What is the budget for the week?

The budget for the week is $12.

What types of meals are being prepared?

The meals include oatmeal for breakfast, lentil and rice skillet for lunch, and burritos for dinner.

How does the host ensure meals are nutritious?

The host selects nutrient-rich items like beans, lentils, and vegetables.

Did the host feel hungry during the week?

The host did not feel hungry between meals, except when reducing oatmeal to one packet a day.

What cooking methods are used?

The host uses methods like batch cooking, simmering, and using an Instant Pot.

What are some key ingredients purchased?

Key ingredients include oatmeal, lentils, pinto beans, rice, potatoes, and various vegetables.

How did the host feel about the challenge?

The host felt good about the challenge and was satisfied with the meals prepared.

What was the main goal of the challenge?

The main goal was to create healthy, filling meals on a tight budget.

What did the host learn from the experience?

The host learned that it is possible to eat nutritious meals on a limited budget.

Eating on $12 a Week | Easy, Healthy & Cheap Recipes for an Emergency Budget

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Summary

TLDRIn this video, the host embarks on a week-long challenge to eat on a budget of $12, covering all meals. The journey begins with a strategic grocery shopping trip to Walmart, where the host selects affordable, nutrient-rich items such as oatmeal, beans, rice, and various vegetables. Throughout the week, the host prepares a variety of meals, including oatmeal for breakfast, a lentil and rice skillet for lunch, and pinto bean burritos for dinner. The host shares cooking tips, personal reflections, and the importance of maintaining a nutritious diet even on a tight budget. By the end of the week, the host feels satisfied with the meals and the experience, demonstrating that healthy eating is achievable without overspending.

Takeaways

🛒 Shopping on a $12 budget is possible!
🍽️ Focus on nutrient-rich foods for meals.
🥔 Potatoes and beans are great fillers.
🍞 Homemade bread is easy and affordable.
🍚 Batch cooking saves time and effort.
🍌 Fruits like bananas and apples add nutrients.
🌶️ Spices enhance flavor without extra cost.
🥕 Carrots and onions are versatile ingredients.
🍽️ Leftovers can be reused creatively.
💪 Healthy meals can be made on a budget.

Timeline

00:00:00 - 00:05:00
The video introduces a week-long grocery budget challenge where the host aims to eat for just $12, covering all meals. The host expresses nervousness about the challenge and plans to shop at Walmart for affordable, nutrient-rich items that are high in protein. The shopping list includes oatmeal, flour, lentils, beans, rice, potatoes, fruits, and vegetables, emphasizing the importance of stretching the budget while maintaining meal quality.
00:05:00 - 00:10:00
After shopping, the host prepares pinto beans for dinner and explains the soaking process to enhance texture and digestion. Breakfast for the first three days consists of two packets of oatmeal and a banana, which proves to be filling and nutritious, eliminating the need for snacks between meals.
00:10:00 - 00:15:00
The host begins making rustic bread, a budget-friendly recipe without yeast, using flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder. The bread is baked and serves as a side for lunch, which features a carrot, rice, and lentil skillet, highlighting the use of affordable ingredients and batch cooking for efficiency.
00:15:00 - 00:20:00
The host prepares rice in an Instant Pot and continues to cook the lentil skillet, incorporating sautéed vegetables. The meal is nutrient-rich and filling, with the host noting that the leftovers will last for multiple lunches throughout the week, showcasing the benefits of meal prep.
00:20:00 - 00:25:00
The host checks on the soaking pinto beans and prepares them in a slow cooker with seasonings. Dinner features lentil potato burritos made with homemade tortillas, emphasizing the affordability and ease of preparation. The host expresses satisfaction with the meal's protein content and flavor.
00:25:00 - 00:30:00
Breakfast for day two includes oatmeal topped with diced apple, while lunch consists of leftover lentil skillet. Dinner is a quick assembly of a burrito bowl, demonstrating the efficiency of batch cooking and the ability to create varied meals from the same ingredients.
00:30:00 - 00:35:00
The host continues with oatmeal for breakfast and reheats the lentil curry for lunch, showcasing the versatility of the meals prepared earlier in the week. Dinner is another serving of the potato, lentil, and pinto bean filling, highlighting the ease of reheating and enjoying leftovers.
00:35:00 - 00:40:53
On the final day, the host reflects on the week, noting that the challenge was successful in providing nutritious meals without feeling deprived. The host concludes by sharing that the experience was fulfilling and encourages viewers to consider budget-friendly meal planning.

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Video Q&A

What is the budget for the week?
The budget for the week is $12.
What grocery store did the host shop at?
The host shopped at Walmart.
What types of meals are being prepared?
The meals include oatmeal for breakfast, lentil and rice skillet for lunch, and burritos for dinner.
How does the host ensure meals are nutritious?
The host selects nutrient-rich items like beans, lentils, and vegetables.
Did the host feel hungry during the week?
The host did not feel hungry between meals, except when reducing oatmeal to one packet a day.
What cooking methods are used?
The host uses methods like batch cooking, simmering, and using an Instant Pot.
What are some key ingredients purchased?
Key ingredients include oatmeal, lentils, pinto beans, rice, potatoes, and various vegetables.
How did the host feel about the challenge?
The host felt good about the challenge and was satisfied with the meals prepared.
What was the main goal of the challenge?
The main goal was to create healthy, filling meals on a tight budget.
What did the host learn from the experience?
The host learned that it is possible to eat nutritious meals on a limited budget.

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[Music]
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This week, I will be eating off of just
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$12 for the entire week. This will be
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including breakfast, lunches, and
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dinners. I haven't done an extreme
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grocery budget challenge like this for
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breakfast, lunch, and dinner in quite
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some time. So, to say that I'm nervous
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about this is an understatement. So,
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what we are going to be doing today is
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we're heading over to Walmart. It's just
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the cheapest grocery store in my area.
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I'm going to be filling up my grocery
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cart with only $12 worth of groceries.
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And I'm going to be strategic about what
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I place in my cart. I really want
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grocery items that stretch, that are
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nutrient-rich, and high in protein. I
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want to be eating delicious this week. I
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don't want to feel like I'm eating like
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cardboard. These meals are going to be
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good according to my plan. But let's get
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to the store. I'm bringing you along
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with me and then we're going to get back
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home and get to cooking this week. All
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right, here we are. are $12 in my pocket
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and it's time to see just how much I
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could get to feed myself for this next
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week. Can I make it work? Well, let's
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find out. First, I'm picking up this box
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of apple cinnamon oatmeal. There's 10
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packets in it. And since it is flavored
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with apples and cinnamon, it's a pretty
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good value, so I'm throwing that in my
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cart. Now, I'm down the baking aisle.
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I'm going to be picking up a 2 lb bag of
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allpurpose flour. I'm thinking I'm going
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to be using this flour for maybe some
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homemade bread and tortillas, but I'll
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see what I end up using this flour for
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in the end. Now, I'm going down the
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dried bean and lentil aisle. I'm picking
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up a one lb bag of dry lentils along
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with a one lb bag of dry pinto beans.
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I'll also be throwing a one lb bag of
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white rice in my cart. Lentils and pinto
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beans are great meat substitutes.
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They're super affordable and they're
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super high in protein. I'm off to the
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produce area now. Just because I'm on an
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extreme budget doesn't mean I'm not
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getting produce. Potatoes stretch and
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they are wonderfully priced right now.
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So, I'm picking up a 5 lb bag of
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potatoes. I'm also wanting some fruit
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this week. So, I'll be picking up three
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bananas. Apples would also be wonderful
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this week. I'm looking at all the prices
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per pound for apples, and I'm deciding
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on these ones just because they're the
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least expensive per pound. I'll also be
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getting a yellow onion and two jalapenos
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for added nutrients and flavor this
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week. You can't go wrong with a big huge
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bag of carrots. I have no idea what I'm
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going to be using these carrots for, but
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I'm getting them and I'm sure I'll find
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some use for them. And then Roma
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tomatoes are pretty inexpensive per
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pound, so I'll just pick up one of
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those. Here's all of my groceries with
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the prices that will hopefully get me
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through. I have my bag of flour, 5 lbs
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of rusted potatoes, three bananas. I
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have my one lb bag of lentils along with
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my one lb bag of pinto beans, my
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carrots, tomato, and then I have my
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apples and cinnamon oatmeal. I'm really
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excited about this oatmeal, and I'm
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super excited that there's already like
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cinnamon and apples in it. Next, I have
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my bag of rice along with my two
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jalapenos. Then, I have my yellow onion
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and two apples. I'm very excited about
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this. Let's get home and let's get to
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cooking and let's see what we create.
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I just got back from the store and I am
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going to be starting on breakfast soon,
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but I do want to prepare my pinto beans.
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I'm going to be making these pinto beans
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for dinner tonight in a recipe and I
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want to prepare them now just so they
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can be ready for this evening. So, I'm
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just starting out. I have my one lb bag
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of pinto beans. I'm going to be batch
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making these pinto beans. So, I'm making
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them all in one batch for this week.
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It's just easier to cook like a large
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batch of pinto beans together other than
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like, you know, making a cup here and
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there because they do need to simmer for
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a while. But I'm just rinsing my pinto
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beans right now. I'm going to remove any
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like broken beans. Um, kind of like
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this. I like to rinse my pinto beans
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like this just because it removes any
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debris that might be on the beans just
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because you know the way that beans are
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grown. I'm going to let my beans soak in
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water for a couple of hours. You might
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be asking yourself or wondering why let
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my beans soak. So, you of course do not
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have to let your beans soak at all. I
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don't always let my beans soak.
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Sometimes I simply don't have time. And
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that's totally fine. But the reason why
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I do like to let my beans soak is
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because it makes the beans like super
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pillowy soft in the end. It
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significantly reduces the cooking time
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down. Plus, it really aids in digestion
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and gas. So, if you're worried about gas
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with beans, I definitely recommend
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soaking them. It really helps. That's
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why I like to soak my beans. Let's go
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get started on breakfast. I'm hungry.
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For breakfast, day one, I am doing a
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packet of oatmeal. I actually might be
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doing two packets today because there
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are 10 packets in this oatmeal um pouch
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container thing. So, I think I will be
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doing two packets today since I do have
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enough. And then I will be doing a
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banana with my two packets of oatmeal
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since I am on the hungrier side right
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now. So I'll be doing these two packets
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of oatmeal with one banana. I'll be
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doing this for breakfast 1 through
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three. I kind of came to the conclusion
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about since I do have enough to do two
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packets of oatmeal for 3 days because
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I'm doing seven days total. So there's
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10 packets. So I have three extra if I
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did one packet a day. So, I'll be doing
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for breakfast days 1 through three, two
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packets of oatmeal and then one banana.
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Let's go put some water in this and
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let's get this oatmeal cooked up. I'm
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quite surprised two packets of oatmeal
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made for so much oatmeal. I definitely
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don't think I'm going to be trying to
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snack in between these two meals. Since
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I didn't add snacks into my budget for
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this week, I do not have snacks to snack
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on. But, like I said, these two packets
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of oatmeal made for so much oatmeal. And
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then the banana on the side adds some
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nice fruit for nutrients. And then the
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oatmeal has protein. And like I said,
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it's very filling. So, I'm very excited
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for this filling, nutrientrich
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breakfast. I don't think I'm going to be
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thinking that I need snacks in between
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breakfast and lunch today, which I'm
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very excited about. Right now, we are in
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between breakfast and lunch. And I
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thought, what would go so good with
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lunch? Rustic warm bread. So, we are
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getting started on this rustic bread
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recipe. I actually used to make it when
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my husband and I were first married and
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we were barely making ends meet. So,
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it's a great bread recipe because it
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doesn't have any yeast in it. And I know
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yeast could be very pricey at the
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grocery store. So, this is just a very
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affordable bread recipe. It is 2 cups of
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allpurpose flour. It's just the flour
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that we grabbed from the store. And then
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a little bit of salt and sugar, a half a
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teaspoon of each of those. Then two
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teaspoons of baking powder. You're going
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to whisk these dry ingredients all
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together. Like I said, this is such an
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easy bread recipe. It is great if you
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were on a budget because it doesn't have
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any crazy ingredients in it. Also, you
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don't have to let it rise for hours. So,
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it really is wonderful. After you whisk
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those dry ingredients together, add in
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3/4 cup of warm water. Just whisk it
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until it kind of forms a dough. It will
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take a couple of minutes. Now that it
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kind of looks like this, I'm going to
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work it together with my hands a little
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bit. And then once it is no longer
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sticky and everything is combined, I am
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going to knead it on my countertop for
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about 3 to 5 minutes. You could always
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make a double batch of this bread. Um,
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I'm just doing one loaf today, but like
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I said, you could do a double batch if
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you would like. Now that I've been
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kneading my bread for about 3 to 5
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minutes, I'm just going to form it into
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a rectangle shape. And then I'm going to
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score the top of it just with a knife
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kind of just like this. And then I'm
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placing it onto my sheetpan. I'll be
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baking this in my preheated oven to
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425° for about 15 minutes. After 15
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minutes, I'm going to lower the
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temperature to 350 and I'll bake it for
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an additional 10 minutes. I'm getting
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started on lunch right now. I'm actually
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going to batch prep this rice as well.
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My husband's actually at the library
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with my little ones, so I have a little
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extra time to kind of like batch cook
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things. So, I'm batch cooking this rice.
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I'm just rinsing it right now. Same with
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the pinto beans. Just getting any debris
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off, making sure it's super clean. Now,
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let's go throw this rice in my Instant
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Pot. I'll just toss my rice right in my
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Instant Pot. Then, I'm also going to add
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in about 3 cups of water. You could add
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in any seasonings you'd like, like
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Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion
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powder, paprika, but I'm just keeping it
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simple for today. Plus, I really do
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love, you guys, like biscuits. Love
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gravy. I'm just going to press the rice
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button and it is just going to cook
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itself. You could also cook this rice in
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like a pot on the stove or however you
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choose to do so. I like using my Instant
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Pot just because it's kind of failproof
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to cook rice. So, let's get that going
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and then I'm going to get started on
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lunch. I haven't snacked in between
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breakfast and lunch, which I'm excited
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about, but I'm definitely hungry for
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lunch. For lunch today, we are making a
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carrot rice lentil skillet. I have not
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made this before, but I'm quite excited
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about it. I kind of just came up with
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it, and it sounds really good. Kind of
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like peel the outside layer off of them,
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and then I'm going to cut them into
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smaller pieces. I'm also going to dice
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up about a fourth of my jalapeno. It
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will add great flavor and different
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nutrients like vitamin C. And then I'm
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also going to be using a fourth of my
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yellow onion. And I'm going to dice it
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up. I'm not using my whole yellow onion
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just because I want my yellow onion for
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other recipes as well. I'm just adding
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in my oil now. And then to the hot oil,
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I'm adding in my carrots, onion, and
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jalapeno. I have some oil on hand, but
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if you don't have oil on hand, you could
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always use like butter, other types of
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oil, or you could use water to saute
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your veggies. I've sauteed my veggies a
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few times on my channel in water and it
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really works out super duper well. But
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I'll let these veggies cook for about 6
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minutes on my stove. I just measured out
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about 3/4 cup of lentils. I have plenty
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more lentils in my bag to do other
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things with. But now I'm just going to
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add my lentils into this mesh strainer.
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And I'm going to rinse my lentils kind
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of like how I did with the rice and the
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pinto beans. You want to look through
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your lentils. You want to look for like
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any broken lentils or you know anything
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like that, but just give them a good
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rinse just because they are grown in the
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ground. To my softened veggies, I'm
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adding in my
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lentils. Next, I'm adding in my three
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cups of water. Then, I'm going to toss
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in my seasonings. I'm going to use about
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a teaspoon of Italian seasoning. You
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could go ahead and use any seasonings
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that you like or have on hand, but these
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seasonings are fairly affordable. Don't
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mind me with my whole container of salt.
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Um, just because I'm fancy like this,
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you know. Anyway, add in some pepper and
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then garlic powder and onion powder. And
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then I'm going to let this simmer on my
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stove for about 20
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minutes. Here is what the rice is
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looking like out of the Instant Pot.
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Now, as you could see, it is looking
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nice and fluffy. I only need about a cup
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and a fourth for my lunch today. So,
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I'll only be using about this much since
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my lunch does have lentils in it.
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Lentils are super high in protein and
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they're also super filling. So, with the
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rest of this rice, I'm going to store it
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in a container and I'll keep it in my
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fridge. It lasts in the fridge up to 4
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days. And then whatever I don't eat or I
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use in 4 days, I'll just stick it in my
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freezer. And rice actually is great in
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the freezer. And then whenever I freeze
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it, I just like to add a little bit of
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water with the rice and then it reheats.
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wonderfully. There you go. I'll be using
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this now and I'll be saving this in my
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fridge slash freezer for this next week.
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Don't know what I'll make with it yet,
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but hoping I'll make some yummy meals.
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My little ones are just getting back
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from library story time with my husband
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right now. But here's what my lunch is
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looking like for today. My lentils are
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still cooking. I really like my lentils
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to be super soft, like pillowy soft on
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the inside. As you see, they're kind of
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still hard. So, I like to almost
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overcook my lentils. That's the way I
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like them to be. But just make sure you
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stir it every once in a while while it
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is simmering. Now that my lentils are
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pretty tender, I'm just going to stir in
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my cooked white rice. I'll just give it
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a good stir. Let it absorb any excess
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like moisture. Lentils are my favorite
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substitute for meat just because they're
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so high in protein. They're high in
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different nutrients. They're high in
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iron. Also, to go along with the lunch
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for today, I am going to be serving it
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with a couple of slices of the bread. I
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don't know if I'll eat both slices, but
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I'm going to serve it with both slices,
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and I'll see how much I eat. So, this is
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just a ton of food. So, I'm thinking
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this is going to be like three different
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days of lunches for me. This also has
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nutrients from the carrots and all the
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different seasonings, jalapeno, and
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onion. So, this is a great nutrientrich
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lunch. Um, that was actually really easy
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to make. So, I'm excited about lunch
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today. Like I said, I think this is
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going to get me lunches days two and
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three, but I will let you know in the
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next couple days. It is about 12:00
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right now, and my beans have been
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soaking just for a little while. As you
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see, they don't look like regular dry
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beans anymore. They're kind of like
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they've expanded slightly. So, I'm just
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putting them in my Instant Pot just so I
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could get them cooking for my dinner
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tonight. So, I added them in my Instant
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Pot, and I'm going to add a bunch of
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water. Um, just because you want those
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beans to be covered pretty high in the
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water, just because they expand so much.
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And if you're not going to be watching
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your beans all day in the slow cooker,
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was I saying Instant Pot? If I was
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saying Instant Pot, I mean slow cooker.
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Um, if you're not going to be watching
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your beans all day in the slow cooker,
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you want to make sure the water is like
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to the top just so your beans can expand
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and grow. But I just added in some chili
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pepper, basil, and then I'm going to add
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in paprika and oregano. These seasonings
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are super duper good with beans. These
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are pretty simple seasonings. Um, and
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they're pretty affordable containers as
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well. I'm covering this with the lid and
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I'm going to cook it on high for about
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five to six hours and I'll see how the
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beans are looking at that point. It is
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now about five o'clock and I'm getting
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started on dinner. I am making these
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lentil potato pinto bean burritos. They
00:14:25
are absolutely amazing and I'm making
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them with homemade flour tortillas. I
00:14:30
have made these flour tortillas on my
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channel in the past and they were just a
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huge hit. I haven't made them in years
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though, so we are making them right now.
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I just added to my 2/3 cup of water
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about a teaspoon of salt. And now into
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this bowl, I am going to add in about
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two cups of our allpurpose flour. And
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then I'm going to add in 5 tablespoon of
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olive oil. I'll mix the olive oil in
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with the flour just until it gets kind
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of crumbly and combined. I really love
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these flour tortillas just because they
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are a super affordable, easy flour
00:15:02
tortilla recipe to make. Like I said,
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I've been making them for years. You
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don't need any like wild ingredients. A
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lot of these ingredients are pantry
00:15:10
staples that you might already have on
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hand. So, great flour tortilla recipe. I
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just added in my 2/3 cup of water. This
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is warm water. You want to make sure you
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add in You just kind of want to stir
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this together until it gets well
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combined and it is kind of like a ball.
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I noticed that mine's a little bit
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sticky, so I'm adding in slightly more
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flour. You just don't want it to be too
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sticky. You kind of want it to be like
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elasticy and hold its shape. Now that my
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dough kind of looks like this, it's like
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a little bit elasticky. I'm going to
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just flour my surface. And then I am
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going to knead the dough on my surface
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for about 4 minutes. After I'm finished
00:15:48
kneading my dough, I'm just going to
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place it back into this bowl that I
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mixed it in. And I'm going to place a
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warm towel over the top of it. Or if you
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don't have a warm towel, you could just
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place a normal towel over the top of it
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and let it kind of sit and rest for
00:16:01
about 20 minutes. We are getting started
00:16:04
on the pinto bean burrito filling now.
00:16:07
So, I just cut up about four rusted
00:16:10
potatoes from our bag. I peeled them and
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I diced them. I just also checked over
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at the pinto beans and they are like so
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pillowy soft. So, I'm so glad those
00:16:20
pinto beans cooked nicely today. I just
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added those cut up potatoes into my bowl
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along with about a/4 a cup of lentils.
00:16:29
Those lentils are just going to add a
00:16:31
lot to these burritos. And then I added
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in about 5 cups of water. You're going
00:16:35
to let this simmer for about 20 minutes
00:16:37
or until those lentils are tender.
00:16:39
Here's what my pinto beans are looking
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like after simmering all day in my slow
00:16:43
cooker. I'm going to remove about two
00:16:46
cups of the pinto beans for tonight's
00:16:48
dinner, my lentil potato um pinto bean
00:16:51
burritos. And then I'm going to save the
00:16:53
rest of the pinto beans for future meals
00:16:56
I decide to make this week. But I really
00:16:59
think cooking the pinto beans in the
00:17:00
slow cooker like this, it's just the
00:17:02
best way to cook pinto beans. They just
00:17:04
come out perfectly cooked every time. I
00:17:07
just love cooking them in my slow cooker
00:17:09
like this. But I'll add the rest of my
00:17:11
pinto beans into this large bowl. I
00:17:13
don't have like a Tupperware container
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big enough to fit all of these beans
00:17:18
plus some of the juice. So this big bowl
00:17:21
should work. Also, I do want to let you
00:17:23
know when you are storing your pinto
00:17:24
beans in a large container you're batch
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cooking them like this, make sure you do
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add in about a cup of the broth that the
00:17:32
pinto beans are cooking in just so your
00:17:34
pinto beans don't dry out. So, that's
00:17:37
just for best results. I learned that
00:17:38
when my husband and I were eating pinto
00:17:41
beans like every single week. We were
00:17:43
making pinto bean burritos. We were
00:17:45
making everything with pinto beans
00:17:47
because that's basically all we could
00:17:49
afford for a long time period there. The
00:17:51
time is basically up for letting my
00:17:54
dough rest for my tortillas. So, I'm
00:17:56
going to flour my surface just slightly.
00:17:59
And then I'm going to divide my dough
00:18:02
into about 10 balls. So, you want to
00:18:05
make about 10 tortillas. That's kind of
00:18:08
the goal with this amount of dough. You
00:18:10
could always double this recipe or half
00:18:13
it, but this is kind of what I'm aiming
00:18:15
for is 10 tortillas. And then roll them
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out super thin. I always say the thinner
00:18:19
the better. just because they do kind of
00:18:22
bubble up while they are cooking. So,
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roll them out super thin. Once you have
00:18:26
your tortillas super thin like this,
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you're going to bring them over to a hot
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pan on the stove and cook them for about
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a minute or two on each side or until
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they're golden brown and cooked.
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Whenever we want something with like
00:18:37
tortillas or wraps and we don't have
00:18:39
tortillas or wraps on hand, I actually
00:18:42
make these homemade tortillas just
00:18:43
because you don't have to let them rise
00:18:45
all day. You don't even have to let them
00:18:47
rise an hour. just 20 minutes makes for
00:18:49
the most perfect tortillas. So, if you
00:18:52
are looking to make some homemade
00:18:53
tortillas on a budget, love this recipe.
00:18:56
Tortillas can also be pretty expensive
00:18:58
at the store. So, these homemade ones
00:19:00
are really amazing. I still have my
00:19:02
tortillas cooking off to the side. But
00:19:04
now that my lentils and potatoes are
00:19:06
tender, I'm just going to strain the
00:19:08
liquid out of this. I'm not going to
00:19:09
show you me straining it, though, just
00:19:11
because to say that my sink is
00:19:13
overflowing with dishes is kind of an
00:19:15
understatement. To the same pot, add in
00:19:18
those cooked pinto beans. Then you're
00:19:20
going to want to season this up just so
00:19:22
it's not bland. Nobody likes bland food.
00:19:25
I'm using salt and pepper. I'm also
00:19:27
going to be doing some paprika. And then
00:19:30
I'll be doing a slight bit of Italian
00:19:32
seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder,
00:19:34
oregano, and cumin. Can't forget about
00:19:37
my onion. I'm adding in a small amount
00:19:39
of diced onion. And then you're going to
00:19:41
let this cook together for about five,
00:19:44
six more minutes. You kind of want
00:19:46
everything to heat through. You want
00:19:47
that onion to slightly cook. Funny story
00:19:49
about these burritos. A little while
00:19:51
ago, a few weeks ago, they actually went
00:19:54
kind of like small scale viral. Thank
00:19:57
you guys for making my lentil burritos
00:20:00
semi smallcale viral. I really, really
00:20:03
appreciate it. I made them on my channel
00:20:06
a couple months ago and a lot of you
00:20:08
guys have been liking these burritos.
00:20:09
So, thank you so much for the support.
00:20:12
It really does mean a lot to me and my
00:20:14
family when you share my videos and you
00:20:16
like them. The potato, lentil, and bean
00:20:19
mixture is through simmering. I know it
00:20:21
doesn't look amazing right now, but let
00:20:23
me tell you, it smells so good. It It
00:20:26
smells really delicious. And here are
00:20:27
the tortillas. After I cooked all of
00:20:29
them, I actually covered them with a
00:20:32
towel just so they could stay um so you
00:20:34
could still, you know, kind of like wrap
00:20:36
them up. But I'm going to fill these
00:20:38
tortillas up. I'm only going to fill up
00:20:42
a couple of them for tonight. I'm only
00:20:44
going to be using a couple tonight. I'll
00:20:46
be using the rest of these tortillas
00:20:48
either throughout my week or in the next
00:20:50
couple days depending on what I feel
00:20:52
like I'm going to be eating for dinner.
00:20:53
But this is about how much I'm going to
00:20:55
eat for tonight. I am feeling pretty
00:20:58
hungry right now, but this is a lot of
00:21:00
food. Also, I'm going to be topping it
00:21:02
with a little bit of diced tomato and
00:21:04
jalapeno for added freshness and
00:21:06
nutrients. After I would fill my
00:21:08
tortillas, typically I would heat the
00:21:10
tortilla up on the outside of the
00:21:12
tortilla on the stove again with like
00:21:14
normal basic flour tortillas that I
00:21:16
would buy at the store. But since these
00:21:19
are homemade tortillas and they're
00:21:20
already crisped on the outside, I am
00:21:22
just going to eat it like this. I do not
00:21:24
need to reheat these tortillas again on
00:21:27
the stove. They're cooked to perfection.
00:21:29
Delicious. And I am so excited about
00:21:32
dinner tonight. Also, if I'm looking a
00:21:34
little bit more tired than earlier, I
00:21:36
am. I was running outside with my little
00:21:38
ones for a while, and I was sweating
00:21:40
quite a bit, to say the least. So, this
00:21:44
dinner is so high in protein from those
00:21:46
beans, lentils, and then the potatoes
00:21:48
are a great affordable filler. I'm
00:21:50
really pleased with dinner tonight. I do
00:21:52
not feel like I'm eating on an extreme
00:21:54
budget right now. To store the tortillas
00:21:56
I didn't eat tonight, I'm going to keep
00:21:57
them in a Ziploc bag just in my fridge.
00:22:00
You could, of course, batch prep these.
00:22:02
So, you could fill these tortillas up um
00:22:04
with the filling tonight, but I'm just
00:22:06
going to keep them in a bag and I'll
00:22:08
fill them up for future meals. I don't
00:22:11
know if I'm going to be filling like
00:22:13
burrito bowls with this or what. So,
00:22:15
that's why I'm not filling it up for
00:22:16
today. I'm just going to put this in the
00:22:18
fridge. I know it doesn't look like
00:22:19
much, but you got to trust me. This
00:22:21
filling is so good. Here's what
00:22:23
breakfast is looking like for day two. I
00:22:25
did two packets of our apple cinnamon
00:22:28
oatmeal. I just mixed the oatmeal with
00:22:30
water and I microwaved it. Then I topped
00:22:32
the oatmeal with a half of a diced
00:22:35
apple. So I just used half of one of my
00:22:38
apples, diced it up, and then I'm saving
00:22:40
the other half of apple just in a
00:22:42
container. And then to prevent the apple
00:22:44
from browning, I'm adding in some water.
00:22:47
If you don't have citrus to add onto
00:22:48
your apple, I definitely recommend using
00:22:50
water. Water really helps save apples
00:22:53
from browning. But I am just going to
00:22:55
eat this. And at this point, I'm
00:22:57
actually feeling really good. I don't
00:22:59
feel any different from like what I
00:23:01
normally eat. The only thing is I'm not
00:23:03
feeling hungry in between meals. These
00:23:06
meals have been pretty pretty heavy.
00:23:08
They're really high in protein and
00:23:10
different nutrients. So, I'm not feeling
00:23:12
like I need to snack in between
00:23:13
breakfast and lunch and lunch and
00:23:15
dinner. But, I will see how today goes
00:23:17
in the rest of this week. I'm really
00:23:20
curious to see how I will be feeling by
00:23:22
day
00:23:23
four. Lunch. Day two. I am eating some
00:23:26
more of my lentil, carrot, and rice
00:23:28
skillet that I made yesterday. I'm not
00:23:30
eating all of the leftovers. I'm just
00:23:32
eating about half of the leftovers. So,
00:23:35
not all of it. I'll be saving the other
00:23:37
half for like lunch tomorrow or really
00:23:38
whenever I want to eat it. But, I'm also
00:23:41
serving it with a slice of rustic bread
00:23:43
on the side. This smells so good. I
00:23:46
actually took a bite out of it and it
00:23:48
tastes just as good as it did yesterday.
00:23:50
I know not all leftovers reheat well,
00:23:52
but this certainly does. Also, it's
00:23:55
hailing outside. So, if you hear a
00:23:56
noise, it's like snow hailing. But
00:23:59
anyway, I'm excited to eat this. And I
00:24:02
will see you at dinner time tonight. It
00:24:04
is a little after 7:00 p.m. right now.
00:24:07
So, I'm getting a later start on dinner
00:24:08
than I would normally like to. But, you
00:24:10
know what? That is okay because I batch
00:24:13
cooked so much yesterday. So, I'm not
00:24:15
needing to like make a full meal for
00:24:18
myself right now because I batch cooked
00:24:20
so much yesterday. All I did was I
00:24:23
heated up my tortilla for about a minute
00:24:25
in the microwave and I heated up a
00:24:28
portion of my lentil, pinto bean, and
00:24:31
potato filling in the microwave. I
00:24:33
heated that up for about 2 minutes. And
00:24:35
then I'm just topping this with some of
00:24:37
my onion, tomato, and jalapeno. I'm just
00:24:40
topping it with that just for added
00:24:42
freshness. And then there you go. That
00:24:44
took me like 3 minutes to throw
00:24:47
together. I have so much of this left
00:24:50
and I'm excited about that. It's not
00:24:53
like I'm scraping the bowl clean right
00:24:55
now. There's a ton left. So, if I want
00:24:58
another burrito or like kind of like
00:25:00
burrito bowl tonight, I can. I don't
00:25:02
have to limit myself right now. So, that
00:25:05
is wonderful. But, I'm going to sit down
00:25:07
and eat this. I'm now on breakfast for
00:25:09
day three. And I'm having two packets of
00:25:11
oatmeal. Again, I just cooked it in
00:25:13
water. I just added one of my bananas on
00:25:15
top of the oatmeal. I no longer have
00:25:18
enough oatmeal to do two packets a day.
00:25:20
So, for the next days, I'm no longer
00:25:22
going to be doing two packets of oatmeal
00:25:25
a day. I'll just be doing one. But, I'm
00:25:26
about to eat my breakfast now. It is
00:25:29
about 12:30 right now. I'm eating lunch
00:25:32
a little bit later than I normally do.
00:25:34
But, I'm about to heat up the rest of my
00:25:36
lentil, rice, and carrot skillet right
00:25:38
now in my microwave. I'm just going to
00:25:40
heat it up like this in my storage
00:25:42
container because I'm going to be eating
00:25:44
all of this for lunch right now. I'm
00:25:45
also going to be serving it alongside a
00:25:47
slice of my rustic bread. For dinner
00:25:50
tonight, I am just eating some of the
00:25:52
potato, lentil, and pinto bean filling.
00:25:55
I'm not doing it with a burrito. I'm
00:25:57
just doing it kind of like as a burrito
00:26:00
bowl. I am also topping it with some
00:26:02
slices of tomato. I'm not doing the
00:26:04
jalapeno or onion. I'm thinking I want
00:26:06
to save the rest of the jalapeno and
00:26:08
onion for something else. But this is
00:26:10
what I'm having for dinner tonight. I do
00:26:11
have some left just in case I want to
00:26:13
snack on it throughout the week or
00:26:15
something, but I have some left. But
00:26:16
here is what dinner is looking like. I
00:26:18
know it doesn't look gorgeous, but it
00:26:20
truly is so good. It is so bold in
00:26:22
flavor. You could add any seasonings to
00:26:25
it, like I said before. But I'm going to
00:26:27
go eat this. It's delicious. I am now on
00:26:30
breakfast day four. I since I ran out of
00:26:33
doing two little packets of oatmeal each
00:26:35
day yesterday, I am doing one packet of
00:26:38
oatmeal today. I have my oatmeal here.
00:26:40
I'm just going to put the other half of
00:26:43
the apple over the top for breakfast
00:26:45
today. I do still have one apple left.
00:26:48
I'm thinking I will either have it for a
00:26:49
snack or the rest of the days for
00:26:52
breakfast. Also, I do want to mention
00:26:54
yesterday I ate the last banana. I was
00:26:57
making banana muffins for my little ones
00:27:00
and I didn't have enough bananas. So, I
00:27:03
used the last banana for the banana
00:27:06
chocolate chip muffins. And I did have
00:27:08
one of these yesterday, but I only ate
00:27:10
one. And besides this, I didn't snack on
00:27:12
anything else. So, I had one banana
00:27:15
chocolate chip muffin yesterday that I
00:27:17
made for my little ones. And then I did
00:27:19
eat the last banana because I made it in
00:27:22
the banana chocolate chip muffin. So, I
00:27:24
don't have any more bananas left. And I
00:27:27
made these muffins for my little ones.
00:27:29
I'm getting started on lunch for today.
00:27:31
I am making a potato lentil curry and I
00:27:34
am just overly excited about it. I just
00:27:36
started out by measuring out the last of
00:27:38
my lentils. I have about a cup and a
00:27:41
half of lentils left and I'm just going
00:27:43
to go ahead and rinse them. Now I am
00:27:46
going to cut up my vegetables. So I'm
00:27:49
going to start with my potatoes. There's
00:27:52
about five of them. This one's huge. And
00:27:54
I still have three potatoes left in my
00:27:56
bag. I'll probably also dice up a
00:27:58
quarter more of my onion. And as you
00:28:01
see, I have quite a few carrots left. I
00:28:03
have about eight small to medium sized
00:28:06
carrots here. I'll dice those up. And
00:28:08
then I have three carrots left in my
00:28:10
bag. Over to this large pot on my stove.
00:28:13
It's on about mediumigh heat. I added in
00:28:16
a tablespoon of olive oil. Now I'm going
00:28:18
to add in my diced onion and carrots.
00:28:21
I'm not going to add the potatoes in
00:28:23
right now, or at least I'm going to try
00:28:25
not to add them in. A couple of them
00:28:27
might fall in, but I'll add the potatoes
00:28:29
in in just a little bit. I really want
00:28:31
those carrots and the onion to kind of
00:28:33
sauté and cook together. It's going to
00:28:35
give them a lot of delicious added
00:28:38
flavor. Now that my veggies are finished
00:28:40
sautéing, I'm adding in about 2 tepoon
00:28:43
of curry powder. I'm also going to be
00:28:45
adding in a teaspoon of garlic powder
00:28:48
and onion powder. Next, I'm adding in a
00:28:50
half a teaspoon of cumin. The cumin adds
00:28:53
a pop of flavor. That curry smells so
00:28:55
good right now. You also want to add in
00:28:57
about a teaspoon of salt. It's not going
00:29:00
to be too salty just because there's
00:29:02
going to be so much food in this. The
00:29:04
potatoes are going to absorb some of
00:29:06
that salt. Same with the lentils and
00:29:09
it's just going to be super flavorful in
00:29:11
the end. Now I'm going to add in
00:29:13
basically the rest of my ingredients. So
00:29:14
I'm adding in four cups of water. Then
00:29:17
I'm adding in my rinsed
00:29:19
lentils. These are the last of the
00:29:22
lentils that I have. Next, I diced up
00:29:24
the last of my Roma tomato and I'm
00:29:27
adding that in there. I'm also tossing
00:29:29
in my potatoes. Now, I'm going to give
00:29:31
this a good stir and I'm going to let it
00:29:33
simmer on my stove for about 20 minutes,
00:29:36
mainly to cook those lentils and the
00:29:39
potatoes. You want the lentils to be
00:29:41
super soft in the end. This curry has
00:29:44
been simmering for about 15 minutes so
00:29:46
far, and it is smelling so good. It
00:29:49
smells like normal curry. It smells
00:29:51
amazing. If you do notice the lentils
00:29:54
need a little bit more water to cook in,
00:29:56
just add about a half to one more cup of
00:29:58
water at a time until those lentils are
00:30:00
cooked. I'm going to let this cook for
00:30:03
just about I'd say 5 10 more minutes
00:30:06
until those lentils get to the softness
00:30:08
that I like them to be. While my curry
00:30:11
finishes cooking on the stove, I am
00:30:13
going to heat up my rice. I haven't used
00:30:15
any of my rice that I cooked up in the
00:30:18
beginning of the week since I cooked it
00:30:20
up. So, I am going to heat some up
00:30:22
today. Um, since today is day four with
00:30:25
the rice, I am going to freeze the rest
00:30:27
of my rice. Rice lasts in the fridge for
00:30:30
up to about 4 days. So, I'll freeze this
00:30:33
and then it is going to stay super well
00:30:35
in the freezer for however long I really
00:30:38
want it to be in my freezer, you know,
00:30:40
whenever I make the next meals. Also, to
00:30:44
go along with my rice heating up, I do
00:30:46
have more tortillas that I batch cooked
00:30:49
in the first of the week. So, I am also
00:30:51
going to be heating up a tortilla on the
00:30:54
side. I thought that sounded really
00:30:55
super good. So, I'm going to microwave
00:30:57
these two and my um curry is going to
00:30:59
finish cooking up right now. Here's what
00:31:02
my curry is looking like all plated up
00:31:04
in this bowl. I have the rice on the
00:31:07
bottom so you could barely see it. And
00:31:08
then I have the tortilla. The tortilla
00:31:10
is kind of going to act as like naan
00:31:12
bread. This is smelling amazing. Also, I
00:31:15
do want to let you know if you want to
00:31:17
add to this curry and you have some like
00:31:19
tomato sauce on hand, tomato paste, you
00:31:21
could always add in tomato sauce or
00:31:23
tomato paste. You could add in coconut
00:31:25
milk. You could add in heavy cream. You
00:31:27
could add in bell peppers, cilantro. You
00:31:30
could really add to this curry. But this
00:31:32
is a great base for like a really
00:31:34
affordable, inexpensive curry on a
00:31:37
budget that still tastes delicious. So,
00:31:39
you could always add to this curry, but
00:31:41
this is a wonderful base. Like I was
00:31:42
saying, this lunch is absolutely out of
00:31:45
this world delicious, and I have so much
00:31:49
left over. So, I'm really excited. I'm
00:31:51
going to be eating this. I'm thinking
00:31:53
maybe for lunch tomorrow, but not 100%
00:31:56
sure yet. I'll check back with you at
00:31:58
dinner time tonight. I basically ate
00:32:00
everything, but not all of the tortilla.
00:32:03
Tortilla was super good, but loved the
00:32:05
lentil curry the best. That was amazing.
00:32:08
It is about 5:30 right now and I'm
00:32:11
getting started on dinner. For dinner
00:32:13
tonight, we are making pinto bean potato
00:32:15
burritos. So, I'm going to get started
00:32:17
on my potatoes first. To my cutting
00:32:19
board, I have about three potatoes left.
00:32:21
So, I'm going to peel those and I'm
00:32:22
going to dice them up. I also have about
00:32:25
three carrots left in my bag. So, I'm
00:32:27
also going to dice those carrots up. And
00:32:30
I have a little bit of my yellow onion
00:32:32
left. So, I'll go ahead and dice that
00:32:34
onion up, too. Now for my potato lentil
00:32:37
burrito filling. To a pan on the stove,
00:32:39
add in your potatoes, carrots, and
00:32:42
onion. I didn't use all of my onion. I
00:32:44
still have some fresh onion left. I
00:32:47
could top with, you know, some of the
00:32:49
rest of my meals, but just add these
00:32:51
veggies right in here. Then you're going
00:32:53
to want to add in water. You want to
00:32:55
kind of like boil and soften the
00:32:58
potatoes and the carrots. Also, if you
00:33:01
are wondering what my little ones and
00:33:02
will have been eating this week, they
00:33:04
are just eating what they would normally
00:33:05
eat throughout the week. This is eating
00:33:07
off of $12 for an entire week for
00:33:10
myself. So, for one person. And I do
00:33:12
want to let you know how it's been
00:33:14
going. So, I was kind of curious how I'd
00:33:16
be feeling by day four, which is today.
00:33:19
And I am feeling great. I feel like I'm
00:33:21
getting enough protein. I feel like I'm
00:33:22
getting enough nutrients. I've been
00:33:24
sticking to my meal plan really, really
00:33:26
well. I'm excited to see how the rest of
00:33:28
this week goes. And I'm really hoping
00:33:30
that I'm able to have enough food to get
00:33:32
me through day seven. That is my goal at
00:33:35
this point. But I'm excited for dinner
00:33:37
tonight. You have to trust me at this
00:33:39
point. I know this isn't looking like
00:33:40
much yet, but once your potatoes,
00:33:43
carrots, and um the onion are kind of
00:33:45
like fork tender. Go ahead and strain
00:33:48
the water out. And then you're going to
00:33:49
add in all of the pinto beans. So the
00:33:52
pinto beans that we cooked up earlier
00:33:53
this week, add them right into your pan.
00:33:56
And then you're going to add in any
00:33:58
seasonings that you like. Today, for the
00:34:00
seasonings, I'm doing a little bit of
00:34:02
salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion
00:34:04
powder, chili powder, and cumin. I
00:34:06
really think those seasonings would work
00:34:08
super well in this dish. Give this a
00:34:11
stir. And since the beans, potatoes,
00:34:14
carrots, everything's cooked through,
00:34:16
you basically just want to heat through
00:34:18
the beans at this point. And you want
00:34:20
the seasonings to, you know, make
00:34:23
everything extra flavorful. So, give
00:34:25
this a stir, let it cook, and then you
00:34:27
could serve this in tortillas or as like
00:34:30
burrito bowls. Really, however you
00:34:32
choose to do so. But I am just going to
00:34:34
be serving this as a burrito bowl today.
00:34:36
I was originally going to serve this as
00:34:38
a burrito, but I'm kind of feeling like
00:34:40
a burrito bowl right now. I have my
00:34:42
tortillas right here. This one's a
00:34:44
little cracked because this one's the
00:34:45
first tortilla that I made and I dried
00:34:48
it out a little to say the least. But I
00:34:50
have some tortillas left for this week.
00:34:53
I have, let me see, I think 1, two,
00:34:55
three. I have about four tortillas left,
00:34:58
not including the cracked one if I'm
00:35:00
counting them right. But this is
00:35:02
smelling so good. It has so much protein
00:35:04
from those pinto beans. I'm really not
00:35:06
missing meat. I was kind of thinking
00:35:08
that I might be missing like chicken and
00:35:11
sausage and ground beef at this point in
00:35:14
the week, but I'm not craving meats. I
00:35:16
know I haven't had any meats, but the
00:35:18
meat substitutes, like the lentils and
00:35:20
the pinto beans, have really, really
00:35:22
been working as substituting for the
00:35:25
meat. So, I'm getting enough protein,
00:35:26
and I'm really feeling good at this
00:35:28
point in the week. Also, I have plenty
00:35:30
of this left over. I'm going to let it
00:35:32
cool down for a moment, then I'll put it
00:35:34
in a container in my fridge to save for
00:35:36
a future meal perhaps. Here's what
00:35:38
breakfast is looking like for day five.
00:35:40
I did one packet of oatmeal and I have
00:35:44
two packets left for days six and seven.
00:35:46
Um, so I'm running low on oatmeal, but
00:35:49
I'm thinking I'll have enough. I put
00:35:51
water in my bowl with the oatmeal,
00:35:52
microwaved it, and then I put diced
00:35:54
apple on top. I used about a half of a
00:35:57
diced apple. I'm saving the other half
00:36:01
um for breakfast for the next couple
00:36:03
days. But here is what breakfast is
00:36:05
looking like for day five. Here's what
00:36:07
I'm thinking lunch is going to be like
00:36:09
today. So, I'm doing lentil curry. And I
00:36:12
do want to mention to you, I have some
00:36:14
of my frozen rice on my plate right now.
00:36:17
But when you freeze your rice, I
00:36:19
definitely recommend either reheat all
00:36:21
of it all at once or portion it out into
00:36:24
like portions in different containers
00:36:26
just because it is a little bit tricky
00:36:28
to um you know, take a portion out of
00:36:31
frozen rice because it's frozen. I
00:36:32
totally should have thought ahead, but
00:36:34
it's working out just fine. And then
00:36:36
over the frozen rice, I'm going to add a
00:36:39
couple scoops of the curry. I have so
00:36:42
much curry left. Um I might see if my
00:36:44
husband wants some for dinner tonight
00:36:46
just to try because he loves curry and
00:36:49
I'm thinking I will have plenty. But I'm
00:36:52
just going to microwave this for a
00:36:53
couple minutes. I did add in about a
00:36:55
tablespoon of water before I microwave
00:36:58
this just to rehydrate the rice a little
00:37:01
bit better. But I know it doesn't look
00:37:03
like much, but seriously, it smells so
00:37:05
good. It smells identical to like a
00:37:08
fancy curry. And I'm excited to be
00:37:11
eating this high protein delicious meal
00:37:13
for lunch today. I can't believe how
00:37:15
affordable this is. It is dinner time.
00:37:17
And for dinner tonight, I am having the
00:37:19
potato pinto bean carrot kind of like
00:37:23
burrito bowl filling. So, that is what
00:37:25
I'm having. I'm just going to have it on
00:37:27
a plate. I'm not serving it in a
00:37:29
tortilla just cuz I don't really feel
00:37:31
like a tortilla tonight. So, I'm going
00:37:33
to microwave this for a couple of
00:37:35
minutes. And there you go. Dinner was
00:37:37
prepped for me. So simple. All I have to
00:37:39
do is eat it. Breakfast day six. I am
00:37:42
having oatmeal again. Surprise,
00:37:44
surprise. And then I have one oatmeal
00:37:46
packet um for tomorrow. I did top mine
00:37:49
with a half of a half of a diced apple.
00:37:52
And then I have the other half in here
00:37:54
just in water to keep it. But yeah,
00:37:58
about to eat my breakfast for day six.
00:38:00
For lunch today, I'm just having my
00:38:02
lentil curry alongside of rice. I do
00:38:05
still have some lentil curry um in my
00:38:08
container right here. I'm just going to
00:38:10
go microwave this and eat this for lunch
00:38:12
alongside of my little ones. My little
00:38:14
ones are eating right now. So, here's
00:38:15
lunch for myself for today. For dinner
00:38:18
tonight, I am doing the pinto bean
00:38:20
potato carrot filling. This is kind of
00:38:22
like the burrito bowl filling alongside
00:38:24
of some steamed white rice. So very
00:38:27
excited for dinner tonight. It really
00:38:29
smells scrumptious. Breakfast day seven.
00:38:32
Oatmeal with apple on top. I am
00:38:34
officially all out of oatmeal. I also do
00:38:37
not have any more produce left. So no
00:38:40
more apple. I ran out of banana a couple
00:38:43
days ago, but breakfast for day seven.
00:38:45
For dinner tonight, I am making kind of
00:38:47
like a burrito bowl. So I have a
00:38:49
tortilla right here. I am going to heat
00:38:51
it up so it's no longer like, you know,
00:38:54
cold. And then over the tortilla, I'm
00:38:56
going to add the last of my rice. Um,
00:39:00
this is just my frozen rice. And then
00:39:02
over the rice, I am going to add my
00:39:05
pinto bean potato kind of like burrito
00:39:08
filling. So, I'm using the last of this
00:39:11
filling. And this got me like the
00:39:13
perfect amount for each of the days. So,
00:39:15
I'm excited about that. I'm going to go
00:39:17
heat this up right now. Now that I'm at
00:39:20
the last of my week, I do want to fill
00:39:21
you in and I want to honestly tell you
00:39:23
how I think things actually went this
00:39:26
week. So, at the beginning of the week,
00:39:28
my number one goal was to create
00:39:30
nutrient-rich, healthy meals that would
00:39:32
give me lots of protein to get between
00:39:34
meal to meal and not feel like I wanted
00:39:36
fast food or snacks in between meals. I
00:39:39
didn't want to feel like I was just
00:39:41
buying hot dogs from the store to like,
00:39:43
you know, get by on an extreme budget. I
00:39:45
wanted to buy groceries at the store
00:39:47
that would give me lots of fuel and kind
00:39:49
of stick to my bones. So, I felt good
00:39:52
throughout the week and I am so happy to
00:39:54
say I felt so good this week. I'm being
00:39:57
completely honest with you guys. I
00:39:58
didn't feel hungry in between each meal,
00:40:00
which I'm really happy about. Once I
00:40:03
went down to one oatmeal a day, I did
00:40:05
feel a little bit hungry in between
00:40:07
breakfast and lunch. But once I had my
00:40:09
lunches, the lunches were so filling. It
00:40:12
got me right through to dinner time,
00:40:14
which I'm so excited about. I do have
00:40:16
some items left that I didn't quite
00:40:18
finish throughout this week, but I'm so
00:40:21
happy that I was able to get through
00:40:22
this week off of just $12. I know
00:40:24
grocery prices have just been so so high
00:40:27
recently, but I felt like I got the
00:40:30
nutrients that I needed and wanted. Of
00:40:32
course, a couple more apples, bananas,
00:40:35
you know, some peas, broccoli here and
00:40:37
there would be nice, but for this
00:40:39
extreme budget, I feel like we did a
00:40:41
good job this week. Thanks for being
00:40:43
here today and thanks for watching this
00:40:45
video. I'd really love to have you. So,
00:40:47
make sure you're subscribed down below
00:40:48
the video and I'm about to go eat my
00:40:50
dinner before it gets cold. Bye for now.