Aldi’s is great for everyday items that are vegan and better prices. Fresh lettuce and other produce, lemons, limes, plain canned beans, some spices, berries, frozen veggies, etc. If you stay away from the highly processed items you can get a decent amount of groceries for a lot less than main stream grocers that are naturally vegan. So I hope you will try them again. I was reluctant at first and now I have a set amount of items I go for on a weekly basis.
@@giselleplantbasedvegan9174 yesss! Corn meal for polenta, varieties of rice, beans, steel cut oats etc... Aldi's sour dough bread is like 4 ingredients, one of which is actual sourdough starter.
They also have an oil free marinara. It’s really the only marinara that I found in stores that doesn’t have oil. I use it if I don’t want to make my own marinara. But it does have salt.
I'm Vegan and I shop at Aldi's regularly. I like their organic oil free pasta sauces, baked chips, produce section, salad dressings, garlic olives, Vegan products like tofu and veggie pot stickers, orange juice, spices, canned beans and veggies, canned soups, oatmeal, grits and frozen items especially the unseasoned frozen veggies. I found a bag of frozen unshelled edamame that was salt free.
@@WellYourWorld Awesome!! Thank you, as well!! Looking forward to all of your content!! Thank you for all of your hard work and efforts!! I've loved your channel for a long time 🙏💞🙏
I can't believe how little you found at Aldi, since I get quite a bit there! But I have noticed that not all Aldi stores carry all of their products - I've never seen those beans at my local Aldi, for example - and the quality of their fresh produce also seems to vary from location to location. My local Aldi carries a number of vegan staples and has excellent quality produce. At my local Aldi store, I buy fresh fruits and vegetables, mostly organics (I use EWG's lists to decide which produce needs to be organic), though there is a limited selection. I also buy some organic frozen veggies, chia seeds, flax seeds, quinoa, brown rice, sometimes other single-ingredient grains, white vinegar, sometimes other vinegars, edamame pasta, chickpea pasta, lentil pasta, quinoa and brown rice pasta, no oil and no sugar marinara sauce, a different type of no-oil and no sugar salsa than shown on this WYW video, pineapple canned in its own juice (I can't eat it raw), pumpkin puree, pistachios or peanuts and sometimes other dry roasted and unsalted nuts and seeds, sometimes canned beans and canned veggies (Not potatoes! Ick!), medjool dates, organic dried herbs and spices (limited selection) and sometimes "special purchase" or "seasonal" foods that are only available for a few weeks or months (sometimes these are brand name products at deep discounts). Some of the canned products go into my emergency supplies cupboard because of salt content (rinsing well removes a lot of the sodium), but if I get the organic version, like organic canned black beans, they usually have much lower sodium content, equivalent to the reduced-sodium brand name beans at other stores, but at a lower price. I've also gotten unflavored, unsweetened plant milk at Aldi when my usual store was having supply/restocking issues. What each Aldi store carries does vary, and you do have to read labels carefully, but it can be a good resource for those of us on tight budgets.
I mostly avoid products and do the majority of my basic grocery shopping at Aldi's because their prices knock the other stores out of the ballpark. Just a quick example... a bag of fresh spinach is a buck, and 3 heads of romaine hearts are around 3 bucks. Unfortunately they have a limited selection in the best of times, but after the hurricane here recently, it was totally depleted. When I had to stop at another store for my salad goodies, the same size bag of spinach was almost $5, and the romaine almost $6! Money is so tight I had to pass, and walked out with a head of cabbage, kale, and some carrots and have a fresh batch of broccoli/lentil/radish/fenugreek sprouts to add to it. Slaw instead of salad this week kids, but at least we still have a home!
I’m glad to have started shopping at Aldi. I love the size of the market and I seem to get so much more food at a lower price than I would at a grocery store, even at Costco. My bill today was $85 and have so much variety I have enough food for a good 3 4 weeks with a replenish of fresh veggies in a couple weeks. 👍
Don't forget that most of the salt in cans, like beans and lentils, is in the fluid/juice. So draining and then rinsing is going to remove nearly all the salt apart from the miniscule amount that may be absorbed by the product.
@@WellYourWorld That's right, but I didn't say it completely gets rid of it. It will minimalise it a great deal. Not sure about cooking in brine. The extra salt ito cook with is an added expense, unsalted water will cook them just as well.It's generally used as a preservative as well as the worlds No1 flavour enhancer. But there is no way those potatoes will contain even half of that salt content. A teaspoon of salt has about 2000mg of sodium and I don't know anyone who is worried about salt, drinking or adding the juice to their meal.....but potatoes are cheap as chips (pun intended), so buy the raw product and save on the wasted metal and energy and transport of the canned stuff.
Cont.. They have organic strawberries and blueberries in the frozen food section. Sometimes they have a good selection of organic fruits and vegetables in the produce section. Some weeks are better than other weeks. They have a 1 lb bag of pre-cooked brown rice, it's usually on the end cap in Ohio. Sometimes you can find something good and the clearance aisle. I bought several cans of organic diced tomatoes. But they weren't salt free. At one time they were selling organic tomato paste in the tiny cans but I haven't seen it since and that was 2 years ago.
How did you guys not know about canned potatoes…I grew up with those they were always added to a pot of green beans…they are good that way I promise much better then straight out of the can lol
Hi guys - The Aldi's I go to often has some surprising non-food items in their "Aldi Finds" aisle, not the least of which are decent quality leggings, tops and slippers at waaaaay below what anyplace else charges. My fave food items are their store brand of salsa (Casa Mamita medium spicy) and fresh organic fruit and peppers. Apropos of nothing, I'm simmering white beans in my crock pot and will soon be adding carrots, cabbage and some soy curls seasoned with Local Spicery's blend called Pepperoni blend (SOS free). Thanks for the haul video!
Once a year, Aldi will have organic cotton sheets for $35. Then, another time during the year, they sell men's and women's organic cotton pajamas. Too much goodness!
As a mom of six who works full time to me the canned potatoes are a life saver. Potato soup? Easy peasy. Mashed potatoes? Np. Etc. Just rinse them well and use them as already cooked potatoes if your just getting off of work and need to feed the masses. Sometimes you have to be creative! Great video.
I went to the Aldi's on Bell after they opened and was underwhelmed. The 2 things I liked were their frozen corn and peas, as they were organic and cheap. I just did my one of a few times a year trip to Bashas today, as they had asparagus, organic grape tomatoes on sale, with 20 cent limes and 50 cent large avocados! My fave salsa is throwing grape tomatoes in the food processor and whizzing up until chunky, putting in bowl with red onion, cilantro, garlic, a touch of cumin, black pepper and garam masala, lime and adding chipotle in adobo that I have already whizzed up to a paste and keep in jar in fridge. The canned chipotles do have some salt, but depending on how hot you like salsa (I'm a medium), you're only using about a tablespoon per pint of tomatoes. Grape tomatoes have the perfect liquid to flesh ratio for salsa. 😉
You two are one of the few Plant Based influencers i resonate with. Im new to vegan/plant based eating and you make such simple and flavorful and easy meals. Thank you. #newsubbie.
Fruit and veggies can be really good. I went a couple months ago and got organic strawberries for a $1.49 each. Bought a whole flat and froze them (well a friend did it for me, she knows I am super busy and she is not working right now, it was a huge blessing).
yes, their organic fresh strawberries here in our Naples, FL store have been $3.49 and other stores more....$4.49 at TJ's ... $6.00 at Publix. I do like ALDI's fair trade organic whole bean coffee 12 ounce bag for $6.39 also.
When I was in school in Atlanta during the mid sixties the canned potatoes tasted as though they had been left over from one of our 19th century wars. They had a very musty flavor. I understood that they were convenient for the chefs but they were awful. Thanks for the review.
-central Wisconsin: I’m surprised you did not talk about their produce options and prices on those. p.s. they’re frozen blueberries are a good price in the freezer section. They are not organic, but they are a good price. I use them in my oatmeal every morning and sometimes put them into my protein smoothies. I also like to get some of my produce there, including avocados, and when they’re in season, Medjool Dates.
I know that the products can vary a lot depending on what part of the country you're in, and even from one store to the other. Unfortunately I don't have a Trader Joe's or a Whole Foods anywhere near me, so it's only Aldi, Jewel, or Hy-Vee. Best wfpb items in my Aldi include: Canned tomato paste, zero added salt Canned organic beans, fairly low sodium Dried beans and dried lentils (limited variety, but cheap) Produce! Best prices on fruit & veg. Nuts (both raw and roasted, ck lable) Flax seed, chia seed, almond flour, and yeah, that canned pumpkin! Steel cut oats (watch the label, they carry both traditional and "quick cooking", only get the traditional) Raisins, and some other dried fruits but READ the labels, since some have oil or sugar, but the raisins are just raisins. Last yr around the holidays they had dried figs, just pure figs, which I used to make the homemade fig Newtons recipe from Plant Pure. They also have a good price on medjool dates. Frozen vegetables and frozen fruit. Tofu (when it's actually in stock). I do not purchase any of their plant milk because all of them have added oil and thickeners and crap, their soy milk doesn't have added oil but it has added sugar. And lately I'm addicted to the Herb & sea salt Norwegian crisp bread, which is like a seed cracker with wholemeal rye, oats, spelt bran, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, etc, which is fairly low in sodium and has no oil. But caution, they always have it right next to the other crackers and crispbread which do have oil (so just read the labels). I have a lot of temporary items and seasonal items, the lentil lasagna was great but I can't get the lasagna anymore.
They have fresh organic salsa in the refrigerated section. Canned organic pinto beans black beans. For some reason they don't have organic garbanzo beans
Not my fave place, but looks like they have a few cool items! I LOVE me some Sprouts! I think my kids may be done growing so that board might not be my best purchase for me! 🤣😂🤣😂 Really appreciate and enjoy the food hauls, keep them coming!
I use Robertos mild green chili salsa, no added sugar, 150mg sodium in 2Tbs. I also have bought and love tomatillo salsa made from tomatillos and jalapeños, no added sugar. They both are pretty flavorful on top of most any steamed or raw veggies. The Robertos is my go-to on my standard grocery list. The Herdez brand of tomatillo salsa called salsa verde is also my go-to and I use this in many recipes as instant flavoring. I can get both at Walmart and usually Kroger/King Soopers in Colorado. I make my own guacamole most of the time but if I'm having a big group over, Yucatan guacamole with 150mg of sodium per serving is what I buy. It's easier to serve a bigger group with this since I can get a lot of it. It goes quickly at a party. On the canned potatoes, I have bought them sliced in a can, or diced, and drained and rinsed them before putting them in a 9 can veggie soup recipe. I've convinced my husband to use a bag of mixed frozen veggies rather than usong so many cans of veggies now. He doesn't want to peel and dice potatoes so he opts for the canned variety. He whips up a double or triple batch of veggie soup pretty quickly with canned and frozen veggies and we use it for many lunches and dinners as a full meal. Whole foods that make my life a little quicker are canned no salt added beans, frozen broccoli and cauliflower as well as mixed veggies and stir fry veggies, plus frozen fruits help ease the meal prep on many days and nights. Linda in Colorado
I'm with you Reeves, outside of Chicago good guac does not exist. I mean amazing Mexican food seems to dissappear once we leave the Chicagoland area. You guys rock!
I've used many a can of cooked potatoes when camping. Makes a cool hash. Of course that was in the days I was still using oil, and 'meat.' The meat was canned corned beef... Yuck. Adding lots of onions, green and red peppers, and spices; cooked in cast iron over an open fire, made it tasty. Nowadays, I'd rethink the recipe, but eating them straight out of the can has to be the worst way to eat anything. Still think they're a useful commodity to have on hand for those emergency moments. Also making a rocket stove to easily cook or heat something to eat and drink. Makes life better in those difficult times. If you're not prepared, and have starches cooked and ready, it can be a big surprise. Then you'll love haveing the canned potatoes.
You both are so fun. Love the shirts. I went to Aldi’s in Stillwater Oklahoma last week and I got pineapples, apples, oranges, potatoes the fresh stuff it was okay I still am partial to Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods but it’s garden season now and I plan on growing as ouch as possible. I am ready to eat from the farm. It’s hard to shop at the store for our diets. Have an awesome day! Wendy🙏🏻🇺🇸
The Aldi near me in So Cal. is quite disappointing. I've been 2X & their fruit/veg selection is very lacking (they want you to buy 3-10 lbs. of lemons, onions, apples, potatoes) which doesn't work very well for 1 to 2 people. They have almost no organic fresh or frozen food. I've seen many videos of people (Thoseveganguys) making HUGE vegan hauls at their Aldi's in the UK, which have a much larger selection of vegan frozen & prepared items. I'd love to see a video on you two trying a Grocery Outlet haul (if you have them in Arizona), which I have had much better luck at!
Plus have you ever had canned potatoes? They're a weird mushy consistency, or taste like the weird potatoes that went in cheap deli potato salad. On the other hand if you had gone to the produce section in Aldi, you can get real potatoes pretty cheap. 😺
Fun video- grew up with my mom using canned potato for au gratin potatoes. This was a throw back:) And the non food item aisle is often referred to as "the aisle of shame" Cute growth chart!!
Wow, finally unsalted pistachios! I think I can trick myself by crushing the pistachios and put the whole bag in the chest freezer so I can only eat 5 at a time 😂 Thank you for the funny haul 🤣😁
Vegan kids are the future man, we have an almost 4 year old bundle of crazy energy, and another one on the way! Our son already understands our concept of kindness, I hope he continues into adulthood 🤞but hey, it's their life, what they do when they're grown is up to them. All we can do as parents is give them the best footing, and not eating animal products is a hell of a kick-start in my opinion. P.S new watcher, love you're videos and recipes 🤘. Much love from England.
Hi Roz, we do this with our canned vegetables and beans. While this would remove some salt yes, but since the potatoes are cooked in brine it’s impossible to remove entirely.
Thanks for another great video! I love your recipes and make them often. I especially love your cooking shows! Thank you for helping me on my whole food plant based journey! I really enjoy many of your products, too! :) I go to Aldi fairly frequently. I buy certain produce items there. They have a moderate selection of organic produce. They do have organic soy milk (in the cold section) that contains some sugar and additives, but it is really cheap. I have to go to another town to get unsweetened organic soy milk, so the Aldi one often fills the bill at an affordable price. They are a good place to get dried herbs and spices (a smaller selection, but have some organic ones, and a great price), avocados (best price!), good price on bananas, some canned items and organic vegetable broth (both great prices but not low sodium), raw cashews, and nonfood products like paper towels, paper plates, food bags and wraps, etc. I go to Aldi for certain items at great prices and have to go to other stores for a larger selection of items and brands. Some items are not carried all the time, such as the various pastas (often organic and/or legume pastas), but they are great when you can catch them. The prices are usually very good. Thanks for including Aldi. I so wish I had a Trader Joe's near me, but it is over an hour away. :( Blessings!!❤
I ate canned potatoes growing up. Don't remember them being offensive and it was a case of you eat what's put in front of you. Now the chickpeas pasta, I bought it off of a well-known doctor's website and I have about 12 boxes of it. Do you want it? I cannot choke it down
Good info, thanks for being the test subjects! Question - I can’t find a good tortilla that is minimal ingredients. I’ve tried the Siete’ and didn’t like them I’m plant based but love my salt canned potatoes taste like the can, even if rinsed! 🤢
I do not like chickpea pasta, I really wish I did. I do love chickpeas though. I love red lentil pasta, used it for the first time because of one of your instapot recipes. Maybe it was a TikTok challenge recipe..I can't remember, but it was great!
We don’t have a Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s nearby, unfortunately (I miss those, Wegman’s, too). We do have Aldi, though, and I was thinking of trying it out. Even though this didn’t seem to have a favorable haul for you, definitely think it could still be worth checking out. Do you happen to recall if they have raw cashews? That seems to be a hard ingredient to find around my area. I used to get them at Wegman’s. On an unrelated note, Reebs, I’m not sure if anyone else shares this same sentiment, but you really remind me of a calm, more zen version of Janice from the movie Mean Girls.
My Aldis does not carry the chickpea pasta 😔😭 This is off topic, but I found out today that chili powder has sodium in it, and there are other spices that do too.
I'm so glad you did this video because I live in Phoenix and I've been meaning to go to Aldi to check it out. After watching your haul, I think I'll probably give it a pass.
The Pinto Beans looked smokin' hot because the package was smokin' BBQ flavour. Neat-o! I like the "Feeling Gourd" T-shirt! Too bad it is cost prohibitive to ship to Canada 😞because I would get one.
@@WellYourWorld Oh yes, I know. I bought one and it was pretty expensive to ship and with the exchange rate now....well, no good, sadly. I love the shirts so much!
Store-bought guac is essentially baby food, which might explain who it's so very, very gross. But, after watching this video, I'm not sorry that there's no Aldi in Tucson. Also, sugar in salsa is an abomination. Love your videos!
A few years ago, i was at Aldi trying to like it but EVERY frozen vegetable, veggie burger or frozen meal I looked at was made in China. I don't trust their soil to not be heavily contaminated, so I pay more elsewhere. Plus I'm trying to eat more whole foods now, not frozen meals.
Since Trader Joe's discontinued their Maple Butter, I found a replacement at Aldi's. Same ingredients. Just pure maple syrup whipped up into a spreadable butter.
@@WellYourWorld But, seriously, potatoes in a can! Some of the food stuffs coming out of the States are an insult to human dignity. The big-player food industries gave up on public health as a starting point and out of principled greed. Food is, from their professional angle, a product. The deficiencies of each product are overlooked, while any supposed nutritional qualities are trumpeted forth in advertising. How could this have gone wrong? How could the market's hand have deceived us with such calculated indifference? Anyway, I've been on the same health curve as you guys for approximately the same number of years, and it's been great to have your company.
Don't go by this video. It looks like they're talking about packaged foods and totally skipped the fresh produce and frozen fruit and veg that are cheaper at Aldi than almost anywhere else. My local aldi has 10 pounds of potatoes for less than $6 right now. The next cheapest place is Walmart where it's $8. At their website you can see their weekly sale flyer. Grapes for 95 cents a pound, Gala apples $1.99 for 3 pounds. Last week mushrooms were .99 cents per 8 ounces. People who don't really have the option of paying a little more somewhere else or who would rather not pay more if they don't have to can save a ton of money.
Aldi’s is great for everyday items that are vegan and better prices. Fresh lettuce and other produce, lemons, limes, plain canned beans, some spices, berries, frozen veggies, etc. If you stay away from the highly processed items you can get a decent amount of groceries for a lot less than main stream grocers that are naturally vegan. So I hope you will try them again. I was reluctant at first and now I have a set amount of items I go for on a weekly basis.
Very true! We wanted to try different emergency foods that are unique to Aldi! We will be doing another video later with everyone's suggestions!
I love Aldi. There are SOOO many WFPB recipes I can make with Aldi staples. Cheap, vegan? Hells yes!
Agree! I leave with lots of fresh and frozen veggies. Looks like their haul is prepped processed foods which will be loaded with sodium.
@@giselleplantbasedvegan9174 yesss! Corn meal for polenta, varieties of rice, beans, steel cut oats etc... Aldi's sour dough bread is like 4 ingredients, one of which is actual sourdough starter.
Love the way you edit. Your videos just move along at such a nice clip, have some funny laughs and all round enjoyable. ❤
Thank you so much, that truly means a lot! 🤍
Last week at Aldi, they had gluten free lasagna noodles. 2 ingredients, organic lentils and organic GF rice. ❤️
Oh wow, that's amazing! Thanks for letting us know!
Yes that lentil lasagna was great, unfortunately my Aldi doesn't have lasagna noodles anymore. 😿
They also have an oil free marinara. It’s really the only marinara that I found in stores that doesn’t have oil. I use it if I don’t want to make my own marinara. But it does have salt.
That's great Nikki!
Drain, rinse and Slice the potatoes, add green onions and saute. We use to eat these often as kids.
I'm Vegan and I shop at Aldi's regularly. I like their organic oil free pasta sauces, baked chips, produce section, salad dressings, garlic olives, Vegan products like tofu and veggie pot stickers, orange juice, spices, canned beans and veggies, canned soups, oatmeal, grits and frozen items especially the unseasoned frozen veggies. I found a bag of frozen unshelled edamame that was salt free.
Awesome Jill, thanks! We will be doing another video with everyones suggestions!
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Awesome!!
Thank you, as well!!
Looking forward to all of your content!! Thank you for all of your hard work and efforts!!
I've loved your channel for a long time 🙏💞🙏
I can't believe how little you found at Aldi, since I get quite a bit there! But I have noticed that not all Aldi stores carry all of their products - I've never seen those beans at my local Aldi, for example - and the quality of their fresh produce also seems to vary from location to location. My local Aldi carries a number of vegan staples and has excellent quality produce.
At my local Aldi store, I buy fresh fruits and vegetables, mostly organics (I use EWG's lists to decide which produce needs to be organic), though there is a limited selection. I also buy some organic frozen veggies, chia seeds, flax seeds, quinoa, brown rice, sometimes other single-ingredient grains, white vinegar, sometimes other vinegars, edamame pasta, chickpea pasta, lentil pasta, quinoa and brown rice pasta, no oil and no sugar marinara sauce, a different type of no-oil and no sugar salsa than shown on this WYW video, pineapple canned in its own juice (I can't eat it raw), pumpkin puree, pistachios or peanuts and sometimes other dry roasted and unsalted nuts and seeds, sometimes canned beans and canned veggies (Not potatoes! Ick!), medjool dates, organic dried herbs and spices (limited selection) and sometimes "special purchase" or "seasonal" foods that are only available for a few weeks or months (sometimes these are brand name products at deep discounts).
Some of the canned products go into my emergency supplies cupboard because of salt content (rinsing well removes a lot of the sodium), but if I get the organic version, like organic canned black beans, they usually have much lower sodium content, equivalent to the reduced-sodium brand name beans at other stores, but at a lower price. I've also gotten unflavored, unsweetened plant milk at Aldi when my usual store was having supply/restocking issues.
What each Aldi store carries does vary, and you do have to read labels carefully, but it can be a good resource for those of us on tight budgets.
We wanted to try different emergency foods that are unique to Aldi! We will be doing another video later with everyone's suggestions!
I like Aldi for their fresh produce, good prices.
I mostly avoid products and do the majority of my basic grocery shopping at Aldi's because their prices knock the other stores out of the ballpark. Just a quick example... a bag of fresh spinach is a buck, and 3 heads of romaine hearts are around 3 bucks. Unfortunately they have a limited selection in the best of times, but after the hurricane here recently, it was totally depleted. When I had to stop at another store for my salad goodies, the same size bag of spinach was almost $5, and the romaine almost $6! Money is so tight I had to pass, and walked out with a head of cabbage, kale, and some carrots and have a fresh batch of broccoli/lentil/radish/fenugreek sprouts to add to it. Slaw instead of salad this week kids, but at least we still have a home!
That is great Char! They do have awesome prices on staples!
I’m glad to have started shopping at Aldi. I love the size of the market and I seem to get so much more food at a lower price than I would at a grocery store, even at Costco. My bill today was $85 and have so much variety I have enough food for a good 3 4 weeks with a replenish of fresh veggies in a couple weeks. 👍
That's awesome!
Don't forget that most of the salt in cans, like beans and lentils, is in the fluid/juice. So draining and then rinsing is going to remove nearly all the salt apart from the miniscule amount that may be absorbed by the product.
The potatoes are cooked in brine it’s impossible to remove entirely.
@@WellYourWorld That's right, but I didn't say it completely gets rid of it. It will minimalise it a great deal. Not sure about cooking in brine. The extra salt ito cook with is an added expense, unsalted water will cook them just as well.It's generally used as a preservative as well as the worlds No1 flavour enhancer. But there is no way those potatoes will contain even half of that salt content. A teaspoon of salt has about 2000mg of sodium and I don't know anyone who is worried about salt, drinking or adding the juice to their meal.....but potatoes are cheap as chips (pun intended), so buy the raw product and save on the wasted metal and energy and transport of the canned stuff.
Do you do mostly organic veg? Our aldi has a good selection of organic and reg veg. Much cheaper than reg store for grapes Romain lettuce etc
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They have organic strawberries and blueberries in the frozen food section. Sometimes they have a good selection of organic fruits and vegetables in the produce section. Some weeks are better than other weeks.
They have a 1 lb bag of pre-cooked brown rice, it's usually on the end cap in Ohio.
Sometimes you can find something good and the clearance aisle. I bought several cans of organic diced tomatoes. But they weren't salt free. At one time they were selling organic tomato paste in the tiny cans but I haven't seen it since and that was 2 years ago.
How did you guys not know about canned potatoes…I grew up with those they were always added to a pot of green beans…they are good that way I promise much better then straight out of the can lol
3/4 cup of the pumpkin puree, 1 cup oatmeal, raisins and a little water to "Activate" the oats is my typical cookie base
Yum!!
Hi guys - The Aldi's I go to often has some surprising non-food items in their "Aldi Finds" aisle, not the least of which are decent quality leggings, tops and slippers at waaaaay below what anyplace else charges. My fave food items are their store brand of salsa (Casa Mamita medium spicy) and fresh organic fruit and peppers. Apropos of nothing, I'm simmering white beans in my crock pot and will soon be adding carrots, cabbage and some soy curls seasoned with Local Spicery's blend called Pepperoni blend (SOS free). Thanks for the haul video!
Once a year, Aldi will have organic cotton sheets for $35. Then, another time during the year, they sell men's and women's organic cotton pajamas. Too much goodness!
As a mom of six who works full time to me the canned potatoes are a life saver.
Potato soup? Easy peasy. Mashed potatoes? Np. Etc.
Just rinse them well and use them as already cooked potatoes if your just getting off of work and need to feed the masses. Sometimes you have to be creative! Great video.
I went to the Aldi's on Bell after they opened and was underwhelmed. The 2 things I liked were their frozen corn and peas, as they were organic and cheap. I just did my one of a few times a year trip to Bashas today, as they had asparagus, organic grape tomatoes on sale, with 20 cent limes and 50 cent large avocados! My fave salsa is throwing grape tomatoes in the food processor and whizzing up until chunky, putting in bowl with red onion, cilantro, garlic, a touch of cumin, black pepper and garam masala, lime and adding chipotle in adobo that I have already whizzed up to a paste and keep in jar in fridge. The canned chipotles do have some salt, but depending on how hot you like salsa (I'm a medium), you're only using about a tablespoon per pint of tomatoes. Grape tomatoes have the perfect liquid to flesh ratio for salsa. 😉
That's a great deal for limes and avocados!
You two are one of the few Plant Based influencers i resonate with. Im new to vegan/plant based eating and you make such simple and flavorful and easy meals. Thank you. #newsubbie.
Try rinsing the potatoes- I used them in a dump soup and they were great!
We grew up eating those canned potatoes. Rinse them and fry them. They are YUMMY!!
Fruit and veggies can be really good. I went a couple months ago and got organic strawberries for a $1.49 each. Bought a whole flat and froze them (well a friend did it for me, she knows I am super busy and she is not working right now, it was a huge blessing).
That's an awesome deal! Thanks for the comment!
yes, their organic fresh strawberries here in our Naples, FL store have been $3.49 and other stores more....$4.49 at TJ's ... $6.00 at Publix. I do like ALDI's fair trade organic whole bean coffee 12 ounce bag for $6.39 also.
Their frozen fruit is way cheaper than in the regular stores!
When I was in school in Atlanta during the mid sixties the canned potatoes tasted as though they had been left over from one of our 19th century wars. They had a very musty flavor. I understood that they were convenient for the chefs but they were awful.
Thanks for the review.
Sounds like I tasted the same batch
For guacamole you just need the avocado and a lime for seasoning. It’s delicious.
Avocados are great right now.
-central Wisconsin: I’m surprised you did not talk about their produce options and prices on those.
p.s. they’re frozen blueberries are a good price in the freezer section. They are not organic, but they are a good price. I use them in my oatmeal every morning and sometimes put them into my protein smoothies. I also like to get some of my produce there, including avocados, and when they’re in season, Medjool Dates.
Hi Scott! This video was mainly for items we found unique to Aldi that are emergency foods!
Thanks for showing some of the items that are available. ❤
Also, love your honesty.
Aldi is great for rice, oats, pasta, canned goods. They also have raw organic cashews.
Very true!
I know that the products can vary a lot depending on what part of the country you're in, and even from one store to the other. Unfortunately I don't have a Trader Joe's or a Whole Foods anywhere near me, so it's only Aldi, Jewel, or Hy-Vee. Best wfpb items in my Aldi include:
Canned tomato paste, zero added salt
Canned organic beans, fairly low sodium
Dried beans and dried lentils (limited variety, but cheap)
Produce! Best prices on fruit & veg.
Nuts (both raw and roasted, ck lable)
Flax seed, chia seed, almond flour, and yeah, that canned pumpkin!
Steel cut oats (watch the label, they carry both traditional and "quick cooking", only get the traditional)
Raisins, and some other dried fruits but READ the labels, since some have oil or sugar, but the raisins are just raisins. Last yr around the holidays they had dried figs, just pure figs, which I used to make the homemade fig Newtons recipe from Plant Pure. They also have a good price on medjool dates.
Frozen vegetables and frozen fruit.
Tofu (when it's actually in stock).
I do not purchase any of their plant milk because all of them have added oil and thickeners and crap, their soy milk doesn't have added oil but it has added sugar.
And lately I'm addicted to the Herb & sea salt Norwegian crisp bread, which is like a seed cracker with wholemeal rye, oats, spelt bran, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, etc, which is fairly low in sodium and has no oil. But caution, they always have it right next to the other crackers and crispbread which do have oil (so just read the labels).
I have a lot of temporary items and seasonal items, the lentil lasagna was great but I can't get the lasagna anymore.
That's an awesome list, thanks for sharing!
They have fresh organic salsa in the refrigerated section.
Canned organic pinto beans black beans. For some reason they don't have organic garbanzo beans
Oh nice. Are they salt free though? I couldn’t find any.
@@WellYourWorld I'd have to check next time I go. Right now my refrigerator is pretty empty.
Not my fave place, but looks like they have a few cool items! I LOVE me some Sprouts! I think my kids may be done growing so that board might not be my best purchase for me! 🤣😂🤣😂 Really appreciate and enjoy the food hauls, keep them coming!
I use Robertos mild green chili salsa, no added sugar, 150mg sodium in 2Tbs. I also have bought and love tomatillo salsa made from tomatillos and jalapeños, no added sugar. They both are pretty flavorful on top of most any steamed or raw veggies. The Robertos is my go-to on my standard grocery list. The Herdez brand of tomatillo salsa called salsa verde is also my go-to and I use this in many recipes as instant flavoring. I can get both at Walmart and usually Kroger/King Soopers in Colorado. I make my own guacamole most of the time but if I'm having a big group over, Yucatan guacamole with 150mg of sodium per serving is what I buy. It's easier to serve a bigger group with this since I can get a lot of it. It goes quickly at a party. On the canned potatoes, I have bought them sliced in a can, or diced, and drained and rinsed them before putting them in a 9 can veggie soup recipe. I've convinced my husband to use a bag of mixed frozen veggies rather than usong so many cans of veggies now. He doesn't want to peel and dice potatoes so he opts for the canned variety. He whips up a double or triple batch of veggie soup pretty quickly with canned and frozen veggies and we use it for many lunches and dinners as a full meal. Whole foods that make my life a little quicker are canned no salt added beans, frozen broccoli and cauliflower as well as mixed veggies and stir fry veggies, plus frozen fruits help ease the meal prep on many days and nights.
Linda in Colorado
I'm with you Reeves, outside of Chicago good guac does not exist. I mean amazing Mexican food seems to dissappear once we leave the Chicagoland area. You guys rock!
I've used many a can of cooked potatoes when camping. Makes a cool hash. Of course that was in the days I was still using oil, and 'meat.' The meat was canned corned beef... Yuck. Adding lots of onions, green and red peppers, and spices; cooked in cast iron over an open fire, made it tasty. Nowadays, I'd rethink the recipe, but eating them straight out of the can has to be the worst way to eat anything. Still think they're a useful commodity to have on hand for those emergency moments. Also making a rocket stove to easily cook or heat something to eat and drink. Makes life better in those difficult times. If you're not prepared, and have starches cooked and ready, it can be a big surprise. Then you'll love haveing the canned potatoes.
Yes I agree most of the items are good in a pinch, but that’s about it for the super salty stuff, at least for me. 🙂
@@WellYourWorld ... yep. Salty isn't good any more.
You should make a WYW salsa mix where you just add a scoop to a can of petite diced tomatoes...
Love that idea. Will work on it.
But if the ingredients that you're suggested are a powder form wouldn't that be highly processed?
@@debbicowan2728 no more so than date powder or a spice blend...
You both are so fun. Love the shirts. I went to Aldi’s in Stillwater Oklahoma last week and I got pineapples, apples, oranges, potatoes the fresh stuff it was okay I still am partial to Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods but it’s garden season now and I plan on growing as ouch as possible. I am ready to eat from the farm. It’s hard to shop at the store for our diets. Have an awesome day! Wendy🙏🏻🇺🇸
Garden season is the best, hope you have an awesome harvest Wendy!
Roast/air fry canned potatoes with spices. Not like fresh potatoes but still tasty.
The Aldi near me in So Cal. is quite disappointing. I've been 2X & their fruit/veg selection is very lacking (they want you to buy 3-10 lbs. of lemons, onions, apples, potatoes) which doesn't work very well for 1 to 2 people. They have almost no organic fresh or frozen food. I've seen many videos of people (Thoseveganguys) making HUGE vegan hauls at their Aldi's in the UK, which have a much larger selection of vegan frozen & prepared items. I'd love to see a video on you two trying a Grocery Outlet haul (if you have them in Arizona), which I have had much better luck at!
You guys are hilarious. Thanks!! "I'll be darned"
If the potatoes are whole, couldn't you just rinse them to get rid of most of the sodium? Or do you think they absorbed it....?
Hi Mary, this would remove some salt yes, but since the potatoes are cooked in brine it’s impossible to remove entirely.
Plus have you ever had canned potatoes? They're a weird mushy consistency, or taste like the weird potatoes that went in cheap deli potato salad. On the other hand if you had gone to the produce section in Aldi, you can get real potatoes pretty cheap. 😺
Fun video- grew up with my mom using canned potato for au gratin potatoes. This was a throw back:) And the non food item aisle is often referred to as "the aisle of shame" Cute growth chart!!
Haha love the name aisle of shame!
When looking at the amount of sodium on the nutrition label, the key is to get sodium per serving as close as possible to calories per serving.
Have you guys tried their marinara sauce or their tomato basil sauce? They are pretty good...
Wow, finally unsalted pistachios! I think I can trick myself by crushing the pistachios and put the whole bag in the chest freezer so I can only eat 5 at a time 😂 Thank you for the funny haul 🤣😁
Sounds like we need to do that too haha!
Aldi sells a fairly good salsa in their organic section.
Is it oil-free?
No fat in their organic salsa, but I’m to say they do add sugar. I’m 😞 sorry!
Vegan kids are the future man, we have an almost 4 year old bundle of crazy energy, and another one on the way! Our son already understands our concept of kindness, I hope he continues into adulthood 🤞but hey, it's their life, what they do when they're grown is up to them. All we can do as parents is give them the best footing, and not eating animal products is a hell of a kick-start in my opinion. P.S new watcher, love you're videos and recipes 🤘. Much love from England.
That is amazing! Congrats!
Produce and tofu are great staples at Aldi
The canned potatoes are good sliced in the air fryer.
We prefer Aldi’s produce. Usually much fresher than other stores. We don’t have a Trader Joe’s.
You should rinse ALL canned vegetables. Rinsing will remove 40% of the sodium.
Hi Roz, we do this with our canned vegetables and beans. While this would remove some salt yes, but since the potatoes are cooked in brine it’s impossible to remove entirely.
Thanks for another great video! I love your recipes and make them often. I especially love your cooking shows! Thank you for helping me on my whole food plant based journey! I really enjoy many of your products, too! :) I go to Aldi fairly frequently. I buy certain produce items there. They have a moderate selection of organic produce. They do have organic soy milk (in the cold section) that contains some sugar and additives, but it is really cheap. I have to go to another town to get unsweetened organic soy milk, so the Aldi one often fills the bill at an affordable price. They are a good place to get dried herbs and spices (a smaller selection, but have some organic ones, and a great price), avocados (best price!), good price on bananas, some canned items and organic vegetable broth (both great prices but not low sodium), raw cashews, and nonfood products like paper towels, paper plates, food bags and wraps, etc. I go to Aldi for certain items at great prices and have to go to other stores for a larger selection of items and brands. Some items are not carried all the time, such as the various pastas (often organic and/or legume pastas), but they are great when you can catch them. The prices are usually very good. Thanks for including Aldi. I so wish I had a Trader Joe's near me, but it is over an hour away. :( Blessings!!❤
That's wonderful Tia! Their prices are pretty great!
Aldi's. Has a organic salsa..yellow lid
The canned potatoes are great on the grill.
I ate canned potatoes growing up. Don't remember them being offensive and it was a case of you eat what's put in front of you. Now the chickpeas pasta, I bought it off of a well-known doctor's website and I have about 12 boxes of it. Do you want it? I cannot choke it down
canned potatoes taste funky
Good info, thanks for being the test subjects! Question - I can’t find a good tortilla that is minimal ingredients. I’ve tried the Siete’ and didn’t like them I’m plant based but love my salt canned potatoes taste like the can, even if rinsed! 🤢
I do not like chickpea pasta, I really wish I did. I do love chickpeas though.
I love red lentil pasta, used it for the first time because of one of your instapot recipes. Maybe it was a TikTok challenge recipe..I can't remember, but it was great!
Love Aldi for veggies n some fruits, pumpkin & seltzer water. Once in a while they have an oat based frozen treat.
That's great! We love seltzer water!
The canned potatoes are good roasted or air fried.
Aldi also has LaCroix for less expensive than other stores, although the variety is not great.
Love LaCroix!
We don’t have a Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s nearby, unfortunately (I miss those, Wegman’s, too). We do have Aldi, though, and I was thinking of trying it out. Even though this didn’t seem to have a favorable haul for you, definitely think it could still be worth checking out. Do you happen to recall if they have raw cashews? That seems to be a hard ingredient to find around my area. I used to get them at Wegman’s.
On an unrelated note, Reebs, I’m not sure if anyone else shares this same sentiment, but you really remind me of a calm, more zen version of Janice from the movie Mean Girls.
Yes Aldi has raw cashews 👍
All of the produce is the best!
I like the time stamps.
Have you tried Barrio Queen ? They make guac table side and have lots of add ins like pomegranate 😮 several locations in the valley .
After all the suggestions...we are going to have to try it!
Can you leave the flavor packets out of the rice mixes? Or just sprinkle a small amount on top?
My Aldis does not carry the chickpea pasta 😔😭
This is off topic, but I found out today that chili powder has sodium in it, and there are other spices that do too.
Good to know, thanks Beth!
Guac rivalry 🤣you two are a riot ❣
I love those bean vivo bbq beans, do u think you can do a heathier dupe video on these???
This recipe is pretty close! wellyourworld.com/blogs/youtube-videos/mexican-charro-beans
@@WellYourWorld Thanks for the quick response. Enjoy your simple recipes. Appreciate you sharing!!!
I will be giving it a try once I get all the ingredients needed. Thanks
I'm so glad you did this video because I live in Phoenix and I've been meaning to go to Aldi to check it out. After watching your haul, I think I'll probably give it a pass.
It is great for some staples at a good price, it is worth checking out at least once!
Almost at 100,000 subs. 🎉
So close!
The rice also had yeast extract which is a no-no for me.
The Pinto Beans looked smokin' hot because the package was smokin' BBQ flavour. Neat-o! I like the "Feeling Gourd" T-shirt! Too bad it is cost prohibitive to ship to Canada 😞because I would get one.
Hi there! Our shirts are actually able to be shipped to Canada! Hope that helps!
@@WellYourWorld Oh yes, I know. I bought one and it was pretty expensive to ship and with the exchange rate now....well, no good, sadly. I love the shirts so much!
Howdy you 2!!! I looove Aldi. Ty for this video
Howdy, thanks for watching!
Love this!
The worst restaurant guacamole I've encountered (I didn't actually eat it) was at Casa Bonita in Denver where they put mayo in the guac.
oh no...
No Whole Foods. No Trader Joe’s. 🧐 I do have an Audi’s! Thanks for doing this! 😘
This one is for you then, Tonya! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Aldi's chipotle guacamole is good.
I dont est white potatoes 😅
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They have fat free oil free refried beans
Oh nice!
@@WellYourWorld they have good vegan frozen vegetables, fruit and some vegan processed foods like meatballs too
You guys are so funny! ❤️
Hey, just a heads up. . . You can never know what is actually in "natural flavor", the rules say it could even be animal😵
MSG is hidden under that title also.
Hi Dillon and Reebs ♥️
Hi Valerie!!
Does Aldi in the US not have vegetables?
They have a ton of fresh produce as well as frozen fruit and veg that are almost always much cheaper than other stores.
They do! We wanted to go over products that are unique to Aldi!
Store-bought guac is essentially baby food, which might explain who it's so very, very gross. But, after watching this video, I'm not sorry that there's no Aldi in Tucson. Also, sugar in salsa is an abomination. Love your videos!
That quac looks like dookie😂
Rebecca! 😂
Good guacamole at a restaurant in AZ....Barrio Queen has a great one that they make at your table! It's delish!
We are going to need to try it after all of the suggestions in the comments!
A few years ago, i was at Aldi trying to like it but EVERY frozen vegetable, veggie burger or frozen meal I looked at was made in China. I don't trust their soil to not be heavily contaminated, so I pay more elsewhere. Plus I'm trying to eat more whole foods now, not frozen meals.
Canned potatoes are so nasty to me. The salt is a preservative when canning. My grandma used to can potatoes, blah! Lol they seem mushy.
Yes!
Since Trader Joe's discontinued their Maple Butter, I found a replacement at Aldi's. Same ingredients. Just pure maple syrup whipped up into a spreadable butter.
Oh wow, that's great!
My mother in the UK always bought tinned potatoes. Yuck 🤢
Oh no!
If it is in a box, can, or bag with a bar code....not healthy
Canned potatoes....not so great
PTSD: Preserved tuber stress disorder.
🤣🤣🤣
@@WellYourWorld But, seriously, potatoes in a can! Some of the food stuffs coming out of the States are an insult to human dignity. The big-player food industries gave up on public health as a starting point and out of principled greed. Food is, from their professional angle, a product. The deficiencies of each product are overlooked, while any supposed nutritional qualities are trumpeted forth in advertising. How could this have gone wrong? How could the market's hand have deceived us with such calculated indifference?
Anyway, I've been on the same health curve as you guys for approximately the same number of years, and it's been great to have your company.
Definitely not worth a trip. You saved me some time!
Don't go by this video. It looks like they're talking about packaged foods and totally skipped the fresh produce and frozen fruit and veg that are cheaper at Aldi than almost anywhere else. My local aldi has 10 pounds of potatoes for less than $6 right now. The next cheapest place is Walmart where it's $8. At their website you can see their weekly sale flyer. Grapes for 95 cents a pound, Gala apples $1.99 for 3 pounds. Last week mushrooms were .99 cents per 8 ounces. People who don't really have the option of paying a little more somewhere else or who would rather not pay more if they don't have to can save a ton of money.
It is great for some staples at a good price, it is worth checking out at least once!
I buy my frozen organic blueberries at aldi for price and availability. I use them daily in my oats. 🫐💜😋
That's great!