🍎 MAKE YOUR OWN SNACKS AT HOME CHEAPER! 💵 BUDGET SUMMER SNACK IDEAS

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[sadieray]

Great minds think alike! Just got back from the store with groceries to make snack boxes! And my daughter works at the local super market and was my grocery bagger..her very 1st job!☺️

[jamesnbrenda]

I really enjoyed this comparison!
Also, I would have to say there are probably better quality ingredients in YOUR versions of snack trays.
Thanks for sharing.

[thewadsquad]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video!! Love seeing the price comparisons and it was kind of like a what’s for lunch video! Great ideas and great execution! One thing to note: the quality of food in the homemade version looks so much more appetizing!

… also pizza lunchables DO taste like cardboard… but why are they so good. Lol 🍕

[hardenmama]

Honestly Jen, your versions looked so much fresher. The carrots and broccoli in the purchased snacks looked dried out and sad. Plus, the amount of packaging that goes into the trash with convenience foods is really shocking. Thanks for sharing!

[oldhoosierhousemama]

I just found your channel. I am a SAHM mom who is going back to work this Tuesday and your channel has brought me a lot of peace and eased so much anxiety I had about feeding my family! Thank you so much for all this content for me to get ideas and inspiration from 💕

[tarigeorge]

Great ideas! I’m wondering if the portions were the same in the homemade snacks. I think they might be more generous.

[katieh]

I work full time, am taking college classes, and have two kids so we are also busy. One of the reasons I love your channel, I really feel like I can relate to the level of busy. Thanks for all the great ideas!

[rhiahlMT]

Those are huge savings. I use the four square containers all the time for breakfast. I don't eat fruit or crackers (diabetes), but I can put together things to grab at breakfast. I typically put some nuts, pepperoni sticks, a couple mini sweet pickles and hard boiled egg in them.

[melonnieolson]

I really think the ingredients you used look more appealing, fresh, and healthier than the store bought versions. I wouldn’t eat the carrots and broccoli that looked brown and dried up. That being said, sometimes when I’m on the run I like the turkey lunchable that is Keira’s favorite too. Great video. I like to soak my cut apples in pineapple juice to prevent browning.

[peggiescraftcafe]

I loved this comparison. Thanks for doing this. As for the apple corer/wedger I would say Yes. Get one. Use mine all the time. I have two. A Pampered Chef that cuts 10 wedges and one by Progressive that cuts 16 thinner wedges. tfs

[susanholcomb]

I use Lunchables to make chef salad. I can’t always go through a pack of meat within the “use within seven days of opening”. It was a great deal when I could get them on sale for 99 cents.

[Freida]

The cost savings are great but making your own creates significantly less plastic packaging waste. So these tips are in fact priceless.

[michellelee]

Jen, this is one of my absolute favorite videos you’ve ever done!

[kristenevans]

I purchased the sestema containers AGES ago when I first started watching you when you did a lot of Keto prep. Super great quality on those. At Christmas this year we did a trip since my son that still lives here is an adult and my fiancé and I decided we wanted to focus more on experiences and not stuff. So we went to Tennessee and had a great time for a week and we took some food and all week long I would make up snack boxes for the three of us so we weren’t always eating junk. It was great and I even did some dried fruits sometimes. My fiancé thought I was some kind of genius. Roflol! As if!

[thorinian]

I recently purchased those "lunchable" containers. (Honestly, I have been calling them that as well!) Highly recommend! I put a deli meat in one compartment, cheese in one, grapes in one, then black olives with snack ems' pickles in one. I've also thought how great these containers would be when I want to take leftover tacos to work. Thanks for this video!

[angelamarcinkevich]

What is the name if the mini wafers ans where are they from .ty

[haley]

Also really appreciate any budget content you’re putting out. The grocery bill just keeps climbing and I’m looking for any ideas to trim it down!

[lizwilliams]

Thanks - this was a fun comparison. Would also be interested to see the comparison the other way around! I.e. if the original was $2, how much more of those same foods could you have for the same price, e.g. a whole apple, 2 cheese sticks, double the crackers.

[happpymesss]

I used upstart a few months ago on your recommendation and omg helped me get into such a better place financially. You’re amazing Jen! 🤩

[angelabutler]

Do the pretzels lose their crunchiness when put in a container with fruit?