Learn The 7 Traits Of a Frugal Person! Budget Friendly Chicken Lo Mein! 

We are frugalicious!

💃❤️ watching January 23, 2023. Thank you for the recipe and the lifestyle. Waving to you from Michigan

We love your frugal meal ideas and thank you for your amazing videos! 😂

I enjoy rewatching these programs!!! Thanks

Learning to be content in a materialistic world.

Yes to all of these!!

I am humbled by so many things, I am blessed to have a roof over my head right now but I never take anything for granted, I have been homeless when my son was just a child. I promised myself I would never let that happen again. So far I am good for my word but who knows what the future brings never take anything for granted! Always be grateful for everything you have even if you don't have very much! Stay safe and healthy and may God bless you always! 💞

Your frugal definitions are so to the point. I enjoy your cheerful joyful personality.

Oh my goodness! This described me to a T. I am retired and so content on little money but I am living a wonderful life. You are so like myself...less stress living like this. I am also a minimalist !

Jane Eyre...Shout out to the classic

The basic definition between cheap and. frugal. A cheap person will buy anything,regardless of quality,so long as it is low cost.meaning more often than not,tons of useless junk they replace several times per day. A frugal person looks for the best value for the price,and will pay more up front for items,because it will save money in the long run.

It’s nice to be reminded that you’re not alone when it comes to frugality. Thank you! I was raised by my grandparents on a fixed income and learned so much from my Mommom about reusing and repairing things....or finding a different solution with what you had on hand if you couldn’t afford to replace the item. You’re right about having to get creative! I see beauty in things that are weathered or show some history. I was also made to learn how to make foods from scratch. Growing up , a lot of my clothing was made by hand and at the time , I got made fun of...looking back , I wished I were more appreciative of those clothes made out of love...I feel like a lot of people my age missed out on so much and it’s nice to see people talking about these things. I’m thankful I was adopted by my grandparents and miss them everyday. I just found your channel and love your videos ! Wonderful message! Thanks for sharing all of your great tips! Your Lo Mein looks SO Yummy!

I am listening to this on 11/12/2022…(trying to catch up since I only found you a few months ago). It’s a shame we live so far away from each other because I smile at our similarities all the time. Favorite color, curling up with tea and Jane Eyre.. you are a gem!!

I read somewhere to think of the dollar amount of every piece of “ stuff” in our homes- really gave me a wake up call. I m pretty sure we could have bought another piece of real estate!

So proud of what I am even with people judgment 😅 I am happy feen frugal

New subscriber! Love frugal talk!!

Dinner looked great

I really enjoy and agree

What a delicious , frugal meal

Love the pj pants comment.

I love your videos Emmy and Paul. I try to live frugally too and have done my whole life. I find you both inspirational and loving- like your a cousin in the USA. With love from Roo in England♥️

Yes! Love the recipe part so much, more pretty please!❤️👍

I love your top! So very cute!

Hello from Ireland ☘️☘️☘️ I am new. Jan from NYC suggested your channel.

Hello there. Yes i am starting on this Frugal living. Im trying to get the hang of it. Some months are good and some months are bad. Stressed a little. But i keep trying.

Great video. I am SO sick of over the top everything.

Amen!! Your words of excitement of frugal living made me say “exactly”!!!!!

The lo mein looks so delish! You can add a little hoisin sauce if you have it in your store. It’s a little sweet and savory, then you can use less soy sauce and sugar. I use pretty much your same ingredients to make fried rice. Use leftover steam rice, skip the chicken broth, peanut butter and corn starch. Chop the veggies to smaller pieces, add one scrambled egg per serving in hot pan with oil, add rice , keep mixing rice and egg, use spatula to separate rice and break down egg, continue to cook like what you do on lomein and dash of chopped green onion at the end. You can use this method on cooked elbow macaroni too. I’m like you, less oil and sodium in food. I’m Chinese living in US for 40 yrs, a lot of my cooking style is east meet west, creative in frugal ways. Just a hint, add the drizzle of sesame oil during last toss if Paul likes the fragrance.

Good to watch your video I've miss some, I'll have to catch up! We are moving after 33 yrs in our farm ,it is too much for us to take care of, so we are moving in Mom's place a smaller place, pray for us as it's hard to leave a home you raise your children but it's better for us! God Bless you both!

I love this so many things that you've said make so much sense. I used to say when someone would ask me for money I used to say no I'm broke I'm broke then when I used my money for something else they would get mad at me and call me a liar then I had to figure out I was a I had to learn how to say I am choosing to spend my money on something else I am choosing to save my money for something else because I don't want people to think I'm a liar. But I also don't want to just hand my money out for frivolous things that the kids want to go do or grandkids or hopefully that made sense sorry I ramble about too much but I love everything you're saying I agree 100%.! So glad I joined your channel.

I love your definition of being frugal, so very true!! Ive been working on being frugal for the last few years and I think Im truly in the mindset now in the way I live and you're right as I feel a lot more contented within myself. Janex

Great great video! Always love your videos, such a great advice!

Well said!! I am a minimalist and frugal. Totally agree with intentional spending. And I have become content and grateful for this wonderful life.🦋💗

Many have said these words to me--- now it's my turn--"I love your accent!" Lol Great video and oh so true! TFS!

YES YES YES! I AM CHEERING ABOUT EACH OF YOUR TRAITS I agree with EVERY THING!! I demonstrate many of these traits! THANKS FOR SHARING as there are a lack of people in my circle who agree with these traits!

Hello new subbie here! 🙋🏻‍♀️...excited to learn from you! I’m 54 & about 5 years away from retirement...husband is 62 and ready for retirement (but he’s afraid to retire $)....so glad I found your channel!!!👍😀

I am so glad you explain to people about the frugal life style.,iam humble and blessed for all ihave so ican help others when ican.ihave been shopping at thrift stores for years,I mean years.when I find ways ihave save on my electric,gas,&waterbill,ido a happy dance.yes,iam a seasoned frugal person, always looking for more ways to save.

Your little puppy sounds like she wants some of that chicken

A very clever friend gave me this great tip. NEVER NEVER buy BBQ sauce. Her method is if it is red, brown, or yellow, put it in to make bbq sause...... ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, molasses, yellow onion, garlic.......... This system works! I make big batches, and freeze into single use portions. Paprika and dry mustard or cayenne pepper are added variations!

Such a great video again. Yep, fit this to a tee. Love that we are not alone on this journey. We enjoy the challenge of not conforming to what others see as success. We are on our own path. What a wonderful adventure ❤️

My quest right know is new dishes. I like Corelli dishes in white . I have priced them and I don’t want to pay the price go or new. I went to our best thrift store in town and I found a set of 4 for $5.00. Plus 4 small plates for .99. My daughter collects the Pyrex in Butter print and I go to look for her. I don’t use plastic storage I bought 2 sets of glass storage. I have retired and make more money retired but my expenses have gone down so I have got money put back if something comes up. I bake from scratch and cut out preservatives and feel good about it. I am finally getting around to remodel and redecorate my house. I go to the thrift store and dollar store and make what I want. It is a choice you are right about what to spend your money on. Looking for sales knowing what colors you want. I found a $70 bed spread for $19 on clearance. To make vases for the bedroom I had 3 tall candle containers and paint that matched . Only for artificial but with my granddaughters help she filled up the vases.

The chicken lo mein looks so good. Oh how I miss Shoprite. We don't have one in Central NY. The closest we have is a Pricerite.

Awesome video and thank you for sharing your meals I will be trying this looks so good.

Always learning from you

New subscriber, great videos! You inspire me.

I see from your background , that you enjoy vintage items. Cute! $1 for your blouse? Wow! Score !!! As a widowed Mom of 2, I am doing well so far, but am always looking to make sure I will continue to be financially ok for my future, and the future of my children. Today, our country's future looks extremely grim. It is so very important to protect ourselves the best we can, especially being financially secure. tfs 🍁🍂🍃🦃🍁🍂🍃🌵🍁🍂🍃🦃🍁🍂🍃🌵🍁🍂🍃🦃🍁🍂🍃🌵🍁🍂🍃🦃🍁🍂🍃🌵🍁🍂🍃🦃🍁🍂🍃🌵🍁🍂🍃🦃🍁🍂🍃🌵🍁🍂🍃🦃🍁🍂🍃🌵🍁🍂🍃🦃🍁🍂🍃🌵🍁🍂🍃🦃🍁🍂🍃🌵

Found this wonderful video from a year ago! Thank you so much! I will definitely be making the Chicken lo mein ❤️❤️ Do you have all your recipes written down? Blessings!!

Love your videos!

Great video. You are so down to earth. I love listening to your frugile tips. Thank You

Great video thank you for sharing ❤️

Wow, super simple recipe and looks delicious. Thanks for the great video and frugal cooking tips.

You sure are insightful! Your philosophy is so in line with my own and it makes me feel good to hear you speak out on this subject. My husband and i have been frugal for years and have been teased or laughed at many times. We have always had most of the things we needed or wanted, but we have never really wanted much. We have, over the years, bought and sold 3 homes and many vehicles and we have no payments. We now own one home and 2 vehicles, free and clear. No credit card payments either. We also do not have fancy toys or extras , nor do we take fancy vacations. Yet we are very content and thankful for all that we do have. To my thinking, that is a successful life on a very modest income. Thanks to you both for all you are doing!!

That meal looks delicious and I have almost all of the ingredients Thank you so much for sharing

Those traits are exactly correct. Not only correct, but soothing. It was relaxing and peaceful to listen to them for affirmation. I've lived most of my life with arrogant hoarders, so it is so peaceful to be much less wasteful and much more frugal and humble. And then to hear you say these wonderful things. Thanks for the wonderful recipe. Jan from NYC told us about you; However, I was already subbed to you.

Hello, thank you for your video; you are doing great actually. There is a wonderful book "The millionaire next door" by Thomas J. Stanley that suggest exactly what you teach.

You are so uplifting.....your content is always helpful.....here’s a hint on garlic.....after you crush it, set it aside and let it “rest” for about 10 minutes before adding to any dish....this enables the health benefit of allicin to become available.....you can google it, don’t just accept my opinion......and thank you for tasty recipes.....this one looks yummy.....

Frugal and Delicious A Soup made from leftover ingredients: Potato kielbasa Soup. Sautee I stalk chopped celery with 1 medium choppnd onion sauteed in 1 teaspoon butter and, I teaspoon of evoo. When translucent add the 1/3 of a link of kielbasa cut in half and cut in 1 inch pieces when fried up, add one Knorr vegetable cup and 5 cups boiling water 1/4 teaspoon salt, & Pepper, 1 teaspoon garlic, 1/2 tablespoon garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar, on 1/2 tablespoon of Worstershire sauce, 4 cubed and peeled potatoes, 1 tablespoon chives cook for 30 minutes on medium high. serves 6 at 50 cents a serving.

All very good points/observations about frugalists! I love the way you brought out that we are NOT "cheap"...in fact, the money we save by being frugal affords us the chance to bless others with things they need! Dixie was so cute, woofing as if to say, "Save some chicken for me, Mama!" The lo mein looked delicious!

So many wise words. So glad I subbed. Binging now ☺️

love it Emmy

I made this recipe tonight for dinner and it was absolutely delicious. I agree on adding the peanut butter to the sauce, it definitely made it!

Thanks so much for this video. I actually made something similar recently, but I see some good ideas to make it better. Is your sesame oil toasted or regular? I see that it is Japanese. Also I have been enjoying your videos for a few months (one of my Covid finds). I have been unemployed so learning frugal tips is so helpful right now! God bless you both!

Hi,emmy,paul,and doggo

SO excited to try something new in our frugal journey. We're going to try to shop weekly. This will help me be able to better manage the fridge and freezer and REMEMBER what we actually have. I looked over the ads and came up with some meal ideas. It's also the week that our Kroger has their major deals on canned goods, pasta, cereals, all kinds of things. so I made a budget for our regular shopping AND a budget for our stock ups. So far I'm looking to be way under budget. My stock Ups, I'm giving myself $80 on for the month, and right now we're only at $45 for Kroger. There's an app called Ibotta that is doing a rebate on a Thanksgiving dinner. So that dinner (which was going to come out of our $80) is practically covered. Today is my little guy's B-Day. We're going to have frozen pizza, popcorn, soda (free in our Thanksgiving dinner haul with Ibotta), and candy we got on sale at our Kroger. He's going to be 4 and will absolutely love this! Also, I got an email last week through Nickelodeon and signed him up for their birthday club. He's going to get a phone call from his favorite character on Paw Patrol. We're planning a day to just relax together, play his favorite board games, sing his favorite songs, and it's mostly free! I'm going to have to try this recipe, my husband loves lo mein!

It has been over a year now since we had Chinese food out. I make my own version since the restaurants near us are horrible and my partner no longer has a long commute passing by a good place. My MIL got me a wok at Aldi as a gift and that is what I use to make fried rice. Great video for motivation to eat healthy at home!

Looks tasty. Making this soon as I have everything I need on hand. Thanks for all your videos. 😍🍜🍷

I'm new to your channel and really loved your content today! I'm looking forward to making lo mein with jackfruit!Thanks so much!

I am with you on this journey! We have been living a frugal life for over 25 years. We have been married for almost 30 years and have been able to get through the tough times as well as experience amazing things by being frugal. I totally get the feeling of wanting to share my deals with everyone! I get great satisfaction out of morphing leftovers into other meals. I love a crazy steal from the thrift store and before COVID was a CVS couponer who paid very little for toiletries and cleaning supplies. We live a more comfortable, less stressful life by being frugal. I am loving your recipes and your sensibility! Thanks for the great content 👍

That looks absolutely delicious, and of course you kept the chicken carcass to make a yummy broth.

I couldn't find "frugalistic" in the online dictionary...you've invented a perfectly good new word! Living simply and contentedly is the best way to go IMO, and I really don't care what others think...must be my age! That lo mein looks delicious...did you save the bones for bone broth?

Another great video!! Your hair looks amazing! It’s getting long! Dinner looks delicious! I have a “carcass” in my fridge right now that I’m going to work on tmrw! Have a great weekend!

Love ❤️ your videos! I think the way this country is heading we need to go frugal! How do you save on manicures? Would you make a video on how to save money on beauty products?

Great video

Great video ....😊❤️🍁🍂lo mein looks delish

Hi emmy I totally agree with you I always try to cut bills I'm lucky we only have gas water and electricity and the heating has not gone on yet and it's early November so we are doing well Love the recipe will definitely be doing that one Take care till next time xx💙💛💚💜

Tip # 4 for saving your money, if you shopping for a big ticket item or more that one of the same item, don't be afraid to ask for a discount, the usual reply is I am not authorized, so talk to someone who is like a manager or supervisor, if you don't ask your don't get.

Making chicken lo mein tonight! Actually using the same leftover chicken in freezer from the roasted chicken from your previous video. My 13-yr old son eats your hot dog grilled cheese once per week. Love your frugal recipes! Keep them coming, please!

Looks like a great dinner, and so thrifty!!

Do you have some good tips for Beginners on how to start being Frugal? Or any Basics things to start now. I cant go into 2021 doing the same stuff. Thank you. 💙

Love all your videos. It is funny that I was going to ask if you would mind sharing your beauty products with us. I see that Liz beat me to it lol. I do not budget well when it comes to beauty products. You always look great so I would love to know your products please. Thank you so much for your channel Emmy. Take care.

I just got us a huge shopping cart because its a need.it was $40 at my local hardware store.yes,they did have smaller ones,but they were very flimsy,and way more,plus not practical for us.there would be no way cat litter would fit in those dinky carts,or cat food. So,rather than pay over $100for a useless cart,i paid $40 for one we can actually use

Thanks for the recipe! I don't eat meat but I think for vegetarians, just substituting some chickpeas instead of the chicken would be very good. I made some chili this last week and my wife wanted some spaghetti so we just did a Cincinnati type chili with the chili over the noodles! It was so good-- so I am happy to find you using spaghetti noodles as I think they are such a good meal idea and sometimes one wants more than just red sauce.

When I was growing up my parents would take us out at a Chinese restaurant about once a week. We would always get the family dinners, 1 from column A and 2 from column B. We loved our weekly Dinners. My sister was dating someone and he brought her to a Chinese restaurant. He ordered a soda and my sister told him that she never knew that restaurants sold soda. ShopRite sales in NJ for the coming week Red peppers .99 Chicken breast 1.77 Golden pineapple 1.97 Asparagus 1.99 Pomegranate.99 Aruj dried chickpeas 1.99 for 2 lbs 5 count avocados 2.99

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Absolutely amazing ideas . I never waste a chicken. I’m the main meat eater in the house,so it’s not often I actually buy a whole chicken. Utmwhen I do,I go to town.i get one or two roast dinners ,then il turn the rest into other meals the next day and freeze them.i actually have. Chicken thighs to cook.only three but they are decently sized.il enjoy them,the cat will get a meal and I plan to use the rest ,In my head I have festive slices in mind,using chicken,stuffing I can do with breadcrumbs,cranberry and port jelly,I probably leave out bacon,as I won’t thaw a whole pack just for that,but that’s pretty much a festive slice(or pasty,we call it here in uk) . Uhm,I’ve had two festive meals this week. I had bake at home baguettes(so cheap) and had leftover bacon that needed using,I had bought a packet of turkey and stuffing,cranberry sauce- I just made festive baguettes. I had turkey still in packet,I had cabbage that was half used,needed using and added the last two carrots in the fridge,a few pots ,some cheap gravy granules and I had a turkey stuffing roast . Absolutely fabulous. It’s so good to utilise what you got on hand . You can never go wrong in this. Much love sent 💕🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Hi Emmy Is it just me or does a frugal mentality seem like a diet? We just persevere but if we fall off just get back on tract🤣. I have the idea that frugal is the long term, just need to put that concentration on having my thighs get smaller. That noodle dish is fabulous even for my new get smaller thighs diet. Love your explanation of the lifestyle so true. I am so like you and can't wait to tell my sister when I save or find a bargain. Cheers

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I love this! new subscriber. I found you through Jan from NYC and Centsible living. I really love the idea of perseverance and not having a YOLO attitude.. I also really like how you clarified frugal is not cheap. I am not surprised by the fact that salvation army turned you away. Our whole economy is based on what we buy. We are known as Consumers and not people anymore in my opinion. Glad there is a movement away from a consumer culture!

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