Almost a hour of Tamara, yes please. Her videos are so helpful.

@badgermamaw1870

4 ай бұрын

Agreed!!

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

Aww, thank you so much! I was worried it was too long!!

@MrsAlmaTrumble

4 ай бұрын

​@SouthernWifeEverydayLife you're welcome, friend. I love long videos from my favorite KZreadr's.

@Mel-vu9ss

4 ай бұрын

Hi. I was just thinking about you this morning. Thinking it’s almost time for a video. lol

You wake a lot of people up with your knowledge me included

Good evening tonight Tamara and Luke also Winston and Max also Friends here. Thanks again for sharing your homemade recipes. How's everyone doing this weekend? It's been raining here since this morning. Blessings to you all. Stay safe and warm everyone. Happy Saturday Friends. We send our Love and Prayers to our family's and friends. Tonight we had homemade spaghetti sauce and spaghetti and garlic bread for supper tonight. Lots of hugs to our sweet friends. Everything you tell us I pass along to our friends and family's. Take care for now everyone. Your one of our favorite family's here Tamara. My Family and I also one of our friends Julie said hello 👋 to you all. 😇🥰😇🥰😇🥰😇🥰😇🥰😇🥰😇🥰😇💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤🌻🌼💐🏵🌹🌺💐🌸🏵🌹🌺🌻🌼🌷🌺🌷🌸💐🌻🌼💐🌹🎊🎀🎊🎀🎊🎀🎊🎀🎊🎀🎊🎀🧸♥️🧸♥️🧸♥️🧸♥️🧸♥️🧸✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️

I made the transition to a traditional/ingredient based household about 3 years ago. It is a labor of love just to get dinner on the table sometimes but I really do enjoy it and I love learning new skills. Right now I’m about to try my hand at soap making!

Thank you so much for your videos!!! I am so happy I found you about 6 months ago and been watching your older videos. Enjoy them so much. Put the lemonade mix in your prepper pantry. 😊 I love watching how big Winston is getting. I did my Master thesis in 1982 on the effects of food dyes on children 's behavior. I was a teacher for 28 years and definitely saw the effects of food dyes on my students. By the way, I love how you allow Winston to cook his own breakfast!!! He could become a chef with your influence!!!! Please continue to give us these longer videos!!! I enjoy watching them so much. I love your new glasses!!! You can see how beautiful you are, inside and out!!!

Learning to not buy so much when I'm now only cooking for 2 instead of 6 like I used too is the biggest adjustment ever. Smaller portions of things I used to make double of has been real tricky. Some nights it's salad for me and a sandwich for my hubby😮 not full heavy meals..what they do t teach you about when kids are all grown😢

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

Cooking for less is definitely an adjustment!

Your culinary school is never wasted. I used to a nurse working...now I still use nursing everyday. Love your videos.

The Pandemic made me conscious of food security. Being a paycheck to paycheck household we went without food sometimes because there was nothing in the store. So I started doing this: homemade convenience. It helped me rediscover how much I love being in the kitchen again.

Tamara you look amazing

For buying local honey check at your farmers market, we have 3 or 4 different local people who sell honey from their own bees. Another place to ask about local honey would be at your local agriculture dept or even through 4H someone might be doing bee keeping

Hi! Its strawberry season. Check out the "low"sugar pectin jam recipes. It's a family favorite here!

Loved the video. You are a smart young lady. For years I tried to be Ma on Little House on the Prarie and take care of 3 kids and work full time as a nurse. Needless to say I was failing at all of them until a friend of mine said quit comparing yourself to others. That was really eye opening for me. My children are grown, my husband passed away and I am retired, so my life is drastically different now. Your bread always looks so good to me. I am low carb and can't eat bread but I still love it. My mouth waters when you make it. Keep up the good work Tamara. You are doing a great job and are such an inspiration to so many of us. Bless your sweet family.

I am finally able to sit down & get caught up with my saved videos. After Saturday's downpours, my basement flooded. Hubby & I have been using the shop vac like crazy trying to clean everything up. Today was even more clean up. It could have been a lot worse. I miss my KZread videos & am exhausted but glad to see your videos again.

Wow Tamara! I've been watching your videos for awhile now and you have really made progress with your stored food! Love the basement shelves and the stock you've built up! You're an inspiration to me to get stocked up.

I agree ,the food in the store is so bad I do the same, good for you 👍

I sure appreciate your extensive food tour. You’re so right that we must adjust our pantries according to what we eat and our family size. My husband and I are in our early 70’s and it’s just us at home. I try to keep some items for the grandkids to have when they come over, but otherwise, our pantry is not nearly as extensive as yours. We have a problem with storage space--we have no basement or no extra bedroom to use for storage. So things are shoved wherever we can find a spot! QUESTION: do you make your dog’s food yourself? I’ve begun to read where the dry kibble bits are not that healthy as a steady diet. I love that corner cabinet you have with the lazy susan. What a space saver! Thanks again for an informative video! ❤-Brenda

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

I’ve not make my own dog food yet. It’s on my list.

Very good information that you shared here! I've been doing this for a while now, but you even made me think about some things I need to check my stock on. Like you, there are just things I don't purchase anymore, like bread products. Oh! I have homemade bagels in the oven right now for the first time. I can't wait to try one! Thanks for all the help you have given me!

Great video

I personally like the longer videos I’ve only followed for a short time but you give a lot a great advice without scaring people into it

It is so nice to see others do the same stuff I do. You do so much more than I do. Once you make homemade pasta, you will never go back.

Your swaps over time are fantastic. Little changes here & there are great bc it's nothing major or drastic. Yeah, you'll have some absolute nopes 😂. My husband will only eat certain brands of things as well. Kids prefer the taco seasoning packets over homemade. My one daughter will only use pizza sauce from Walmart. I've learned to pick my battles lol.

Great video have a blessed night 🙏

Yes i believe that

Tamara, I absolutely adore you! Thanks so much for this video. I'm hurting badly today. RA and fibro have reared their ugly heads today and I needed a friendly voice and face. So, thank you, my friend 💖

I’m a prepper too girlfriend!!

Tamara 's country store, awesome!

Hey hey ❤❤❤❤

cool

I live with my husband our kids and my family so I totally understand how someone can be set in their ways. Especially when it comes to homemade

Max just wanted to be a part of the video!! 😅. This is a great video. I like the longer ones.

i started my journey of more from scratch cooking/baking just 6 months ago........we are a family of 7 atm (3 of my older children do not live at home (at home we have my husband and I, then a 7, 9, 11, 14 and 30 yr old-my oldest).....so at this point I'd say we are at about 65-35.....my husband works 2 jobs and i just went back to work recently as well so it's slow going trying to get into a routine and to be able to make enough throughout the week.....but i'm trying that's for sure!

Love your videos. Do you have a video of your salves and scrubs that you use? Would love to know what they are

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

I don’t. Haven’t shared that yet ❤️

Thanks so much for the inspiration. While I was working from home I was a very conscious cook, very intentional. Since being back at work it has been tough, but I'm not giving up and fighting to get back.

I love this video. Good information. I haven't watched you in about 6-8 months. You are looking so good. I strive to do what you say, make what you can from scratch, but there are other people in the house that still want their favs. Happy for you. Plus- if there happens to be a major shortage on foods the government can come in and take what you have to share with others. I'd find a place to hide a lot of those goods if it happens. Just saying. 😊

I’ve been making pasta for about 20 years now love it and better for you so yes do it you won’t regret it

Thanks!

I admire your dedication and your cause. You are moving in the right direction, and have lots of wisdom!

Very good information.you are very smart and amazing love your channel.i went to die free for my son.omg it helps thanks

Thank you, Tamara!! I'm learning so much from you and so appreciate everything that you share with us. I'm slowly making changes in our household as well due to health reasons. You make me want to do better at everything being a homemaker. Thanks again, and I hope you and your family are having a great weekend 💞

Tam, thanks so much for taking the time to do this video - It helps a lot in researching what is best for me & my family. The knowledge you are sharing helps us have a blueprint of what to include in the need’s for our family & I truly appreciate that you take the time to share what works for you. I look forward to implementing these techniques in my own kitchen! God bless! ❤

I work about 50 hours a week and drive 10 for work. So I really need to bulk do stuff to have homemade. Sometimes that means using vacation time to take a week off to can non stop

P.S. I agree with your husband. We all just have a particular mayonnaise we just have to have. I'm a Best Foods gal! But I have switched to light mayonnaise instead of my favorite ' real' mayonnaise. I do also like Miracle Whip though!

Thank you for your videos you've encouraged me to do the same thing!

I really loved this video! I love hearing your voice and the knowledge you shared. You do A LOT of work girl! I hope you’re proud of yourself ❤

I just canned ground chicken, so good

Hi great video do as you can and yes you'll find things you don't like I was a miracle whip girl all the way then I started using mayo with olive oil now I don't miss it but then again I was never one to use it often. I believe you can do a homemade miracle whip out there on you tube.

I am so impressed with your knowledge!! I am glad you are enjoying your cooking again. Our eldest daughter went to culinary school. She's taught us cool stuff. 👍

Loved your video. I’d love to have some kind of stockpile as of now I really don’t have anything

Thank you for this helpful video, Mama. Just what i needed to hear today. Happy Palm Sunday 💛

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

You are so welcome ❤️

Making a change to healthy things, its a lot, because food is a big part of how one feels, but it can affect your behaviour which was definitely shown in the movie Super Size Me, but it causes many health problems, like obesity, cancers, diabetes, heart disease, and so much more. Once you start you want to move on to other things in your life like body products, reading and looking up side effects to those ingredients are scary, then you have your house hold cleaners, those are a big thing because our clothes touch our skin all day and those chemicals get directly into our bloodstream, then we have our cookware and dishes and utensils, non stick give off harmful chemicals. People who have birds can’t cook using non stick near the bird or the fumes will kill the bird. There really is so much to consider, but it’s not something you can change over night it’s a lot. I’ve been making changes slowly, and one day I’ll get there. Lots of those holes 🕳️ but is good to look into things and question things, there is no harm in it, it certainly will leave you with less regrets in the future. I agree, don’t throw things out even though it’s not healthy like your home cooking. You never know what life will bring, so yeah, never throw away food.

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If it’s not sweet tea, you could pour the tea into your garden bed. Any minerals/nutrients remaining in the tea could be used to your soil’s benefit. I’m not so sure sugar would be such a great addition to the garden, but who knows… I’ve never researched it 😊.

Do you use the cane sugar for sweet tea? If so does it make it taste different?

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

We like it better with cane

Hi sweet Tamera, What an awesome video full of great info. Thank you much, as always you’ve taught this old lady things I didn’t know! 😅 I have a couple of questions, are your Lowes buckets food grade, if not can I still use them to store food? And where do you buy the Mylar bags? Thank you so much for taking the time and sharing so much with us. Many blessings to you and your family, as well as to the beautiful community you have here!❤Deirdre from Oklahoma ❤️xoxo

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

They are not food grade. I just keep everything in packages. ❤️

Tamara, the cane sugar from Costco is great as is Zulka sugar from Walmart.

@mamagsprepngarden

4 ай бұрын

If you want to try a finishing salt.... Maldon is a great UK brand. Their smoked salt is to die for!

I love the boullion powders and cubes. I'd love to find a recipe for those. I think you could definitely make your own pasta. You'd be really good at that I think

Thanks Tamara for the tour. I only had one question, how do you keep track of expiration dates on good stored?

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

We eat expired food. It’s just a “Best Buy” doesn’t mean it’s actually bad. I even buy out of date food because it’s cheaper. Just use your senses!

Can you show recipes for the gravy mix, ranch mix, italian salad mix, etc?

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

They are in the restock playlists linked in the description box ❤️

What do you do with expired items, I run into that more than I'd like, usually seasonings or packet stuff, oatmeal, baking mixes etc. It's frustrating to toss so much when you clean out cupboards.

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

I buy expired foods.. they don’t bother me.

@badgermamaw1870

4 ай бұрын

I do the same, expiration date doesn't mean anything. Food never had an expiration prior to the 1970's. It is primarily for stores to rotate goods.​@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

You can recan the vegetables

Does anybody have any suggestions to use up some trail mix? It has nuts, chocolate coated pieces, and peanut butter balls. I don’t like it, so thought I could repurpose it somehow. Thank you!

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

I would add it into granola bars!

@beachprepper566

4 ай бұрын

That is a great idea! Thank you!

Tamara check your local feed stores, local little stores, local bakeries, local orchards and farms, ect... for your honey !! ❤😊

Where do u find liquid coconut oil? I don't care for maple syrup either

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

Walmart

FYI- The celtic salt is wet and gray in color. I use it but I am always aware that if the kids or hubby see me adding it they might be grossed out. I am about 80/20 whole ingredient cooking like you. I don't buy iodized salt and not much processed food.Do you think we need to be concerned with not getting enough iodine in our diet?

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

Iodine is in a ton of stuff, so no I’m not for us personally.

@cathyl4622

4 ай бұрын

@@SouthernWifeEverydayLife Thanks. I've been wondering this for a while. I'll research what has iodine.

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Soybean oil is highly refined and inflammatory

I’m a cake decorator at Walmart and a lady wanted to order a cake and asked for all white cake all white frosting cause the dye made her kid violent. How is this stuff even allowed in our foods when in other countries they use all natural. Makes me so mad.

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

4 ай бұрын

Yep!!! It’s crazy! Some white icings even have blue 1! You have to check everything! Mouthwash, body wash! Etc!

@melindastookey3831

4 ай бұрын

Yup I recently had to go dye free with our diets and I'm learning it's in so much stuff​@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

Did you know your bread maker will make jellies and jams?

@SouthernWifeEverydayLife

3 ай бұрын

I’ve never seen or heard of that!

Why couldn't water down the tea 😢

I would LOVE to start making as much as possible from scratch. It's just getting my husband on board