Don't know how you keep it all together!! Everything you do would have me in tears. You are an amazing woman,mother and wife and daughter! Have gotten better at a monthly grocery haul, but prices are sooo high! God Bless you all and stay safe!
Thank you :). Not too much I buy went up a lot this time, I am lucky that we buy a lot of single items and not much prepackaged so its not so bad! I definitely find that I just have to push forward, if I stop too much I struggle! So I just keep going :D
Can't wait for the cooking and preserving to begin! The nectarines, plums, pineapples, potatoes, lemons and tomatos are beautiful! I will have to watch this haul 3 times to enjoy it all!❤👍🏼
I have big respect for you the life style you live is incredibly involved and to sustain you have to do so much more than most of us.All I have to do to get groceries is basically ride a couple of miles it certainly doesn't take a couple of days.You and your wonderful family are such a joy to watch I am incredibly humbled with how you live and how much you do to live your life off grid. !!!
I found as my kids got older, I needed to wash more often, as their clothes were bigger and I needed to do more loads. Also needed to buy more food, as they grew they ate more, especially the boys, couldn’t fill them. Sadly now it’s just my husband and myself, do miss those days of mess and lots of cooking and cleaning.
Yes, there is going to be a gradual increase in the requirements of some things as they get older I'm sure! Will always be a bit of a learning curve there!
I come from a family of eight, mum has passed but there were times she didn't know what she was going to feed us. In SAYING that, mum seemed to always have enough to offer food to anyone who visited. The house always looked trashed. Mum would clean the house then 6 kids, 6 school ports, 12 shoes, 12 socks, 6 butter knives, 6 kitchen messes etc etc etc BOOM You are a legend as was mum. 💜🌺💙🌻❤🌼🧡🌸💚
Thank you Jen. I always say I make up for my lack of being able to keep everything tidy by my skills in the kitchen lol. The sheer amount of 'stuff' from everyone in a small space kills me, and I"m just not very good at it, everything is cleaned, but it is forever messy, so so messy! But food is my forte, I can always bake or cook something filling, I always find a way :D
What a haul Nyssa! Thank goodness for all those little hands to help you unpack 🙌🏼 I don’t know how you do it in the madness of the city after being in such peace in the bush lol. We struggle now to go back to the city for appointments😵💫 You deserve a medal girl for your efforts and I take my hat off to you💕 xx Cathi xx 😘
Thank you for sharing your life and family. I am always mesmerized by your skills in feeding your family and budgeting. I also like lard and render it when ever I get any . Take care Nyssa, hugs from 🇨🇦
I’m always impressed with your shopping trip videos. I cannot imagine doing that many stores, buying large amounts, in just a day or two plus the long drive. It would take me a couple of days to recover both mentally and physically. I hope you enjoyed the additional time with hood mum, and her a/c 😀
Its pretty exhausting, it definitely takes me the weekend to recover! It was kinda nice to have a couple of laid back days rather than just running the whole trip! :D
@@OurSmallFootprint Yes! Those octopi for your husband were very interesting! I don’t always comment but I do look forward to watching your hauls and Sunday chats.
@@KeeperofHome he’s already eaten a few heh. I’ll do a seafood marinara pasta up with some for him, I think we’ve still got half a doz prawns from Xmas in the freezer too!
Well I'm just started trying to do a two week shopping haul. It shouldn't be hard but my children see the food and want to eat it all at once. I'm ending up hiding any store bought treats. On another note last Thursday we had a severe storm and our power went out well into the next morning. I ended up cooking in the dwindling daylight on our back deck cooking taco mince on my bbq. I had to giggle thinking to myself wow I'm cooking just like Nyssa 🙂
I am regularly saying to my kids 'just because we have it doesn't mean you have to eat it all in the first few weeks!' but realistically, if they eat it, its gone and then they have to deal with not having any 'treats/pre packaged' etc for the last half of the month. It makes it more work for me at the end of the month because I have to prep/bake/cook everything, but its fine, it saves us a lot of money!
@@OurSmallFootprint We would get one packet of LIFE savers each week. Family of 8. Some siblings would eat the whole packet straight away. Some would save them all week, hiding them from the goblins haha
Am not sure how your channel popped up but I am very glad it did. I really enjoyed your big grocery haul, & have now subscribed to your channel. Looking forward to seeing you again, thanks. Your style of presenting is very pleasant too!
It looks as though you are getting that assembly line down pat! Definitely a adventure each and every time! I’m exhausted thinking about all you have to do! 😂😂😂
Each time we do it we improve the process, the second table helps, spreading things out and then we've started the whole fill the table, put it away, fill the table put it away lol, might not be the most effective for filming, but gotta do what we gotta do! :D
Wow! you need a long rest after that grocery haul.The chicken in with the pigs was so cute.It was like a big party for the pigs and the chicken. I love the way each kiddo helps out getting everything inside. You guys have wonderful kiddos!TFS!!!
Hehe, the roosters get to live out their days feeding off the piggy leftovers! it works well, though we really should process them for our eating, but we're a little too nice to them instead!
I’m pretty new to your channel. I need to go back and watch some older videos to see how you got where you are, if you garden, animals (I see chickens and pigs), why MRI’s and all the things. I’m from the US and to me it seems you got a great amount of food for the money. Although I do know this was in February and daily prices are increasing. It’s getting so costly here in the states and I dont see any end to it. Anyway, I love your channel and admire your strength and tenacity. Many prayers for your health and that the Lord heals you.
Thank you! :D. Prices are definitely increasing, but we're still managing to keep within our budget mostly for now! I do garden, but this year has been a big write off, if you go back to last year, it was so lush and productive, has been very frustrating this year! :D
Subscribed I usually subscribe after the second video if I enjoyed the second as well but yours after the first as I enjoyed everything the way you explained things especially the breakdown of prices at the end thank you
I salivated when I saw the Nectarines...YUM! Loved the added bit at the end when You and Sonnet were feeding treats to the "Dukes of Hazard" and the fowl. Thank you, Nyssa.
Hehe, we had to clean out room in the fridge! so we went through the fruit that was left and pulled any bruised/broken skin ones out and gave them a treat!
My mum has a house (which now has telstra connected, I think by law) in the bush down in Tasmania. She shops every 2-4 weeks. Things are different now than when I was a kid in country Vic but she kind of has always shopped this way. I know if mum comes to the mainland she bulk shops at Aldi. Look forward to seeing some older video's of yours, this us my first one. I'm always watching videos from people in other countries....funny this one actually reminded me of my childhood 💚🌱🌻🌿
Welcome! :D It saves money, that's what I found, it makes you use what you have rather than go looking for what you don't! But also less travel, less wear and tear on the car etc :D
I am very impressed with your groceries/personal care hauls. You do so well within a budget! I would be interested to see what other cost you have during the same time frame like, gas, animal feed, fuel, homeschooling supplies?
I can do that, I keep it all collated, homeschooling stuff I generally buy quarterly, I did a $400 officeworks order just post Christmas with enough scrap books and lead pencils and some laminating pouches etc etc to get us through, but definitely fuel, gas and animal feed I can collate up! :)
@@OurSmallFootprint Thankyou, We buy our homeschooling supplies after school goes back when everything is on sale, aswell reading eggs/ mathseeds subscription. You definitely did a good thing going off grid, Our electricity, gas, water, rates, morgage interest rates constantly on the rise makes it hard for families to make ends meet. You have inspired me to shop monthly even tho we live I town to cut our costs back where we can. We also grow some veggies and will be getting a few back yard chicken late on in the year 🐔
@@kellyvandenmeiracker8951 Yes we have a reading eggs sub for the 4 youngest as well, and we got a yearly sub to genius science this year as part of a homeschool co-op I haven't actually looked at it yet though lol. We've been doing mostly reviews the last few weeks get them used to daily work with required amounts being done and then we'll introduce more project work. I am so glad we made th emove when we did, even though it was somewhat forced and it was really hard, the position that we are in now is so much better than we would have been otherwise! We don't have a lot of money and we really struggle to buy the bigger stuff, but so totally worth it!
No, I don't think so, only basic soap bars but I don't think I did a real video on them, just in passing. When I do it I will, its kind of an all day project so I find it hard to put a whole day aside to do it all!
hello . i am a new sub and i have been catching up on your vids and still watching lots more to watch :) . you a very strong lady and manging all you do , my mum had 16 of us and we always short on food every day had to get credit off local shops or on tik has we call it :) . so come pay day it all owed out so started all over again . was hard life but now nearly a old women myself , it taught me good lessons though life , my mum still alive though she has brain tumour and no longer knows what she doing or who i am ,, but has hard has it was and names we called like gypsy's which we wasn't just big heap kids it was a good learning life lessons , which i hope it will be for your family too ,
I feel for your mum, I am so glad that we have the funds for food, we may not have the funds for many luxuries, but everyone eats well! and nobody lacks, they all have everything they need! But, it is hard to teach kids the value of things when they don't ever have to go without (not that I'd want them to go without, but at the same time) and sometimes those lessons help you shape your life into something better!
Well done Nyssa!!!! Mammoth Effort!!!! It must have been a challenge packing this load in the Ute! Do you need ice in the eski’s to bring the meat back home? The pineapples look soooo good! I’ve been doing a rice salad with pineapple cooked on the bbq🍍 The pigs looked so happy with the treat of apples. Hope you’re resting & putting your feet up today 🥰
Generally speaking so long as you put something cold in them they manage, I do normally like to put a frozen brick or something in there in the morning so that by the time I'm loading they are 'cool' rather than warm, just so it doesn't have to work as hard! But I don't generally use ice as such only because its messy and takes up room!
It's just me and my husband but we have our kid's and their spouses and their blended families and we have 14 grandchildren. I keep a large stockpile and we plant a garden and I can. We also have chickens. Our son raises pig's so we have pork readily available. I Love how your children helped ya'll and how organized you had everything.
It's so nice to have that set up isn't it, to know that you know where things are coming from, and that you can access it if you need to when other things fall apart, our car broke down and it is our only vehicle and there was a lot of angst about being able to do our supply runs etc beacuse we just don't have enough to skip them yet! we're working on it though, I'd really like at least one more shopping trip period (be that 6 weeks or eventually 12 weeks) worth of food so that if for some reason we can't do a trip, then we are ok!
@@OurSmallFootprint Having a working pantry and a stockpile pantry is a great thing to have. It has taken us 3 years to get it like this but so worth it. Good luck on your homestead. Starting small can lead to bigger and better thing's and peace of mind when and if something happens.
There's a lot that won't last fresh, we can that or freeze it or cook it and freeze what we've cooked :). I have a lot of apples in jars on the shelf, lots of shredded zucchini and carrots in the freezer, plenty of vegetable soups in jars on the shelf as well. We're 4 weeks into the latest shop and I still have potatoes and cabbages and some zucchini that have stored well, the zucchini is a little wrinkly, but perfectly edible, the cabbages need some outer leaves removed but are mostly ok! Plus whatever I've got on the shelves and in the freezer :). It's a bit of a different lifestyle, knowing that fresh is just for initially and then you eat the stuff you've preserved :)
I'm really lucky that most of what I buy was there, there was a couple of things that weren't, chicken was expensive and I couldn't get the lard, or the UHT coconut milk I would normally buy for coffee etc..
Yes, normally apple butter or apple scrap vinegar etc etc! But these are a couple of weeks old and were from a box still in the fridge, so I made Sonnet go through them and any with broken skin, not just bruising, is what we fed to the pigs, we left any soft ones that didn't have actual piercing damage to do something with in the next few days, but we are so low on fridge space at this time of the month! lol
@@OurSmallFootprint I admire how you manage all the shopping and processing of the food in such a short period of time and looking forward to seeing all the meals you make with it.
Wow. What a haul. You had a busy week. Do you ever use the apple scraps to make your own vinegar? Is it cost effective? When my kids were small, I made a lot of things from scratch. Only the things that were cost effective, or if I wanted to control the ingredients. Some things are just better to buy. I made liquid laundry soap for years in 10 gallon batches. It was so much cheaper, and better for my daughter’s skin issues. I would love to see your recipe for that, and the shampoo bars. My hair is like yours, and the products get expensive. Thanks for sharing. I quite enjoyed the haul.
I do generally use the apple scraps for vinegar or for apple scrap syrup! But it really depends on time and if I have the availability to do so when the scraps are there. When I bought massive amounts of apples I definitely did, because I cored a lot for canning etc! But in smaller amounts, I can be a bit slack. I definitely need to make it again and yeah, I make it in big batches at a time, but sometimes that's how I end up with store bought for a while too lol! Sonnet has pretty severe eczema so we do have to be careful what we use for her!
It's amazing what you got for the price. Your super savvy x loved your grocery haul. I'm finding I can't get or afford different items 😕 good to get what you can. X
It's definitely a hard task, but I do enjoy the fact that I only have to do it once every 6-8 weeks! Though I really would like a cold room at home lol.
It's a good feeling knowing you're fully stocked again, eh? I call it siege mentality 😂 i get a bit twitchy when the fridge and larder gets a bit light. It makes the huge shopping trek worth it, as you pull up to the house and haul up the mental drawbridge 😉 Some great deals to be had, just 5 hours north of your shopping region ....mince: $14.99 plus a kg, chicken breast fillets $14.99/$15.99 kg at the local supermarket 🙄 Just picked a calico bag( book bag size) of passionfruit, and another bag of lemons and limes- i'm thinking i might 'candy' the citrus peel that is left, already have a kg or si of frozen passionfruit and the vines are loaded and have sent every visitor home with a bag of passionfruit 😂 Good to see you home and grounded again, Nyssa 🌻
I want to try growing passion fruit but I’m not sure it would fruit in our time! Will have to try though! I do love a fully stocked pantry, it definitely comforts me!
You definitely look refreshed after this grocery trip ,that extra day in air conditioning was probably like a day at the spa for you,I hope everything goes well with your MRI and they can give you some answers and some pain relief.. honestly I don't know how you do it all ..even before my health declined I would of been so wore out I'd of had to stay in bed for a few days to recover 😊 , I'm looking forward to all your fantastic meals ,you did a fantastic job shopping and now that I know your amount of Australian money is totally different then our American money 💵 and the difference in your metric system vs our pounds and ounces .
Hehe, yes, its hard converting sometimes isn't it! I definitely have some early nights and a bit of a rest the weekend I get back, is 40 degrees here atm (celcius) which is unpleasant :S
great work Mumma you are kicking goals. I really recommend making your own roti. its so easy and much cheaper and tastier than the frozen stuff if you have time.
I have tried a couple of times and failed! Do you have a fave recipe ? These ones are quite good, they’re not pre cooked it’s raw dough that you fry up!
You did pretty well good considering stock availability and price increases. It must have been a more stressful shop for you with apts. and getting what you needed and the extra day with goods sitting in the car. I find that you really have to go to multiple stores to get what you need these days. Just imagine if everything could come from one spot...na never would happen. You must've been pleased when you finally got home. Well done. Time will tell re lasting length. I do hope you can have a bit of a breather over the next week...but I know you have all the food prep to do. Take care.
Yeah, the second fridge we use for produce isn't working very well, so we def need to get some of that stuff processed quickly so it doesn't have a chance to go bad! need a cold room! hehe It is time consuming and takes a fair bit of planning to do the multiple stores thing, but its worthwhile in cost in the end!
You're little boy hiding under the back of the truck while yo took groceries indoors made me smile, think he wanted a rest haha I'm a new subscriber. You truly are an inspiration, I can't believe your meat prices, I thought ours here had gone up a lot , but your chicken thighs and beef mince are way higher than ours. !!stick with it. Much love from the UK xoxo
Lol, I thought that was cute too, turd! :D. Welcome, and thank you! Meat is quite high atm, chicken is running a bit of a shortage and beef is always quite high unfortunately :S
@@OurSmallFootprint Haha it made me laugh when I saw him! I love your videos and i totally admire you're choice of life, we sold our property & moved to a static caravan 3 years ago, although it's taking some adjusting , I feel much less stressed. I could learn so much from you. The UK & Australia are very similar I think. Beef cuts other than mince here are crazy and chicken, eggs & butter as well as coffee prices have all risen.
@@OurSmallFootprint here up Eungella qld we have a private fellow you can put an order in for a pack way cheaper and nicer. Its quite isolated here especially when the range road collapses to the city like it has now. Restricted access times. We try to grow our food best we can, trade with neighbours and prep. I love watching you with your large family and how you manage it as I too come from family of 8 and know what it's like. I still to this day make way too much food for only 2 people now. Lol down sizing but the pantry is another story. Happy days 🧡
Welcome! :) We don't have a lot of fridge room unfortunately, berries are very much a treat hehe, kids gorge for the first few days and we freeze the rest for smoothies etc hehe.
I have 3 big esky's the ones that can keep things frozen for 7 days, some things work better than others, the chicken bags of thighs for example, they were collected Friday and only pulled out Saturday evening but were mostly still frozen solid. The frozen fruit never stays frozen though! I think partly because it goes in at Costco, the last stop, and therefore it is what is keeping the esky's cold and loses some of it itself, but we have it in smoothies, so if it is a little misshapen, its not so bad!
I so enjoy your grocery hauls, although they’ve got to be absolutely knackering for you and then all the filming on top…it gives you some unique content for your channel, though. I’ve never seen this sort of thing elsewhere, so I suppose that’s an added bonus to think about when you’re feeling shattered by it all!
It is definitely hard work, it does promote the channel a bit though, I see a few people who do similar and it brings a new audience, people who might enjoy the channel but never get sent the videos by youtube, they seem to get prompted to see these ones! I know a lot of people do really regular grocery hauls which has to help with traffic too, but hehe, I'm not changing my habits for that! :D. It is worthwhile to do it though, I always gain quite a few subs from these videos and people find me that may never have before! The filming definitely makes an added headache of it all though, normally we'd just bring it in and get the kids to start putting it away as we bring it in, but they've got to wait for me to stack and film it before they can etc!
I hope your Dr apptmt and tests were ok....from a 2 time heart attack survivor, olive oil isn't as tasty as lard, but much healthier, js...I am exhausted watching your haul and can just imagine how thankful u are to be home, u are an amazing...hope u get rested up ❤
Definitely is Thelma! Which is why we try to use it a lot and lard just in some circumstances, but it is nice to have the choice! and when I do my pie crusts I do half lard and half olive oil generally, it works really well hehe. We'll manage! I have to talk to the specialist later this week re MRI results etc but hopefully things are just chugging along :)
We live in the Riverland in SA near Berri so different from where you are, our family are all grown as are our grandkids but we are fortunate that they all live locally and now the Murray River has gone down our time to visit them is about 1/3to what it was during detours.
Great haul! I love all the produce! Pineapple is my favorite fruit! What do you do with the puff pastry? I’ve never used it but would like to try making danish or something. Thank you for sharing!
We adore pineapple, and we love pineapple cordial, I'm grateful to get them again at a decent price!! I make a lot of different things, sausage rolls, use them as the tops of pies, or even as a pizza scroll rather than dough at times, but I do make a lovely little danish, it would be last year on here I reckon, if you cut it into 8 squares, then you run an indent of the square in like half an inch around and then fill inside that indent with a little almond meal and fruit and sprinkle with sugar, it bakes up wonderfully, a little fruit pie and that edge puffs up to keep the juices in! I might have to make some again! Last year when we got nectarines cheap I'm sure that's when I made them last!
You did really well Nyssa. That was a haul alright!! $20 for the box of pineapples was such a good deal. Enjoy those nectarines... they look mouth wateringly delicious! Hope you get to have a relaxing weekend after all that hard work😊
The pineapples are huge for that price too, and the plums and nectarines are gorgeous! worth the money for them! I didn't score much really cheap fruit this year, I think the weather impacted supply a lot and going less often, but I'm glad to get good quality!
@@OurSmallFootprint Yes they look really nice. I think you did good with all the fruit and vegies actually. Buying direct from the fruit shop in bulk/box quantities is definitely a huge money saver!
So much planning! I'm in awe. Can you plant the pineapple tops where you are? or is it too dry? I have had luck starting them, but it's too cool to have them fruit where we live.
I am going to try, I am concerned about our winters being an issue, but its not cold for long and if I plant them inside the shadecloth, that will protect them too! it is definitely worth a try!
Did you know pine apples are a bromiliad don't know how to spell it. In Fiji they grow through the forrest. We been planting them on the rain forrest edge and they love it. I grew up thinking they like full şun but they do well in the forrest too with very little attention other than clearing around it so they don't disappear. Indrier areas alot of mulch.
Now that's what I call a haul, silly question maybe, how did you go buying bulk when covid was big? we were only allowed a certain number of things! Especially frozen glad you're back safe xx
It was really difficult and is probably why we run down to nothing now, we had to use everything. We went more regularly though, 4 weekly and I think I sometimes stopped at a couple of places in Brisbane but also in Toowoomba on the way home :s
And looking at the overall spend for what was a two month shop too! Though I might have been generous with the title and it might be a 6 week one, I’d have to look back :)
@@OurSmallFootprint I think it was a lot cheaper. I mean the olive oil and cabbage for a start. Crazy how expensive things are at the moment. Some people are really bad at planning too, they’d be taking a knock.
@@BonnyP-69r yes, there have definitely been some significant increases across the board over the last 12 months, and it has changed the way I've shopped and I have adapted for it, but as you say, some people don't and it would be hard on them!
You are a miracle worker to feed yourself on that amount per week. We are seeing grocery prices rise weekly here. Do you have "pick up" there where you could call your order in check it out and go into the store if somethings were missing? I don't know how you do it I am tired just watching you but then I am 82.
During the few days I am at my mums I get pickup/delivery to her place from a couple of places, but most of them don't do it, so you have to physically visit :)
Gosh you are amazing! I really need to check out Cosco. I’m paying way more here in the Yarra Valley. It would be worth propagating your pineapple tops. If unsure how take a look at my tutorial. Mine are growing fine great. I do hope you are okay 🙏❤️
I definitely have plans to try the pineapple tops, I just haven’t had anywhere to put them! I have kept them all though, I hope I can get some to take! But I’ll check out your video as well :)
@@OurSmallFootprint that’s okay. At least get them in water until you’re ready. 🍍 🍍🍍🍍 I noticed the supermarkets selling them without the tops now 🤦♀️
Hey doll 🪆 have you tried to root the tops of your pineapples u have a ton of pineapples and might be able to get some homegrown pineapples grown from the tops u buy from the store I have a gorgeous pineapple I've started from one I've bought from the store very good idea if u haven't tried it
I'm going to try it! this lot and the last lot I bought, i dried out the last lot and put it aside to try. I'm not sure if our winters will be a bit cold, but it doesn't stay cold for long, so I'm going to try growing them under the shade cloth where they get a little bit of protection. Is worth a try!
@@OurSmallFootprint yes ma'am I absolutely agree just make sure you peel off all the bottom leaves and only put the very bottom of the top of the pineapple in water don't let the green leaves touch the water I'd put this part of the pineapple in a clear jar of water and soon you'll start to see roots growing and then let the roots grow at least as long as ur jar before putting them in dirt just make sure you change the water frequently and don't let the water get scummy and cloudy
You can purchase whole/half beasts from a place that butchers them kind of thing, or you can purchase an animal and get it butchered by a mobile butcher/abbatoir/DIY, you have to own the animal in that case though. But it doesn't work out very cheap in the long run, I purchased a 1/4 a cow a while back and after getting it done/delivered to Toowoomba 1.5 hours away etc, it cost me almost $26AUD per kg. I have found an alternative that I think will be cheaper (no delivery fees, still collect from Toowoomba) which I'd like to try, but it is a huge outlay all at once, so I have to purposefully put the money away. There is a butcher in Toowoomba that does half a pig as well, so we were going to try and contact them and see if they sell fat on its own for the moment :)
You need to show how you store all this. A lot of food for that price. Don’t know the conversion of Australian dollar to American but the price for your mince was shocking.
Meat is fairly expensive here, but not as expensive as it seems as our price is per kg (2.2lb per kg). I think the biggest difference is that we don't have the super specials that you guys seem to have, we never get the chance to buy meat at 99c/lb etc, the discounts on our meat are very very minimal and even buying whole beasts doesn't work out much cheaper for us (cheapest I've found is about $14aud per kg dressed (so with bones etc in still))
@@OurSmallFootprint Funnily enough, people always used to say that our food was cheap, which I guess it was compared to other European countries (ignoring the fact that other less obvious things have always been more expensive than in most other countries), and it has always been cheaper than most food in Australia but it has gotten to the point where your chicken and ground beef and quite a few other things are actually cheaper than our food. We just don't have Australian wages. Had some interesting conversations about the difference in income with some Australians throughout the years whenever I happened to travel with some. Nearly fell of the chair when the barkeeper was telling me how much he was making per hour. Our barkeepers weren't even making half of that at the time (and I don't live in one the lower income European countries either, we don't have Scandinavian incomes, but we are on the upper end).
You do a great job with all you do. That long drive would kill me. What do you listen to in the car? I hope everyone helps to put everything away. That's the part I dislike the most.
Putting it away sucks! The kids do help, but I do have to go back and reorganise a lot of it because they just don't put it away efficiently lol. I have one of those cheap things that go in your lighter socket that your phone can connect to via bluetooth and play spotify hehe, I listen to an eclectic mix, some current and some stuff from my teenage clubbing years mostly lol.
Sorry I'm back again I use to buy who gives a crap but they have increased the delivery to ridiculous price so I've just bought about a dog 50 %profit goes to rspca and only 8.95 delivery just thought I'd let you know 😉 😀 oh it's toilet paper I'm talking about LOL
I did leave you comment, have no idea what happened to it...epic effort..you survived...so are you liking this longer in-between shop?...are you still looking at a 12 weekly.....I'm sure you have something worked out for that....looking forward to see you tamale this lot....get some rest in there somewhere...
If I drag it out longer I'll have to take the trailer, it was a significant squeeze to get this lot in for 8ish weeks, so that might be the limit in the ute!
No, we do have chickens that could be culled for eating, but realistically we just reduce our meat portions :). We do have some canned on the shelves though from month to month that might be leftover, there is some beef there from last month that I use for pies, and a some sausage soup etc. There is at least half a doz portions of bolognese in the freezer as well leftover from the month prior and we made a big batch of sausages (bought an extra pork leg) last month that we're still working through! :D
Don't know how you keep it all together!! Everything you do would have me in tears. You are an amazing woman,mother and wife and daughter! Have gotten better at a monthly grocery haul, but prices are sooo high! God Bless you all and stay safe!
Thank you :). Not too much I buy went up a lot this time, I am lucky that we buy a lot of single items and not much prepackaged so its not so bad!
I definitely find that I just have to push forward, if I stop too much I struggle! So I just keep going :D
I totally agree she's amazing 👏
It's so cute how your boys wait in line to help!!
Hehe, got the process mostly down pat now, so long as they are willing, not always willing! :D
Can't wait for the cooking and preserving to begin! The nectarines, plums, pineapples, potatoes, lemons and tomatos are beautiful! I will have to watch this haul 3 times to enjoy it all!❤👍🏼
So hot here atm :S. 41 degrees today and tomorrow, makes it hard to get anything done! :D
I have big respect for you the life style you live is incredibly involved and to sustain you have to do so much more than most of us.All I have to do to get groceries is basically ride a couple of miles it certainly doesn't take a couple of days.You and your wonderful family are such a joy to watch I am incredibly humbled with how you live and how much you do to live your life off grid. !!!
Thank you Rorey :D
I found as my kids got older, I needed to wash more often, as their clothes were bigger and I needed to do more loads. Also needed to buy more food, as they grew they ate more, especially the boys, couldn’t fill them. Sadly now it’s just my husband and myself, do miss those days of mess and lots of cooking and cleaning.
Yes, there is going to be a gradual increase in the requirements of some things as they get older I'm sure! Will always be a bit of a learning curve there!
Such good helpers!
Not always happy to help, but they do it anyway hehe.
I come from a family of eight, mum has passed but there were times she didn't know what she was going to feed us.
In SAYING that, mum seemed to always have enough to offer food to anyone who visited.
The house always looked trashed. Mum would clean the house then 6 kids, 6 school ports, 12 shoes, 12 socks, 6 butter knives, 6 kitchen messes etc etc etc BOOM
You are a legend as was mum.
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Thank you Jen. I always say I make up for my lack of being able to keep everything tidy by my skills in the kitchen lol. The sheer amount of 'stuff' from everyone in a small space kills me, and I"m just not very good at it, everything is cleaned, but it is forever messy, so so messy! But food is my forte, I can always bake or cook something filling, I always find a way :D
You are amazing!
i adore your lil tribe!
hehe, thank you :D
What a haul Nyssa! Thank goodness for all those little hands to help you unpack 🙌🏼 I don’t know how you do it in the madness of the city after being in such peace in the bush lol. We struggle now to go back to the city for appointments😵💫 You deserve a medal girl for your efforts and I take my hat off to you💕 xx Cathi xx 😘
It is so loud in there! when I stay at mums, which is in an apartment building, the noise of people! its huge! lol
Thank you for sharing your life and family. I am always mesmerized by your skills in feeding your family and budgeting. I also like lard and render it when ever I get any . Take care Nyssa, hugs from 🇨🇦
If we ever get around to breeding our pigs we'll have plenty! lol, but its just another task atm that we just don't really have time for!
Another great video Nyssa😊
I’m always impressed with your shopping trip videos. I cannot imagine doing that many stores, buying large amounts, in just a day or two plus the long drive. It would take me a couple of days to recover both mentally and physically.
I hope you enjoyed the additional time with hood mum, and her a/c 😀
Its pretty exhausting, it definitely takes me the weekend to recover!
It was kinda nice to have a couple of laid back days rather than just running the whole trip! :D
Just found your channel lm in reg vic loved this
Welcome! and thank you :D
You are just amazing with your shopping. I go once a month and it's mind boggling. Nothing like yours. 👍 You did such an amazing job. Well done.
Thank you Debra, it has taken a while to get to this point, to understand exactly what we need and where to get it! :D
I know your hauls are lots of hard work. I really appreciate them.
Thank you Connie :)
Love your grocery hauls!!
It's always interesting watching what people get!
@@OurSmallFootprint Yes! Those octopi for your husband were very interesting! I don’t always comment but I do look forward to watching your hauls and Sunday chats.
@@KeeperofHome he’s already eaten a few heh. I’ll do a seafood marinara pasta up with some for him, I think we’ve still got half a doz prawns from Xmas in the freezer too!
Forgot to say I thought the fruit and veg was pretty great. Nice to see piggies getting their apple treats.
Some good deals, Stone fruit hasn't been cheap cheap for me this year, but not bad.
I absolutely love your grocery hauls! Thanks for sharing
Thank you Kim :D
You are a very busy momma!
Well I'm just started trying to do a two week shopping haul. It shouldn't be hard but my children see the food and want to eat it all at once. I'm ending up hiding any store bought treats. On another note last Thursday we had a severe storm and our power went out well into the next morning. I ended up cooking in the dwindling daylight on our back deck cooking taco mince on my bbq. I had to giggle thinking to myself wow I'm cooking just like Nyssa 🙂
I am regularly saying to my kids 'just because we have it doesn't mean you have to eat it all in the first few weeks!' but realistically, if they eat it, its gone and then they have to deal with not having any 'treats/pre packaged' etc for the last half of the month. It makes it more work for me at the end of the month because I have to prep/bake/cook everything, but its fine, it saves us a lot of money!
@@OurSmallFootprint We would get one packet of LIFE savers each week. Family of 8.
Some siblings would eat the whole packet straight away. Some would save them all week, hiding them from the goblins haha
@@jenarmstrong6990 heh, the kids tend to gorge on ‘the good stuff’ and then do with only homemade from that point forward lol
Enjoy your channel. Would be interested in a how-to on how to make the shower bar.
I will definitely film as I make the next lots of soaps! :D. Thank you Susan :)
Am not sure how your channel popped up but I am very glad it did. I really enjoyed your big grocery haul, & have now subscribed to your channel. Looking forward to seeing you again, thanks. Your style of presenting is very pleasant too!
Welcome Jenny, and thankyou! I seem to be popping up on a bunch of peoples front pages atm, my sub count keeps climbing :D
That video was amazing....
Thank you :D
It looks as though you are getting that assembly line down pat! Definitely a adventure each and every time! I’m exhausted thinking about all you have to do! 😂😂😂
Each time we do it we improve the process, the second table helps, spreading things out and then we've started the whole fill the table, put it away, fill the table put it away lol, might not be the most effective for filming, but gotta do what we gotta do! :D
So impressed with how you do all this 😊
Thank you :D
Nice big grocery haul! Hope everything with your health is good.
Will get results later this week, but FX its all just tracking along like normal :D
Wow! you need a long rest after that grocery haul.The chicken in with the pigs was so cute.It was like a big party for the pigs and the chicken. I love the way each kiddo helps out getting everything inside. You guys have wonderful kiddos!TFS!!!
Hehe, the roosters get to live out their days feeding off the piggy leftovers! it works well, though we really should process them for our eating, but we're a little too nice to them instead!
I’m pretty new to your channel. I need to go back and watch some older videos to see how you got where you are, if you garden, animals (I see chickens and pigs), why MRI’s and all the things. I’m from the US and to me it seems you got a great amount of food for the money. Although I do know this was in February and daily prices are increasing. It’s getting so costly here in the states and I dont see any end to it. Anyway, I love your channel and admire your strength and tenacity. Many prayers for your health and that the Lord heals you.
Thank you! :D. Prices are definitely increasing, but we're still managing to keep within our budget mostly for now! I do garden, but this year has been a big write off, if you go back to last year, it was so lush and productive, has been very frustrating this year! :D
You are a great shopper. Can’t wait to see the hamper this month . A lot of cool stuff
No hamper in February unfortunately, back again in March though!
Subscribed I usually subscribe after the second video if I enjoyed the second as well but yours after the first as I enjoyed everything the way you explained things especially the breakdown of prices at the end thank you
Welcome Sharon, and thank you :)
I salivated when I saw the Nectarines...YUM! Loved the added bit at the end when You and Sonnet were feeding treats to the "Dukes of Hazard" and the fowl. Thank you, Nyssa.
Hehe, we had to clean out room in the fridge! so we went through the fruit that was left and pulled any bruised/broken skin ones out and gave them a treat!
Hello from Canada. I am addicted to your videos! What a very interesting life style you and your family have.
Welcome Jane, Thank you :)
My mum has a house (which now has telstra connected, I think by law) in the bush down in Tasmania.
She shops every 2-4 weeks.
Things are different now than when I was a kid in country Vic but she kind of has always shopped this way.
I know if mum comes to the mainland she bulk shops at Aldi.
Look forward to seeing some older video's of yours, this us my first one.
I'm always watching videos from people in other countries....funny this one actually reminded me of my childhood 💚🌱🌻🌿
Welcome! :D It saves money, that's what I found, it makes you use what you have rather than go looking for what you don't! But also less travel, less wear and tear on the car etc :D
Very nice haul!
Thank you! 😊
Blessings to you and your family.... I admire keep pressing forward may God Almighty continue to strengthen you and your family.
Thank you! :D
Lovely video the explanation of your budget was absolutely amazing 👍👍👍👍 WELL DONE 👏👏👏👏 Love from the UK x
Thank you Gloria :)
Wow, great haul
Thanks Marie
Wow!
I am very impressed with your groceries/personal care hauls.
You do so well within a budget!
I would be interested to see what other cost you have during the same time frame like, gas, animal feed, fuel, homeschooling supplies?
I can do that, I keep it all collated, homeschooling stuff I generally buy quarterly, I did a $400 officeworks order just post Christmas with enough scrap books and lead pencils and some laminating pouches etc etc to get us through, but definitely fuel, gas and animal feed I can collate up! :)
@@OurSmallFootprint Thankyou, We buy our homeschooling supplies after school goes back when everything is on sale, aswell reading eggs/ mathseeds subscription.
You definitely did a good thing going off grid, Our electricity, gas, water, rates, morgage interest rates constantly on the rise makes it hard for families to make ends meet. You have inspired me to shop monthly even tho we live I town to cut our costs back where we can. We also grow some veggies and will be getting a few back yard chicken late on in the year 🐔
@@kellyvandenmeiracker8951 Yes we have a reading eggs sub for the 4 youngest as well, and we got a yearly sub to genius science this year as part of a homeschool co-op I haven't actually looked at it yet though lol. We've been doing mostly reviews the last few weeks get them used to daily work with required amounts being done and then we'll introduce more project work.
I am so glad we made th emove when we did, even though it was somewhat forced and it was really hard, the position that we are in now is so much better than we would have been otherwise! We don't have a lot of money and we really struggle to buy the bigger stuff, but so totally worth it!
Yay I look forward to these hauls cause they always follow with some awesome recipe ideas xoxo
Thanks Nyssa
Heh, thank you Ruth! :D
Amazing shopping trip! Love your fruit haul, yum. Have you done a video on making the shampoo bars? I use bars too and they are crazy expensive!
No, I don't think so, only basic soap bars but I don't think I did a real video on them, just in passing. When I do it I will, its kind of an all day project so I find it hard to put a whole day aside to do it all!
hello . i am a new sub and i have been catching up on your vids and still watching lots more to watch :) . you a very strong lady and manging all you do , my mum had 16 of us and we always short on food every day had to get credit off local shops or on tik has we call it :) . so come pay day it all owed out so started all over again . was hard life but now nearly a old women myself , it taught me good lessons though life , my mum still alive though she has brain tumour and no longer knows what she doing or who i am ,, but has hard has it was and names we called like gypsy's which we wasn't just big heap kids it was a good learning life lessons , which i hope it will be for your family too ,
I feel for your mum, I am so glad that we have the funds for food, we may not have the funds for many luxuries, but everyone eats well! and nobody lacks, they all have everything they need! But, it is hard to teach kids the value of things when they don't ever have to go without (not that I'd want them to go without, but at the same time) and sometimes those lessons help you shape your life into something better!
You are super woman!!! Great haul!! Quickly have became my favorite RUclipsr!!!!
Thank you Betheny :)
Well done Nyssa!!!! Mammoth Effort!!!!
It must have been a challenge packing this load in the Ute! Do you need ice in the eski’s to bring the meat back home?
The pineapples look soooo good! I’ve been doing a rice salad with pineapple cooked on the bbq🍍
The pigs looked so happy with the treat of apples.
Hope you’re resting & putting your feet up today 🥰
Generally speaking so long as you put something cold in them they manage, I do normally like to put a frozen brick or something in there in the morning so that by the time I'm loading they are 'cool' rather than warm, just so it doesn't have to work as hard! But I don't generally use ice as such only because its messy and takes up room!
Yes and lard has more flavour too..regards
yes, and it crisps differently, like potatoes cooked in lard have a better external texture than in oil! but meh, we'll cope heh
It's just me and my husband but we have our kid's and their spouses and their blended families and we have 14 grandchildren. I keep a large stockpile and we plant a garden and I can. We also have chickens. Our son raises pig's so we have pork readily available. I Love how your children helped ya'll and how organized you had everything.
It's so nice to have that set up isn't it, to know that you know where things are coming from, and that you can access it if you need to when other things fall apart, our car broke down and it is our only vehicle and there was a lot of angst about being able to do our supply runs etc beacuse we just don't have enough to skip them yet! we're working on it though, I'd really like at least one more shopping trip period (be that 6 weeks or eventually 12 weeks) worth of food so that if for some reason we can't do a trip, then we are ok!
@@OurSmallFootprint Having a working pantry and a stockpile pantry is a great thing to have. It has taken us 3 years to get it like this but so worth it. Good luck on your homestead. Starting small can lead to bigger and better thing's and peace of mind when and if something happens.
The fruit looks so delicious and so much better priced than New Zealand. Just discovered your account and loving it.
Welcome! and thank you :). I get some really good bargains on fruit by shopping seasonally! :D
You have a huge amount of shopping home with you, what an enormous task, I'm tired thinking about it! Enjoyed the Vlogg. Good food haul.
It is a ginormous task and I would love to have a refrigerated trailer or something lol. But eventually!
That’s the gravy mix I buy it’s soooo yummy!
Soooo good! :D
@@OurSmallFootprint yes it’s the base for any gravy hey or even just on it’s own but I love making the peppercorn sauce oh yum 🤣
Wow ur amazing! Don’t know how you do it🤗🤗🤗your a ⭐️
Thank you :)
Wow, how do u keep fruit & veg fresh for 2 months. Good on u!!!
There's a lot that won't last fresh, we can that or freeze it or cook it and freeze what we've cooked :). I have a lot of apples in jars on the shelf, lots of shredded zucchini and carrots in the freezer, plenty of vegetable soups in jars on the shelf as well. We're 4 weeks into the latest shop and I still have potatoes and cabbages and some zucchini that have stored well, the zucchini is a little wrinkly, but perfectly edible, the cabbages need some outer leaves removed but are mostly ok! Plus whatever I've got on the shelves and in the freezer :). It's a bit of a different lifestyle, knowing that fresh is just for initially and then you eat the stuff you've preserved :)
Grwat haul! Shortages of so many things lately, chicken, frozen chips etc. Makes shopping hard when there isnt many options to choose from.
I'm really lucky that most of what I buy was there, there was a couple of things that weren't, chicken was expensive and I couldn't get the lard, or the UHT coconut milk I would normally buy for coffee etc..
Since we don't have piggies I usually turn bruised/soft apples into a cake or strudel. Petra (Tony's wife)
Yes, normally apple butter or apple scrap vinegar etc etc! But these are a couple of weeks old and were from a box still in the fridge, so I made Sonnet go through them and any with broken skin, not just bruising, is what we fed to the pigs, we left any soft ones that didn't have actual piercing damage to do something with in the next few days, but we are so low on fridge space at this time of the month! lol
@@OurSmallFootprint I admire how you manage all the shopping and processing of the food in such a short period of time and looking forward to seeing all the meals you make with it.
Wow. What a haul. You had a busy week. Do you ever use the apple scraps to make your own vinegar? Is it cost effective? When my kids were small, I made a lot of things from scratch. Only the things that were cost effective, or if I wanted to control the ingredients. Some things are just better to buy. I made liquid laundry soap for years in 10 gallon batches. It was so much cheaper, and better for my daughter’s skin issues. I would love to see your recipe for that, and the shampoo bars. My hair is like yours, and the products get expensive. Thanks for sharing. I quite enjoyed the haul.
I do generally use the apple scraps for vinegar or for apple scrap syrup! But it really depends on time and if I have the availability to do so when the scraps are there. When I bought massive amounts of apples I definitely did, because I cored a lot for canning etc! But in smaller amounts, I can be a bit slack.
I definitely need to make it again and yeah, I make it in big batches at a time, but sometimes that's how I end up with store bought for a while too lol! Sonnet has pretty severe eczema so we do have to be careful what we use for her!
@@OurSmallFootprint I understand. My daughter does injections for hers. We get liquid goat soap for baths from the derm office, when we can afford it.
@@jodiethane9359 the goats milk soap from Aldi has been a winner here!
It's amazing what you got for the price. Your super savvy x loved your grocery haul. I'm finding I can't get or afford different items 😕 good to get what you can. X
Yes, it is why I don't meal plan as such before I shop, because you never know what will be cheap or what won't!
WOW! I struggle shopping for only me! It's not my favourite task and putting it all away is even worse!!!
It's definitely a hard task, but I do enjoy the fact that I only have to do it once every 6-8 weeks! Though I really would like a cold room at home lol.
It's a good feeling knowing you're fully stocked again, eh? I call it siege mentality 😂 i get a bit twitchy when the fridge and larder gets a bit light. It makes the huge shopping trek worth it, as you pull up to the house and haul up the mental drawbridge 😉
Some great deals to be had, just 5 hours north of your shopping region ....mince: $14.99 plus a kg, chicken breast fillets $14.99/$15.99 kg at the local supermarket 🙄
Just picked a calico bag( book bag size) of passionfruit, and another bag of lemons and limes- i'm thinking i might 'candy' the citrus peel that is left, already have a kg or si of frozen passionfruit and the vines are loaded and have sent every visitor home with a bag of passionfruit 😂
Good to see you home and grounded again, Nyssa 🌻
I want to try growing passion fruit but I’m not sure it would fruit in our time! Will have to try though! I do love a fully stocked pantry, it definitely comforts me!
You definitely look refreshed after this grocery trip ,that extra day in air conditioning was probably like a day at the spa for you,I hope everything goes well with your MRI and they can give you some answers and some pain relief.. honestly I don't know how you do it all ..even before my health declined I would of been so wore out I'd of had to stay in bed for a few days to recover 😊 , I'm looking forward to all your fantastic meals ,you did a fantastic job shopping and now that I know your amount of Australian money is totally different then our American money 💵 and the difference in your metric system vs our pounds and ounces .
Hehe, yes, its hard converting sometimes isn't it! I definitely have some early nights and a bit of a rest the weekend I get back, is 40 degrees here atm (celcius) which is unpleasant :S
Where do you get the fruit and veg, apart from Costco and Aldi?
I go to a Mega Fresh Fruit and Veg Store :). The one I go to is in Browns Plains, Brisbane, but I know they have a few branches around.
Have you tried the Coles coffee beans? They are my favourite 😍 and they are only $1.20 per 100 grams 🙌🏻
Oooh, I'll have to check them out next time, thank you! :D
great work Mumma you are kicking goals. I really recommend making your own roti. its so easy and much cheaper and tastier than the frozen stuff if you have time.
I have tried a couple of times and failed! Do you have a fave recipe ? These ones are quite good, they’re not pre cooked it’s raw dough that you fry up!
Girl,you are a SUPER MOM
Thank you! :D
Yay I haven’t watched yet but I’ve been waiting for you to post your grocery haul!!😂
I’m going to watch later while I eat ice cream!!😂
heh, snacks and youtube, the way to go! :D
You did pretty well good considering stock availability and price increases. It must have been a more stressful shop for you with apts. and getting what you needed and the extra day with goods sitting in the car. I find that you really have to go to multiple stores to get what you need these days. Just imagine if everything could come from one spot...na never would happen. You must've been pleased when you finally got home. Well done. Time will tell re lasting length. I do hope you can have a bit of a breather over the next week...but I know you have all the food prep to do. Take care.
Yeah, the second fridge we use for produce isn't working very well, so we def need to get some of that stuff processed quickly so it doesn't have a chance to go bad! need a cold room! hehe
It is time consuming and takes a fair bit of planning to do the multiple stores thing, but its worthwhile in cost in the end!
You're little boy hiding under the back of the truck while yo took groceries indoors made me smile, think he wanted a rest haha I'm a new subscriber. You truly are an inspiration, I can't believe your meat prices, I thought ours here had gone up a lot , but your chicken thighs and beef mince are way higher than ours. !!stick with it. Much love from the UK xoxo
Lol, I thought that was cute too, turd! :D. Welcome, and thank you! Meat is quite high atm, chicken is running a bit of a shortage and beef is always quite high unfortunately :S
@@OurSmallFootprint Haha it made me laugh when I saw him! I love your videos and i totally admire you're choice of life, we sold our property & moved to a static caravan 3 years ago, although it's taking some adjusting , I feel much less stressed. I could learn so much from you. The UK & Australia are very similar I think. Beef cuts other than mince here are crazy and chicken, eggs & butter as well as coffee prices have all risen.
@@OurSmallFootprint here up Eungella qld we have a private fellow you can put an order in for a pack way cheaper and nicer.
Its quite isolated here especially when the range road collapses to the city like it has now. Restricted access times.
We try to grow our food best we can, trade with neighbours and prep.
I love watching you with your large family and how you manage it as I too come from family of 8 and know what it's like. I still to this day make way too much food for only 2 people now. Lol down sizing but the pantry is another story.
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@@jenarmstrong6990 I have yet to find anyone locally, unfortunately! Maybe at some point. I wish my gardens were doing better last year was so good :s
I am new here, loved your video! TIP - You can store your berries in jars in the fridge and they will keep much better and longer.
Welcome! :) We don't have a lot of fridge room unfortunately, berries are very much a treat hehe, kids gorge for the first few days and we freeze the rest for smoothies etc hehe.
Great haul thanks for sharing, hope your MRI is ok ?:
Thank you :). Get the results some time this week, have to call the specialist, hopefully just plodding along like normal :D
How do you keep your cold stuff chilled while on your shopping trip?
I believe she has esky’s and she uses her mum fridge while she there
@@maddi1853 what is an esky?
I have 3 big esky's the ones that can keep things frozen for 7 days, some things work better than others, the chicken bags of thighs for example, they were collected Friday and only pulled out Saturday evening but were mostly still frozen solid. The frozen fruit never stays frozen though! I think partly because it goes in at Costco, the last stop, and therefore it is what is keeping the esky's cold and loses some of it itself, but we have it in smoothies, so if it is a little misshapen, its not so bad!
I so enjoy your grocery hauls, although they’ve got to be absolutely knackering for you and then all the filming on top…it gives you some unique content for your channel, though. I’ve never seen this sort of thing elsewhere, so I suppose that’s an added bonus to think about when you’re feeling shattered by it all!
It is definitely hard work, it does promote the channel a bit though, I see a few people who do similar and it brings a new audience, people who might enjoy the channel but never get sent the videos by youtube, they seem to get prompted to see these ones! I know a lot of people do really regular grocery hauls which has to help with traffic too, but hehe, I'm not changing my habits for that! :D. It is worthwhile to do it though, I always gain quite a few subs from these videos and people find me that may never have before!
The filming definitely makes an added headache of it all though, normally we'd just bring it in and get the kids to start putting it away as we bring it in, but they've got to wait for me to stack and film it before they can etc!
I hope your Dr apptmt and tests were ok....from a 2 time heart attack survivor, olive oil isn't as tasty as lard, but much healthier, js...I am exhausted watching your haul and can just imagine how thankful u are to be home, u are an amazing...hope u get rested up ❤
Definitely is Thelma! Which is why we try to use it a lot and lard just in some circumstances, but it is nice to have the choice! and when I do my pie crusts I do half lard and half olive oil generally, it works really well hehe. We'll manage!
I have to talk to the specialist later this week re MRI results etc but hopefully things are just chugging along :)
Just found you today, what a great job you do. Which area do you live.
Thank you :). We are about 1.5 hours west of Toowoomba :)
We live in the Riverland in SA near Berri so different from where you are, our family are all grown as are our grandkids but we are fortunate that they all live locally and now the Murray River has gone down our time to visit them is about 1/3to what it was during detours.
Gosh I can't imagine going to all those shops in a day! I hate it when I have to go to both Aldi AND Woolworths in one day :D
It is kinda sucky lol, but it saves us so much money in the end, it makes it worthwhile!
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Great haul! I love all the produce! Pineapple is my favorite fruit! What do you do with the puff pastry? I’ve never used it but would like to try making danish or something. Thank you for sharing!
We adore pineapple, and we love pineapple cordial, I'm grateful to get them again at a decent price!! I make a lot of different things, sausage rolls, use them as the tops of pies, or even as a pizza scroll rather than dough at times, but I do make a lovely little danish, it would be last year on here I reckon, if you cut it into 8 squares, then you run an indent of the square in like half an inch around and then fill inside that indent with a little almond meal and fruit and sprinkle with sugar, it bakes up wonderfully, a little fruit pie and that edge puffs up to keep the juices in! I might have to make some again! Last year when we got nectarines cheap I'm sure that's when I made them last!
@@OurSmallFootprint sounds amazing! Maybe with some cream cheese!
Prices are insane I'm cutting things out and changing things up extending our veggie garden to
I have my fingers crossed I can get winter veggies going!!
You did really well Nyssa. That was a haul alright!! $20 for the box of pineapples was such a good deal. Enjoy those nectarines... they look mouth wateringly delicious! Hope you get to have a relaxing weekend after all that hard work😊
The pineapples are huge for that price too, and the plums and nectarines are gorgeous! worth the money for them! I didn't score much really cheap fruit this year, I think the weather impacted supply a lot and going less often, but I'm glad to get good quality!
@@OurSmallFootprint Yes they look really nice. I think you did good with all the fruit and vegies actually. Buying direct from the fruit shop in bulk/box quantities is definitely a huge money saver!
@@makingendsmeet It's great, Adam takes me out to the cold room and ust gives me prices on boxes, works well!
So much planning! I'm in awe. Can you plant the pineapple tops where you are? or is it too dry? I have had luck starting them, but it's too cool to have them fruit where we live.
I am going to try, I am concerned about our winters being an issue, but its not cold for long and if I plant them inside the shadecloth, that will protect them too! it is definitely worth a try!
I tried to no avail where I am. I think it's the climate here too.
@@carolynrose9522 Worth a shot, but yeah, I'm not too sure how we'll go!
Did you know pine apples are a bromiliad don't know how to spell it. In Fiji they grow through the forrest. We been planting them on the rain forrest edge and they love it.
I grew up thinking they like full şun but they do well in the forrest too with very little attention other than clearing around it so they don't disappear. Indrier areas alot of mulch.
@@jenarmstrong6990 I’m going to try and find somewhere the grey water runs a little and mulch well! We shall see!
Now that's what I call a haul, silly question maybe, how did you go buying bulk when covid was big? we were only allowed a certain number of things! Especially frozen glad you're back safe xx
It was really difficult and is probably why we run down to nothing now, we had to use everything. We went more regularly though, 4 weekly and I think I sometimes stopped at a couple of places in Brisbane but also in Toowoomba on the way home :s
Your weekly food costs are great for 8 people. Obviously bulk is the way to go.
Definitely, our price per week was a lot higher when I was going more regularly, by doing the extra distance and bulk buy we have heavily reduced it!
What town are you in it looks like the bush
We live on a 20 acre bush block about 1.5 hours west of Toowoomba :)
Looking at these fruit and vegetable prices, it’s hard to believe it was only a year ago 😢
And looking at the overall spend for what was a two month shop too! Though I might have been generous with the title and it might be a 6 week one, I’d have to look back :)
@@OurSmallFootprint I think it was a lot cheaper. I mean the olive oil and cabbage for a start. Crazy how expensive things are at the moment. Some people are really bad at planning too, they’d be taking a knock.
@@BonnyP-69r yes, there have definitely been some significant increases across the board over the last 12 months, and it has changed the way I've shopped and I have adapted for it, but as you say, some people don't and it would be hard on them!
You are a miracle worker to feed yourself on that amount per week. We are seeing grocery prices rise weekly here. Do you have "pick up" there where you could call your order in check it out and go into the store if somethings were missing? I don't know how you do it I am tired just watching you but then I am 82.
During the few days I am at my mums I get pickup/delivery to her place from a couple of places, but most of them don't do it, so you have to physically visit :)
Such a mission but one big job is better than many over the course of eight weeks.
Definitely, a lot of work, but we save money and time by doing it all at once!
Gosh you are amazing! I really need to check out Cosco. I’m paying way more here in the Yarra Valley. It would be worth propagating your pineapple tops. If unsure how take a look at my tutorial. Mine are growing fine great. I do hope you are okay 🙏❤️
I definitely have plans to try the pineapple tops, I just haven’t had anywhere to put them! I have kept them all though, I hope I can get some to take! But I’ll check out your video as well :)
@@OurSmallFootprint that’s okay. At least get them in water until you’re ready. 🍍 🍍🍍🍍 I noticed the supermarkets selling them without the tops now 🤦♀️
Can you access bulk wholesale Bidfood e.g.. ?
I did use them during Covid, they do deliver out here, but a lot of their stuff was not real cheap! It was convenient at the time though
I havent seen you, was wondering where you all are. This is dixie from texas, united states.
We live in off the East Coast of Australia :). about 1.5 hours west of Toowoomba on a map :)
Hey doll 🪆 have you tried to root the tops of your pineapples u have a ton of pineapples and might be able to get some homegrown pineapples grown from the tops u buy from the store I have a gorgeous pineapple I've started from one I've bought from the store very good idea if u haven't tried it
I'm going to try it! this lot and the last lot I bought, i dried out the last lot and put it aside to try. I'm not sure if our winters will be a bit cold, but it doesn't stay cold for long, so I'm going to try growing them under the shade cloth where they get a little bit of protection. Is worth a try!
@@OurSmallFootprint yes ma'am I absolutely agree just make sure you peel off all the bottom leaves and only put the very bottom of the top of the pineapple in water don't let the green leaves touch the water I'd put this part of the pineapple in a clear jar of water and soon you'll start to see roots growing and then let the roots grow at least as long as ur jar before putting them in dirt just make sure you change the water frequently and don't let the water get scummy and cloudy
Just want you to know I love watching all ur videos much love to you all and many blessings ❤️
@@hestinethrash1502 Thankyou! :)
@@OurSmallFootprint ur welcome 🤗
Are you able to buy whole animals worth of meat in Australia? As in could you get a whole pig and have it butchered?
You can purchase whole/half beasts from a place that butchers them kind of thing, or you can purchase an animal and get it butchered by a mobile butcher/abbatoir/DIY, you have to own the animal in that case though. But it doesn't work out very cheap in the long run, I purchased a 1/4 a cow a while back and after getting it done/delivered to Toowoomba 1.5 hours away etc, it cost me almost $26AUD per kg. I have found an alternative that I think will be cheaper (no delivery fees, still collect from Toowoomba) which I'd like to try, but it is a huge outlay all at once, so I have to purposefully put the money away. There is a butcher in Toowoomba that does half a pig as well, so we were going to try and contact them and see if they sell fat on its own for the moment :)
You need to show how you store all this. A lot of food for that price. Don’t know the conversion of Australian dollar to American but the price for your mince was shocking.
Meat is fairly expensive here, but not as expensive as it seems as our price is per kg (2.2lb per kg). I think the biggest difference is that we don't have the super specials that you guys seem to have, we never get the chance to buy meat at 99c/lb etc, the discounts on our meat are very very minimal and even buying whole beasts doesn't work out much cheaper for us (cheapest I've found is about $14aud per kg dressed (so with bones etc in still))
@@OurSmallFootprint Funnily enough, people always used to say that our food was cheap, which I guess it was compared to other European countries (ignoring the fact that other less obvious things have always been more expensive than in most other countries), and it has always been cheaper than most food in Australia but it has gotten to the point where your chicken and ground beef and quite a few other things are actually cheaper than our food. We just don't have Australian wages. Had some interesting conversations about the difference in income with some Australians throughout the years whenever I happened to travel with some. Nearly fell of the chair when the barkeeper was telling me how much he was making per hour. Our barkeepers weren't even making half of that at the time (and I don't live in one the lower income European countries either, we don't have Scandinavian incomes, but we are on the upper end).
You do a great job with all you do. That long drive would kill me. What do you listen to in the car? I hope everyone helps to put everything away. That's the part I dislike the most.
Putting it away sucks! The kids do help, but I do have to go back and reorganise a lot of it because they just don't put it away efficiently lol. I have one of those cheap things that go in your lighter socket that your phone can connect to via bluetooth and play spotify hehe, I listen to an eclectic mix, some current and some stuff from my teenage clubbing years mostly lol.
Sorry I'm back again I use to buy who gives a crap but they have increased the delivery to ridiculous price so I've just bought about a dog 50 %profit goes to rspca and only 8.95 delivery just thought I'd let you know 😉 😀 oh it's toilet paper I'm talking about LOL
I’ll have a look, thank you. We used to use wgac many many years ago. Amazon works well for pricing?
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I did leave you comment, have no idea what happened to it...epic effort..you survived...so are you liking this longer in-between shop?...are you still looking at a 12 weekly.....I'm sure you have something worked out for that....looking forward to see you tamale this lot....get some rest in there somewhere...
If I drag it out longer I'll have to take the trailer, it was a significant squeeze to get this lot in for 8ish weeks, so that might be the limit in the ute!
You are a wonderful person,wife & mother,but those days away doing shopping hauls are so full on for you it must be exhausting once your home again
Definitely full on! But worth it money wise in the end! :D
Do you kill your own meat? There’s not much meat for 8.
No, we do have chickens that could be culled for eating, but realistically we just reduce our meat portions :). We do have some canned on the shelves though from month to month that might be leftover, there is some beef there from last month that I use for pies, and a some sausage soup etc. There is at least half a doz portions of bolognese in the freezer as well leftover from the month prior and we made a big batch of sausages (bought an extra pork leg) last month that we're still working through! :D
Whew just watching makes me tired for you 😬
It’s definitely a long few days heh
I.ALWWAY.LOOK.FORWARD.TO.YOUR.GROCERY.HAULS...
They're fun to watch aren't they :). I still watch other peoples hehe