A mum-of-eight reveals how just spends just $12k-a-year on her food shop - and still cooks dinner for her adult children.
Heather Bell, 53, and her husband, Luke, 51, had tried for a baby for eight years when they adopted their eldest son, David, 24.
The couple decided to help others and gave fostering a go - going on to then adopt Robert, 23, Joshua, 22, Hailey, 22, Brendon, 21, Izzy, 18 and Noah, 17.
They were also lucky enough to naturally conceive, Gideon, 20.
Heather Bell, 53, and her husband, Luke, 51, had tried for a baby for eight years when they adopted their eldest son, David, 24.
The couple decided to help others and gave fostering a go - going on to then adopt Robert, 23, Joshua, 22, Hailey, 22, Brendon, 21, Izzy, 18 and Noah, 17.
They were also lucky enough to naturally conceive, Gideon, 20.
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00:00Here's what Christmas dinner looks like for our family of 10. I started by making Brennan's favorite
00:04Which is corn casserole and then our first dessert was a fruitcake monkey bread
00:09Got that cooking then whipped up the funeral potatoes because Robert loves them. The fruitcake was done
00:14I add a little powdered sugar and then some fresh fruit and then Haley made a Christmas tree garlic cheese bread
00:20It turned out absolutely adorable
00:23Isabella was in charge of our BSB farm doubled eggs, and then I made a Christmas fruit pizza
00:29next up was of course the mashed potatoes and
00:33The complete menu was ham mashed potatoes corn casserole for you know
00:37potatoes sweet potatoes the cheese bread doubled eggs my fruitcake and then also the
00:44Christmas fruit pie and that's what we had for Christmas dinner for our family of 10
00:49Here's how our family of 10 gets ready for New Year's Eve. We start by getting our appetizers going early
00:54I was in charge of the little smokies and then Izzy asked if she can make my dad's famous dip
00:59It's just Velveeta burger some spices and Rotel Haley made her famous buffalo chicken dip, which we absolutely love
01:07It's always gone
01:08She also made a 2024 cheese bread that has mozzarella and little pepperonis inside and she drizzles garlic butter on top
01:15And then my niece was in charge of the Baja corn casserole
01:18Izzy got that stirred up and she also made a wonderful
01:21Greek layer salad after we got that done
01:24It was time to get my charcuterie ball going once everything was completely cooked
01:29We laid it all out on my 12-foot counter took off the lids to enjoy
01:34Now it's time for our family of 10 to bring in the new year. Happy
01:402024 it's time for our monthly grocery haul for our family of 10. I always start in the dairy department
01:46I got yogurts for smoothies and for dad to snack on at night
01:49I also picked up creamers for our coffee milk for the boys
01:53I needed more butter juice for the morning after I got all of my dairy stuff
01:57It was time to move on to lunch meats and cheeses
02:00I grabbed some cheeses for our weekly meals and then now my boys are back to work because the weather has been so nice this
02:06Winter so I had to grab things for lunches once that was done. It was to finish off in the veggies and the fruits
02:11I'm trying to bring more whole foods into our meals and I'm trying to lose some weight
02:16So bring on the salads after I got all my veggies in the cart
02:19It was time for the fruits and Meijer always has sales on fruit. I love it so much
02:24Well, I got my cart filled up headed home and I got my fridge filled up, too
02:29Our summer has been so busy that I have not gone grocery shopping in two months and my son Roberts like please mom
02:36We have nothing in the house. Well, I always start in the dairy department
02:39I'm so thankful
02:40There were so many sales because I had a lot of things to get I also picked up a couple
02:44Special creamers for my son Joshua who loves loves loves home alone, and then I had to get some lunch items
02:51I also went to the condiments because I was down to nothing and I picked up a couple of my favorite things
02:56That I really love putting on burgers
02:58We had to get a second cart because I had a lot of things I needed to get for a weekly meal plans
03:03I haven't been doing good on posting it on my board because life's just been too busy and we have been just winging it for
03:10Dinners. Well now it's time to get serious. I also had to pick up dad some drinks
03:14No one wants to start taking his lunch to school
03:16So we picked up some snacks for that and we always end up with the fruits and veggies
03:19But I didn't eat a lot of veggies because my garden is going so well. I have so many wonderful vegetables
03:25So not only do we have one cart not two carts, but we had three carts this time
03:30Well, we got it loaded into the car. Now. It's time to restock both frigerators the freezer and my food pantry
03:36dinner for our family is
03:39chicken feetables
03:41I'm a big fan of the Cholula hot sauce
03:43So I was super excited to find that they also make a taco seasoning
03:46And so the one I used was a smoky chipotle seasoning amazing
03:50We're after my six pounds of chicken was completely cut through I grabbed my kitchen shears and cut it into chunks
03:55And I did it a buffet style. So I did Spanish rice
03:58I also did some black beans queso, of course the chicken then all of my fixings now
04:04It's time to make my chicken fajita bowl. So I added the chicken and then with the Spanish rice
04:08I also added two jars of my homemade corn black bean salsa to it. So good
04:13I also added black beans and then I added the garden tomatoes
04:18Some cheese the tortilla strips was I really love that was such a great idea
04:22Some lettuce and then I added some sour cream
04:26We didn't have time to make guac because we were so busy that day and then my hot sauce
04:29But I gotta tell you we love these bowls. We've been eating a lot of them and this chicken fajita one. Oh
04:36So good