Part TWO | How to Plan a monthly grocery haul | Tips & Tricks | Stockpile | Adapt to Specials | 035
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Hey Everyone!
Part TWO, I couldn't condense it into one video without losing context lol!
I have had a lot of questions about how I plan, execute, manage my monthly grocery haul, each month I share the process of breaking down all the bulk food, what and how I cook it all over the month and my thought process as I go. This two part series (it ended up too long for a single part!) is a really in depth chat and look at how I plan and execute and work out exactly what it is I buy each month, how I work out what needs to be processed first, and how it is going to feed my family for four to six weeks!
Let me know any feedback, further questions, etc so I can try to cover everything that anyone wants to know! :D
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You are a model mother. Love your videos. Your daughter's playdough man was so cute.
Thankyou. I try my best :)
its now July 2023 and am now watching all your older videos ...loving your way of life ..thank you for sharing x
Thank you for watching :D
Hi Nyssa!
So glad you came up in my yt feed. Also brilliant to have an aussie mum 'doin it real', and showing how it's done. Subscribed and followed your insta journey.
I'm just up the road from you, but on the coast, and did what you have done, back in 86. Four kids, though, offgrid, ( before it was a 'thing' and ridiculously priced components, that we did without- homeschooled, grew and raised most of our veg and meat, processed our harevest, butchered onsite, cured and pickled, washed in a wood fired copper, cooked on a wood fired stove and thrived.
Kids are all grown and out in the world now, and although no longer offgrid and downsized, still have the food forest, food gardens, chooks, still preserve and have backups in all areas for if or when grid goes down. Simplified living on a shoestring. 🤷♀️
Welcome!
We're working on removing our reliance on gas as we can and trying to move to wood for more cooking etc! Always an evolution of things to simplify and become a little more self sufficient! I so look forward to when our fruit trees are eventually bearing etc and with 20 acres the kids can stay or can find elsewhere to be lol! We'll see what the world does over the next few years! :D
I work at a supermarket and it is the biggest killer of my food budget. I find because I am there and especially if I am hungry when I knock off and feel like a certain meal I can grab what I need easily(always extras too). I now have my food money in cash and once it is gone for the month we have to eat what is at home. I have found it has helped also with not buying on a daily basics because I can physically see the money going down.
I am really enjoying your videos, thanks for sharing with us.
Darryl used to work in shopping centres when we lived more town based, I can do relate, feel like something for dinner and just message him to grab the extras of an afternoon!
Thanks for these two videos. I’ve watched quite a few of your videos and you have inspired us to stretch our shop. We have a local supermarket (expensive) and there is a much cheaper one in the next town, 45 minutes away. In comparison to your trip that’s nothing! We have been monthly shopping for two months now and have been amazed at the savings. We are nearly 70 and living on a pension, so every dollar saved is a bonus. Food is much more expensive here in New Zealand, so thank you for all the inspiration! Love to you and your family 🥰
I love hearing stories like that Maureen, thankyou, When I started sharing what I was doing, it didn't seem such a big deal, but for some people it just made sense in a way it hadn't before and people have spoken to me about how much they saved! I did find it amazing the savings I could get, yes we still spend a fair bit on food, but we eat really well for a lot less than we were spending!
Enjoyed hearing the kids in the background. Started shopping every 4-6 weeks. My (grown) daughter asked what are you eating? Ha Ha!The last couple months I just shop when the grandkids are coming in to stay. Hubby and I have been eating from the garden.
Thank you :)
I so agree that to some extent having to do without can be so good.
I try not to drive but we do have a car. Kids especially younger one regularly complain when I don’t come by car to pick them up from school (even though I rarely do it, so Idk why she expects me to drive). Last year the car was out of action during the holidays so we walked everywhere, including multiple non-essential trips and not a single complain. I think they even really enjoyed it.
There is definitely reasons to go places, but I think going somewhere for the sake of 'getting out of the house' is what we don't do anymore, we have 20 acres, animals and plenty of 'out of the house' things to do here, we don't need to travel to do them heh :)
Not having favourite foods always available is excellent discipline for the kids. The lesson is expandable to all aspects of life. I also watch Hollar Homestead, they grow most of their food and Meg is a wonderful cook. They have 5 kids and homeschool too.
Hollar Homestead is a lovely channel to watch! I always envy some of the American homesteaders all their equipment and access to things to make their lives a little easier lol.
It took a little while for them to figure out and understand the limitations of monthly shopping, but they have gotten there eventually, there's still some whinging when we run out of a few things and they have to substitute lol.
That not every meal comment is spot on
Running really late today grabbed a yellow tomato sauce out of the freezer (wasn't enough to can so I froze a couple of jars) tossed chicken thighs (bone in )stuck it in a low oven and went and played in the mud trying to augment the garlic beds to make them a little dryer we lost all our early winter veg and the last of the summer crops to the rain very thankful for what I have canned or frozen
We have a very prolific mandarin tree and it makes pretty great cordial if the fresh gets in front of you my kids always called it Manta great content again 💋
Definitely, whilst I like fancy meals, I enjoy cooking them, I enjoy eating them, food is food sometimes! and the kids are just as happy sometimes with something out of the freezer lol.
Oooh, I haven't tried mandarin cordial! We have a mandarin tree in our collection so hopefully at some stage, I'll have surplus! lol.
Im binging you now I found you. This is great and really helpful. I have been wanting to start fortnightly shops and work my way up to a monthly. Its quite hard with iga, Coles and woolies just up the road. I do shop my specials and I have a large stockpile atm so I should just try it and as it's Easter holidays now I will be. Milk is my biggest problem...and freezer space. I need to inventory everything. Canning is a godsend for me. We have loved nearly everything I've canned. Cant wait to try some of your recipes when the website is up. Especially your breads!!
Big money saver is just avoiding going to the shop, but man it's hard, we have the benefit that it is so far to go that we can't just 'pop in' I think that really helped initially to make us use what we have, we didn't have the option! So we made it work! :D
I love that you get meal suggestions from your kids. What a HUGE compliment Nyssa. Beautiful play dough person Sonnet. Hi to one of the twins. Than the other. Just amazing how you plan and execute your shopping trip for 4 weeks or more food items. Great video.
I definitely like to cater to them to a degree if I can, it doesn't mean I always cook what they want, but hey, if I can add it to the list, I will! :D
Great play doh person Sonnet!
We make a side dish here with grated carrots raisins and I use Greek Yogurt and a 1/4 cup of brown sugar or maple syrup
That sounds like something the kids might like!
I love hearing your kids in the background. When mine were all grown and gone I missed their conversations .
I'm sure I'll get to a point of missing them, sometimes I crave them all to be quiet though lol! :D
I love your videos. When I had kids and a husband at home they would have been so helpful. I do look forward to them.
Thank you :D
Nyssa, thank Sonnet for her lovely creation 😊, also have the kids tried oat milk, I agree with them on the rice milk so switched to oat milk.
Take care
Snookums 😊
I think my kids are such creatures of habit, they've had rice milk their whole lives and so they just won't change lol. I have tried oat milk and they are meh, I make almond milk occasionally and they like it with some things, but their basic cereal they all prefer the rice milk!
The little one waving was so cute x
Heh, I love it when the kids want to be in the videos but normally they’re off doing their own thing heh
So many fantastic gems of advice and knowledge in these two videos. I think growing my own veg is where it all began for me to learn to stretch and use every possible part of a plant that I just spent so long growing. Then I started to think about all our other foods that might be going to waste. I binned the fat off roasts for years and sometimes the juices, now I use every bit. A side effect of these choices is that things like paper towels are rarely needed . At the end of every week i challenge myself to make a "free" meal . I use random leftovers or veg that aren't used to make an upcycled meal that the old me might have thrown to animals but its all perfect food. It makes it a bit fun. So, so true about living too convenient to a shop when trying to budget by the month or two. I actually started collecting substitution lists for mostly foods and have quite an extensive list now. Thank you for sharing your wise and frugal ways lovely. Keep em coming 💜💜
It's an ongoing process isn't it, something you can constantly add to and continue to work through, I think as the kids get older I'll be able to reduce even more some of the excess things that we purchase that we just don't 'need' but are still convenient to have in such a busy household!
Thanks for sharing your experience Nyssa, I’m glad to know I’m not the only one trying to manage what I spend on food and not trying to let any of it go to waste! I’ve had a lot from our garden, but there are just some things I can’t escape buying. Great video again xx Cathi xx 😘
It’s a work in progress definitely, have to be a little fluid in everything we do food wise, I’m lucky my kids are fairly ok with adapting lol
She’s so cute, loved her little play person
Sonnet is my little crafter! She loves to do art and crafty stuff! I bought her a Pom Pom maker on my trip and she has a box full of them alreadyblol
You rock. I'm getting so many idea's from you. Our apples are 48.00 for a 25 lb box they are really expensive ☹
Some parts of the year they are so very expensive, I try hard to buy when they are cheapest and spend the time to get them on the shelves. I do have to remember to use them though!
Hey Nyssa, costco is around an hour away for me, but when I go we always fill up 4 large fuel containers and the car as well. Not sure if you have the space, but thought this may save you some money as well , as their fuel is quite cheap ❤❤❤
I always fill the car but it was only this trip that I thought I should try and find room for my jerry cans! It is definitely cheaper!
Very well done. thanks for sharing. It has been quite awhile since I shopped like you . Our kids are married with families of their own. I seldom go to the market. I order it and have it delivered. Lazy huh?!?
Not lazy, Convenient! lol, My food life would be very different without so many mouths to feed I'm sure! :D
Fantastic job🌸
Thankyou :)
I would love to see how you make your pickled coleslaw
I actually did a video on it a while back :). It’s a huge favourite here!
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@@OurSmallFootprint yay! I'll check it out as soon as I finish this video. :)
Hey lady, I enjoyed the last two videos and appreciate you putting them together. Loved Sonnet's playdough man as well! My hubby and I were discussing your unique name and were wondering if it is short for anything...I thought perhaps Vanessa and he thought Janessa...it stands well on its own however, just curious 😊
It’s just Nyssa :). My mum got it from Doctor Who lol :)
@@OurSmallFootprintMy sons picked our 3rd child’s name. Dr Who for a boy & Sarah (his assistant) for a girl. Luckily a Girl.
@@ShellL Lol, yes! My mum said she and my father couldn't agree on a name for ages, she was about 8 months pregnant when she saw the episode with Nyssa in it, even waited for the credits to get the spelling lol!
Excellent! Very well explained and quite beneficial to all regardless of family size and such. Thank you, Nyssa.
I hope so! Thank you Martha :)
Sonnet’s creation looks very jolly and friendly
She loves crafting, totally in her element! :D
Loved Sonnets play dough person. It sure is a learning process!
She’s my little artist heh, lives to craft and create :)
Thank you for another fascinating and interesting video on how you plan prior to shopping, are flexible with your purchasing (depending on prices) and then how you use your meat, fruit, vegetables, dried and canned goods etc within that month. I have learnt so much from you! Thank you for sharing your lifestyle.
Thankyou :). I hope it all makes sense as people watch it lol, I do so much of it instinctually now!
Great video! Very helpful.
With prices on the rise it is definitely making it harder for families to makes ends meet.
We are working on bringing our daily expenses down as much as possible! Will do our first monthly shop next week. As we live in town within walking distance to the shops it will be a big adjustment for me.
Good Luck! It takes some self control to stick to what is in your pantry and not just go and grab something extra, being as isolated as we are helps with that! Though Darryl does go into town once or twice a week for the PO Box and/or animal feed etc! We try super hard not to buy anything extra though, sometimes some fresh milk for the kefir maybe!
Thank you we all need to save money on food.
I think its one spot that everyone can whittle away at if they work at it, its such a huge part of our expenses!
Here for part 2 😁
Carrots and apples are some of my favourite snacks. Good that they learning healthy eating habits now
Less choices lead to better choices I think heh
Great vlog
Thank you!!
Love your videos, your children popping in, and your cooking. I feel like I am a student and you are the teacher in a classroom. Thanks for the content you choose.
This past year has been horrible for sales on fruits and veggies. There were no sales for apples when they were in season (I'm in US) but a local store had apples at a decent price (lowest I have seen in the past year) this week so I bought 3 bags so far and I have my first batch of apples in the slow cooker for apple butter. Hoping to get a few more bags for at least one more batch of apple butter and hopefully 1 batch of pie filling.
Stanthorpe is the apple capital here, and I just saw 10kg of juicing grade apples for $4 each, but its a good 2 hours away :S. I just don't think I can spare the time and petrol at the cost it is for them!
I never had a very large family to feed …but we were always on a budget…there were only four of us, but I always pretty much shopped this way anyway…it just made sense to me to do it this way. Although I really didn’t understand why I was necessarily do it until I listened to you explain it lol.
Heh, I think I have overanalysed things as I’ve changed my techniques which is why I can articulate it!
@@OurSmallFootprint well you’ve done a great job in doing it and your budget shows!
Great info Nyssa,was nice to see you special guests &the play dough build is cute.For all the usa,Canadian a fortnite is by weekly. ❤🇨🇦
I forget that you don’t refer to it as fortnightly! :). Thankyou :)
Thank you for telling us this. I always wondered how long a fortnite was. I didn't realize it was a specific amount of time.
Thank you for these last 2 videos. Super helpful
I hope they made sense! It was hard to get it all out in a concise way :D
Great video. Thank you for sharing it was super informative but easy to understand. LOVE all your videos. Hello from Melbourne
Thankyou! I wasn't sure how easy it would be to understand, I tried not to ramble too much! :D
Thanks for sharing, great tips
You're very welcome! :)
Nysa I wonder if you have a receipt for some type of cabbage dish besides corned beef and cabbage I have four large heads and would like your feedback
Okonomiyaki is delicious! We have it regularly! We do tend to use most of our excess cabbage as coleslaw though, it cans so well for when we don’t have any!
@@OurSmallFootprint Have you made Sauerkraut?
@@ShellL I have, though not recently, I will need to make it with some of the cabbages this year, I have a gorgeous big crock to make it in and all! Darryl loves it, I've never been a huge fan, but now that we eat a lot more fermented products and I our diets have changed a bit, maybe I will!
Do you have any tips on storing flour, I was keeping them just in the bags in a tub, when I went to check on them a few days ago, all the glue on the packet had come undone and they were all open. All of them I had about 6 2k white wings SR and 6 of the plain. I now have them in glass jars and I was wondering if that ok as generally I keep everything in their packets.
It’s always a good idea, if you have room, to put your flour in the freezer for 48 hours to kill off any potential bugs in it and then you can store it how you want. I suppose it depends on how quickly you go through it! We have food grade 35L barrels from bunnings that we store the bulk in and then glass jars from Kmart that decant into for everyday use, but we go through it fairly quickly, it gets rotated through fairly fast.
You can vacuum seal or store in Mylar for longer term use but glass jars are fine if it works for you!
Another great video thankyou.
Thankyou :D
Great advice on both videos
Hope you are all well
Take care xx
Thankyou! Busy, lots of kitchen work to be done now! but settling in to not have to leave the property for another 5 weeks lol :D
I would love to be your neighbor. You and your family are so lovely 🥰
hehe, thankyou, we're pretty loud though! :D
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
You are very welcome! Hope it helps :)
I love to see your bao bun recipe!! 🙂
I know you said you only shop the 50% off deals in the week that you go to town. Could you get your mum or a friend to store some specials from other weeks to help save some more money.
I definitely could, and I do occasionally browse in my off weeks, and could get them delivered to my mums place. But I do find that a lot of the half price stuff is prepackaged/small stuff, and we don't buy a lot of that anymore! I keep an eye out for the big bags of basmati rice though :D
Hi, great video! Do you find that making your own bread and dog food has helped decrease your food bill?
I think that bread can be purchased cheap, but you have to have the accessibility and storage for it, which we don’t have! And I make it without any preservatives which is nice, but it’s not necessarily ‘cheaper’!
We still buy dry dog food for the dogs as well but when we have our own dog food made up we can reduce the portions of the dry that they have, and the bones after making stock would otherwise go to waste (compost etc) so I feel like that provides a cost saving.
Does anyone else putt a few dollars aside most weeks. For buying a lot of anything you use a lot of, when you see it for a really great price. Especially things with a long shelves live.
I’m good at budgeting but not so great at not spending money put aside on other important things! I tend to find I spend my full budget each month by using any excess on stuff that is cheap that month and then going on in that way over the trips :). So it’s a similar concept but I just find the relevant thing on special each month to spend that little extra on :D
Do you make fried rice. That is very economical
We actually had Fried Rice the other night, great to use up surplus eggs too! :D.
sorry,new here,what kind of area do you live in and how many children do you have?
I live in Queensland, west of Toowoomba :). I have 6 kiddos :) 6, 7, 7, 9, 10, 14 :)
90¢ a pound for apples is impossibly cheap compared to apples in Colorado 🫤 $1.79 USD a lb is on sale.
Anchovies that's his choice, that's fine... 😂😂😂😂
Heh, we do it in kg, so there is 2.2lb per kg so it is even more amazing! I try really hard to buy only seasonally (other than a few things, I buy bananas most of the time, so long as they aren't exhorbitant and pay a few dollars a kg for those) and just have a glut of whatever is absolutely cheapest!