Once-A-Month GROCERY HAUL for our Large Family || Healthy (mostly) Grocery Haul + my lowest spend?!
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- I’m so so happy to be collaborating on today’s video with Brady Browning from her channel - Brady Browning! Brady is a work at home wife and mom of two girls. She is passionate about cooking and learning to make things from scratch. She’s also working on cutting her grocery spending and finding ways to be frugal. Just my kind of girl! 😊
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🤩🤩🤩 You can follow her on Instagram @ brady_shopaholic
It’s March’s Once-a-Month grocery haul for our large family! We typically shop 4-5 stores - Sam’s Club, Target, Aldi, Walmart, and Meijer.
If you’re new here I’m a homeschooling, grocery haul shopping, recipe making mama to 5 kids! We do a once-a-month grocery haul - trying to get as much as we can for the month. We stop back at the store weekly for all the fresh fruits, veggies, bread, milk, and eggs!
❤️ Meghan
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Meghan Birch
3309 Robbins Road #175
Springfield, IL 62704
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Happy grocery day! So glad we got to collab together again friend! ❤ oh and hello to dad!!
Thank you for collaborating with be Brady!! You got me started on Collabs! Maybe we should make this a yearly tradition! 😊
I absolutely love the both of you beautiful ladies but even more so when there's a Collab! Sending love & positive vibes from RI 🥰🤗
@@melodypeirce-oneill587 Thanks Melody!! ❤
@@Thegrocerylady Ofc You're very welcome!! 😊
I love the idea of a yearly tradition!! ❤
Your dynamics with you and your dad are so nice, your always smiling and positive around each other. Wish I had that again. Take care!
Hugs to you. ❤️
I lost my daddy in 2009 so I love watching you and your daddy shopping it makes me smile 😃
So glad to see you and your father together. I would do anything to shop with my dad again. Him having COPD it just isn't impossible. Just beyond grateful that my father is still around! Thank God for every minute I get with him
I'm sorry to hear your dad is dealing with COPD. That must be so tough. Like you, thankful our dads are around and we can spend time with them. ❤️
Can he drive the motorized shopping carts? My Dad and I shopped together that way after his open heart surgery.
Love seeing you with your dad ..love how he makes sure everything he picks up is just right ..for you …good job Dad! Always a pleasure to watch ❤
Your dad is so sweet. I just love him. I love seeing him every month. Have a great week Megan.
Thanks Carol! So glad he’s willing to shop with me! ❤️😊
Members mark dish soap works just like Dawn. I watched a video about a lady who worked upper management and said a lot of the name brand and store brand items are made with the same ingredients and manufactured at the same place. This goes for both Sam’s and Costco.
glad your dad is with you.
your dad has such an adorable personality. enjoy every minute.
He's the best!
I love your grocery hauls. When your Dad joins you your hauls are extra special.
Have a great week!!
Thanks Frances! Always happy to have him with me. 😊
Loving your shopping trips with your dad
Hooray, Dad is there with you! Love going shopping with you. Your dad is so much fun.
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Just a thought…why not get a rosemary plant-put it in a pot on your sunny porch. Often, it lasts through winter. Cheaper than buying it cut. Also, you can use the stems to thread meat or veg for grilling.
I’d have to figure out something where George (our doggy) couldn’t get to it. He’s a good dog, but can be silly sometimes. Definitely a good idea though.
Awww love your dad he's so cute
When Pappa's here, I'm here!!😀
Spam in macaroni and cheese and in scrambled eggs!!!!!! Yummo
My daughter loves the kinders brand of seasoning, I haven’t tried it yet. She said it is really good. Love to watching your shopping with your Dad enjoy. 🥰❤️
I love grocery shopping one a month and then go mid month for fresh veggies, milk and eggs (if I need them). I also love watching other that do the same. And get great ideas
It’s a very helpful way to shop!! Glad to hear you do it too!
Your dad is so helpful n cute such a good dad
The months are flying by so fast march allready looking forward to your summer meal plans Meghan ❤
I always watch your videos and your dad is just such a sweet man 😊
The frozen avocado's are just like fresh. I love them. You can make anything you use the fresh avocado for. I prefer to buy the frozen because our fresh one are normally bad.
Good to know! 😊😊
I too buy the Memebers Mark diswashing liquid. I find it even better then the Dawn Ultra, which has a weird smell to me.
Meghan what a great grocery haul. Great to see your dad 🛒🛒 shopping with you, such entertainment with the two of you. 💕💜
Thanks Michelle!! So happy Dad was back with me today. He's the best!
Can you send me your PO Box information. Thanks
@@michellewilson4815
Meghan Birch
3309 Robbins Road #175
Springfield, IL 62704
Really love these grocery haul videos. I’m from India and it allows me to understand the various differences in brands that are available for your guys and the ones that we get here on the shelves!
Keep up the awesome stuff! 😊
Hello from Germany....I like to watch your Videos..I used to live in the States a long time ago..its very interesting and calm to watch you shop with your dad and go for the sales..Corinna
Tiny asparagus is so tender and yummy!
Good to know. I didn’t realize the tiny asparagus was good! I’ve never seen it before.
Pasta making most are with semolina and hard red wheat. Check your Italian, Portugal, spain, and even chinese bread makers recipes. All seem to be different quantities and drying decisions. That's why Barilla doesn't go soggy and store brands do.
Ps the croissant toast is equivalent to toaster strudel just fill it with jelly and cream cheese, or nutella. Top it with a smudge of wipped cream, frosting or a firm yogurt flavor like Greek. Or just fill it with fully cooked breakfast fillings, top with cheese or a full asian meal fully cooked up mix of hamburger or cooked ground pork and spices, tiny bits of Asian cabbage, carrot, green onion,
sesame oil, fresh ginger and you got a big korean egg roll. Don't be afraid to cut a slit in it and fill.
Kathy! I used semolia for my pasta last time, but I made it with sourdough starter as well. Next time I'm going to try Semolina and water, but to see how it goes. It's fun to experiment and figure out what works. 😊. Love all the ideas for the croissant toast!! YUM!
I love your grocery hauls videos with your dad, you both are so fun together! Thank you for sharing this with us :) Have a lovely weekend!
Thanks Debbie!! Have a lovely weekend as well!
Me too! I wish I still had this chance. 😭
I love going shopping with your dad and you
I love how you do your grocery shopping
Love your dad and you show
Thanks Susan!
I love the members mark version of dawn!! ❤️
Oh and I totally love those salad kits! My Sam’s club didn’t have the blood Orange but I want to try it! Looks so yummy!
It might be one of my favorites! The Asian salad kit is a close 2nd.
Dad is back ¡!!!!!!
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Lots of things I would like to give a try at Sam's and Costco but being only 2 of us I don't want to buy big package just to try. I have looked at the dish detergent that's equivalent to Dawn, look forward to your review on it. I always enjoy your trips with your Dad. Blessings to you, Dad, and Family.
Darlene, we need to have Sam's Club and Costco give a survery of what items we want to try for their sample carts!!
@@Thegrocerylady wonderful idea!
Love when dad comes he seems so helpful I like how he searches for the best produce ❤ what special time with your dad
Tiny asparagus is way better than large. Less woody and taste better
The sam's dish liquid is so-so. It'll do in a pinch but it's not dawn. Spam is good on sandwiches, right out of the can. You can di e it and cook it with eggs, make masubi, slice it and bake in oven with some BBQ sauce. Spam is yummy. The spanakopita is yummy.
I love it when you shop at aldis
I love it when you go shopping with your dad.
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Really enjoying you and your dads company. Hope you get a lot of groceries for your money
I just love your dad
I love grocery hauls with your dad! You are so blessed to have one on one time with him! ❤
Such a blessing . You two are
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Hi Dad ❤
Wonderful haul! So glad you and Brady collaborated together! Love both of your content.
Hey 👋 how are you? Thank you for sharing your spreadsheet I was inspired to make a more in-depth shopping sheet and it really helps. The kids and I were in and out of the store in half the time for our once a month shopping.
Amazing!! Way to go!! That shopping list can be quite a beautiful thing.
Love radishes roasted or maybe called pan fried not sure but cook it up with a little coconut oil, salt and pepper. Oh so yummy
Love watching your videos. Just FYI, Jake works for State Farm, just like I do, lol. Love your sense of humor by the way.
Jake and Pam from State Farm!! 😂😊
Hi - am here from Brady’s channel - nice to meet you - plan on spending many videos with you
I also want to self check out when i shop, as i can control my expences better and independently without being shy to stop the cashier that im done with the amout, you know i have always been tempted to grab everything that is not on my list😌
Self checkout definitely makes it easier to do that! 😊
We are a no chunk family too. I blend all our tomato products. We even enjoy blended salsa. Always fun to see a haul. Jake from State Farm… not Allstate. Yummy focaccia. Can’t wait for the recipe.
I have tasted the avocado chunks I let them thaw out some and make guacamole with it or eat it just like that with a little salt and pepper
You would be lucky to find Spam at Sam’s Club in Hawaii, it is GOLD lol
Someone was just telling me about the Spam Festival in HI... 😬
I buy those spam cans,originally from Hawaii where we consume a lot of spam, it's a necessity 😁. We make spam musubis, it's good in fried rice, or just fried with some rice and eggs 👌
My son's teacher and I had a conversation once about 'breakfast' food and who decided what was appropriate for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. People all the time talk about having breakfast for dinner. Maybe ravioli and ramen were really supposed to be breakfast 🙃
I think the members mark dish soap doesn’t work as well and it smells weird to me. I’d much rather have the dawn imo. But we put ours in a spray bottle filled 1/4 with Dawn and the rest with water and it still works just as well and it stretches a lot more
Oh no... I hope it works on. I've have a few people say they didn't prefer it. 😬
Hi megan and dad one price of food comes down one goes up. Love you guys
Very true!
I live in Devon in England and my husband loves Cornish pasties. I think your dad is amazing. X
Wonderful! 😊 And… I would agree - my dad is amazing! 😊😊😊
Yay, love seeing your dad!! My husband was watching this with me and he said your dad is a good sport!! Love your grocery hauls, my favorite!! I watch Brady too!!☀️☀️☀️
😊😊 My dad loves grocery shopping so he was the perfect person to go with me! 😊
Great haul! It is so nice to see your Dad. I became a subcsciber of Brady Browning when you collabrated with her last year. My oldest son loves Ramen and the Dr. Pepper and cream soda.
Fantastic!! Brady is amazing at getting deals and remembering all the prices! 😊
I love seeing your dad shop with you!! He is so sweet!!! Love your shopping videos!!!
P.S. Don’t buy the new Coke flavors!!!
Thanks Janet. ❤️
Megan if you get fresh Fava beans you need to shell them blanch them enough to take off the outer shell then cook them again. Sincerely Debora Atkins
Thanks Debora 😊
@@Thegrocerylady Your welcome Megan, take care of yourself sincerely Debora Atkins
Yes you said Cornish pasty right and you pronounce swede like sweed 👍🏻
A little recommendation to season the mix for the pasty well and cut the swede and potatoes thinly more disc like that cube like so they are soft enough, it can come up tasting bland and hard.
I love the butter chicken and was lucky enough to have it in India, Indian food is my favourite food.
Only found your channel a week or so ago and you’re in my top 5 favourite channels, I just love watching you and your great money saving tips 😍
Sending you love and blessings from a Lancashire lass who now lives in Cornwall UK 🇬🇧🙏🏻🤍🙏🏻
Thank you Amanda!! I'm so happy you found the channel! Welcome. Love that you live in Cornwall ❤️ What's your favorite Indian food? I'm hoping to try more Indian dishes... my next thing to make it naan bread... now a yummy meal to go with it.
Hope you have a great rest of your weekend!
@@Thegrocerylady hiya 👋🏻
I love chicken Tikka it’s my favourite, it was created in the uk by Indians and added to the menus here. Butter chicken is my favourite after going to India for work for a few weeks oh 10+ years ago now.
Jeera rice is also delicious, it’s basmati rice with cumin seeds added to it. Coconut rice or pilau rice is also nice, pilau rice is basmati rice with turmeric added for a yellow colour, but be careful as turmeric stains anything it touches 😁
Garlic naan is delicious and made thinly like the Indians do. The uk have made them thicker and bigger so they fill you up too much.
Thank you for replying and I hope you’re all having a great weekend 🙏🏻🤍🙏🏻
I’m coming from Brady’s channel. She was on my. I saw a huge shopping haul and had to go check her out. I already was subscribed to you! LoL.
Love your videos Megan, you keep me motivated to eat well, and stay organised!! ❤
That’s so good to hear Hazel! We all need a bit of motivation in life. 😊 Happy Sunday!
Asparagus is better when it’s smaller around. As it gets thicker, it isn’t as tender and gets more woody and inedible.
I need to try the smaller rounder asparagus. I had no idea is was so good. I've never seen it before.
In complete agreement! Have been grocery shopping for family since ‘67 and I always look the the thinest stalks of asparagus! Tender, better tasting! Try it MEghan you won’t be sorry!
Wow that's a really good price for your month grocery haul🤗 great job
Awesome amazing applesauce video. Hi 👋 dad and 👋 Brady
I love you both !!!! The Aldi nutter butter cookies are good !!! I bought some today !!! My picky husband even likes them ! 😁
Hey I buy that avocado. It’s a great deal for how much is in the bag. I’ve used it to make avocado mash and guacamole. Both were great!!
Good to know!! 😊
Woo hoo your Dad is with you!!!
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Love your words …. Removing the complaining and sadness !!
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Hey, I’m glad your dad was able to come to the once a month grocery shopping haul again. ❤️ I’m currently subscribed to both you and Brandy and you’re both talented RUclipsrs. The sausage, egg, and cheese on the maple pancakes are like sausage egg and cheese McGriddles from McDonald’s and I need to get some. 🥰 I have never had bubble tea because I don’t really like tea.
The spanakopita from there is super good!!!! It would serve you all two times
Great to see your Dad! So glad he moved around his busy schedule to join you! 😂🥰
Dad needs hairspray for his fly aways! 😂
You did great on your shopping as always!
Your eggs are a lot cheaper there than here in Florida. They're still so expensive!
Like in the 7-8 dollar range! 🤯🥚🐔
I'm a ramen fan too! I know it's high in sodium but I eat it in moderation. I eat it when I don't know what I want. 🍜
I love radishes with some salt on them. They can be spicy or down right hot when they're home grown!.
Ooo! Radishes with salt. Good thinking. I’ll try that. And I love Ramen in moderation too. It just tastes good!
I’ll make sure to let Dad know he needs his fly always tamed! 😂
Hi Dad!!!
Love watching your dad lol, you got to be careful with all the stores that you go to, you maybe saving a few dollars but then you are using up petrol as well.
Thankfully all of my stores are with a few minutes of each other… three of them are in the same strip mall. 😊
Its a swede pronounced "sweed" we normally boil it with carrots and mash them together scrummy yumminess
Spam is our favorite here in the Philippines. We love eating it with rice. It’s a treat for us too because yup they’re sure on the pricey side.😊
I never realized how popular SPAM was! 😊
@@Thegrocerylady I use Spam in three things - diced up into tiny cubes for use in fried rice, sliced into thin flat slices in Musubi (a Hawaiian snack), and cut into thin long ribbons for use in Kimbap (Korean rice rolls that resemble sushi, bu no raw fish). I usually buy the reduced sodium version because I add salty ingredients like soy sauce etc to the recipes I use it in.
From Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦Love your content 💖 even though we don’t have the same stores but really enjoying your videos and I love your super useful tips.
Saudi Arabia!! ❤️ fantastic!! Glad you’re here!
Yeah .. couple of months ago a video of your popped up for some reason .. well I love shopping tips and prepping so RUclips was smart enough to know that I would like you.. and I’m in love ever since 😄
Spam fried rice is perfectly delicious…cut and cube the spam then fry it, add to your fried rice recipe…enjoy
Hi Meaghan, in NZ, and probably the UK, we call rudebagas SWEDES , LOL. in Scotland they call them Neeps!
Here from Brady’s channel!
Yes yellow dragon fruit is much tastier. The first dragon fruit I bought was yellow and it was so good. The next week they only had the pink so I got one. Much prettier looking than the yellow but absolutely no flavor.
Also make sure the dragon fruit is ripe enough. Think of them like you would a banana - a still partially green banana is technically ripe but is quite bland/less sweet. The same goes for dragon fruit. You want the spines/tips to start to look a bit dry and shriveled but with the skin still smooth and mostly firm (not squishy). The do continue ripen in the fridge so if you buy some that still have more green tips you just have to wait a bit for them to reach ideal sweetness. I prefer the yellow skinned version as well.
HI Megan we like to add those dumplings to our ramen we throw a few in once the water comes to a boil for ramen
Ooo! Good idea! Yum! 😊
Oooh, report back on the member’s mark brand of dish soap!!!
Definitely! 😊
Great haul Meghan. Love. Brady!
I read that if you pair the dragon fruit with pineapple it tastes so good
The Betty Crocker Muffin Tops are delicious. I bought on a whim because they were on sale at my Meijer. Winner!
I've VERY tempted to try them the next time. We love blueberry muffins. Muffin tops would be fun!
Have you decided on a Korean dish to prepare ? Interested on seeing what choice you make . Looking forward to watching 👀
Love this
Frozen avocados make good guac. I had to freeze a fresh one because my daughter decided to poke it, and didn't need guac that day. I love bacon wrapped aspargus, and love them when they're small. Cauliflower steaks are amazing with oil, garlic and parmesan. If you can ever find Hills Bacon, get it, so good and from Oregon.
Your Dad is so funny
He's a funny guy!
When you did the chicken cordon bleu you should have did a chicken gravy I didn't know if your recipe with that gravy
I've never seen it with chicken gravy. Interesting. I'll have to look into it. 😊
Hey Meghan and Dad! Love your videos. I just subscribed to Brady Browning's channel upon your suggestion. Thanks for the suggestion!
Chips/pop display looked like basketball promotion so likely a deal for March Madness
We didn't even pay attention to that. That makes a ton of sense. It's the same display they've had up for the Superbowl... guess they just changed the sign... now I'm thinking they're kind of smart to keep it out for March madness.
I personally don't like the pink dragonfruit because I agree with you that it has no flavor. The yellow one, though is sweet and I really like it!
I need to give it a try!!
I'm in the UK what a big disappointment Hershey's chocolate is after hearing so much about it on my trip to the US I purchased this famous candy bar. YUK YUK Love the names you have Rutabaga is what we call a Swede, green onion is called spring onion
Butter is over 5$/pound up here in Canada!