@@lindamizerak3406 Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
I spent my day watching your videos. You are an inspiration! Cleaned out my fridge, all these little bitty leftovers. A few things from the freezer, a couple things from the cupboards. Voila! We have lots of premade meals to get us through to grocery shopping day.
Benny is a doll! He really likes to eat! Such a cutie pie. Tommy and Julian were really eating and rating Momma’s food 5/5 Mom! Both boys rated Mommy’s food!
They are obsessed with rating the food now 😂 it all started with our top 10 budget meals video! Then I noticed Six Sisters also does that but I’d never seen it until after my kids started the whole thing!
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
I need to come shop in your neck of the woods! Prices are better than here in Wisconsin! As a side note, when I make potato soup and it needs to thicken it, rather than using flour or corn starch, I keep on hand envelopes of Idaho brand mashed potatoes and I will sprinkle in that a little at a time till it reaches the thickness I want! Try it!
add green chilies to salsa too, I make mine with onion, stewed tomatoes and mild green chilies from a can, not spicy at all and its better than some store bought
The taco chili is a great base for fiesta salad, which is the chili mix on a bed of rice and corn chips,topped with lettuce, tomatoes and taco fixing (cheese, sour cream, salsa). Was a popular school lunch meal.
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
You are on in the background as I cook and clean today. You have become my favorite RU-vidr. You absolutely keep it real, healthy, you keep the ultra processed ingredients to a minimum. Too many YTers using too many ultra processed foods lately Love “use what you have!” Love that your content isn’t overproduced & over edited (or under edited). It’s just right!
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
I love your videos when you incorporate your children in it as your quality check CEO's. Whenever I make crockpot chili,I always add frozen corn to it. When done and ready to serve we always serve it over fritos or tortilla chips crushed up,cover the chips with chili,then cover the chili with shredded cheese,sour cream and cilantro on top. I also serve cornpone with it as a side. Cornpone is cornbread with corn in the batter and then bake in a cast iron skillet in a 400 degree oven!
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask
I saw a tip, from another RU-vid channel she used corn starch or flour, to sop up the grease without using a paper towel to remove the grease, stirred it in and it made it thicker, sopping up the grease. Thanks for all that you do Maria.
I like that! If you don’t like the extra fat in general, I can see not wanting to do that but to include the natural animal fat for nutrients and calories without it being oily, this is a good tip!
@@MealsWithMaria, Keep in mind sopping up the animal fat or grease with flour or cornstarch would be the same as making a roux or a slurry to thicken gravies and/or sauces with, which means it would thicken whatever mixture you're going to be Incorporating it back in to. I use a turkey baster instead of paper towels to pull up the excess grease out of the pan with and just put the grease in an empty can, bowl or mug until it cools then throw it away, unless it's bacon grease, I always save bacon grease for future uses. When using a turkey baster, first place your can or whatever your going to be putting the grease in to as close as possible to the pan, tip the pan so the grease will all run to one side then, once it's filled with grease, hold the turkey baster upside down or at least on its side at enough of an angle to prevent the grease from running back out the open end of it until you have it situated directly over whatever you're going to be putting the grease in to then turn it right side up. Otherwise the grease will run out of the open end of the baster all over your stove. It sounds complicated but it really isn't, it just takes a little practice and it works really well and also prevents having to waste paper towels. Just use caution and be extra careful not to spill hot grease all over your stove. Happy Thanksgiving! 😀
ONLY add cornstarch or flour in it to soak up the fat if you’re going to make a rue or going to add a liquid to it. To get the grease out of it just make a circle in the middle of the pan and put a paper towel in there it’ll soak it all up. 😊
Onion soup mix and cream of mushroom soup! Woohoo... I just found sooooo many onion soup packets this week and semi overwhelmed on how go use them up! Kids love "stroganoff" meatballs
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
You and I are so much alike! I save all those little container s and love individually sectioned plates etc. I live with my daughter and she finds my stashes and throws them away!!! I told her they may starve if they don’t start prepping! I’ve got food stashed for us anyway
I’ve made a similar Swedish meatball recipe for many years. I use sour cream instead of yogurt at the end after everything has cooked and serve over noodles - it is soooo good! Always a hit with my family!
@@carladaniels7910 You can adjust the playback speed of RU-vid videos to suit your viewing comfort. There's no need to threaten the content creators 🤣👏❤
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
Good tip on the potato, they just love light. So what we did was take a nice clean shipping box and put our 10 lbs in it and it sits on top of another solid box, keep stuff off the cement floor. and I have a tea towel over the folded top. Our potatoes are quite fresh and are far enough away from the Onions not to go rotten. We have the onions nesting in a box with a box lid that fits over it and it has holes n the box, we keep the clean dried skins in there too. that helps keep the onions from going soft. I wash off my onions as i peel them with a paring knife if they may have mold in the top layers. Yes sometimes they do go soft, but we really go through a lot of onions per month, about 5 pounds or more. Apples, Onions and potatoes should not be neighbors when storing them. just a tip
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
I'M RETIRED AND I HAVE ALOT OF HEALTH ISSUES AND USING A SLOW COOKER IS NO STRANGER FOR ME! I LOVE YOUR PODCAST AND YOUR SLOWCOOKER RECIPE'S!! MY HUSBAND DOESN'T LIKE THE CHICKEN BREAST MEAT. HE SAYS IT'S TOO DRY! BUT I WILL BE TRYING SOME OF YOUR RECIPES! THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!
Maria I make the BBQ chicken too and I add a can of crushed pineapple, (do not add the juice) it is SOOOOOO good, I shred it and put it on a salad it is soo good too.
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
The boys are so adorable. Little Ben always makes me smile. Julian is gonna take over the Meals With Maria channel, and Tommy is just the layed back guy. Love you guys. ❤️
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
Green potatoes are fine to eat as long as you fully cook them. The green is chlorophyl from setting above the dirt when the potatoes were growing! I have eaten alot of green potatoes during my lifetime and i am fine!
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
I love how down to earth you are. You keep everything so real. Beautiful family thank you for sharing these easy, economical recipes. I love those packaged beef stew and roast seasoning.
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
Thanks Maria for another great video full of affordable yummy, healthy and delicious slow cooker meal ideas to be able to feed our families in this somewhat trying and challenging times we might be in. I love watching your channel and have been a subscriber for a few months. I love that your channel is full of wonderful ideas, tips and inspiration to be able to feed our precious families affordable, healthy and delicious meals! Thank you for sharing part of your life with others. Much love from our family to yours from Australia! xxx
I still need to make the fish stick tacos! Love this Mashup! SO many great ideas. I love how your pantry videos really mean whatever in the pantry. Your substitution ideas are all excellent ways to wing it through with what you have. Keep the ideas coming!
Maria, these were definitely the best crockpot meals that I have seen on the internet. The chicken vindaloo, the butter chicken, and the General Tso chicken all looked amazing. As did the cheeseburger soup. Thank you for sharing. Happy holidays to you and your family!
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
Thanks for sharing these wonderful crockpot meals recipes. So many ingredients that I can get at Aldi which is walking distance from my house. These meals sure save time and money in this crazy time. Just wonder if my 4 1/2 qt cooker is big enough with these recipes?
Love Love all your 15 crockpot meals don't know which one to make first wish you had a cookbook just for all your crockpot meals also love the my way you substitute things not always have what we need ty so much and it boys so cute Ben just steals my ❤️
Maria, these look fantastic! I’m going grocery shopping tomorrow so this has been a huge inspiration. Can’t wait to try all of these. I actually bought the Swedish meatballs from Aldi, so now I know what I’m doing with them. Thank you for sharing!
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
Thank you for your recipes n your budget suggestions for crockpot meals it’s just me n I do a lot of crockpot cooking because it is quick n easy n much cheaper but what I like about your suggestions is the ideas of substituting what I have on hand in my pantry n refrigerator thank you!!
Wow! You shared great budget tips and dinner ideas here! I'm making several of these recipes this week, starting with General Tso's chicken! Thank you for sharing!
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
First time on your channel...and I am going to subscribe because I love how honest and clear your recipes are. I am a Indian so I make more spicier food but my son really can't handle Indian spices and my daughter is opposite but she would love your recipes, so thank you!! We don't do red meat but your chicken recipes are so easy to make , my college kiddos will also love them.
I’m so glad you are here! Always feel free to give my recipes some more heat! I’m in a similar boat, I love more spice but my kids are another story 🤦♀️ I just try to season it up after it’s on my plate 🤷♀️
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask
I saw a tip once about onions-for times you don’t have fresh on hand, keep some dried minced onion (same with minced garlic) in your spice cabinet. You can reconstitute by soaking in warm water for about 15 minutes. Drain off the water and you’re good to go!
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask
Great video!! Thanks for all of these recipes. I only wish I had them when my girls were growing up. I will make them for my grandchildren now. Keep the videos coming please. 😊
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask
I love that you try outside of the box recipes like indian food. One of my favorites is Tikka Masala. I make it like a roast and use simmering sauce and vindaloo paste over basmati rice a dollop of yogurt and dill on top with naan. One of my absolute favorite meals in the winter time.
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
My family does not like spicy either so this year I planted Nadapenas and Habanadas. They were fantastic. I canned up our own Salsa and froze up a bunch we diced. They really have a great flavor.
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask
Super yummy looking chili, wish we had aldi's so cheap! Wow glad I subbed, love these recipes! You do what I do figure out how to make do with what you have some of my best meals are when I am the most broke. Lol
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
Oh wow. Make these dishes again for us and see how much it costs then share with us. Those prices sound sooo cheap now but we know it wasn’t that long ago it’s the norm
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
It actually takes a very large quantity of solanine to cause tummy aches (the green of the potato). And solanine comes from being exposed to the sun when the chlorophyll develops , so always keep your taters in a shaded place. Usually the average cook with a couple of green tinged potatoes is not going to cause issues with serving to the family. If it makes ya feel better, by all means, peel it off, but it isn't necessary. If your potato still tastes bitter, then consider cutting off the good part and discarding the greener part, as that will contain the most solanine.
These recipes look so good but I cannot eat rice pasta and bread everyday due to it breaking down into sugar. I had fibroids removed so I have to eat less of that and double up on the veggies with a few more whole food ingredients and not too much dairy lactose intolerance but I am getting some good ideas. Love the idea of shopping my pantry. TFS!!!!
