Since we lost our eldest son life has been a challenge. I'm very thankful that your videos have helped me start to want to do better for our younger 2 children ... 💙

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss, Lori. I hope you are surrounded by grace and comfort. ❤️

@deborahpullen9940

2 жыл бұрын

So sad for your loss. When I was 18, I lost a younger brother. My parents were inconsolable. After a few weeks I had to remind my mother that she had 2 other children who were still alive who neededher. I think it helped her a little bit.

@kristinanoall

24 күн бұрын

I’m so very sorry, Lori. ❤

Good afternoon - I love the double cooking concept. Like you I make the protein for several meals at once when it is hot so I am not reheating the house. Great video.

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

I'm with you, Kim! Coming into the summer, I don't fire up my oven or even my stove as often. :)

I made the grilled chicken pasta salad. I used 1/2 a box of short pasta, 1 chicken breast (cooked and cubed), 1 can corn, and 1 tomato (chopped, recommend 2). For the dressing I did 1/2 a packet of ranch seasoning, 1/8c mayo, 8 oz sour cream (the entire small tub), a splash of milk, and a spoonful of minced garlic. Turned out DELICIOUS! I served it on a plate of chopped romaine lettuce. Thank you for giving me such a good recipe! I always get so many ideas watching your videos. For those of you who are picky eaters like me, the ranch dressing was not overpowering. Definitely kid friendly meal

Thanks for sharing. This is how I was taught to cook/plan 50 years ago. Both sides of my family did this. I was shocked when I was in college and none of my friends had ever heard of or thought to cook once, eat two or three times with same basic foods but changing presentation! I had one roommate that thought eating leftovers would poison you... 😂

The worst part of grocery shopping is the price of everything and it's going to get worse. I buy what is on sale and what I need. Thanks for sharing your recipe and hauls

Those recipes look so good! I love how you repurpose and reuse all your finds. Great idea to make garlic bread from hamburger buns! $23 dollars for 3 meals?! That's crazy! Great job lady!

@jenniferfollmer4689

2 жыл бұрын

Hamburger buns or hot dog buns make the best garlic bread!

Wow, it's like a new video every day! You're killing it lately 👏 ✨️ 🙌 😁

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! No, I just wanted to squeeze this one in before the holiday weekend. Nothing new on the schedule until next Tuesday, now. :)

Those scoop tortilla chips used to be .89 cents pre-Covid. It was such a great deal now I rarely buy them. I rarely buy chips now. It’s all getting so expensive.

These all look DELICIOUS! I’m going to have to watch back through and take notes for summer meal planning inspiration!

I can't wait to try this method of making chicken! Everything looked delicious. I love these budget meal videos. Thank you so much for sharing!

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ashley!

All your meals looked amazing! Thanks for the inspo to whip up some pasta salad. It's a fave summer-time lunch dish for me, and I'm def whipping some up over the long weekend.

Ughhhh your videos always bless me soooo much! Thank you for all you do and all the inspiring content you bring us!

My mama was an old time farm wife(who was famous for her fried chicken) - she always brined! She said it was to get the blood out? Little did she know that’s what made it so delicious. 😂

All these look delicious, and I will try! Thank you!

Thanks for another real life video.You are one of the few realistic video’s.Great ideas and content.

Great meal ideas! Everything looks delicious! Love from Texas

Hi Mindy, great video. I think everyone is stocking up on buns for Memorial Day holiday BBQ.

Mindy all of these sound fantastic, and super simple. You rock!

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! Thank you!

Great ideas ! I have some elbow macaroni to use up! Thank you!

The meals look so yummy my kids would love the chicken sandwiches I will have to try those and the pasta salad looks sooo good TFS all your recipes!

This video is fabulous-no kidding. It has answered an age-old question about how to keep baked chicken breasts from drying out. Thank you very much!!

I love the double cooking concept. It takes meal prep to a whole new level. Lately I've been using pickle juice to brine my chicken. I really love using the juice from the Aldi refrigerated pickles! Yummy!

@truthinlovemama

Жыл бұрын

Oooh what a great idea!

Another fan of The Skinny-ish Dish chicken 🙋🏻‍♀️ The pasta salad looks delicious and is going on the meal plan. 😊

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

I actually mixed the leftovers of the pasta salad (minus the lettuce) and the mac & cheese, and popped it into the oven for a cheesy ranch chicken pasta bake for one more meal. It was actually delicious!

I really like the meat ideas you had for meals. Really great for our night meals. Hate to eat heavy night meals in the summer. I have just recently caught the idea of slicing the chicken breasts. I personally like to do this.

I can't wait to try these when we get back from vacation!

Glad to see I'm not the only one chopping up cheese slices to use in my meal

Love all of the recipes in this video! I have to tell you, I cook and bake often but was never able to perfect my white sauce. UNTIL, I started watching SMM. After watching you make it in different recipes, I finally nailed it! Thanks SMM!!!

@Alextodd007

2 жыл бұрын

Hello allyroo

Thank you Mindy, these are great meals. I will be trying them.

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy!

Good evening I love this video I love the double cooking thank you do much

Thank you Mindy! These are great recipes and solutions for keeping to a food budget without feeling ‘deprived’ in any way 😋 I have never tried to make Mac and cheese from scratch but watching you do it, I think I’m going to try it- possibly this evening… I really appreciate your channel and your easy going, approachable personality 🌻😎🎶

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

You got this, Julie, mac & cheese from scratch is so delicious! Thank you for the kind words!

@whitneytucker1224

2 жыл бұрын

Juliemaria, I haven’t either! Your not alone hunny, but Mindy, I think you might of just pushed me past box velveeta!!! 🤣🫣😝

@juliemariariley3212

2 жыл бұрын

@@whitneytucker1224 I am trying to make it right now! I just put it in the oven- the sauce tasted good 😊

I'm loving your videos!!

That’s amazing all that food for $23. We have no hope of making that where I live in Australia for that price. The Aldi is so inexpensive in the USA compared to here. Our three major supermarkets are Woolworths, Coles and Aldi I am about an hour from Costco. A trip to Costco around every couple of months I normally am able to buy pantry staples. I am very lucky though I have a vegetable garden in which I can grow a few items. I am going to try the chicken brine today.

Everything looks delish.

Thank you for your consistent, organized content. Your videos are well thought out and edited.

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, John!

You’re brilliant, Mindy 🙌

When we dont have butter I just make the pasta and add tomato sauce and the cheese and garlic we called it mexcian mac and cheese

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, that sounds delicious!

Hi! Could you make more crock pot/air fryer recipes? Those are my favorites in hot summer months. I love your videos ❤️

I get so excited when I see your videos pop-up!

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, thank you so much, Alex!

Oooo that dip!!

Always love your ideas, Mindy! And team Aldi always haha

@Alextodd007

2 жыл бұрын

Hello kristy

Memorial Day Weekend. Hamburger buns gone. Cookout season has begun. I Love your recipes

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

I thought of that, Nancy! Maybe people were stocking up early. I filmed this last week!

Love these ideas!

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 😊

Ooooo! I need to try the seasoned Tortilla chips, I've never seen those 👀

Amazing. Keep these videos coming.

All those meals look good I like the idea of cooking all the chicken at once it would save on time and electricity

Love your videos!!! Get so many ideas. 🐨 although our prices in aus feel like they’re 4 times this still So many good ideas

Wonderful ideas❤ 🥘 🍅 Thanks God bless

Can’t wait to try these! Doing your $70 meal plan this week!

Memorial Day picnics this weekend. Noticed them gone last year too.

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was surprised because I filmed this almost 2 weeks before Memorial Day!

Looks great. About to start winter here in Australia but still loved watching this. What does brining the chicken do?!

Those all look delicious 😋

Thank you for the video.

Great ideas. You are so creative!

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Wow, those look really good, and the amount you spent was affordable too. Maybe buns were sold out because of Memorial Day weekend. Love your ideas!

Try making "tinga de pollo" it's an awesome mexican dish that can be made in the slow cooker and served so many different ways plus a lot your meals are mexican inspired. Thanks for the great videos.

I agree that brining chicken is delicious. I have also had good luck “velveting” my chicken breasts. You sprinkle baking soda on them, let them sit for about 20 minutes, then rinse. This is a technique used in many Chinese restaurants. When I was young my mom always salted the chicken and she said it was a way of “koshering” the chicken because it would draw the blood out of the chicken. Great video with great suggestions.

I’ll definitely be trying the brined chicken! I also always add a tiny pinch of nutmeg to my bechamel sauce.😉 Love the Cook once Eat twice. I do this with ground turkey. I brown it up with minced garlic, salt and pepper, use half to make sloppy Joes, and add ground ginger to the other half to do stir fry.👍🏻

@Alextodd007

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Suzanne

Love your videos Mindy! What type of cookware is that? The pot used for making the mac & cheese?

These all look yummy,

Question with summer coming and kids being out of school soon and grocery prince's on the rise can you please do a video on inexpensive snack ideas?

I would add black beans or chick peas to the chicken pasta salad

Awesome recipes, thanks for sharing 👍❤️👍❤️👍

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Christeen! :)

Maybe people were stocking up for Memorial Day and that’s why the buns were in short supply?

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe! I filmed this almost 2 weeks ago. 🤷‍♀️

Hi Mindy! I love your budget videos and these ideas today definitely helped me. My only problem is that I live in Manitoba and to buy that same amount of chicken breast cost me about $26. This makes it very difficult to get my groceries as low as you are able to.

These are fantastic ideas.

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Susan!

I am going to try your recipes. They look delicious. Great volg.😍

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

Mindy and family have a great day thanks from Oklahoma

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You too!

I Love Your Channel and have a set time now I try to watch around this time which is when the kids get out of school so I can also have food in mind for dinner and maybe new recipes 🙂 and You always have the Coolest Recipes and for deals too💯💯💯🙏Thank You Mindy🤔🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗💪♥️

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Maryann!

@scoobydoowhereru1480

2 жыл бұрын

@@SeeMindyMom Thank You Truly 🙏🤗💯

I used yout link and with upstart, my loan payment is hslf what my minimum payments were on my cards and the interest is less than half! Thank you, Mindy! This is a huge savings for me.

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

I’m happy to hear that, Kelly! I carefully vet the companies I work with, and choose the ones I believe bring value to their customers. It’s always nice to hear somebody benefited, so thank you for taking the time to let me know. 😊

Thank you for the chicken breast recipe! My husband doesn’t eat meat so I love this way of cooking up a batch of chicken and adding it to recipes as we go along. It certainly helps me balance both of our tastes on a budget!

Memorial day weekend equals buns.

I was at my Aldi this morning and wheat bread went up $0.38.The hamburger buns were $0.89 which we're up $0.04.I feel that walmart is about the same price now.Your dinners look really good.

@Puglover130

2 жыл бұрын

Everything has gone up so much recently. It seems like every few years , we see the talking heads lament about rising food prices and inflation- but I’m 45 and this is the first time in my life I’m actually noticing and getting sticker shock. Butter used to go on for 2.99 now it’s like 5.99 The good burgers at Costco were 19.99 they’re up to 31.99 😮 And bacon.. was 12,99 now 19,99 . And everything else seems to have gone up a buck or more. I feel for the people who struggled with putting food on the table before , because it’s insanity. Not to mention gas being above $2 a litre.

Great info. You could save more money by making your own ranch season.

Limes at Trader Joe’s are still $2.29 a bag, 10 per bag, and they are organic!

@Alextodd007

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Danielle

Memorial Day weekend. Hamburger buns are always gone this time of year..

I lost my job after 14yrs of service. I never received unemployment either. The excuse for that is there behind in there services. Some of dishes I never thought of. I do love the Roman dishes. Another one my kids like Roman with chili mixed in. Another cheap meal is ranch chicken. It's just pasta, chicken and how ever u do the ranch. Salt n pepper. They love it.

Any ideas for pancake mix? I have two large boxes? 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️

The Big Dipper chips from aldi are so much better than the other tortilla chips that they have.

The Aldi by my house hasn't had fresh chicken in 3 weeks. When they do get it in it sells out right away. Also out of all hotdog and hamburger buns. The freezer section is 80% empty. If I solely depended on Aldi right now my family would starve

None of the Aldis in Oklahoma have chicken breast. They haven't for months now! So frustrating!

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Hello, Please do a video for people that don’t have much time or money. I bought these black plastic containers with a top on them from Dollar Tree. I got two of the for $1.25. I bought about twenty of them. One of my meals is to just boil eggs and peel them. I place them in the largest of the three containers. I put 3-5 eggs. I put store bought Aldi potato salad in one of the small containers. I put canned pineapple chunks in the last container. This is very fast. Everyone can eat their meal even when everyone is on different schedules. These containers are safe to wash in the top rack of the dishwasher. I belong to the minimalist group on Facebook. This is from many low income people. One lady was pregnant and had two small children. She also worked a job and had a very small kitchen. I would like to refer your You Tube videos to this group. Many have very little time and very little money and very small kitchens. Thank you for considering doing this. Thank you for your videos.

@Alextodd007

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Renee

if you go to a ethnic store, you can find limes pretty cheap. And they sell so many for a flat fee.

My Aldi was out of hotdog buns. 10lb chicken thighs were $5.50 though

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

I saw that sale. Lots of people were in the store picking that up.

You got a lot done for the $… ✔️✔️✔️ Two surprises for me…1) How many great meals you fixed and 2) The price of that lime 😡

Memorial Day Hamburgers are usually on the menu. Lol

One fresh jalapeno costs 0,40 euro in The Netherlands.

Not sure I told you but I shared your page with a friend who is really needing super budget meals for her family of 7 (I think). I lost count with how many they have. I didn't tell her I sent her your page so she might not check her email. I will say something again. Have a good weekend.

@Alextodd007

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Becky

The buns were probably gone because Memorial Day is Monday.

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What does soaking the chicken in brine do and what does soaking the lettuce in vinegar do? Looks yummy!

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Brining helps make the chicken flavorful and moist once it’s cooked. Adding a splash of vinegar to my produce while they soak helps clean them.

@dianecuthbertson2686

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I’ll have to try those tips next time I use them.

May I ask what brand of glasses you are wearing? I love the frames!

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

A company called TIJN eyewear sent them to me a few years back. :)

@rebelgirl9436

2 жыл бұрын

@@SeeMindyMom thank you so much!

I made the macaroni and cheese last night and it was a bit gritty. Any ideas what I did wrong? It was still delicious by the way

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure, but perhaps the roux didn’t have a chance to fully incorporate and dissolve with the milk. Could have also been the kind of pasta.

I bet many people will be grilling this weekend

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

You're probably right!

We do not have good luck with aldi chicken breast. They are always spongy and when you cook them they are all water. It's makes aaround half the meat that a package from walmart does.

Hi Mindy 👋

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@Alextodd007

2 жыл бұрын

Hello angel

Silly question... can I mix butter, cornstarch, cheese, (or) does it have to be butter, flour cheese?

@SeeMindyMom

2 жыл бұрын

If you’re using cornstarch as a thickener, I find it works best to make a slurry with water and cornstarch and then adding it to a soup or sauce to thicken.

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Where is your Aldi located?