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I spend £17 a week on food but am mostly vegetarian and cook everything my self...but I must have nice coffee and tea. Cheap ones are awful.

Could have saved even more if you had taken your own bags.

Never get the coffee that's nasty 🤢

Just essential might seem cheap but you save a lot. You get some of the just essential items for 30p too,long grain just essential 45p.

What a wholesome video, I'm not much of a brand guy and i agree with 99% of your advise, observation and honesty. I struggle convincing my wife to give some cheaper options a chance and it's a shame, because it feels like a waste of money "just because".

I didn't like the Just Essentials Cheese & Tomato Pizza at all that was the worst for me. I think I have bought six of your eight items that sucked (Don't like Garlic and don't buy Pasta Sauce), and they were mostly okay enough for me except for the Cheese & Bean Bakes which I got once and wasn't keen on, so didn't bother again.

Fair play to you, kitchens looking really fresh for the summer now ❤

omg yay new video!!! so happy

That looks absolutely stunning... We love a diy queen

Girl, you did an amazing job! looks so good

Well done, we all have to learn and you seemed to enjoy it.

Wowzers - that's an incredible job! It looked like a bit of graft but it was well worth it, and the kitchen somehow looks bigger now too. Oh, and I just LOVE having organised cupboards (which my mates take the pee about) haha. You could be on to a nifty side hustle if you did it for other people 😉 Well done again, Con x

Wow! The difference! You did such an amazing job for that budget too. Look forward to the next video!

You did a great job, your kitchen looks amazing - good for you x

I literally buy 80% of my shopping from the value ranges at Tesco, Asda & Sainsbury's all the time. There is always a quality value product just as good as the dearer brands from any one of these supermarkets sometimes all of them. I literally feel the opposite to you, I feel stupid buying dearer stuff when there is something waaaay cheaper that is perfectly fine. Personally I can easily afford the dearer brands but I just don't see the point in buying them, because I am perfectly happy with the cheaper stuff.

This video is fantastic - properly informative (with both good and bad parts) and entertaining too. Plus you come across as friendly and funny. Keep them coming, Conor (Belfast) 😊

A brilliantly made video. I love the Smart price cookies myself.

The more you buy the cheaper brands the less u will care !! I love it

Wow, I can't believe this is your first video! Could easily have told me this was from a youtuber with 1 million or more subscribers and I wouldn't have blinked. Perfect length, no boring long bits, well done!!!

Bear in mind that with all the money saved on the items you can happily substitute, then you will have extra money to put on the things which you prefer not to use the lower priced option. Thank you for the video!

This is just sheer joy. Love how much you enjoyed making that stool!

Love how down to earth you are and your videos are really well edited, looking forward to more. Maybe if you uncover the hole on the plant pot it might work (I think the candles kept running out of oxygen). If not we need a gardening episode with your new plant pots! 😃

Great video!

just changing from sainos online to asda in-store will have saved you loads!! wicked

Well a thick woolly blanket never let anyone down and doesn't need electricity neither... 😮

Babes, you smashed the video quality and presentation skills! You are very charming and engaging. This could be on mainstream tv like a slot on this morning. Good work love xx

You are a good storyteller. Nice pace of video and good editing.

I bought some of the Co-op gravy granules recently to try after seeing Bisto Best was over £4. The Co-op version was 80p I think. It was horrible and didn't have any flavour. I checked the ingredients and there was no beef in it at all! - I ended up buying more Bisto Best (on offer) and have been making gravy up using 3 spoonfuls of Bisto + 1 spoonful of the Co-op one to use it up and it tastes fine

The coffee surprised me, I've had to cutback but its always coffee which lets me down sadly

When washing shoes, stuff them with scrunched up newspaper (or other papery stuff) instead of plastic bags. Helps them keep the shape while also soaking in extra moisture so they dry quicker. :)

What works for me for limescale in the kettle is just straight up citric acid powder. I put like a table spoon or two in, fill the kettle up halfway with water and boil it... let it stand for 10-15 minutes and boil again.... and all the limescale is gone. Lemon juice also works, since in essence it's the citric acid doing the work, but when squeezing a fresh lemon in you get a bunch of lemon pulp as well and the peel probably does nothing but make a mess lol. You'd probably also need more lemon juice for it to work. Vinegar also works but citric acid doesn't smell lol. Ohh and I also remove the mesh on the spout when I do this (it's removable on my kettle), since in this instance when cleaning it you want all the limescale crystals to pour out.

Just saying great thumbnail

I don't know what you're filming on but it has to be a professional camera...

The pasta sauce is so watery, you're better off getting some smart price chopped tomatoes, carrots, onions and herbs and cooking down your own x

Hey lovely, how have you only got 650 subs? I’m going to mention you on my channel, because you are fab 🥰. It was like watching a channel 4 documentary about Asda essential food. Keep up the great videos. Oh and give me a follow if you don’t mind 😊 sorry I’m so cheeky. I set up my channel in memory of my 11 year old daughter Izzie (Isabelle). She was killed by a speeding car back in October 2020 😢. I’m trying to launch a road safety campaign across all the schools in the uk and I do talk about this in a few of my videos. We’ve named it The IBA (Isabelle Boshell Award) Anyway enough about me. I’ve subscribed to you and can’t wait to check out your other videos ❤ xxxx

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I buy the cheaper sauce as a base and just add to it same with the garlic bread .

hey just found your channel from ohio usa

Underrated rah! only 632 subs? This is quality content 🎉

just binged your videos, wish there was more. also side note LOVE your editing style

omg this was such a fun video, cant believe you are a small channel

😍 let's get married

Glad I’ve come across your channel, Hoping to save cash myself! Xxxx

Love your uploads I hope your channel does really well

Literally put this video on last after watching your other two and was like - there is NO way she will wear something I want again.. the pink shirt... haha girl! I need your clothes! Also i've subscribed because I can't wait to see your future uploads and you have such a warm personality.. also editing skills - documentary style! Love it.

I love those window cling film things. Again - off topic but the jumper at the beginning!!? Haha I just need your entire wardrobe at this point hahaha

Off topic (great video btw) but wheres the pink dragon netted top from that you're wearing at the end??! Love that

Can you do another video where you are only eating real food that has no added sugar and no added vegetable oils? This means buying fresh vegetables, rice in dried form, tins of pulses and tomatoes, eggs, butter and tea. To cook it all, get a £15 slow cooker, a £25 vegetable steamer and a £30 air fryer. All in this will cost £100 for the week and you will have a massive abundance of the most healthy food you can eat as all of it is real rather than ultra processed. Sugar is a poison and of no nutritional value. It is also expensive when you think of a £1.45 can of Red Bull with four teaspoons of sugar in it. You could buy more than a kilo of sugar for that money and make 100 sugary drinks, if you really needed sugary drinks. Caffeine in coffee does not give you energy, it is always with a crash and tiredness that needs more. It is wiser to just drink black tea, to be alert but calm and able to get eight hours of sleep at night. Food is the best medicine but not if it is ultra processed. Ultra processed makes you ill leading to diabetes, loss of energy, bad skin, bad teeth, dementia, hypertension and so much else that you would not wish on your worst energy. I assure you that you will not look back if you cook real food with veg from Lidl/Aldi using small appliances such as the slow cooker or the air fryer. The steamer is good for rice and eggs, oddly enough. Air fryer chips from a 2Kg bag of potatoes will cost you £2 and you can have them every night. Oven chips get damaged by ice crystals, cost four times the amount and are never as tasty as real chips. Your physical and mental health will be dramatically improved after a week of real food, extend it to a month and, if you can do that, you will always have your best days ahead of you. Make some rules for sugar and ultra processed foods. You could only eat sugar on birthdays or only if dining out or you could have a cheat day once a week. Personally I no longer desire or want sugar, to me it is like wanting to drink alcohol at ten on a Monday morning - not what I need. Sugar damages every cell in the body causing what is known as metabolic dysfunction. Everything from ADHD to obesity is just a variant of metabolic dysfunction. We can do sugar for a while and not even think it is anything to worry about. But, if you come off it, the health benefits are so dramatic and so soon that it feels like a new lease of life. Inflammation due to sugar means joints are not as supple as they should be and you are carrying around lots of weight that causes its own problems. The real disaster is in the liver though, and this is a crucial organ. Sugar also prevents the lower gut from working. What you really need is fibre instead of sugar, then the power really turns on, so you have so much more energy, do not need to eat all the time and don't need the heating or air conditioning turned up. Also you smell better because the body gets rid of sugar through sweat as it is a toxin. Bacteria feed off the sugar to die and stink. So you can skip a few showers a week and save yourself money just by not needing so much hot water. For recipes you can go online or just give things a go by yourself. I use a lot of curry and chili powder to make my food taste good. Your tastebuds change in eight days to want the real food and not the junk. Your biggest anxiety will be an empty fruit bowl. Coupled with this diet you will want to do more exercise without willpower involved. It is best to eat an hour or two before going places and doing things as this keeps your blood sugar level on an even keel. As a single person using small appliances, I spend £30 a week on groceries. I don't have many vegetables in, just 4-5 and shop for them twice a week. I also avoid pasta and salads which I used to eat regularly to pretend I was eating well. But things like lettuce and cucumber are just water. Steamed cabbage is my new lettuce and steamed courgette my new cucumber. The taste is much better and you get the all important fibre. I also have a bread machine - £50 eBay, Panasonic, and that means I always have the best bread in town with lush bakery smells. My bread only has wholemeal and white flour (50:50), water, yeast, salt and butter in it. I use olive oil for the air fryer, buying olive oil that comes in a glass bottle, not plastic. Recycling is not something I care about but I have no plastic in there, just tins and a few jars. My other waste is miniscule. I am so not interested in any 'foods' that have more than one ingredient in them. If it says healthy on the label it is probably laced with sugar and salt, held together with vegetable oils and emulsifiers. I don't waste my money on any of that and I continually expand my interest in vegetables. With the small appliances I can shove any vegetable into one of them to have something tasty to eat. My cupboards are arranged by food groups with a label on them saying what should be in there. I don't use a fridge, freezer or big oven (except for when I make pizza from scratch with my own dough). With the slow cooker I can load it up with everything for a stew, go out all day and come back to fresh bread and fresh stew. To make the switch to real food I used spices and very large portion sizes. This means I am not going hungry. You also need lots of real food to restore the body after years of eating sugar. Sugar and not fat leads to obesity, and, despite vast portion sizes, I lost all my man boobs and belly fat, meaning I have excellent posture now. Weight just drops down to what you should be when you start eating exclusively real food. My self esteem is entirely different now as I know that I am the healthiest and most switched on person in the room. Before I could barely remember three digits whereas now I can take down a whole telephone number without asking for it to be repeated. Several years ago I did what you did in this video and bought Sainsbury's Basics, calling it the Orange Diet. That worked out well for me at the time, however, knowing what I now know, real food is the cheapest food, the best medicine and the best for mental and physical health. There is no way I am going back to ultra processed food, I would prefer to starve!

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Ended up watching it rofl, our food shopping is cheap as all we eat is veggies, I eat fruit, my mum eats bread, I eat yogurt and kefir, we both eat meat, I buy Vita Brits or regular Weet Bix sometimes, it’s not very good for me so I don’t eat it often, gives me that glutened swollen eye feeling and I seem to get more pityriasis spots from it. I do have a medium allergy to wheat though, so I should probably stay away as often as I can. My mum eats deli ham and ricotta cheese, I eat a certain bacon brand only, tried another one one time had to sip on Telfast throughout the day as the smoke used was really strong and I had massive histamine problems. I have histamine intolerance and from my symptoms towards food likely mast cell issues too. Have issues with smells too nowadays. So I mean based on what we buy how much can you really spend? Rice and pasta and pasta sauce from time to time as we eat mostly the same things and it gets boring. We drink only water, mum can have more things but she said she sleeps better without those, me I react badly to even a piece of freeze dried coffee in a tall glass of water, even a smidgen makes me react. Tea I stopped because it was giving me bad acid and I can’t have straight milk as I react to it, makes me very itchy. Can’t have sugar at all, glucose intolerance. My foods need to be the lowest fat possible most days and I can’t have regular cheese cause it gives me next day constipation and I’m slow to empty out so the pain goes on and on for days or even weeks until it finally clears out. So yeah the short version of our foods, meat, veggies, rice, pasta, pasta sauce, sauce made from Polish stock cubes only, deli ham, ricotta, bread, some fruit, yogurts and a kefir, cereal rarely, water nothing else, Laughing Cow cheese cubes 56% reduced fat version, bacon. I sometimes do snacks like avocado oil chips or brown rice chips, no yeast extract or sugar or any similar things, just the main ingredient, oil and salt. But these always cause me constipation after a few days of eating them, so I’m at the stage where I’m just going to stop buying them as it’s ridiculous. I was always such a foodie, so I get massive cravings if I’m honest, especially for like chocolate, Nutella, peanut butter, ice cream and pizza, but yeah can’t eat any of those anymore, so the cravings end up leading me to getting really angry and frustrated with myself and crying in the end. I suppose I should be happy to some degree that at least I got around 30 years out of my original diet, but to have this diet at 34 is too young in my opinion, I want to enjoy my food, scarcely do nowadays.