Hi Katie I live in England spend about £50 a week complicated family husband eats animal products (he shops and buys his own )grown up daughter has evening meal weekdays she is vegan .I usually have same breakfasts and lunches most days can’t get away with giving daughter same thing all week !!!x😂
I bet it would be a huge help to other neurodivergent families if you shared one meal plan a week. It can be quite taxing to come up with a meal plan that's healthy and low-cost and that everyone will enjoy. I know I plan to use some of these ideas. (This is more of a summer meal in the Midwest, so I will tag it to revisit when the garden starts producing.) I also love that you try to eat plant based but are not perfect and don't waste food. This all resonates so much. Also, your baby is so adorable.
Hi! I am ND. I am both autistic and adhd-er. I struggle with autistic burnout too. I mostly eat the same week for week. Overnight oats with soy milk, soy protein powder, chia seeds, oats, and sweetener. I mostly have berries on top, and that is change after what is cheap. Lunch/dinner (mixed meal) is a large salad with soy and/or seitan “meat”. My evening meal is a “tapas plate” with things like grapes, vegan salami or tofu, dried fruit, baby corn, and bits of vegan protein bars. I also have snacks like bananas, dried fruit, more grapes and so on. I need it easy, quick. I sometimes change it up, but mostly I don’t. I buy cheap protein bars online, but when I get better from the burnout I will change that one out whit something cheaper. I can afford it, so I am just being gentle with myself. I would love a video about this topic. Thank you for sharing, love from Johanne, Norway 🇳🇴
I never tnought about how keeping the same meals would help neurodivergent people. It makes sense! Just one more reason for me to try your ideas with my family. Thank you!
Me and all my children are all neurodivergent. I could not handle eating the same thing more than twice in a row, but I can see how only cooking once would be amazing. I do batch cooking so my cooking time is lessened each day. Also I can't handle doing dishes multiple times a day! I do them in the morning and while I'm prepping the dinner meal. We homeschool so the dishes are coming in all day, but I just save them up and do them all at once. I would love to hear more about how others handle their challenges, so I would be up for a video on the topic. Blessings, -kate
Yes!!! I’d love to see more on neurodivergent tips. Our household is a neurodivergent household as well. Food prep, cooking and cleaning are the top struggles!
We are a neurodivergent family. My daughter has nonverbal autism, intellectual disability, Sensory Processing disorder, ADHD, OCD, and type 1 diabetes. Meals for her are a struggle for sure. She eats only 4 or 5 main dishes for lunch and dinner, which I rotate through the week and the same sides, breakfast, and snacks every day. There is just so many foods and/or textures she won't eat.
I was so excited when I found this bread section lol. I think the store buys the "left-over" bread - sometimes the dates are close to expiration, but we keep our bread in the fridge and use it within a week. I definitely prefer to do this than pay full price!
We are a family of 4. Our grocery budget is $70 a month. Our Aldis has been terrible. I don’t like Walmart. So the only grocery store left is Super One. They are higher in price, but they are excellent! Please do a video on neurodivergent, I have ADHD. I am doing meal planning like you do, and that has been a game changer! Your baby is so adorable! Oh those sweet checks! 🙃😊🌻💜🌻💜🌻💜
I kniw I told you this before but For the past few months I have eaten everyday the same breakfast and ♥ it. It isn't boring Cottage Cheese 1/2, 1/2 Avocado, 2 tablespoons Salsa, 1/2 Banana sometimes a teaspoon of Peanut Butter and s Muffin. Keeps me full for hours, I feel much healthier than I had before eating this combination. I got the idea of doing this from your channel not the combination but the repetition. Saves me so much rime and I know exactly what to buy. Cute baby girl she is getting big
I don't throw away the inside of peppers (keep the seeds as well), but I cook them with other "waste" material like brocolli or cauliflower leaves and staples. I add onions and make a soup. Of course, I keep only the water and throw away the seeds, but sometimes I add a carrot and a potato and make cream soup.
Florida has such great prices on fruits and veggies. I paid $6 a couple days ago for a small container of strawberries here in Michigan and that was “on sale.” 🤔
I love that you meal prepped at the park. And is there anything more lovely than seeing a beautiful little one exploring with his little fingers in the grass. Very helpful recipes. I didnt know eating the same thing is helpful for neural divergent people. Im just learning as my daughter and i always eant to eat the same things each day
Can you say Cuteness overload! ~Jeannie I can relate to the neurodivergent statements, my husband is ADHD, My Bio Son (22yrs) is high sensory, and I have an adoptive 13 year old with adhd, anger trauma issues.. so I would be very interested in a video talking about such things.. The biggest challenge has been people having a empathetic understanding that kids most likely my 22 year old change is very difficult and a lot of his choices which make 100 percent to him can be very black n white to the outside “normal” world.. he had oral apraxia n high sensory as a baby and he wasn’t diagnosed with Central Auditory Processing until he was 13.. it was hard getting the schools to understand he wasn’t defiant or ADD .. He literally was wired differently and certain foods or textures ect would set him into high anxiety and he equated certain colours with what was safe vs not.
Because of the baby♥, I forgot to say that all of your meals look wonderful!!!!! I am a 74 year old widow (retired from teaching in 2021) and just can't make myself interested in making much in the way of food. I eat healthily - zero junk or fast food - but do not eat nearly the variety of vegetables I need to.
This was great. We also are mainly plantbased and homeschool. How fun to find a likeminded momma. Just subscribed. I also have a channel mainly about homeschooling and glad to connect here!
Would love to learn more about how neuro-divergence & managing finances looks in your family. I have a child with ADD & it's HARD teaching skills that are completely contradictory to the current values of our culture (constantly consuming with no budget, plan, or thought). ♥️🇨🇦
Thank you so much for these videos Kate! I made your recipes from your 2 other cooking videos and they were a hit with my family - and so so healthy ❤ We too are trying to eat plant-based now due to health issues my son is facing. These videos really help!
Your son is absolutely adorable! I miss those days. We aren’t vegan but I have started making two vegan meals each week. It has saved us a lot of money and we feel better too. Even when we do eat meat I make a lot of casseroles and soups with extenders so the meat goes a long way. I love all your creative recipes. We usually spend about $150 a week. That includes cat food for our five rescues, litter and laundry detergent. I’ve managed to cut this down from $200. We’re a family of 5. My son is almost 14. He’s growing quickly these days. He eats two of each meal, lol. I never have leftovers. He’s a bottomless pit, lol. My daughter has aspergers and my son has adhd. My daughter has issues with textures and doesn’t like leftovers. So I use the same items but reimagine the ingredients. That way nothing goes to waste. I usually make three different dinners each week. My fiancé takes leftovers for lunches. As I said, my son eats everything in sight. I make break every morning. I stick to basics. I pack both kids lunches. I do two different choices each week.
I wish I could find prices like that. Being from Ontario, Canada our prices are much higher. I always shop sales and plan most of our meals on what I have on hand, freezer and sales. The cheapest we get mangos for is 1.00 each, avocadoes go for .97 on sale or sometimes the bags go for 2.88 for 5 small ones in the bag. Our grocery budget for 3 adults is 475.00 a month. I could eat vegetarian no problem but not my husband or my 27 year old daughter. Thank you for sharing with us. I always love your videos.
Yes I would like videos on the topic of neurodivergent... Not diagnosed however my husband and I have always felt we were different and had many difficulties as young children and adults as well. I have never heard that term before this... Thanks for all you do! 🌷
I think eating the same thing all week is so interesting! I would love to make that work for us for budgeting, but also to save time and decision making. but I feel like my kids are so picky these days they just wouldn’t eat. Since you have raised kids to teenagers how do you handle that? We usually just tell them that if they don’t like the meal they can have some fruit or something quick that they can get themselves.
Do you ever buy extra pantry items if you are under budget for the week? With prices going up and shortages do ever want a little stockpile just in case?
This is such a helpful video! I love these ideas and love mango salsa. Meal prepping in the park was the cutest thing ever and really made me smile to see!!!
Oh we are all neurodivergent in our family - ADHD, autism, or both (mom, kid, and dad). We of course have some struggles, but we also try to appreciate our strengths.
It's easy peasy to learn, make lists with your fave main ingredients. Beans: burritos, chili, soup Lentils: bbq, roti, sloppy joe, soup, spread, tacos Oats: baked, bread, cookies, crust, overnight, rolls, roti, scones Do chicken, pasta, potatoes, rice, etc. Add to new ideas to lists. Ask friends, family, co-workers what 3 meals they make with x. Seach online for recipe ideas, there are tons! Soon you will have quite the collection of meals for your rotation!
I struggle coming up dinner ideas.i great up Mexican and my family grew up eating up same things ever week like rice and beans if any kind .now I am married into a different culture and different taste difficult to cook.
I would absolutely watch a neurodivergent video ! I am 68, female living alone. Kids are grown. I like to spend average 100$/month but I really could go to 50$/month plus toiletries and pet supplies.
My husband has the same food every day for months-years… it baffles me. I know there is something going on with him but I’m not sure what it is but I know we operate differently.
I could get on board with the same thing all week maybe…. I would love to simply my meal planning but it is challenging for me. Thanks for all your tips!
Question for everyone? I remember seeing a video that basically said it was dangerous to make dry beans in a Crock-Pot? Has anyone else heard this before?
I believe it is kidney beans that shouldl not be cooked in a slow cooker. Since there is a chance one or more beans could not be fully cooked, it releases a toxin that can make you feel ill. That's the only bean that I've heard about. I usually do my dry beans in the instant pot. I don't make kidney beans all that often tho.
We’ve been eating black eyed peas and collards over polenta all week . So yummy . And so much easier. Anything to reduce stress. Strawberries also make a yummy salsa. I love that you refer to your little nugget as they - I really appreciate that as a parent you are nurturing your child to grow into what identity suits them .
Find a substitute for the noodles. They're just filler. Love baby eating avocados. Why do you eat vegan? What's wrong with eggs. All animals love eggs. I think they know better than us. Even my duck went absolutely bonkers over hard boiled eggs. They are expensive though if you buy the good ones. Can you raise a chicken or two?
