourne!) I'll post Maria's hair is getting long isn't it? and god bless Joe! xx Kylie (old handle was ashbananas-my daughter's- but I'm on my own handle now)xxx PS) you can buy (very v=cheaply, a hand winding machine that make zoodles from zucchini. Which will save you money in the long term to make them and buy the zucchini unpackaged/processed etc. Just look it up on amazon. Spiraliser it might be called? It works with all different stuff Kx

[@acountrylife]

Thanks for the recipe ideas. I was just looking at a spiralizer and wondering if a hand crank or electric would be best.

[@kyls37]

@@acountrylife either would be fine. I have a manual one (hand crank) and it was not only cheaper but works great. x

[@annejustus6200]

I really like your vlog🐙🌷🌷

[@acountrylife]

Thank you very much Anne!

[@daniellebenningfield6094]

Would you mind sharing your potato soup recipe? Trying to find one we love! We've found ok ones but still looking for the one that hits the spot!

[@acountrylife]

Danielle Benningfield I’ll add the link to the description later today.

[@normamccomas9272]

hey Joe!

[@acountrylife]

Hi Norma!😊

[@juliecarr1780]

Your son is too cute.

[@mollielichter1371]

How do you budget for meat since a lot of it is deer from hunting? Is that a separate budget?

[@acountrylife]

That's a hard question. I don't budget our hunted meat into our monthly budget and that's why I think our budget is lower than a lot of other large families here on KZbin. Meat prices really add up so when I don't have to buy 20 pounds of hamburger each month it's a huge savings.

[@tammysarrazin7078]

hi kid's hugssss from Ontario Canada

[@acountrylife]

tammy sarrazin hugs from WI , too.

[@karenreece-may7660]

Joe looks so grown up

[@andreahaar60]

I would love to have some of your recipes. I think to would be fun to do a cook with me a few times.

[@acountrylife]

andreahaar60 cook with mes are on the list of videos to do.

[@andreahaar60]

A Country Life YEAH....... I’m so excited!!!!! 👏👏👏👏 😁

[@holly2913]

I'm not Catholic and don't really know much about lent. Are you not suppose to eat meat during lent? Or are you only allowed certain meat on certain days? And for how long?

[@acountrylife]

Holly Walker During Lent, the 40 days leading up to Good Friday, we don’t eat meat on Fridays as a way to make a small sacrifice to help us rely on Jesus for our needs. That’s a very simple explanation-I hope it helps.

[@holly2913]

@@acountrylife Thanks for answering! Yes, it did! Also, I'm not sure if you'd want to add this you your next Q&A but I'm curious if both you and Warren grew up Catholic or were Catholic before marriage or did one convert at marriage?

[@acountrylife]

I'll add that to my ongoing list of questions. I hope to do another Q & A soon.

[@TheAngelsophie]

Hi Jennifer, in your opinion which store has the best prices, Walmart or Aldi? I've never been to Aldi but would like to go check it out if it's worth it. Thank you.

[@acountrylife]

Libby hands down Aldi has better prices. Remember that Aldi carries their own brand so you won’t find everything you want there. That’s why I always go to Aldi first and then finish up at Walmart.

[@lemoncrinckles]

Love watching these hauls, Jennifer. May I ask how much your butter cost? Our lowest right now is $2.89 at Save-a-lot. (:

[@acountrylife]

lemoncrinckles that day it was $2.99

[@lemoncrinckles]

Thank you, Jennifer. (: @@acountrylife

[@Bella21074]

New subscriber

[@acountrylife]

Welcome Kimberly!! Enjoy your day.

[@blessedmamahen]

I feel like I've been left out of something..Is there a difference in the Crisco and Manteca lard? Ive always thought it was the same thing..Do you use them for different things?

[@acountrylife]

Yes there is a difference. Lard is rendered pig fat so it's an animal product. Whereas Crisco (or shortening) is a vegetable oil product. Basically the carbon chain is hydrogenated (with hydrogen atoms) to make vegetable oil solid at room temp. I do actually use both for different purposes. Baked goods will often call for Crisco. I usually use lard for browning meat and sometimes even in cookies. I don't have any hard and fast rules it's just my preference as to how the item bakes or cooks up and the flavor we're looking for.

[@blessedmamahen]

@@acountrylife Seriously thank you so much for explaining this. I have grew up calling both lard! I have been using Crisco to fry certain things for years. I always thought my fried taters were a strange taste. I bought Manteca lard a couple weeks ago. I fried taters with it and everyone in the house was wanting more. Haha. I feel like I've been let in on a big secret.

[@acountrylife]

@@blessedmamahen Lard for the win!!

[@donnasymoniak5280]

Hi joe!

[@acountrylife]

Donna Symoniak hi Donna 👋

[@tammysarrazin7078]

i dont want to sound stupid but what is lent ??

[@NancyWhelanSharingMemories]

Lent is the six weeks leading up to Easter Sunday.

[@tammysarrazin7078]

ok thank you for responding hugssssss

[@acountrylife]

tammy sarrazin I’m glad you got a quick response. I’ll add we focus on prayer, fasting, and charity.

[@maryvorpagel5905]

Why don't you eat meat on Fridays? If the point is to give up something that you like, why not give up cheese? Kids don't usually like meat anyway.

[@angelawix2075]

Can you share your brat stew recipe?

[@acountrylife]

Angela Wix I’ll add it to the list of videos to make.

[@angelawix2075]

A Country Life being a fellow Wisconsinite I need all the brat recipes 🙂 Thank you!

[@MissMaryMack83]

Brat stew recipe video please!

[@acountrylife]

I just added it to the list. I'll be making it this week, probably Tuesday.

[@MissMaryMack83]

So excited! Can't wait!

[@lottiatbeaniecodesigns4681]

I’m so confused,, you keep mentioning that you’ve bought some things because of lent, do you only eat certain things or what?? X

[@NancyWhelanSharingMemories]

Catholics don't eat meat on Ash Wednesday or on Fridays during Lent.

[@acountrylife]

Urging Lent we focus on prayer, fasting and charity. Part of the fasting is no meat on Fridays.

[@daniellebudick9485]

Nancy Whelan not just a catholic thing... many denominations celebrate lent.

[@lottiatbeaniecodesigns4681]

A Country Life I see! Thank you for replying XX

[@Ancsocska87]

Thanks for the video, its great as always :) I always wanted to ask you: would you be interested to read hungaian recipes? I have a feeling your family would love them. Our traditional food is warm, comforting, tasty and filling, with a lot of veggies and meats cooked together for a long time. If you would like that, I can translate for you a few of my family recipes.

[@acountrylife]

Anita Nagy I would LOVE 💕 that. My mom made a dish called Hungarian Goulash. I’d love a traditional recipe for that.

[@Ancsocska87]

@@acountrylife Great!!!! Give me a few days (or weeks, I will have a huge test next week for my new job, I need to study when Im not working..) :) :) :)

[@susanfrometa5355]

You son is a cutie

[@donnaallison7462]

Joseph's little eye's look so swollen my daughter said

[@acountrylife]

Donna Allison prominent skin folds by the eyes is a characteristic of Down syndrome. He was feeling fine though. 😀

[@kaseyrhoades2334]

wondering how you fit all of that into your cart at the store, truly an art LOL

[@acountrylife]

Kasey Rhoades some hoe I can fit it in, but the checker always needs two🤔

[@pacificbug]

We were gifted a 5 pound elk roast. What's your favorite way of roasting it in the oven? My dad wants it roasted. Since you had venison on your menu, I thought you might have an idea for elk. :)

[@acountrylife]

Erika Valberg I always seer my venison roast in hot lard on the stovetop in a cast iron and then transfer it to the crockpot on low alllllll day. I’ll throw in a couple of quartered onions for flavor and lots salt and pepper. I don’t roast in the oven because I find the venison gets kind of dry.

[@kimsparks4325]

what is fried mashed

[@acountrylife]

kim sparks fried mashed is when you have leftover real mashed potatoes and then you fry them in a cast iron skillet the next day. Melt some butter or lard, smoosh potatoes into pan and fry until nicely browned. Flip and fry again.

[@bethenyauker4727]

We call them potato pancakes!

[@kimsparks4325]

@@acountrylife we call them potato pancakes they are good with cheese in them also

[@daniellebudick9485]

Ramen is chicken flavored... still meat.

[@acountrylife]

I don't believe that chicken flavoring counts on Fridays during Lent, but I could be wrong, I'll have to dig into this more.

[@paulabrogan707]

MAKE A MEATLOAF AND PACK AROUND THE CAULIFLOWER THEN ROAST YUM

[@acountrylife]

paula brogan should the meatloaf go in the middle of a 9x13 pan? Sounds great!

[@maryjemisonMaryjay1936]

Going faster thank I can think Jennifer but the older you get it goes Faster 🙋🏻‍♀️Good Shopping ☦️ Hi Joe 😘

[@acountrylife]

mary jemison my husband says I talk fast. Have a great day!😀

[@xthexcolorxredx]

I'm a little confused. You said you're preparing for Lent but you purchased 4 types of bacon and pork and beans?

[@acountrylife]

xthexcolorxredx we fast from meat on Ash Wednesday, all Fridays, and Good Friday. The items mentioned are for the other days.

[@holly2913]

@@acountrylife Just now seeing this explanation!

[@meicollins3281]

I will go the Crisco not the lard. yuck.

[@acountrylife]

I like them both for different purposes.

[@fadedpegasush7764]

Hay hay hay do you think your son can play Roxanne

[@acountrylife]

FadedPegasus h I’ll put it on his list.

[@fadedpegasush7764]

@@acountrylife alsome

[@sandrajones7896]

Where can I find your potato soup recipe?

[@acountrylife]

I'll add it to the description box.

[@sandrajones7896]

Where is the description box. I’m not very good with KZbin. Love you r videos.