Our Costco staples are Kirkland signature : toilet paper / trash bags/ paper towels / baby wipes / diapers Also bagged salads / rotisserie chicken / any kind of jelly (huge selection) / fruit snacks / protein powder and also ANY of the Mondetta brand clothing from the middle section
I love agave! I use it to sweeten individual glasses of tea, hot or cold. Oatmeal, yogurt baking…the flavor is more mild than honey so it’s perfect for sweetening anything!
I love Costco. I don't go very often because it seems to add up real quick. There is always something there that I want LOL. Some of my fav items to buy from there are the rotisserie chickens, croissants, cheese tortellini, toilet paper, seasoned ribs, canned veggies, seasonings, olive oil. I'm sure there are way more but I can't think of them. I find Costco really helpful for the major things that you need to buy in bulk that you can either freeze or has a long shelf life. Those ravioli's are so cute I will be going to pick some up. I'm pretty sure you can freeze them I always freeze the tortellini and they turn out fine. 🙂
We always buy the large boxes of fresh organic spinach from Costco. The price is unmatched and we use a LOT of spinach at our house. Also love the Kirkland sparkling water cans and the cauliflower crust pizza!
We live in New York City and shop Costco just north of NYC. In addition to our usual staples and whatever catches my eye, we buy Costco made items. Their muffins are amazing and we often get two packs for the price of one. They make a delicious chicken pot pie. It is huge so we end up freezing at least half of it. A Costco birthday cake will feed a large crowd and, at least in NYC, is much cheaper than a bakery. They will decorate it for you also. The chicken street tacos and gyros are also very good. You just have to put them together. Their ready-made meals are well priced when you consider that each meal is really several meals.
My go to Costco items are the ciabatta breads (keep them in fridge or freezer bc they mold quickly), the croissants, organic eggs, organic milk 3 pack (lasts forever), their fresh cheese tortellini (maybe they were out when you were there) bag of broccoli, 3 pack organic ground beef, Parmesan cheese, Dave’s killer bread, Rao’s pasta sauce (I stock up when it’s on sale), toilet paper, trash bags, apple sauce pouches for kids, big block of sharp cheddar cheese, and anything that’s on sale. Sale prices are always really good. Kid’s pajamas are also great quality and price.
If you have a vacuum sealer, use it for your cheese slices! I get those huge packs but once I open the pack it goes bad faster than expected. The pkg has two stacks in it. Just vacuum seal each stack and even if you freeze it, it thaws out way better than just freezing in a ziploc freezer bag. The agave is good for hot/cold drinks but I used it more for baking in place of honey.
Loved the haul Kristen! I hope your kids end up liking the mango! Those fruit cups are not always stocked at my grocery stores or Target, didn’t know Costco had a massive box of them! Thanks for sharing ❤
4:04 yeah, that would be the pronunciation. It's like a vegan honey or like corn syrup, it is a sweetener, it's taken from the heart of the agave plant, which is the plant the tequila is extracted from. Don't worry, it has no alcohol in it, it's kid friendly 😊. 7:17 that bread is kind of expensive here in Mexico. I personally don't like white bread, any kind, because it sticks on the back of the teeth and I hate that, but it's a popular soft bread. If you guys like white bread, I would bet you are going to like it
Our Costco staples are top sirloin steaks (about $5/lb today), bags of potatoes, onions and garkic, honeycrisp or gala apples, pineapple, spinach, salad mixes, bagged whole carrots, bagels, the 5 doz egg boxes, Ritz crackers, the 3 1/2 gallon milk in cartons (lasts really well without souring), Kirkland butter, the Mexican shredded cheese, their Pacific Bold K cups (coffee), canned goods (when priced competitively). The key to Costco is knowing the comparable prices by unit at grocery stores you frequent, restaurant supply stores and so forth. There are some supplies I will only buy at Costco such as TP, garbage bags and paper towels (all Kirkland brand). Have had a Costco membership since 2004, be sure to always check car rental prices through their travel site (always competitive). Their tire service/pricing is great, too. @kristinstepp love your channel! Givrs me great inspo for packing my work lunches and snacks!
Not having a list when entering a Costco is a sure ticket to a $400 tab! ;-) It's such a great store, though... They curate some of the coolest products (not just food!) in that store.
We don't go to Costco because it's further away and Sam's is only like 10 mins. They have that Just Bare chicken also and we love it. It's not as heavily breaded as Tyson. Great haul! Thanks for sharing
Hey y'all 👋 you have to let us about those Bare Chicken nuggets. I recently started buying the Reallygood brand strips and nuggets. They are sooo good. The best I've ever tried. Love me some Lawry's garlic salt. It's the best garlic salt EVER!!!
For the croissants, slice them in half and then freeze them. It’s just my husband and myself and we get them and the muffins fairly often and they both freeze well. Cutting them makes it easier to thaw or to toast them up in the toaster. My husband always warms his muffins up in the oven for 15-20 minutes in the morning while making coffee.
I love Costco but I really try to limit myself when I shop there once a month. I try to stay around $100 but it's getting harder to do since prices seem to be going up each month! 😮
We love those croissants BUT they mold so fast!! Definately store in fridge or we like to slice them and freeze them so we can grab one or two at a time and they thaw fast:)
New Costco member here. We don’t live too close either so we take a cooler with us for frozens. Also when we buy bulk spices we reuse our leftover small spice containers. I’m sure you will fill up your pioneer woman spice jars but just sharing a way to reuse containers. Just trying to be a little green and I just hate throwing away the glass spice jars 😂
What a grocery haul 👍 yikes on the prices of Everything now days.great deals and stock up.cant wait to see you cooking away.😊thank you so much Kristin for everything you do 🙏🤗🙏 i hope you guys have the best day 🙏🤗❤❤❤😊😊😊❤
I live in northern KY I’m about an hour from Lexington. We go to the Florence Costco. I like looking at the clothing especially for kids and enjoy the chicken nuggets you got. They have good cooked rotisserie chicken and I think the frozen department has a good variety. We use the gas there a lot which would not be easy for you of course. I do like the meat selection also
I’m in Canada and it seems like all the prices are the same in Canadian as they are in American. That’s wild!! You must live in a super expensive state
Get a bread machine!! I got one for Valentine's day and have made 6 loaves already, two as gifts. My biggest apprehensions for starting to make my own bread is the time, kneading, how long to let it rise, etc etc. You just put all the stuff in the bread machine and it handles it. So worth it!! My wrists are saved and all the thinking is taken out of the equation.
When I make my dough setting in the bread machine I will take it out after it reaches near the end of the cycle and then put it into loaf pans let it rise and then bake it off. @@MaritaCovarrubias01
Agreed! I love the KitchenArm machine (runs about $110-$120 on Amazon). A 25 lb bag of AP flour at Costco costs $8.49, plan on another $4-6 for a jar of yeast (regular grocery store for that one). The only other ingredients needed for a 1.5 lb loaf of express white bread are a top of salt and 2 T of olive oil. Saves so much money!! Bread prices have gone way up!
We always stock up on the Kirkland chicken breasts or thighs in the big multi packs! Such great value, the breasts are huge. I can usually make one single pack last for a couple meals.
You can use the agave for a number of things! I like in fresh margaritas, but you can use it as sweetener for glazed chicken wings, add to plain yogurt or smoothies, over oatmeal, to sweeten fresh lemonade, etc. You really can use it like you would maple syrup!
We love Costco! Also, if you purchase the Business membership, you get cash back each year when your annual renewal comes up (it’s a percentage of all of your annual purchases), which basically pays for itself.
My family gets broccoli every time we go….mostly roasting in (garlic salt, little extra regular salt, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, and minced onion) Also get the brussel sprouts there. Crescent rolls only when fil is here…hard to get through them all before stale. Ranch dressing we buy there Cerave cream Mrs Meyers cleaner Bona floor cleaner if they have Disposable coffee cups Garbage bags Zip locs Eggs Milk Basmati rice Sour cream Triple zero yogurt (mix in chocolate chips….Chobani zero sugar yogurt is nasty so don’t buy that…even my kids refused to eat that) Their apples are also delicious, though not always cheap We also tend to the buy corn on the cob BUT you must use it up within a couple of days or it goes bad quickly Love shopping at Costco but so very easy to overspend Pizza rolls I would but if it were cheese, but sadly they are always pepperoni. The small boxes use to go on sale for $1 each….now minimum of $2 each but such sale is rare. Must stop at food court after for a slice of pizza and refillable soda 2 things I will not buy at Costco: -tortillas (bcs they always stick together and then tear….my sister randomly complained about that also so not just me) -mozzarella cheese, use to be fine but last time I bought it the cheese would not melt well
I really love Costco's produce! The Tillamook sliced cheese is great and lasts a really long time. Try Kirkland chicken chunks in the freezer section, they taste exactly like Chick-fil-A. We buy Fairlife protein shakes and Oikos triple zero yogurt from there every week. Great haul, thanks for sharing.
We like the Kevins brand mongolian beef korean beef. Praline pecans are yummy too. There is cranberry jalapeno dip they have around the holidays that is yummy.
I love the blend seasoning on green beans. I take fresh green beans, a little olive oil, and the seasoning. Put it in the oven at 400 for 40 minutes and it’s the best green beans you’ll ever have
Love when you share grocery hauls!
Our Costco staples are
Kirkland signature :
toilet paper / trash bags/ paper towels / baby wipes / diapers
Also bagged salads / rotisserie chicken / any kind of jelly (huge selection) / fruit snacks / protein powder and also ANY of the Mondetta brand clothing from the middle section
I love agave! I use it to sweeten individual glasses of tea, hot or cold. Oatmeal, yogurt baking…the flavor is more mild than honey so it’s perfect for sweetening anything!
Yay! I’m glad I grabbed it!
It's not great if you're worried about blood sugar, though. It is pure fructose.
I love Costco. I don't go very often because it seems to add up real quick. There is always something there that I want LOL. Some of my fav items to buy from there are the rotisserie chickens, croissants, cheese tortellini, toilet paper, seasoned ribs, canned veggies, seasonings, olive oil. I'm sure there are way more but I can't think of them. I find Costco really helpful for the major things that you need to buy in bulk that you can either freeze or has a long shelf life. Those ravioli's are so cute I will be going to pick some up. I'm pretty sure you can freeze them I always freeze the tortellini and they turn out fine. 🙂
We always buy the large boxes of fresh organic spinach from Costco. The price is unmatched and we use a LOT of spinach at our house. Also love the Kirkland sparkling water cans and the cauliflower crust pizza!
We live in New York City and shop Costco just north of NYC. In addition to our usual staples and whatever catches my eye, we buy Costco made items. Their muffins are amazing and we often get two packs for the price of one. They make a delicious chicken pot pie. It is huge so we end up freezing at least half of it. A Costco birthday cake will feed a large crowd and, at least in NYC, is much cheaper than a bakery. They will decorate it for you also. The chicken street tacos and gyros are also very good. You just have to put them together. Their ready-made meals are well priced when you consider that each meal is really several meals.
Costco must haves for last minute/convenience meals: the fully cooked chicken skewers, the chicken flautas, the yakisoba chicken teriyaki stir fry.
My go to Costco items are the ciabatta breads (keep them in fridge or freezer bc they mold quickly), the croissants, organic eggs, organic milk 3 pack (lasts forever), their fresh cheese tortellini (maybe they were out when you were there) bag of broccoli, 3 pack organic ground beef, Parmesan cheese, Dave’s killer bread, Rao’s pasta sauce (I stock up when it’s on sale), toilet paper, trash bags, apple sauce pouches for kids, big block of sharp cheddar cheese, and anything that’s on sale. Sale prices are always really good. Kid’s pajamas are also great quality and price.
I so wish we had a Costco...I know i would love it! Thank you for sharing ❤
If you have a vacuum sealer, use it for your cheese slices! I get those huge packs but once I open the pack it goes bad faster than expected. The pkg has two stacks in it. Just vacuum seal each stack and even if you freeze it, it thaws out way better than just freezing in a ziploc freezer bag. The agave is good for hot/cold drinks but I used it more for baking in place of honey.
I cannot beleive you drive over an hour to go to Costco! I really appreciate you taking the time to share this haul.
I've been wanting to go to Costco but we have a sams membership the free shipping one. That's what keeps me at Sams! Great haul!
My favorite spice to get at Costco is the Spice Islands Garlic & Herb seasoning. It's so good and you can put it on just about anything!
love the haul! I have a costco and a sams club membership. Both are worth it. My fav purchases are the kerrygold butter and lean ground beef in bulk.
Loved the haul Kristen! I hope your kids end up liking the mango! Those fruit cups are not always stocked at my grocery stores or Target, didn’t know Costco had a massive box of them! Thanks for sharing ❤
4:04 yeah, that would be the pronunciation. It's like a vegan honey or like corn syrup, it is a sweetener, it's taken from the heart of the agave plant, which is the plant the tequila is extracted from. Don't worry, it has no alcohol in it, it's kid friendly 😊.
7:17 that bread is kind of expensive here in Mexico. I personally don't like white bread, any kind, because it sticks on the back of the teeth and I hate that, but it's a popular soft bread. If you guys like white bread, I would bet you are going to like it
Our Costco staples are top sirloin steaks (about $5/lb today), bags of potatoes, onions and garkic, honeycrisp or gala apples, pineapple, spinach, salad mixes, bagged whole carrots, bagels, the 5 doz egg boxes, Ritz crackers, the 3 1/2 gallon milk in cartons (lasts really well without souring), Kirkland butter, the Mexican shredded cheese, their Pacific Bold K cups (coffee), canned goods (when priced competitively).
The key to Costco is knowing the comparable prices by unit at grocery stores you frequent, restaurant supply stores and so forth. There are some supplies I will only buy at Costco such as TP, garbage bags and paper towels (all Kirkland brand).
Have had a Costco membership since 2004, be sure to always check car rental prices through their travel site (always competitive). Their tire service/pricing is great, too.
@kristinstepp love your channel! Givrs me great inspo for packing my work lunches and snacks!
Not having a list when entering a Costco is a sure ticket to a $400 tab! ;-) It's such a great store, though... They curate some of the coolest products (not just food!) in that store.
We don't go to Costco because it's further away and Sam's is only like 10 mins. They have that Just Bare chicken also and we love it. It's not as heavily breaded as Tyson. Great haul! Thanks for sharing
Love Costc, Those crusaunts are the best!
Hey y'all 👋 you have to let us about those Bare Chicken nuggets. I recently started buying the Reallygood brand strips and nuggets. They are sooo good. The best I've ever tried. Love me some Lawry's garlic salt. It's the best garlic salt EVER!!!
Great haul for food and household/hygiene items
We like the blue agave syrup (you did pronounce it correctly) in our coffee sometimes.
For the croissants, slice them in half and then freeze them. It’s just my husband and myself and we get them and the muffins fairly often and they both freeze well. Cutting them makes it easier to thaw or to toast them up in the toaster. My husband always warms his muffins up in the oven for 15-20 minutes in the morning while making coffee.
We love the quality of the ground beef and steaks. We also tend to stock up on coffee pods there. Love finding different things to try at Costco.
My hair LOVES that shampoo & conditioner. My hair is a pain in the neck if I don't use a good moisturizing conditioner.
I love Costco but I really try to limit myself when I shop there once a month. I try to stay around $100 but it's getting harder to do since prices seem to be going up each month! 😮
Thats a good price for the agave. I use it to sweeten my oatmeal smoothies, mocktails, baking, tea and of course coffee.
We make protein balls with agave! Oats, peanut butter, agave, and mini chocolate chips. So simple and so good! My kids love them!!
We love those croissants BUT they mold so fast!! Definately store in fridge or we like to slice them and freeze them so we can grab one or two at a time and they thaw fast:)
I love that agave as a syrup substitute for anything, especially pancakes! Also for tea.
New Costco member here. We don’t live too close either so we take a cooler with us for frozens. Also when we buy bulk spices we reuse our leftover small spice containers. I’m sure you will fill up your pioneer woman spice jars but just sharing a way to reuse containers. Just trying to be a little green and I just hate throwing away the glass spice jars 😂
Waiting to hear a review on the chicken sausages I have been wanting to try those out.
I use the blue agave in my tea, breakfast cereals, and homemade margaritas
Those AmyLu things are so good
What a grocery haul 👍 yikes on the prices of Everything now days.great deals and stock up.cant wait to see you cooking away.😊thank you so much Kristin for everything you do 🙏🤗🙏 i hope you guys have the best day 🙏🤗❤❤❤😊😊😊❤
Thank you!! ❤️
I won't download the TikTok app so I'm never aware of any trends from there!
I live in northern KY I’m about an hour from Lexington. We go to the Florence Costco. I like looking at the clothing especially for kids and enjoy the chicken nuggets you got. They have good cooked rotisserie chicken and I think the frozen department has a good variety. We use the gas there a lot which would not be easy for you of course. I do like the meat selection also
The agave will be really delicious on your oatmeal. It's what they used to put on the oatmeal at a Starbucks maybe they still do
You went to Costco! Love it!
Agave can be used in smoothies as well.
I’m in Canada and it seems like all the prices are the same in Canadian as they are in American. That’s wild!! You must live in a super expensive state
Instead of sugar in my coffee I use Agave. A little goes a long way 😉❤️
Awesome 😊
The pizza in their snack bar is really good for the price 😂😂😂
I’m glad I get 10 gallons of water for $4 lol
Are the shamrock ravioli naturally dyed?
Nice haul
Yes please freeze half of that cheese don't do what I did let it get molded
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cool
I shop at Sam's club
I’ve never been there
The toilet paper is horrible.
Oh no! That was my first time buying it
Get a bread machine!! I got one for Valentine's day and have made 6 loaves already, two as gifts. My biggest apprehensions for starting to make my own bread is the time, kneading, how long to let it rise, etc etc. You just put all the stuff in the bread machine and it handles it. So worth it!! My wrists are saved and all the thinking is taken out of the equation.
Do you bake it in the machine too?
When I make my dough setting in the bread machine I will take it out after it reaches near the end of the cycle and then put it into loaf pans let it rise and then bake it off. @@MaritaCovarrubias01
@@MaritaCovarrubias01yes 😊
Agreed! I love the KitchenArm machine (runs about $110-$120 on Amazon). A 25 lb bag of AP flour at Costco costs $8.49, plan on another $4-6 for a jar of yeast (regular grocery store for that one). The only other ingredients needed for a 1.5 lb loaf of express white bread are a top of salt and 2 T of olive oil. Saves so much money!! Bread prices have gone way up!
We always stock up on the Kirkland chicken breasts or thighs in the big multi packs! Such great value, the breasts are huge. I can usually make one single pack last for a couple meals.
The first thing I noticed in your video was the box of Scrub Daddy sponges. Aren't they the best? I love the Scrub Mommy sponges too.
We don't have a Costco, but I love seeing other people grocery hauls.
$440 sounds expensive but not really with all the loot you got! Good deals!
Love Dukes!!
The bare chicken nuggets are the best !!
Pretty good ingredients for frozen food !!
Costco is a regular stop! Love your haul! Have you tried their food in their cafe? The cookie and the salad 😍 lol
You can use the agave for a number of things! I like in fresh margaritas, but you can use it as sweetener for glazed chicken wings, add to plain yogurt or smoothies, over oatmeal, to sweeten fresh lemonade, etc. You really can use it like you would maple syrup!
Thank you!!! I was wondering what I could use it in
Can we have a freezer tour or clean out please
We love Costco! Also, if you purchase the Business membership, you get cash back each year when your annual renewal comes up (it’s a percentage of all of your annual purchases), which basically pays for itself.
My family gets broccoli every time we go….mostly roasting in (garlic salt, little extra regular salt, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, and minced onion)
Also get the brussel sprouts there.
Crescent rolls only when fil is here…hard to get through them all before stale.
Ranch dressing we buy there
Cerave cream
Mrs Meyers cleaner
Bona floor cleaner if they have
Disposable coffee cups
Garbage bags
Zip locs
Eggs
Milk
Basmati rice
Sour cream
Triple zero yogurt (mix in chocolate chips….Chobani zero sugar yogurt is nasty so don’t buy that…even my kids refused to eat that)
Their apples are also delicious, though not always cheap
We also tend to the buy corn on the cob BUT you must use it up within a couple of days or it goes bad quickly
Love shopping at Costco but so very easy to overspend
Pizza rolls I would but if it were cheese, but sadly they are always pepperoni. The small boxes use to go on sale for $1 each….now minimum of $2 each but such sale is rare.
Must stop at food court after for a slice of pizza and refillable soda
2 things I will not buy at Costco:
-tortillas (bcs they always stick together and then tear….my sister randomly complained about that also so not just me)
-mozzarella cheese, use to be fine but last time I bought it the cheese would not melt well
I really love Costco's produce! The Tillamook sliced cheese is great and lasts a really long time. Try Kirkland chicken chunks in the freezer section, they taste exactly like Chick-fil-A. We buy Fairlife protein shakes and Oikos triple zero yogurt from there every week. Great haul, thanks for sharing.
I was wanting to try the fairlife shakes but they didn’t have any this time. Thanks for the suggestions!
When I was a kid we dipped the pizza rolls in sour cream and it’s delicious
agave goes with overnight oats :)
I love the packaging of the Ravioli! How cute. We don't have a Costco near us. Have a blessed day. 🍀❤
Thank you! You too!
We like the Kevins brand mongolian beef korean beef. Praline pecans are yummy too. There is cranberry jalapeno dip they have around the holidays that is yummy.
Costco croissants are such a deal! Great for entertaining, too...
My son use it to make his drinks sweet when he juicing when the fruit not so sweet especially for his lemonade
The chicken sausage is to die for !!! Yum 😊
The just bare nuggets are the best!
Some good finds!
Costco has the best return policy. If your kids hate those mango cups u can return them. Doesn’t matter how long it’s been . Costco is unmatched
I love the blend seasoning on green beans. I take fresh green beans, a little olive oil, and the seasoning. Put it in the oven at 400 for 40 minutes and it’s the best green beans you’ll ever have
Ooo I’ll have to try! Thank you!!
Blue agave you can use it in smoothies, coffee , mostly anything you want to replace “sugar” for 🫡