- Now, another great way to save money
by doing something at home is to cook.
You guys, you usually save a lot of money
when you cook, versus going out to eat,
so I cannot wait to share
three of my favorite recipes that are so easy,
so inexpensive, and they're fantastic.
And this whole segment is brought to you
by my friends at Home Chef.
So, first up, we have a white bean chicken chili.
This is one of my favorites.
Like, I have people eat this,
and they text me, they're like,
"Rachel, we want the recipe."
So, I'm giving the lowdown to you, the secret.
Super easy.
You need a Crock-Pot, get a Crock-Pot liner,
'cause it makes it such easy cleanup.
Okay, some of you kinda freak out with,
like, plastic and stuff, if that's you,
you don't have to use it, but I love a Crock-Pot liner.
So you get this, then you get two pieces of chicken,
and the best thing about this recipe
is that they can be frozen.
'Cause I have so much frozen chicken in my freezer.
Put 'em in frozen.
That's all you gotta do.
And then you're gonna take three cans of white beans,
and I like the great northern white bean.
That's the best.
So get three of those,
get two cans of Ro-Tel,
and depending on your spice level,
this is a great place.
If you like spicy, get the hot Ro-Tel,
or just one can hot, one can mild,
you know, mix it up.
Two cups of cheddar cheese,
and I save just a little bit
because we'll use it at the end.
So, just keep a little bit there.
And then, one onion.
And I usually get a medium-ish onion.
One onion.
And if you don't like onions, still do it,
because the flavor of it is delicious.
And then, if you have cumin,
that's another great place,
just do some... (imitates shaking spices).
As Sharon Ramsey would say, "Open up your spice cabinet."
So, all you do, that's it, you guys.
That was it.
And you mix it all together,
stir it all together, put the lid on,
and cook for six to eight hours on low.
And I'm telling you, it is the best
white bean chicken chili you will ever make.
And everyone's like, "How'd you do it?"
It's like four-five ingredients,
but you just tell 'em, "Oh, don't worry,
"I just slaved over a hot stove all day.
"I'm so glad you like it."
Really easy.
Okay, and then the finished product,
oh, it's like, so warm and delicious.
And I love to put a thing of sour cream,
a little dollop of sour cream, Fritos,
I love hot sauce on it, I mean all of it.
It is so good.
It's so easy, and in fact,
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Right, there would not be a cooking segment
with me without pizza.
You guys know my love for pizza.
It's like, God, Winston, my children, and pizza.
I mean, it's one of my favorite things in the world.
And it's so easy to make your own homemade pizza,
so what's fun about this is,
you can get your kids involved, it's great.
So if you go to your local grocery store,
it can be anything.
Usually most places, in their bread section,
or their deli, in something like that,
they're gonna have homemade dough, pizza dough.
So you can get it, roll it out,
this is what I make Winston do,
it needs some muscles to roll it out,
'cause sometimes it's kind of tough,
so just prepare yourself.
You roll it out and then,
one of the secrets that we do in the Cruze household
is get olive oil, the light-tasting olive oil
or grapeseed oil, because what you do
is you put it on the base of the pizza
and go all the way to the ends of the crust,
because when you bake your pizza,
that's what gonna make it all crispy, the crust,
instead of more bready, it's crispy.
So make sure to give it a good solid layer of some oil.
Then, marinara sauce.
I'm not picky about this.
So, if you wanna go organic, you wanna go super-cheap,
you wanna go store brand, doesn't matter,
but you spread some marinara sauce.
And I actually like a lot of marinara sauce.
I like to go close to the edge,
not quite on the crust, 'cause you still need crust,
but just, generous amount.
Next, mozzarella.
So you just spread some good amount of mozzarella,
and then, next step,
I do a little bit of white onions,
and then banana peppers.
Oh, I love banana peppers.
There, I like green peppers,
and I like to chop them little like this,
versus slicing them.
So you just sprinkle some green pepper,
and then the meat.
Salami, good old trusty pepperoni,
and then last but not least, bacon.
You guys, look.
The finished product.
It is so beautiful, and colorful, and wonderful.
Oh, it's just so good, you guys.
And these are so inexpensive.
You can do this, and again,
everyone loves white bean chicken chili and pizza.
They're gonna be crowd favorites,
whether it's your kids, or friends coming over,
so some great inexpensive meals to make.
Alright, last, but not least,
is a crispy orange chicken.
And this is from our friends at Home Chef.
And if you haven't used Home Chef before,
you need to, because they're amazing.
You get a box delivered to your door
with all the ingredients already pre-portioned out,
everything you need.
And this is a great thing you can do
instead of going out to a restaurant for a date night.
Send the kids to Grandma's, or put em to bed early,
and you guys can cook together,
as a couple, don't worry about the ingredients,
it's all right there.
And it's like you're going to a restaurant,
because this food is so good.
So with this recipe, you're gonna cook jasmine rice,
you put the rice in a pot with a cup and a half water,
let it simmer for 18 to 20 minutes.
You're gonna get the broccoli,
cut it up into bite-size pieces,
put it on a pan, with aluminum foil,
put some salt and pepper,
do a little bit of oil, which is so good,
and you just stick that in the oven.
It's so easy.
Let it roast for 14 to 16 minutes,
or I like to say, 15 minutes.
I love when recipes give you two times,
always go in the middle.
That's what I do.
So you roast the broccoli, and then you do the chickens.
The chicken's going to come in chicken breasts,
so you're gonna cut it up into an inch pieces,
just like this.
and then you're gonna get the flour that it comes with,
and the flour, you'll put into a separate bowl.
And you're going to mix water with the flour,
take a fork, stir it up,
and it's gonna create this paste-type thing,
and then you're gonna add the chicken to it
and then you just mix it all together,
into the flour mixture.
So you mix the chicken with that,
and even before you do that,
you can take the canola oil and put it on a pan,
or on the stove, let it heat up,
'cause you want your pan to be hot,
and then once this is all mixed,
you just fry your chicken,
it's like a minute and a half on each side, that's done.
And then, while that's cooking,
you can do your spicy orange sauce.
And it comes with it.
I mean, hey, Home Chef, how cute is this?
I love all the little pre-portioned packets.
And then you do your Sriracha sauce,
and there, get a fork spin,
mix that all together,
and then once the chicken's done,
you mix it with the sauce,
and then you plate it.
So put some jasmine rice, your broccoli and chicken there,
and its like you've been out to a restaurant.
And Winston's favorite part of Home Chef
is that the cleanup is so easy.
Seriously, you just throw away
the things you wanna throw away,
recycle things you wanna recycle,
and there's not a lot of dishes.
It's marvelous.
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Ways to save money at home, you guys.
Bon apetit.
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