The point of having a list even though you’re not going to follow it, is to make sure you don’t forget all the things you need while you’re in the height of excitement getting all the things you want! 😂
I used to do that all the time because when we were down in Florida we'd get all these peanuts bags and bags of them from little vendors on the side of the road from The Peanut Farm so I just made my homemade peanut butter forever
Well, I wasn’t you this week. I planned it, but I did a huge restock on my pantry and freezer. I have not done a huge grocery shopping since November. So, this week I made up for it. My local grocery store did have some good sales which beat my Aldi on something’s and I did stock up. But, I spent $300 - I know I need a spanking. I tried to tell myself that it averages out to $25 for a week for three months but I planned that in my budget and spent 302.27 exactly, $300 was my budget. So 2.27 over. I’m okay with that. But, it’s still a lot for a single girl! Also, I paid my last car payment this week! Yes!!! 🙌🏻🫶🏻💗
Congratulations on the last car payment! That is like getting a huge raise. May I suggest you bank that money like you have been making that payment. We are debt free and have not had a car payment for over 20 years. It feels so darned good. $100 a month for groceries = you got this down, girl!
@@bakingnanaskitchen4799 I still have a couple debts to pay off first, then that is the plan. I’m literally taking that payment and snowballing what I have left. (I’m a cancer survivor so I have some medical debt I’m working on.) but that is why I said my last car payment. My car is Blue, and I call her Sassy Sapphire 🤣 and she should run for many years still. She only has 67K miles on her. Last car I kept until nearly 297K miles. But, it feels like a huge relief just getting to this point!
We lucked out yesterday. Our local grocery had 5 lbs. of potatoes for .99! Got four of them. Will cut them up, blanche them for 5 min in really hot boiling water, strain them, put them in ice water for a few min, dry them off and flash freeze on a tray in the freezer. Takes a little time here and there, but worth it.
Virtually all of your fresh vegetable and fruit scraps will add great benefits to your garden. You can chop them up small and bury them in small quantities in a few holes around your garden beds. Just dig a hole a few inches deep, bury about 1 cup of fruit/veg scraps and cover with soil. You can put a rock on top for a couple of weeks to give it time to start decomposing. That should keep the dog from digging it up. You can also put a little piece of chicken wire on top of the scraps and then bury that with soil. Will add vitamins and minerals to your soil over time.
@@LauraLegge Great! You may want to bury them a bit deeper if you're concerned about animals digging them up, but composting your scraps is well worth it. You can also make a compost bin for about $20. Get a black plastic trash can with a top. Drill about 25 holes all around the sides and maybe five holes on the bottom. Put four bricks down to make a place to settle the bin and then air can circulate . Grab a few handfuls of compost or your good soil (which has bacterial life and maybe a few earthworms) and put it in the bin. That will start the process with healthy garden microbes. Layer brown and green components, like crushed leaves and vegetable scraps in layers. Add some water until it's spongy. You can keep layering and add shredded paper, coffee grounds, eggshells, and any natural kitchen scraps other than animal products (no eggs, meat, butter, cheese, chicken, pork, etc). Put a bungee cord across the top of the bin, pull it off the bricks and roll it around the yard a few times. Do this every week or so and you'll start to see decomposition. Check to make sure the materials stay moist, put it back on the bricks, and leave in a sunny spot so nature can "cook" it down. After a while you'll make your own black gold for the garden!
I had a pampered chef virtual party and earned a ton of free stuff. One thing was the cooking/reg high power blender. It makes amazing peanut butter. Host a party and have fun making homemade items. ❤
Strawberry tops vinegar! Just put clean tops and leaves in a jar, fill with vinegar. Put in a dark place for 2-4 weeks then strain it through cheese cloth.
I was going to say the same thing and then you can use the vinegar for marinates or salad dressings. I did a fermented one with pineapple peels and cores where it sits in a syrup and changes to a vinegar but with strawberries I have only seen it soaked in white vinegar. It is on my list to try soon.
Freeze strawberry tops and when you have a full bag add them to a blender with white rum, lime juice and sugar syrup for an incredible frozen strawberry daiquiri
@@LauraLegge honestly whatever I have in my pantry or freezer that needs to be used up. Mixed nuts from the holidays, Flax, pecans, walnuts, almonds, peanuts, sesame seeds, pepitas, chia, sky is the limit.
Your Aldi has a much better selection than ours does! I recently ran out of Jasmine rice but had a lot of regular rice to use up and I’d never compared the two before but Jasmine is so much better. I’d rather sacrifice something else than get regular rice again! I don’t like the organic peanut butter there because it’s hard and has to be stirred.
I completely agree with you about the rice! I had been using regular rice for years and recently tried jasmine rice and now I would much rather spend a little more to have it. And I feel like making the peanut butter is definitely the way to go if it lasts ok in the refrigerator. I don’t use it very often so it’s nice to just be able to make a little at a time too
Oh interesting! Thank you so much for the tip! One of my friends made strawberry vinegar with them and it got me thinking that there must be lots of ways to use them up!
I make my own sunflower seed butter 😋 It’s half the and it’s delicious! The strawberry tops can be frozen and tossed in with smoothies. You don’t really taste them and there’s no waste. Or if you have a farmers field behind your back fence like I do, just toss it over for the critters 😂 We have some happy birds!
Haha I love that! I’ll have to try making sunflower seed butter too! And thank you for the tip about the strawberry tops. I never would have thought to throw them in a smoothie 😋
you should put the peanuts in the over for a few to warm them and bring out the roasted flavor some it can make a difference. Also you can make PB with honey roasted nuts. It bings outt oils too could make it easier to turn into nut butter. For the strawberry caps, you can put them in smoothies and stuff.
I make a nice dressing...1/3 cup white wine vinegar, 2 tablespoons of whole grain mustard, 1 tablespoon Dijone mustard, Kosher salt, honey and 2/3 cup olive or avocado oil....my husband's favorite.
@@emilrhodes2761 thank you so much! I just checked and it’s super easy to stir straight from the refrigerator and all of it is smooth still. I’m excited!
Our Aldi and local grocery store had really good deals this week, so the budget will be taken from next week too. Haven't had good sales for weeks and now they come all at once. Buying loss leaders now seems to be get them for the month not the week. Can play that game too. Not paying any higher price than we have to pay.
At the Aldi where I live the store doesn't have any of those wine vinegars and the 3 different types of peanut butter all have the peanut oil taken out and bad oils put in, otherwise I love Aldi and I think you have amazing prices at store.
Oh wow! I’ve never seen these vinegars so I wonder if they’re new. And the peanut butters looked a little different today but I’m happy to see when it’s just peanuts and salt in the ingredients.
I love Aldi.... except for those rolls of ground meat. I tried them a few times, and I just find them mushy, like baby food. Hubby asked me to never buy them again. :( Carleigh Bodrug has a recipe in her "Scrappy Cooking' book for strawberry top vinegar.
I found that the meat has to be thawed in the refrigerator for almost exactly 24 hours and then I have to be sure to let it get a nice sear on one side before I break it apart. That has helped the texture a ton for me. It’s funny that you mention the strawberry top vinegar from Scrappy Cooking because I made that and her strawberry vinaigrette just last week! I love that book! She’s brilliant!
Many people buy other organic things thinking that they are better and it is not necessary to buy everything organic. There are things that are worth it and others are not...
The OG Siracha Huy Fong Foods or whatever the brand I call it rooter sauce because of the rooster ont he container. that is different because there was a law suit suit with the original growers that the company got their peppers with so now they are outsoucered from various farms. Color is different not sure about the taste.
Wow I’m bummed that your cabbage was 29 cents per pound and your carrot was 49 cent for 2 pounds. I foregone getting my cabbage at Kroger and getting my cabbage for 59 cents per pound while my carrots for 2 lbs is 99 cents. Kroger’s price is 47 cents per pound.
For the preserves? This was my first time making it and I loosely followed the recipe in the ball canning guide. I’ll try it without sugar next time! Thank you for the tip!
Sorry, that cheese was not a good price. You were over budget after 3 minutes lol. Thanks for showing us how easy it is to make healthy peanut butter. ❤
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The point of having a list even though you’re not going to follow it, is to make sure you don’t forget all the things you need while you’re in the height of excitement getting all the things you want! 😂
Haha!!! Ok, I love that reasoning because you’re absolutely right 😂
I love the way so are so neat about putting your groceries in the cart.
Thank you! 😄
I used to do that all the time because when we were down in Florida we'd get all these peanuts bags and bags of them from little vendors on the side of the road from The Peanut Farm so I just made my homemade peanut butter forever
Oh my gosh, I love it!
@@LauraLegge 😊
I’m like you, Laura, in that I always grab items from the back or bottom to avoid those that may have been handled too much
Yes!! 😄
I love it it’s amazing to try recipes to see how they work and the experimental stage helps me to improve so thanks for the fun reminder ❤
Yes! I agree! ☺️
Well, I wasn’t you this week. I planned it, but I did a huge restock on my pantry and freezer. I have not done a huge grocery shopping since November. So, this week I made up for it. My local grocery store did have some good sales which beat my Aldi on something’s and I did stock up. But, I spent $300 - I know I need a spanking. I tried to tell myself that it averages out to $25 for a week for three months but I planned that in my budget and spent 302.27 exactly, $300 was my budget. So 2.27 over. I’m okay with that. But, it’s still a lot for a single girl! Also, I paid my last car payment this week! Yes!!! 🙌🏻🫶🏻💗
Wow! That’s incredible!! $300 is not bad at all for a full restock! And congratulations on your last car payment! 💃 🎉 🥳
Congratulations on the last car payment! That is like getting a huge raise. May I suggest you bank that money like you have been making that payment.
We are debt free and have not had a car payment for over 20 years.
It feels so darned good.
$100 a month for groceries = you got this down, girl!
@@bakingnanaskitchen4799 I still have a couple debts to pay off first, then that is the plan. I’m literally taking that payment and snowballing what I have left. (I’m a cancer survivor so I have some medical debt I’m working on.) but that is why I said my last car payment. My car is Blue, and I call her Sassy Sapphire 🤣 and she should run for many years still. She only has 67K miles on her. Last car I kept until nearly 297K miles. But, it feels like a huge relief just getting to this point!
You must have the best Aldi prices nationwide 🤑!!
I’m not sure! 😅 I would be surprised because I’m in Southern California!
Eggs in southern VA.are 2.68 a dozen at Aldi.
Worldwide. Australian Aldi is double the prices.
You can make a strawberry leaf pesto. Just add to parsley or basil.
What?! Oh my goodness, yum! I’m definitely going to try that. Thank you so much for the suggestion
We lucked out yesterday. Our local grocery had 5 lbs. of potatoes for .99! Got four of them. Will cut them up, blanche them for 5 min in really hot boiling water, strain them, put them in ice water for a few min, dry them off and flash freeze on a tray in the freezer. Takes a little time here and there, but worth it.
I love that!! What a great deal! It takes a little work but I’m always so glad when I’ve prepped things for the freezer. 😄
We use Strawberry Tops in smoothies! They have the strawberry taste plus the nutrition of the greens!
I just love that! I had no idea! Thank you so much for the suggestion!
Virtually all of your fresh vegetable and fruit scraps will add great benefits to your garden. You can chop them up small and bury them in small quantities in a few holes around your garden beds. Just dig a hole a few inches deep, bury about 1 cup of fruit/veg scraps and cover with soil. You can put a rock on top for a couple of weeks to give it time to start decomposing. That should keep the dog from digging it up. You can also put a little piece of chicken wire on top of the scraps and then bury that with soil. Will add vitamins and minerals to your soil over time.
Thank you! I grow some of my own fruit and vegetables so I’ll definitely give that a try!
@@LauraLegge Great! You may want to bury them a bit deeper if you're concerned about animals digging them up, but composting your scraps is well worth it. You can also make a compost bin for about $20. Get a black plastic trash can with a top. Drill about 25 holes all around the sides and maybe five holes on the bottom. Put four bricks down to make a place to settle the bin and then air can circulate . Grab a few handfuls of compost or your good soil (which has bacterial life and maybe a few earthworms) and put it in the bin. That will start the process with healthy garden microbes. Layer brown and green components, like crushed leaves and vegetable scraps in layers. Add some water until it's spongy. You can keep layering and add shredded paper, coffee grounds, eggshells, and any natural kitchen scraps other than animal products (no eggs, meat, butter, cheese, chicken, pork, etc). Put a bungee cord across the top of the bin, pull it off the bricks and roll it around the yard a few times. Do this every week or so and you'll start to see decomposition. Check to make sure the materials stay moist, put it back on the bricks, and leave in a sunny spot so nature can "cook" it down. After a while you'll make your own black gold for the garden!
I use the same Aldi peanuts to make homemade peanut butter on my food processor--delicious!
I’m shocked at how easy it is and I have no idea why I didn’t know how to do it before 😅
Oh wow I didn't realize how easy it is to make your own peanut butter. I will definitely try it sometime
I hope you love it!!
I had a pampered chef virtual party and earned a ton of free stuff. One thing was the cooking/reg high power blender. It makes amazing peanut butter. Host a party and have fun making homemade items. ❤
Strawberry tops vinegar! Just put clean tops and leaves in a jar, fill with vinegar. Put in a dark place for 2-4 weeks then strain it through cheese cloth.
Perfect!! I’m going to try that! Thank you! How long does the vinegar last and do I need to refrigerate it?
I was going to say the same thing and then you can use the vinegar for marinates or salad dressings. I did a fermented one with pineapple peels and cores where it sits in a syrup and changes to a vinegar but with strawberries I have only seen it soaked in white vinegar. It is on my list to try soon.
Strawberry tops add vinegar for strawberry vinegar❤!! Yummm😊
I’m giving that a try today! Thank you so much for the suggestion!
Freeze strawberry tops and when you have a full bag add them to a blender with white rum, lime juice and sugar syrup for an incredible frozen strawberry daiquiri
Oh my goodness, yum!! I had no idea! Thank you for the tip! I’m going to throw some in the freezer!
I make my own nut butter in my food processor. Any nut-seed combo works great!
I can’t wait to try almonds and cashews! I never thought to add seeds. That’s a great idea! What combinations do you love?
@@LauraLegge honestly whatever I have in my pantry or freezer that needs to be used up. Mixed nuts from the holidays, Flax, pecans, walnuts, almonds, peanuts, sesame seeds, pepitas, chia, sky is the limit.
@@karenm7433 wonderful! I just LOVE that! Thank you for the tip!
Your Aldi has a much better selection than ours does! I recently ran out of Jasmine rice but had a lot of regular rice to use up and I’d never compared the two before but Jasmine is so much better. I’d rather sacrifice something else than get regular rice again! I don’t like the organic peanut butter there because it’s hard and has to be stirred.
I completely agree with you about the rice! I had been using regular rice for years and recently tried jasmine rice and now I would much rather spend a little more to have it.
And I feel like making the peanut butter is definitely the way to go if it lasts ok in the refrigerator. I don’t use it very often so it’s nice to just be able to make a little at a time too
You could freeze the tops of the strawberries 🍓. Then toss into a homemade smoothie into oatmeal.
Oh interesting! Thank you so much for the tip! One of my friends made strawberry vinegar with them and it got me thinking that there must be lots of ways to use them up!
I make my own sunflower seed butter 😋 It’s half the and it’s delicious! The strawberry tops can be frozen and tossed in with smoothies. You don’t really taste them and there’s no waste. Or if you have a farmers field behind your back fence like I do, just toss it over for the critters 😂 We have some happy birds!
Haha I love that! I’ll have to try making sunflower seed butter too! And thank you for the tip about the strawberry tops. I never would have thought to throw them in a smoothie 😋
@@LauraLegge You’re welcome! Today the birds got some lettuce and berries lol 😉
AWESOME HAUL -SAME GOES W ITH ALMONDS (almond butter)MY STEPMOM DOES IT ALL THE TIME❤
Oooh!! I can’t wait to try that! Thank you so much!
you should put the peanuts in the over for a few to warm them and bring out the roasted flavor some it can make a difference. Also you can make PB with honey roasted nuts. It bings outt oils too could make it easier to turn into nut butter.
For the strawberry caps, you can put them in smoothies and stuff.
Yum! Ok, I’ll try that with the peanuts and the strawberry tops. Thank you for the suggestions!
Compost the tops of strawberries.
I make a nice dressing...1/3 cup white wine vinegar, 2 tablespoons of whole grain mustard, 1 tablespoon Dijone mustard, Kosher salt, honey and 2/3 cup olive or avocado oil....my husband's favorite.
Perfect!! Thank you so much for the recipe! I’m going to try that!
If my prices at Aldi were that good, I would drive the almost 2 hours to the nearest store!
You can totally toss whole strawberry tops into smoothies! You won't taste the leaves
Oh my goodness, I can’t believe I didn’t know that! Thank you so much for the suggestion!
Did your homemade PB solidify at all once you brought it out of your fridge to use?
It was the perfect spreading consistency yesterday. I’ll check on it today after it’s been in the refrigerator for 24 hours and I’ll update you!
Yes I’d love to know! Thanks. I love your videos
@@emilrhodes2761 thank you so much! I just checked and it’s super easy to stir straight from the refrigerator and all of it is smooth still. I’m excited!
Our Aldi and local grocery store had really good deals this week, so the budget will be taken from next week too. Haven't had good sales for weeks and now they come all at once. Buying loss leaders now seems to be get them for the month not the week. Can play that game too. Not paying any higher price than we have to pay.
Yes! I agree! I’ll always stock up if I see a loss leader
I think maybe add a small drizzle of oil. I wonder if you could use olive oil or even avocado oil.
I bet I could! That’s a good idea!
That don't have Aldi in the state I'm at but we do have a king Soopers and they always good sales
I love it! I’ve heard ALDI is opening more stores so maybe y’all will get one too ☺️
At the Aldi where I live the store doesn't have any of those wine vinegars and the 3 different types of peanut butter all have the peanut oil taken out and bad oils put in, otherwise I love Aldi and I think you have amazing prices at store.
Oh wow! I’ve never seen these vinegars so I wonder if they’re new. And the peanut butters looked a little different today but I’m happy to see when it’s just peanuts and salt in the ingredients.
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I love Aldi.... except for those rolls of ground meat. I tried them a few times, and I just find them mushy, like baby food. Hubby asked me to never buy them again. :( Carleigh Bodrug has a recipe in her "Scrappy Cooking' book for strawberry top vinegar.
I found that the meat has to be thawed in the refrigerator for almost exactly 24 hours and then I have to be sure to let it get a nice sear on one side before I break it apart. That has helped the texture a ton for me.
It’s funny that you mention the strawberry top vinegar from Scrappy Cooking because I made that and her strawberry vinaigrette just last week! I love that book! She’s brilliant!
@@LauraLegge that's a good tip, I'll secretly try that and see if hubby likes it! :). Yes, her books are brilliant, and she's such a sweet lady!
Many people buy other organic things thinking that they are better and it is not necessary to buy everything organic. There are things that are worth it and others are not...
It's too bad you don't have chickens you could give the strawberry tops to (and other scraps as well).
Oh wow! That’s good to know!
The OG Siracha Huy Fong Foods or whatever the brand I call it rooter sauce because of the rooster ont he container. that is different because there was a law suit suit with the original growers that the company got their peppers with so now they are outsoucered from various farms. Color is different not sure about the taste.
Oh that makes sense!
Wow I’m bummed that your cabbage was 29 cents per pound and your carrot was 49 cent for 2 pounds. I foregone getting my cabbage at Kroger and getting my cabbage for 59 cents per pound while my carrots for 2 lbs is 99 cents. Kroger’s price is 47 cents per pound.
Cabbage at my local market today was .69 lb.
you dont need to add sugar to made it ...strauwberrys had natural sugar ...
For the preserves? This was my first time making it and I loosely followed the recipe in the ball canning guide. I’ll try it without sugar next time! Thank you for the tip!
I gotta unfollow the ignorance of grabbing crap from the back and moving stuff is why I'm so glad I got out of customer service...
I do that with produce and perishables. Too many throwbacks and old stock up front.
Sorry, that cheese was not a good price. You were over budget after 3 minutes lol.
Thanks for showing us how easy it is to make healthy peanut butter. ❤
Haha you’re right! 😅 and you’re welcome! I hope you love it!
Please fix your sound. I have good hearing and my vol was all the way up. Ty!😊
I thought I heard Aldi's are closing down...
Most rice is deadly - Arsen-please choose wisely.
All of your items are not Healthy