What we Eat in a Week Dec | Monthly Groceries | Large Family | From Scratch | Off Grid Australia 167

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Some requests, and I don't know that I've typed it out before!! This is the Dutch Baby Pancake Tray Bake that I do! :D ---It is 18 eggs, 600g of milk (I use one tin of coconut cream and then top it off with some more liquid, so probaby 1.5 cans), a tbsp of sugar, tsp of cinnamon (both optional) and 275g of plain flour, I use the thermomix to put lots of air in it and whisk it up, but you can definitely do it by hand. The pan needs to go in the oven with a good heaped dessert spoon of fat in it (I tend to use ghee) that needs to be bubbling hot and then you pour the batter straight into that fat and close the oven (or lid to the bbq for me hehe) cook at 200-220ish for about 30 mins (but its variable, being that I have a barbecue, you'd have to keep an eye on it) once the sides are all puffed up and the middle is firm its ready to eat! :D

[@gabbyfowl]

My uncle used to make this and put apples in it. It was so good.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

@@gabbyfowl We tend to use apples as an over the top thing, crack a jar of stewed fruit to serve with it... nom nom :D

[@wannie9731]

Don’t be so hard on yourself, six kids, home schooling, gardening, animals, plus your beautiful cooking, you are Wonder Woman.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Naww, thank you! :)

[@smallscalepermaculture]

Aha! Thank you Wannie! Maybe with more people saying it she would listen! Nyssa is my inspiration and hero, unbelievable superpowers! 🥰

[@marnamarkews218]

This is good...breathe...do what you can do...we're happy to wait

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you! :D.

[@ruthtingle7219]

I'd love to spend a week at your farm just so you could teach me how to cook some of your fabulous recipes, honestly it's an amazing

[@OurSmallFootprint]

naww, thank you Ruth! :D

[@kellyvandenmeiracker8951]

Yummo looks delicious, All us Mums are feeling the end of year exhaustion and feeling flat.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Definitely a part of it I think!

[@jodiethane9359]

Your Lasagna soup and meat pie are on my list of dishes for my holiday break in the states. Once I am close to better supermarkets lol. The Caribbean shopping can be quite limited. I will be buying my noodles. I have never been able to perfect the homemade pasta. I am envious of ur skills.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

The fresh lasagne sheet noodles you can get from the cold section in the supermarket works really well, but realistically anything works you just have to cook it for the right length of time hehe.

[@jodiethane9359]

Oh I have been on island so long I forgot I could get fresh pasta in the fridge. So excited to try the soup. Seems way easier than assembling it in a pan.

[@makingendsmeet]

Thanks for sharing your delicious meals with us Nyssa, you're a great cook - it all looks so tasty... especially the dahl and that sourdough bread 😋 I like how you try to use everything and not waste food too. I know that feeling of never seeming to have enough time in the day, all we can ever do is our best - and you're doing amazing!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you! I definitely try and make sure everything gets used, and use leftovers the next day etc heh, but having so many kids, they tend to get through it without me even trying hehe

[@karenlauder9768]

Wow!!!! Your meals look delicious!!!! I wish I had half your creativity in the kitchen🤩 I’m amazed hat you can stretch the grocery haul for 6-8weeks 😮 I thought you did the trek every month. You are amazing Nyssa🤩

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We started by doing it fortnightly (but closer to home) then dragged it out to 4 weeks, and now its 6ish, but I'm doing an 8 week one from December to Feb probably due to appointments, and we'd love to get it out to 12 weeks, but I think that will take a bit more juggling! The cost of fuel is so high :S

[@thistleberrycottage2792]

oh Nyssa! Your meals look phenom! I would truly love to hide amongst the kids and partake in all that goodness. AND, don't be so hard on yourself with your vlogs. They are great and we are willing to wait a little if you need a little extra time!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

The kids are mostly good eaters too, which I think makes it easier! Thank you :D

[@elizabethjohnston5247]

Great food as always, love to see all the family helping out.🖐🇨🇦

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Is lovely when there's more hands in the kitchen! :D

[@lindamackin5685]

Everything looked so delicious.. Great video.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you LInda :D

[@smallbusinessinc]

Thank you for showing us the plates. Looks DELICIOUS!! 🥰🥰

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I'm trying to do it more often lol, but when making meals for 8 at meal time, it just, I forget! :D

[@mariestar1823]

Everything you cooked looked delicious! Thank you for sharing!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you! :D

[@christinehanna1699]

Wow , every meal you make is considered a Gourmet meal here in America.having 6 kids and cooking beautiful meals like that is definitely hard work having to cook in a BBQ grill too l .those are restaurant Quality meals..you should write a Rustic off grid Cookbook with photos . You are such a pleasure to watch and listen to ..

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you Christine :D

[@77pJeffsgirl]

I loved seeing the meal served for the children. I love your table. 😀 Looking at the Dutch Baby Pancake made me drool. Looks so delicious.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Our table badly needs to be sanded back and refinished, I love it, it was a freebie! But its been used hard lol, but we need time to do that where we don't use it lol, that's hard! :D

[@cathybier506]

Still am amazed at how you do everything ✨️! Food always looks so good 😋 . Would love a bread slicer like that one. Don't stress, you can only do so much!! Take care 🙂!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It was an awesome $25 score from ebay!! :D

[@LittleGardenBigDreams]

Inspiring as always lovely xx Cathi xx 😘

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you Cathi! :D

[@ANNtique]

Yum everything looks so tasty!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you, carb heavy week lol, lack of veg from the garden is a bit meh!

[@smelltheroses7267]

Gee your an amazing cook!! Everything looks really delicious 💖

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you! :D

[@theorganised_farmgal]

Lasagne soup that sounds awesome!!! Homemade pasta I’m also envious… I just find I don’t have the time and there are some good quality cheapish ones but I guess if you were making then freezing it’s all good. Love your channel 😊 I’m at my inlaws waiting on my homestead to be built but soon as it is, cooking youtube clips galore!!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I just remembered to check my 'held for review' comments and this one was in there, no idea why lol!

[@theorganised_farmgal]

@@OurSmallFootprint All good happens to me ALL the time!

[@HungryHobbit12]

Don’t know how you do so much - but I certainly admire your talents and skills! Love the glimpses we get into your lives - but I absolutely love your voice and listening to your voiceovers. You have a very soothing and calming voice. Love that bread slicing mabobber - that is so neato! My bread slices look so lopsided 😂

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It was such a score $25 on ebay, it works wonderfully on sourdough/crusty breads!

[@meadowsk47]

I recently discovered your channel and have been bing watching your videos all weekend!!! Great job!!! I’m looking forward to trying some of your recipes!!! Thanks for sharing!!! ❤

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Welcome! :D. I'm glad you're enjoying them! it makes it all worthwhile when people are finding use from them :D

[@mylife-321-0]

Nyssa, you make everything you cook look so easy. It all looks so tasty. You are doing an excellent job! I don't know how you do it all! TFS!!!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thankyou Susan :D

[@gabbyfowl]

You are amazing. I can't imagine doing Christmas and gardening at the same time. Plus the million other things you do like gourmet cooking and homeschooling. Take some time for you. I used to make my kids leave me alone for 15 minutes on Friday afternoons after working all week and it was a recharge. We all live you and what you do.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

They're allowed to watch TV, play on computers/xbox etc post dinner and bath each evening, I regularly put headphones in and ignore them (from 3 feet away hehe)

[@naturewoman1274]

All looks mega yummy 😋

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you Kirsten :D

[@jacquelinesmith2966]

Great video! Thanks for all the work putting it together. I love frittata, fried rice and any other dish that uses up things I’ve already got in the fridge.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We actually had Fried Rice for dinner last night using leftovers hehe, I forget how much I like it till I make it again!

[@joannvalentine402]

Love your videos. The other stuff will come in time. As far as your garden some years are great and some are not so hot. Hoping your garden takes a turn for the better soon!

[@countrymousesfarmhouse497]

Everything looked delicious, not boring at all. So good. That pie looks so flaky and rich and delicious and we definitely cut into ours immediately. I can hardly get pics of food here for my crew standing behind me, plates at the ready . Lol. Thank you for all your hard work sharing your delicious recipes 😋 ❤

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It was so good considering it was just a mince pie :D. Though I really shoudl have added some veg lol.

[@countrymousesfarmhouse497]

@@OurSmallFootprint sometimes it's so nice to have just one side. When we were all feeling like eating a meal after being sick, my family all requested butter chicken with only rice. No veg mum. Lol. So that's what they got.

[@michelleh7769]

Flat week for food?? I disagree....everything looked pretty tasty too me 😋... I'm so sorry your garden is not doing well.... I'm sure you may have or someone else has mentioned using a peppermint oil spray for pests.... it's worked well for me.. But I'm in the us.. Aussie bugs may love it in turn eating more.... lol Seems you keep your positive attitude despite your frustrations... I think that's amazing and inspiring.. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

hrmm, I haven't used peppermint spray in the garden, I've used it in the kitchen for ants and stuff but not in the garden, I'll have to have a look!

[@michelleh7769]

@@OurSmallFootprint can't hurt I've also used eucalyptus ....the rolly poleys ...pill bugs . .you may call them sladers hated it would run from it and completely left my garden.. Of course It's diluted you'll have to play around with the mixture.... OR it could've been all just a coincidence who knows.. do let us know if you decide to experiment with that though ..

[@angelaelphinstone5273]

Another brilliant video, lots of inspirational meal ideas! Thank you for all the effort you put in and please give yourself some slack. You do an amazing job with everything you do

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you Angie! :D

[@smallscalepermaculture]

It's amazing, I took notes, only two dishes out of over 20 are something known here, it's always very interesting to see how regular people cook at home, so much variation!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I think I go to a little more effort than the average to have that variety, eating is hard and quite painful for me generally and I don't have much of an appetite a lot of the time, so I go to the effort of making food I 'want' to eat, but also, I have time! :D

[@lindahudspeth7780]

Hi Nyssa, as far as i'm concerned I don't know how you do what you do and be a mama too!!! i love your videos the way you did when you first started! if it gets to complicated are involved i'm hopelessly lost and 2nd guess myself! Please just do you thats how you have gained all your followers and those to come! I hope one day when we are up in Qld you will be kind enough to allow my husband and I to visit and I could watch you make your magic first hand. But for now enjoy the time with your family and cooking what you like, its like going down 🐰rabbit hole ...don't stress ❣ I do have a question if you don't mind me asking, 1st I'm no real cook I have tried to make Brownies with walnuts, 1st one I made I used cooking oil instead of butter (mind you I was following the box recipe) it came out dry and hard, next was a cake slash brownie it was worst than the 1st one and the 3rd I bought a brand new brownie mix but used butter instead of oil it was a little bit better but still very dry! I am following the directions (as you can see we love brownies lol) i just don't know how to make them moist ! 😥. Can you help? I love you videos Cheers

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you Linda! :D re brownies, I always feel the simpler the better, one of the easiest brownie recipes I ever make is 1/2 cup butter + 1tbsp of oil of choice 1/2 cup Cocoa 1/2 cup flour 1 cup sugar 2 eggs vanilla and salt. optional cup of add ins, like choc chips or walnuts etc. You want to make sure you don't overcook it if you want it fudgy in the middle, 20 odd minutes maybe 25 and you want it to look only just set in th emiddle, it will set up a bit more as it cools, and I always go for under done rather than over, because I prefer to eat it fudge like than for it to be cake like lol. In regards to box mixes, I don't use many tbh, but the ghirardelli brownie mix you can get from Costco is pretty darn good, swapping out water for milk if it asks for water as the liquid can help too! using just egg yolks instead of whole eggs is another way to get more fudge and less cake!

[@theresebizabishaka7605]

Everything looks perfectly delicious to me.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you Therese :D

[@karolynforeman7529]

I swear, unbelievable how you turn out such high quality, healthy, visually appealing food..you are really something..and that is refreshing, day life with inspiration to keep trying ourselves..your wonderful.. Regards

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I am lucky to have the time to put the effort into food! I enjoy it, even if I don't eat it hehe :D

[@marybeazley7741]

Hi Nyssa all meals looked so good you made hungry, we all can wait till after Christmas we all understand take care my friend...hugs to all Mary 🇨🇦. 💜⛄⛄⛄

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you Mary :D

[@cindybee5598]

Nyssa, I have only just started following your channel and have to say you are amazing! Your resourcefulness is just on another level x

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you so much! :D

[@rosemariemichel7050]

The meals looked very tasty!!!🤗🤗🤗

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you Rosemarie :D

[@sharonburling2262]

Your a fabulous cook. You make it look so easy. Could you please give us the recipe for the Dutch pancake dish that you made. It looks similar to a Yorkshire pudding

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It is 18 eggs, 600g of milk (I use one tin of coconut cream and then top it off with some more liquid, so probaby 1.5 cans), a tbsp of sugar, tsp of cinnamon (both optional) and 275g of plain flour, I use the thermomix to put lots of air in it and whisk it up, but you can definitely do it by hand. The pan needs to go in the oven with a good heaped dessert spoon of fat in it (I tend to use ghee) that needs to be bubbling hot and then you pour the batter straight into that fat and close the oven (or lid to the bbq for me hehe) cook at 200-220ish for about 30 mins (but its variable, being that I have a barbecue, you'd have to keep an eye on it) once the sides are all puffed up and the middle is firm its ready to eat! :D

[@aeonfluxcapacitor77]

Growing up my mom never bought syrup. Simple syrup and maple flavoring ftw!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Definitely works, and is much cheaper! lol

[@Char-lei]

I admire the fact you make things from scratch! I confess to being lazy and utilising pre made pastry (more so now my kids are grown). I feel the hot pie struggles. I can never wait long enough for anything not to collapse when I cut it 😂

[@OurSmallFootprint]

hehe, it tastes just as good even when it looks like a train smash! :D

[@Jezreelx666]

thanks for sharing, love these kind of videos!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It's always nice to see it all condensed isn't it! :D

[@jangreen5549]

Looks yummy!!!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Carb heavy, but tasty! hehe

[@saravillareal6012]

Everything looks delicious but it always does 😋🥰💕 I know it's vlogmas but you don't have to put out so much content in one video take it slow just saying 🙂

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Hehe, the what we eat in a weeks I try and do monthly, this one has been in progress for a while! I keep all the footage in a folder over the week :D

[@vegemitegirl1971]

I have a red french oven almost identical to your red enamel pot. It was $29 from Aldi, in the aisle of temptation. Look at the app regularly and it will probably appear again. If it's not a shopping trip week for you, your mum may be able to get it for you.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I think that is probably where I got it from originally, I shall definitely have to keep an eye out, it’s a nice deep dish pie kinda size

[@marygarcia5449]

Yummy 😋 ❤

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thank you :D

[@leavingfingerprints]

Oh help a mama out. How do you bake in a bbq. It would save me so much propane. ❤❤ and again you inspire me 🫶🏻🇺🇸

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I use upside down stainless steel colanders, to lift the baking trays up off the heat plate and then just keep the burners on low! You'll have to look at your barbecue and see how many burners you need to keep running for like holding at 180/200 (375/400) for baking kinda thing, like I tend to turn one of my middle burners off or it gets too hot in there! But being winter you might need all of them to keep it warm, it definitely differs depending on the outside temperature :) Just remember if you have an open grill side, you can't use ceramic baking trays over that side, because the flames can be too much and it can crack, only over a solid plate! :D

[@breannagale8924]

What do you mean by ‘processing’? One of your other videos you were going to process strawberries and plums I think.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

either doing what i need to be able to freeze them for later, or canning them, either as they are or in jams/syrups/cordials etc, just making sure they are processed in a way that they will last me the full month, if not longer :D. Meat I either marinate and cook, or I can, or I turn into sausages/meatballs/bolognese to freeze etc

[@annfromma8456]

If there were 48 hours in a day, it still wouldn't be enough. At least that's how it seems to me..

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Definitely, though I have found I get so overwhelmed lately by how much needs doing that I do nothing lol, bury myself in a light fantasy novel instead!

[@PeruBRuby]

Have you shared your Dutch baby recipe? Looks delish

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I think so! But I'm not sure, I did put it in one of the comments here though, let me see if I can pin it :D

[@PeruBRuby]

@@OurSmallFootprint thank you so much! I found one of your videos from earlier this year that i think has it too. I found your channel through Diane and Samson’s video and so glad I did!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

@@PeruBRuby I’ve just pinned it in the comments so it’s easy to find! :)

[@SodbusterLiving]

Please tell me more about the Dahl! I have some China Dahl I need to use up

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I do a really really simple one, I don't soak or anything, I give the dahl a rinse, a couple of cup fulls, I cook off onion, garlic, sambal/chillis and curry powder in some ghee/oil/butter (I use Baba's brand meat curry) once that smells nice I add a tin or two of tomaotoes (depending how far I want it to stretch) with some stcok, maybe a quart, add the dahl and let it simmer until the dahl doesn't have that hard inner bit anymore then add a tin of coconut cream let it simmer a bit longer and then taste and adjust - sometimes I add some salt, sometimes some brown sugar, sometimes some fish sauce it really just depends on the curry powder you use I think! and the amounts of the chilli/curry powder really is variable for taste/heat depending on what you are after, we like ours quite mild, enough heat you get a buzz in your mouth, but not so much that it burns!

[@joannvalentine402]

Love your videos. The other stuff will come in time. As far as your garden some years are great and some are not so hot. Hoping your garden takes a turn for the better soon!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Yes, I agree re the garden, I think because we had such a good year last year with heaps of improvement that this year feels even more frustrating!