How To Live On $1 A Day In 2024 || Extreme Grocery Budget || Variety & Over a Week Of Meals 

Food should not be taxed! I said what I said.

Love this video. I am 80 and on SS. Food budget is very low. This type of video is a life saver for me. Thank you.

I swear folks from the south would never starve! 😂 Something can be made from anything you got!

Your channel and Facebook page has been a life saver, I had no clue how I was gonna be able to feed myself after paying my basic bills, being so low income in expensive florida but Thanks to you and everyone that post great ideas on FB, I'm able to to pay all my bills and eat pretty dang good. Being so low income, and realizing you cannot buy enough food for the month can be a death sentence so thank you. Also Your videos are so upbeat and your kids are funny, it makes this process enjoyable rather than humiliating. ❤

Brooke, I learned this from a young cowboy 50 years ago. If you're eating pinto beans to the point you need a flavor change, you can add a turnip along with your seasonings to a pot of beans while they cook to change up the flavor. He would toss the turnip in whole then fish it out, but I grate the turnip into the pot. The flavor of the beans changes, but they do not taste like turnips. It's an inexpensive way to avoid flavor fatigue if you're eating a lot of soup beans.

Brooke…I am single…on social security…thank you so very much for this…it was amazing…everything looked really good…thank you again…!

Ideas: Breakfasts(oatmeal); Lunch( PB sandwich ); Dinners ( bean and rice burritos, Mac and cheese, )

You can make the whole batch of beans, portion it out, and put them in the freezer. You can season them any way you want. Season for any type of cuisine you like.

I love the way you show people how to prepare meals, not wasting any part of the food etc.. Believe it or not there are people that are grown adults that leave home and can't cook at all. I love your videos, thanks for showing people, how to shop on a budget. ❤

We are lucky here in New Mexico, that our groceries and our prescription medications are tax free !!

Boiled egg in the pasta salad would have been a good protein even

Liked that she substituted water for milk in the cornbread mix. Dont have to run to the store for milk.

in college we live on macaroni and cheese with pinto beans in it. and sometimes some ground beef. then we made a chicken pot pie with chicken legs and can of mixed veggies and chicken boullion and a can of biscuits. lots of cinnamon toast for breakfast and sweets. and then the ole ramen noodles.

I’m stretching my food dollars for one by intermittent fasting and eating only two meals per day. I’m so use to this I don’t even snack anymore. Just a suggestion.

Brooke would you be willing to share your garden journey. I know you may have already started planting. But I would love to see videos on what all you grow & what you do. I like the videos you do for budget cooking. When you were getting the vegetables it reminded me that last year you would use stuff from your garden. I think people enjoy watching you. Your sweet southern accent, smile, laughter & how honest & real you are. I know when ppl start channels it might be for a specific thing. But clearly your subscribers enjoy all aspects of you are willing to share. From the camping & spending time with your family, to the fun game you & Dusty played. Tell the family hello. God bless you all all ❤

All looks yummy. I watched the video and had to get up out of bed and get something to eat

My family calls the egg scramble dish migas! My abuela would use diced potato instead of the onion & peppers. Now, when I make it, I use the southern style potatoes. 😊

If anybody can do this its our bestie Brooke ❤❤❤❤❤

A while back I had some bean soup I was tired of. I layered it with tortillas in a lasagna fashion. I did use a bit of cheese. It was so yummy.

You could make some delicious bean cakes with the left over refried beans. A little flour and egg and mixed in your leftover beans and fry them up. So delicious 😊

You are such a delight! So glad I found your channel. I grew up poor and my mom always found a way to make homemade dinners on a budget. I have the best memories of the tastiest food. Bless you for being such a great momma and showing people how it doesn’t take much to eat good. Sometimes you have to be creative but I guess that just made me appreciate different kinds of food now. And bonus-I’m great at using up leftovers to be something new the next day.

This is the first $10 challenge that looked tasty! Amazing. It all looked so delicious.

One of the reasons I love these types of videos is because it really highlights how doable budget meals can be when aromatics are included.

Hi Brooke, next time try adding some of the Pico de Gallo in your bean soup, it gives it great flavor.

Hi Brooke, you can do 2 more dishes.- * scrambled eggs/beans mixed together-(1st scrambled your egg, then add the refried beans and scramble together, & have it with warm tortillas. The other meal is - * Bean enchiladas (Hispanics call it "Frijoladas"- free-hol-adas) warm up your puree beans in a pan or bowl big enough to place a warmed corn tortilla into it. (some people give tortilla a quick dip fry turnover flip in a frying pan instead- optional) Then the tortilla will be dipped in beans in & out on both sides, place on a plate, sprinkle cheese of choice (Monterey, pepper jack, mozzarella- ideally Hispanics use Queso Fresco, or as last resort cheddar) then just fold like a taco and top with more bean puree sauce & cheese, and as optional add shredded lettuce, pico de gallo & dallop of sour cream (or a drizzle of "Mexican crema") and !Voila!

You made migas! Eggs with crispy tortillas! Yum!

There's a challenge called "live below the line." I think they do about the same amount per day. It's interesting to see what people come up with and at the same time, give ideas to those who live it everyday. ❤😊

When I buying produce that are per item not per lb, I will get 3 of the largest I can find and weight them. I'll buy the heaviest of the 3. I have no shame.

I'll bet that pasta salad would be good with a packet of tuna,

If you have a farmers market and go at the end sometime they don’t want to take produce home so you get it cheaper.

Tonight I had Bushes baked beans on about to expire sourdough bread.I put butter and garlic powder with a little parsley then baked to make garlic bread.I put the beans on top .It was surprisingly good.I have a package of hot dogs will add half to the left over beans.This will be lunch and dinner tomorrow.Will still have half the hot dogs for later. Scrambled eggs with cut up hot dogs ,diced green pepper , diced onion and shredded cheese.Yes.Wonderful lady with lots of tips.I am a single senior on SS so love the recipes!

Good job and thank you for ahole week of showing us how to make it on a dollar a day ❤

Absolutely, LOVE, LOVE,your videos, your take on keeping people fed, and the joy you bring to all of us!!! Blessing to you and your beautiful family.

the Tortilla dish you made with the fried corn tortillas is called Chilaquiles! hope that helps :)

I’m happy to see that you are striving to add vegetables to get those vitamins and minerals, even on such a low budget. It’s important to try to stay healthy isn’t it? Thank you for not adding tons of starches without the good things that are in the vegetables .

I'm a 1st time male cooker. Found your channel today and I'm sure I'll be glad I did.😊👍

Add pasta or dumplings too the beans it so good. My mother had too stretch her meals too feed 30 people so she stretched the beans and the gravy and lefted over mashed potatoes And the next week my aunt made up a huge pot of chicken and noodles and switched off each week chili ,soup beans 3 times a week. That's was the good old days of no fight just families enjoy each other.

For homemade baked beans, use leftover cooked navy beans or great northern beans. add some ketchup, some onion and some brown sugar. Taste the sauce to see if it taste right and then bake that in the oven for about a half an hour until the onion is cooked better than beans and much cheaper.

I was watching something that said Walmart is under investigation about there prices being on the price tag and then when you get to the register it's different so watch your receipt and also dollar general is also under investigation as well

Hi this is what I really need cause we're really struggling! Thank you so much!!!❤

Thanks for sharing this!❤😊

Great job Brooke !! Everything looks delicious !!

❤omgosh Brooke awesome, just awesome!! Great ideas on such a tiny budget. Thank you for all you do for this community ❤ 💗 💕

My first time watching your content… love it!

I do love your videos!!! God bless!

This is my first time seeing your channel and I’m very impressed with how you accomplished the challenge!

I like the way you created different things from the same food. It has given me some good ideals.Ty

Fabulous video. I really enjoyed it and the meals are so do-able. Thanks for sharing.

You should be very proud, good for you. Way to go girl.

The pasta salad looks really good. Thank you for sharing.

you are so sweet to show us this! thanks you inspired me and putting a pot of beans on tomorrow!

Great video. Amazing how you can stretch that budget. All good meals too. I really liked all the different ways you did the eggs and still had 2 left. Thanks for sharing

Really great job; amazing what you can do!

I would definitely eat all those things. Absolutely chips and bean dip. Yum!

Great job!❤🎉. Love the bean soup, then making into refried beans 2 delicious recipes with 1 dish 😋. Love you cousin Brooke ❤️

Absolutely amazing what you did!

You are awesome. Glad your channel came onto my stream of videos. Was great. New subbie here. Thanks for sharing❤ God bless you and yours.

I LOVED this video!!! So creative and it was well balanced and i would eat every single thing on those menus and be very happy! Love it all! Great job! 🎉😊

Loved how you showed the making of everything

Once, I couldn't find Salad Supreme, so I looked it up online for the ingredients. Turns out I had everything in my cabinet except the sesame seeds. It tasted practically like it!

Of course you can do this! You're amazing!!!!

You are so smart and funny now I know how to eat well with little money ❤ you are such a blessing.

This looks amazing!

WOW everything you did looked delicious. Thanks. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Love all your ideas and that you share them with us. So many great ideas for little hit to your pocket book. You’re the best!❤

Brooke this was an amazing video! Such good information for so many people. Thank you sister for showing it can be done. You are amazing! Love that knife you chopped your veggies with.

Glad you are feeling better

GREAT video, Brooke!! I can't believe you did it, and had veggies every day!!❤❤

No food tax in Texas. Like you said it's a human right. No need to profit from it. Great video Brooke! 😊

Hey Brooke, I would love to see a cookbook from you on how to make budget fitting meals for a family, for those with super tight budgets. Even if it is a ebook..but paper would be great!

I really love watching your videos. I’ve gained a lot of useful information. Thanks 😊

You are brilliant, Brooks!

Awesome job Brooke have a great weekend

Good Job and looks great, thank you.

You did fabulous. ❤ you are such a joy to watch

Well done,I ❤your videos 😊

That was wonderful!!!! Never had eggs like that!!! Trying it tonite!!! Pasta salad looked so yum!!!! Thanks!!!😊

Nice job Brooke! That all looked delicious!❤❤❤❤

Love you and your meals❤❤❤

Great job, Brooke!!❤❤

Haven’t watched your channel in a minute, but I’m so glad I clicked on this video!! Amazing job, I’ve definitely been missing you❤❤

Brooke your hair style is super cute in the picture for this video clip! ❤

Wow!!! Just EXCELLENT

This was great! I know I sometimes I get bored with eating the same thing over and over. BUT it certainly helps to pre-prep, because I work from home I don't have time to think about what I "want", etc, if it is already made, I am good to go because I am in overdrive already. I loved your options. 100% I would have needed some cheese and hot sauce, and if I was rich sour cream, but you did a great job. Have a great week thanks for sharing with us!

You are good at coming up with brilliant ideas, I get a lot of ideas from you. Keep up the good work.

Awesome video as always. Love the ideas. I love simple tasty food. The scramble you made with the tortillas cut up in little squares looks similar to what we call migas. So delicious 😋

Great recipes ! That pasta salad looks fresh and tasty!❤

You could put a wet towel underneath the cutting board to keep it still ❤️❤️ Love you Brooke!!

This was a fun one amazing that pasta salad did look yummy

That egg and tortilla thing looks yummy, I'll have to try that! Great video.

Great 👍 job and I learned another way to make beans. Super proud of you. Love 💕 and Hugs. 💙💙💙

You rocked it!!!❤😊

You did it girl.

Love it. Some great ideas I'll use even when it's not a tight week

You can always pressure can beans for long storage or even freeze them after cooking. I make a whole bag of black beans and freeze in small amounts in freezer bags. I freeze them flat so when i cook burgers for the family, i can easily make me a black bean burger. They defrost quickly too. I do the same with pinto beans because I never know when I might need a burrito. Lol. I love your channel.

Great video which gave me some ideas!!

I love your natural hair color! Another great video

Excellent basic cooking class: this should be required viewing in every high school in the US--honestly...dts/usa

Thank you so much❤ I made the breakfast idea with my vegan eggs,cheese, spinach and salsa. They are so delicious 😋

Such a great video!!!