7 HEALTHY MEALS FOR $25 | QUICK & EASY CHEAP RECIPE IDEAS | EMERGENCY GROCERY BUDGET | JULIA PACHECO

Here’s my cookbook: https://www.juliapachecocooking.com/cookbook
Eating for $1 a day video: https://youtu.be/FGXZHn7l_M8?si=dpFYvvgqUM0MmYK8

Thank you SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!! ❤❤❤ These recipes are such a life saver!

I've said it a few times in other videos of yours, Julia, but I just love how you make food prep/cooking so easy for anyone to follow. I learned to cook when I was 8 y.o. and Mom was in the hospital for something. Dad worked a job with horrendous hours (shifts that were often 16 – 18 hours long!), plus he was putting an addition on our house, so he really needed me to help him inside.
He taught me many basics, and then he would call out instructions as he worked on the roof above the kitchen. By the time the roof was fully over the addition, I had learned how to make a variety of simple dishes, and now, 64 years later, I'm remembering many of them through your cooking.
It's fun to see so many of them again, and it's even better this time around because I live alone now, so have many meals made up from the leftovers–no siblings anywhere nearby to have to share them with! 😁

I found a large package of chicken drumsticks for $5.00
& muffins for .59

Should have saved some sausage for the soup and for a can of chicken for the pot pie. Also you don't need potatoes and biscuits in one dish that too many carbs

I have many grocery stores within a couple of miles from my house. My meals are determined by what is on sale that week. If it's a super sale, I stock up and store it in my freezer. I am swimming in fish right now. LOL I will be visiting the freezer this afternoon… I picked up a $23 roast for $12. Scan the meat aisle and see what's marked down. If you don't want it now.Freeze it for later. I'm going to be adding lentils to my menus.

I live in a small beach town in Mexico.I Try to live on around that much of a budget every week. We don't have a Wal-Mart but I save alot by going to the produce market which is called a fruiteria and the butcher witch is called a carnicaria. I save alot of pasos buying fresh ingredients. As I cannot find alot of canned and frozen items that you can find in the states.

How do you stay so slender eating like this? Portion control or intermittent fasting or something else? Very curious. I love these videos. Thank you.

I just had your taco rice and oh my gosh it was delicious ❤

Love your recipes! I tried the veggie pot pie and it was delicious!

Why do all these budget cooks keep popping up? Well happy cooking anyway!

Too much salt processed. But if you switch out for a box of plain pasta which you get more you can divide it for 2 meals. Make your own sauce with unsalted butter garlic cream and cheese. Veggies are cheap in the frozen and offer no salt or get fresh ones. I find it’s cheaper in the long run to buy non processed foods and healthier. And of course they do offer no salt canned veg too. 😃

What's the difference between chicken broth and bouillon cubes?

Call me crazy, but $25 for 7 meals is not realistic anymore unless you're eating just rice and canned beans. These 'budget meals' are fine for YouTube, but let’s be honest — try feeding a family on this in a major city and see how far it gets you.

Walmart in California is most expensive store in California

Please make more videos, of how to spend $25 at groceries store, this was so helpful! Thank you!

You left way too many ingredients off the shopping list

And what I noticed watching your videos is everything is healthy and no nonsense food. I really love it

Hey Julia if you ever want meat in your meals but can't afford any ..a good trick is stock up on bullion cubes and canned and jared gravy and broths like in cans and boxes when they come on sale and they can really stretch a meal even a reasonable facimily for meat is still a blessing..and I really appreciate you and others that do videos like this especially when your on a fixed income but we grew up with great depression poverty in the 80 s and 90s and my ma did alot of food stretching with the items i mentioned.. sometimes its better to have odds and ends for meals to hold you till you can get actual food..lol..

yo i love your work, my guy. thank you. giving me a lot of insipiration

I'm really sick right now and thankfully my husband and I shopped a few days ago for all the ingredients, making these meals has been so quick and easy I can get back to putting my feet up in no time! So far everything has tasted great and im excited to finish them all. Thank you for taking the time and effort to put this content together, your truly changing lives one meal at a time🫶

That was seriously impressive

I just shared your website with a friend of mine. His busy season starts in a couple weeks, and money has been tight. He's excited to try these recipes! Thank you for all the help you bring to so many, Julia.

Thank
You Julia

Thank you for your videos. Are these meals for 2 people?

Your Walmart has the best view!❤ those mountains are amazing

Thanks!

Thank you so much!

I'm sorry but Part to your Title says Healthy? Processed foods are not anywhere near healthy. But agreed very cheap lol

When I put back enough money I definitely want to buy your cookbook!!! I’ve seen many a time when my boys were growing up and I was a single mom that I’d have about $25 a week for food and we had a lot of soup, crackers and tuna fish. I didn’t know how to put together cheap meals like these.

Wheres the healthy food? You dont need to add fillers, they are already added.

Mine was about $60 for all the same food at my Walmart up here in Alaska

The amount of healthy food in this is also very impressive! 👏🏻

This may or may not be dramatic, YOU’RE A LIFE SAVER!!! ❤ 🙌 thank you for taking time to make these types of videos