I find that buying and eating quality food keeps me out of the Dr’s office. When you compare the cost of an office visit with the cost of “good” food, it’s a no brainer.
In the UK healthcare is all paid for through your lifetime work contributions etc. so there is a disconnect for personal self care and responsibility. It’s complex. The way you offset small high price items of food v waste from bulk storage is a eye opener. Thanks .
I am so impressed with how kind you are explaining why and how you eat. Some people may be rude about it-but your kindness is so refreshing! Thank you for being such a kind person!
Agreed Glenda. I think it's sad she has to explain herself to others for making high quality food a priority. I used to be a personal trainer and say Pay Now or Pay Later works for food too. I do the same and have some restrictions but mainly she's just a smart eater I feel and it shows in her skin and bright eyes and hair. I'm grateful to have found a like minded soul to follow or connect with as I prepare for my van fun. You go Gurllll....
You make simple living look so easy. So inspiring. I am surrounded by a family with ADD/ADHD and the clutter drives me bonkers. I’m vicariously living through you. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Well, I want to thank you. As a guy who never really has cooked much I have been just warming canned foods, ramen, oatmeal, pancakes, eating peanut butter and jelly and tuna salad sandwiches. I know that I don't get enough veggies and not much variety in foods. So thank you for helping me to eat better. ❤
Dee, you are so right. Proper nutrition keeps you more healthy and worth the cost. Thanks for the recipes. They will come in handy when I hit the road!
Oh Dee, no one should be questioning the food you choose to eat. You truly should not have to justify your decisions. Food is such a personal thing. Thanks for those delicious recipes. Can't wait to try the mousse, doughnuts and the vegie wraps. Thank so much for these!
You're such a beautiful person inside and out. If you're ever in California up in Sonoma or Mendocino, dm me so I can meet up with you and take you seaglass hunting ok? Seaglass is so amazing! Also, it's kind of you to adress your spending costs for food, but honestly, people who question your every move are wrong and nobody needs to explain why they do what they do, or have to defend what they spend or why they spend it, it's nobodies business and you don't need to explain to anybody...no one does. I'm a big fan, and I have a Ford T.connect 2011 love it, my hubby and I take it to the coast all the time. I love your show! You're an inspiration ❤️
I totally agree with you on buying organic food. I am investing in my health so I don't have to pay medical bills for eating unhealthy. So far so good, at 57 don't have any issues and don't go to a doctor often. "You do you, I'm doing me", so don't knock it ☺️
Thank you, Dee ❤! I love the idea of keeping easy and tasteful, to minimize preparation time when cooking for one. The goal should always be: to meet one’s dietary needs, likes, and taste are keys one is shooting for to gain the most nutritious value for circumstance or needs. Dee, you do an awesome job in making that point to your viewers; thank you!! ❤❤
Hey Ms. Dee ! I'm a meat and tater guy, but could eat and enjoy your dinner too. Put the sauce inside my wrap please, helps keep it out of my mustache !
I find I’m most resourceful, minimalistic and healthy when I’m alone in my van traveling. I love your video today😁💕 especially the fry cake aka doughnut!!! thanks so much for sharing
Good for you for eating what’s best for you! It’s a personal decision… don’t you hate it when people diss your choices? Love everything you do and I’m planning to use all your ideas and no build instructions. I’m a a big fan of you and Bunny! I watch all your videos over and over. I hope to meet you on the road someday!❤
Hello Dee. I have installed a roof fan, insolated my floor, walls, ceiling and doors. Paneled my ceiling and walls. Built my couch/ pull out bed. Now all I have to is build my cabinets in my 2011 Transit Connect and hit the road. thanks for the inspiration.
LADY BUGOUUUT! 🤗🤗🤗 I just plopped down on my comfy king topper bed I installed in my car, fired up some RU-vid, saw your video here, and got really excited 🤗 I've been learning from you and I thank you 😊 you're a lovely satisfied soul with a good energy... I LOVE IT! Go lady bugout!🎉😊🎉😊🎉
Excellent! More cooking videos please! I go ahead and get food that is more expensive and I don’t have a lot to spend, but it’s so much healthier. For me it is a financial sacrifice. Eating very “Clean” is important to me. And I can’t even express how much better I feel after going clean, a lot of pain is GONE. I think a lot of foods that we are used to eating are just too inflammatory for a lot of people. There are a lot of videos that teach how to eat clean and non inflammatory. But shame it has to cost more to do so. There a few videos of how to eat better shopping at WallyMart and others.
Thank you, Dee. This was such a fun video for me because do to my current circumstance, I am learning to cook at 65 years old. I have learned so much for you. 🎉
A good, crisp apple cut into slices with a sprinkle of Tajin is one of my favorite snacks! Thanks for all of your ideas for good, and good for you, foods!
Absolutely eat the very best food you can find! Food goes in your body and hurts it or helps it. Frugal doesn't mean garbage food ..it means wisdom and savings for the best one needs. Go girl!
Your channel has given me a great start to my newly acquired transit connect. I was skeptical about being able to make such a small space work until I found your channel. Thank you so much for your videos. This is my first van build and I needed food ideas
Thank you for sharing your recipes. One of the many reasons I enjoy following you is that I also have a restricted diet. I have gallbladder issues and other sensitivities and what works for you is similar to how I approach my food needs. I'm excited to try the chocolate avocado! Thank you and travel safe 😊
“I’m not a Chef”. And that’s why I like you! 💕 Everything looks so yummy! I find the healthier I eat the less I can tolerate junk food darn it. lol i’ll go out to eat and about two days in I’m craving healthy food from home. I never thought I’d see the day when I craved cauliflower.
Your cabbage rolls reminded me of my childhood. About a hundred years ago, 😂, when I was a Girl Scout, we had a staple “salad” for campouts. We’d take cabbage leaves and smear peanut butter on it, then roll it up. Some girls added banana slices or pimento cheese, but I loved just the cabbage and pb. Once in a while, I’ll still make a couple when I buy cabbage for something else.
Ms Dee I fully agree with you on the better nutrition = feeling better = living better. I love how well you take the time to explain the how’s and why’s of what works for you and is working very well. I continue to be impressed with how you’ve set ladybug up. Incredibly good use of space available without clutter or disorganization. You always brighten my day up with your upbeat and cheerful self. Thank you so much, take care and see you in your next video 🙏🏻😃 PS- the avacado mousse looked delicious as we as the veggie wraps👍🏻
The beauty of cooking for one is that can buy organic/healthy paying a little more, but can amount to such tasty meals. I'm eating a lot of raw food lately. One corn cob can last four days by shucking a little each day wrapping it back up, stays juicy, add to salad that ends up different every day depending on what goes in. Addictively yummy.
Thanks Dee, when you said "this is not a cooking show" I groaned in disappointment! Haha, please can we have more of your recipes, it was a great video. Can you explain why you make your own toothpaste instead of just buying a tube please? I loved your little table and your donuts and mousse, it all sounds scrummy!
People will skim on buying food is not a very smart idea! Your health is more important than money. Pay now or pay later!!!😉 Thanks for sharing your recipes!🥰
I learned a lonnnnnnnng time ago that iceberg lettuce is near 0 nutritional value, try a small head of red cabbage. also, sunflower seeds and/or pumpkins seeds would be marvelous in the wrap.
I think it is great that U have figured out a way to be on the road w/o a refrigerator. I believe most maple syrup bottles state to refrigerate after opening but U look healthy to me. I did get that avacado choc. mousse recipe a while back & never tried it. My angels told me a long time ago to eat organic when possible & I have been fortunate enough to afford it. Thx for the recipes. Wow U can’t do dairy but U can do whey? The doughnuts look like fun & U can add chopped apples & substitute apple cider for water & dip in cinnamon sugar after it dries & U have apple cider doughnuts. If people do not want to use avacado Chef Jana has a recipe w/choc. & coconut milk for vegan choc. mousse. I think the refrigerator helps it thicken.
That was a nice and inspiring video! Especially the first two recepes, because I don't want to have gas in my van and I think I don't want to have a frigde. Your ideas combined with mine gave me even more possibilities for meals! A present of the heart again 💝 So thank you again! Greetings from the Netherlands 😊
Hi, Phil from the UK. Have you ever thought of hiring a camper in the uk and touring scotland wales etc. I have a VW Camper, but only use it for weekends/ holidays. Your channels brilliant for little tips and ideas. Also for living in a van you look so healthy!!! You must be doing something right 😊
Thank you for another great video. I love the minimal ingredients in these recipes. Great tip about the nutritional yeast. Thank you again for creating this video.
I know people in the van life community that eat out a lot of the time. How healthy or frugal is that? That someone had an issue with it says a lot about that person. I am very economical, but there are some things I will not go the 'cheap' or 'inexpensive' route on when it comes to my personal fuel. Keep doing what you are doing, don't let others judge you, and thanks for the good ideas as usual. Safe travels!
Girl, I can’t wait to catch up with you someday in our travels and make you a great raw vegan meal! On the organic note - I can’t always find - but most importantly is how one washes and scrub their food. That alone goes a long way.
Thanks for this Dee! I love the veggie wraps with the peanut sauce! You're making me hungry 😅 I'm also keen to make the toothpaste. Best wishes from England 🇬🇧
New subscriber here. Thank you for your honesty! I'll be going on my first trip of the year in a couple weeks. Only a few days and from Illinois to MO. But very ready to get out and go! Stay real you two!
It is FAR more FRUGAL to shop for organic, butchers meat, and balanced meals in a VAN/TRK/RV than to succumb to disease n commodities. It truly is a NO BRAINER! ❤️💯😘👍🔥
Dee, you make eating healthy on the road something to aspire to! That pudding! Thai peanut sauce is my absolute favorite. And taking care of one’s health is absolutely priceless! I am working on it. Thanks again!
Thank you Dee for the chocolate mousse recipe! I gave up refined sugar and have been looking for a tasty chocolate recipe. I have a feeling that this one will do the trick. I'm new to your channel and I love it ❤️🐞❤️
Anytime one eats home prepared food is more economical than restaurant food, which many who travel depend on. Plus, the health benefits of quality foods, as you said. Besides, we don’t all eat the same way, but it’s interesting to see how others manage, while living on the road. ✌️❤️🍴
Great video again 🙂👍 Yes, .... the subject of food choices and the fact that I don't cook in my van used to come up for me as well. You eat much like I do 🙂 I need to watch my protein also, 👍 .... I have Crohn's so I sometimes eat differently from others.
@@LadyBugout oh yes, I've had it since I was a kid and I'm 56 years old now, .... just living day-by-day keeping the body strong and healthy and keeping in mind that stress is a huge trigger Factor. Decided to have myself a lazy day today. 🙂👍
Always enjoy your videos. Just remember that there are what they call "Trolls" out there that are just looking to comment negatively about anything they can. Focus on the positive and don't waste a moment on explaining things to them...not worth it.
Dee, have I missed a vlog? I haven't seen another video since this one. I looked for you while I cruised along the California coastline from San Francisco to Monterey/Pacific Grove. As I settle in for the evening, I love to watch videos from my favorite You Tubers. I tried one of your recipes and loved it! Anyway, I'm looking forward to another episode from you. Safe travels! Oh, Happy Valentines to you, too!
I’m looking forward to trying your recipes-I’ve admired your salads and other meals in the past. My model for camping food was the vegetarian foods we fixed in the BWCA, where you can’t bring in cans or glass containers. We used campfires, so cooking things like rice and whole grains was fine-chili, curry rice with dry fruits and nuts-long cooking times. A change from using a propane stove, where I try to conserve my fuel!
Thank you for sharing. I have just started my home on wheels (car living) yesterday after several months of preparation. So I will look into this further in the months of living in my home on wheels. 05feb23
Great recipes Dee. 😋 I've recently started growing micro greens in a jar, so easy and full of nutrition. I look forward to making the chocolate moose, looks yummy. The one thing I've not tried is the egg replacer which I've been tempted to try. Thanks for sharing ❤️
I loved the idea of using the avocado, so nutritious for your chocolate pudding. And also the "healthy" donut. I love sweets but the traditional ones have more calories than I need. Great video, and thanks for sharing your adventures in cooking with us today! Have a great week Dee!
Great recipes Young Lady, While in the Army I used straight Baking Soda for my tooth paste while down range. Raising my children in Montana and going to POW WOW we enjoyed Indian Fry Bread tacos. When at home the kids and I perfected our version of Wheat flour Fry Bread, yes I stole the recipe from the Ladies cooking for our local POW WOW. With my son being a Traditional dancer and I being on the Honor Guard we would eat our fill over three days. Your recipes inspire me to enjoy them over soda can eggs cooked over a morning fire. A Hobo trick I learned years ago riding across country. So many different ways that many of us can embrace, Thank You! You are in my prayers Hoka Hey
Re-watching some old videos just so happens I just ordered some of the brackets to make that extension onto my tunnel and that moose I've been making it ever since the first time I saw this video it is to die for her and guilt-free thank you so so much almost done with my van rearranging
That pack with quinoa, rice and bean/ lentils I like to try! So easy meal! 😃 I have just found some pack with just rice or just quinoa here in Sweden 😃
Wow, Avocado chocolate mouse!! Oh my goodness! I am drooling. Love the cabbage rolls with peanut sauce. For flours I love almond flour, coconut flour, etc. Or other nut flours, occasionally something like garbanzo bean flour. Thank you!! The problem I have with vegan is so much low nutrient food like white wheat flour, noodles, etc. I am gluten free. One time I went to a vegan dinner and the only thing I could eat was some sliced cucumbers and lettuce leaves. Every single other thing had a wheat product in it. I love the idea of 'real food' that is vegan made from fresh veggies, etc.!
Mark and I and our dog Mako our standard poodle are heading to the beach to camp in our Sienna van next week and now my menu is complete thx so much!!! Yummy donut
Hi Dee from Holland... I will dream about travelling in a minivans at the very end of the Rainbow...... Your vids gave me confidence... The recepties are So great.. Thkx for sharing...
Bananas, Oats and almond milk can used together as pancake batter. You cook it the same way you would regular pancakes or waffles (if you have a waffle maker) and believe me the taste is exactly the same if not better than regular pancakes.
Omg, the crunch of that wrap, my mouths watering here. Your recipes gave me some great ideas, and they’re perfect for no fridges, which I love! Ignore the haters, not everyone has to agree with you, so you don’t need to apologize to them, there’s heaps of us who think you’re awesome. It’s also interesting to see how you work in your very limited space. This gives me great ideas for planning. Thanks for another great video 😊
Bravo girl! Do the naysayers want to compare proactive cost to reactive cost? I dont think so. Enough said. Nice to see this side of your living process. Eating to live instead living to eat like most....yes! I apologize if you've already covered your exercise routine but interested to know that piece of your health and wellness protocol. Thanks Dee!
This is excellent timing for me. This spring my goal is to prepare my food in the van. I know I will love the peanut sauce and am looking forward to making my own toothpaste!
Wow! Amazing! I love your indoor space. My minivan indoor space needs some improvements!! I enjoy simple vegan foods and need to be more vigilant in doing this type of cooking!
👋💃🐞Dee🚘 I made my brother chill with vegan meat / he loved it & Neve knew the diffetence he enjoyed it & he's a carnivore 😃😄I had to feed him & I don't have a bite of meat in my Dwelling ! You should publish a cook book your or even a video for channel !! 👍🙂 Ty for sharing! ❤the video ! Be safe/ Be Happy 🙂👍🤗 I'll see you Dee on your next video! 🙂
Thanks for another excellent video. I have always traveled with a cassette toilet in my 2010 transit connect, just because I might need it in an emergency. I have not used it in 2 years so it's time to use that space for something else.
Wow, such creative and delicious recipes. I don’t have dietary restrictions, but I share many of your food preferences. Can’t wait to try some of these ideas. I’ve made avocado fudgsicles (in my home freezer) and they were delicious, as I’m sure is true for the avocado mousse.
