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And it's usually better 😂 I'm not a fan of the Lidl tofu in those packs, the one that they have in the special weeks in the smaller, smoked/soy sauce/basil one is nice though. But house brand tofu, especially the medium one 🤤
I hate that Alex is my internal monologue here 😅 but yeah, times are hard, and right now the 20p here or there really does make all the difference. I know I can't afford to check if my soy milk is organic, or if the cheaper tinned tomatoes have more water in them than the second cheapest. But having the choice is wonderful, and knowing Lidl has so many organic options is good! Also, fun fact, the Tesco's Wicked Kitchen tofu is £1.85 for a 300g block!
@@AngelicaR23 I love tofu that's been marinated in soy sauce then beaded on panko bread crumbs and baked or air fried as a sub for nuggets. Delicious 😋
I was thinking that too! I am a single Mom of 2. We use the food bank, as prices have sky rocketed (Outer Banks of North Carolina). Even with help, a weekly food shop can get pricey sometimes. As I am newly single, I will need to budget a bit more, but honestly, I am looking forward to it! Love a good challenge 😊 Thanks for another helpful video.
I enjoyed your budget food shopping video. I'm in the US and even though we have a Lidl not far from where I live, they are not as inexpensive as yours. Also, if I bought the amount of food you just bought, I'd pay over double what you paid. I can't get over that you got spaghetti for .28P and the flour was so cheap! Also, I just bought blueberries and they were "on sale" for $3.99 US. The majority of what you bought shocks me as far as prices go. I don't understand why we pay so much here. Ever since the pandemic, when the prices went up so high, no supermarket here has lowered their prices back to where they used to be. I know we are in some economic crisis here (and of course in Europe too), yet you can still get great prices on your food. Thanks for taking us along on your food shopping. I really liked watching what you bought and seeing the prices.
Thank you! I’ve tried to explain this on previous budget videos that food in the US is waaaay more expensive, and that wages are NOT higher here as many want to say in response. Federal minimum wage in the US is lower than the UK minimum wage.
The only prices that came down are eggs. I Would imagine that when they hit five dollars a dozen most people decided not to buy them so now they’re much more affordable.
Our groceries in the US are way more expensive (this shop would probably cost me $70+ at Trader Joe's), but I think we pay less in energy costs than the UK. It probably balances out some between sectors.
@@michelleneary I think that depends where in the US you live. It varies greatly by state and climate. Heating up here in NY can be extremely expensive.
Yes, way way more, and the produce where i live in NJ, both organic, and non-organic, in most or all stores, looks atrocious.. Hardly anyone seems to care about the quality of the produce, even in how it's presented and stored in the stores...The main focus seems to be on meat...i have seen better looking produce from watching videos, in other areas of the US, though...Even Misfits Market looks like it's a bit better, but they keep raising their prices like everyone else...🐦
I did the math on the oats cause I was like hold up and the cheap oats where I am on Long Island were 8x more expensive. Like what lol everything is at least 5x the price than what I see in these videos it's depressing
I am always blown away by how cheap food is in other parts of the world. I live in NZ and i calculated how much this shop would cost at my local PakNSave (our most budget grocery store). It was $138.30 NZD which is £67. Obviously some of the veg isnt in season here (tomatoes, blueberries, capsicum) but even most of the pantry basics are double to cost. Im very jealous that you have such affordable food!
I lived in NZ for close to a year, before massive inflation hit pretty much everyone. Didn't eat fresh fruit during that time, no fresh tomatoes either, very limited veggies. Couldn't afford it, and we weren't even on low wages. It was insane.
@@miyounova yes fresh produce is expensive here regardless of if it is in season or not. A couple of years ago I visited the Netherlands in their winter and I was shocked to see fresh berries in the supermarkets for way LESS than what we would pay for fresh berries here when they are in season. I had berries every day while I was there!
You’re glowing in this video. I haven’t costed this out but my guess is that all this food would be over $100 CAD (around £60). I was shocked at how low some of the prices were compared to what it is here.
i find these videos so interesting to watch since lidl in germany has SO MUCH vegan stuff, more than any other discounter here i think. really funny that that's different in the uk apparently. i hope they bring more of the "german" vegan stuff to the uk because it's honestly amazing!
How lucky! Lidl in Italy is known for being very vegan friendly and there are less options than in UK! I so hope that some German vegan vibes will reach us 😅
@@Silvia_TrichI live in the UK but went travelling in Italy last month. Italian Lidl has WAY better vegan selection than we do here!! All the different cheese, meat alternatives etc. that you have all the time, we only get in the UK once every 6 months when they do “vegan week” and then they disappear again :(
@@c4lmY0tits oh really?? I thought we were so behind! Well, so it’s true: neighborhood’s grass is always greener 😅. I hope you can find more veg options in the near future! 🤗
Comparing prices is so interesting! Looks like the Lidl in Cornwall has pretty similar prices to the Aldi I shop at here in Texas. There are some differences (tofu is cheaper here at $1.65/14oz, mushrooms are more expensive, avocados are $0.49, etc), but it shakes out to about the same overall.
Oh jeez, I love these videos so much Maddie but the prices of food in the UK vs France is making me miserable! Also Lidl has nothing vegan here besides maybe soy milk but it's definitely not organic! 😅
It may be a fun side quest to check out an Asian specialty grocery store, (I did a quick Google search and it looks like there’s some in the eastern part of the country.), if you’re on an adventure in another part of the country. As a Asian food lover, those stores here in the US are a happy playground of fun things to try.
I cannot believe how cheap the food is in UK compared to Poland! For example, in the video the Red Pepper was 55p per kg (39p because of the price cut), in Poland its around 3-3.80 pounds. The minimum wage per hour in Poland is 22,80 zł (4,41 pounds) where in UK its 10.48 pounds. Wow!
I was in Aldi the other day and they seem to have more (and lots of new) vegan food in the freezer and fridge isles. Would be good to see a tasting session with these new products.
Do you live in England? I think England is very good with vegan items,glutenfree and i don't know what else😊. I do get vegan items at Aldi,but not in the freezer section.
Here in Italy, there aren't lots of products I saw in you video (coconut oil is only available during their "theme weeks", no sausages at all etc) but I cannot complain' about the veg selection (chicken, felafel, "tagliata" which is the famous Italian fiorentina cooked and cuts into strips, tofu - regular, smoked, with spinach, with curcuma or curry, hamburger regular/meat look-a-like :D/with mushrooms, tomatoes etc/ and lots of veg cheese) nor for the prices. 'Cause the tofu with spinach, for example, is the less expensive compared to the others competitors: it's 1.39 euro vs 2.99, or 3.50 or 4 and more. So, I'm pretty satisfied! Anyway, I love this kind of video
For anyone who buys bulk in the US, Azure Standard now has house brand coconut products and they list % content which is unusual and it’s a fantastic price.
If you love Asian inspired recipes I highly recommend checking out your local Asian shops! 3 portions of tofu at my local Asian supermarket is only £1.89 (600g I think) compared to 99p for one portion at Aldi or the expensive Cauldron and Tofoo brands! Same with things like miso paste, the little jars in supermarkets are a rip off. Also got a litre of soy sauce on sale for £1 the other week. 😬
If you have local Asian supermarkets that is 😅 I live in a city so I have one a 10 min drive away and it's well worth the extra effort for the savings given how fast I go through tofu lol
I shop at Lidl mostly and in my local Lidl they now have 3 types of vegan sausages, tempeh, vegan ice cream, sausage rolls, steak bakes, yogurt, vegan jellies, and cheese. They just recently added their vegan cheese back after removing it and I found vermondo vegan mayo in the ‘limited’ section I think if they kept their vegan items all year round and added a few meat & dessert substitutes I could do my complete shop there without any stops to Tesco when I crave a meat/dessert substitute
This is so wild, there's no way we could purchase ALL our weekly food (for my partner and I) in Australia for £17.50 equivalent to $34.78AUD 😮 So grateful for videos like this! I absolutely LOVE your channel! 😍
This is just amazing, I live in France and we do not have all those things in our LIDL ! In my LIDL they only have one kind of plant based milk it's the organic vemondo oat milk, they have no plant based meats and cheese whatsoever, they only have a falafel and sometimes firm tofu :( France is very late compared to the UK, I am baffled to see the amount of options and how cheap it is ! Our grocery bills were about 500 euros a week for a family of 3. Now we are meal planning and the total is around 60 to 140 euros a week
The 1st time I tried Lidl almond milk and couldn’t believe the amount of additives in there compared to alpro, I’d rather spend more money on the good stuff but alternatively I’d rather make my own if I could find a huge bag of almonds in Ireland ❤
This is so interesting! My husband and I are vegetarian, he's dairy & gluten allergic, and I'm soy allergic, so our protein comes primarily from beans and lentils, eggs for my husband, and dairy for me. Here on the west coast of Canada we shop at the cheapest option, lots of off brand (Great Canadian Superstore aka President's Choice), and use their credit card to collect reward points for cash off groceries. We average $660 CDN a month (including $63 a month in delivery fees because we live on a gulf island), so that's just over $80 each per week, but also includes dinners for a senior auntie that I cook for, so let's say $75 each per week. Doing the currency conversion, that's 44 british pounds per week, so we are paying more than double here compared to what you're spending there. Crazy!!
The cost blows me away I traveled to the UK and food was cheap back in 2014. Seeing some of your purchases was mind blowing a 1litre jug of soy milk would be $3.50 coconut oil would be like $15😅 I am just baffled you can purchase things for under a pound. This was a fun video to watch!
The way I gasped when you asked if Lidl sells tofu. Their smoked tofu is imo hands down THE best flavored tofu there is (well in Finnish grocery stores anyway). They don't always have it though but when they do I stock up my freezer😅
Was looking forward to this budget video because I wanted to see how Lidl in the UK is different from Lidl in Finland and some of the things available are quite different! I'm jealous that they had bigger tofu packages, we only get the 200gr packages here. Many things are the same, like very slim selection of mock meats, but in the last year alone they have introduced a lot more products and also vegan cheese for the first time, so there is hope that they'll expand the range even more. Also seems to be the same that they're always out of things or don't stock up often, at my Lidl you sometimes don't even find basic veg like leek because they have run out...
Alex is so funny….going to buy food..£50 each budget in Lidl !!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂 burgers and chips and pizza!!!! Just what a needed after a day at work…thank you for sharing and providing much amusement..xxx❤
Another awesome weekly vegan shop from Lidl Madeleine. I need to shop more at Lidl than I do at Tesco and yes I will be doing shopping haul video's. I always buy the 100%peanuts peanut butter because I don't like the stuff with palm oil and sugar. Love 🥰 the video and love 💕 Madeleine & Alex.
Maddie and Alex we think you two did very well on staying close to the budget you chose. We feel you bought a lot for little money comparison to over here in Ohio USA. We would have paid twice that amount ❤
I think I'd be very interesting to have an estimate of how much the average weekly share of stock items, condiments, spices, oil and the like would be. I do agree that it's cheaper to cook from scratch most times, especially if you are a bit more experienced and thus sometimes able to swap expensive ingredients for more affordable ones. But those items it still do cost money, especially if you want to have a certain variety on hand to have some taste variety.
And definitely good to buy those type of ingredients and other pantry items like cannend stuff only when on sale for like 50% off or 1+1 deals etc. And to make sure you have enough to bridge iver until the next sale so you never have to buy them on full price.
You can make almond milk and oat milk at home and it tastes way better than the processed stuff. 1 cup almonds soak over night, blend with 3 cups of water and filter through a nut bag, add a touch of salt and honey to taste (I only add the touvh of salt and it's delicious). Oat milk is ever easier no need to soak, blend 1 cup of oats with 3 cups of water - only for about 30 seconds though otherwise it might get claggy (not had this problem but others have) again add salt and honey to taste. Recipe is from downshiftology I think it's called. Will last 7 days in the fridge
I shop at Lidl and love it. During Covid I shopped at M&S and Steve Whatsisname decided to shut our High Street one we all loved and turn it into an American style ranch outside of town and we don't go there now as who would make a trip to a busy slip road with lots of traffic to shop. I love Lidl and the difference in my shopping, the variety and price is great. I love their plants and the german healthy products. I eat little meat but I do eat meat and find fish and salmon and feta cheese and the yogurts and milk very good. I also buy the porridge oats and their nuts etc are great. I like alot of their products and have become a complete convert. I get the odd fun thing there for my grandchildren and the staff are friendly. Even the toilet rolls and bleach i now get there. I will try the soya milk again as I know tofu is so good for you too.
I'd love to ask the easiest way to try have more plant based meals when I have a severe intolerance to coconut, soy and chickpeas - So many recipes rely on these so wouldn't know the best way to go about altering them to suit or what are good alternatives.
Chickpeas and coconut milk is easy to avoid. You can use other types of beans there are plenty of options. As for milk if it comes to like a curry you could just use another type of plant milk, it won't have the coconut taste obviously but it will add some creaminess either way and you'll be adding spices for flavour. You could try a rice milk which is naturally sweet from itself so probably closest to a coconut milk. But There are plenty of other plant milks you could try too such as oat, almond, cashew, rice, pea protein based milk. There is also yogurt based on oats or almond. And for tofu you can just leave it out of a recipe or if you wish you can replace it with a soy free alternative such as seitan, beans, mushrooms or other soy free meat substitutes. Depending on the recipe and your wishes
The sun dried tomatoes have so much more flavour and I like to eat them raw. Lovely in Lidl. The salted peanuts are not as fatty or as salty as some other shops and very reasonable.
Oh my goodness! This is the same amount of money i spend for 2 people a week in Poland. We Don't have any polish supermarkets so lidl and other stores have prices of food items simmilar to other countries (because they want profit). But here we don't make much money per hour 😢 I make around 3£ per hour. Its very sad. In italian lidl i would pay exactly the same for the same groceries while making 3x less than someone from italy. It's very sad with supermarket like that. 😢 The prices of items you showed in the video are EXACTLY the same here .....
I am not vegan but pescatarian. I love your videos and meal ideas. Here in states (Ohio). I usually spend close to $75 a week and that is trying to stay on budget. I swear prices increase every week. However you can eat healthy and stay on a budget. Hate it when people say it cost too much to eat health. My answer is.. you can buy a bag of Apple the same price or less than a bag of chips or store bought cookies.
I found Buckwheat ramen noodles at Lidl the other day (granted, I live in Italy, so it was the Lidl Italia) but check their 'international' section which changes every so often.
Love your videos! It'd be a cool idea to do another video the following week using a lot of the ingredients that you have left and only buying a few items to show how you can continue to stretch your budget and reduce food waste. Just an idea
For 2 years I’ve been buying lots of sweet potatoes because I was trying to save money. I was always surprized at my receipt total, but I never checked what made it high. Turns out 2 small sweet potatoes costs 4 euros here in Norway ☠️ 1 chocolate bar also costs 4… 1 bag of groceries typically costs 50 euros for me. Pretty sure it was 30 before
It's interesting to see how Lidl's range varies from country to country. Here in Sweden we definitely have vegan mince in the freezer section (and a bunch of other "meat" basics like meatballs, burgers etc). Maybe it's a supplier thing cos here they stock a swedish brand of vegan products, not quorn 🤷🏻♀️ I miss how cheap food is in the UK though! We'd never get that trolley for that price at Lidl here.
We have also Lidl but tofu is sold in 200g blocks and it's 10£ per kg 😬 And it is the cheapest option. Oh well.. at least it's there! Looking forward to new plant based inspiration ✨️🤤
My top tip for hiding carrots in sauces or soups or stews is to grate them (the big grater holes are fine). I hate hate hate the texture of cooked carrots but if you grate them and sauté for a bit with the onions, they really cook down and almost disappear, leaving no icky textures xD
For people wondering about getting protein without eating meat, the book Diet for a Small Planet will tell you about the concept of complementary proteins. Basically, you eat plants that have all the amino aids that make up protein useable by humans - if you eat them within about a week of each other, your body will combine them and you'll get what you need protein wise. But what Maddie doesn't tell you is that no plant gives you vitamin B-12, a major source of energy, so you have to take it as a supplement. But the balance of B vitamins, all of them together, is very important, so take a B complex. Before going completely meat free, do some research first so you know how to do it.
I recently had someone question this and then when I told them I have a good variety of legumes, tofu etc they claimed that the way in which beans are grown and produced harms the insects and can kill them from injesting, so they argued that then by choosing a plant based alternative lifestyle I'm contributing to that, so that left me at a bit of a loss!??! 🤷🏻♀️🤔
Before the prices sored me and my husband always payed 70 euros a week, and we have two small children to account for also. Now its always 100 for the same stuff.
I liked the video but it kind of makes me angry because the prices are still Like 100% lower in Lidl in UK than at the same time in Slovakia , Europe and I think that the overall cost of living in Slovakia is cheaper but still the food is more expensive which is not fair.
Used to be loyal lidls /aldi shoppet but prices gone up. Availability and quality's patchy. Checkouts stressful prefer big Sainsburys /tesco wider range. Sure seen some vegan quorn mighty have been nugget. Aldo got much wider range plants based option as do tesco
Wow! I live in Australia and I cannot believe how cheap and low cost your food is! It is far more expensive over here 😮 Across the board, produce, tofu, mock neat etc 😢
Ok when I saw books by cheaplazyvegan and edgyveg are in the bundle as well I thought ok why not give back to the women that I like so much on YT 😊 excited to see what you try from other cook books!
love these videos, my nearest supermarket is lidl, absolute hate it, they never have stuff in even when you go in a morning when they've just filled the shelves, I also find it's noticeably more expensive than aldi.
Well I just calculated out the price of all that food here in the USA…and I figured it out to similar weights of your foods etc. oh my gosh what a price difference. My total is $72. Plus tax depending on the state!
Aldi did a vegan range in January, and they had amazing salsa pizzas. Then they stopped them, I literally filled my freezer with them. I find that Aldi (sometimes Lidl) do a product and it sells really well, then they don’t stock it anymore. I feel they’re missing out on ££ doing that, but hey! We’re missing out to 😫
Yes! I shop at Aldi in the US and I have such a love/hate relationship with their seasonal products. I will find the best things, buy them every week for 2 months, then they are gone, never to be seen again 😅 always such a bummer!
Does Lidl in the UK not have the raw burgers and ground meat alternatives in the fresh meat section? In germany we can get those. I like the ground vegan meat from lidl. 😊
Another great video Maddie! You always make me want to try to be a bit more vegan with my meals ❤ Question for all vegans here: what is the recommended portion of tofu per person? I am always confused by the boxes/recipes..
That's personally up to you. Everybody's needs are different. You may need a larger or smaller amount of kcal/certain macros than someone else, it's not one size fits all. Also not all tofu is equal, like plain tofu is lower in kcal than let's say a smoked tofu which is more dense and has more kcal and silken tofu is genarally lower in kcal. And a pre packaged pre seasoned tofu that has additives like oils and such making it higher in kcal. If I have a quick look at a package sold here in the supermarket it says portion 100 grams. But if you feel like that's not enough to satisfy you, eat some more..
Right?! I'm in Calgary and food prices are outrageous. Every week prices seem to creep a bit higher. A couple weeks ago Safeway had watermelons that were $15!! It's summer, why were they so expensive? The following week they were on sale for $5. Who's paying $15 for a watermelon? 😳
@@curleq77 Same in Montreal, it's depressing. The price of watermelon is so weird! Also, peaches and nectarines are like $2 EACH which makes no sense since they are in season. It's just pure price gouging and taking advantage of consumers. I don't know how underprivileged people afford to eat.
Meat is so expensive. I’m the only vegan in my household of 4 and I can only dream how reduced my shopping bill would be if everyone else was vegan as well!! I also make everything from scratch which also helps with budget. I’ve found processed food is expensive. Looking forward to the meals you are going to make.
So upset I missed out on the bundle but slowly trying to phase out meat and eat more plant based ! Love these videos ! Also your top is so pretty!! Where did you get it from??
Hiya, Love your shopping videos, really helpful. I went to Lidl today, and left disappointed. They usually do a cheap, accidentally vegan, chocolate bar which I use in baking. Good thing I checked the ingredients because they have increased the price, by quite a bit, but have also decided to now add milk😢😢😢
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Just a tip ! I’m a student and get tofu in my local Asian supermarket. It’s so much cheaper, I can get 1.5 kg for about 4 pounds 😊
That’s such a good deal! We don’t have one close to us but there is a small Asian shop in Truro that I love going to when I’m there!
And it's usually better 😂 I'm not a fan of the Lidl tofu in those packs, the one that they have in the special weeks in the smaller, smoked/soy sauce/basil one is nice though. But house brand tofu, especially the medium one 🤤
Aldi does do tofu now FYI! But yeah still cheaper to go to the Asian supermarkets. Appreciate they're easier to access in big cities though!
I hate that Alex is my internal monologue here 😅 but yeah, times are hard, and right now the 20p here or there really does make all the difference. I know I can't afford to check if my soy milk is organic, or if the cheaper tinned tomatoes have more water in them than the second cheapest. But having the choice is wonderful, and knowing Lidl has so many organic options is good! Also, fun fact, the Tesco's Wicked Kitchen tofu is £1.85 for a 300g block!
Iam not even vegan, but i love your videos and you make me want to be vegan or at least have a few vegan meals a week 🥰🥰
Same!
One meal a week can still save a fair amount of money over the month.
Same❤
This is amazing ❤
That cart full of groceries in the US would have been $100.00 easy. Also girl you are literally glowing in this video 😊
@@AngelicaR23 I love tofu that's been marinated in soy sauce then beaded on panko bread crumbs and baked or air fried as a sub for nuggets. Delicious 😋
Thank you so much ❤
I was thinking that too! I am a single Mom of 2. We use the food bank, as prices have sky rocketed (Outer Banks of North Carolina). Even with help, a weekly food shop can get pricey sometimes. As I am newly single, I will need to budget a bit more, but honestly, I am looking forward to it! Love a good challenge 😊 Thanks for another helpful video.
Same here in Aus 😮
By the way you can use soya in coffee, you just put the soya in with the coffee before the hot water. I do it everyday :)
I’m a new vegan and I’m from the U.S! Your tips help me even in another country!!
I enjoyed your budget food shopping video. I'm in the US and even though we have a Lidl not far from where I live, they are not as inexpensive as yours. Also, if I bought the amount of food you just bought, I'd pay over double what you paid. I can't get over that you got spaghetti for .28P and the flour was so cheap! Also, I just bought blueberries and they were "on sale" for $3.99 US. The majority of what you bought shocks me as far as prices go. I don't understand why we pay so much here. Ever since the pandemic, when the prices went up so high, no supermarket here has lowered their prices back to where they used to be. I know we are in some economic crisis here (and of course in Europe too), yet you can still get great prices on your food. Thanks for taking us along on your food shopping. I really liked watching what you bought and seeing the prices.
Thank you! I’ve tried to explain this on previous budget videos that food in the US is waaaay more expensive, and that wages are NOT higher here as many want to say in response. Federal minimum wage in the US is lower than the UK minimum wage.
The only prices that came down are eggs. I Would imagine that when they hit five dollars a dozen most people decided not to buy them so now they’re much more affordable.
Our groceries in the US are way more expensive (this shop would probably cost me $70+ at Trader Joe's), but I think we pay less in energy costs than the UK. It probably balances out some between sectors.
@@michelleneary ~ To me, it looked more like $150 at Whole foods for that amount of stuff...That's an amazing deal there...🐦
@@michelleneary I think that depends where in the US you live. It varies greatly by state and climate. Heating up here in NY can be extremely expensive.
I didn't realize this was for the whole week! Yes, the food here in the US is SO MUCH more than what you just paid for items!
Yes, way way more, and the produce where i live in NJ, both organic, and non-organic, in most or all stores, looks atrocious.. Hardly anyone seems to care about the quality of the produce, even in how it's presented and stored in the stores...The main focus seems to be on meat...i have seen better looking produce from watching videos, in other areas of the US, though...Even Misfits Market looks like it's a bit better, but they keep raising their prices like everyone else...🐦
depends on where you live. the US isn't an economic monolith.
I did the math on the oats cause I was like hold up and the cheap oats where I am on Long Island were 8x more expensive. Like what lol everything is at least 5x the price than what I see in these videos it's depressing
Yeah my weekly food budget for a family of 4 is $200 and I struggle to even keep it below that.
@mercedesmerrell1280 I'm not vegan but I live in the UK and spend £150 a week on food for 4 of us. I think that's just a bit under $200.
I love when you do charity shops and budget foods. Xx
Thank you!
I love watching you and Alex in videos together, your dynamic is so funny 😂
I am always blown away by how cheap food is in other parts of the world. I live in NZ and i calculated how much this shop would cost at my local PakNSave (our most budget grocery store). It was $138.30 NZD which is £67. Obviously some of the veg isnt in season here (tomatoes, blueberries, capsicum) but even most of the pantry basics are double to cost. Im very jealous that you have such affordable food!
I lived in NZ for close to a year, before massive inflation hit pretty much everyone. Didn't eat fresh fruit during that time, no fresh tomatoes either, very limited veggies. Couldn't afford it, and we weren't even on low wages. It was insane.
@@miyounova yes fresh produce is expensive here regardless of if it is in season or not. A couple of years ago I visited the Netherlands in their winter and I was shocked to see fresh berries in the supermarkets for way LESS than what we would pay for fresh berries here when they are in season. I had berries every day while I was there!
Alex reminds me of Michael Sheen in looks but also his wry (& dry) sense of humor. 🥰✨
The energy in this video was so fun and playful! A joy to watch
You’re glowing in this video. I haven’t costed this out but my guess is that all this food would be over $100 CAD (around £60). I was shocked at how low some of the prices were compared to what it is here.
i find these videos so interesting to watch since lidl in germany has SO MUCH vegan stuff, more than any other discounter here i think. really funny that that's different in the uk apparently. i hope they bring more of the "german" vegan stuff to the uk because it's honestly amazing!
How lucky! Lidl in Italy is known for being very vegan friendly and there are less options than in UK! I so hope that some German vegan vibes will reach us 😅
@@Silvia_TrichI live in the UK but went travelling in Italy last month. Italian Lidl has WAY better vegan selection than we do here!! All the different cheese, meat alternatives etc. that you have all the time, we only get in the UK once every 6 months when they do “vegan week” and then they disappear again :(
@@c4lmY0tits oh really?? I thought we were so behind! Well, so it’s true: neighborhood’s grass is always greener 😅. I hope you can find more veg options in the near future! 🤗
Alex has a point haha this grocery shop was hillarious hahaha LOVE THIS CHANNEL!
I totally agree with you on the coconut milk. They usually also have added thickeners (at least where I'm from).
Comparing prices is so interesting! Looks like the Lidl in Cornwall has pretty similar prices to the Aldi I shop at here in Texas. There are some differences (tofu is cheaper here at $1.65/14oz, mushrooms are more expensive, avocados are $0.49, etc), but it shakes out to about the same overall.
Oh jeez, I love these videos so much Maddie but the prices of food in the UK vs France is making me miserable! Also Lidl has nothing vegan here besides maybe soy milk but it's definitely not organic! 😅
This is my favourite type of video! Thank you for still doing these again! I can't wait for next week!
It may be a fun side quest to check out an Asian specialty grocery store, (I did a quick Google search and it looks like there’s some in the eastern part of the country.), if you’re on an adventure in another part of the country. As a Asian food lover, those stores here in the US are a happy playground of fun things to try.
Alex is sooo funny. My sense of humour. Love all of your videos xx
I have anxiety and love to whatch your channel when it's really bad. You're awsome! Thank you for your wonderful videos. 🙏🏻
I cannot believe how cheap the food is in UK compared to Poland! For example, in the video the Red Pepper was 55p per kg (39p because of the price cut), in Poland its around 3-3.80 pounds. The minimum wage per hour in Poland is 22,80 zł (4,41 pounds) where in UK its 10.48 pounds. Wow!
I think they were 39p each.
I was in Aldi the other day and they seem to have more (and lots of new) vegan food in the freezer and fridge isles. Would be good to see a tasting session with these new products.
Do you live in England? I think England is very good with vegan items,glutenfree and i don't know what else😊.
I do get vegan items at Aldi,but not in the freezer section.
Here in Italy, there aren't lots of products I saw in you video (coconut oil is only available during their "theme weeks", no sausages at all etc) but I cannot complain' about the veg selection (chicken, felafel, "tagliata" which is the famous Italian fiorentina cooked and cuts into strips, tofu - regular, smoked, with spinach, with curcuma or curry, hamburger regular/meat look-a-like :D/with mushrooms, tomatoes etc/ and lots of veg cheese) nor for the prices. 'Cause the tofu with spinach, for example, is the less expensive compared to the others competitors: it's 1.39 euro vs 2.99, or 3.50 or 4 and more. So, I'm pretty satisfied! Anyway, I love this kind of video
For anyone who buys bulk in the US, Azure Standard now has house brand coconut products and they list % content which is unusual and it’s a fantastic price.
If you love Asian inspired recipes I highly recommend checking out your local Asian shops! 3 portions of tofu at my local Asian supermarket is only £1.89 (600g I think) compared to 99p for one portion at Aldi or the expensive Cauldron and Tofoo brands! Same with things like miso paste, the little jars in supermarkets are a rip off. Also got a litre of soy sauce on sale for £1 the other week. 😬
If you have local Asian supermarkets that is 😅 I live in a city so I have one a 10 min drive away and it's well worth the extra effort for the savings given how fast I go through tofu lol
I shop at Lidl mostly and in my local Lidl they now have 3 types of vegan sausages, tempeh, vegan ice cream, sausage rolls, steak bakes, yogurt, vegan jellies, and cheese. They just recently added their vegan cheese back after removing it and I found vermondo vegan mayo in the ‘limited’ section I think if they kept their vegan items all year round and added a few meat & dessert substitutes I could do my complete shop there without any stops to Tesco when I crave a meat/dessert substitute
This is so wild, there's no way we could purchase ALL our weekly food (for my partner and I) in Australia for £17.50 equivalent to $34.78AUD 😮
So grateful for videos like this! I absolutely LOVE your channel! 😍
This is just amazing, I live in France and we do not have all those things in our LIDL ! In my LIDL they only have one kind of plant based milk it's the organic vemondo oat milk, they have no plant based meats and cheese whatsoever, they only have a falafel and sometimes firm tofu :( France is very late compared to the UK, I am baffled to see the amount of options and how cheap it is ! Our grocery bills were about 500 euros a week for a family of 3. Now we are meal planning and the total is around 60 to 140 euros a week
The 1st time I tried Lidl almond milk and couldn’t believe the amount of additives in there compared to alpro, I’d rather spend more money on the good stuff but alternatively I’d rather make my own if I could find a huge bag of almonds in Ireland ❤
This is so interesting! My husband and I are vegetarian, he's dairy & gluten allergic, and I'm soy allergic, so our protein comes primarily from beans and lentils, eggs for my husband, and dairy for me. Here on the west coast of Canada we shop at the cheapest option, lots of off brand (Great Canadian Superstore aka President's Choice), and use their credit card to collect reward points for cash off groceries. We average $660 CDN a month (including $63 a month in delivery fees because we live on a gulf island), so that's just over $80 each per week, but also includes dinners for a senior auntie that I cook for, so let's say $75 each per week. Doing the currency conversion, that's 44 british pounds per week, so we are paying more than double here compared to what you're spending there. Crazy!!
The cost blows me away I traveled to the UK and food was cheap back in 2014. Seeing some of your purchases was mind blowing a 1litre jug of soy milk would be $3.50 coconut oil would be like $15😅 I am just baffled you can purchase things for under a pound. This was a fun video to watch!
The way I gasped when you asked if Lidl sells tofu. Their smoked tofu is imo hands down THE best flavored tofu there is (well in Finnish grocery stores anyway). They don't always have it though but when they do I stock up my freezer😅
You should buy the exact same things as previous years and see what the price difference is now to then!!
Was looking forward to this budget video because I wanted to see how Lidl in the UK is different from Lidl in Finland and some of the things available are quite different! I'm jealous that they had bigger tofu packages, we only get the 200gr packages here. Many things are the same, like very slim selection of mock meats, but in the last year alone they have introduced a lot more products and also vegan cheese for the first time, so there is hope that they'll expand the range even more. Also seems to be the same that they're always out of things or don't stock up often, at my Lidl you sometimes don't even find basic veg like leek because they have run out...
I am always surprised, when you tell us what you pay. I pay more,but i also try to get things organic and i have to do my shopping for 3 people😊🥰🌻.
Alex is so funny….going to buy food..£50 each budget in Lidl !!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂 burgers and chips and pizza!!!! Just what a needed after a day at work…thank you for sharing and providing much amusement..xxx❤
Love your budget grocery shopping / meal plan, so happy for there come back. By the way, if anyone has’nt tell you today, you’re gorgeous 😊
Another awesome weekly vegan shop from Lidl Madeleine. I need to shop more at Lidl than I do at Tesco and yes I will be doing shopping haul video's. I always buy the 100%peanuts peanut butter because I don't like the stuff with palm oil and sugar. Love 🥰 the video and love 💕 Madeleine & Alex.
this is inspiring and makes me want to get back on the health train
Great bundle just arrived in my inbox. Thankyou so much!
Maddie and Alex we think you two did very well on staying close to the budget you chose. We feel you bought a lot for little money comparison to over here in Ohio USA. We would have paid twice that amount ❤
I think I'd be very interesting to have an estimate of how much the average weekly share of stock items, condiments, spices, oil and the like would be. I do agree that it's cheaper to cook from scratch most times, especially if you are a bit more experienced and thus sometimes able to swap expensive ingredients for more affordable ones. But those items it still do cost money, especially if you want to have a certain variety on hand to have some taste variety.
And definitely good to buy those type of ingredients and other pantry items like cannend stuff only when on sale for like 50% off or 1+1 deals etc. And to make sure you have enough to bridge iver until the next sale so you never have to buy them on full price.
You look stunning in this video! Your hair and skin is flawless. your red nails and light color outfit on you are so lovely.
You can make almond milk and oat milk at home and it tastes way better than the processed stuff. 1 cup almonds soak over night, blend with 3 cups of water and filter through a nut bag, add a touch of salt and honey to taste (I only add the touvh of salt and it's delicious). Oat milk is ever easier no need to soak, blend 1 cup of oats with 3 cups of water - only for about 30 seconds though otherwise it might get claggy (not had this problem but others have) again add salt and honey to taste. Recipe is from downshiftology I think it's called. Will last 7 days in the fridge
Amazing👏 . Thank you for that! Will try 😊
I shop at Lidl and love it. During Covid I shopped at M&S and Steve Whatsisname decided to shut our High Street one we all loved and turn it into an American style ranch outside of town and we don't go there now as who would make a trip to a busy slip road with lots of traffic to shop. I love Lidl and the difference in my shopping, the variety and price is great. I love their plants and the german healthy products. I eat little meat but I do eat meat and find fish and salmon and feta cheese and the yogurts and milk very good. I also buy the porridge oats and their nuts etc are great. I like alot of their products and have become a complete convert. I get the odd fun thing there for my grandchildren and the staff are friendly. Even the toilet rolls and bleach i now get there. I will try the soya milk again as I know tofu is so good for you too.
Lidl’s frozen vegan sausage rolls are on par with Greggs in my opinion. They’re always a staple when I shop there 😊
I'd love to ask the easiest way to try have more plant based meals when I have a severe intolerance to coconut, soy and chickpeas - So many recipes rely on these so wouldn't know the best way to go about altering them to suit or what are good alternatives.
Chickpeas and coconut milk is easy to avoid. You can use other types of beans there are plenty of options.
As for milk if it comes to like a curry you could just use another type of plant milk, it won't have the coconut taste obviously but it will add some creaminess either way and you'll be adding spices for flavour. You could try a rice milk which is naturally sweet from itself so probably closest to a coconut milk. But There are plenty of other plant milks you could try too such as oat, almond, cashew, rice, pea protein based milk.
There is also yogurt based on oats or almond.
And for tofu you can just leave it out of a recipe or if you wish you can replace it with a soy free alternative such as seitan, beans, mushrooms or other soy free meat substitutes. Depending on the recipe and your wishes
The sun dried tomatoes have so much more flavour and I like to eat them raw. Lovely in Lidl. The salted peanuts are not as fatty or as salty as some other shops and very reasonable.
Oh my goodness! This is the same amount of money i spend for 2 people a week in Poland. We Don't have any polish supermarkets so lidl and other stores have prices of food items simmilar to other countries (because they want profit). But here we don't make much money per hour 😢 I make around 3£ per hour. Its very sad. In italian lidl i would pay exactly the same for the same groceries while making 3x less than someone from italy. It's very sad with supermarket like that. 😢 The prices of items you showed in the video are EXACTLY the same here .....
Love these videos, but always get surprised at how things are so cheap over there and how much variety there is compared to us!
I am not vegan but pescatarian. I love your videos and meal ideas. Here in states (Ohio). I usually spend close to $75 a week and that is trying to stay on budget. I swear prices increase every week. However you can eat healthy and stay on a budget. Hate it when people say it cost too much to eat health. My answer is.. you can buy a bag of Apple the same price or less than a bag of chips or store bought cookies.
Bag of crisps is cheaper than a bag of apples where I live in Europe.
But I agree you can definitely eat healthy on a budget
I like that you go to international brand stores like Lidl, so even us not in the UK have some chance of doing a similar weekly shipping
I found Buckwheat ramen noodles at Lidl the other day (granted, I live in Italy, so it was the Lidl Italia) but check their 'international' section which changes every so often.
Love your videos! It'd be a cool idea to do another video the following week using a lot of the ingredients that you have left and only buying a few items to show how you can continue to stretch your budget and reduce food waste. Just an idea
For 2 years I’ve been buying lots of sweet potatoes because I was trying to save money. I was always surprized at my receipt total, but I never checked what made it high. Turns out 2 small sweet potatoes costs 4 euros here in Norway ☠️ 1 chocolate bar also costs 4… 1 bag of groceries typically costs 50 euros for me. Pretty sure it was 30 before
I am not fully vegan as I eat meat but the rest I can’t eat due to my allergies but I always use your recipes as they are so yummy 😋
I found you through this bundle. We’ve already tried the Sweet and Sour Tofu.. Omg, sooooo good!!!
omg a kilo of carrots are like 5 dollars minimum here in iceland
It's interesting to see how Lidl's range varies from country to country. Here in Sweden we definitely have vegan mince in the freezer section (and a bunch of other "meat" basics like meatballs, burgers etc). Maybe it's a supplier thing cos here they stock a swedish brand of vegan products, not quorn 🤷🏻♀️ I miss how cheap food is in the UK though! We'd never get that trolley for that price at Lidl here.
Alex’s cheekiness had me laughing along
Believe me, you have way more choice of vegan and veggie options in the UK than in Germany. Although it is improving.
I can't wait to see what you make with this budget grocery shop!🧡
We have also Lidl but tofu is sold in 200g blocks and it's 10£ per kg 😬 And it is the cheapest option. Oh well.. at least it's there! Looking forward to new plant based inspiration ✨️🤤
I really need this! Food is so expensive sometimes but this is genius!!
My top tip for hiding carrots in sauces or soups or stews is to grate them (the big grater holes are fine). I hate hate hate the texture of cooked carrots but if you grate them and sauté for a bit with the onions, they really cook down and almost disappear, leaving no icky textures xD
loving the christmas kinda music
I totally agree with you there lidl is probably my least favourite for vegan products. Much much prefer aldi. Can you do this again soon but aldi??
For people wondering about getting protein without eating meat, the book Diet for a Small Planet will tell you about the concept of complementary proteins. Basically, you eat plants that have all the amino aids that make up protein useable by humans - if you eat them within about a week of each other, your body will combine them and you'll get what you need protein wise. But what Maddie doesn't tell you is that no plant gives you vitamin B-12, a major source of energy, so you have to take it as a supplement. But the balance of B vitamins, all of them together, is very important, so take a B complex. Before going completely meat free, do some research first so you know how to do it.
I recently had someone question this and then when I told them I have a good variety of legumes, tofu etc they claimed that the way in which beans are grown and produced harms the insects and can kill them from injesting, so they argued that then by choosing a plant based alternative lifestyle I'm contributing to that, so that left me at a bit of a loss!??! 🤷🏻♀️🤔
Adding nutrional yeast to your food is also a good way to get some extra b vitamines
you are GLOWING in this video!!!
Before the prices sored me and my husband always payed 70 euros a week, and we have two small children to account for also. Now its always 100 for the same stuff.
I liked the video but it kind of makes me angry because the prices are still Like 100% lower in Lidl in UK than at the same time in Slovakia , Europe and I think that the overall cost of living in Slovakia is cheaper but still the food is more expensive which is not fair.
How come that Lidl in Slovakia has the same food for much higher prices, but our salary in Slovakia is much lower here than in UK. How sad......
Used to be loyal lidls /aldi shoppet but prices gone up. Availability and quality's patchy. Checkouts stressful prefer big Sainsburys /tesco wider range. Sure seen some vegan quorn mighty have been nugget. Aldo got much wider range plants based option as do tesco
Aldi here in the States sells tofu. It is half the price (or more) than what they have in my local supermarket.
Wonderful news Maddie and Alex.Enjoy.🎉😊
Wow! I live in Australia and I cannot believe how cheap and low cost your food is! It is far more expensive over here 😮 Across the board, produce, tofu, mock neat etc 😢
Aldi now sells tofu. I bought some the other week. I was so happy when I saw it!!
Ok when I saw books by cheaplazyvegan and edgyveg are in the bundle as well I thought ok why not give back to the women that I like so much on YT 😊 excited to see what you try from other cook books!
love these videos, my nearest supermarket is lidl, absolute hate it, they never have stuff in even when you go in a morning when they've just filled the shelves, I also find it's noticeably more expensive than aldi.
Super retour de courses, beaucoup moins cher que Lidl France. Et nous n'avons pas d'options vegans à l'année, seulement durant les catalogues vegans.
Well I just calculated out the price of all that food here in the USA…and I figured it out to similar weights of your foods etc. oh my gosh what a price difference. My total is $72. Plus tax depending on the state!
Even with exchange rate, £35 is $44. Crazy
Hi Maddie, thanks for this vlog, really good, the tofu is a good price, that is a good tip about the tinned fruit, will have to get some x
It’s real hard to stay under £30 I try every week, Asda essentials line is real great.
In Lebanon, we will pay almost 80$USD for the same products
Hi I purchased your ebook recipes I’m not a vegan but I love to eat your recipes a few times a week so lovely ❤
Awww so nice to see you two together! ! What is a British fast food?
As a New Zealander these food prices are so so cheap it boggles my mind!!
Aldi did a vegan range in January, and they had amazing salsa pizzas. Then they stopped them, I literally filled my freezer with them. I find that Aldi (sometimes Lidl) do a product and it sells really well, then they don’t stock it anymore. I feel they’re missing out on ££ doing that, but hey! We’re missing out to 😫
Yes! I shop at Aldi in the US and I have such a love/hate relationship with their seasonal products. I will find the best things, buy them every week for 2 months, then they are gone, never to be seen again 😅 always such a bummer!
yep, Aldi got me addicted to their vegan nuggets only to discontinue them after a few months :(
Does Lidl in the UK not have the raw burgers and ground meat alternatives in the fresh meat section? In germany we can get those. I like the ground vegan meat from lidl. 😊
Another great video Maddie! You always make me want to try to be a bit more vegan with my meals ❤ Question for all vegans here: what is the recommended portion of tofu per person? I am always confused by the boxes/recipes..
That's personally up to you. Everybody's needs are different. You may need a larger or smaller amount of kcal/certain macros than someone else, it's not one size fits all.
Also not all tofu is equal, like plain tofu is lower in kcal than let's say a smoked tofu which is more dense and has more kcal and silken tofu is genarally lower in kcal. And a pre packaged pre seasoned tofu that has additives like oils and such making it higher in kcal. If I have a quick look at a package sold here in the supermarket it says portion 100 grams.
But if you feel like that's not enough to satisfy you, eat some more..
@@bearclaire Thank you very much!!
As a Canadian, that would be at least £60 here even with taking regionally grown swaps into account to keep costs down.
Right?! I'm in Calgary and food prices are outrageous. Every week prices seem to creep a bit higher. A couple weeks ago Safeway had watermelons that were $15!! It's summer, why were they so expensive? The following week they were on sale for $5. Who's paying $15 for a watermelon? 😳
@@curleq77 Same in Montreal, it's depressing. The price of watermelon is so weird! Also, peaches and nectarines are like $2 EACH which makes no sense since they are in season. It's just pure price gouging and taking advantage of consumers. I don't know how underprivileged people afford to eat.
I really enjoyed this video today and OMG you look especially radiant, beautiful here!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Meat is so expensive. I’m the only vegan in my household of 4 and I can only dream how reduced my shopping bill would be if everyone else was vegan as well!! I also make everything from scratch which also helps with budget. I’ve found processed food is expensive. Looking forward to the meals you are going to make.
Love these videos, but it always reminds me that food is so expensive in the United States.
So upset I missed out on the bundle but slowly trying to phase out meat and eat more plant based ! Love these videos ! Also your top is so pretty!! Where did you get it from??
Hiya,
Love your shopping videos, really helpful. I went to Lidl today, and left disappointed. They usually do a cheap, accidentally vegan, chocolate bar which I use in baking. Good thing I checked the ingredients because they have increased the price, by quite a bit, but have also decided to now add milk😢😢😢