$50 Grocery Budget For January Week 1 || Family Of 5 || Recovering From The Holidays Part 2

[@jillgott6567]

What folks may miss is that when you cut the portions of meat servings you are also adding protein through the cheese in the meal. With prices so high we need to be creative in how we maintain nutrition while providing delicious meals to our families. Great job Brooke

[@greyhatdone]

I agree. I've changed the way I shop with inflation, I buy ahead/plan more ahead based on what's on sale. Picking up that chest freezer in 2021 has really helped.

[@leighwagstaff2100]

There's protein in vegetables as well 👍and you really don't need a lot of protein!... if you eat to much protein your liver stores the rest 👍

[@theresarogerssimpson1280]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@beckymcd7679]

Stop apologizing for your pan! Mine looks the exact same way because I use them often. Thanks for all you do!

[@SouthernFrugalMomma]

One thing I can say is, that pan is used very very often lol

[@shirleystrinden477]

A used pan is a flavorsome pan. I have different pans for different foods. 😆

[@kimknowlton3334]

Mine looks the same…well used and seasoned!

[@sunniertimer598]

Thats called a seasoned fry pan.

[@racheller2743]

We all have a pan like that

[@cathylongstreth5405]

Heard it pronounced once as "wash yer sister sauce," and for the likes of me I can't forget that!😂😂

[@elainenicholls7648]

Let's all help Brooke by letting the ads play during her videos. Thx everyone

[@DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw]

Will do😊

[@deannacaudill5515]

The joy of my morning!!! Thanks for being the best channel ❤ I just wrote our next family meal plan/grocery list, 2 WEEKS FOR $90! I could never have done it without your channel!

[@SouthernFrugalMomma]

Thank you so much!! I'm so happy to hear this channel has helped!!

[@donnak116]

I love how appreciative and sweet they are when you ask their opinion

[@lynne_c]

My kids don't love red sauce, but they love buffalo sauce. I heat buffalo sauce with chicken broth, thicken it with roux or cornstarch, put that over breaded chicken, top with cheese, and bake. Serve with rice, pasta, or potatoes.

[@miscelany2]

I appreciate the fact that you stretched 2 chicken breasts to feed your family. It's fine to have a larger portion once in a while but over all less is healthier. An actual portion of animal protein is the size of a deck of cards so your serving size was spot on. Plus the eggs in the coating and cheese had protein as do potatoes and green beans.

[@amandasnailtasticnails9657]

I always cut a chicken breast like Brooke and call them chicken steaks because I don’t like how they cook up whole. When they are whole I never get them done in the middle. By making steaks I can get them done.

[@PeriwinkleBluetag]

I thought I had seen just about everything but I have never heard of cracker salad and I’m Southern. You are an awesome cook and I love how frugal you are. But most of all I appreciate what good parents you are and how your boys eat everything.

[@theresarogerssimpson1280]

No worries about your pan mine look the same it's because we use them. 😂

[@amandaxx4914]

My kids are growing and always hungry. Sheesh. It is harder to keep them satisfied. I used to think it was because they're bored. They're going through a growth spurt. I love these videos.

[@mariabperez9672]

You are just so amazing…hopefully you know that.

[@sharendonnelly7770]

Brooke, to make it easy, Worcestershire sauce is pronounced.. ahem... Woost-eh-sher sauce. One of those word that everyone feels scared of! My Dad used to make fun of it when my Mom used it while cooking saying , "Wore Chester's Socks?" One of my favorites.

[@gloriaelswood8762]

In Idaho we call your fancy sauce “fry sauce”. Your meals look delicious

[@lifewithkymm]

Yes! Idaho, Washington, Oregon and California it’s fry sauce. Maybe that’s just a pnw/ west coast thing lol

[@kathleenmiller516]

Nevada too.

[@elizabethteeter6284]

How's your husband doing praying for a speedy recovery 🙏💕

[@Mimi-qc5hd]

i love mixing Mayo and katsup as a sauce, I eat it with French fries

[@thelmacampbell2623]

I love to use spaghetti sauce to make pizza! Any leftover mashed potatoes are great as potato cakes (breakfast, lunch, or dinner 😊)but u already know that...and your lunches aren't lazy, simple is good.. beans, taters, and cornbread, best comfort food...and lastly, Ms Brooke, u are a ray of 🌞

[@amandabrown5462]

I've been stocking up a pantry because of you cooking more at home andlearning new cheap recipes I am s glad I found your channel absolutely love you

[@DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw]

I love her and learning so much and I'm 71😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@nancycarney]

I tried to make cut backs for January. I have already spent $220. That being said, I do not have to go back to the grocery store for 2 weeks. I was able to get some good sales and paid $24.89 for 7 1/2 dozen crated eggs.

[@GigisHouse1974]

Your meals look delish! The cracker salad must be a southern thing, I was raised in the North, and I've never heard of it. But I also don't know everyone in the North, so, who knows??! Lol. I have pans that have been loved just as much as yours, its good to know they have cousins out there:-) I will have to try the salad and the chow chow. I've always wanted to try that. Somewhat still wet behind the ears in canning. P.S. Your children are adorable!

[@gloriapeel6887]

Thanks so much for sharing! Everything looks awesome! You should do a cook book! It would be a best seller ! Love to you and your family!

[@tinaeller9308]

Try a tablespoon of mayonnaise in your mashed potatoes, it makes them really smooth and gives great flavor but it won’t taste mayonnaise.

[@michellebeltran4157]

Made the general Tso chicken from aldi last night! Everyone ate that up!! Thank you so much for the idea. And paired it with the spring rolls from the dollar tree!

[@janallen541]

Do you have a recipe? I love general Tso chicken

[@kimknowlton3334]

I made that and my family loved it!

[@sherrieoday6848]

The taco/ pizza you made reminded me of like a Big Mac but upgraded. Also, girl stop apologizing for the way a pan looks… it does it’s job… right? That’s all that counts!!!❤️

[@sharonmckee2403]

I am amused at your personality! And your ability to be yourself and not pretend. (At least it looks that way) I am m in the south too… and I think we southerners are just east to be around. Your kids are great to give taste tests… and your husband talks like mine… in 1 word answers or grunts! Lol! I love it!

[@tjloutzenhiser2503]

thanks to being sick. i haven't made it to the market in over a week. so i am shopping my pantry and freezer. sunday i fixed a ham with assorted sides, monday, i made a casserole with all the leftovers. tuesday, i cooked up 2 corned beefs that i found in the bottom of the freezer with some mashed red potatoes. today, wednesday-- i have the leftover corned beef simmering in a brown sugar and brown mustard sauce and i topped the leftover mashed taters with cheese and a bit of parsley and got them in the oven as well. found some chicken broth leftover from the ham, and i got green beans simmering in the chicken broth. family is well fed, and i got a few dollars in my account. and i didn't have to order in pizza. lol in my area--3 pizzas are 100.00 including the delivery fee.

[@deborahgreene1256]

You are just amazing! You are definitely frugal and such a good cook! Thanks for sharing your life with your precious family! God bless you and yours! 🙏🏻👵❤

[@nwad3322]

If you put sweet pickle relish in your “fancy sauce” it becomes thousand island dressing!

[@SouthernFrugalMomma]

I might try that next time we make patty melts!

[@leeanncornell8305]

😋😍🥰😇🤩🎉🎈😁

[@nadiac6042]

There you go dinner 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.stay bless my friend 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️

[@lolareh8756]

Hey, Brooke.. I guess you haven't heard Pepper Belly Pete refer to Worcestershire sauce as "wash your sister sauce". I'll never call it anything else from now on. LOL. It's even funnier to hear him say it.....he's got that same southern twang we do...

[@amyquillen2506]

Breakfast for dinner is always a hit in our house. I try to do it 2-3 X a month. We usually don't eat first thing in the morning either.

[@ryannfox301]

My family is originally (a few generations back) from rural Mississippi. They often ate beans, cornbread and MAYO. I saw Collin's bowl of pinto beans and cornbread. Try some mayo mixed in next time (a big spoonful) and you'll be amazed! They also eat cornbread with mayo in vegetable soup and it is so, so good!!!

[@PeggyParrish-sg1eu]

Try this with the fancy sauce! Use more mayo than ketchup not a big difference in amount. Add garlic salt, worchester sauce and plenty of black pepper. All ingredients to taste. Best chicken and fries sauce ever!! Or anything really. ❤

[@BLUECRABNETWORK]

Add some relish to that fancy sauce and its Thousand Island. 🎉 😊

[@AshleyRamirez-v1p]

We do the sausage that way, scrambled eggs on the side and corn tortillas with homemade salsa. So easy and so good.

[@DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw]

Brooke that chicken parm meal looked so good. All your meals look great, i think it was the home grown green beans❤❤...they looked like my mammaws😊😊😊

[@kristinstauffer]

I have never heard of cracker salad. Grew up in Illinois, lived in Virginia Beach for 5 years, and now in Phoenix for 15....lol.

[@maurinadittenhaffer6140]

Brooke Enjoyed seeing your meals. Your chicken parm looked amazing we like having breakfast for dinner too. Your meals looked great.

[@laceyhodges3905]

I love all of your boys they are so sweet and respectful but Ky is so funny when he faints! I live in North Alabama but I swear if you lived closer, we would be best friends. Next time we visit the Smokies I will be looking for you!

[@skybluepinkd]

I love the fried sandwich ham. When me and dad got our first apartment when I was he couldn't cook much but knew how to make mashed potatoes so he'd fry up sandwich ham and we'd have cucumbers on the side

[@rachaelturley8977]

In Michigan, we call “Fancy Sauce” Fry Sauce…you go to McDonalds and ask for fry sauce, you’ll get a cup of that to dip your fries in 😁

[@kristinmoore4624]

We don't do breakfast either but love breakfast foods! I've been that way my whole life and my kids followed suit, my husband adjusted lol. I can appreciate quick lazy meals. 👍🏻

[@cindaschuster6725]

Never seen cracker salad before. 👍

[@misfit7610]

Great job girlfriend I love the meals! I made a couple of the meals soooooo stinking easy! We're loosing 1/3 of our income so these budget meals help us out so much. Our pantry is full and I'm planning on spending no more than 100 for the month for the 3 of us or even less if possible. Thanks again Brooke for these meals LOVE YOU!!!

[@jennifertriplett9537]

We aren't breakfast people in my home either 🤷 people can take their judgements else where it is what it is ❤ from your Ohio friend

[@dellawhalen3937]

Your pan is 'well seasoned'..just shows you use it. I have several like that. Lol. Keep on doing what you do. You have great ideas for people & I love watching you! ❤️

[@FluffyMarshmallow-x6r]

Toad in the holes 😄. My Dad used to feed them to us, but he called them Chicken in the Window. Bc it looks like a chickens eyeball in a Window.

[@aimee2234]

Thanks, Brooke! I love watching. Have a phenominal day and be blessed always! xoxo

[@SouthernFrugalMomma]

Thank you! You too!

[@Mrs.Peachthriftyliving]

You are one of my favorite KZbinrs who do cooking you always make something look so easy and practical thank you so very much ❤️

[@rosetyler592]

I make a similar 🫑 pepper, onion 🧅 and sausage dish. However I add about 3 to 4 Tbs of Apple jelly towards the end it makes a really nice sauce as it cooks down. We eat it over rice.

[@carrieragsdale8797]

I made your chow chow-it reminds me of my Grandmother’s and it brought back so may good memories 😂❤😊

[@kaykrausman8012]

Dang! Great way to take out your frustrations, while pounding the chicken pieces!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The end result looks delicious, by the way😋

[@Enasbooksandbudgets]

I'm cravin my momma's soup beans and corn bread! I put it on my meal plan for Feb. I have everything except stuff for cornbread. I cannot wait. My pops is waiting for it too. Haven't had it since momma passed in 2019.

[@ambernible9760]

If you ever go to Idaho you can order your fancy sauce at restaurants. You just ask for fry sauce. I have always been told that if you ask for fry sauce in other parts of the country they don't know what you are talking about, but now I know I have to call it fancy sauce.

[@desertfamilyhomestead3127]

You are doing what I will be doing in February and March. This month we always have extra money from our seasonal job so I get my pantry restocked in January.

[@spilltheteaalloverme8810]

I had a friend who’s brother was a butcher and he said don’t buy tube meats they’re lesser quality

[@sallygordin2869]

Everything looks great 👍 Blessings!!

[@annebarlow9807]

Greetings from Cornwall England. In the UK we use far more letters than we need in a lot of our words. Worcestershire is said Wus-ter-sher. I thoroughly enjoy your videos.

[@theresarogerssimpson1280]

@Southern frugal momma plant the end of the romaine lettuce it will grow. You can do indoors in a pot during winter. Just a suggestion.

[@UpDownMichelle]

Worcestershire sauce I think is pronounced "wusta" "sure"... but who really knows lol

[@rubytaylor4566]

Your meals looks Delicious 😋 Ms Ruby

[@catholicfaithofmine2664]

Yup. I'm actually spending a little over 40.00 a week for my family. Living out of my pantry and doing no spend months this year. It's pronounced Wooster Shear sauce lol

[@pennyelliot5658]

I pronounce it Wustersure sauce lol part that comes from my Tennessee accent and part of that is the fact I can't pronounce the word worth a flip!! Iol

[@Lellieg8]

Your fancy sauce is very similar to the crawfish dip we make down here in Southern Louisiana, to eat boiled crawfish with. Its ketchup, mayo (normally Blue Plate), Tabasco to taste, Worcestershire sauce, and your Cajun seasoning of choice (Tonys, Slap, any of them really). My mom will add a squeeze of lemon sometimes, and that's good too. (Fun fact, Raisin Canes was started down here, and they basically just use crawfish dip, for their Canes sauce lol)

[@jeanlujan6129]

A sandwich shop that I used to work at a long time ago they used to make that combination and Collett French salad dressing

[@PhyllisMurphy-o9k]

When I saw the sheet pan you put your tortillas on in the first night meal I swear I was looking at one of my own. You are not alone. You are really good and inspirational at this! Keep up the good work!

[@Hotmessbudgets]

Omg that parm look so good and easy. Also I have never seen someone mash potatoes with beaters!! Genius! Going to try it next time for sure!! Now that I think of it I have everything I need to make this dish exactly as you did 🤩😍😍

[@lisaybarra3903]

I love your enthusiasm and energy. I always look forward to watching your videos too. The chicken pasta dish looks so good. I have a question for you. Off the top of my head I cant remember, but have you made any videos using up canned chicken? I've made salad and alfredo with it, but I need some more uses for it because I bought a few cans of it and need some new ideas please. Thank you.

[@maryjanespangler7488]

My daughters made a ketchup and mayonnaise sauce for their tacos when they were young. They called it their secret sauce! They still make it today when they have tacos!

[@marianawarden7380]

I just wanted to thank you for the egg substitute you made. I actually made the brownies with apple sauce 😋🤤 it was so good you are amazing with your ideas

[@SouthernFrugalMomma]

I'm so glad it worked for you! I thought the brownies with applesauce was better than the original with eggs. I am gonna stick to that!

[@marianawarden7380]

So am I 👍👍🥰

[@mickeynance7727]

I’m from the south, never heard of cracker salad…..google cracker salad, how did my family miss this one!

[@joycepedercini3841]

I don’t drain the liquid from my beans I use all of it because there’s a lot of soluble fiber along with flavor and that liquid

[@aliciapalozzi7117]

You’re the best!! I just love your fun personality and great meal plans

[@jenniferf3704]

Good Morning my Beautiful Friend, that I have never actually met. However, I do see you as my friend! Much love to you and yours!!

[@angelarothbauer8096]

Love how the baby used a tablespoon for his beans lol😂 commenting for the channel

[@SouthernFrugalMomma]

He loves his beans lol

[@jessicamudrow335]

I'm from Utah and we call "Fancy Sauce" just "fry sauce" and we dip French fries in it. I'm going to have to try cheeseburger pizza!

[@ashleytyler8218]

To your sauce add some mustard and Cajun seasoning and you have crawfish dip

[@paulamccarthy8197]

You might do breakfast if you had the food ready in the fridge or pre-made pancakes or breakfast wraps or overnight oats

[@christeenprice5637]

Brooke you have some great ideas, thanks for sharing 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@lindaroper6698]

The Beans & Taters looked Yummy.

[@Nana_of_3]

We used to do that and eat it in salads instead of buying dressings

[@doriscondor1243]

That Chicken Parm looks 🔥

[@wandamay13]

I love that sauce on salads!

[@desertoasiscreations]

In Carolina, your fancy sauce is known as fry sauce in California it's just mayo and ketchup mix it's funny how different states have a different name for the same thing.

[@christinelinder4954]

I would suggest laying the chicken on top of the sauce so it stays crispy.

[@BergenholtzChannel]

Yeah, I think it must be a southern thing. I have never heard of cracker salad before you.

[@addictionmouse4627]

Never heard of cracker salad but it looks good and worth a try!! Thanks!

[@hollygibson628]

Brooke (that is how you spell it, just ask my momma) is my middle name. Idk why ppl dont like giving us our "E". I LOVE CANNING MY HAMBURGER MEAT, total game changer. How long does it take you to cook ground beef for any recipe 20-30 minutes? In 20-30 minutes plus canning time. I can do several pounds of ground beef. Then, every time you would cook, that 20-30 minues becomes under 5 minutes and makes recipes easy for weeknight prep.

[@cnk2hoo]

Super interested in who else has heard of cracker salad. I'm in VA, and it's a first for me.

[@lilrustee]

Good job! Love this video. Oh, and that sheet pan? That’s patina on there! I don’t trust someone who has perfect pans yet they use them all of the time.

[@catheyclarke2132]

Hi lovely Lady 😆😆 That dinner looks fantastic xxxx Well done 👍👍

[@laura-id5nd]

i live up north allmy life, but had relatives in and from the south (Mississippi and Alabama) never heard of cracker salad!

[@tinaryan3877]

Love your channel and I always get some great ideas! We bought your budget book and are also trying $50 a week for our family of 5! Using what we have and replacing a bit to the pantry weekly.. thank you again for the great meals!

[@chill6148]

There is nothing like breakfast for dinner to sooth the soul! Some of my favorite dinners have been breakfast! Love it! 😋Thanks for the video Brooke!

[@bethclay476]

We do the ketchup mayo mix for our crawfish dip here in south Louisiana love it. 💕💕 Well I add spice to mine.

[@kaybee8646]

Bacon would be awesome on those cheeseburger pizzas!!

[@arlenenipp5651]

I have never heard of cracker salad but I think it sounds yummy

[@mwahl1686]

Did you ever find your angel hair?? That happened to us with a pack of already cooked, but frozen, ground turkey tacos *taco meat. Both of us were like... I saw it... where IS it? Found it yesterday doing a chest freezer deep dive. In with the packs of raw frozen ground beef. Makes sense. 😆

[@janetgoodworth]

Broooke honey,being british im gonna bave to correct you not in a bad way but toad in the hole is sausages cooked in the oven in yorshire pudding batter untill it rises and turns a lovely brown colour and the sausages are cooked completely,everything has to go in a deep metal roasting pan and once tge sausages are in tge dish,in tge batter you can not touch them in any way,but trust me it is delicious and worth a try

[@pennygiller2377]

You could have cheeseburger quesadias.....spelled that wrong. But yum! Try for sharing these recipes.