Thanks everyone! I know I mistook the gizzard for the heart. Sorry about that! It still goes great in the gravy❤❤❤

@wolchfam

8 ай бұрын

I’ve never seen eggs in gravy before. Must be a regional thing. Great dinner for $25.

@annalieff-saxby568

8 ай бұрын

I leave mine out to go stale, then blitz them into bread crumbs with a stick blender, and store in an airtight box.

@nelliestorer6150

8 ай бұрын

That's what I'm saying ❤

One way to save. I take my bread ends through out the year and put them in a zip lock bag up in the freezer. By the time Thanksgiving comes I have plenty saved for stuffing to make from scratch.

@adriannajane

8 ай бұрын

Oh, that's a wonderful idea! ❤

@vanessalumbra9409

7 ай бұрын

I save mine to make breadcrumbs. I go to relatives for Thanksgiving since I'm alone.

I see lots of life skills here that your kids are learning. Great work mom!

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Holly!

Very impressed with your daughters cooking. You can tell they know their way around a kitchen.

Your girls are so confident and sure of themselves. Really good at this! Not to mention learning skills they’ll need. 👍👍

Make a Thanksgiving Meatloaf! It's made with ground turkey, gravy, stuffing, potato flakes, etc. It's Thanksgiving in a loaf pan! Inexpensive and DELISH! I promise.

That is really cool that you got 3rd place in state for your bread baking.

I deep dived and found this channel. I love the way you include your girls in the kitchen! I have two girls and it is so fun to cook with them! Great video thanks!

This is my first time watching. I am absolutely impressed by your beautiful girls. They are so great at being in front of the camera, and so adept at cooking at such a young age - you’re raising them to be naturals in the kitchen! My mama hated anyone hanging around her kitchen and she’d shoo me outside. I really wish she’d taught me her skills.😢

What a great job! I remember last year's meal and this one looks just as tasty! If you were truly needing to reduce your costs a whole chicken also works well. When my husband was growing up his mom was on a tight budget and always roasted a chicken.He actually preferred it, saying the meat was more moist. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

@annalieff-saxby568

8 ай бұрын

I'm from UK 🇬🇧 , so Thanksgiving isn't a "thing", but I'm ditching the "Christmas Turkey" this year. I'm torn between a nice corn-fed chicken, or being completely untraditional and going for duck à l'orange.

@veronicavatter6436

8 ай бұрын

Not to mention it takes less energy to cook than a turkey

@veronicavatter6436

8 ай бұрын

​@@annalieff-saxby568we do ham a lot for Christmas here in the States. I guess that would be gammon for you, right?

@annalieff-saxby568

8 ай бұрын

@@veronicavatter6436 Yes. I usually do a gammon joint as well as the bird, but I celebrate the full 12 days of Christmas.

Great job Kristy, Taylor, Makayla and Lance. It’s homemade and I know you did it this way to show people who don’t have a garden or live on a homestead that you can still have a pretty good Thanksgiving dinner on a budget. The girls are really getting more confident in the kitchen it seems. I’m sure they will be wonderful cooks. I hope everyone has a blessed day!

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Hope your day is blessed as well!!!

You can use evaporated milk for your potatoes. 1/2 cup evap, 1/2 c water, or if you want really rich & creamy potatoes, use all evaporated milk.

@elizabeth.torres5206

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tip, I got tons of evaporated milk and never enough regular milk lol

@veronicavatter6436

8 ай бұрын

I always keep some on hand for cooking. Never know when the kids will drink all the milk and not tell you at the store 😂

Hi Kristy I think your thanksgiving dinner looks lovely and I think your daughters are great they are very confident in the kitchen and great cooks happy thanksgiving enjoy be safe look forward to your next video possum ❤😊

First-time viewer, and I love the three of you ladies working on this Thanksgiving meal. I have subscribed and can't wait to see more videos.

This is a cool vlog! I'm so enjoying how the girls are a natural in cooking and vlogging. WOW. Thank you for enlightening my day. I think I might change my mind in cooking a turkey dinner which I thought I could not afford. Love you guys!!

Wonderful to see the girls helping you . I appreciate the budget challenge too.😅

I really enjoyed your video. I was making suggestions while you were shopping 😂😂 It was fun! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! 🙌🦃

I think this video had a lot of what I'd have loved to teach people: taking the time to be frugal, plan/calculate n shop carefully, cook very well, n enjoy your meal. Especially i was astounded you kept to script, rolled your trolley, calculated every cent comparing prices n choosing to walk out with a lone orange from the first store! Even more that you actually showed the recipes. The spread was awesome. Your daughters were gorgeous n came across as pretty professional. Lotsa love to your lovely family.

You probably won't see this cause I'm late to the party, but I want to thank you so much for this video. So many videos'll add up the cost per serving instead of the total amount of money you actually have to spend. The former is great when you have plenty to work with, but sometimes you got $35 in you account and working from scratch. What a blessing this is, thank you kindly!

This is really good. Some ideas I would like to add if that’s ok…. I have in the past bought and froze or hid one or two things or two months leading up to a holiday. To save on the turkey, I have roasted a chicken or a turkey breast instead. One could also ch check the price on ham. If someone is baking challenged, they could get pumpkin and cake mix and do pumpkin cake. Again , this is good stuff! I had fun watching

What an amazing video! You guys did awesome!!! 💞🙏🏼💞

Great job putting together this video! I can tell a lot of preparation went into it. Thank you!

Your daughters are hilarious 🤣 I love turkey, but it can get to be a little much after a while. Thanks for taking the time to do this video. You likely helped a lot of people have a lovely holiday meal on a budget ❤️

Amazing! Thank you and your family for this video of savings ❤

This is the first time I’ve seen your page, I really enjoyed watching you shop to save money and you did a great job! I wanted to let you know you can make whole milk using 1 can if evaporated milk and mix it with 1&1/2 cans of water ( use can to measure ) 2% milk would be 1 can evap. Milk snd 2 cans of water ! My momma taught me this I’m 73 yrs old and have used this milk tip all my life and always keto extra cans of evap. Milk in my pantry just for when I need milk because I don’t drink milk !! You can also use frozen French fries to make mashed potatoes just boil them until tender ( about 10-15 minutes from frozen ) and mash them up and use your butter and milk , S&P and delicious mashed potatoes , also when your short on butter make up the difference with oil your food will have the butter flavor and you’ll have the amount of butter/oil you need for your recipe , I do it all the time ti save on butter since butter along with everything else has become so expensive ! I love you that you include your children when cooking they learn to love cooking and they make memories with you in the kitchen ! Y’all made a delicious budget friendly meal all homemade with love !! I hope y’all have a blessed Thsnksgiving surrounded by loved ones!! God bless 🙏🙋🏻🌈🌈

Love a Whole Turkey on our Thanksgiving table. Amazing your teaching your young ladies how to enjoy cooking. I taught my boys how to cook while growing up and now they enjoy cooking for their young families always txtng for one of moms recipes. Its a good thing you had the spices for the pumpkin pie in your pantry as I had to buy some this year and the cheapest I find was pumpkin pie spice for $8.99!! Enjoy your channel

Every dish looks wonderful.

Very impressed with your family and cooking ideas 💡 👏👏🎉😊

I’m a new subscriber from Canada. I’m so pleased to see your girls cooking Good job and looks delicious. Happy Thanksgiving

High Steve here in Flora Vista, New Mexico lunch meat running $7.99 a package. Turkeys weren’t to bad.

Your videos are awesome!! And so very important. I had forgotten to turn on my notification bell, in the right way. I've fixed that. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family 🙇‍♀️

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Wanda! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!!!

This just goes to show anybody can do this! I love it!

Great video. So nice to see your girls learning skills too.

Aldi has butter for $2.49 for a pound it's definitely time to stock up!

@veronicavatter6436

8 ай бұрын

I've already gotten 6! Its on sale again this week so I will be getting more.

Great job. It was fun watching...

That's a great meal for only $25. Good job!

Hello beautiful ladies ❤I love watching the whole family involved making memories ty for sharing your smiles and cooking tips ❤❤❤❤❤

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much🥰🥰🥰

I just love the bejeeesus out of Aldi. Their house brands are as good if not better than a lot of name brands.

❤❤ Girls...your "gobbling" sacrificing is so appreciated ❤❤ STATE! 🎉

Your f and is charming and the children are learning so much from you that they can apply in the future. God bless 💜

Great job sticking to the budget! The muscle from your turkey is acrually the gizzard. Oh and I love idea of grating the butter. So much easier to incorporate into the flour. And what a spread!

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Yes🤦🏼‍♀️😂 Thank you! I realized this only after the video was posted.

Outstanding

I’m so happy to see young girls cooking. Look like you are happy in doing so. I am old school and love to see you are following in your mother’s footsteps. Keep doing so😅❤

Walmart always kills on prices. I wish it wasn’t true but I almost always find that they do.

So helpful thank you 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

Great video.

You did a great job ❤🫶🏿🙏🏿💐🥰

Just found your channel.great video. The girls did a fantastic job on camera.

Aldi brand also do not have added MSG and food dyes and preservatives

Good job. Nice to see everyone involved. I have to say that what you called a turkey heart looks a whole lot like a gizzard down here in Florida.😊

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Yes! I realized this only after the video was uploaded 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

Great work. Lard makes beautiful baking. Not sure if you get that in the supermarket it’s very cheap in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. I love how confident the girls have become they seem in their element ❤

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I didn’t even think about checking the price of lard, great tip!

Way to go!! This was indeed quite an undertaking with the rapidly rising costs of food lately.

Enjoyed

U did a great job on cranberries

I find regular milk works fine with pumpkin pie! Or you can make your own evaporated milk as well.

Turkey breast at Walmart for $11 and change I always get the turkey breast because I can’t be bothered with the legs in the wings and everything

You really made the money stretch in this video..The way you used everything made a beautiful meal.

98 cents a pound for turkey! YIKES! One of my local supermarkets were selling them for 47 cents a pound. I wasn’t able to get there but the supermarket near me was 69 cents a pound. Wishing you and family a Very Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 Good job!

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

47 cents is amazing! We live out in the middle of nowhere, so we have limited shopping options. I’d be snatching up a freezer full at that price!

@margaretbaker335

8 ай бұрын

YIKES! I with today's inflation😢 I don't think I'd trust a 47 cent a pound Turkey. 😮 I'd wonder how many years the old bird has been sitting in a😅 freezer & been frozen, thawed & refrozen...😊

@vanessalumbra9409

7 ай бұрын

Here in Vermont, our Hannaford and Price Chopper always have frozen turkey on sale for 49 cents per pound. I buy them year around. I love hot turkey sandwiches with gravy, french fries and a side of cottage cheese. It's a Diner and restaurant staple here.

Instant potatoes always help a lot when you're on a budget

i agree about butter

I use tenderflake lard to make my pie crust.

❤ you're blessed

You guys did an excellent job for the amount of money that you had, terrific job#!😊

I use evaporated milk for my mash potatoes and Mac and cheese it's cheap and it gives it a good flavor

You have made memories of home come live . I'm 83

Our local kwick trip convenience store sometimes has specials on butter, potatoes, and bananas.

Thanks for sharing., We just have to learn to cut back and stop buying Name brand like I do all the time. I like Cornbread Stuffing home made 11-20-2023👍🏽👍🏽❤️ You made it work $25 what a blessing ❤

I use canned milk in my mashed potatoes, it doesn't cool the potatoes down (and it's cheaper).

Do you use salted or unsalted butter with your pie crust? Thanks for the video. It definitely inspired me to shop cheaper, and it's still homemade with love!😊

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Usually salted butter

Nice video! When I need milk for baking, I always use those cans of evaporated milk from Aldi. While you certainly didn't need it, you could have used those in the mashed potatoes to a few cents more money.

Recently heard Walmart has scanners to use to scan price and sometimes they are less

Been cooking on a budget for the last 50 years. I never use evaporated milk. Regular milk works fine. But great job on shopping.

Awesome! I'm brand-new to your channel, and so it's great that from the get-go I see what a wonderful family this is! Your daughters are both very skilled in their cooking, so obviously mom has been a perfect example! I kept telling the tv (in my mind, lol) for you to get two cans of evaporated milk, and that way you could have plenty after diluting the 2nd can. But your buy was truly amazing! I've watched twice, and I'm still unclear as to how the turkey got thawed in time.

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Yes, several people have mentioned that I could have used evaporated milk for the potatoes, I will have to remember that for next time! We cooked several days after we got back from the store so the turkey had plenty of time to thaw.

@riverduck3

8 ай бұрын

@@FromtheRootsUp gotcha. I wanted to mention that in my long life of 68 years, and in spite of being raised by a Southern mom, I'm just recently learning about adding chopped hard-boiled eggs to gravy. Another KZread home cook who I follow (Karen Jones Food and Family) was the first who did this in one of her videos. I bet the egg adds extra richness to the gravy!

@riverduck3

8 ай бұрын

@@FromtheRootsUp - I PROMISE this is my final response to this post, lol. I've posted this awesome and informative video on MeWe and FB today so that others are inspired to challenge themselves to provide a great Thanksgiving meal without overspending.

If I was working with your budget I think I would either get canned cranberry sauce or none at all and get a box of Mac & cheese from Aldi instead. But I enjoyed this a lot 😊

You got so many negative comments it is a wonder you didn't pull out your hair! Looks delicious. Thank you for preparing this

@FromtheRootsUp

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words, and thank you for watching! Have a blessed holiday season!

All so a great Mom has taught you will

Don't forget can milk....or dry powder milk.

Can you tell me where you got your microphone that you're wearing while shopping please? I've been looking for one like it. The link would be awesome if you have it!

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

We use the DJI Wireless mic and it has been one of the best investments into video making we’ve made. It even works great outside in the Oklahoma wind if you put the cover on! amzn.to/47ryeTe

In my area we have a store called Winn Dixie and they have a .49/pound turkey sale every year. I think it was .39 last year but I’ll take what I can get 😅. I but a few smaller turkeys every year and put them in the deep freeze and cook them throughout the year.

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

That's an amazing deal! Those will be great throughout the year. That's part of why we added 10 Box to our shopping route. It was a few extra cents in fuel, but we were hoping for a homerun price like that. Didn't find it this time lol. Thanks for watching!

Ugh I wish you had a Hannaford near you. I wish everyone had access to their Turkey price anyway. Every year, including this year .49/lb for Shady Brooks Turkeys. I always buy 2 or 3. We use them throughout the year. It's hard not to buy more, but we just won't use more ....

daughters are so sweet

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Can I ask what brand of turkey you purchased? I had no idea turkeys came with gravy.

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

It was just Walmart's "Great Value" brand!

Eggs in gravy 🥴Brit here,that sounds not so good but we sure have different tastes dont we,we would be having red cabbage with apples,carrots and parsnips roasted with honey glaze roasted potatoes and sprouts.,whichever you are making enjoy one and all 😘Lizzie

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Isn't it funny how we are accustomed to such different things? Thanks for watching, and blessings to you and your family!

Please tell them that the bag of the heart and lungs are in the neck cavity area! The first turkey I did was for my in-laws I knew that the neck was in the body cavity but had no ideal the others was in the neck hole!

Target did a $25 Thanksgiving dinner bundle

nice job...i got my dinner menu this year for less that 20.00 for 6 of us...including a fruit cobbler dessert nice video a bit at walmart and a bit from dollartree.

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Oh wow! That's fantastic!!! Great job! It's definitely doable to work on a budget, you do just have to be creative!

@tracieschrock9519

8 ай бұрын

@@FromtheRootsUp yes...I'm watching your video rn...your in aldi's...LOL

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Winn Dixie had turkey for 49 cents a pount. My was 7.00 dollars for 14 pound turkey

Price of turkey where I live is 1.99 a pound my stupid turkey was 35.00 by itself not including the other stuff

Do a turkey breast my mom told me that they don't eat the whole turkey but if your feeding a big family that the way to go is a whole turkey. My mom went with turkey breast this year they got 3 of them. But I guess it depends on we're your buying them. Happy Thanksgiving. 😊

Enjoy your channel. I think you would have to include the cost of of gas traveling to the stores. I would be interested in Thanksgiving dinner on a budget from each store individually.

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Thankfully we live in a tiny town and all of those stores are right beside each other, if we make the trip into town to shop it’s not much more to go to all three. I did the calculations and we spent an added 11 cents in fuel by going to three stores instead of one. Staying at a single store would have blown our $25 goal, but not by much. (certainly by more than 11 cents tho) It was a fun challenge for us, thanks for watching.

Always start with Walmart or Aldi first

You were calling the gizzard the heart. The heart looks like a heart shape, bigger at top and smaller at bottom.

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Yes I realized this after I put the video up🤦🏼‍♀️😂😂😂

@carolynmills513

8 ай бұрын

I wouldn't know the difference. I usually throw that whole bag away.

@denisewilson8367

8 ай бұрын

These are the healthiest part of any animal. And very tasty if fully cooked.

Awesome job staying under 25.00

I was screaming for you to get another can of evaporated milk. It is wonderful in mashed potatoes.

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

😂 I never thought of using it in mashed potatoes! What a great idea!!

@debraigo2711

8 ай бұрын

@@FromtheRootsUp makes instant potatoes taste better than most people would believe. Also to die for in white gravy.

@ronnawatts7779

8 ай бұрын

@@FromtheRootsUp.. Me too! 😂

How do you account for taxes in the $25 and the flour?

@FromtheRootsUp

7 ай бұрын

We didn't include the tax rate simply because it's different everywhere... and some states don't charge tax on groceries at all (Not Oklahoma, but it would be nice.) Just like we can't account for how far different people have to drive or how different someone's MPG in their car would be. The goal was really to show we can take a slim budget and create a nice full meal. (we can't even make through an average fast food drive thru for the 4 of us for $25.) And yes, we already had flour... we decided some basic staples were ok to just have (also salt and pepper.)

All the people complaining about going to 3 stores! I really dont think that 25¢ of gas is gonna break you.

@FromtheRootsUp

8 ай бұрын

Yeah... understandably some folks in larger cities would have a harder time visiting multiple locations but it's not a problem for us. Actually the gentleman that left his quarter in the shopping cart at Aldi would have covered our gas if we had taken it LOL... but we left it for the next customer. Thanks for watching!

my store wanted $6.22 for Land O' Lakes butter

@lovethatbeach

7 ай бұрын

Wooo

Love this. A great inexpensive alternative to a whole turkey would be a turkey tenderloin.

Isn’t the turkey super bland with just butter and salt?