Food Prep, Planning, Preserving post monthly grocery haul |October Pt 1 | Off Grid Australia 320

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Octobers first part of food prep! Lots of fruit to get through initially here!
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[@doobs444]

Nyssa, love to hear Daryl buys you treats when he goes to town, sounds like what my late husband would do, so nice 💞😊

[@tintinjacks4371]

That was fantastic, loved watching and listening.

[@tinasmith7890]

I get wore out just watching everything you do to process the food. I love to watch everything you do with it.

[@janeandrews4850]

I am enjoying seeing that you reused jars

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I definitely try not to ever throw away a jar! :D

[@paperbark3754]

Nyssa! you have so much to do in your every day life with your cooking, teaching, working, gardening and prep.... nobody expects you to take stickers off jars! 🤣🤣

[@marierobinson3935]

that sorbet looks gorgeous❤ look forward to the next video❤🇬🇧

[@isaac8751]

Glad the fires headed away from you all. I have been following them on the News, not nice, I hope they get them all under control soon. As always your cooking skills are amazing. ❤ Karen

[@phoenyxwilson3548]

Always amazing see what your doing all I will say is blueberry lemonade, mango chilli sauce, and blueberry pancakes.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I hope I can get more berries over the summer, I was so glad to find these though! Mango Chilli sauce, hrmm, I think I'd like that!

[@lesleysterritt4123]

What a good tip about your freezer bags

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I find washing them really hard, to make sure they're clean and dry when stored to be reused, but by keeping them in the freezer and just using them for the same things over and over, I constantly re use them, works really well for my needs! :D

[@patriciawhite1041]

Thank you for sharing your video I enjoyed watching all that you make from what you bought and it's wonderful to see the kids get involved so nice to see that GOD BLESS YOU ALL ❤️. BE SAFE

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I love it when the kids choose to join in, though it does make things take longer heh :D

[@atlanticalilly]

This is a great video. I really enjoy your channel 😊

[@rondaduncan3917]

I would learn your recipes like milk less cheese and the veggies you make up for soups and stews

[@Gardengirlie04]

you’ll get lots of use out of the ice cream maker. Definitely a great purchase for whole family. I imagine the children agree. Was the lemon blueberry bread eatable? Love the two flavours together.. muffins, cake, pie . vanilla blueberry ice cream is one I make in summer. You stumped me on rockmelon, in North America we call it cantaloupe! Thanks again for sharing. So glad you’re safe

[@kulickfamilyfarm4333]

Sonnet sure is your kitchen sidekick! She’s a great helper. All your kids are great helpers in the kitchen.❤ Glad you all are staying safe from the bush fires. Im looking forward to your FAQ video. I’ve been watching for a long time, but it’s fun to learn knew things about your off grid lifestyle. Congratulations on your huge KZbin success! 🎉

[@bethenyauker4727]

You knocked it out of the park yet again!! The sorbet looked delicious and light! I think the ice cream maker was a needed item!!

[@kaylachittum1759]

Love how creative you are with using your produce and having your kids involved my kids are little but love to help dump in measured items and things !

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Sometimes it takes so much longer to get anything done lol

[@carolbolton4800]

I sooo love your vlogs, Dear Nyssa! ❤ You are a bright and shinning light in my selection of vlogs I watch! In my heart you are THEEE BEST! I enjoyed your Cantaloupe (Rock Melon) sorbet you made in your new ice cream maker! It looked sooo fresh, tasty and beautiful! Sooo happy you bought this for the family to all enjoy, that was a wonderful purchase indeed! Today I have to tell you how much I LOVED seeing Sonnet 💗and Kavik💙helping you in the kitchen. They have such beautiful sweet faces - as do all your children - so it was a real joy and blessing to get to see Sonnet and Kavik today. Sending you much love, and always deep appreciation for all you do to share your culinary and gardening skills with us. You are a JOY Dear Nyssa!❤ Love you! Carol in California

[@mimijulene6307]

That sorbet looked delicious! You will find lots of ways to make ice cream, sorbets etc in your new ice cream maker! Enjoy!!

[@marygarcia5449]

For all you do, you definitely deserve a ice cream maker and I’m sure the kids and the husband will enjoy every dessert you make with it!! You don’t have to explain to us hun!! I say job well done!! ❤❤❤

[@sallyhostetter2820]

Blueberry jam on one of your sourdough bagels sounds good to me. I liked seeing Sonnet and Lorcan helping you. The Mango sorbet looked great. Glad all of you, your animals and your property was safe from the fires. Thanks for a great video. You are creative Nyssa. Love from USA.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Oh, definitely! mmm bagels, hehe, will plan them sometime this week! :D

[@Marksgran]

Everybody should get something ‘unnecessary’ occasionally. 😊 I look forward to seeing your ice cream cones x

[@gypsyheartsouls]

So glad the fires spared you. Trusting that continues. Bless you. 💜💙💚💫 What a treat to have an icecream maker... Good to see you treat yourself now n then. I'm sure it'll get lots of use. Can't wait to see you making the cones, too.

[@Cynkarl1]

Nyssa, you made me smile , I am drinking water out of a jam jar now. So glad you all are safe. Cindi

[@robynclarke5274]

That rockmelon looks amazing. Frozen fruit is still our favourite for summer as well. Glad the fires are no longer near.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

The kids are just as happy to eat it frozen as fresh, which is great for me, and making it last over the shopping period :D

[@mylife-321-0]

The sorbet look so good! Glad your kiddos will come help in the kitchen. It's great to have hands on while they are young. I am glad your channel is growing strong. You have always had really great videos that I always look forward to viewing. Thank goodness the wildfires are not a problem for you and your family.TFS!!❤

[@jenstewark8087]

Wowsers I’m in complete awe over all these amazing things you did with all this fruit Thanks again for another amazing video So happy you are all safe and healthy with the all the wild fires Take care girl Here’s to almost 10k subscribers You deserve it

[@debbieframpton3857]

Very sweet of Daryl to buy you chocolates when he goes to town. My favorite Jam to make was BlackBerry and it's still my favorite to eat

[@kerrysojan7073]

I loved watching you prepare your produce. You have inspired me to have four tomato plants and beetroot. First time in 77 years. Watchining like new babies

[@mandiesplace]

Great video! Love the blueberry lemon bread idea! And the sorbet looks great!

[@FrugalFunMum]

The sorbet looked awesome! There's always things to do in the kitchen isn't there LOL

[@elizaC3024]

😊

[@cindydaniel6125]

😊😊😊

[@dianelopes8199]

when you doing all these things ,you just make it look so easy ,and knowing all the ingredients what they are what they do is really awesome, love the different shape jars and colours from the fruit in them once stored , you really are awesome knowing all you do to keep your family well fed though the 6 weeks haul , glad you away from the fires and i agree with you we all have to buy something now and again that we don't really need but just want one to try lol lol

[@sharonpeta2390]

Another great video. Thank you glad your safe, the fires are scary hopefully the get it contained. We are going to have a hot summer it been hot in our area ❤❤.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Yes, I think this fire season is going to suck :S. Not that any of them are great, but I think that we might need to plan to be a bit more prepared this year.

[@holleym2927]

You're going to make your own ice cream cones!!! You are amazing! That ice cream maker is going to get a lot of work outs!!! YUM!

[@gabbyb7342]

Glad to hear that the fires stayed away 🙂 I really like the new ice cream maker and pleased to see that ice cream makers have advanced over the years, the one my mum had when i was a child was a pain in the a%se as you had to constantly add ice to the outside of the churner.

[@punkyfish1977]

Ypure amazing Nyssa thats why. You deserve it 🐈‍⬛🖤

[@OurSmallFootprint]

nawww, thank you :)

[@katiestockley5984]

glad the fire threat has passed, great vid, OMG the rockmelon looked beautiful!! thanks Nyssa xox

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It was so sweet but had a great texture!

[@Mel-vu9ss]

Hi Nyssa wonderful video once again. I have tons of frozen blueberries in my freezer and may try the jam you made. Don’t feel guilty for the ice cream maker. Y’all will fully enjoy having it. I have a small cuisinart one and it’s definitely nice to have.

[@aprilwright8056]

You made all kinds of goodies!! Ice cream looked soooo good!!!

[@TracieL1234]

Sorbet looks amazing! I use my ninja cremi then add just a bit (1T) of sweetened condensed milk as a “sauce” to make it creamier and healthish ice cream

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I've seen those creami's they look awesome! But noisy ? And I was trying to avoid having to freeze stuff before making it, like freezing bowls and stuff because I always forget lol.

[@Helen-readysteadyhome]

I like fruit and coconut cream n the icecream maker.

[@gloriadavidson8599]

Everything looked yummy 😋😋😋 As usual always a pleasure to watch ❤ Looking forward to your chat tomorrow 😊😊😊 Love from the UK x

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you Gloria :)

[@theadventuresofzoomandbettie]

Glad you guys aren't affected by the fires! Been super windy here lately, so we've been very aware fires could spring up any minute. Nearly 10k now! Wow! You've grown so fast! Congrats!! Bettie is also a big fan of family packs of tim tams on special LOL - I don't end up even getting one!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We've been super lucky with the wind blowing away from us rather than too us, just very lucky so far, though the rest of the season to come, doesn't bode well when we've had this kind of a start! Hehe, Darryl is lactose intolerant, so he doesn't eat chocolate (unless I make him and the kids their friendly chocolate!) so the treats are always for me hehe, but luckily I'm good at stretching and not just gorging hehe :D

[@theadventuresofzoomandbettie]

@@OurSmallFootprint yeah it's going to be a closely watched season!

[@sharonburling2262]

Its great that you buy yourself little presents, with the family getting the benefits! Do you make scones to go with the jam? I keep forgetting to ask you if you do lemon and sugar on pancakes? My favourite! Also blueberries in pancakes are good too! The jam and sorbet looked delicious! We've been clearing our long driveway to make it more fireproof.

[@MistepMissy]

If it brings you happiness, it's never unnecessary! Thank you for another great video. Did you come from a great line of cooks? My grandma was a wonderful cook, a ranchers wife, and I learned from her and my mom.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Hehe, that is true, I just hope I get into the process of making it more regularly :D. My mother is not much of a cook, but my grandmother lived with us when I was young as mum was a single mum and she worked full time, she had pretty bad arthritis so she used to sit at the table and direct me on how to prepare food and dinner and stuff, I think I learned very much from her how to throw things together and make it work! :D

[@susanwilliams1881]

Congratulations I love your videos

[@mamabear5425]

love the flavour of rockmelon and cream. but maybe for you guys the coconut cream would be a nice flavour too 👋

[@denesetowers4353]

Hello from central nsw and yes we all need a treat sometime you are amazing keep up the great videos but don't bust yourself

[@Emsta]

Family timtams are amazing

[@karenlauder9768]

Hi Nyssa🥰 Yay almost 10K Subscribers is awesome 🤩 So relieved to hear the fire nearby is under control now. Every time I saw it on the news I was concerned about you all!!! Yummo the blueberry lime jam sound delicious, I’m going to have to give that a go 😊I haven’t heard of calcium water before. So lovely seeing Sonnet & Lorcan helping in the kitchen. Wow even ice cream cones!!! You motivate me so much in the kitchen Nyssa 🤩 Even if I only manage one thing to your twenty😂🤣😂 Have a lovely Sunday 🥰

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It is really nice, got that slight undertone, but super tasty! The low methyl ester pectin uses the calcium water to react with instead of the high quantity of sugar, it works really well! :D Hehe, buying them would be eventful I reckon, they'd never come home in good condition! and if I can make a batch with fresh ice cream it will make it even more of a treat!

[@karenlauder9768]

@@OurSmallFootprint Thanks Nyssa, I’ll check out the pectin on GLA. Yep you would arrive home with ice cream cone crumbs 😂🤣😂

[@mariebutcher4888]

Can I ask what brand of ice cream maker you bought? I’ve had one before but didn’t get cold enough so I gave it away. Loving your posts . Thanks 👍🏻

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I bought the cuisinart ice cream and gelato maker, I read reviews on it last year when it was on sale, but didn't have the cash flow, and everyone said it worked well, it definitely got nice and cold and the wattage was low, it will be interesting to see how it goes with an actual custard ice cream, how well it makes the texture etc, I'm looking forward to experimenting. I've had one of the ones you have to freeze the bowl before but they definitely weren't up to the job when it is mid 30's outside!

[@tinapennington1587]

People here buy bags and bags of dried mangos in the grocery store. I haven’t eaten any but they must be good.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

You can buy choc dipped dried mango at costco! the kids love it, but it is very expensive for the speed at which they can consume it lol. I wish I could use my dehydrator more but it is a pretty heavy power suck :S

[@masonfamily5958]

Hey Nyssa, love your channel, we homeschool our 6 kids in QLD too! - just a bit closer to town. Which brings me to my question, just wondering how your kids go living off grid? Do they ask to socialise often? I'm finding my kids want to see friends far more than I need to! Hope you're all enjoying the warmer weather. All the best Megan x

[@OurSmallFootprint]

My eldest is 16 and I think for her she was the one who remembered living closer to people the most, but the kids were only 2,3,3,5,6,10 ish when we moved out here, so most of them, this is just what it has always been! They all have access to the internet, and D takes them into town regularly, there is a park and he lets them use the eftpos card to pay for things etc etc. They also go to church with D, I don't go, but the kids rotate who gets to go hehe. I think that they would enjoy more social options if we had them, but I also think that they don't really miss it either because its just the norm for them :D

[@rosemariemichel7050]

Anything with blueberries is a win. Is rock melon the same as cantaloupe? It looks the same.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Blueberries are superb! I agree! Yes, same thing, diff name :D

[@carolynrose9522]

How are you and D and all the kids coping with the fires around everywhere? You sound a bit more nervous imo. How did the blueberry sough dough turn out? I hope you have your water reserves topped up in case of need. Heaven forbid. It has you and D thinking on how best to prepare the property.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It's been stressful! But for the moment we know we're safe and very lucky, it has definitely made us think about a few things that we need to initiate to make things safer/easier if there is a threat again though!

[@bettiegambrill8545]

Will be good to have another intro video, I have only been subscribed for the last 3 months or so. What is your water source? We have a dedicated water line for fire fighting, but water is limited by tank status, always looking for more rain, and being mindful of usage

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We are lucky that there are two places we can collect water from, in town about 30 mins away there is a standpipe we pay $3ish per 1,000L for that 'potable' water, there is also a community bore about 10mins away which we use for the stock/garden/animal water (and if we need to we can run it through the filters into the main tank. We definitely do not get enough rain to rely on it alone unfortunately, and our tanks are nearly always quite low. One day I'd love to put a bore on the property, but that's a cost we are nowhere near being able to afford at this stage!

[@mymemories237]

Do you ever hit the op shops for clothes etc?

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We do, there's a second hand shop in town that the kids love to visit! and we accept hand me downs from any family members who wish to give them lol! But we do check out op shops when we have the capability to do it. We are lucky though that things like cheap cotton shorts and stuff like that are only a couple of dollars at places like Kmart etc!

[@mymemories237]

Love op shop vlogs 🤗

[@ykook7000]

How long have you lived out there "off grid"?

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Just over 5 years ago we moved out here onto our block! :D

[@janeandrews4850]

Where do you get the pectin from

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I buy my pectin from Green Living Australia :)

[@tessie4136]

Do you have electricity? What about town water??

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We have solar only, but plenty of it and a backup generator if required :). We don't have water to the property, but we have multiple water tanks and there is a stand pipe in town (about 30 mins away) that we can access for about $3 per 1,000L we cart it on a trailer in an IBC :)

[@tessie4136]

@OurSmallFootprint Just wondered because you said off grid. I know the area and the country but wouldn't live out there. Good luck.

[@tessie4136]

Thanks for answering.

[@kellyvandenmeiracker8951]

What area did you live in before moving off grid/Millmerran?

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We moved around a bit, Brisbane mainly, but we lived in Adelaide and Melbourne for a while for D's work, and the most recent place before here was in the outskirts of Brisbane, we were renting a couple of acres and a big house!

[@laurapakes1316]

Fan from Scotland here and just wanted to say I love the variety of things you cook! Always a good watch and get great tips! What is the name of the Japanese cabbage pancake thing you make again? I remember seeing it on a previous video but never took a note of it. Great content as always!:)

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Okonomiyaki! :D I did a video on how I make it because I had lots of requests hehe kzbin.info/www/bejne/raW5kq2mep2miM0

[@laurapakes1316]

@@OurSmallFootprint fantastic!! Thank you so much!

[@marieparks5674]

Great video

[@jeanz3622]

Doesn't everyone need an ice cream machine? No shame in that.😊

[@bylindalawrence5943]

Holy moly, where was your rooster?

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Was he loud in this one ? I can't remember, the pigs were squealing and playing at some point too though lol.

[@lindamahar1244]

You have really excel yourself. But slow down just a bit the oldies find fast talking a bit hard. But the meals and yourself have come a long way.😊

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Heh, I realise how fast I talk when I play it back to edit but at the time I don’t feel like I’m talking fast! :)