I’m a mom of seven and here are my two biggest hacks for keeping the weekly grocery store cheap

A frugal parent has revealed the basic formula she uses to feed her seven children on a “bare minimum wage,” while eating healthy.

Influencer Rebekah Moyer, who lives in Hawaii with her family, calls herself a “hippie sister” and shares her tips for living a holistic life.

In a recent TikTokshe enlisted her mom’s help to share top tips on how to eat healthy without breaking the bank when money is tight.

Her mother, who raised Rebekah and her six siblings on a shoestring budget, advised against meal planning, saying which staples were best at home and which ingredients to buy on sale.

Viewers loved her tips and thanked Rebekah and her mom for sharing the helpful information online.

The mother – whose name was not revealed in the video – explained what staples people should stock up on at home.

“Carrots, onions, potatoes, celery if possible, cabbage and canned tomatoes,” she noted.

“So you start with those things – and of course it’s helpful to have your dry goods in your pantry so you can just use them, you know your basics like beans, lentils, rice, quinoa, oats,” she added .

“And those things last a long time too,” Rebekah added, saying they don’t rot quickly in the fridge.

And while some other people recommend meal planning as a way to cut costs, the mom took the opposite route.

“You get your staples and then you go to the store and see what’s on sale in terms of your meat and your produce and your fruit,” she said.

“You don’t schedule meals and then have to get those certain things because they might not be on sale this week,” she explained.

The mother listed items to keep on hand for home cooking, including: “base oils: olive oil, coconut oil and apple cider vinegar.’

The mother, whose name was not shared, advised against meal planning because she said it discourages people from buying ingredients on sale

And she also praised the importance of making things from scratch, warning, “Make your own salad dressing, don’t buy salad dressing.”

“I always have molasses because it’s very, very healthy and adds flavor to things, honey, plain yogurt, canned tuna, see if these things are on sale,” she added.

Rebekah also added that her family always had apples, oranges and bananas in the house when they were growing up.

The tips video now has over 835,000 views and viewers have praised Rebekah and her mom for sharing their frugal living tips.

People watching at home thanked Rebekah and her mom for sharing the smart tips, with some saying they need more advice like this

“Thank you mommy, I appreciate you,” said one.

“Note… little or no processed food,” said another.

“This is the information and source we need here,” another wrote.

“I don’t know but this relaxes me so much, it was just soothing to hear this conversation, thank you,” one said.

“Okay this is so helpful, your mom is so cute,” said another.