£10 Extreme Budget Food Challenge Shop 2023 l Frugal Living
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2023
- Can you still eat for £10 ($13) a week in 2023? I'm taking on the Emergency Extreme Budget Food Challenge! I have always wanted to do this budget challenge to push me out of my comfort zone and to see if I could learn anything from it as a fussy eater and someone who slips up on her budgeting from time to time. In this video (part 1) I will be sharing the budget food shop with prices. Prices correct at the time of recording July 2023.
For the extreme grocery challenge, the budget shopping haul will be for one person only, during the extreme grocery challenge I will allow myself some cupboard staples and limited caffeine (I need it, I have a sleepless 2yr old). I have decided not to buy reduced items or use free food apps, I wanted to see if I could buy a food shop with full priced items only during the cost of living crisis. During the challenge, I'll be cooking from scratch, trying out various recipes and foods to see how affordable and delicious they are. I hope you'll join me on this food challenge and see how I manage!
Hi there I'm Natalie and welcome to my channel Life Living Lite where my family and I are on a financial and frugal journey to save money. I share a glimpse into my everyday life, my practical frugal living, practical money saving tips, gardening, budget recipes and more. If you like the video, show a little love by hitting the like button, commenting and subscribing. I really appreciate your support for this little channel, it means a lot. Thank you for watching, much love Natalie x
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Doing a stock take and meal planning is the key to success. Nice haul from Sainsbury.😊
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Being on universal credit £10 weekly budget is just standard. Saying that, as I am paid monthly I can get some things that can be made into meals and split into enough sometimes for 6 to 8 meals, for example I get a 2kg box of chicken thighs at £4 something, split it into two meals (curry and paprikash as an example) and that gives me 12 meals. Another favourite is good old mac and cheese, for the sake of some cheese, macaroni, butter, flour and milk, there is another 4-6 meals and I would of only just gone over the £10 budget for 16-18 meals but again this is from a budget of £40'ish for a month. Chickpea curry is a good call, love me some of that :)
I love mac and cheese! Simple foods are sometimes the best. Thank you for watching the video and sharing your tips.
I would watch your channel if you started one? I work as a social worker and know about many ppl on low incomes so please make some videos you will be awesome!
@@abundantlythreesixfive1263 Thank you, having to survive one so little is damned annoying and youhave to re-think your whole approach to food. This can bring jmany issues to people who have been blasted with the rise in cost of living and trying to temper their views on food purchases and prep is a pain, like getting someone to swap chicken breast for thigh as for a little bit of knife work (which can be easily learnt from youtube, where I learnt to butcher a whole chicken) you can save £4 per kilo (sainsburys sells 1kg of breast for £6.49 (£6.49 per kilo) and 2kg of chicken thighs for £4.30 (£2.15 per kilo) plus if you freeze and save the skin, scraps and bones you get a lovely stock that can be reduced and frozen and used whenever just by adding it to boiling water or whatever you are cooking that needs stock.
I had the "advantage" of being homeless for 6 months and this gave me an appreciation for eating food I would previously turn my nose up at (cheese and onion pasty was one I woul dnever, and now still never, eat but it is amazing what a judicial blob of ketchup can do to chenge the palatability of food you hate lol). So even if I make a mistake and dislike somethign I eat, it is still edible and wont be wasted.
Currently the hardest thing I am finding atm is adjusting budgeting to allow for low carb stuff to try to improve my diabetes and finding affordable alternatives to staples is a major pain in the rear end, like using perarl barley instead of rice, and nothing has replaced my potaties as of yet, drinking and using thin white paint errrr i mean skimmed milk etc.
I wish I had the confidence to do youtube but I am too much of a wuss, I have thought of it before and have a million ideas from food of the rich/poor throughout history to complete meals from scratch like a full scottish breakfast or some others and of course cost of living meals being the main. Ohh well maybe one day lol Either way thank you for boosting my mood today, compliments can always go a long way :)
Buy full fat milk and add the same quantity of water to it.
Nicer than skimmed milk, and half the price doing it that way.
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Great video Natalie. Thank you. You did really well for £10. Looking forward to seeing the meals you make,
Hope you are all well. Thanks again. Kindest regards x
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I constantly set my weekly budget at £10 I have staples like salt, pepper, herbs and spices that I bought in bulk as far back as 2016. A large chicken lasts me at least 5 days and only costs me £4.25, 2.5 Kg of potato's, £1.25, last me a week 900g bag of peas cost 99p, a tin of pineapple slices £1.05, I also have a three monthly easiyo yoghurt subscription that costs me £54 but often miss a month out because the 20 packets I buy I have 20 packets left after the third delivery, that takes me over the £10 weekly budget by 65p.
I go to my local supermarket, Lidl, when they open on the 2nd of January and buy loads of reduced price meats, this year I got nearly £300, full price meats, for under £70 and my freezer was overfull with meat. I've still got about 30% of the meats I bought on the 2nd Jan left in the freezer.
Wow that's amazing! Thank you for watching the video and sharing your tips.
@@lifelivinglitea chicken for me lasts that long as a casserole to eat through the week.
Great video plus I love Sainsbury’s! ❤God bless you.
yep, thanks natalie; brilliant video and you have potatoes which my husband loves: can't wait for the next one to see the mealsx
The Meals is up on the channel, however *spoiler alert*, it didn't go quite to plan. I hope you enjoy it anyway. Thanks for watching.
Great video, really interesting and some great tips
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Good to work with budget
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I do a grocery challenge twice a year.. On my channel for a family of four..
So this video has given me some ideas. I also need to get back to meal planning...
It was a learning curve on how choice can be a luxury. Thank you for watching
Yes yes, bring on the meals! Will search the next vid! I pipped it up to 555 likes when i clicked it!... All the fives Natalie!! 🖐🖐🖐
Thanks Shan. This one definitely got out me out my comfort zone!
Your food prices, compared to the US are amazing. I think buying a bag of flour is always a win. You can do do much with it.
Thank you for watching and commenting. I stumbled across a few videos the other day based in the US. I was surprised how much things have jumped over there, and that's without the tax , I guess it depends on which state your in x
@@lifelivinglite I took the same items as yours and priced for my area and here the items would cost $23.22 USD or 19 pounds. That's with picking the cheapest items and regular eggs vs free range eggs. The quality definitely would be lower. My area is a bit cheaper than other areas which can run up to 50% more expensive like in large northern, west and east coast states.
Also, in the US, many people got dropped off the food assistance program once the covid emergency order was canceled. In my state of Texas, 1 out of 6 children are hungry on a regular basis. We have free food banks but those are funded by private citizens or rely on grocery stores to donate older products before expiration. Some food banks the people have to go through a qualification process.
I was shocked at how cheap those pork sausages were, but then most of ours in the US are bigger in size and have a lot more pork. Those were a little over half pork, the rest was fillers. But still, prices here are scary expensive in comparison, which makes little sense to me as you would think a bigger country that produces more would have cheaper food…
I was floored at how inexpensive the mozzarella ball was. Here in New England it is approximately $5.99 USD for the same .
@@francihenderson8526 Greed. The corporations are going to take as much as they can from consumers. People have started skipping meals.
It's rather hard to get a food assistance. For a single person you have to make around $17,000 a year which is a little over 13,000 pounds. The cheapest apartments run around $1,000 a month unless you live in a rural area.
My ex husband is on disability and he doesn't qualify for food assistance.I'd say overall we are on our own in the US. What add to the burden is our high expense of medical insurance and medical care. In my state 20% of the people have no health insurance. My daughter is a labor and delivery nurse and she gets patients who have never seen a doctor during their pregnancy.
Thank you for converting the currency.
I'm surprised to see many inexpensive items from Sainsburys 😍
I guess they're feeling the pinch from budget supermarkets! Thank you for watching
Potato soup potato baked with calslaw
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I do think that having butter was a bit of a cheat. I have an ongoing £20 weekly grocery budget, that's to feed me and my dog, buy cleaning products etc. Home Bargains butter at £1.49 is the best value I can find.
I couldn't shop in Sainsbury's if I wanted to, the nearest one is a 2 bus journey.
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Hello thanks for the great videos we are a low income family we both work.
We are feeling the pinch. Thanks for the great video and channel have given you a follow and will be altered when you post a video x
I think it’s possible to do a shop for £10 a week …. We make a big dinner on a Monday and tend to have this over 2/3 nights x
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Great video, is there any way you could try the challenge with a limited amount of power as this is something many people find themselves up against
Hi Thank you for watching and commenting. It is something I could consider if I do the challenge again in the near future. May I ask if you mean limited resources like using a microwave or hob only? I didn't track any energy consumption on this challenge as I don't have a smart meter (mine is an old one outside) that is in all weathers x
@@lifelivinglite hi, maybe limited resources, it just came to me with energy prices and how they could affect these type of challenges. Hope you didn't think I was being a naysayer xxx
@@welshfae1249 No I didn't think you was being a naysayer at all. I think it is a valid point. It did cross my mind regarding energy. I guess it depends on what you plan to cook and the appliances you cook with, some appliances are more efficient than others. Although I like cooking from scratch I do wonder if is it cheaper to buy something ready made (like a sauce) and save on energy/time or does it cost the same?! xx
Chuck pea pumpkin curry
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Natalie has anyone ever told you that you look and sound a tiny bit like the lady called Mean Queen ( it’s a blog). She is a lot older than you. Please don’t take offence, I mean it with good intentions.
I had to have a Google! I think she speaks better English than me. Thanks for watching x
Look at the chemicals in the sausages. You should have bought the ground beef or maybe ground pork.
With my own personal food choices I would not normally buy sausages from the supermarket, I actually prefer to spend extra to go a butchers, however this is not an option for many on a tight budget.
Yes, that's the whole point of the video, many people really have little choice. Personally, I would stick to chickpeas and other cheap pulses rather than the sausages, but I'm plant based, so easy for me.
@@happydays3678I think I'd stick to chickpeas than eat those sausages again!
No pasta ?
All will be revealed in my next video. Thankyou for watching x
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Hello, the sound is working when I checked, unless RUclips is having a glitch.
Sainsbury's? I am sure I saw Aldi labels because we do not have an Aldi, so would not be able do this myself. Edit: Just realised, no soap, no washer soap, no toothpaste or equivalent, no shampoo, toilet roll. ........................
It’s supposed to be a FOOD challenge, so unless you eat soap…
There are no Aldi labels as this shop was done at Sainsburys only and this was a food challenge only. Thank you for watching
If you are on a £10 budget...don't shop in sainsbury
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Your food prices are very cheap compared to the US.
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holy crap your prices are cheap. You can't get anything canned in the US for under $1 and forget meat for under $5. Even doubling your prices for a rough conversion you have insanely low prices on food so I don't know what you're complaining about high costs.
It depends very much on what the average income is though, doesn’t it. You can’t compare food prices between countries without comparing the relative incomes involved. Whenever I’ve been to the USA I’ve been shocked at how comparatively cheap food is - although I appreciate that may have changed recently. I copied the below from Google. You can see that in the UK we have a lower average income than you do. So your prices might be higher, but you have more dollars to use.
‘What is the average salary in the UK and the US? The average salary in the US was around $58,260 in 2021. In the UK, the average salary was around $38,291 when converted to dollars.10 Jun 2023”
Our prices are probably cheap compared to other countries but right now a lot of people are finding it tough. Thank you for watching