We Ate Depression Era Food ALL DAY! What Did It Cost In 2021? - Healthy Budget Meals For 2

[@GrandmaFeral]

What is your favorite cheap meal to eat or make? Let us know in the comments below!

[@deedreamccarthy6666]

No Bombay Rum soaked raisins?😉🤗💞 Just kidding .. On a serious note most brilliant suggestions. Thank You

[@Kadish_Angel]

Hi dear grandma! I love all your recipes because they're mostly without meat, eggs and milk: and we just can't afford these kind of itens here in Brazil anymore, because they're very, very, veeeeeeery expensive. Even the fruits and vegetables are not ecxataly cheep, but sometimes we can buy them direct from the farmers who produce them. Sorry about grammar mistakes. A hug from your "granddaughter" here in Brazil, Kadish

[@vchafab]

We eat a lot of breakfast foods, omelettes, french toasts, and oatmeal. But we have chickens and I make my bread so those are free. We also eat a lot of bean soups since beans are still inexpensive in the US.

[@Randoplants]

I am a big fan of cornmeal porridge (cornmeal, butter, milk, raisins, and some kind of sweetener). I only learned about it a few years ago, but it has become one of my favorites. It’s cheap and filling, and a good alternative to oatmeal.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for sharing your favorite meal and for watching👩🏻

[@NothingToNoOneInParticular]

I'm loving the Depression era meal recipes. My budget for a week, for 21 meals, snacks, desserts and drinks is $35. These recipes HELP a lot. Love it. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Glad to hear that my Depression era recipes help you. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@missannettep6796]

@@GrandmaFeral Perhaps I have missed it, but any with baked beans or beans on toast? I guess they had snacks during the Depression.

[@frugalmum7943]

"Sarah loves food" Channel can also help :) Here are a few tips, I've got loads more if you are interested. (sending love from Australia). One can of coconut milk or coconut cream. Cheap chicken such as drumsticks. Simmer the chicken in the coconut liquid until it's cooked. Pour liquid and chicken over cooked rice and any vegetables you can gather or purchase inexpensively. You can also cook the rice with the chicken /coconut liquid mix. This is surprisingly flavourful. (my Mother used to make this.) ......... One can of Coconut cream or milk. Curry powder to taste. A whole roasted cauliflower. Chicken and/ or vegetable stock (a bullion cube in water is cheapest generally.) Simmer roasted cauliflower in coconut liquid and stock. Add curry powder just before serving to avoid heat, or add during simmering to increase heat. You can blend it for a smooth soup, or mash with a potato masher for a lovely chunky soup. Serve with toast. (many breads go on clearance at bakeries near the end of the day. Some bakeries sell or give away large bags of 'chicken scraps' stale bread etc, these are great so ask around.) .......... Coconut cream or milk, cook rice in it... Add spices and dry or fresh fruit to sweeten. This makes a lovely chilled desert treat. ......... Cut up stale bread or bread crusts into cubes. Put in an old, clean bread bag or similar. Add oil to coat and home made (cheapest) cinnamon sugar. Bake in oven until golden. Stores well in airtight jar. Lovely to crunch on or add to assorted deserts. ....... Stale bread or crust cubes, margarine or oil or butter Garlic flakes or crushed garlic Parsley Brown in oven, stores well in airtight container, great with soups. Or sprinkle over mashed potatoes. ........ Taco seasoning, potatoes cut into cubes or wedges, oil. Place in breadbag or similar and mix. Bake until golden. Freezes well, a filling TV snack for guests or self. Lovely addition to many meals or eat as a meal. As your local greengrocers if they sell bags of odds and ends. Many do. This can be made into everything from fruit salad (from partly bruised fruit) to vegetable soups and more. ......... Oats rubbed with butter or margarine and sugar or similar can be spread over fruit (from bruised cheap finds etc) and baked to make a filling crumble. Warm and delicious breakfast or desert :) Homemade custard from powder is cheap to add if you like. .......... Homemade or store brought clearance soups mixed with pasta or rice are filling. ......... Stale bread, remove crusts. Flatten each slice. Spread with butter or margarine or oil. Push into a muffin tray to form 'bowls'. Bake until golden. Stores well in airtight container. Place leftovers in 'bread bowl', sprinkle with cheese. Bake until warm. Lovely picnic /finger food. Filling meal or snack depending on how many you have. Can also be served as an appetiser or side dish. .......... Roast carrots are filling. Drizzle with a honey sachet (often available free at fast food places). .......... Tea in a variety of options, from fruit teas to 'real' tea is a cheap drink and often increases nutrition. Loose leaf supermarket options are often cheaper than the bags, per serving. .......... Pasta, mayonnaise and frozen peas. ............ Try to meal plan for a fortnight based on what you manage to get on the cheap. For example a fruit blend made from overripe or bruised clearance fruit can be prepared for a fortnight of uses. From crumple to fresh fruit salad (use first) to frozen fruit to add to a breakfast smoothy (made with milk brought on clearance). Milk can be frozen in icecube trays and kept stored in zip lock freezer bags for tea/coffee/hot chocolate. Buy in bulk. $8 for 5 kg of rice on sale in Australia is a good deal, I'm not sure about where you live. (lasts us about 6-8months and saves us a small fortune.) ........ Fried rice. Pre cook rice with a bullion cube or two. One chicken and one vegetable works well. Let cool and dry a little. Mix any meat and vegetable scraps and odds and ends or frozen vegetables mixes found on clearance. Fry in bacon fat if you have any, otherwise any oil, animal fats, margarine or butter will do. ........ Mix garlic, parsley and margarine. Freeze or keep in fridge. Mix in with mash potatoes, roast vegetables, spread on stale bread to make garlic bread etc ............. Roast apple with brown sugar and raisins in core hole. Pour over cream. (like milk, cream purchased on clearance can be frozen in ice trays and stored in freezer in resealable bags.) ........ Baked beans over mashed potatoes with a lovely runny egg on top is filling and delicious. ............ Lettuce sliced up and mixed with mayonnaise or salad dressing (free from fast food restaurants) is a lovely crunchy fresh treat. ........... Grate potatoes, squeeze out juice. Mix with an egg, add salt and pepper and fry to make your own hash browns. These freeze well. Add other vegetables if desired. ......... DIY burger patties. I cheat and buy rissoles from my local butcher, and flatten them. Add lettuce, tomato, cheese etc to a toasted burger patty. Add homemade chips or wedges. (the trick is to fry them, let them cool, fry again.... Lovely and crunchy.) I also make burgers with an egg and a slice of bacon as an alternative. You can mix and match. Bacon and tomato and lettuce is nice too. Add a homemade hash brown if you like. ..........

[@poopsiekins2732]

fantastic , VERY creative. i say very VERY creative.... no "poor house meals" here! absoutely fabulous. please shae more. i will watch for your name in the comments sections!!! thank you for sharing !

[@poopsiekins2732]

comment is especially for frugal Mum, but also fo everyone else.

[@moniquemosley2122]

I really enjoyed this, Grandma Ferral. Please do more videos on Depression era menus. Nowadays these skills are much needed. 🙂

[@GrandmaFeral]

I will do more videos. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@KellieAnn71]

Yes, I absolutely agree with you- many of us know nothing of these skills.

[@robynperdieu3434]

I agree. My parents grew up during the Depression but other than cheese on crackers (after divorce), they were too traumatized by it to be frugal. A case of Affluenza where happy days were here and being poor was in the past.

[@MysterChaser]

You and Grandpa are amazing!! 👍👍

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you and have a good day👩🏻

[@vchafab]

Thank you for all the wonderful ideas! I am going to eat this exact meal plan tomorrow. In preparation for the expected inflation in the US and with the pandemic continuing on, we just recently got chickens so we could have free eggs and started a garden this year. I also learned how to make homemade bread this summer. That will save my household a lot as well. Thank you again ❤️

[@GrandmaFeral]

I am glad to hear you will be eating this meal plan. You will save money having Chickens, making homemade bread and having a garden. Have a good day and thanks for watching ❤️👩🏻

[@patriciamorgan6545]

Growing up, we had chickens, which were free to roam the yard. In the summer, they lived largely on bugs and grass, and in colder months, we gave them chicken feed and corn. Year-round, we also saved the kitchen scraps (potato peels, tomato trimmings, squash seeds, etc) for them as well. Helps save money for their upkeep. You haven't lived until you've learned to 'hypnotize' a setting chicken so you can remove her egg from beneath her without getting pecked!

[@martyrose]

🎈🎉Congratulations 20,000 subs!!🎉🎈 This is a great idea for videos. So many people don't have any idea how to plan and shop economically. I was thinking the other day they need to bring back Home Economics in schools for this reason. That will probably get me laughed off YT! Thanks Grandma & Grandpa!❤❤

[@GrandmaFeral]

Great minds think alike as I was just thinking back to when I took Home Economics in school. I still have the apron I made in class. Many people today only know how to buy prepared foods. Thank you for watching and have a good day👩🏻

[@martyrose]

@@GrandmaFeralI know and if you look at some of these meal delivery services that deliver prepared meals, they're $10.00 per serving. I can't imagine. Funny. First thing I made in Home Ec. was also an apron. We had a choice, apron or 2 pillow cases. Maybe you should become YTs Home EC teacher and Grandpa can teach Shop! 💙💜

[@trinawilliams1980]

This was very nice to watch. I can eat oatmeal every day. My favorite meal is rice and beans with a side veggie. I would like some gardening tips. I have a cherry tomato plant that was given to me from my CSA (Community Supported Agricultural). They grow the produce on their farm. You pay a set price for a weekly share. We get a variety of vegetables weekly. Thank you for sharing simple, affordable and filling meal ideas Grandma and Grandpa. Peace & Blessings

[@GrandmaFeral]

That is wonderful that you get fresh vegetables weekly. Make sure your cherry tomato plant is in a sunny location and it gets plenty of water. Thank you for watching👩🏻

[@trinawilliams1980]

@@GrandmaFeral It is truly farm to table. I pick up my produce every Tuesday. My tomato plant is in a sunny spot. I water it daily. It produces beautiful orange cherry tomatoes. Thank you

[@shelly3343]

Great ideas. My favorite cheap meal is a cucumber sandwich.

[@GrandmaFeral]

I like a cucumber sandwich for lunch. Thank you for watching ❤️👩🏻

[@deebee7746]

My favorite too.

[@shelly3343]

@@GrandmaFeral Yw.

[@sokphearem4109]

Me too! But if u like tomatoes try tomato sandwich w miracle whip on it.its sooo good!

[@shelly3343]

@@sokphearem4109 Yes done that one many times. I like my bread toasted :)

[@underthetornado]

My favorite is macarons cheese in a box with tuna.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Mac N Cheese is one of my favorites but I don’t make it that often. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@virgoviking2331]

I love this! One of my favorite meals is cabbage and noodles

[@GrandmaFeral]

Cabbage and noodles are so good. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@willothewispl]

Yes, love cabbage and noodles.

[@melaniebutler6440]

My family has farmed and lived in the Bluegrass (Kentucky) since Colonial Days. During the Depression, my great-grandparents and grandparents grew almost all of their food, from beef and pork, chickens and eggs, huge kitchen gardens and orchards. The Wii’s blackberries were used every year, watercress growing through the snow during winter and they canned all their fruits and vegetables. Jam, jellies, preserves and honey too. Wheat and corn was taken from their farms to local mills. During WWII, they provided meat, butter, milk,vegetables and eggs to the Officers at various military bases too. Workers on the farms were fed three big meals a day. So, we learned from an early age how to grow and preserve food. Even now, if money is a bit tight, our favourite summer thrifty meal is cornbread ( our eggs) with butter beans (our garden) with fresh vine-ripe tomatoes and cucumbers salad from our garden, bits of local bacon added to give the butter beans taste and stick-to-the-ribs energy. Dessert blackberry cobbler from wild blackberries. Watermelon later on the porch, from our gardens. In the winter, I use my own canned tomatoes and beans to make tasty and healthy soups and stews, vegetarian and with frozen local beef for chili. We grow seven types of hot peppers, four types sweet peppers and I freeze lots of garden produce plus apples from our orchard and blackberries and Marion berries for inexpensive but delicious cobblers and muffins and pies. I freeze and can succotash, from our Lima beans and corn, I can make many things from this too. Providing good thrifty meals for people is very satisfying and growing as much of your own food is even more so. ❤️this episode.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Wow that’s amazing. A very lucky family! Thank you for watching ❤️👩🏻

[@willothewispl]

We love homemade cornbread and biscuits here. Think I wil make some. 😁

[@julesjaay822]

@Melanie Butler you are very lucky to have farmland, skills and self sufficiency. All the foods you mentioned sound delicious!

[@poopsiekins2732]

i am coming for lunch melanie !!!

[@dianejasinski593]

Great video Grandma, love all of these depression era recipes, love to you both ❤,your tomatoes look so nice and juicy

[@GrandmaFeral]

We are enjoying all the fresh tomatoes from the garden. Happy you like the video. Have a great day❤️👩🏻

[@randydecker4797]

This is amazing. Thank you for the ideas for good healthy, and affordable meals. :)

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching and have a good day👩🏻

[@Linda-in9ns]

Good job. Love this. Very healthy. 💚

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you and have a good day👩🏻

[@destoker]

Well, my favorite cheap meal ( aka end of the month meal.) is curry macaroni: slice 3 large unions, boil 2 cups of elbow macaroni very all-dente, fry the unions with some oil. Ad a spoonefull of curry and garam massala ( or your favorite spice.) and drain the pasta. Put fire on high and dump the macaroni in the unions and spices. Mix and heat well. At a fried egg, or some cheese or whatever you have left in your fridge. Leftovers are great in a ommelet!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for sharing how to make your favorite cheap meal. Have a good day👩🏻

[@patriciamorgan6545]

Never thought to use curry that way. Thank you!

[@sokphearem4109]

Yumm! I will try this over some rice! I've never heard of garram massala.I do use curry sometimes.where do I find that at grocery store?😇

[@jerrodlopes186]

I wish you were MY grandma. ❤ the video! Thank you. 😊

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for your kind words. Have a good day❤️👩🏻

[@InFltSvc]

I LOVE that you did this ! You are a great inspiration and since I grew up in the 70’s I remember the foods we ate. I grew up in farm country in PA bu5 live in FL now but I can tell you I still eat good foods like you showcased in this video. My mother was divorced and worked hard and always feed us well with simple foods, lots of fresh farm vegetables and boy do I ever miss the sweet corn from up there.. Great Job !

[@willothewispl]

Yes my mom always cooked from scratch and when we got old enough we cooked her way because there were five kids and my parents and they both worked, so we learned early and well. Yes I love Pa corn too. We are from south western Pa. 😁👍🏻

[@GrandmaFeral]

I am happy to hear you eat good food and healthy. We have been enjoying all the sweet corn. Thank you for watching and have a great day❤️👩🏻

[@susquahallasmiley3262]

Beans and rice and veggies! So many kinds of beans and so many kinds of rice! Always add a good fat! So many veggies!! Oatmeal with fruit or avocado on sourdough 🥰

[@knit1purl1]

Oatmeal is a great cheap breakfast! I don't eat meat. TVP (textured vegetable protein) is a cheap one for me. I made some with packaged taco seasoning and made nachos yesterday. I think sometimes I pay too much for food because I like chips and sweets too much. But one can eat well on a low budget. I think we all need treats sometimes though.

[@GrandmaFeral]

I like chips and sweets but don’t eat very often. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@willothewispl]

Yes that is what runs up my grocery bill too, sweets. It is not too bad if I make it at home. But when you buy it, too expensive. Been doing more baking lately. Been prepping a bit. Setting up baking things also. Lots of things to make homemade food. Pulled out my bread baking recipe book the other day.

[@donna-louisecave154]

If we look to the past we could learn a lot from how people lived during hard times. Most meals were vegetarian and easy to adapt to being vegan. I have recipe books from WW2 as they are mainly vegetarian/vegan as well as low cost. Meat is expensive and for those who eat it will not be harmed by eating vegetarian food for a day. Thank you for the video Grandma and Grandpa. Hope your both doing well and enjoying the food you have grown. Love, purrs, cuddles and kisses for Marty

[@GrandmaFeral]

Grandpa and I are doing well and enjoying all the fresh garden vegetables. Marty says meow and she likes coming in the house at night or when we have bad weather. Your recipe books from WW2 must have some recipes. Thank you for watching and have a good day❤️👩🏻

[@kitchenarbabvlog]

Sooooo Gooood Friend 😊 👍 Awsome thankyou Soo Much For Sharing 👌

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching and have a good day👩🏻

[@katemill3632]

I am 74, I am averaging $2.74 per day and I eat 2.5 meals per day, It averages $85.00 per month I have a lot of food allergies, so I can't have, meat, fish, dairy, peanut butter, grains, oils, nuts, chocolate, I found an egg that is pasture fed is $4.00 a dozen I buy 3 dozen a month, it's a miracle I'm not allergic to them. I make homemade salads, soups, eggs, cooked vegetables, cooked fruit. I'm so glad you brought up this subject.

[@GrandmaFeral]

It is wonderful that you average $2.74 per day and $85.00 per month. You do save money when you make homemade meals. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@willothewispl]

OhKate, I am allergic to lots of things too. It is hard to find substitutes. Lots of the vegan recipes have things in them I cannot eat. Have to learn to make the recipes my own. Have been able to eat sunflower peanut butter and plant based milks and butter. If it gets bad I do not know what I can replace them with. They are already rather expensive.

[@katemill3632]

@@willothewispl I start with the produce Dept. I recently gave up oil, and plant based milk, I can only have pecans, I really don't need the plant based milk, I gave up grains and legumes, and beans last year, I have been off of nut , peanut, and seed butters for over ten years, one amazing meal is stir fried spinach with lemon and garlic, over a baked potato, it's heavenly each week I pick out ten vegetables and two fruits, I can have grass fed butter, it has never caused an allergy, several small meals will be freezable, and several can be had as leftovers I can go as high as $115, but I try to stay around $85, I use maple syrup as my sugar sub. For years I did gluten free, gluten I found it very annoying to try to find a way to keep it under $250.00 and I snuck in foods that caused me to feel miserable. If I want a second portion i can have it because weight is no longer an issue I lost 55 pounds in the last few years, I am 5'4" with a large frame and I weigh about 126 pounds, and Willow I use my instant pot to cook sweet potatoes, butternut squash and root vegetables I use lots of lemon butter over greens, like spinach, and broccolini, I buy smaller amounts of veggies but I might buy five pounds of carrots and juice them. I don't buy more than I can eat in a week. I might stir fry cherry tomatoes and garlic, and serve it over spaghetti squash and serve with balsamic vinegar, fresh basil and toasted pecans, just simple ingredients. thanks so much for responding, and take care.

[@willothewispl]

@@katemill3632 Great recipes. Yes that is how you do it. I can see you put a lot of brain work in there. Thats how we have to do it. I can only have walnuts and pecans. No citrus whatsoever. No dairy. No beans, except one brand of canned beans that have navy beans I believe. Amazed at that one. No peas. Very careful with wheat and most seeds. I only use the plant based dairy for cooking and masala tea sometimes. Plant based butter I love, really enjoy that. Allergic to the membrane on eggs. So most eggs make me ill. Do eat tuna and salmon. But lately tuna making me sick. There is a kind of milk they put in the cans and pouches that is doing it. No more shrimp. Just so many things.The older I get the worse it gets. But thankfully there are plenty of vegetables to choose from. It can be done. When I first started a number of years ago I lost 125 lbs. only gained back a bit. Working on losing that. It can be done. A bit of brain work but well worth it. Tryi g to move somewhere where I can have a small garden. Oh forgot do have problems with frozen or canned corn. Can eat fresh though for some reason. No cantelope. Can have watermelon and cherries and berries. No strawberrys. Very interesting these allergies. My Dr. and I feel that it is a lot of preservatives and add ons in foods today that that the body is regecting, along with sulfates. Fresh is best. 😁👍🏻

[@kimgerfen6199]

Very interesting!! Very economical for even today’s standards. 👍😁

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@missannettep6796]

I like this series on what you ate for the day and cost. I wish you keep doing these. Great ideas and good lessons for younger people today who just want to eat out, do take out, and then express sadness when they say they are 'broke.' Fiber, protein, good. Any with broccoli?

[@GrandmaFeral]

We will be having more episodes and some with broccoli. Thank you for watching and have a good day👩🏻

[@rosemarieco2002]

Impressive and healthy.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you and have a good day👩🏻

[@leighjackson4844]

thank you i catching you both love from Australia

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching from Australia❤️👩🏻

[@rosemariemichel7050]

We like beans and cornbread, also vegetable soup.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for sharing and watching 👩🏻

[@danielball9013]

Very cheap, and good food, thanks for sharing

[@GrandmaFeral]

Yes, thank you❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@pattyperkins5007]

Oh this is so neat I will be trying this starting next week.thank you 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching❤️👩🏻

[@pattyperkins5007]

@@GrandmaFeral you bet.I did make your radish sandwich but I added tomatoes and fresh lettuce deeelicious

[@Servalinek41z]

Thanks grandma, very handy

[@GrandmaFeral]

Your so welcome❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@patriciamorgan6545]

Ok, Grandma, where did you find eggs on sale for 79¢? They've been so expensive lately. I do like making eggs for a relatively inexpensive meal, though I often will accompany it with a slice of ham, which kind of defeats the purpose. I also like to add onions and mushrooms (if having a fritatta), with a little cheese over the top (which really blows the depression-era budget), or, come autumn, a little sauteed apple and onion as an accompaniment to fried eggs. I also like to get all I can out of a chicken carcass, by soupifying it, adding a little aromatic vegetables, maybe a bit of small pasta (when I'm not avoiding carbs), then stirring in a scrambled egg to make 'egg rags' and thicken/enrich the soup a bit. Cabbage is also a great component for stretching a budget. I often make a big skillet full to go with kielbasa or hot dogs. Thanks again, Grandma and Grandpa, for reminding us how to keep our cash in our pockets, where it belongs!

[@GrandmaFeral]

I bought the eggs in Lidl. The prices are always inexpensive. I am very happy to see they are working on building a ShopRite in the K Mart location at the Big H. I do like ShopRite prices. Thank you for sharing how you make your meals. Have a great day❤️👩🏻

[@patriciamorgan6545]

@@GrandmaFeral Oh, yes, thank you, Lidl does have very good prices on dairy items. I don't usually shop there because I can't find everything on my list. (I really, really miss Best Market!!!) I'm looking forward to the new ShopRite, too, hoping it will fill that niche of selection and good prices (not to mention proximity 😉). Saving my shekels up for a run to Richter's soon, now that peach season is upon us. They really are so delicious that they're worth the splurge, at least once a year. Been buying most of my produce at Hunt. Plaza; it's usually less than half the price than King Kullen or Stop & Shop.

[@barbarawinslow5991]

I love greens but had never had radish greens but they are really good and basically free if you buy them with radishes. Love your depression era meals

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@laura-id5nd]

Thank you for this video! I think in the coming months many of us will need this kind of instruction to make ends meet! Love your sensible portion sizes!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching and have a good day👩🏻

[@hsm6926]

Grampa moved family to a farm. They had chicken this chicken that. Mom is almost 93. So far she has loved what i made from your videos.

[@GrandmaFeral]

I am so happy to hear your Mom has loved what you made from my videos. 93 God Bless Her. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@teresaames7902]

Omg the cheapest eggs are now is 2.00 a dozen inflation is killing me. We bought 20 chicks they just started laying eggs this series is 👍

[@GrandmaFeral]

I can not believe how high the price of a dozen eggs are now. We do have a local chicken farm and the price of a dozen eggs is five dollars and that is before inflation. I am glad to hear you bought 20 chicks it brings back memories of when my grandparents had chickens. Nothing like fresh eggs. Thank you so much for watching and have a good day❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@williamfluck148]

Hey Grandma, I really enjoyed this video, as I have told you I will be 65 in a few months & my parents/grandparents always cooked like you do, I was taught that it's also fun to cook like this. God bless you and Grandpa , I love chatting with you! You always teach me something new! I like that, the green beans salad I've had similar, but not your way, gonna make them.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Hi William I am glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for your blessings. Have a good day👩🏻

[@kentherlan7465]

Another great video! I like to make butter noodles & fried bread as a cheap meal, only takes pennies to make plus it can feed many if need be. Thanks again for sharing!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for sharing your cheap meal and for watching 👩🏻

[@CrazyJodice]

Tomato sandwiches made with toasted bread. That’s golden

[@GrandmaFeral]

We are waiting for our garden tomatoes. So good! Thank you so much for watching ❤️👩🏻 &👨‍🍳

[@debbieskitchen2]

Good healthy meals and not that costly. My parents always had a vegetable garden that always had green beans, tomatoes and corn and others they decided to grow.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Glad to hear that your parents had a vegetable garden. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@rainicascadia5514]

You're awesome grandma and grandpa! Thank you so much for your videos♥♥♥

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching and have a good day❤️👩🏻

[@SerephinaNadet]

Great video. Thank you. To the point but loved seeing the coffee pot as well. We don’t even know what hard times are now do we… I have a feeling we are about to find out. “A loaf of bread for a days wages” Rev. 6:6

[@GrandmaFeral]

My Parents and Grandparents lived through the Depression Era so they told me many stories about how hard it was. My Aunt that owned the deli told me many times that one day I would see a loaf of bread selling for five dollars. The grocery prices are on the rise so I am happy I have these cheap and simple recipes. Thank you for watching and have a good day👩🏻

[@GeckoHiker]

It should be more like a dollar a day, not per meal. And, when it came from the garden it was mostly free. Today it is cabbage and onion pie for us. And it's delicious. We always start the day with oatmeal, and lunch is usually yesterday's dinner leftover. We keep the budget under $1 a day per person.

[@GrandmaFeral]

That is wonderful you keep your meal cost down. Grandpa and I like leftovers to eat so that helps us a lot with the cost of our food budget. Thank you for sharing and for watching. Have a good day👩🏻

[@poopsiekins2732]

sandra lewis, so basically then you still spend onedollar per meal since you have oatmeal for breakfast, do not pay for lunch ingredients since they are leftovers, and big bonus!: have a way to grow your own veggies!!!

[@evilsplash142]

Now is a good time to stock up for the fall. Bad times ahead friends.

[@GrandmaFeral]

I keep my pantry always stocked up. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@evilsplash142]

@@GrandmaFeral Thanks so much for the recipes Grandma Feral. I've learned how to make so many recipes from you.

[@dostagirl9551]

I love your channel. Trying to tighten my budget some - though not depression era levels - and I get such inspiration from your videos. As for my favorite cheap meals, chicken and rice made with some mixed frozen vegetables is a staple. I also love fettuccine with sauteed portabello mushrooms and onions with just a little bit of olive oil, Parmesan, and salt/pepper to season.

[@GrandmaFeral]

I am happy to hear you for my channel. Thank you for watching👩🏻

[@rbsmith3365]

During depression both of my grandparents each of them had a farm and plenty to eat. Unfortunately, their business was so slow to sell meat, produce, eggs, and dairy until World War 2 and their business kicked in successfully.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for sharing that each of your grandparents had a farm during the Great Depression. How great to have meat, fresh produce, eggs and dairy. Thank you so much for watching and have a good day❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@pheline24]

The total cost for two people is amazing. The meals look filling and delicious. Thankful that you post depression era meals, during the pandemic especially. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa. 😻💙💙 Edit: My favorite cheap meal is also my sick day meal: Pour a scrambled egg into boiling chicken stock or broth and add some rice. Warm, quick, filling and easy on the stomach when you’re ill. 😸

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching and have a good day❤️👩🏻

[@robynperdieu3434]

Grandma, I fix ginger tea too, but I can find organic ginger for 5 cents a serving. I just grate a teaspoon of ginger into the hot water and simmer a few minutes. I agree that it helps with digestion. It helps with circulation too and that eases arthritis pain. Thanks so much with these videos! 😊🇺🇲🪶

[@GrandmaFeral]

Hi Robyn I love ginger tea it is so good. If I have a cold with congestion I just drink hot ginger tea and it clears it up. I believe in all the old home remedies and they work. Thank you so much for watching❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@joanhoughtaling9686]

My Grandparents owned a deli in South Boston. I fondly remember my Nana in NY.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for sharing that your Grandparents owned a deli and you fondly remember your Nana in NY. Thank you so much for watching and have a good day❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@kath5201]

Mom used to make us egg noodles, butter and poppy seeds. With lots of toast. Maybe not precicely Depression era, due to the butter, but very tasty and cheap!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Hi thank you for sharing the meal your Mom used to make. Thank you for watching❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@tilasole3252]

Cool beans... Literally!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@emilywalton4105]

I definitely think dinners should be more simple. Food dosent have to be fancy or elaborate.

[@GrandmaFeral]

You are so right. Thank you so much for watching 👩🏻

[@dmiller4928]

what does Grandpa think of the 2023 price of eggs!!??

[@GrandmaFeral]

Terrible he keeps looking for sales❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@isabelkassan5244]

I love your healthy food choices! I will try some of your meals! Aussie Lady!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Welcome I am happy to hear you will be trying some of my meals. Thank you so much for watching and have a wonderful day👩🏻

[@bobbieschendel3144]

I just loved this Would like to see alot more of this! I love this channel I think I need to adopt you two. Lol

[@GrandmaFeral]

What a sweet thing to say. We are happy you love the channel. Thank you so much for watching and have a good day❤️👩🏻&👨‍🍳

[@cainmathewson1857]

You need to do a 2022 inflation special lol Interesting material. Thank you for making it

[@GrandmaFeral]

Here is the link to our recent 2022 video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6TRoH1mirZ1mbM

[@dwhitman3092]

So happy i found your channel! Loving everything!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Welcome!! Glad you enjoy my channel.❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@shinealong3755]

You ought to teach the snap program how to shop and cook. Very helpful.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you so much for watching❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@jnetbeams]

I hope I am wrong, but I suspect your videos may save us in the future.

[@GrandmaFeral]

I hope you are wrong also. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@maggiecritchley7282]

As a child, probably did. But those are my comfort foods.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you so much for watching and have a wonderful day👩🏻

[@pek5117]

Really great meals there. You really love gagutza don't you!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Yes we do love them. Thank you so much for watching and have a great day👩🏻

[@beccasteele6874]

I've always like depression era cooking 🎉

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you so much for watching❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@e_wonderment6618]

This reminds me to plant more tomatoes this year 🤔 thanks. 💕👍

[@GrandmaFeral]

Hi all of us who have gardens should be planting more with prices going up in supermarkets. Thank you so much for watching❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@mindtrickskiller2766]

where are you finding these prices in 2021?

[@GrandmaFeral]

I live close to many supermarkets so I am able to buy items at sale prices. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@roseanacastillo5703]

This is wisdom!!! Thank you for the facts!!!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@codyo651]

You rock, Grandma Feral! Thank you!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you and have a great day👩🏻

[@ogeegonesoon8549]

To the women who made the video Love the coffee pot.

[@GrandmaFeral]

So glad to hear you love my vintage coffee pot. Thank you so much for watching and have a good day👩🏻

[@msoda8516]

Your plates are so cute where did you get them.

[@GrandmaFeral]

The blue plate was my Mom’s and the other plates were my Aunt’s. Thank you so much for watching 👩🏻

[@gregrak9389]

I really enjoyed watching this, thanks for the upload, I'll have to find some time and "binge" watch all your videos, even the ones I've already seen, keep up the good work! have you ever made Kapusniak? (sauerkraut soup).

[@GrandmaFeral]

No I have never made the soup but my Aunt who owned the deli would make it often. Thank you so much for watching and have a good day👩🏻

[@sokphearem4109]

Hi gramma! I would have to say my 3 favorite cheap meals would be spagetti,I like it with or without meat. The other would be something I kinda threw together was tuna in oil drained put on white rice and squeezed a few drops of lime juice on top, And mix all together.my kids like it but they also add a little hot sauce in it. another cheap favorite would be white rice with sausage.sometimes bratts,or sometimes smoked sausages or maple sausage only buy sausage when they're on sale because it is so expensive.growing up my parents always grew their own veggies.I am trying to do the same but my garden is small and I'm a beginner and still learning.thank you for your recipes.I love learning about the depression era and the all foods.I'm actually going to try making your haluska recipe this weekend for my family,it looks delicious!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for sharing your favorite cheap meals. Grandpa and I like meals using rice. Hope you all enjoy the Haluski recipe when you make it. Thank you for watching and have a good day👩🏻

[@KellieAnn71]

I LOVE your voice! For some reason, I am enthralled with how/what people ate during this time. Thank you for sharing. ❤️

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching and have a good day👩🏻

[@flyswapple]

I love your stories! Keep the videos coming! Enjoy watching and listening!

[@GrandmaFeral]

I am glad you love the stories and enjoy watching my videos👩🏻

[@yvonnepalmquist8676]

I have really enjoyed the Depression Era Meal costs in 2021 series you have done. I hope you keep it going.

[@GrandmaFeral]

We will keep the Depression Era Meals going❤️👩🏻

[@squirrelcovers6340]

This is pretty close to how I eat!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Glad to hear that you eat healthy. Thank you so much for watching and have a good day👩🏻

[@gittank-sson3074]

One of my favourite is haluski😋😋😋😋😋! At least one time/week 😀💞💞💞

[@GrandmaFeral]

Haluski a delicious meal. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@sunset6010]

Love this series !!! ❤️ ❤❤

[@GrandmaFeral]

Hi I am happy to hear that you like these videos.❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@wandadorta1527]

Seeds for tomatoes and bean cost to grow. Your garden has value as well as your labor. Love your video.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Our library has a seed program. You can get seeds for free to plant in your garden. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@MaggieTrudeau]

I used a tin version of that percolator to make my coffee this morning! Got mine at thrift. Yours is cuter. Great menues

[@GrandmaFeral]

Nothing like the vintage percolators. Thank you for watching👩🏻

[@evilsplash142]

Thanks Grandma Feral. These videos are great. That omlette looked amazing.

[@GrandmaFeral]

I am glad to hear you like the videos. The omelette was delicious. Thank you for watching and have a good day❤️👩🏻

[@cathycat4989]

I make bread from scratch to save money, and I've found that making a simple farmer's cheese before i start the bread can be a good way of enhancing the bread. How? When the cheese curds separate, drain the whey into a pot. Use the whey for making bread instead of using water. Adds more vitamins, protein, and flavor. Cheese is expensive, and so is bread if you want a healthy kind. So making it yourself can be simple, cheap, and a good way to avoid waste in the kitchen

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for sharing the information I will be trying. Thank you for watching👩🏻

[@poopsiekins2732]

you can then take a hand-sized ball of that dough and use it as your sourdough starter mixed with a couple pinches of sugar. then just go ahead and feed it like normal. saves on yeast if you enjoy sourdough.

[@brendalamson2493]

Thank you for sharing 💕 it all looked delicious.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching❤️👩🏻

[@SkitSkat674]

Lovely coffee pot. I want to find one just like it. I can't find one like yours though, and the ones I see for sale anywhere are for more than two cups. I don't drink that much coffee so those are no good, lol.

[@GrandmaFeral]

It would be hard to find as it is so old. You may be able to find one at a thrift store. Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@SkitSkat674]

@@GrandmaFeral I just found ugly metal ones on eBay, not a nice ceramic coating like yours. I'll be ordering one soon.

[@gloriapeel6887]

Very good!

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you so much for watching and have a good day👩🏻

[@francesmaurer185]

❤❤❤❤

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thanks so much for watching. Have a nice day❤️Grandma👩🏻

[@sandrakoker3277]

Grits.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for sharing👩🏻

[@zandracrisp6438]

Love this channel

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for watching 👩🏻

[@neolithiumproduction]

A staple my mom always made, and now I make, is Apples & Sausage. Two ingredients. A can of apple pie filling, and a kielbasa beef sausage. You cut up the sausage, toss in a pan or pot, cook till brown on both sides, then add the can of apple pie filling into the pot and stir till apples are warm. Its sweet, savory, and delicious. Meal for two or three for about $5. I also love creamed chipped beef on bread (i usually like the soft bread, rather then toast it), mac n' cheese (tuna for a protein boost), and rice pudding. Also...pigs in a blanket. Hot dogs wrapped in biscuit dough.

[@GrandmaFeral]

Thank you for sharing what meals you like to prepare. The Kielbasa and Apple Pie Filling is something I have never heard of. I will have to try this recipe. Thank you for watching and have a good day👩🏻