My Groceries for a Week
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- This is what I typically buy for the week for groceries. This represents most of the content of what I eat outside of grains and beans.
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Dates are good for smoothies and generally good as a sweetener! cranberry are better when you cook them take a cup of cranberry and 2 dates let them simmer and soften it can be used as jam for your fresh bread ENJOY😁
Dates to sweeten the cranberry. Well, at least to finish that bag I have.
Tracy that's a great idea. Will do it next week
I saw you on emmymadeinjapans channel too
@@timmychanofficial yes I love her
Really. Oh well. I do not watch TV, in fact, cut the cable, I like RUclips and doing recipes. Love to cook and bake. Plus I do house shores and watch RUclips channels.
someone is saving alot of money on his hospital bill ;)
A Happy Broccoli yes eating like that he should ‘t buy health insurance. He should buy a plan that for hospital only , should save him $300 a month. 😁
MIKI-WAWA it is seriously insanely easy to include b12 with nutritional yeast or taking a vitamin every few days.
@@HerMajestyTheQueenOfSweden right, going back to cheeseburgers is gonna increase his life span dramatically 😂😂 you did know that B12 is supplemented into animal feed right??
tuan nguyen or realize we all die and it's a massive scam.
You know nothing about nutrition I see.
"I've never tried these fresh cranberries before" LOL good luck with that dude. You're in for an extremely tart and sour surprise.
Edit: Oh god I didn't watch all the way to the end before commenting. He's actually just eating them. The madman.
It's... ok. I think I wont jump at them next time.
@@BeatTheBush cook them down into cranberry sauce blend them up then cook the moisture out with some added sugar 🍒
There is a story from WW-2 where the Army flew some Samoans to another island. Upon landing, the airplane flipped onto its back. All the Samoans were hanging upside down with their seatbelts. The pilot was amazed that none of them were frightened and he admired them for their bravery. What really happened was that they expected that anything that went waaay up in the air would certainly come down hard. Poor Francis accepted the cranberry for what it was...yeech!
Make cranberry muffins!!
Cranberries are amazing just eaten as a fruit
Dentist tip for eating dates: check your teeth after every time you eat dates so that there is not a piece left in your teeth. Spurt your mouth with water just in case. They get really easily attached to your teeth because of the stickiness and because of the high sugar content they give you cavities like no other.
Good idea.
Thanks I just bought some too!
@@BeatTheBush Since the only sugar I eat is from fruit, my favorite treat is LaraBar cashews and dates. Like you mentioned they are very sweet, so I usually only eat a couple bites at a time. But I follow that with a raw carrot and that gets the stickiness off my teeth.
There's reason to believe that may be an overblown concern. nutritionfacts.org/2018/10/16/raisins-and-dental-health/
@@brianrcVids thanks! Interesting article.
Those are really expensive dates... If you have a local Indian/Pakistani grocery you can get a lot more for a better price
I did vegetarian for 3 months then off for a year then strict vegan for 3 months.it was the best thing I ever did.I had tons of energy , not a single headache and slept very well.I've since went back to the typical American diet and I feel so sick all the time.thanks for this video! I'm inspired to get back to a plant based life style again.thanks again
With such positive effect,s you still went back? I know the feeling, sometimes I just want some meat. But allow will power and change of habit set in.
@@BeatTheBush its tough to break a life time of bad eating habits but I'm making progress
@@BeatTheBush you're a smart dude. You'll soon find there's nothing wrong with properly raised meat. It's regenerative, while vegetables are cleansing (carnivores sometimes eat grass). Look to your ancestors to know what's right to eat.
I think it might be okay to eat properly raised meat. I.e. pasture raised stuff but they are $15/lb And perhaps eating once a week should be okay.
My groceries are similar to yours. It's insane how cheap it is! If I really want to eat organic, there's room for it in the budget this way.
what about meat?
Nice job! Thanks for the good ideas. All healthy food too. With the cranberries, you can boil them and add to cherry Jello with coconut. There's actually a Jello substitute called Bakol that is made from more natural sources.
Bakol... have to look it over. Any 'product' I have to look over the ingredients.
In a very shallow pan of water boil the cranberries until they pop (use a lid) and sweeten with coconut sugar or part of the squeezed oranges you bought.
I'll try cooking the cranberries.
I misread this as *"Groceries for the WEAK."*
Literally no one says that
word, wheres the steak
These guys aren't weak. ruclips.net/video/WajyafrDqVM/видео.html
Yup, it's groceries for vegans.
@Crypto Daddy seems like you weren't maintaining a proper vegan diet. You must include a large variety of greens, fruits, legumes, nuts, seeds, and grains. To get some inspo, check out nimai_delgado on Instagram.
Simple and clean bro
=D
Loving the Whole Foods Plant Based grocery haul!
=D
What a gorgeous table of food. Exactly what I'm aiming for. I'm lucky enough to have a nice big garden so can grow lots of my own food too. You've set a great example here BTB!
It's crazy how I never ate this way even a year ago. And now, this seems so logical and my body is reacting well to it.
Roast the garlic slowly on low heat. Nothing like delicious roasted garlic cloves that just smushes into the toast . You can also garnish with evoo as well.
Evoo
If you buy oats, beans, nuts, grain, lentils, other legumes and stuff all in bulk, it costs MUCH less!
I really should buy them in larger quantities. I try.
@@BeatTheBush Start building a pantry full of Mason jars. Insect free storage...
BeatTheBush Keep in mind the shelf-life of dry goods purchased in bulk. The flour weevils invested some seven grain cereal that I had stored for over a year in a mason jar with a lid, for example.
Banana bread is great with cranberries in. In Israel they often eat dates with a cup of coffee.
I can do that.
I'm Israeli and it's not a usual thing here lol.
We just eat it as a snack or dessert, or combine it in different dishes (not only desserts but also with rice for example).
You can also upgrade it by stuffing the dates with nuts :)
And of course, you can add dates to a shake together with bananas and peanut butter!
Medjool dates are considered the best dates, but I think the ones that you bought are old. When they are fresh they are soft as butter, without any crunchy parts.
Their harvesting season in Israel is around June, and then they taste like heaven when they are fresh.
@@TheVeganIsland Yes nothing like fresh dates. No comparison to the dry ones!
Congratulations for providing your body with those foods. I bet you’re feeling great!
Typically I’d blend cranberries with some frozen organic bananas (18cents each) and pitted dates with nuts black strap molasses, sea moss, chia seeds or etc.
Throw a scoop of plant based protein powder like sun warrior into the flour and then make your baked good! It’ll give you energy rather than make you sleepy.
Char is great in soups or chopped up and sauteed. the purple cabbage you can shred and season and keep it in fridge for days.
Yep! The cabbage is great. I've learn to like it a lot.
This is how I eat. People who say that it is expensive to eat healthy just don't get it.
I am Jane except while this looks lovely, the price for this does not include the cost for any of his proteins or major carbs, both of which tend to be the most expensive part of the grocery budget. Our protein for the family make up maybe half of the grocery budget alone. So the costs are more than $40 a week it seems like, if you include that. Not saying there aren’t ways to eat more cheaply but protein costs are a big deal for is when trying to save money, in my experience.
Major carbs: pasta, bread, rice. Protein: beans, nuts. Expensive?
I am Jane except if you are not a vegan... meats, chicken, fish cost a pretty penny.
They can be expensive. But my husband is a meat-eater and he gets chicken, fish, etc on the cheap. When these things go on sale, as they regularly do, we stock up. And meat eating is a totally optional expense, anyway. Better for your wallet, your health, and the planet to give it up. It's not that big a deal to do so.
@@antonyelten7394 I love fish and I'm kind of spoiled growing up with delicious filippino food and in a coastal city like seattle with all our fish markets, American, Japanese and chinese. Filippino food features a lot of stewed or fried fish. Want fish on the cheap? Don't turn your nose up at sardines in oil or tomato sauce, or less fancy fish than salmon such as smelts or tilapia. You can also eat like a southerner and buy catfish.
Great video! I'm looking forward to changing my eating habits like this!
Excellent example of how to eat healthy and delicious without buying processed food! Simple foods that can be combined to make awesome meals.You inspire me!
Somehow, it makes sense to not eat processed. I don't even have to prove it. =D
that's more like what I eat in a day
Nice! I thought no one else eats this way.
Try steaming the kale. Put a little cider vinegar on it. Very healthy.
Cider vinegar always makes things a little sour. It seems it only works on certain dishes for me.
@@BeatTheBush If it is sour, you are adding too much. For a pot of greens or stir fried, just put in a teaspoon of cider.
Where I used to live, the grocery store had pretty cheap dates (I don't know why, it was the last place you would expect to have them cheaply.) So for breakfast I would alternate between bananas, apples, and dates mixed into my morning oatmeal, depending on the season. Half an apple cut up, a banana sliced with my cereal spoon, or half a date chopped finely. You don't need to use the whole date in one sitting, it adds a LOT of flavor, and the finer you chop it the more "mixed in" to whatever you add it to it will be.
I also have a stash of date pits from then* with the intention of gathering enough to grind them up for date flour, which you can use to add fiber and some other nutrients to bread. This actually makes them more worthwhile as the pits are fairly heavy too. However, they are EXTREMELY hard so you need a properly powerful machine to grind them up. Or you can pulverize them for your garden/compost - industrially they're added to animal feed!
* - which have probably gone stale by now because I forgot about them due to not having cheap dates anymore, oops. I should check...
I've since replaced the dates with bulk packs of raisins from amazon, I get like 30lbs of it for about 60$, which is fairly cheap (for raisins) as it ends up being about 2$ a lb. Less time spent shopping, keeps well, and serves as a "reserve" for when the fruit at the store is not in acceptable condition or at a good price as well as being healthy snack or a high-texture alternative to adding sugar into a dish or drink.
Are the raisins sweetened with sugar? It usually is like many dried fruits on the market. If they are sweetened, it's no different than adding white sugar.
Nope, just raisins and (it might depend on the season) sometimes includes a small amount of sunflower oil, I presume to prevent it melting into a goopy mass and act as a preservative. It does come packed in a cardboard box wrapped in oilfree paper and takes some work to transfer into a proper storage container though. They also seem to be organic which I didn't realize. Here's the listing: www.amazon.com/Good-Sense-Seedless-Raisins-Pound/dp/B00FGQV75U/
As a note, I get it with the subscribe and save price, but I skip the order constantly until I actually start to run low. I have only bought 1 box a year, which amounts to only about 5 and a half dollars a month.
Buying in bulk is obviously a really great way to save on food, but you have to make certain compromises for storage or what you want as far as products go. Some things, like these raisins are a fantastic option, others not really so much depending on your specific requirements.
This video is over a year old, but I'm just seeing it -
FYI - cranberries are wonderful when you toss them in the food processor with some orange, almonds, and a little sweetener.
The medjool dates can be used as a sweetener in various things. They're also good to slice open, pull the pit out, and then stuff with almond butter. One other little tip about the almond butter that I once saw here on YT - throw together a mix of sunflower seed, hemp seeds, and chia seeds (really, any variety you have on hand), and thow that mix into a container of almond butter. This will up the amount of seeds you get, bulking it up a bit. Now, stuff that into the medjool dates. Yummy!
Dates still sound strange and looks strange to me. Tastes fine but they look weird.
@@BeatTheBush I'm with you there. I'm not gonna lie - there are times where I can't bring myself to eat one because they remind me of the water bugs we had in TX.
But...they're excellent for baking, so there's that.
@@BeatTheBush Dates look like big raisins. They're ok to eat, but really sweet.
thanks for all the effort in making those videos 👍 , really enjoying watching them 😀
Thank you for watching them!
Have you looked into couponing? You can save a lot of household items and have a nice stockpile that will last you years.
I just do not buy many products that offer a coupon. And the things that do, lasts me a really long time.sssssssss
You should try baked onions. Pretty good actually.
No wonder you're so lean. That's like a rabbit diet plan 101.
Rabbit are so lovable. I like them a lot.
do you know rabbits actually eat each other when they are really hungry?
you can use dates to make a sweeter almond milk! soak a date or two with the almonds overnight and then blend with water. Straining the pulp is optional.
Oh but I never drink almond milk by itself. I use it only to make my milk tea now.
@@BeatTheBush you could put date sweetened almond milk in your tea.
Love the plant based options! Although you still need to have a good balance of carbs, proteins & fats. Your protein sources can be from beans (buy dry in bulk) & look into seitan, if you buy in bulk its really affordable.
I did show a bag of beans and I have nuts in the pantry too.
Have you considered buying a medley of frozen vegetables? It's pretty convenient for me since it heats up quick, plus frozen veggies contain all their nutrients as well so you don't lost out on anything.
I have, I'm just so used to buying fresh. It'll be good to have some frozen when I run out of fresh.
Why buy frozen if you have fresh available?
@@slyboy45 its just for convenience for me and there's no real difference. I can get around 2KG of frozen vegetables for $2.
@@slyboy45 buying some produce frozen means that it's preserved at its peak freshness... like blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries. enzymes are denatured in unfrozen ones...
masturball I buy a lot of frozen fruit and vegetables as the season is so short where I live on the Mid East coast but if I lived in Calli as I used to, I’d buy fresh as much as I could. Just tastes better and I like to support small local organic farms!!!
With that fresh bread you can make a big vegetable sandwich and make a bean spread. Slice some sweet potatoes for fries
Sure can. But I just eat them with peanut butter and... uhhh date sugar, lol.
beans would be a nice addition
great northern and lentils are pretty good
and very simple to prepare -> just soak for 8 hours and cook in the rice cooker...
I do have beans in that bag. Lots of different kinds.
I like putting kale as a garnish in soups. Where did you go, if you do not mind me asking, where you got vegetables that fresh looking? Usually bulk isles like at WinCo will have an assortment of lentils, beans, etc. for about a dollar a pound. You can buy as much or as little as you want, as they only go by weight, so you can try something and see if you like it or not.
And you never buy oranges or onions in actual bags? And you did not buy any meat or fish? You'd have to slap on at least several more dollars if you did.
Yep mate it's definitely a good example setting and all plant based! This is the best choice for your health(and it's actually cheaper too ;)).
Love this 😍 I’m really into nutrition, so good to see BTB is spending (smartly) on his health
I love this type of videos 👍
If your buying organic
grains/legumes buying in the bulk food section will save you some money!
Agree!
BtheB, thanks for sharing your shopping haul for the week. Here's a suggestion for a healthy ice cream substitute--2 cups of almond milk, 2 teaspoons of organic vanilla, and 2 or 3 dates. Blend smooth and then freeze. Nice treat. Take care, my friend.
Wow.. so much almond milk? I guess I use that creamy almond milk much more sparingly.
Thanks for the idea!
I really love what you chose there. Just a little note: be careful on fruits. 2 servings a day is really too much. I'd say 1 fruit every others day to let your liver in peace. *But* if you prefer that way, keep going!~
YOU HAVE TO TRY THIS. Take a healthy peanut butter cut the dates in half put a tiny bit freeze them them cut them in half. It tastes like a snickers bar. amazing
I can see that. But then I don't like the snicker bars. Just eat the dates themselves?
@@BeatTheBush Yeah they're really good, super sweet though! I just like the peanut butter cause it kinda cuts it haha.
Hi, I've been eating like that all my life. It is healthy, nutricious and delicious too. For some, this amount of food may seem too little, but in fact, it is not. You can make huge portions of these foods.
Where do you store the beans you prepare for days in advance?
Best recipe I've found for kale. Start with a cast iron pan, use a generous amount of canola oil. That way it slides into the trash can easier lol.
Lol. Don't eat too much oil.
We just went through our pomegranate harvest near the "West Side" of Fresno. I got 2 cases of poms and gave them away to my neighbors near San Mateo. We are in the broccoli harvest now and the stuff is coming out my ears. Corn, asparagus, cantaloupe, watermelon, tomato, garlic, onions of all colors, are all available for free during certain times of the year....no meat...unless it's road kill, then we fight over the big pieces.
Wait.. you do the whole eat road kill thing? omg.
@@BeatTheBush Sure...pre-tenderized..
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The chard, including chopped stems, will be good sauteed with garlic and the mushrooms. The kale can be left to break down on a salad with a vinagrette or lemon juice to soften and make tastier. U can blanch it first, then saute with seasonings then less bitter. Cranberries need sugar and a little lemon juice cooked for a good relish. People often add orange zest. Dates are great alone, in cereal, as sweetener in smoothies. Some bake with them for sweetness. Glad u are exploring and enjoying! Cheers!
=D Thanks!
@@BeatTheBush I cook and I'm a mom.... couldn't help it. Be well! Oh! Try rappini/broccoli rabe when in season. You'll like it!
White bean soup with chard is delicious you can toss in the kale as well.
Been eating all kinds of beans. Enjoy the exploration of different beans.
Bottom line: Fresh food is cheap here in the U.S. Unless you are wasting food and buying premade or packed items, your grocery bill should be low. The biggest killer is buying meals outside of the house.
can you do more cooking videos?
I got a giant chest freezer in my garage, I pre-cook tons of food and store it there. The cold Winter climate makes running it more efficient.
How much does it cost per month to run the freezer?
BeatTheBush
I haven’t yet done the calculation/estimate, but the internet tells me it could be $54 a year/$4 a month, and that doesn’t account for it being outside in the cold.
BTB just want to give you a heads up if you eat too much kale and spinach the oxalates will cause kidney stones - which are extremely paiful to pass through. To reduce kidney stone risk you should cook the spinach. Not sure cooked kale can be done. If you do eat spinach for example in a salad then afterward drink a cup of water with a half squeezed lemon in it. Good video, thanks.
Kale? I like kale chips made in the oven. =D
I buy about 25 - 35 dollars of veggies/fruits a week just like u, but it takes forever (about 2 hours) to clean and chop the veggies. thats 104 hours a year just chopping veggies.
Yup, preparing ALL of your meals is time consuming.
BUT if you keep track of the time it takes to eat really healthy outside your home, it probably takes just as much time to decide where, drive there, get the order in, wait, eat, pay the bill & tip and drive home...
The two advantages being that you don't have to do shopping or wash dishes after.
The main disadvantage is the COST.
We try to grow 50 to 70% of our own produce (depending on seasons), so there is quite a bit of gardening labor to add in. I just count it as another hour of exercise each day. However, we know EXACTLY what goes into our meals!
Bananas, coconuts, mushrooms and such we have to buy...
I rarely chop anything. They don't need to be chopped in order to cook. I just cooked a pot of whole potatoes and whole sweet potatoes mixed together. If I don't want to eat the skins, I will take it off before eating, and it's much easier. Cooking whole vegetables also saves a ton of vitamins and minerals that usually get lost in the water. Cut it on the plate or before serving after it is cooked. You will notice an improvement in taste and ease of preparation. Cabbage can be cut in huge chunks, and carrots don't need to be peeled at all, just washed and cooked whole. Wash produce, though.
I would love to see what meals you make with these groceries if you feel like making another video or blog post on that.
most of it is very boring. boil, quick saute, but I suppose showing on video is worth 1000 words.
I use dates in a variety of recipes. I make my own almond milk, so I put 1-2 dates in to sweeten the milk. I also put dates into vegan brownie recipes, as well as many other desserts. Pinterest is a great resources for vegan recipes.
Nice! But dates do not mix well into liquids? How you get it to dissolve?
@@BeatTheBush Great question! I should start at the beginning of the almond milk process. Step 1: Soak almonds for eight hrs. Step 2: rinse almonds, then put in high-speed blender w/ five cups of filtered water. Add in a pinch of salt (if you please), and two dates (be sure to remove the seeds). If you'd like flavored milk, such as vanilla, then add in 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract (or better yet, one vanilla bean). Step 3: Blend it all up! Blend for 1-2min. Step 4: Pour and strain the contents into a nut milk bag, over a large bowl. (affordable on Amazon). Step 5: Put contents into a pitcher/mason jar/something that can hold liquid and which has a lid. Stays fresh in the fridge for 5-7 days. So to directly answer your question, the date must be blended into the almond milk.
Awww... no eating the fibers of the date then...
Love all the whole foods!
To me, it's the only way to eat.
Beautiful bounty!
sounds good I make cranberry sauce myself and I add orange to it but you do have to add some kind of sweetener but the less sweetener the more tart but I really think orange can add a really good flavor with the cranberry but you do have to add if you don't want to use regular sugar you could use Stevia or honey to add a little sweetness to it to take away the tartness I'm not sure about you but I absolutely love fermented foods such as kimchi kombucha things like that do you like fermented foods have you ever made homemade kombucha that stuff is probably one of my favorite things but you either love it or you don't like it I was just wondering
Yeah, I'm not that into fermented foods. Seems like eating fresh is good enough? I mean those other things is great if you have no other food used to preserve it.
Once I mad homemade kombuccha. I spilled it in my friend's brand new car. Her car smelled like vinegar.,
I am interested in the way you would eat these things. How do you mix them together? Especially the purple cabbage, what can you do with it? Thanks!
Pretty blandly. Saute most of them after cutting them in slices. I use water to saute.
Steam cabbage and chop it fine and stir fry it
thanks for posting.
no meat?
how do you reheat to potatoes?
you make your own bread?
No meat. Microwave potatoes. Yes, I make my own bread, takes 10 mins.
Thanks to you I read the book How Not to Die and made an ultra cancer fighting dinner for my husband and I. And while i'm watching this video I'm eating mixed frozen berries plain. It all tasted good, and I'm going to be healthier now. This video is also inspirational. Thank you.
If I thought you were INSPIRATIONAL for making your own kimchi, now that I see you also make your own bread, Dude you're AWESOME!
=D The own bread thing really makes grocery costs drop if you are a bread eater. $0.50 a loaf vs. $4-5.
You could make a kale salad using avocado and lemon juice to tenderize the leaves. Check out The Engine 2 Diet for details
I suppose it is possible.
I am surprised you don't do any gardening, BeatTheBush. You could probably reduce your food cost down to near zero if you gardened accordingly!
I guess I don't enjoy gardening.
@@BeatTheBush Try containers with automatic dripline watering. Once the work of setting up is done, there is very little to do. Plant seeds, eat the produce, compost the plants at the end of the season and repeat with something that grow well in next season.
@@BeatTheBush I enjoy your vids, thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Maybe try permaculture? There is a learning curve, but you only garden once, if you did it right then nature does the rest. Forever. No fertilizing or watering. Frugal and efficient, like Nature. You might enjoy it. I converted my entire yard and rarely buy produce anymore. And my yard is tiny. I just harvest or prune. Saves a lot!
What type of mushrooms are those? Shitake? Or other?
Garlic, tomato and extra virgin olive oil drizzled on rustic bread. Mediterranean delight- simple, quick and cheap. Maybe a little cheese on the side and as they would say, a glass of wine. Haha!
Lol. Turned that into a charcuterie.
Haha! Cranberries are typically not eaten fresh. I suggest you cook them down with a sweeter fruit like pears. Maybe add some honey and you will have cranberry sauce which you can spread on bread or eat as a dessert compote
Was just getting used to eating them fresh, lol.
The cranberries!! Bless his heart!!🙈
Most would not eat it that way willingly? LOL.
I spend about 45-60$ every 10-12 days on groceries.. eating out is the problem. 10-16 per meaL.
It's like... one time of eating out is 3-4 days of food at home. Crazy!
I just tried dates last night because of you. I had the Deglet Noor version, pitted. Still sweet and carmel like. The one you had should have been even sweeter. For 2 lbs I paid $3. There was another brand, but same size and same dates for $4. Then in the refrigerator section cases for $100 (some a little cheaper) for the kind you bought 11lbs worth. So maybe if you have a Middle Eastern super market you can find them cheaper? They use dates in their fasting. I think mine came from Syria, but don't quote me.
The cranberries raw are bitter. Not doable imo! Try boiling them in apple, pineapple, or orange juice till soft and popped. If you boil them in water, add some sweetener. Monk fruit, honey, some sugar. High in fiber and vitamins A, C, K. Your diet is excellent btw- kudos.
Tart I would say. I can do it I think. =D
If you have not done so already, I'd like you to tell us in a video how you keep all your fresh food fresh. Crisper drawer in the fridge never seems to work as intended.
I found bargain supermarket fruits/veggies perish faster, usually in a few days. Lately Costco veggies isn't that great either. I get mine from a local organic grocer Sprouts and sometimes Safeway.
@@BeatTheBush yikes, Sprouts and Whole Foods is expensive. How do you keep the fresh produce from spoiling so quickly?
I try to look for sales on fresh food, and can usually find outstanding deals, although limited. Two weeks ago it was a 10 lb bag of white potatoes for $1.89. I also found sweet potatoes dropped from .69 to .39 a lb. unadvertised specials. Big bags of onions for $1.59, bags of oranges, apples, etc. can also be found at rock bottom prices. I got chicken on sale for something like .49 a lb, and it was a huge package of leg quarters for just over $4.00. I love food, and it is almost easy to save a ton of money just by looking for the GREAT sales. I saw stuff you bought that I thought was horribly expensive, like the pomegranates, the dates, and something else, but you got great deals on the apples, the chard, and a couple of other things. The sweet potatoes were overpriced, probably because they were purple. But overall, that was an excellent cost for all that food. People say that you cannot eat cheaply if you buy fresh food, and your video shows differently. That is a ton of food!! I buy cabbage all the time when it is on sale, or even if it is not, because it is cheap, and it will provide ten meals as a side dish for me. I know your video wasn't about sales, but I just wanted to chime in.
What grocery store are you shopping at? Some of those prices are high for what you got, especially in Cali.
Sprouts. It's because some are organic.
Yeah.... I was secretly hoping you'd try the cranberries on camera. lol They definitely are meant to be in something. Ideally something sweetened. I use to make homemade cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving.... cranberries, water, and sugar in a pot on the stove. Will 'gel' on it's own since it has generous portions of pectin in the berry. Not the healthiest thing in the world with all the added sugar, but still my favorite Thanksgiving treat. Of course, the canned stuff tastes the same to me and, according to my family, isn't the same without the 'ribs' when it comes out of the can. lol
It is good to try once but even with the sugar, it just isn't for me. Very good in nutrition though.
I like this person because he remind me of myself.
But can't watch him too much because we're so thorough
lmao
I talk too much, I know.
Awesome! It all looks so delicious.
=D
Thank you for sharing, it’s a great guideline for me.
My kids and I watch you, we love you.
=D Thank you! I surprise it's turned into a family show? Lol.
Are you kidding? Your channel is excellent for kids. Also for the whole population of the USA and the world. You are a winner.
I think you did extremely well, but did you try to compare American grocery store vs 99 ranch market, especially on Fridays and weekends when 99 is having a really good sale? Somehow for me I get more food at 99.
Chard we cook all the time, we use leaves only and stir fry it like spinach with garlic and a bit of shao xing wine.
I can get fruits and veggies labeled organic but not at 99 ranch. the stem of the chard is edible. I ate it, texture is like celery.
You should get in to making your own smoothies too.
I cant help guzzling it down so I tend to not blend anything to minimize absorption rate.
!!!!! Dates, frozen ripe Banas blended = caramel vanilla icecream
Hmm.. too bad I'm not that big a fan of ice cream.
Great video, pls do more videos like these thx
I'm so surprised more of these are wanted. I just don't understand RUclips, lol.
You eat very smart! good job
dates are sweet and it keeps from eating a lot. I use it to keep the weight the same. I eat one in the morning and I just go to work and by 5:00pm. I eat. it great if you want to lose weights.
Interesting. I suppose if you are trying to lose weight.
Very good! Whole plant based is the way to go. I'm raw vegan and I go to fruit markets for best deals, also foraging wild fruit. Free from nature and perfect ripeness 😊
I've eaten some wild fruit... these red bananas are legendary.
Can you make a video of how you cook the foods you just bought?
I just couldn't because it's so simple. I just cut them up add little water and steam/boil/fry for a few minutes.
Good luck with those cranberries! They are like eating the most sour thing ever. You will need to eat them with sugar....I made that mistake once, and I do not like putting sugar on my food.
Lol... it was an interesting new experience!
I think you ate the pit of the date! That “crunchy” thing you were talking about is the pit, it’s a long-ish seed that stretches through the whole date. Glad to see you like it, it’s good for intermittent fasting.
Lol... ha ha.. the crunchy is likely the crystallized sugar. I spit the seed out.
Ah! My bad😂
Hey dude. I know you live in the bay. Try cash and carry for your produce. They have the best prices because they are a wholesale kind of place. Also they rock because you do not need a member ship like Costco.
Interesting story about Whole Foods.... we raise most of the stuff you just paid for. For example we have 7 pomegranate bushes. (almost trees, at 12 feet?)
Ours have NEVER been fertilized or sprayed, for the simple reason that they do not require either one here in north central CA... just water. They have no insect enemies and the soil here needs no amendments.
So.... Whole Foods sells theirs at twice what they cost at the average store because they have a little organic sticker on them.
I happened to be in the Sacramento store one day and the manager was in the produce section. I asked him point blank why they charge twice as much for the little organic sticker on them, when the fruit does not require insecticides or chemical supplementation.
His response... because we can.
His answer is one of many, many reasons why I doubt and question the entire organic labeling cult.
95% or more of consumers have NO idea how food is grown, what it requires to get it to market and what is safe or not safe to be consuming.
In Salinas, CA for example, the huge commercial enterprises are cashing in on the organic label cult.
Growing supposedly organic vegetables in fields right next to what used to be standard vegetables. I have stood there and watched crop dusters spray one field and the over-spray drifts right over the supposedly organic field.
However, if and when they are lab tested, the sample will be taken from the center or unexposed side of the field. You would also be surprised to know how seldom an area actually gets retested after a field has passed the first mandatory test.
And then you can/should research what pesticides ARE allowed for organic produce, usually organic based sprays. You will find that there are NO studies of the long term side effects of the permitted organic sprays... and you can probably bet that some of them are just as harmful as the commercial insecticides. Just no research been done yet...
Unless YOU grow it yourself, or really know your farmers market vendor well enough to hang around his/her fields, you cannot be sure what is really in your food.
Just don't buy organic for the types of fruits that require little pesticides. I know you do need it for spinach and leafy veggies. Less so for fruits where you peel off and discard. They can spray it and it wont matter.
That's a valid point and why I just buy regular stuff. Sometimes I rinse it with vinegar but usually just eat it. It's got to be better than McDonald's fries!
@@jlina I agree, it is going to be better than McDonald's, of course!
BUT, you should still pay attention to the list of top ten fruits and vegetables that test out as having the highest pesticide content.
www.livealittlelonger.com/fruits-and-vegetables-that-contain-the-most-pesticides/
Yes, you can and should mitigate the problems as much as you can with apples for example, on which most of the residues are in the skin. Either peel them or scrub the hell out of them! Scrubbing strawberries is not much of an option though.
True organic produce is sometimes not as pretty as the non organic choices... and you may find a little bit of extra protein here and there, as we do. Most of the critters are quite visible and easily removed at the first washing outdoors...
Still far cleaner than most packaged and processed foods (especially canned) that are allowed by law to contain minimum amounts of bug parts, rodent hairs and such.
I never eat processed tomato products. I spent one summer, back when I was a puppy, driving tomato trucks to the canneries in Tracy, CA...
When we would dump the bins you would see all kinds of interesting things being washed down the chutes and straight into the pulper to be processed into ketchup.
By the time I saw the third small snake on its way to becoming part of tomato sauce, I had learned to make my own. Which I still do to this day.
Why do you keep saying "we" do you have equity in that whole foods store?
@@evanhdez I count the use of the word WE 3 times in my first comment?
The first and second WE refers to me and my partner. Reread the context in which I used it...
The third use of WE was in the reply from the manager of WF store as to their pricing practices.
The two of us might go to a Whole Foods store twice a year, and I believe it belongs to Amazon now?
Sorry, I have no stock in Amazon either. Some days I wish I did...
Nice selection & quite colorful! Will try kale chips now
I do enjoy the colorful aspect of it. I always thought I SHOULD eat this way.
Our family have saved a few hundred dollars by going plant based.
Each month that is
Nice!
Cranberries freeze well, I throw a handful into fruit smoothies when I make them
I should, they taste terrible by themselves.
Before this video, I thought I was "intelligent" in buying products. Now I have realized I spend a lot of money in expensive things which don't add value to my diet.
Hi BTB, do you ever compost your waste (including cooking water) and grow your own ever?
Good to see you have plenty of greens. They are so essential for the human body. I like to buy frozen spinach, mustard greens and broccoli.
I would like to try cooked kale one day.
=D
you may want to try the kale in a salad. Cover with oil+acid and massage the kale. Let sit for a few minutes and the citrus will start digesting it for you!
I haven't found cooked kale to be enjoyable.
+ my problem with vegetables and stuff like this the shelf life is really short. i know thats a good thing in terms of its better for your body, but still makes grocery shopping a more frequent thing in your life
Ahh... eat the red cabbage last. It lasts the longest. Leafy stuff first.
another tip: look into purchasing an electric pressure cooker and air fryer to save on gas. These two appliance can be affordable and will save you money and time!
I have an instapot already. =D
@@BeatTheBush I just bought one of these. You might consider it. Can make lots of cool stuff like butternut squash soup, hummus, and even smoothies with very little cleanup. mealthy.com/products/immersion-blender
I have one. Wait... I have two. LOL! I'm not a minimalist! Trying to be.
Haha! I would love to see what you make with them. One thing about eating this way is it makes cooking fun again. :)
@@brianrcVids these are great! I have one too!
Loved the cranberries face!