הכנת ארוחות מ-40 דולר לאחר 3 שנים

Now back to the video...three years ago, I challenged myself to see how far I could stretch $40 making dinners for two. The original concept was VERY spontaneous, I went to Dollar General every day with cash in hand, bought just 2 to 3 new ingredients, and figured out dinner based on whatever I had left from the day before. By the end of the challenge, I had made 9 dinners for two people!

Recently I've been revisiting some of my older videos and recipes to see how they hold up today, and it made me curious about this challenge. What would happen if I bought the exact same grocery list (or as close as I could get) three years later, but had ALL of the ingredients laid out in front of me from the beginning?

So that's exactly what we're doing! I spent about the same $40 budget, this time at Walmart since I no longer have a Dollar General nearby, and challenged myself to create an entirely NEW rotation of meals. Same groceries, same budget, but three more years of cooking experience and a whole lot more planning. 😂

I'm splitting the challenge into three parts, with three dinners in each video for a total of 9 dinners for two.

In Part 1 we're making:

🥧 Chicken Pot Pie Shepherd's Pie

🌯 BBQ Chicken Quesadillas

🍳 Breakfast Enchiladas

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 – Introduction & the original $40 challenge

01:23 – What I bought / $40 grocery haul

06:08 – Chicken Pot Pie Shepherd's Pie

17:46 – BBQ Chicken Quesadillas

22:45 – Breakfast Enchiladas

35:38 – Final thoughts / what's coming i