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I like this guy's sunny optimism, can do attitude, every person cooking skills and his goofy humor - Struggle Meals is becoming one of my favorite cooking shows - go Frankie!
I'm so happy you did this!!! There's only 2 of us so this will last for two weeks, 147.00 for 2 weeks not bad!!! Thank you for the blueprint!!! Where's the rest of the week?
I know you posted this two years ago but i've just come across struggle meals and found this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ubVE6eEbjBU.html
Frankie you’re great man but I think the editors did you a disservice. They didn’t show what you plated w the dinner on Tuesday. Brisket, rice w (?) side in the middle that looked like shredded cheese. No display of the ingredients of the veg chili. They rushed this video it’s making you look bad. They played us all for views. You didn’t display how to soak the beans. As someone who really respects you and food and the love for turning ingredients into a magical delicious experience. The editor must not love food, this vid is weak compared your usual stuff.
This video went way too fast for me... I know struggle meals don't always have explicit recipes, but this one had so many criss-crossing threads and ingredients that I would've really liked a more organized breakdown of what is used where and how. Those muffins in particular, I could really use a recipe for them. What happened to the brisket stock, too? The video didn't even say what kind of stock, or put it on the shopping list, and also didn't explain what happened to all the onions and carrots afterwards. You served it with potatoes and carrots that you said were thrown in the pan at the end of cooking, but that's not in the footage, and they look roasted. What goes in the chili, and what goes in the egg salad? What volume of eggs and oats and cheese does this meal plan need? I'm sure I can figure most of this stuff out by studying the video and getting some estimates from other recipes, but it just seems unnecessary to not just document it in the video or at least the description. I'm hoping some of it gets cleared up in the second part. The video is still entertaining, but it doesn't seem very helpful.
I dont think the intent of this video is to teach you specific recipes but to give you more of an outline of how to organize your week and which ingredient and types of dishes are multipurpose. Its not a "make this specific roasted brisket", its more of a "if you make a large roasted piece of meat you can fix yourself various meals for the week". Also I think he has the recipe for the brisket in another one of his prep videos. Would love the muffin recipe tho 👁️🔎
I think this is just meant to give you an idea if a way to make a weeks worth of food for cheap and not give you recipes. Everything on here I already have my own recipes and don't need his but I will use these guidelines to try to stretch my food tho
I AM SO HAPPY I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL!!! Caps totally on purpose. Could you hear my enthusiasm?! 😁 Love your speed and humor and simple, healthy recipes... AWESOME!!!
Fried rice is the most budget friendly recipe I got lol loads of left over rice, leftover meat or a fatty sausage piece or those cheap bacon bits you can get at the grocery, fry up some garlic and onions with it plus left over or frozen veggies, and finally EGGS, if you have it, butter or olive oil if it's looking a bit dry and soy sauce and salt to taste
You could also use that gravy from the brisket to make rice and gravy. Just add a bit of cornstarch to thicken it up if it’s too watery. I love brisket and that one looked amazing!
I usually love your videos but this one was horrible. You didn't show how to make the muffins. No links to recipes AND it's suppose to be a whole week but you only went through wednesday. So confused. So so confused.
I think there's gonna be a part for the rest of the week. But I do think this video should have taken a slower pace and explained each recipes in greater detail
i can make all for about $75 a week, and have egg/spinach and toast for breakfast, sandwiches, and wraps for lunches for the week, and a few ingredients with pantry items (that i buy once a month) and we have the dinners.
shop list whole Oats from bulk section,Cinnamon and brown sugar ( pantry items) Cheese ( only cheese I saw was orange American slices on veggie burger) Baking powder( for muffins) Onions Canned tomatoes Peanut butter Chicken thighs Brisket Beef broth? 1/2 gallon Milk Eggs (showed an 18 pack?) Pasta Fresh fruit (showed banana and strawberries apples qt plain Yogurt Bread Rolls for veggie burger Lettuce Fresh veggies( showed broccoli onions red pepper cauliflower tomatoes carrots 2 large russet potatoes)red cabbage Beans? Dried Barley For the egg salad use the free mayo packs? Bread crumbs (pantry item)
This is what i do too. I always marvel at folks who hate leftovers. You have to reinvent them to make them different. That is so much fun and like trying to figure out how to make different.
I think these videos are cut down versions of the actual episodes that air on the internet TV channel or subscription service. I wish they made that clear though
Adding some of the dry oats leftover from breakfast prep & letting the mixture sit for a little while before shaping the patties also helps if the veggie burger mixture is too wet.
$147 for a family of 4 for a week is not a struggle week! That is pretty much what my family of 4 spends in 3 weeks. Our budget is $225 for a family of 4 per month.
Make swaps, shop sales, and go to discounted grocery stores like Lidl or Aldi. Instead of brisket, buy a whole chicken, then you have bones to make stock, if sweet potatoes aren't on sale buy russets. Also, his area and therefore cost of living and groceries might be very different from yours. The basic ideas are here and very doable.
So we got to Wednesday lunch...what happens next? Was it a forgotten episode? Or a messed up camera? So far I saw maybe $50 worth of food where I live. Will there be a part two showing the rest of the items? Also the chili burger thing was a great idea. I never would have thought of that.
Man I wish the video had a link to the website that tells you the ingredients and vise versa. Also, the tastemade website that has this videos ingredients doesn't actually have this video linked in the page. Why not??
I'm pescetarian so wouldn't be able to meal prep with what Frankie showed here, but I could easily substitute the brisket for tofu or salmon, although fish doesn't keep well when cooked. If you sub tofu a great tip is to get the moisture out by plating it in two plates in the microwave about 2 mins. Fry it with tamari and herbs and soy sauce. I think a vegetarian or pescetarian version of this video would work great as you've already made a veg burger and everything else is vegetarian. I make breakfast bars from oats and bananas so the muffins would be a nice change. Where's the recipe? I get that this is a meal prep video but you still need to make the items unless the food fairy flies in and does them overnight with her magic cooking wand!
This was actually pretty smart. If you use it as a basis for what you have after your main Sunday meal, the rest is a no brainer. You don’t need recipes or a list of stuff to pick up at the store. If you think about the foods you love, and add what you like, it’s fun and easy. I am a vegan, so I am going to do it on a vegan level. Instead of brisket, I will make a lentil loaf for a Sunday dinner, and figure it out from there.
If you do the US-Can exchange that's $194.00. 😅 But luckily most places in my province have locally sourced butcher shops that offer a good price for meats so it would be cheaper to take the bus and order from them.
Karunia F. Romadona very different. Used to take an ingredient or a cuisine and make a few dishes. Now it’s typically one dish and 4 minutes. Not a fan.
Lol $150 is like $600 per month on Groceries. How big is this family or where is food this expensive. We are a family of 3 and I spend about that per month in Florida on food.
Some cooked meals when stored for a certain number of days spoils and I am a bit worried with the beans. When is it good to cook the beans and how long should it be kept in the ref? And the oats, you only have to soak but some oats needs cooking. How much budget you should alot for a week's food consumption?
150 / 3 = 50 bucks a week per person. Pretty reasonable. You can also substitute beef with pork or chicken to save money. Nutrition and keeping healthy is expensive and takes effort, gotta get over yourself if you want to not eat like an incompetent college kid.
It's a bit expensive for my budget I'm struggling remember hahah, but, then again that's 3 meals a day and that's not a bad price. If ya can afford it, go for it.
That is still $600 a month. Granted that's not bad. However, what about those of us that have less than that. I do. I have $150 for two weeks, plus an additional $50 to feed two dogs 1 cat, laundry detergent, dish soap, shampoo, and conditioner. help (3 people, 2 6'6" young men and me mom)
$150 for only one week?! Meal prepping is supposed to help keep things inexpensive. I’m not sure where this is but spending $600 for just meals seems like a lot! I spend around $250-$300/month for me and my two daughters. That’s including a bunch of snacks as well as feeding friends and family when we get together.
You're using a metal spatula in a non-stick pan you're going to scratch that pan. it would have been nice to see what you put in the muffins or could link to the recipe in the description also you didn't describe what you put in your chili.
$147 for 84 meals, roughly $1.75 per serving, four people, $7.00 per meal, three meals times four people, $21 per day. It would really be difficult to find and purchase 12 meals for $21. It's really not terrible and prices may vary depending on where you live but I think it could stand to be improved or even just rotated. Nothing says you've gotta buy the $25-$30 brisket every week. One week do a brisket, the next, a whole chicken, then maybe a pork roast the following week if they're on sale. Both are incredibly inexpensive and can be prepared the same ways. I feel like this list could be averaged out, high and low weeks, to around $400 per month for a family of 4. Which is a very respectable (roughly) one dollar per meal per person.
