Our “Meals of the Week” video is a celebration of simple, honest cooking made entirely at home, using fresh ingredients sourced right here in the south of France. From vibrant market vegetables to quality finds from local supermarkets, every dish reflects the flavors of the region—seasonal, colorful, and full of life. We focus on real, everyday meals that are both nourishing and satisfying, showing how fresh ingredients can turn even the simplest recipes into something special. It’s all about enjoying good food, made from scratch, and bringing a little taste of southern French living into each meal.
Frugal Queen in France
We are a British couple living in the south of France on a budget.
Frugal recipes, days out, home renovations and day to day making do in France.
We’ll give you hints, tips, advice and an insight into our life in France.
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Flexispot chair used by Mike when editing: Sentinel Chair: https://tinyurl.com/FrugalQueeninFrance
Budget Book Recommendation
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Camera : iPhone
Editing : iMovie on a Mac mini
Music:
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26 Comments
Jane, all of your meals look delicious with plenty of veggies.
Wow those meals are wonderful. Mmmm hard pressed to decide which day's is best as they are all so good 😅😅😅
Always such a beautiful presentation on the plates!
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I'd bring rhubarb crisp. It's marvelous and uses oatmeal and brown sugar, cinnamon
and a little salt . It's always what people have wanted to us to bring 😊.
Looks delicious plenty of veggies
Bonjour, MERCI pour les idées de repas. Je ne suis pas anglaise mais j'aime beaucoup la sauce. 😂. Bon week-end
The meals look delicious as per usual!
Amazing how similarly we cook really Jane. I would bring a nice spicy soup. My dog used to eat my spaghetti Bolognese which I made without onions or salt. 😅❤
Whoo I would have the sausage and mash, you can tell I come from the UK, lol.
I appreciate u sharing ur meals on a frugal budget because they are real food that most people will eat. Some other frugal channels post mostly rice and beans for frugal meals where u show what’s possible when you shop strategically and seasonally. They all look delicious and doable, thank you again!
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Cc, l assiette préférée : saucisses de Toulouse, carottes, chou. Miam
In a word—-YUM. 😊
Bangers nd mash are tonight's meal❤ We can't get English sausages in the States, unfortunately, so we're using bratwurst. Best we can do here lol
I would bring fresh peaches. They are in season right now ❤
It all looks so good, I would have a tough time deciding which I'd eat first. By the way, did I hear it correctly when you said to tenderize beef with baking powder? I've heard of using baking soda.
Great looking meals as usual Pats to those sweet girls!❤
Thank you for showing your great food. This time of year we eat ham and bean soup, chili, bacon and tomato sandwiches, pork steak with a type of egg, cream, bacon gravy on top of lettuce and mashed poatoes (an family recipe that was Pennsyvannia German and Italian make original with dandelion greens), and fish and fries (chips). You make it fun to share your food with us.
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All your meals look delicious. It would be hard to choose. Most of all what I like is that sometimes I get meal ideas from you. Those baked eggs did,look good. Thanks for sharing and have a good day.🤗❤️🇨🇦
Like you I eat burgers with no bun, just prefer it that way but I do love mashed potato, yummy
Strawberries are delicious but pricey in Australia.
Very nice meals and well plated.
Thank Jane and Mike for sharing the video and enjoy strolling around with the doggies 🐾
The moussaka looks delicious. I am cossetting my 3 aubergine plants in anticipation! I made scotch eggs yesterday for a couple of Romanian visitors. They thought they were wonderful & had never eaten anything like them.
You are always so creative with your ingredients, you obviously put a lot of thought into the dishes you cook. I've been looking at recipes that add interest to vegetables or salad. I recently made an Ethiopian Cabbage Stew that was delicious and have saved recipes for a chickpea and potato salad with a tomato pesto dressing and a lentil salad with beetroot. That's the sort of meal I would bring to a friend's
Beet root? Is it uncooked beet?