187. Keep Your Produce Fresh for Weeks! And Other Money-Saving Grocery Hacks | Amy of The Cross Legacy

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

If you have seen the viral strawberries in a jar hack, then you know who Amy is! A couple of years ago, Amy shared her best tip for keeping berries fresh in the fridge for three weeks, and she took the world by storm. She has built her business on teaching families how to effectively store and use the groceries they bring into their homes, thus saving money and cutting down on food waste. If you find yourself constantly throwing away wilted greens or soft berries, join us for this discussion on all things groceries!

In this episode, we cover:

Amy’s viral hack for keeping strawberries fresh for three weeks
The reality of food waste in the majority of American households
How to keep greens fresh in the fridge for weeks
How you can only go to the grocery story every three weeks
A balanced approach to meal planning that allows for flexibility and seasonality
Keeping track of what is in your freezer and making sure you use it all in time
A detailed look at budgeting for your groceries throughout the entire year
How to make whole food snacks a staple in your home
Is grocery delivery worth it?
Sourcing and budgeting for high quality meat

Making protein go a long way in nourishing your family

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life Podcast. Today I'm having on Amy Cross from the Cross
0:06.1	Legacy. She is an expert on keeping produce fresh, on budgeting and meal planning, and basically
0:16.0	using up everything that you bring into your house that you don't spend a million bajillion dollars
0:21.0	on healthy food and then come to find out that you just waste it all. That is not what we want to
0:25.5	happen and Amy has really figured out how to teach people in a very effective way. She actually
0:31.9	had something go viral when she first started her online business of educating people on this very
0:37.8	simple hack that helps you to keep produce fresh for a month like strawberries, fresh for I think
0:44.0	she says three weeks. Anyways, she has lots of good tips so let's dive into this interview.
0:49.2	My name is Lisa mother of seven and creator of the blog and YouTube channel farmhouse on Boone.
0:54.8	Join me as I share with you my love for creating a handmade home from scratch cooking and a
0:59.7	little mom and entrepreneur life along the way. Well thank you so much Amy for joining me. I have
1:10.8	seen your strawberries. We'll get into that for everybody who's like wait what strawberries
1:16.5	around the internet. So let's start off with introductions. Tell us about you and your blog, your
1:23.0	YouTube Instagram, whatever you want to share. Well, my name is Amy Cross and I started the
1:28.5	cross legacy which started as an Instagram and a blog because of you. So I'm like super excited
1:35.0	to be here because you have literally changed my life but I started a blog and it has went viral
1:41.9	and I am changing lives all around the world. So I've had a TED talk because of strawberries
1:48.1	with with this post going viral. So yeah. Crazy. Yeah. Yeah that's awesome. So let's just get that
1:57.4	out of the way. Tell us about your viral strawberries in a jar hack and what what that is and this
2:03.8	is the time of the year because it's about to be strawberry season. Right at like July 2021 right
2:10.0	in the middle of the pandemic I was bored and we were in the middle of a kitchen remodel and my
2:16.7	business was closed and like everything was shut down and I started answering questions on other
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