What we Eat in a Week | Monthly Groceries | Large Family | From Scratch | Off Grid Australia 145

[@kelliking4449]

You're a rock star! Its unbelievable that your family eats gourmet meals on week for of a 6 week grocery cycle, out in the bush. Nyssa you have such a natural talent🎃🎃

[@kelliking4449]

Week 4 of a 6 week grocery cycle🙈

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It's taken work to get to the point where we get to eat really diversely through the whole period of time, and I do miss the fresh veg towards the end of the month, we get plenty of frozen veg that have more than enough nutrients, but its just not the same! Which is why I really want to get my gardens working and succession planting hehe

[@sharoncarley6102]

Love love love your content ❤

[@susanedwards9473]

WOW!!! Family is eating at a 5 star restaurant off grid a month after the grocery haul! Hats off to the chef for all the thinking and planning! Not to mention making it happen day after day!👍🏼❤😃

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I like to think my cooking skills make up for my lack of other homemaking skills lol, I keep my kitchen clean and well used but I'm not so great at everything else! :D

[@maureenrose5871]

My sentiments exactly .....love this style of program but only watch a few from America now I'm enjoying this1 so much no nonsense just realistic how refreshing ,I admire your true grit if I may say so I am 80 and can still be inspired by a get in and get it type person cheers to you and your families

[@sallyhostetter2820]

Coffee first thing in the morning. Oh Yes. Your sourdough Focaccia looks so great. I love the chickens talking in the background. Cheers to more great food from you in this video.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Can't go without coffee! hehe.

[@christinacollins3962]

I am totally hooked on your videos. I thoroughly enjoy sharing your off grid life in Australia.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Naww, thank you :D

[@countrymousesfarmhouse497]

This was fantastic, great work on all the variety and delicious foods so close to shopping week too. It really flowed well . Thank you for sharing lovely 💚

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Sometimes it feels repetitive while I'm in it but when I look back, there's a fair bit of variety there! :D

[@foranken]

I realize it isn"t true, but you seem tireless! Thank you for your videos, and for feeding eight people three times a day.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Definitely not tireless! But I do try and keep busy heh, thank you Bob :)

[@mylife-321-0]

There is always something great for dinner at your place!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I do try and keep the variety going, I'm one who will just not bother eating if it isn't something appealing! :)

[@gabbyfowl]

Love your videos. You are so creative and inspiring. Everything looks so delicious

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you! :)

[@VanthyChhim]

Wow, so yummy! Lots of variety in your food which helps in a well balanced nutritious meals.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I definitely enjoy variety, I get bored easily and just choose not to eat if there isn't at least a bit of variety! :D

[@kymcast]

Your so inspiring! Thank you mountains for spending the time to share with us.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you! :)

[@kmartaus]

I can't wait to see what you make for the silly season 😍🥰

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Already planning! with only the two shopping trips now until Christmas, I have to figure some things out well in advance!

[@lindamackin5685]

Hearing the rooster brought back happy memories of being at my grandparents home... Lovely tasty looking meals... Great video.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We've got a rooster in an isolation pen in the house yard atm lol, he was injured somehow and his girls were picking on him, so until the wound was less red we isolated him, he's very very noisy! :D

[@annfromma8456]

I would love to see more but maybe wait until after Christmas. :) It was interesting to see your thought process in regards to meals.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

The next couple of shopping trips will vary a bit as we prep for Christmas! and I use Christmas as an excuse to make some treat foods I don't normally hehe.

[@jenstewark8087]

I’m a new subscriber your video showed up and now I’m hooked You have amazing talent I remember cooking on a bbq everyday and i love in Canada where the weather turns fast and cold Cooked on a bbq for 3 years It’s amazing what women can do to make your family happy Keep the videos going

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Welcome! It was a bit of a learning curve, but I'm pretty happy with everything these days! :D

[@farmbabylife9618]

You're incredible. Amazing mother and amazing person. Well done. Very inspiring xx

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you! :D

[@maude5160]

As always a other great video Nyssa, love the different things you make. Noisy Mr Rooster certainly was chucking in his two cents worth today. You must look forward to shopping trips regardless of the huge amount of work they generate as you get to see your mum. Take care xx

[@OurSmallFootprint]

The break is nice, its not a break as such, being so busy, but its a change of scene and that's enough! Foxx is in the tractor in the house yard atm as he had an injury and we isolated him from his girls so they wouldn't pick at it lol, very unhappy to be there!

[@maude5160]

@@OurSmallFootprint speedy recovery to Mr foxx👍

[@Poketfullofvintage]

Wonderful.. you sure do do it well… just found your channel.. and good for you… I’ll have to go back and revisit your others videos..do you home school as well?.. I guess I’ll stumble across all that watching other .. videos… TFS and wish you great success here…..

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you! Yes, we homeschool. Have always sort of fell into it and have never wanted to change :)

[@sambalina8856]

Great video Nyssa.. I really enjoyed “what you eat in a week”.. you mentioned you make hollandaise sauce, is it lactose free? If so, would you do a video please? 💐

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We do, we have made it with coconut oil and with nuttelex/dairy free margarine before! I'm sure D would be thrilled with me making it to show you :D

[@jodiethane9359]

Wow! You cook such diverse meals. Love it all. How did you learn to cook the asian meals? I use youtube to learn lol. I also start my day with coffee or I am worthless the rest of the day. When I get to the states for the holidays, I must buy that knife contraption. I make a lot of pizzas, and I think that would be just dandy to cut them. This was one of my fave videos for the month. ❤️

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I too use KZbin and the internet a lot! I find if I look around enough I can find a really diverse group of instructions and pick and choose what I want to use and then alter it to suit our family! We love the pizza cutter, its new, we were using a wheel one which works, but as Kirsten said it tends to slide your toppings around a bit!

[@voodookitchenmama]

Everyhing looks so good. The pancakes are interesting, I need to watch your video making them.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We really enjoy them, and so versatile. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpuUqYyAh7WUj9k

[@aussiemum0816]

I love this video - you give me inspiration

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you! I'm glad! :D

[@tawanajackson5545]

I have riblets in the instant pot and then I'm going to put them in the oven with sauerkraut 🌞🌞

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Delish! :D

[@jacquelinesmith2966]

Fun to watch and very interesting!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I wasn't really sure how to put it together tbh! lol, I'm glad its watchable :D

[@each_day_is_new]

It all looks amazing 😍

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you :D

[@DaenaDanzig777]

I enjoyed this video a lot, hope you do more. ❤

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I will try and do one a month at least :). They're a lot of work!

[@jenniferr2057]

Wonder woman! Food is your super power! Lol.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It kinda makes up for my bad homemaking skills lol

[@theresebizabishaka7605]

Enjoyed this type of video...everything looked great.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you Therese :)

[@lt5880]

Thanks for sharing. Everything looked great. Do you have anything similar to Thanksgiving in Australia?

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Not that we celebrate, no! :). We just go straight to Christmas hehe.

[@jackieburnett6881]

Great meals

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you Jackie :)

[@lynneanthony168]

Fantastic meals,Nyssa!! The rooster though......

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Lol, so noisy! He’s in the yard atm in a tractor in isolation because he had a wound and his girls were pecking at it heh

[@georgiegirl6815]

Those frittatas are beautiful!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Such a simple but tasty and pretty meal!

[@susanwilliams1881]

Thanks for sharing

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thanks for watching! :D

[@cathybradley1544]

Yum, yum and yum!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank You!

[@vermontnative5676]

You’re amazing

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you :)

[@tawanajackson5545]

You're awesome. I can never get my sourdough starter to work ☹☹

[@OurSmallFootprint]

There was definitely a learning curve, it took time and practice and lots of fails!

[@tawanajackson5545]

@@OurSmallFootprint I have never been able to make it. Idk what I'm doing wrong.

[@karishatavendale3432]

With only going shopping every 6 weeks, do you have a rigid menu plan, or is it just wing it. Loved seeing what you had for meals

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I just wing it, I try to make sure that as I'm prepping something it is used for the next couple of meals in a diff way, or frozen for use later kinda thing. I tend to plan only a day ahead lol, long enough to have something out of the freezer, or sourdough made etc! I have a fairly good idea of how much food we require for the period of time, as in frozen vegetables and that kind of thing, but we do run low sometimes if I use something more than normal, but we always have some items on the shelves to top things up, soups full of veg and that kinda thing that can be eaten as is, or put with pasta or turned into pies etc!

[@kellyvandenmeiracker8951]

I really enjoyed watching this. Ps Maggi gravy is the BEST!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It's so good! and we use the empty buckets for so many things lol.

[@kellyvandenmeiracker8951]

@@OurSmallFootprint Same :)

[@nannysdiner07]

Great Video!! Love it!! TYFS

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you Nancy :D

[@thelmacampbell2623]

Its after midnight, but those mashed potatoes are making me hungry....

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Mashed potatoes are the perfect comfort food hehe!

[@rebeccajohnson967]

Hi Nyssa, Just out of curiousity where did you get that amazing pizza cutter, please?

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I have been asked a few times! I should have mentioned it! It is new to me and I got it from the Thermomix store, its really good, the handles are attached so no pieces to lose and the edge on it is wonderful! thermomix.com.au/products/ovana-pizza-knife

[@saravillareal6012]

All of your meals are so tasty 😋 I would love 💕 to eat with you!!!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I try, I like food to be appealing, I'm inclined to just not eat if it doesn't appeal lol

[@janachhetri1277]

Do you have the tempyarki receipe. It looked yum 😋 . Thank you

[@OurSmallFootprint]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpuUqYyAh7WUj9k I think is the most recent one! :D

[@aeonfluxcapacitor77]

When something is edible but not good my dad says it'll make a turd, 😂

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Lol, that's true! :D

[@narellemacpherson9759]

So how do you manage to fit in all the childrens schoolwork? So I’d love to see them doing their Distance Education Papers, does Daryl oversee their schoolwork?

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We don’t do distance education, we build our own curriculum, so there is a lot of hands on work as well as worksheets :) we both take turns supervising work, some kids do work in my kitchen with me etc, but we aren’t limited for 9-3 either :)

[@naturewoman1274]

My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw that massive pizza cutter, are they all that big I need a new one as our silly wheel type cutter broke and using a knife just tends to slide all the toppings around do you have a link please cheers Nyssa hope you're having a beautiful day is certainly gorgeous weather in Vic today xx

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We just got this one, hubby took one look at it and declared it a klingon Bat'leth lol, its the Thermomix one! they sell it with their gas pizza ovens! It's a really reasonable price for the quality too! thermomix.com.au/products/ovana-pizza-knife

[@naturewoman1274]

@@OurSmallFootprint I just ordered it I'm not sure if I did the right thing I added your name as my thermomix consultant, I hope you get a kick back for this even though I haven't bought a thermomix trim you yet! 😉

[@OurSmallFootprint]

@@naturewoman1274 Heh, thank you! We're really happy with it, we've tried a few diff cutters this one has a good edge on it and the handle doesn't come off which is good for us, because we tend to lose things that have pieces!

[@wannie9731]

Mine too

[@rosemariemichel7050]

Tasty meals

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you 😋

[@MrArron4949]

Would love to know what your off grid set up is. Solar? Generator?

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We have two arrays, a main system with Victron gear, 3kva inverter (multiplus) and additional charge controller. 12 strings of 3 panels on the roof using combiner boxes and a bank of 12x2v 1080ah gel batteries. The secondary array is smaller, 8 strings of 2 panels into a Chinese branded inverter and charge controller with half the size second hand battery bank, it doesn’t hold charge real well but it works for my seedling mats, water transfer and grey water pump and the thermomix/dehydrator during daylight hours :). We have an 8kva generator that plugs into the main system as well to top things off. As the kids have gotten older and are starting to stay up later the electronics of an evening mean we have to top off the solar far more often than we’d like!

[@MrArron4949]

Thanks very much for getting back to me. Will look into it as we only moved and are using a generator at the moment.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

@@MrArron4949 the first thing we bought was a pre wired board, then we only had to connect the panels, we got it via Energy Connections I think their name was, that gave us a lot of knowledge and ability to understand how it all worked before hooking up secondary systems etc! Panels are super cheap second hand, so can always get those easy, mounting them can be challenging though depending on tree lines etc!

[@joannvalentine402]

YUM!

[@shirleyspencer2576]

I reckon that rooster would taste pretty good😂

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Lol! Yop! We culled the last lot of roosters for eating but didn’t get the second group done!

[@karolynforeman7529]

Your food looks delicious..an off grid restaurant..regatds

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I really like variety when it comes to food, I don’t have a huge appetite and I find I just won’t eat unless it’s something that appeals!

[@pattyk101]

Food looks good but the kitchen needs a good scrubbing 🤥🙄

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Kitchen is outdoors on the patio :) gets scrubbed every day, but we live in basically a desert ;). Everything always looks grubby especially when filming whilst making /serving instead of straight after cleaning / before starting :). We’re ok with it as is :)

[@wendydaniels759]

It's hard to believe in this day and age people still think cooking in tallow and eating predominately meat is bad for you . Far from it and better than a bunch of grains and seed oils . Maybe people need to do a bit more research

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I think the problem is that there’s so much contradiction out there for both sides and they all present research that proves their views etc and it’s very hard to understand for a lot of people, so they pick a side and stick with it

[@wendydaniels759]

@@OurSmallFootprint you don't need evidence to see people's health has got worse . We should be eating like it's 1950 . They didn't use seed oils and weren't scared to eat lots of meat . They were healthier than we are today