$50 ALDI Challenge - 7 nights of Dinners - Australian Family of Four
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2022
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This is still a great budget meal plan. I priced these ingredients up at my local Aldi and getting 5kg of potatoes instead of 3, this came to just under $60. Still fantastic even with higher prices. Thank you Emily! I will be making this meal plan this week
That's great!
Thank you so much for sharing. Looking forward to see the budget in April 2023
You are so welcome! I don't post monthly budgets unfortunately, finding an hour with zero kids and noise is near in possible.
Omg love this! Can’t wait to see the meals!!
Oh I am glad, It won't be anything fancy but it will be filling and budget friendly.
So good and happy 😊 to see that it can be still done $50 , I’m sick of seeing comments on different sites saying that people are spend $600 a week on groceries, I don’t know how that can be done we are family of 4 and our groceries Budget is $200 -220 and have never gone over it love your channel
Ours is $100-125 a week the extra 25 has been since the price increases
Important to remember that spending a lot on groceries can be a cultural thing as well. My Asian neighbours spend an enormous amount on food as they have family dinners often and skip lunch. If you cultural food requires a lot of meat, fish, etc ... it adds up.
@@mimad4923 Yes but in saying that Asian food has some of the most frugal dishes too. Lots of traditional homemade dishes are rather cheap to create with a well stocked basic asian pantry.
@@mimad4923 oh I understand that we have family lunches on Sundays once every couple of weeks but everyone brings something or chips in money but some of the comments I was talking about it was for every single week
Maybe it's not a shared opinion. I am a family of 4 and spend close to near that amount due to needs such as gluten intolerances, dairy and for health reasons (salmon ect) not cheap
Wow loved this. Enjoyed a cuppa tea and homemade Anzac while watching 😍
Oh I'm so glad you enjoyed it
Ohhh thank you for sharing this! Filed under "money-saving tips" 😉
This is really good content. Great job Emily thanks for sharing.
Oh you are so welcome, i am glad you liked it
This was really helpful! Thank you!
AWESOME
Fabulous video , just made Mexican bowls … with hamburger Pattie’s cooked and minced up , a packet cooked rice , all the salads , a cooked corn pea sour cream bake and a Mac and cheese with heaps of left over frozen cheese from the freezer left over bread as the bread crumb . You can make some incredible food with left overs things from the freezers and buying smart . My food shop is $600 a month and includes petrol . And we make it work . We only shop every fortnight and I meal prep for the month . The kids laugh when we have run out of certain things . They really appreciate it when it comes back into the house . And that’s been fantastic to watch them adjust to life . Have a lovely day xx
Thats great
Your attention to detail is excellent!
Thank you, I appreciate it
Wow 🤩 I love aldi I love all the stuff you got on such a low budget! :) very healthy as well
Great video! Can’t wait to see the meals all cooked
I cant wait to show you all. Do you think 1 long video or several short ones.
Are you doing a big cook up or daily meals? I'd probably do individual videos.
@@AussieDebtFreeGirl I think several short ones would be great but honestly whatever will be easier for you as I’ll watch either way 😀
I purchased an eggplant for $2.53 from Woolworths, and made eggplant fritters and eggplant omelettes this week 😋.
Love it great job x
Thank you lovely
Nice to see an Australian doing this as things not same price in other countries . Very encouraging . I’m just cooking for two now . Freeze leftover vegetables that won’t fit into the pot and freeze leftover meals . Harder as we get older and have health issues and I’d like to see videos on cooking and saving for two. We have to return to basics and cooking like our mothers cooked. I find vegetarian meals cheaper .
Wow your ALDI is huge!! Inspiring shop.
This is a smaller one near me
Thank you for sharing Emily, this was a great video, it had everything i was looking for. Meal plan, grocery haul and Proper healthy meals thank you
Oh thank you do much. I try my best
G'day from Melbourne, Australia 🦘🇭🇲
I feed my family on $50 a week as well.
I was really hoping to see what you made 😩 Thanks for sharing though, super helpful.
All the meals are posted as there own videos on this playlist. Help yourself, hope you like them.
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@@AussieDebtFreeGirl Awesome!!! Thankyou so much :)
There is a huge contrast between your Aldi and mine in US. First, yours is so clean and upscale in every way. My store has 10 times the amount of customers, and your prices are so much less also.
Food prices in Australia are huge compared to in the US
From another Aussie Mumma bear who loves frugal shopping, I'd love to see you cook your meals 🙂
There is a play list with the meals all cooled
@@AussieDebtFreeGirl cheers lovely. I'll be sure to check it out 🙂
@@theeastwood-youngfamily It varies insanely in the US by state. Gasoline even in one city can cost 40 cents more per gallon. Some cities are very expensive here.
I always buy potatoes in bulk (4-5 kg) and much cheaper then if you by per kilos.
Me too but doesn't fit a 50 one week challenge
Where is the fruit? It is recommended that we have 3 servings a day. Vitamin c is so importment. Red capsicum hs more vitamin c than oranges. Can always buy oranges by the bag. I would see what fruit is on special.Coles has tins of peaches or pink lady apple for 2 dollars each. The latter is chock full of apple and could be made in a simple dessert with custard or cream.
This is dinners only. Fruits and additional nutrients would be breakfast of lunch. This is a challenge to see if it's possible not a recommended nutritionally balanced diet
Wow here's someone more concerned about vitamin C than feeding a family. Just buy some oranges or capsicums mate.
Carrots contain vitamin C
OK fair enough that you can use items like herbs, salt and pepper etc and maybe oil from the pantry and not count those in your budget - they are minimal items that last for months, but I don't think it's accurate to use larger items like Gravy, Oyster sauce, Soy Sauce, honey, noodles! etc. They all cost quite a bit and you use quite a bit of them in meals so they need to be bought regularily, so they should be included in your budget. Also you have 1.3kg of chicken for 5 chicken meals. That calculates to under 300g chicken per meal. There's no way that's enough chicken for 4 people for 5 dinners. I usually use about 400g per meal for 4 (granted the fried rice & baked potatoes you could use a bit less but still not enough for 4 people)
Didnt use any additional noodles in this. I dont remember doing any recipes with oyster sause either, but i personally disagree on soy sause etc because again thise are once every 6- 12 month purchases.
Most Australians eat 2 - 3 times more meat than they actually need. 300g is more than enough for 4 people, BUT you have to replace some of that meat with a plant based protien, and extra veg, not extra carbs. Potatoes don't count as veg! The lack of veggies in these meals with all those excessive carbs would leave me feeling bloated and sluggish all week! I actually thought when she said "gravy" that I have none in my house right now. I agree that it's something you have to replace fairly frequently.
@@angelawossname Potatoes do count as veg alot of complex minerals and vitamins in the humble potato. Also plant based protein is soy and as plants real green veg do not have protein. You should not encourage people to eat soy.
@Caroline.123 you are being pedantic, potatoes may be technically a vegetable but are incredibly high in starch, so as far as ratios go, potatoes should count towards your carbs, not your veg. Beans and lentils and nuts and seeds are all plant based protein. Not just soy, and there is nothing wrong with soy, that's a myth. Sorry but I'm not going to trust someone who thinks soy is the only plant based protein lol.
Amazing! Only 1.78AUD average per serving, no doubt super delicious and healthy. Makes me wonder why families spend upwards of 30-40 on fast food every night and claim groceries are too expensive! Obviously, there's a time commitment to cooking and it's not for everyone but the quality and value you get just doesn't seem to compare to a home-cooked meal.
Can you share your shopping list? I have family of 8 and one on way. Would double portions
It's on the blog for your convenience. Double check prices as you go some things are more but carrots etc are less
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Be interesting to see price comparison for the same items almost a year later.
I have considered it, but honestly I find it very depressing to think about
@@AussieDebtFreeGirl I've found even Aldi prices have gone up crazy high. I do most of my shopping at Cole's now because of the flybuys bonus points.
Where do I get 3 chicken for 12? Please do let me know if anyone knows.
My local butcher does 2-3 for $10-12. The deal changes with the size of the chickens and stock. Although woollies has at least one of their chickens for $5 or less a kg each week. Last week, it was $3.50/kg!
This is awesome! So what do you suggest for someone with coeliac disease as everything expensive with the cost of living plus fitness gurus and trainers telling people it’s ok to do a gluten free diet.
I buy gf pasta, gf soy sauce, corn flour and you can make most things at home.
@@AussieDebtFreeGirl thank you
You're welcome
Oh i thought you were going to cook the food! Lol
I do, check out the play list. I broke it down per meal.
@@AussieDebtFreeGirl oh thank you I will! ❤️
Man inflation has sent these up a lot
Did someone yell out fk😂
I don't think do but it wouldn't surprise me. Someone was playing tekken behind me
One of Ur dinners was left overs? How is this a 50 shop challenge for 7 dinners?
I ended up doing a vegetarian use it up meal with leftover items on night 7.
Chicken breasts? Why not thighs.. Or even debone drumsticks.. Breast are just dry and sad. If your going to be broke might as well be not depressed too
Price and easy of use. Thighs would put it over budget, I like to buy whole chickens and butcher them for the best prices.
Also, chicken breasts are preportioned and easy for these challenges.
This is a year old. This would now cost you close to 100.00. I don't know these videos are posted when a yr old cause it's not really valid as the economy has changed and not for the better. Inflation has gone up hence food costs which this would cost you more now
This video was posted more then a year ago as you can see. We don't remove videos. It still gives ideas for cheap meals.
@carolynevans8826 I priced these ingredients at my local Aldi this week and it came to just under $60. Maybe have a look at your local Aldi. You could also substitute the corn for mixed veg which is a bit cheaper
proper meals I can do cheap it's all the dam snacks for the kids that chew up my budget 🙄
Check out my latest lunchbox video, I also bake my own when i have the time and motivation haha
Mate, I apreciate the effort of making this however if you want to get people to hang around try actually giving some ideas on making some budget meals. Like things to throw together to feed people. I am so sick to death of all this Americanised garbage. We are Australian. Ditch the Techno music and actually say something. FFS.
This was the Haul there were 5 videos that followed with the breakdowns of what I made.
Hey! Just a suggestion… I recently found Macquarie bank has a marketplace where you can buy gift cards for discounted rates… e.g the Woolies ones are 4% off. I’ve saved $100 already by buying a gift card each time (or each fortnight to the value of my grocery budget)
They have rewards points on their credit card too which you can convert to gift cards, which I don’t do but simply getting 4% off anything I buy is awesome!
Nice