I agree. It's kind of disappointing when you can't find videos like this. It frustrates me at times because I am not the best cook and so when someone says a recipe calls for x amount, I'm not great at guessing how much to remove for just myself. 🤣🤦🏻♀️
WinCo IS awesome. I began doing the bulk shopping a few months ago AND man saving tons on rice, spices, cereals, pet food, pastas. Just go to $1 store and buy storage containers. I reuse my trader Joe's spice containers and grinders for whole spices. RIGHT NOW OUR WINCO IS DOING A GREAT JOB AT CROWD CONTROL AND KEEPING US CALM THAT SUPPLIES WILL NOT RUN OUT. BUT still prepare. I gave a feeling #45 and other govts are not being 100% honest. Or they are honestly clueless.
Sarah, I have come back to this video because it was the first one that I saw that you did and the reason I followed you. With food prices being what they are, I'd genuinely love to see another month long budget video or even a week long taking the current prices of food into consideration!
I would swap out the flours, both white and wheat, for equal amounts of old fashioned oats. They make a decent flour sub if you have gluten sensitivities.
@@maam-yj8ph IDK if you have seen info about putting dry rice into a food grinder and grinding it into powder? I haven't verified it yet to see if that's how rice flour is made? But I do have 2 grandchildren who have Celiac disease so I did make a mental note to look before they come to visit.
I conduct workshops at my community center on how to save money shopping. Flour is an important component because you can make pancakes, noodles, bread, crackers... I think you did a fantastic job shopping and I look forward to more of your videos✨
Some of my super-cheap meals are pinto beans with homemade tortillas, masoor dal (curried red lentils) with rice, chana masala (curried chick peas) with roti (homemade flat bread), split pea soup with homemade whole wheat bread, brown rice and lentil pilaf. All of these can be made with your cheap veg -- onions, garlic, carrots, cabbage, canned tomatoes. I think you will also be more satisfied if you base your main meals on a legume rather than a starch. I see recommendations in the comments for things like vegetable- potato soup, and while they're delicious, they won't keep you satisfied for long. Lentil soup would be better.
I'd make lentil soup with dumplings (dumplings can easily be made with flour, a little of your milk, oil, baking powder). Thanks for making this video!
I searched for a Winco and the closest one is 800 miles away! hahahahahaha I think this is the first one of these challenges that actually cooks the way I personally cook. Exclusively dried beans. Making your own bread products. "Bulk" seasonings. Looking forward to watching the other videos in this series!
Can’t wait to see the upcoming videos. I appreciate the thought and precision that you put into these. I’m mostly following because I want to be more conscious about food waste- I get so lazy about food prep I end up throwing away food. Plus I just love these challenges! PS I live 22 miles east of Seattle. I go to the Kent Winco when I am down in that area, but it’s pretty far away. This video helps me to better plan for a monthly shop.
Hi Sarah!... I have watched several of your videos... because I too love to be able to save on costs of food in general. Just a few tips you may find helpful... (as will others too!)... If you have a freezer... (which you clearly are using from some of your comments - you can actually make your food last even better!)... Cheese - grated and zip bag sealed will last extremely well... and is a lot easier to use when making meals!... No need to keep it in a large chunk! You can even use that for sandwiches...if you make pan toasted ones... or melt the cheese under the grill! The vegetables.... should all be processed on the day you buy them!... I live in a hot climate ...and quite frankly this is the only way to ensure that one does not waste food!.... Carrots (unless one is making a salad!) can be sliced, cubed and cut into sticks and frozen in zip lock bags in those shapes.... for variation. Butternut squash can be peeled, cut into 2" rings (or cubed) and frozen. Onions diced or sliced freeze well in bags too!... Cabbage can be shredded and zip lock bagged - lasts for weeks like this - in fact I have used cabbage about 2 months later! Non of the above veg need blanching!... Another great tip - if one has access to fresh herbs... chop up finely... and freeze in separate bags. No compromised flavours occur - and even sprinkled on salad.... from frozen are totally acceptable! (One can use small quantities as you need them ... better still freeze in ice trays and then bag the cubes) Do this also with lemons or oranges if you have a glut or get them for free. You can take out a cube or two at a time! Green Beans need to be blanched in hot water.... cooled and then frozen when cold! But are great for soups, and stews - and even for a side veg. (cook from frozen state!)... Spinach or kale can be boiled - then cooled and water gently squeezed before freezing. Bag in zip lock bags in a tennis ball size You can freeze several in one bag... and take out what you need for a meal. allow to semi defrost at room temp.... and either leave as is... adding to a dish... or fried up in a little oil or butter with seasoning. Or, shredded at this stage and added to soup or a casserole! Roll out your home made pasta dough thinner before cutting up... leave to dry for a few hours on a tray covered with a clean kitchen cloth and sprinkled with a little extra flour (which is not expensive in any case!) can be stored in a glass bottle and used over a week without it spoiling - the extra flour will help to keep it drier! Home made gnocci can be similarly spread after cutting up on a tray.... and sprinkled with a little flour (or semolina flour even better!) pack in flat layers with a bit of either surround wrap or baking paper and freeze in a sealed plastic container. You can make a large batch... and take out what you need for a meal - cook from frozen. You can freeze your crepes rolled up individually on a tray - then packed into plastic containers when frozen. Use what you need for a meal.... allowing them to thaw on a counter a few hours before you need them. They can be used to make filled canneloni too for a savoury version! Cooked pancakes can be frozen in batches too!... Scones and muffins can also be made in batches and frozen. Take out what you need and defost for 20secs in microwave. Pop into an oven (or heat in microwave for 30 secs after defrost!).... Eat immediately! Make up veg and meat stock soups and freeze!
I used to make a big breakfast on Sunday. I always made enough pancakes to be frozen for the week. Though they can be microwaved, everyone preferred to put them in the toaster for a crunchy outside.
I can't wait to see what you come up with these ingredients for a whole month. I can see me making banana bread and white bread. Spaghetti meal is definitely must. I suppose bean quesadilla.... salad, too. Potatoes can be used for many different dishes. I'll be looking forward to your wonderful meal creations👍😁
I am seriously impressed. Nothing bugs me more than when people do a low budget challenge and it has meat in it? Did you buy any oats? I can't wait to see what you actually make!!!! I would make cabbage casserole. One can of the tomato sauce, half the cabbage, 1/3 cup of rice, add spices such as Italian seasoning and cumin, salt, pepper and add 1/2 cup of cooked lentils instead of meat. Don't forget half an onion and some garlic. Throw it all in the oven at 350 for 90 minutes.
Wow, this took a lot of planning and thought; great job! Love this and I'm excited for more videos! I'd definitely do a curry, a potato soup, or a veggie soup with potatoes and cabbage, etc and of course spaghetti is always a good standby.
I just moved to Puyallup from the Washington DC area and I’m shocked at how much groceries are out here. I miss Aldo so much, I’ll have to check out Winco more, the costs of the bulk goods are really impressive!
Same here, moved from DC metro area. I miss Aldi and the various international markets. Food is much more here, which is surprising because we come from an expensive area!
A good idea that I do and I dont see done much- You can use rice as a pasta,I like to use rice instead in a creamy tomato sauce that I prefer over spaghetti. And you can also do a Chicken rice soup and cook it like you would chicken noodle,I prefer the textures a lot better myself!
You just got a new subscriber. This is very inspirational for me, I am trying hard to save money and have been killing my budget over the grocery aspect. Thanks!
Almond milk is stupid expensive too. I hate that the only sell it in huge containers and then you end up wasting half of it because it goes bad in 7 days they say. It's a joke. It's like they know that you won't drink it all in seven days and they sell it in the big containers despite that. There's only one kind of Paleo cereal that I've found and the only other added thing that I use it for is when I make chai or a smoothie.
That's what I want to know what did you make that would take you through an entire month worth of eating on what you have there. I don't believe that you didn't get food from somewhere else or went hungry.
I think if you spent $45-$48 you could even get more fruit! Like apples and maybe blueberries! (So you would eat your bananas week 1, blueberries week 2, apples week 3-4
Awesome video! I am trying to cut down on my spending on groceries I was spending over $100 for just me in a week. So I’m giving myself the $100 for a month I follow a vegan diet so I’m excited to get some ideas from your videos!
I see videos where people spend $10 for 1 week of groceries instead $40 a month. Bulk shopping definitely gets you the best deals and the most calories for your budget. I appreciate that you take health and and caloric consumption seriously. Have you ever considered doing a video for a weeks worth of meals where people might have their electricity shut off?
I like that you added the spice ingredients in this haul. Many people literally have the X amount of money and may not have much at home but salt and pepper. Those who do have some pieces may buy a meat option to add.
I'd add turnips and boil with the carrots, it's a side from the UK. Drain, put in some butter and mix! Yum! I've been looking for pork to put into the beans at the crock pot. I only found two pieces last payday so I made 2 pots of beans this past few weeks. Thankfully I have stocked up on canned beans and I'm trying to organize a small apartment. I've been looking for a new freezer bc I read that there won't be any Black Friday sales this year due to the shutdown.
That's a well rounded group of ingredients! Good job! I live in NY & have never seen 60 eggs on sale anywhere! I can easily buy a dozen eggs for more than you paid for 60. $40 is not even enough for 1 week in my location. I typically spend $80 - 100 per week & buy mostly organic, gluten-free and include chicken & grass fed beef. It all adds up.
Food in Canada is so much more expensive, even when you consider the exchange rate. But Bulk Barn is a great place to buy tiny amounts of spices, though, so no money or product wasted.
Buy oats and make your own oat milk. Also, I would get 4 bags of lentils or pinto beans instead of the cheese, or a jar of peanut butter (if you're vegan). Or some frozen mixed vegetables. Small cans of cheap tomato paste are good. You can make spaghetti sauce or tomato soup from it, just add water. Or add it to soups. Winco is great.
Ditch the milk and cheese to buy other healthier things. No one gets diagnosed as protein deficient at the Dr.’s office. Shouldn’t be the first concern when creating meals.
WINCO stands for Washington, Idaho, Nevada, California and Oregon. Many, many of us are not lucky enough to have them. Here in northern New England our grocery prices are a lot higher than what we paid in Washington state.
Beans and Rice with Hot Water Corn Bread Patties, Vegetables Soup, Fried Rice with Carrots, Cabbage, Onions and Eggs, Sauted Cabbage with Fried Potates and Onions, Spinach and Scrambled Eggs. Banana Bread, Scalloped Potatoes with Cheese, Carrot Cake, Spaghetti with Sauce, Rice Pudding, Peanut Butter and Bananas, Chili with Rice and Hot Water Corn Bread.........many more meals
Oh and the selection of spices is pretty great. I bought 2 lbs of turmeric for under $3. Oh and most have fresh made peanut. Bulk oatmeal, whey, flax, chia. A lot of people stayed away from those right now but I'm not scared spices kill a lot of stuff and loaded on garlic bulbs. Lol just love garlic in general.
I would have to go to my .99 cent store or my Dollar Tree store first before doing my regular grocery shopping to see what they have they usually have better prices on canned items including soups & sauces. I can some times get great deals on produce at my .99cent store. I would plan to spend $5.00 - $10.00 at either Dollar tree or ,99cent store. I would buy a pack of 5 Ramen soup since they come with favor packets & save part of the favor packet to add to other things. At the Dollar Tree I would buy different kinds of boxed shelf staple milk (I like to keep at least 2 -3 boxes of shelf staple whole milk for my daughter & grandchildren for when they come over even if this that hasn't been that much) I always keep several different kinds of boxes of shelf staple milk in my emergency kit. I would buy a box of regular sugar & brown sugar & a bottle of corn syrup.
This is one of the better grocery budget videos. As it clearly states the amount for each item bought. I buy up on some vegetables when they are cheap. As I can freeze what I do not use that week. Onions, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, capsicum, pumpkin and zucchini all freeze and cook well when added to meals at a later date. I have not frozen potatoes, but there information online stating potatoes freeze well.
I have children (teens and older) who have everything from sensory disorder (certain food textures are unacceptable), food allergies, food sensitivities (not as bad as anaphylaxis) and add one more issue: one of them has some kind of as yet undiagnosed inflammatory disease and cannot eat gluten! Oh, and I'm vegan because I have gastritis and IBD but my symptoms go away when I don't eat meat, fish or any dairy products....
try doing that living in your car ,,It would be impossible ....Too many perishables... And surviving with just one gallon of milk a month is pretty funny milk doesn't last that long i spend about 20 a day and i feed my dog and me... the dog food along is 1.77 dollars a day... Also what do you drink tap water?not in az,,,, You wouldn't survive in Arizona you need to have bottled water of some kind.. i eat about twice a day.. Of course you couldn't keep any of that food because you need a refrigerator... Two bagels with cream cheese for breakfast 4.33 2 Subway sandwiches So I have lunch and dinner about $14 And the sandwich has meat and vegetables ... I'm here mainly because my sister chewed me out saying I'm spending too much money ,,easy for her to say she's living in her home. The only bills I have are minimal, car insurance,gas,food,10x10 storage unit,registration, a po box,yearly dog license, I don't even have a phone no one calls me anyway ,, And I thought I was doing well.Until she tells me I'm spending too much money she spends about what I spend and she's taken care of 2 other people...I'm sure she's lying about some of it ...she's the type that would.. Either way great video if you can do it
since we are retired now I have gone from planning & buying on the 10th & 25th of every month to planning & doing my grocery shopping every week. I first study the food ads Including my Grocery Outlet grocery store and make my list - now that might change if something is on the clearance shelves or my 1 local Save Mart always has a produce clearance cart at the back of their produce area or my Buy4Less store has some great items since they do not have anything online or ads
Watching in 2022 and drooling over the egg prices! One dozen often costs that much now, if not on a great sale. Maybe around $4ish on sale for a dozen.
The only thing for breakfast is eggs you can’t eat eggs every day for a month . Probably would of been a good idea to buy yeast so you could make bread for toast or French toast . I would of bought less spices and bought oatmeal for porridge
Your prices are amazing but this hasn’t proved anything. Unless you make the meals and show us what you eat every day it dosent mean anything. Also do you only drink water. Do these meals only do dinner or is this a whole day’s budget?
Oil is about as processed as it gets. Try sautéing in water. Absolutely no reason for cheese or eggs. Seems like a luxury that destroys the environment.
we would have to drive a long ways to get to a WINCO so would waste a lot of gas to save to buy small amount and not sure now with COVID that they still have bulk buying all our local stores have taken those out of their stores
You should remove no processed food from the title as there is a tonne of processed foods in that hall. Your diary, frozen spinach, tinned tomatoes, peanut butter, oil and flours are all processed foods.
Great video! I’d definitely be making lentil soup using carrots, onion, garlic, cumin, and I’d have to have a pinch of red pepper flakes. Rice on the side.
@@EyeCu482 Albertsons closed and alot of Randall's / Safeway stores have closed too. I can't believe all these stores keep closing with everyone moving to Texas! Help?!
I would definately make stuffed cabbage rolls. I would make a lentil chili. Stir fry would be on my menu. Baked potatoes would be happening. Lentil burgers could happen. Bean burgers could happen. Pasta faglioli would be on the menu. I personally wouldn't have bought any of the animal products (vegan for health reasons). I would have added in some frozen veggies. With a cannor bag of mixed veggies you could make a killer minestrone soup. I could definately make an onion soup with the stuff you have here. I didn't see any broths but with a little time you could make that. I would definately broil the bits and pieces of thebleft over veg and then make a stock out of them. Not sure what your plans are but this would be doable for me alone. As it is I spend about 20.00 a week on me and my son eats part of it. I do have a budget of 40.00 a week averaged (there are some weeks I go over and spend 50 and other weeks I spend 30). I do use instacart right now. So it will varry slightly. My son is not vegan or even vegetarian so we do spend money on his animal protiens.
I’d make Banana bread I think it can be done with four, eggs, milk or non, and baking soda/powder 😊 Baked Carrot fries but would be salty instead of sweet, spaghetti, roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes, cabbage soup, cabbage patties, vegetarian pot pie with the corn meal and cabbage, carrots, broccoli onion
Obviously this was made before this craziness of the pandemic. I still think that your ingredients here can be found but not in bulk bins because we don’t have them at this time. I will watch to how you used these items.
Yeah, prices are going crazy right now (especially meat.) Most of these items tend to be cheap no matter where you live or what time of year it is (or if there's a pandemic.)
I miss Winco. I love their petite diced canned tomatoes. Yes, their bulk section is fantastic. The closest one to me is Tracey California, 50 miles away or an eternity here in Palo Alto.
@@leticiab8789 That's probably why they don't have a Winco. Winco is generally supported by working class peeps. Too bad, too, since the cost of living is so high in Palo Alto that people there could use a break on their grocery bills. (I used to live in Silicon Valley, so I feel their pain.)
@@SarahLovesFood but if it's one of richest cities, not feeling the pinch like most of us, then no loss. They don't need a WinCo they can keep whole foods and Bristol farms. BTW, I shop like you but can't wait for dinner ideas since I know we'll get bored of mine soon during lockdown.
@@leticiab8789 That's my point, though. I'm living in one of the richer areas of the country myself, but I'm feeling the pinch. A lot of people in Palo Alto and surrounding areas live in vans or in their parents' houses because property there is so ridiculously expensive and not everyone there makes six figures. You still need working class people in cities like that to work as clerks in Whole Foods and cook burgers at Wendy's and give people manicures, and you need affordable housing and businesses for poorer people to patronize.
I designed the month for someone who's not addicted to caffeine 😂 I figured it's fair because in none of the other $10-week challenges I've seen has anyone taken caffeine into account. I could have afforded a 100-bag box of cheap tea if I hadn't bought the cabbage.
We shopped WinCo when we lived in California but we moved to Memphis TN and there is no WinCo here 😣. Groceries are quite expensive here because the savings store isn't stocked well at all. Also my son is a vegetarian and I forever look for new recipes for him. Thank you for sharing ☺️💓
Just love your videos! Am going to try the challenge but swapping out a few things. I'm allowing myself the use of my spices,etc as no one doesn't have a few basics on hand and there aren't any stores near me that sell bulk spices. Hope it's not too late to offer a month worth of menu plans using most of same ingredients...
Costco, Sam's Wholesale are our box stores, we also have Aldis. However, I watch the ads & get close to this local (of course I spend more "stocking up" on sale items)
Thank you for doing this for one person. I wish more people would think about single people , couples and empty nesters when making meal plans.
I agree. It's kind of disappointing when you can't find videos like this. It frustrates me at times because I am not the best cook and so when someone says a recipe calls for x amount, I'm not great at guessing how much to remove for just myself. 🤣🤦🏻♀️
OMG!! I need a Winco near me!! The only shop with a bulk section is Whole Paycheck aka Whole Foods.
WinCo IS awesome. I began doing the bulk shopping a few months ago AND man saving tons on rice, spices, cereals, pet food, pastas. Just go to $1 store and buy storage containers. I reuse my trader Joe's spice containers and grinders for whole spices. RIGHT NOW OUR WINCO IS DOING A GREAT JOB AT CROWD CONTROL AND KEEPING US CALM THAT SUPPLIES WILL NOT RUN OUT.
BUT still prepare.
I gave a feeling #45 and other govts are not being 100% honest. Or they are honestly clueless.
Regina Do you have a Smart and Final? Also I go to the 99 cents store.
High desert in California has a great winco.
Sprouts bulk section is less than Whole Foods
Yeah its more of a northwestern thing
Sarah, I have come back to this video because it was the first one that I saw that you did and the reason I followed you. With food prices being what they are, I'd genuinely love to see another month long budget video or even a week long taking the current prices of food into consideration!
I would swap out the flours, both white and wheat, for equal amounts of old fashioned oats. They make a decent flour sub if you have gluten sensitivities.
Thank you. I have celiac disease and the flour is NOT cheap and the textures are different too.
@@maam-yj8ph IDK if you have seen info about putting dry rice into a food grinder and grinding it into powder? I haven't verified it yet to see if that's how rice flour is made? But I do have 2 grandchildren who have Celiac disease so I did make a mental note to look before they come to visit.
I conduct workshops at my community center on how to save money shopping. Flour is an important component because you can make pancakes, noodles, bread, crackers... I think you did a fantastic job shopping and I look forward to more of your videos✨
Some of my super-cheap meals are pinto beans with homemade tortillas, masoor dal (curried red lentils) with rice, chana masala (curried chick peas) with roti (homemade flat bread), split pea soup with homemade whole wheat bread, brown rice and lentil pilaf. All of these can be made with your cheap veg -- onions, garlic, carrots, cabbage, canned tomatoes. I think you will also be more satisfied if you base your main meals on a legume rather than a starch. I see recommendations in the comments for things like vegetable- potato soup, and while they're delicious, they won't keep you satisfied for long. Lentil soup would be better.
Wow the bulk items are so cheap!
Himalayan salt at under a dollar per pound. Get to one and bulk up.
I'd make lentil soup with dumplings (dumplings can easily be made with flour, a little of your milk, oil, baking powder). Thanks for making this video!
I searched for a Winco and the closest one is 800 miles away! hahahahahaha I think this is the first one of these challenges that actually cooks the way I personally cook. Exclusively dried beans. Making your own bread products. "Bulk" seasonings. Looking forward to watching the other videos in this series!
Can’t wait to see the upcoming videos. I appreciate the thought and precision that you put into these. I’m mostly following because I want to be more conscious about food waste- I get so lazy about food prep I end up throwing away food. Plus I just love these challenges!
PS I live 22 miles east of Seattle. I go to the Kent Winco when I am down in that area, but it’s pretty far away. This video helps me to better plan for a monthly shop.
Hi Sarah!... I have watched several of your videos... because I too love to be able to save on costs of food in general. Just a few tips you may find helpful... (as will others too!)... If you have a freezer... (which you clearly are using from some of your comments - you can actually make your food last even better!)... Cheese - grated and zip bag sealed will last extremely well... and is a lot easier to use when making meals!... No need to keep it in a large chunk! You can even use that for sandwiches...if you make pan toasted ones... or melt the cheese under the grill! The vegetables.... should all be processed on the day you buy them!... I live in a hot climate ...and quite frankly this is the only way to ensure that one does not waste food!.... Carrots (unless one is making a salad!) can be sliced, cubed and cut into sticks and frozen in zip lock bags in those shapes.... for variation. Butternut squash can be peeled, cut into 2" rings (or cubed) and frozen. Onions diced or sliced freeze well in bags too!... Cabbage can be shredded and zip lock bagged - lasts for weeks like this - in fact I have used cabbage about 2 months later! Non of the above veg need blanching!... Another great tip - if one has access to fresh herbs... chop up finely... and freeze in separate bags. No compromised flavours occur - and even sprinkled on salad.... from frozen are totally acceptable! (One can use small quantities as you need them ... better still freeze in ice trays and then bag the cubes) Do this also with lemons or oranges if you have a glut or get them for free. You can take out a cube or two at a time! Green Beans need to be blanched in hot water.... cooled and then frozen when cold! But are great for soups, and stews - and even for a side veg. (cook from frozen state!)... Spinach or kale can be boiled - then cooled and water gently squeezed before freezing. Bag in zip lock bags in a tennis ball size You can freeze several in one bag... and take out what you need for a meal. allow to semi defrost at room temp.... and either leave as is... adding to a dish... or fried up in a little oil or butter with seasoning. Or, shredded at this stage and added to soup or a casserole! Roll out your home made pasta dough thinner before cutting up... leave to dry for a few hours on a tray covered with a clean kitchen cloth and sprinkled with a little extra flour (which is not expensive in any case!) can be stored in a glass bottle and used over a week without it spoiling - the extra flour will help to keep it drier! Home made gnocci can be similarly spread after cutting up on a tray.... and sprinkled with a little flour (or semolina flour even better!) pack in flat layers with a bit of either surround wrap or baking paper and freeze in a sealed plastic container. You can make a large batch... and take out what you need for a meal - cook from frozen. You can freeze your crepes rolled up individually on a tray - then packed into plastic containers when frozen. Use what you need for a meal.... allowing them to thaw on a counter a few hours before you need them. They can be used to make filled canneloni too for a savoury version! Cooked pancakes can be frozen in batches too!... Scones and muffins can also be made in batches and frozen. Take out what you need and defost for 20secs in microwave. Pop into an oven (or heat in microwave for 30 secs after defrost!).... Eat immediately! Make up veg and meat stock soups and freeze!
These are all excellent ideas. I will definitely be stealing some. Thank you.
Thats so nice
Lilywhyte Wallis you should keep sharing more tips like these .. Very useful . Thank you
I used to make a big breakfast on Sunday. I always made enough pancakes to be frozen for the week. Though they can be microwaved, everyone preferred to put them in the toaster for a crunchy outside.
I can't wait to see what you come up with these ingredients for a whole month. I can see me making banana bread and white bread. Spaghetti meal is definitely must. I suppose bean quesadilla.... salad, too. Potatoes can be used for many different dishes. I'll be looking forward to your wonderful meal creations👍😁
I am seriously impressed. Nothing bugs me more than when people do a low budget challenge and it has meat in it? Did you buy any oats? I can't wait to see what you actually make!!!! I would make cabbage casserole. One can of the tomato sauce, half the cabbage, 1/3 cup of rice, add spices such as Italian seasoning and cumin, salt, pepper and add 1/2 cup of cooked lentils instead of meat. Don't forget half an onion and some garlic. Throw it all in the oven at 350 for 90 minutes.
Some people eat meat. It is a personal choice.
Wow, this took a lot of planning and thought; great job! Love this and I'm excited for more videos! I'd definitely do a curry, a potato soup, or a veggie soup with potatoes and cabbage, etc and of course spaghetti is always a good standby.
I just moved to Puyallup from the Washington DC area and I’m shocked at how much groceries are out here. I miss Aldo so much, I’ll have to check out Winco more, the costs of the bulk goods are really impressive!
And we Canadians are shocked at how cheap things are in Bellingham compared to Canada!!!!!!
Alicia my oldest son was in the military there. FYI. Check out the differences between Pierce County and King County. Stay safe.
Same here, moved from DC metro area. I miss Aldi and the various international markets. Food is much more here, which is surprising because we come from an expensive area!
“I live close to Seattle.” Then shows a clip of it raining as she’s walking into the store.
Yes, yes you do live close to Seattle.
A good idea that I do and I dont see done much- You can use rice as a pasta,I like to use rice instead in a creamy tomato sauce that I prefer over spaghetti. And you can also do a Chicken rice soup and cook it like you would chicken noodle,I prefer the textures a lot better myself!
You just got a new subscriber. This is very inspirational for me, I am trying hard to save money and have been killing my budget over the grocery aspect. Thanks!
This video needs an inflation update !
Imagine what you could buy If you didn't buy the diary!🍉🍅🥝🍆🥦🍓🍍🥐🥖🥜🥑🙏
Almond milk is stupid expensive too. I hate that the only sell it in huge containers and then you end up wasting half of it because it goes bad in 7 days they say. It's a joke. It's like they know that you won't drink it all in seven days and they sell it in the big containers despite that. There's only one kind of Paleo cereal that I've found and the only other added thing that I use it for is when I make chai or a smoothie.
That's what I want to know what did you make that would take you through an entire month worth of eating on what you have there. I don't believe that you didn't get food from somewhere else or went hungry.
I think if you spent $45-$48 you could even get more fruit! Like apples and maybe blueberries! (So you would eat your bananas week 1, blueberries week 2, apples week 3-4
Awesome video! I am trying to cut down on my spending on groceries I was spending over $100 for just me in a week. So I’m giving myself the $100 for a month I follow a vegan diet so I’m excited to get some ideas from your videos!
I would make bread, fried rice, fried potatoes, sprouted lentil salads, French toast, egg salad sandwiches...
I see videos where people spend $10 for 1 week of groceries instead $40 a month. Bulk shopping definitely gets you the best deals and the most calories for your budget. I appreciate that you take health and and caloric consumption seriously.
Have you ever considered doing a video for a weeks worth of meals where people might have their electricity shut off?
I like that you added the spice ingredients in this haul. Many people literally have the X amount of money and may not have much at home but salt and pepper. Those who do have some pieces may buy a meat option to add.
Crystal Sanaei I like my meat 🥩
Can0la 0il.....is n0t healthy.....as I understand.
This looks like you are going to be able to make a lot of really good food I'm looking forward to watching this
i cant help but to STAN
I'd add turnips and boil with the carrots, it's a side from the UK. Drain, put in some butter and mix! Yum!
I've been looking for pork to put into the beans at the crock pot. I only found two pieces last payday so I made 2 pots of beans this past few weeks. Thankfully I have stocked up on canned beans and I'm trying to organize a small apartment. I've been looking for a new freezer bc I read that there won't be any Black Friday sales this year due to the shutdown.
That's a well rounded group of ingredients! Good job! I live in NY & have never seen 60 eggs on sale anywhere! I can easily buy a dozen eggs for more than you paid for 60. $40 is not even enough for 1 week in my location. I typically spend $80 - 100 per week & buy mostly organic, gluten-free and include chicken & grass fed beef. It all adds up.
Yup, I usually buy better quality stuff than this and spend much more money.
I'd love someone from Canada to make a video like this. There's no way this food would cost us $40 😭
I've been thinking about making a video like thia with Superstore prices.
Food in Canada is so much more expensive, even when you consider the exchange rate. But Bulk Barn is a great place to buy tiny amounts of spices, though, so no money or product wasted.
Buy oats and make your own oat milk. Also, I would get 4 bags of lentils or pinto beans instead of the cheese, or a jar of peanut butter (if you're vegan). Or some frozen mixed vegetables. Small cans of cheap tomato paste are good. You can make spaghetti sauce or tomato soup from it, just add water. Or add it to soups. Winco is great.
Ditch the milk and cheese to buy other healthier things. No one gets diagnosed as protein deficient at the Dr.’s office. Shouldn’t be the first concern when creating meals.
What i would like see is the 3 meals a day for 4 weeks that you bought for $40.00 making everything stretch for that long.
I did just that! Check the other videos in the playlist. 😀
WINCO stands for Washington, Idaho, Nevada, California and Oregon. Many, many of us are not lucky enough to have them. Here in northern New England our grocery prices are a lot higher than what we paid in Washington state.
Hi, This is so cool! Just not doable in Canada. I'm going to try though. Thanks !
Beans and Rice with Hot Water Corn Bread Patties, Vegetables Soup, Fried Rice with Carrots, Cabbage, Onions and Eggs, Sauted Cabbage with Fried Potates and Onions, Spinach and Scrambled Eggs. Banana Bread, Scalloped Potatoes with Cheese, Carrot Cake, Spaghetti with Sauce, Rice Pudding, Peanut Butter and Bananas, Chili with Rice and Hot Water Corn Bread.........many more meals
I wish we had a winco in the Uk or an option to buy small amounts of spices etc at our supermarkets. Looks really handy
Oh and the selection of spices is pretty great. I bought 2 lbs of turmeric for under $3. Oh and most have fresh made peanut. Bulk oatmeal, whey, flax, chia. A lot of people stayed away from those right now but I'm not scared spices kill a lot of stuff and loaded on garlic bulbs. Lol just love garlic in general.
@Jules : try to find ras-el-hanout in Arabic groceries. It is a cheap spice mix that goes with almost everything !
Check out atomic shrimp on youtube - he shows places that sell just one of produce, so he can create challenges also. Love his show!
I would have to go to my .99 cent store or my Dollar Tree store first before doing my regular grocery shopping to see what they have they usually have better prices on canned items including soups & sauces. I can some times get great deals on produce at my .99cent store. I would plan to spend $5.00 - $10.00 at either Dollar tree or ,99cent store. I would buy a pack of 5 Ramen soup since they come with favor packets & save part of the favor packet to add to other things. At the Dollar Tree I would buy different kinds of boxed shelf staple milk (I like to keep at least 2 -3 boxes of shelf staple whole milk for my daughter & grandchildren for when they come over even if this that hasn't been that much) I always keep several different kinds of boxes of shelf staple milk in my emergency kit. I would buy a box of regular sugar & brown sugar & a bottle of corn syrup.
This is one of the better grocery budget videos. As it clearly states the amount for each item bought. I buy up on some vegetables when they are cheap. As I can freeze what I do not use that week. Onions, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, capsicum, pumpkin and zucchini all freeze and cook well when added to meals at a later date. I have not frozen potatoes, but there information online stating potatoes freeze well.
I have children (teens and older) who have everything from sensory disorder (certain food textures are unacceptable), food allergies, food sensitivities (not as bad as anaphylaxis) and add one more issue: one of them has some kind of as yet undiagnosed inflammatory disease and cannot eat gluten! Oh, and I'm vegan because I have gastritis and IBD but my symptoms go away when I don't eat meat, fish or any dairy products....
try doing that living in your car ,,It would be impossible ....Too many perishables... And surviving with just one gallon of milk a month is pretty funny milk doesn't last that long i spend about 20 a day and i feed my dog and me... the dog food along is 1.77 dollars a day... Also what do you drink tap water?not in az,,,, You wouldn't survive in Arizona you need to have bottled water of some kind.. i eat about twice a day.. Of course you couldn't keep any of that food because you need a refrigerator... Two bagels with cream cheese for breakfast 4.33 2 Subway sandwiches So I have lunch and dinner about $14 And the sandwich has meat and vegetables ... I'm here mainly because my sister chewed me out saying I'm spending too much money ,,easy for her to say she's living in her home. The only bills I have are minimal, car insurance,gas,food,10x10 storage unit,registration, a po box,yearly dog license, I don't even have a phone no one calls me anyway ,, And I thought I was doing well.Until she tells me I'm spending too much money she spends about what I spend and she's taken care of 2 other people...I'm sure she's lying about some of it ...she's the type that would.. Either way great video if you can do it
since we are retired now I have gone from planning & buying on the 10th & 25th of every month to planning & doing my grocery shopping every week. I first study the food ads Including my Grocery Outlet grocery store and make my list - now that might change if something is on the clearance shelves or my 1 local Save Mart always has a produce clearance cart at the back of their produce area or my Buy4Less store has some great items since they do not have anything online or ads
Watching in 2022 and drooling over the egg prices! One dozen often costs that much now, if not on a great sale. Maybe around $4ish on sale for a dozen.
The only thing for breakfast is eggs you can’t eat eggs every day for a month . Probably would of been a good idea to buy yeast so you could make bread for toast or French toast . I would of bought less spices and bought oatmeal for porridge
Your prices are amazing but this hasn’t proved anything. Unless you make the meals and show us what you eat every day it dosent mean anything. Also do you only drink water.
Do these meals only do dinner or is this a whole day’s budget?
That’s $100 worth of groceries not $40. Sadly the price of food went up
Oil is about as processed as it gets. Try sautéing in water. Absolutely no reason for cheese or eggs. Seems like a luxury that destroys the environment.
Frozen veg can be very cheap (0.80€/kg) too and if you don't have a freezer buy them weekly and cook them at once
Liver paste can be really cheap and its super nutritous (3€/kg where i live makes about $1.5/lb)
we would have to drive a long ways to get to a WINCO so would waste a lot of gas to save to buy small amount and not sure now with COVID that they still have bulk buying all our local stores have taken those out of their stores
You should remove no processed food from the title as there is a tonne of processed foods in that hall. Your diary, frozen spinach, tinned tomatoes, peanut butter, oil and flours are all processed foods.
If you have packets from past take out meals can you include that in your plans since I have those and a cupboard full of seasoning & spice
Love!
I budget $200 for 3 people my kids could not give up there chicken and burger.
Great video! I’d definitely be making lentil soup using carrots, onion, garlic, cumin, and I’d have to have a pinch of red pepper flakes. Rice on the side.
this video was pre covid I am in Calif. now we are not allowed to bring our own bags & they charge us for the bags at some stores
More than 4 minutes in your intro is way too long. I was tempted to just leave your page
This is my groceries per week. 2 onions per month? I don't see the cooking oil on your list.
Sarah I love your shopping but what do you make with these items
I live in a rural Texas town...I'd love to have a store like Winco and their bulk bins...love your videos
Kroger has bulk bins, also Sprouts.
Several in the DFW Metro now and hopefully Winco is planning to grow into other Texas cities 🚚
@@EyeCu482 Albertsons closed and alot of Randall's / Safeway stores have closed too. I can't believe all these stores keep closing with everyone moving to Texas! Help?!
Now this is what I'm talking about. Thank you!
tomato sauce,cheese,peanut butter
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I would definately make stuffed cabbage rolls. I would make a lentil chili. Stir fry would be on my menu. Baked potatoes would be happening. Lentil burgers could happen. Bean burgers could happen. Pasta faglioli would be on the menu.
I personally wouldn't have bought any of the animal products (vegan for health reasons). I would have added in some frozen veggies. With a cannor bag of mixed veggies you could make a killer minestrone soup. I could definately make an onion soup with the stuff you have here. I didn't see any broths but with a little time you could make that. I would definately broil the bits and pieces of thebleft over veg and then make a stock out of them.
Not sure what your plans are but this would be doable for me alone. As it is I spend about 20.00 a week on me and my son eats part of it. I do have a budget of 40.00 a week averaged (there are some weeks I go over and spend 50 and other weeks I spend 30). I do use instacart right now. So it will varry slightly. My son is not vegan or even vegetarian so we do spend money on his animal protiens.
I did make a broth out of the veggie scraps... In fact, I outlined everything in 4 more videos in this series. 😁
This is an incredible video. You were so considerate and covered all grounds
I’d make Banana bread I think it can be done with four, eggs, milk or non, and baking soda/powder 😊 Baked Carrot fries but would be salty instead of sweet, spaghetti, roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes, cabbage soup, cabbage patties, vegetarian pot pie with the corn meal and cabbage, carrots, broccoli onion
fried rice! banana muffins, potato carrot soup, lots of fried eggs
Learn to make your own bread. Saves so much money
Can you do this for gluten free and fodmap people please? Thanks.
you should eat more fruit and veg sarah
Going to college this fall. This will help haha
I like that she included spices, herbs and oil. Which you need to add flavor food.
Why do you call yourself a food snob in the other video? I see nothing special about these foods.
That's the point. This video was how to eat on a very small budget. Ordinarily, I'm a lot snobbier with my food and I spend much more money.
U have no idea how I love this video!!
I know I"m late to the party but cabbage and rice with cumin and ginger really good.
Of course the food won't go bad, the amount of veg you have there is what I eat in two days.
I normally eat a lot of veggies, too. They're expensive, though, so whenever I do extreme budgeting videos like this, I lean more towards grains.
Obviously this was made before this craziness of the pandemic. I still think that your ingredients here can be found but not in bulk bins because we don’t have them at this time. I will watch to how you used these items.
Yeah, prices are going crazy right now (especially meat.) Most of these items tend to be cheap no matter where you live or what time of year it is (or if there's a pandemic.)
I love that you added in the calorie counts. Looking forward to the meals you made
Great video and I can tell a lot of planning. Those prices....wow...just a dream for me!
Would have brought a couple more onions
Winco has the best prices in Southern California!
I miss Winco. I love their petite diced canned tomatoes. Yes, their bulk section is fantastic. The closest one to me is Tracey California, 50 miles away or an eternity here in Palo Alto.
For a little while, I was living about 30 minutes away from a Winco and I'd still go there once every few months to stock up on bulk dry goods. 😀
Palo Alto needs a WinCo? Isn't one of richest Cali cities?
@@leticiab8789 That's probably why they don't have a Winco. Winco is generally supported by working class peeps. Too bad, too, since the cost of living is so high in Palo Alto that people there could use a break on their grocery bills. (I used to live in Silicon Valley, so I feel their pain.)
@@SarahLovesFood but if it's one of richest cities, not feeling the pinch like most of us, then no loss. They don't need a WinCo they can keep whole foods and Bristol farms.
BTW, I shop like you but can't wait for dinner ideas since I know we'll get bored of mine soon during lockdown.
@@leticiab8789 That's my point, though. I'm living in one of the richer areas of the country myself, but I'm feeling the pinch. A lot of people in Palo Alto and surrounding areas live in vans or in their parents' houses because property there is so ridiculously expensive and not everyone there makes six figures. You still need working class people in cities like that to work as clerks in Whole Foods and cook burgers at Wendy's and give people manicures, and you need affordable housing and businesses for poorer people to patronize.
Thank youu!! ❤❤
So cool this is veggie-friendly!
WINCO stands for Washington, Idaho, Nevada, California, Oregon
I think they have stores in Utah as well.
Huh, cool! Never knew it was an acronym. It's definitely in more states than that, too.
WINCO is in Arizona too.
we just got some last year in Oklahoma
We have them here in Texas too. I've just recently discovered this. 🙂
@@meme1star yep, unfortunately it's not in southern Texas yet.
We have WINCO where I live and can already tell you it would be less for me. You paid a lot for milk, potatoes, cheese, and eggs.
Where is this store? Wha try store is it?
Just look up "Winco" on a map ap and see where your closest one is. They have stores all over the US, but there might not be one near you.
LOVE Winco! Where's the TEA?!?😱
I designed the month for someone who's not addicted to caffeine 😂 I figured it's fair because in none of the other $10-week challenges I've seen has anyone taken caffeine into account. I could have afforded a 100-bag box of cheap tea if I hadn't bought the cabbage.
We shopped WinCo when we lived in California but we moved to Memphis TN and there is no WinCo here 😣. Groceries are quite expensive here because the savings store isn't stocked well at all.
Also my son is a vegetarian and I forever look for new recipes for him. Thank you for sharing ☺️💓
Just love your videos! Am going to try the challenge but swapping out a few things. I'm allowing myself the use of my spices,etc as no one doesn't have a few basics on hand and there aren't any stores near me that sell bulk spices. Hope it's not too late to offer a month worth of menu plans using most of same ingredients...
Very inspiring. Smart woman. Keep it up. Love your cats. Good wife.
Costco, Sam's Wholesale are our box stores, we also have Aldis. However, I watch the ads & get close to this local (of course I spend more "stocking up" on sale items)
Have you seen rain dove's vid on how to eat for 2 months on 1 month's worth of food stamps?
New to your videos- very thoughtful planning-
I just subscribed, really like your channel 💕💐
I miss WinCo. I’m a huge fan of their deli department. 🤩
You got 60 eggs THAT cheaply?? Wooooowza
We can't buy bulk food as pick and choose like that in my area.
where do you live ...your food prices are very cheap
Just found your channel and am really enjoying your content! Can't wait to see what you create with these ingredients!