TikTok Can’t Get Enough of Mama J. Rae’s Mom-Friendly Recipes

[Applause] welcome back welcome back our next guest is captur the attention of millions including me she is not a so-called you know yes chef type of person in fact she's somebody that becomes very familiar to you very fast she's a mom just cooking meals for her family and at the heart of it all she's showing us what she says is a real life glimpse into cooking for a family of seven I cannot stop watching ing her in action check out Mama J Ray one bag of turkey meatballs you can use regular meatballs if that's what you prefer one container of sliced mushrooms we're taking it easy tonight pack my daughter's lunches with me my daughters have been begging me to make these microwave these for about a minute and a half and they look just as good as if they were homemade a tablespoon of garlic we're going to do tablespoons tonight I'm feeling froggy hey we're not fighting right now y'all come in Mama J Ray is her actual name Jessie Ray AES welcome to the show Mama J rayyy uh first of all you're from where were you born um Kansas City Missouri Kansas City Missouri you end up moving with the family Toth Carolina this is your first time in New York City very first time New York C first time first time in New York City but you are an international Superstar people it's true it's true your videos started with you making lunch for your husband yes well actually no they didn't really start there but that's where I kind of like started to grow cuz that's where I saw you were like watch me make lunch for my husband and she was like a sandwich and a this and I'm like I love this woman and then it expanded into cooking videos and just sharing real life mom content I share shopping content thrifting content but mostly cooking mostly cook yeah could you believe how it took off the way it did no I'm still like amazed every single day like I watch you pack lunch for your husband and I'm like that man is not working he is eating that man can eat that man can eat all right you've got five kids and you also show people tips and and ways to feed in real life not fake life a family of five yes uh you are preparing for us your this recipe went viral I think they told me like 20s something million view 27.7 million views and so you're going to show us it's your French toast bites um as I said 27 views on Tik Tok 27 million milon million you can't forget the million you you are a mama aren't you all right so 207 a million views on it why did people fall in love with this mama J R um I think because it's an interesting idea it's real ingredients easy easily easily achievable and very kid-friendly okay let's launch in yes all right so where do we start okay so we're going to start with some sweet oh Ryan rolls T Ryan rolls we're going to take these out of the package here yep and then and you're going to cut them in half you can do thirds but I like to do half so that they're a little bit thicker serrated knife there one of the three knives that Lish my co-author says you need in the kitchen you know a lot of people have a hundred knives she believes you need a pairing knife a good chef's knife which is just a regular knife and a serrated knife that when you have all of these other knives they're just there for Decor so there go and then you'll just break them apart just like I'll break these and so we have some already broken apart for you I love it again as I said there's something so familiar about the way you cook you use the cheeses I grew up on you got those turkey meatballs you put them in the pan it's you are a mom cook in real life I'm a mom cook who wasn't taught to cook yeah so my page is really me throwing stuff together and learning as I go oh and just making sure my kids will eat it let's you k your kids are eating yes all right so we we break these up into the spits and we have some here now all right so you got your eggs over here for the French Stu then we need some eggs I would typically use way more than this because four would not feed my family your grocery bills have to be insane oh crazy high crazy high do you coupon can you teach me can can you teach me okay so I don't typically use measurements in my house I'm like a measure with your heart type of person like so we're going to do a splash of milk all right uh about that much maybe one more Splash when did you get your confidence in the kitchen enough to share it with the world I am still learning to be confident in myself I think that I started Tik Tok not expecting it to take off and then it kind of did take off and every day I'm just like I'm a star like I'm a star I'm a star I love it with 27 million views on this one all right so you got your egg oh wait we need more stuff to got more okay yes M we need some cinnamon sugar and some vanilla all right cinnamon sugar and vanilla just going to do just a little now people often ask about like so they sometimes say okay well that's not healthy this not healthy which I often believe people just like to police and they say it on my site too I I did bacon the other day and someone said that's a heart attack on a plate and I said if you eat the whole plate yes it is it is but you you cook for your family and what they enjoy so we got the cinnamon sugar in there and then we're going to do a splash of vanilla okay two splashes two splashes two splashes okay and that's all we need we're just going to whisk this right up okay and this is going to be our French toast batter how far in advance do you plan your meals cuz when you got five kids you don't you can't be playing games you got to get in there so I go to the grocery store with like meals in mind but I very rarely ever stick to them so I just have like things at home and I'm like okay well I can take this this and this and that sounds good and make how do you have time to create the content yes I'm going to put this inside soak them in there yep how do you how do you have time to create the content cuz you you do a lot of content I make my content around my real life I just prop my phone up I'm cooking anyways so y'all are just watching me we're just watching we mix this french toast you want to make sure each one's coated I love that you use these rolls they're so good it is so good do your children get to make special requests or do they have to eat what Mama Cooks um well they make special requests all the time but that for the most part that they like everything I cook right okay so we mix this up you're doing a great job thank I have a cookbook fine job oh wow can I get one can I get one of course you can of course you you can all right so you teach me how to cook listen you doing just fine as I said what I love about your content is that it really does speak to me I'm a kid from a very small town and sometimes we get caught up and you know it's okay to get fancy and that's beautiful I love a good fancy meal but at the end of the day you're trying to feed your family give them something that they'll enjoy and also save some time for yourself right and so you don't have time for you know everything to be elaborate all right so you miix it how long do we soak it just like that I don't like to leave it to get soggy then we just put it on the pan uh are we just using our fingers cuz I would always do to I tell people I'm not a chef cook we need some spray to make sure we don't we don't stick here non-stick spray that's right it's a must in my house then we're just going to put we're going to start our French toast and then coming up a tip for your bacon that Mama J Ray shared with fans and she's going to scramble out up to EG from North Carolina to the tamon hall show we'll be right back all right I can eat this whole [Applause] [Music] place welcome back we are back with Mama J Ray and internet social media sensation millions of views of her content I cannot believe we were just making your French toast bites we finished that up this is your first time on national TV very first time very first time that you know that speaks to social media millions of people around the world view you on social every single day and you've never been on a talk show never been on a talk show thank you you're wel uh which is more nerve-wracking five children ready for dinner or being on a talk show definitely five children definitely oh this is okay your B I'm eating this French toes okay y'all ready for this cuz I'm about to change a life this is her bacon hat go ahead I'm about to change your life scissors uhhuh bacon I don't know how you're opening your packages but this is how I'm opening mine right perfect you ain't got to cut the bacon when you're done cut boom put it on a pen now in the commercial break from my cookbook I shared something you you bake your bacon at 425 I said 400 but I'm going to change your light you put it on this you cut it like Mama J Ray says put it on here set your middle rack turn on your Broiler put your bacon in 4 minutes it's going to be crispy take it out flip it put it back in the broiler you got crispy bacon in 8 minutes and no dirty kitchen it's in a confident cook cookbook that's right so cut your bacon like Mama gay Ray says and then boil it it is the crispiest bacon I'm putting it on my social media change your life but I want to taste these eggs because you are known for the cheesiest look at these eggs the most cheesy beautiful eggs in the world so we've got some eggs here perfect every time what's the secret love it's made with love Tamarind you want me to move in and just be a six child in the house come on come on let's do the same thing okay so eggs however many for who you're however many you are cooking for is how many eggs you will use okay okay so we need a splash of milk love it and that's all I do that's all you do yep we add the cheese while it's cooking you put the cheese in while it's cooking y now I love it in addition to being like this celebrity online with the social media you and your husband have a resale business that's correct that is how we um earn an extra income for our family and sustain having five kids wow yeah what what do you tell I'm GNA walk over here because you know I'm hungry and I want some of these IDs um what do you think the content because a lot of people have asked about middle because you say you know meals for a middle class family uhhuh why did that resonate especially um because I grew up poor with a single mom who worked her tail off with like nine to five jobs and so she was never home just me and my siblings and I'm working really hard to change that for my family and so that I can stay home and yeah I love it I love it I love cooking these yeah we're going to cook we're cooking okay let's cook there you go you got your eggs in you scramble uh-huh we already scrambled so I like to add my cheese in kind of cheese do you like I like kobby Jack or like sharp cheddar uhhuh yes that's my favorite okay I'm going to eat some of the eggs I got eggs I got bacon I've got French toes I've got breakfast but more than that we got love that's right and nothing but love the most important ingredient go to our social media Mama J R's recipe follow her on all her social media handles National TV than youc k