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Coco's Universe
Германия
Добавлен 27 мар 2011
Hi! :)
My name is Coco and I live in Germany. My videos are mainly about living zero waste and sustainability, but I might throw in a travel video once in a while. Hope you enjoy them!
If you have questions about life in Germany, feel free to ask whenever you want! :)
For business inquiries only:
theuniverseofcoco@gmail.com
My name is Coco and I live in Germany. My videos are mainly about living zero waste and sustainability, but I might throw in a travel video once in a while. Hope you enjoy them!
If you have questions about life in Germany, feel free to ask whenever you want! :)
For business inquiries only:
theuniverseofcoco@gmail.com
☀️🏝️🍧 Experience summer with all your senses :) 🏄♀️ 🍷 🍧
It is the middle of August - summer is nearly over!!😱 To make sure this is a great summer, I wrote myself a bucket list with everything I want to do and experience - with all my senses. 👍
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HEALTHY GROCERY HAUL ON A BUDGET - LIDL - JULY 2024
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Life is crazy at the moment, there's so much to do...but there should always be time for a little visit at Lidl. :) Time stamps:0:00 Intro 1:59 Shopping 7:23 Haul 16:58 What I eat in a week - sort of... 19:47 Outro
BUFFET ON A BUDGET - ONLY 25 € - Extremely Frugal
Просмотров 381Месяц назад
The European Football Championship is on and you have a gathering of friends to watch it? You need a party buffet that doesn't break the bank? I got you covered. With only 25 € we can cook something fancy, something sweet, something savoury, something filling AND bake a cake! And you can make everything yourself within three hours! Sounds too good to be true? Not at all. :) Time stamps: 0:00 In...
WEEK 4 - LIVING ON 100 € A MONTH - REALISTIC FRUGAL BUDGET
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This is the Grand Finale!! Did I make it through a whole month with only 100 €? Did I starve?! And most importantly: What did I eat this week? :) Questions over questions... Find your answers - here! Recipes: Mexican Rice Salad biancazapatka.com/en/mexican-rice-salad/ Taco Shells biancazapatka.com/en/homemade-tortillas-recipe/#recipe Taco Fillings ruclips.net/video/OjKrKD_Xbco/видео.html (aroun...
WEEK 3 - LIVING ON 100 € A MONTH - REALISTIC FRUGAL BUDGET
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We are in week 3 of my "Living on 100 € a month" challenge, and some of the recipes in this video are hands down my favorite ones so far. Enjoy! :) Time stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:44 What is left - Ingredients 3:40 Haul 8:05 Breakfast 17:17 Meal 1 20:58 Meal 2 23:44 Meal 3 25:52 Meal 4 27:19 Big Hug and Outro Recipes: - Banana Bread: biancazapatka.com/en/the-best-vegan-banana-bread/ - Quiche: www.pic...
WEEK 2 - LIVING ON 100 € A MONTH - REALISTIC FRUGAL BUDGET
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Last week I started to live on 100 € a month - and two weeks in, I have to say: I love it! :) Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:41 Haul 5:36 Breakfast 7:49 Meal 1 9:17 Meal 2 10:14 Meal 3 14:25 Meal 4 16:20 Meal 5 19:27 Outro
LIVING ON 100 € A MONTH - REALISTIC FRUGAL BUDGET - ZERO WASTE - WEEK 1
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Budget Challenges are sometimes quite extreme - and that's why we like them and watch them. But if you don't want to be that extreme and have a bit of extra wiggle room in your budget, why not try to live on 100 € a month? It's still pretty frugal, you can save a lot of money, but you can be a bit more relaxed about your budget. And since one of my viewers specifically asked about such a realis...
LIVING FOR FREE FOR A WEEK IN 2024 - OR: Accidentally living on 10 € a week
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The ultimate challenge: Living a week for free! And I had an absolute waterproof plan... until everything went wrong...
LIVING ON 1 € A DAY FOR A WEEK IN 2024 - EXTREME EMERGENCY GROCERY BUDGET
Просмотров 4,1 тыс.3 месяца назад
After Living on 25/15/10 € a week, I did try the ultimate challenge: I tried to live on 1 € a day, in the year of 2024, after three years of inflation. Did I succeed? See for yourself. :) Chickpea and Rice Tortilla soup by Pick Up Limes: www.pickuplimes.com/recipe/chickpea-and-rice-tortilla-soup-585
Romantic Heidelberg | A perfect day!
Просмотров 1644 месяца назад
Have you heard of romantic Heidelberg? No? Well, come with me on a perfect day there, with visits to the Castle, the Karzer and the Old Town, and beautiful fireworks in the evening. Enjoy! :) Music: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: incompetech.com/m...
LIVING ON 10 € A WEEK IN 2024 | Extreme Food Challenge |
Просмотров 4,6 тыс.4 месяца назад
Food prices are still going up, and living on a budget has become much harder. Is is still possible to live on 10 € a week in Germany? Let's find out together. :) Time stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:35 Shopping 2:19 Haul 5:14 Breakfast 15:46 Meal 1 18:14 Meal 2 19:41 Meal 3 23:04 Bonus Meal 24:09 Remaining Ingredients 24:48 Waste 25:51 Outro
BALCONY MAKEOVER - I tried to be like Hannah Lee Duggan. :)
Просмотров 1724 месяца назад
Spring is coming, and I want to give my balcony a makeover. Thank goodness I watch hannahleeduggan, who inspired me to just try to build something, even though I don't have any experience. :) Music: Merry Go - Silent Film Light by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html...
LIVING ON 15 € A WEEK IN 2024 - Organic and Zero Waste! | Extreme food Challenge |
Просмотров 6 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Inflation has had us in her grip for more than a year now - and although prices for electricity and gas are going down in Germany, the prices for groceries are still increasing. Is it possible to survive on 15 € a week in Germany in 2024? Time stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:44 Shopping 2:17 Haul 4:59 Breakfast 7:34 Meal No. 1 14:37 Meal No. 2 16:49 Meal No. 3 18:12 How much waste? 19:32 Outro
What we do in the shadows - A day at the theater. :)
Просмотров 855 месяцев назад
If you ever wanted to know what is going on backstage in a theater: Let me show you! Our theater group has been working on a play for the last two months and I'll take you with me on the day of dress rehearsal. Enjoy! :) Music: "The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
5 money saving tips to save hundreds on your next vacation!
Просмотров 1515 месяцев назад
You should go on vacation, but you shouldn't spend more money than necessary. Even on your dream vacation it is possible to save hundreds with these 5 easy tips! :) Photo of Tropical Islands Dome: Ralf Roletschek / Roletschek.at Music: The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
*Realistic* Zero Waste Shopping at REWE
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*Realistic* Zero Waste Shopping at REWE
How to save money - Daily Strategies in terms of Housing, Transportation, Food and Clothes
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How to save money - Daily Strategies in terms of Housing, Transportation, Food and Clothes
How to save 10K on a low income (Money Saving Tips)
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How to save 10K on a low income (Money Saving Tips)
Winter Ambience Forest | Snowfall | Meditative Music for Sleep and Relaxation
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Winter Ambience Forest | Snowfall | Meditative Music for Sleep and Relaxation
Everything I achieved in 6 months of YouTube
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Everything I achieved in 6 months of RUclips
10 Things NOT to do during a Guided Tour - A Tour Guide explains
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10 Things NOT to do during a Guided Tour - A Tour Guide explains
Cooking a Christmas Feast from Food Waste - Extreme Food Challenge -
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Cooking a Christmas Feast from Food Waste - Extreme Food Challenge -
Living on LESS than 25 € a week - Zero Waste! | Extreme Food Challenge |
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Living on LESS than 25 € a week - Zero Waste! | Extreme Food Challenge |
12 Eco friendly gifts for Christmas 2023
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12 Eco friendly gifts for Christmas 2023
Thank you! Love your summer bucket list. It's those 'small' but o so special things that make your summer. For me it's the same. The warmth of the sun on your skin, getting out in the rain (well..drizzle), washing from the line outside, fresh strawberries from the allotment. Have a lovely summer!
Thank you, you too!! :D
Love your videos!!! How did your play go?
So glad to hear that!! :D It went well, thank you for asking! I enjoyed it very much and we had quite a big audience. :)
Great video made me think. Bbq in the garden with all the family
Yes!! I love barbecues! Should have put that on the list. :)
I like the summertime but i like the autum and the winter more I like to be outside when its very could or windy
I like autumn as well, but winter...nah. ^^
Thank you so very much for the summer update. I hope that you are continuing to have fun and enjoying yourself in that last month of summer that is left in the year. I go for a morning walk of 45 minutes each morning (between 5-5:30 AM in the summer due to the heat and in the cooler/colder months around 10 AM) I have not missed a single day since November 2019. I have all sorts of weather gear so even though I look foolish to others it keeps me dry. Your balcony looks really cozy and picturesque for living in the city and the added bonus of being able to container plant vegetables is wonderful!
Enjoy your walks! That sounds awesome and really healthy. :) In German we have a saying, 'Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur schlechte Kleidung.' = 'There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.' Maybe you have German ancestors? ;)
Olive oil prices are also crazy in Australia. We are not vegan but I have a serious dairy allergy, but not my husband. We both love vegan Magnum. Husband prefers the vegan Magnum over dairy Magnum as it is much creamier.
avocados are generally ripe when the stem joint becomes tan/brown instead of green and it will yield slightly to pressure
Thank you! I did not know about the stem. I check if they are soft, but I'm scared to do damage, so the stem thing helps a lot! :)
So interesting how the prices of the veggies differ back in Europe compared to the US, those radishes and tomatoes were super cheap, but the bananas expensive! I lived in Bavaria and worked as an English teacher, so love all your grocery store videos, they bring back nice memories of my youth. Olive oil prices through the roof here too, so it seems to be a global issue, I guess it's tied to the war and lack of sunflower oil and the bad harvest. Lack of shampoo bars is probably because of the oil price hikes too. I had to close my shampoo bar business earlier this year after being in business for 8 years, as the price for oils was so high it was no longer financially viable. So sad, but moving on to other things, including creating jewelry from recycle materials, which I love! Keeping plastic and metal out of the ocean! <3 Recycling here when I live ( a small town in the US) is part of our trash collection and we have one bin for regular garbage and one for recyclables. The town also collects lawn clippings and organic waste every Wednesday which they use to create fertilizer for the local parks, we are very blessed to have that here.
Well bananas are grown in the US and around the Pacific Ocean and in eastern Asia. All the bananas in Europe travel halfway around the world to get there so they're pricey.
@@katv1195 From store brands, not bio or fairtrade, you can find bananas for 1,29€ / kg. Which makes bananas the cheapest fruit in Germany
How much are bananas in US for a killogram?
@@riolagutin5870 It depends on the location and store, but you can find them 29 cents a pound in most places.
@@katv1195 Yep, but radishes and tomatoes are grown here too and they aren't cheap.😞
The olive oil is due to bad harvest. As someone of Italian heritage, I got lucky and bought my year supply of oil right before the prices were raised because of this. I’m gonna cry if prices go up next year cause it’s one of my few ‘I need this on hand at all times’ things.
Yes the weird weather is ruining many harvests. Coffee and tomatoes were also hit badly last year which is why the prices were high for a while.
I live in the USA. Recycling varies by city. Some cities make it easy others make it hard. We take our recyclables to the recycling bins which require a car because it’s 3 miles away, which is about 5km. My city is not walkable and about twice a month a pedestrian dies on the main road by my house. So as much as I’d like to make it a priority it’s not. I live in a street the connects the bay to the beach so I would think they’d want to protect it.
Yes, recycling can be quite hard. :/ Here in Germany it seems easy, but a lot of what we put into the recycling bin is actually being burned, which is why I try to avoid plastic completely. I don't always succeed, but I try. :)
Here in belgium have almost all the plastics a recyclesymbol that i can put in the recyclebag
Here in Germany, too - but unfortunately most of the plastic that ends up in a recycling plant here in Germany is not actually being recycled, but burned. So I try to avoid plastic altogether. :)
@@CocosUniverse i try to buy no plastics Here they make shoppingbag from bottles
That's awesome! All we can do is try! :)
Lovely!!
Thank you!! :)
These prices are unheard of in the States. I think I need to move! 💛😅
:D
Looked scrumptious!
Thank you, Monique!! :)
Looks very tasty.
Thank you, Samantha! :)
Well done🌸
Thank.you! :)
Thank you for showing us all that entertaining is affordable. A lovely menu
My pleasure! Glad you like it. :)
It’s interesting to me the way things are pronounced in other places! The way you say ‘tahini’ is how this Mexican spice blend is pronounced and it’s spelled ‘tajin’. I’m in the US so for us, we say tahini with equal emphasis on each part of the word (I think, proper grammar rules was never my strong suit lol)
To be honest, since it's not a German word, there are several ways to say it. I've heard Tahin as well as Tahini and even Tahina - I guess since we don't have the spice blend, Tahin is just the shortest way to say it. ^^
@@CocosUniverse that’s why it’s interesting to me, I think. That we are so globally connected now and the allowances/changes to words to fit in better with a language halfway across the globe and the little things that can affect it, like a spice blend being available in one place and not the other.
Well...what can I say??? Another EXCELLENT video! I need to learn to not watch your videos before mealtime because I have my tongue out the entire time because I am hungry 😂 I really appreciate all of your hard work in showing the procedures and the "tips" that you have learned yourself.
@@markritacco270 Thank you soo much, Mark!! Your appreciation means so much to me!! :)
@@CocosUniverse 🥳
Wow! You did a fabulous job! It all looks so fancy and delicious too!
Thank you so much! That really means a lot to me!! :)
Elkos and Nature Box brands use ingredients such as SLS, sodium benzoate, Polyquaternium-7 and more. Please don't be tricked by their packaging. So many dangerous and toxic ingredients. As someone who is highly sensitive to sodium benzoate, I learned to read ingredients on packaging! Watch out for your safety and health! Better to make your own products easily and environmentally friendly if that is your passion, without so much chemical junk.
I honestly didn't know these ingredients were problematic, but I'll look into it!
Worcestershire sauce is not veggie/vegan friendly x
There are vegan Worcestershire sauces available - I know the original recipe uses fish as an ingredient, but most Worcestershire sauces on the German Market are vegan. :)
@@CocosUniverse Then it isn't Worcestershire x
Great tips!
Thank you!! :)
I came across this video When you say you live on $100 month,what does that cover? Groceries?
Yes, only groceries, nothing else. I have made a lot of grocery budget challenge videos before that video, which is why I didn't feel the need to specify. :)
Excellent challenge
Thank you!! :)
Can you make a video with very quick meals?
Sure I can! Thank you for the suggestion! :) Do you like pasta? I hope you like pasta, because there's gonna bei pasta in that video. ^^
@@CocosUniverse who doesn’t? Its such a big category. Cool, you are welcome 😊 You make nice videos!
@@rio8529 Thank you!! :)
Really enjoyed this series! Lots of inspiration 😃
Glad to hear it! Thank you!! :)
Ich drehe hier bald durch vor Freude…. Du thematisierst hier einfach eines meiner Lieblingsthemen nach dem anderen 😮😊❤❤ Grüße aus Hannover von Katja❤
Das freut mich so sehr!! 😍 Liebe Grüße zurück!!
I will look into the happypo.. well that sounds weird 😅😅
:D It does...but it is a pretty convenient item!
Unfortunately cans are not so easily recycled.. because of the lining. Soda cans yes.. all other cans not so. I like your content because it sums up all of my interests😍
So glad to hear you like my videos! Happy to have you around!! :)
I enjoyed this challenge. Thank you.
Thank you for the idea! :)
This was an excellent series--wonderful meals!
Thank you, Monique, you are so sweet!! :)
Well done🌸
Thank you!! :)
I loved this series!! Thank you so much! I keep subscribing to your channel, and then when the next video comes up, I find that I am not subscribed, so I do it again🙃.
Trish, you are so sweet, thank you so much for your support!! :) It's odd, once you have clicked the subscribe button you should be subscribed, unless you click the Button again, then you unsubscribe. So that's weird, but as long as you see my new videos, I'm happy!! :)
@@CocosUniverse It happens all the time! That's why I always check to see if I'm subscribed when I like a video. I'd say about 50% of the time, even though I've subscribed to a channel previously, I discover I am no longer subscribed🙃. The RUclips gods must be against me!
excellent series
Thank you!! :)
I think it would be interesting to see you do a few weeks of just your usual way of shopping and cooking, without any restrictions, just to see how different or similar it’s been to your budget challenges.
That is a good idea, I'll do that! :) Thank you!!
@@CocosUniverse I know how much filming and editing alone takes, let alone add in all the extra planning for the challenges. It does make for great viewing, but I think it can also limit somewhat the creativity with the meals because your brain is already focused on staying within the budget rules or whatever parameters are set. That’s why I personally would love to see just the normal life.
Thank you for an EXCELLENT recipe series! I found it AMAZING how you were right on the budget. A couple of questions...since it is just the two of you when you are done making these meals, do you just put them in the refrigerator or do you freeze some; secondly I have always used tins/cans for beans because of convenience, do the dried beans you use taste better even though they are more work?
Thank you so much!! :) I usually just put my meals in the fridge and we eat them over the next two days. I've never had a problem with that, but if I were to cook just for me, I might freeze one or two servings per meal, just to be on the safe side. But only with things that are OK with being freezed - Dampfnudeln I wouldn't freeze. :) About the beans: I don't taste much of a difference between the ones in cans and the ones I cook myself. It is convenient to buy them in cans, but often cheaper to buy the dried ones. So both are just fine. :)
@@CocosUniverse Thank you so very much...I hope you have a WONDERFUL week! 😎
No worries, it is always a pleasure! Have a wonderful week as well! :)
@@CocosUniverse 🤗
The roses are beautiful. Hugs back❤Well done on the challenge.
Thank you!! :)
Nice job🌸
Thank you!! :)
There are so many bio degradable options, why do we allow non-biodegradable plastic onto the market? They make biodegradable plastics now. Look how far people came with straws, it can happen. We switched to re-usable metal straws & I prefer them actually
Congratulations on 1000 subscribers!!! Another delicious-looking week!
Thank you so much, Monique!!! It's so nice to hear from you!! :)
I recently started a RUclips channel for travel packing and minimal item capsule wardrobes and am very close to receiving 1000 subscribers! It’s so exciting to see your growth! Congratulations! I love this budgeting food challenge you’re doing!
Thank you! :) And I'll just subscribe to your Channel, one step closer to the 1000. :)
@@CocosUniverse ❤️🫶🏻🤗 Thaaaank youuu!!
@@CocosUniversesame here!
Thank you!!! :D
I also made it thru the pandemic without making bread of any kind. Now I make it 🫠 P.s- love your lipstick color
Thank you so much!! :) It's the 490 Matte by 'trend it up', by dm.