Monthly Grocery Haul | Large Family of 8 | Costco, Aldi, Coles, Woolworths | Off Grid Australia
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- During our Jan/Feb month the car blew a radiator, due to it being our only vehicle there was some finagling to be able to fix it and get it running again, it meant that there was almost 6 weeks between shops! This is reflected in some of the dry goods basics being bought in larger than usual quantities.
I went over budget slightly, but that is to be expected with a couple of the things I bought and the extras :D
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My computer must have been listening to us today, as we did our big shop and packaged up our meals at home, as this popped up randomly tonight! We also have 6 kids, and we budget $800 a month on food plus garden but we are struggling to keep to that with the prices of everything at present! Lovely to see another family doing similar! We don't have Costco, but very thankful for Aldi! It is planting week, so I am excited for that! We only live in a normal town 1/4 acre block so we don't have a lot of space.
We are lucky that I can allocate that $1400, we get a few things that are a bit decadent that we could probably stop, but I'm glad we can manage it, buying the big boxes of fruit to preserve for later helps too!
Definitely need to get some root veg and some snow peas etc out in the garden atm in the lead up to the cooler weather! :D
Can you budget more for food?
So happy to have found a fellow Aussie TH-camr. New Sub here. I hope you are not too badly affected if at all from the floods. Stay safe if you are.
We are just far enough inland that we're barely getting the edge of the rain! I'm glad we aren't being inundated, but we would have liked just a little more!
What a chore to get get your monthly supplies! You must be worn out! I come from a very large family, so I know how hard you work, your kids remind me of when mom and dad went grocery shopping and us kids helped get it inside. Wish we had some of the items you get there, in small town US. You do an amazing job taking care of your family!!! God Bless you all!
Its definitely worth the drive to be able to get the variety of things at a decent price, even calculating in the time and fuel to do so :D
For a much more affordable but equally effective multipurpose cleaner, I go to Bunnings and buy the 5 litre Activ-o. It's a few cents under $30 but as you only use 30ml in a 500 ml spray bottle, it lasts for years. I'm still on the same 5litre bottle from April 2020. I discovered Bunnings has a great range of household cleaners during the great TP and cleaner shortage of 2020.
I'll have to have a look, thankyou! We use citrus vinegar a lot and I don't buy sprays much, but sometimes they're handy to have around, especially in an environment like ours :)
@@OurSmallFootprint I don't like to use a lot of commercially prepared cleaners either but I do like them for the laundry, toilet and bathroom. We had our 16 year old cat die recently. As she was incontinent near the end, my Activ-o got used daily. We kept her confined to the kitchen, laundry, toilet and bathroom, with plywood boards blocking the doorways which kept her off the carpet and any accidents on the tiled floors were easier to deal with.
@@vegemitegirl1971 They definitely have their place! which is why I buy those couple of bottles, and I quite regularly dilute them to make them last longer! I like to clean out the esky's after the shopping trip with them because the meat always leaks and then they sit for 5/6 weeks until I use them again etc! and sometimes, the amount of vinegar you have to use to get things clean would end up really expensive too! :D
Prices here in Alabama are constantly increasing do y’all find the same there I hope y’all get a million subscribers y’all are certainly informative and interesting I have really enjoyed your videos
Definitely, My mum was with me on this shopping trip and so much was just higher, and with the quantities I buy then it adds up, even things like the dried pasta $1 instead of 80c a bag, that increase is significant when you are purchasing 20 bags of it or so (which is quite a few months supply for us, but still, it all adds up!). Meat has increased too, the mince is 9.99kg instead of 8.99kg that it was a bit before Christmas, it makes it hard.
We use the same shampoo and toothpaste. My kids and I all have SLS allergies. Excellent shopping expedition. You did amazingly well coping without a car and no access to shops.
It's nice to be able to find some sls free products fairly inexpensively and fairly easily.
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Great inspo. Well done!
Thankyou :D
613 subs , you're doing fantastic 🤩 That clock is so cute! I think you did fantastic to stay under the monthly budget. We're having trouble getting gluten free pasta the most . We can get what we need or at least an ok substitute usually, for other things. The rice puffs i prefer are just not available and sweet potato chips aren't even being ordered in and thats pretty much the only bought foods my little can eat. We'll have to be inventive . I often think how challenging it would be to film as I'm doing the real stuff, Instagram is pretty easy , so I love that you're accepting that challenge and experimenting with taking us along. Thanks for sharing, lovely 💙
We're lucky that our allergies are mostly just dairy related these days, gives me so much more flexibility and I can make pasta from scratch but on a busy day, there's nothing better than having pre made stuff in a tote to throw in! And realistically, its just flour and water, so I tell myself lol. Have you checked out amazon ? I find that the prime membership is well worth some of the stuff you can get there, I have stuff in my cart atm to buy, popcorn, sesame seeds a few things that work out really well priced especially with free shipping!
@@OurSmallFootprint i should check prime out. Thanks ❤
@@countrymousesfarmhouse497 It's 740 now woooooooo-hooo!
love seeing your life in the outback.
Thankyou, I'm enjoying sharing! :D
Back again
You one very strong lady.
Thank you Denise :)
Next time you go to town I would love it if you could take some scenic pictures. I’m in ”merica so would love to see what Aussie lookslike
Every time I drive the highway between Brisbane and here I see pretty scenery and think I really should stop! I'll try and make sure I do next time! :D
I am a new subscriber and this is my first video of yours to watch and I am very interested in your content...mostly fascinated! Great video sister!!❤
Welcome, and Thankyou! I'm really glad people are enjoying watching! :D
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I am new to your channel and I just wanted to say that I too buy that PARATHA bread it's yummy and goes down so well when I do my home made Indian Currie's, they are just so easy pop them in the frying pan and turn over when the one side is cooked. They are great for either mopping up the sauce or you can pick up the curry using this bread especially good cos you can just break it apart plus no need to add oil for frying them 🙂. Wonder if you can get/or tried the one with spring onion? They are lovely too.
Plus it's hard just to have one don't you think????
Enjoying your food haul 👍
Lisa UK
Oh, definitely hard to have just 1! once we open a bag, they seem to go pretty quick! I like to make Dahl and we have serves of it in the freezer, a simple meal is some canned chicken, the Dahl and the roti bread, nom nom! hehe, I haven't tried the spring onion one though, I'll have to see if I can spot it!
I never seen rice bran oil before. Got keep my eyes open for it. love your video.
I really like it as my 'vegetable oil'. when I need something that calls for vegetable oil I generally use that, all oils have their pros and cons, but I find it one of the better choices, and its inexpensive, I think 30c/100ml kind of pricing.
Great haul. Loved this video.
It's odd how we love watching other peoples grocery hauls isn't it hehe, but I do so enjoy it! :D
I am a new subscriber and hats off to you coz I’m exhausted just thinking of putting that haul of groceries away,let alone having to sort,split,seperate,marinate or cook half the stuff,let alone canning and preserving fruit!! I’m curious what the rice milk is for,is that a milk substitute?
Loved how it was all hands on deck when it came to unloading the groceries when you got home.👍👏🏻
I think it’s why I hesitated on filming it for so long, by the time I get it all in, the extra step of staging it and recording it, urgh! Lol
5 of the kids have cows milk protein issues, we’ve been able to introduce fermented cows milk like yoghurt and kefir but they were brought up on rice milk as a simple alternative, they use it pretty much only on their cereal lol. I use more nutrient dense milks in baking etc but rice milk is their choice for cereal!
Interesting video….. thank you 😊
Thankyou for watching :)
Just wanted to say hey from about 3hrs north east of you :) Used to head out your way a fair bit growing up with my dad :) Oh and your videos convinced me to sign up at Costco. Was in there yesterday, the NL one is about an hour from us (we are at Mt Mee) so thankfully not too far but I sure wont be going there on a weekend ever again. Have a great day.
Its nice out here, dry and dusty, but we love it lol. We originally bought this block as a weekender with an intention of maybe moving out eventually, but life happened lol.
Definitely no weekend Costco'ing lol. There's a lot of things that aren't much cheaper than Coles/Woollies when they have half price specials, but because we only shop monthly I can rarely time my shopping to take advantage of that, so it makes it much easier to budget at the Costco pricing and if I score some half price specials then Awesome! :)
Blueberry jam sounds good !
The kids love blueberry anything!
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Hi, it’s ridiculous the prices in the uk have shot up loads, and they say it’s going to get worse, I feel for you, but your such am amazing cook, the gas n electric is going up by 50% in April no respect for the elderly at all, I think I’d be better in a caravan, love your videos keep going your getting there my friend 😊👏🥰🇬🇧
Fuel prices are so high at the moment too, I assume that's part of the increase of cost of basics, because of the transportation :S. Budgeting is going to look different each month for a while until things stabilise I guess!
How exhausted you must be after a shopping day putting everything away is my hardest part thank you for another video
The getting everything laid out to film and then having to put it all away is the worst part lol! by the time I get home I don't want to spend the extra hour laying it out and filming lol. In winter it will be much easier, atm its so hot still that it makes it feel even worse.
@@OurSmallFootprint I don’t blame you the extra effort you put in to bring us these videos is amazing so again thank you
Hi Nyssa, we are catching up on some of your older videos and wondered what fruit shop you use when you do your Brisbane trip. it is so hard to find good cheap fruit and veges.
I go to Mega Fresh at Browns Plains! Adam is lovely!
Thanks we will give them a try when we are in Brisbane next
New subbie, you are a superwoman 💕 Great content.
Welcome! Thankyou :D
I love it
Thankyou :D
I definitely want too see more so new sub here.
Thankyou and Welcome :)
I am also new subscriber and enjoying your videos.
Welcome, and thankyou! :D
Good haul
Thank you! 🤗
Nice video, Sister 👍🏻😊😊
Thankyou :D
Amazing!
What do you record on beside your phone and do you use an app/program for editing??
I just recently got a Nikon z30 as well to use :) and I use iMovie free on my MacBook :)
Prices here in Alabama are constantly going up do y’all find the same there
You need a couple of Pygmy goats, they eat everything outside., plus they are lovely company
Just found your channel and love your down to earth-ness.
They require a bit more fencing than we have atm/are capable of putting up! But yes, they would be good for clearing :D
That’s a long trip for groceries
We save a lot of money by spending that little bit extra on a costco membership/fuel to get to Brisbane etc. We used to go to Toowoomba Fortnightly but I've managed to almost halve our grocery bill by going every 4-6 weeks to Brisbane instead, and I get a night at my mums place each month out of it too lol
New sub loved the video
Thankyou! :)
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How you guys go with all this rain/floods? Just found your channel, from north Brissie so somewhat local haha
Did you get much rain ? I think the Toowoomba ranges sort of diffused it before it got to us, we haven't got much at all! though we do have rain still on the forecasts for the rest of the week, so we shall see!.
@@OurSmallFootprint yeah we got pretty flooded here, all roads got flooded out before it hit our street so couldn't evacuate even if we needed to, it nearly got to our door so had to contemplate getting ready to roof it with 4 kids! But we had a day of sunshine yesterday and expected to rain again for the next week now! Glad you guys were all good! And it's good you got the groceries done cuz they reckon a few weeks of clean up and fixing roads so doubt you would be able to get to Brissie very well atm plus all shops are bare atm
@@fruitsalad5976 We lived on Oxley Road during the last big floods and it came half way up the hill to us then! so I can empathise with the unknowns. Yes, I'm glad shopping timing worked out well! and I've got another couple of weeks before I go again (and as I've experienced, can hold out a few extra weeks when needed!)
I noticed you still buy chicken meat from the store. Are you keeping chickens for eggs only?
Yes. For the moment, we did raise some and cull the roosters for eating but we found the whole process really hard, we just weren’t set up for it. We will attempt it again at some point I think
@@OurSmallFootprint It is a lot of work. Right now we're raising for eggs but working our way towards raising our own chicken meat. Good luck to you on that project! Homegrown chicken/eggs are much tastier :)
Just wondering if everyone's health improved after moving off the grid ~
Mine definitely did, much less hospital visits/stays/flare ups since moving out here. Darryls took a turn for the worse to start with, he had a bit of a mental breakdown, which is pretty normal for men who are super stressed, when they stop, everything falls apart, but he's out the otherside now! The kids to a degree did a bit the same, Sonnets Eczema got worse, but is now a lot better, so there was some getting used to the new environment and lifestyle etc.
So I found a recipe for the mock pineapple earlier in the season I didn't make it just saved it for later.so what do you use it for?
I haven't tried it yet, it seems a little counter intuitive to be honest, the cost of pineapple juice is quite high, so canning in it seems a bit meh. But the kids love pineapple on their pizza and last month with the shortages and stuff I could barely get any, and the stuff you can get is from overseas, so I wondered if canning my own zucchini in pineapple juice might work well for them to use on pizza. I loved the idea of canning it in shreds in pineapple juice to use for quick breads during winter too, but again, there's the cost of the pineapple juice, so I'm going to hold off on my opinion until I see how much juice is actually used in each jar kind of thing :D
@@OurSmallFootprint same with the cost of juice but now am wondering about the texture and if it could work as a filler in pineapple and passion fruit jam will follow your adventures with even more interest as Australian pineapples have become a bit of a luxury if you can even find any
Yes, I asked at the F&V each month if they had any cheap ones and they never seemed to, I wanted to try making syrup from the cores and skins too, I thought that sounded really interesting! Growing them isn't viable either, takes 2 years for one pineapple....
What do you do for income and what do you use to homeschool your kids
Hubby and I both do contract work when available and I receive some government benefits due to lower income and large family :). I have an accounts background and hubby writes and creates within the Dungeons and Dragons online scope. We use a variety of secular resources tailored to the needs of each child and their current interests :). Very eclectic mix of sources heh
Based on that total, and the approximate breakdown of 6 weeks X 8 people - that is absolutely AMAZING!
Hi there just found you I'm in Victoria east Gippsland I'm into veggie gardening and just learning to make sour dough bread and have just bought myself a canner pot and a dehydrator I'm sure to power watch your videos as I'm sure I can learn lots. Are you building your home? Do you have many animals? Hope you are safe from the floods
Hi Kirsten :) Welcome. We won't build a house as such, we have enough structure to be ok atm, as the kids have gotten older we need a little more space, so we'll add on a bedroom or two or a new bathroom or something, but we don't really have intention to build a whole new structure :D. We have pigs, chickens, ducks and dogs :D No pasture here, so nothing that east grass for the moment!.
We're a little too inland for the flooding to hit us, we barely even got any of the rain!
@@OurSmallFootprint I'm glad to hear you're safe the kids must have the best life I always said if I had kids I'd want to raise them on a farm.
Can you grow fruit where you live?
We have planted a range of fruit trees, but it'll still be a couple of years before we get them to a size to get fruit! slowly adding all sorts of fruits and berries as we expand the gardens :)
I have a girl crush on this capable Aussie mum….wonder if she’s keen on adopting a stressed 59yo female kiwi office worker ….😬😬
nawwwwww, thankyou lol.
You're so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!!