▶️ Check out the blog post for more info & a printable grocery list: bit.ly/KrockGroceryHaul ▶️ Watch Our "Top Ten" Product Videos From: Aldi - ua-cam.com/video/kJo0dwdl56c/v-deo.html Whole Foods - ua-cam.com/video/Nwois-5buow/v-deo.html Trader Joe's - ua-cam.com/video/OhB43f3JYhY/v-deo.html
You should try Juici or SugarBee apples those are the best. They are pricey but well worth the price. I can find them easily enough here in Washington not sure if you can find the SugarBee's anywhere else.
Most farmers' markets are closed now b/c of the pandemic. Also, grocery stores are now packaging items that didn't used to be packaged to keep multiple people from touching them. Don't apologize. These are different times and people need to just accept that for the time being. Thanks for sharing.
Which is ridiculous if you think about it, because the transmission risk is actually much lower outdoors. Our farmers market was closed from March to November, it finally reopened and is no “no touch”. You point at what you want or tell the seller, and they hand it to you in exchange for your money or card. There’s also a limit on how many people can be in the (outdoor) market at once, but as it’s winter, people just get what they want and leave so there hasn’t been any crowds yet.
Exactly. I was thinking the same :-) We can only do our best and recycle what we can. Some of our supermarkets in Europe are wrapping things individually that were never wrapped before, too.
Agree!! I have only been doing online orders/grocery pick up -so that means I get SO many plastic bags😭😭😭😭. Before pandemic I used reusable bags. I just had to let that guilt go! Right now I can’t help it. I WISH they would just put the items from their bins to my trunk-no bags needed!!-but I just appreciate being able to order and pick up during these times.
Instead of harassing Jessica about buying things in plastic how about we all email ALDI and tell them we’d like more plastic free options. They’re the ones wrapping everything in plastic after all. The onions are probably just sweet onions, walla walla onions are sweet and they never make you cry. Also, cosmic crisp is a new variety recently developed for commercial use. That’s probably why you haven’t seen it before. How do I know all this ish about onions and apples...I’m from Washington
Jessica - I am totally interested in seeing your spice storage overhaul. I have so many herbs and spices and struggling with finding storage solutions.
I keep mine in a wire-framed canvas box/basket intended for paper files or magazines. It fits on my kitchen cabinet shelf (Mostly. Door is slightly ajar.) I do have to prowl through it for a less-often-used seasoning, but the common ones are on top. I bought this container years ago at Home Depot, but I'm sure they are everywhere. I like it better than a woven basket because the solid bottom makes it easier to clean and keeps my shelf from having bits of seasoning everywhere.
@@hollywebster6844 Thanks for that! I can’t picture what your describing, but it sounds like it would work. I’ve been looking on Pinterest for ideas and there are great ones there. Space is an issue and I’ve been dealing with the hassle of needing to spend 5 minutes emptying the shelf each time I cook to find all the needed herbs and spices for years. But since going vegan (WFPB is proving to be harder for me, but I’m getting there) I have increased the amount of spices I stock.
I love your hair! You’re one of the few people who can wear their hair pulled back with no make-up and still look fabulous. This style really suits you Jessica.
I’m always blown away with how much food you can purchase at Aldi vs other stores. Looking at what you spent at TJs vs Aldi for nearly the the same amount of money you came out way ahead at Aldi. 🙂 Not counting the whole plastic packaging thing...
I love Aldi, TJ’s and Whole Foods. I hit up Aldi every week, along with a Chicago area chain called Pete’s Fresh Market, right next door to Aldi. TJ’s, Whole Foods and Costco, I go to less often, but stock up on the things I like from those stores. Being in the Chicago suburbs, I have a plethora of great grocery stores to choose from.
Here's a great reuse project for tissue boxes, it is to use the colorful cardboard sides and ends and turn them into various sized notebooks, often times there's lots of paper that only has 1/2 writing on it or the backs are perfectly clean, so we use scrap paper. We made a few tiny doll books for the kids. :)
I just learned recently with cooking cruciferous veggies, if you grind bay leaves with it..no gas. I've been trying this recently...oh I hope I hope I hope this works!!🤞
i love watching you guys i dont have the stores in my country im from the netherlands but i watch these grocery hauls anyways because i like them ,i hope my englisch isn't to bad hahaha
Jessica, I like your hair pulled back! No Aldi's, TJ or WF where I am BUT I have a Winco 70+ miles away. I try to shop there 1-2 times per month. I love the bulk section!
I feel your pain. TJ's Whole Foods & Meijer are all 35+ miles from me, so I'm limited to Aldi's, Walmart Neighborhood Market & Kroger. Once every few months I'll go into the city for Trader Joe's (mainly because I'm addicted to their '21 Seasoning Salute' sprinkle.)
Cosmic Crisp apples are a new variety, been on the market about one year. They are a cross between Honey Crisp and Enterprise. They were in development for twenty years at Washington State University.
That’s really interesting, thank you! I have been of the opinion that honey crisp apples are manna from heaven and it’s hard to imagine there might be a tastier apple out there so I’m going to HAVE to try a cosmic crisp!
I enjoy all the stores you shared. I generally go to Kroger and Aldi and Costco. Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods is a bit of a drive. I enjoyed this first haul! Thank you Jessica and Brian.
Jessica I would love to see your spice storage over haul. I hate plastic and would love to get rid of all my spices in plastic. Don't worry about the plastic from the store, right now. I love WholeFoods 💖 Also loved the planner! Thank you!
Jessica, your hair looks great in the ponytail - you should do it like that more often. Loved seeing your grocery haul and liked that you explain what you will do with some of the items. Interested to know what you do with the cashews?
You guys could lift those bags for a Quasi Strength Training!!!! This Haul is Jessica's Jam....Your Hair looks so so so nice up you look so much younger!!!!!
You guys are awesome. Keep up the great work with the videos, love to watch them - as you are sincere, genuine people- and that’s very refreshing to see that on UA-cam! Good luck to you in 2021!
I never understand throwing away the good cooking liquid from beans. Maybe if you're putting them in a salad, but in a mixture; I see people throwing the wonderful cooking liquid away, and adding plain water... Doesn't make sense to me. If I cook beans for soup, I certainly don't throw it away, so why would I for any food? Oh, well. To each his own.
@@smallfootprint2961 The water in canned beans contains sugars that cause much of the gas-producing properties of beans. Canned beans are more easily digested - and the flatulence factor is reduced by about 75% - if that water is rinsed off.
@@Equinox1.5 ... You need to back up that kind of statement with some scientific proof. If it's just "I heard it somewhere," I think you're doing the world a disservice. People all over the world have cooked and eaten all kinds of beans with it's accompanying pot liquor, forever. Start with a healthy pot, washed and soaked beans, and filtered water, and nothing is going to come from the beans that's not good for you. Maybe you should change brands if that's your experience. I have Spastic Colon Syndrome and no more gas from beans than any other food. It may take some time to get used to any change in diet, but eaten often, as part of a healthy plant based food plan, there should only be deliciousness. I use No Salt Added Eden canned beans and like to use the bean water to substitute for oil in salad dressing. Clings to the greens. Yum.
Our Aldi (in Germany) is getting better and better in reducing the packaging. Many things in the fresh produce section are now without plastic at all. I hope Aldi in the US will follow :)
Hey Jessica, would love to see a Farmer’s Market haul sometime in the future. You can save a lot of money on fresh produce buying directly from the farmer/certified farm vendors
Wow great haul for the costs! Im a vegan Canadian retired in Panama for 6years now. I live in a small town with 2 main grocery stores that dont carry alot of American products. Mainly canned goods which I dont buy processed boxed or canned or bagged if I can help it. I buy bulk beans and cook in my instapot. I only have two kinds of lettuce...boring. We dont get any fancy greens at all. Im blessed that we have lots of farmers selling their fresh produce. I make it work. Thanks for the video. I just made one of your soups yesterday for the week.
In Portugal, we mainly shop at Lidl, then Aldi (vegan wine for mum, husband and I are teetotal) frozen bio spinach and broccoli and great soya yoghurts. Then onto Auchan for fresh tofu.
Since you're eating a lot of oatmeal, you might like to know this trick. Wrap a banana in a paper towel and place it on a microwave safe plate. Cook in the microwave for 1.5 minutes on full power then when it cools -- it'll be HOT -- scrape out the soft, sweet banana mush and stir it into your oatmeal for a totally nutritious natural sweetener. Exquisite! The microwave concentrates the banana esters and makes it sweeter. This is also a great way to save bananas at their peak since you can freeze and save the banana mush for future use in baking and cooking.
What a coincidence I just made the broccoli casserole tonight for dinner with frozen broccoli from trader Joe's. The recipe is great you guys are going to love it
Hi Jessica. I like the grocery hair style. 👍I loved watching the grocery haul. Watching this is making me want to go through my kitchen and do some meal prepping.
Very jealous of the bagged salad greens. That was fun. Thank you. And it is great to imagine you nourishing yourselves with all that beautiful high nutrient density food!
Love the grocery haul! I always enjoy seeing what other people buy...weird but true. I usually shop at Walmart because its convenient to us but we are buying a house which has an Aldi near by so I plan to shop Aldi more often now.
I primarily shop at Sprouts. We do have a Whole Foods as well as a Trader Joes (I don't go there). After your comments on how cheap Cashews are at Trader Joes I will be checking it out.
I am a big fan of Trader Joe's and there is one close by. I have been to Aldi's a few times, and it is also close by. A new Whole Foods opened up about 20 minutes away. Haven't made it there yet. During the pandemic, I limit my grocery shopping to 1 day a week, 1 store. We have Sprouts, which is my favorite store. It is like a combination of TJoes and Aldis.
I love Aldi’s also! I love your sweatshirt Jessica. We took a trip out to Glacier National Park back in 2012 and dream of going back someday. We saw Yellowstone also on that trip and loved being able to get close to the wildlife but it was so crowded with people. Liked Glacier better and the Flathead Lake region.
It all looked delicious! Unfortunately, we don't have Whole Foods in our city, because a local company that sells organic has a monopoly around here. So we shop at Sprouts and Trader Joe's. 🙂 Great deals you got! Thanks, Jessica!
I enjoyed this post so much I watched twice just to feel like I was shopping because I can get out only about every ten days. Cabin fever is Real!!! Also it’s nice to hear your reasoning behind your choices and how you will use items. Thanks to you mentioning the canned beans at Whole Foods, I picked up 4 cans . My plan was to make a easy and quick multibean soup but you may mention some uses I had not thought of. Also, like how you point out the products from Aldi. Have not been there in years but am planning a jaunt to try some of the items you like. By the way, that planner is pretty. Let us know if you like it. You folks are doing more than just sharing about diet, it is like having friends come and visit when we can’t actually have many friends come and visit.😋 So come more often. Even when you share you struggles it helps because then our struggles seem more normal.
Have lately enjoyed steel cut oats with sautéed bananas and blueberries. Pinch of cinnamon, maybe a teaspoon of maple syrup at the end (for my taste, I know not everyone uses this), and a handful of TJ’s chopped walnuts.
I freaking love grocery shopping and this video hit me where I itch. Aldi produce by me is fantastic-it used to be my last stop but now it's usually my first just like Jessica said it's hers. Starting the year off right Krocks!!!!
My favorite stores to shop at are all three of those stores plus Sprouts and WinCo. I live in the Texas Panhandle and none of these stores are near me. I have to drive 2 hours for a Sprouts and 4 hours for all the rest. I only get to shop at these stores when visiting family which has been over a year now.
Great video! Have you ever thought of learning to can? I have recently learned to do this and it saves so much money when I'm canning beans. I can also add my own ingredients.
we just got back from costco and sam's club but other weeks we go to trader joe's and whole foods (which are in the opposite direction) and we have an aldi just three blocks up the road from where we live so if we need anything in the two weeks when we don't go out we can run there. costco we get bulk frozen veggies and fruit (i'm on a dragon fruit kick) as well as some fresh produce and roasted seaweed sheets (yummy), bulk rice and other things. sam's club, i get ''fresh salsa'' and TP. whole foods is to fill up my 5gallon jugs of water, fresh produce and sodium free Ez4:9 bread as well as lavva yogurt and other assorted things. trader joe's is for frozen veggies we can't get in bulk at costco as well as sesame Ez4:9 bread (wfm has that too but depends on which store we stop at first as they're like three blocks away from each other) and kombucha as well as some vegan prepared frozen dinners that i use as a flavor base for a bunch of other veggies and rice to stretch the salt between my husband and me.
The lens makes those bags look enormous!! Or like you two have been hit with a shrink ray. If it were me, I’d dice up a few of those mushrooms, sautéed them a bit, and add them to the mushroom gravy. My favorite store is Costco or “Smart and Final”. We don’t have many of the usual grocery chains in our area :(
We're on lockdown here and can go out to get food but much prefer to get our order delivered as we dont want to die yet. Aldi is our favourite for food but the worst for covid safety. It's very bad where we are in Kent. Keep safe everyone.
Regarding the amount you spend on groceries, about 8 mos ago we opened a separate checking account. We use just this account only for two budget line items:for groceries and eating out. I deposit $800 month into it. Now I know how much I spend on all eating, cleaning and personal care.
@Jessica Wal-Mart has no salt added beans for .50. I shop Wal-Mart because it's the only local grocery. But Aldi is an hour away so I go to stock up once a month. Trader Joe's us 2 hours away so I go there about every other month.
Hi from Tennessee! You guys are awesome! I hope to see a cookbook from you in the future. It inspires me to see your journey and honesty. Keep up the good work.
Nice haul. I don't have a garden so can't use the trimmings for compost. Hate to pay for trimmings I'm going to throw away. It's nice to buy it already cleaned. Nice to have that option... there are man wonderful frozen vegis... especially greens that I incorporate into most of my mesls. Thanks for showing us how you shop. love the whole squashes. Looking forward to seeing how you prepare them.
Hon you do not look like a psycho! Thanks for sharing. I like seeing what your shops have vs what we have locally here in Oz I'm sorry people are banging on with you about packaging. You can recycle it in the best way possible. Right now with the pandemic it's most important you look after yourself. Your budget and your family. That might mean buying stuff packaged up.
My favorite stores to go to would definitely be Assi (Asian grocery store) or Grocery Outlet! Also love Aldis too! I just get too excited when I find great things for super cheap at Grocery Outlet 😂
Beautiful and ordered array of all the colourful plant foods on your counter at the end. Love that. In Australia I shop in woolworths. When I can I will go to Harris Farm Markets. " ah don't do broccoli at the moment, cause there was something in the fresh broccoli" 🥦😊
Love your strategy of going to Aldi's first, then Trader Joe's for some specialty items, then filling in with Whole Foods. I do this with the stores in my town, too (although I'm generally searching for organic produce which is amazingly hard to find near me at a decent price). I just put a marker in my copy of Healthspan Solution so I can make that Fiesta Stew (fiesta!!) later today. Cheers!
I have a Whole Foods and Trader Joe's about 40 minutes away from here so I don't go often. Nearby I have Aldi, Kroger, HEB, Walmart and Target. Generally, I can find most everything I need at those places and I save Trader Joe's and Whole foods for about once every 4 to 6 months. 👍
I live in Northern Virginia and we have Aldi, Trader Joe’s, And Whole Foods. Whole Foods in our area is very high. We have Costco as well which is a big box store which sells in bulk..they have a nice variety of organic products - produce - fruit . The produce and fruits are very fresh. Much less expensive than Whole Foods..I’m a fan of Trader Joe’s as well! We also have Wegmans which has a great organic selection but pricey, as well.
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▶️ Check out the blog post for more info & a printable grocery list: bit.ly/KrockGroceryHaul
▶️ Watch Our "Top Ten" Product Videos From:
Aldi - ua-cam.com/video/kJo0dwdl56c/v-deo.html
Whole Foods - ua-cam.com/video/Nwois-5buow/v-deo.html
Trader Joe's - ua-cam.com/video/OhB43f3JYhY/v-deo.html
I would love for you guys to do a fridge tour.. how you store things, etc.. 😊😎 please!! Xoxo
You should try Juici or SugarBee apples those are the best. They are pricey but well worth the price. I can find them easily enough here in Washington not sure if you can find the SugarBee's anywhere else.
Most farmers' markets are closed now b/c of the pandemic. Also, grocery stores are now packaging items that didn't used to be packaged to keep multiple people from touching them. Don't apologize. These are different times and people need to just accept that for the time being. Thanks for sharing.
Agreed! We can just try to reuse and recycle as much as possible. ♻️
Which is ridiculous if you think about it, because the transmission risk is actually much lower outdoors. Our farmers market was closed from March to November, it finally reopened and is no “no touch”. You point at what you want or tell the seller, and they hand it to you in exchange for your money or card. There’s also a limit on how many people can be in the (outdoor) market at once, but as it’s winter, people just get what they want and leave so there hasn’t been any crowds yet.
Exactly. I was thinking the same :-) We can only do our best and recycle what we can. Some of our supermarkets in Europe are wrapping things individually that were never wrapped before, too.
Agree!! I have only been doing online orders/grocery pick up -so that means I get SO many plastic bags😭😭😭😭. Before pandemic I used reusable bags. I just had to let that guilt go! Right now I can’t help it. I WISH they would just put the items from their bins to my trunk-no bags needed!!-but I just appreciate being able to order and pick up during these times.
Xo
I like your hair tied back, Jessica. It shows off your pretty cheekbones.
She does have incredible bone structure!
Right?!?!? She needs a professional haircut too.
I thought the same! Xo
Instead of harassing Jessica about buying things in plastic how about we all email ALDI and tell them we’d like more plastic free options. They’re the ones wrapping everything in plastic after all. The onions are probably just sweet onions, walla walla onions are sweet and they never make you cry. Also, cosmic crisp is a new variety recently developed for commercial use. That’s probably why you haven’t seen it before. How do I know all this ish about onions and apples...I’m from Washington
Jessica - I am totally interested in seeing your spice storage overhaul. I have so many herbs and spices and struggling with finding storage solutions.
YES! My spice cabinet has overflowed to my stove and countertop!
I keep mine in a wire-framed canvas box/basket intended for paper files or magazines. It fits on my kitchen cabinet shelf (Mostly. Door is slightly ajar.) I do have to prowl through it for a less-often-used seasoning, but the common ones are on top. I bought this container years ago at Home Depot, but I'm sure they are everywhere. I like it better than a woven basket because the solid bottom makes it easier to clean and keeps my shelf from having bits of seasoning everywhere.
@@hollywebster6844 Thanks for that! I can’t picture what your describing, but it sounds like it would work. I’ve been looking on Pinterest for ideas and there are great ones there. Space is an issue and I’ve been dealing with the hassle of needing to spend 5 minutes emptying the shelf each time I cook to find all the needed herbs and spices for years. But since going vegan (WFPB is proving to be harder for me, but I’m getting there) I have increased the amount of spices I stock.
I love your hair! You’re one of the few people who can wear their hair pulled back with no make-up and still look fabulous. This style really suits you Jessica.
Loved the haul! For those that would get on you about all the plastic, I would love to meet these people that lead the perfect life.
I’m always blown away with how much food you can purchase at Aldi vs other stores. Looking at what you spent at TJs vs Aldi for nearly the the same amount of money you came out way ahead at Aldi. 🙂 Not counting the whole plastic packaging thing...
I love Aldi, TJ’s and Whole Foods. I hit up Aldi every week, along with a Chicago area chain called Pete’s Fresh Market, right next door to Aldi. TJ’s, Whole Foods and Costco, I go to less often, but stock up on the things I like from those stores. Being in the Chicago suburbs, I have a plethora of great grocery stores to choose from.
The two grocery stores I visit every time I shop are Aldi’s and Costco. I enjoy seeing what other WFPB Peeps buy🙂
I also got the planner from aldis!!! I love it!! Also i loved this video
Aldi and Schnucks. Also good and gather line from target is good. Sparkling water is really good.
Here's a great reuse project for tissue boxes, it is to use the colorful cardboard sides and ends and turn them into various sized notebooks, often times there's lots of paper that only has 1/2 writing on it or the backs are perfectly clean, so we use scrap paper. We made a few tiny doll books for the kids. :)
Jessica you look completely ok. Really like your videos. So genuine and nice.
I don’t normally watch grocery hauls but I just love watching you two! Rooting for you! God bless :)
I just learned recently with cooking cruciferous veggies, if you grind bay leaves with it..no gas. I've been trying this recently...oh I hope I hope I hope this works!!🤞
Awesome insight, I look forward into using this tip soon
Thanks for that info
Aldi is my go to first store always. Don't apologize about packaging especially right now with the pandemic.
i love watching you guys i dont have the stores in my country im from the netherlands but i watch these grocery hauls anyways because i like them ,i hope my englisch isn't to bad hahaha
I’m still amazed how you were able to fit all those items in the pit bag 😦
Jessica, I like your hair pulled back!
No Aldi's, TJ or WF where I am BUT I have a Winco 70+ miles away. I try to shop there 1-2 times per month. I love the bulk section!
I feel your pain. TJ's Whole Foods & Meijer are all 35+ miles from me, so I'm limited to Aldi's, Walmart Neighborhood Market & Kroger. Once every few months I'll go into the city for Trader Joe's (mainly because I'm addicted to their '21 Seasoning Salute' sprinkle.)
I was 13 cents away from the total and I was barely paying attention(to the totals) I'm shook!, I may be some sort of low level genius.
Cosmic Crisp apples are a new variety, been on the market about one year. They are a cross between Honey Crisp and Enterprise. They were in development for twenty years at Washington State University.
Isn’t it supposed to be “the perfect Apple”?
These are my new favorite! I am from WA state so i may be biased. Hard to find here!
That’s really interesting, thank you! I have been of the opinion that honey crisp apples are manna from heaven and it’s hard to imagine there might be a tastier apple out there so I’m going to HAVE to try a cosmic crisp!
I enjoy all the stores you shared. I generally go to Kroger and Aldi and Costco.
Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods is a bit of a drive. I enjoyed this first haul! Thank you Jessica and Brian.
Jessica I would love to see your spice storage over haul. I hate plastic and would love to get rid of all my spices in plastic. Don't worry about the plastic from the store, right now. I love WholeFoods 💖 Also loved the planner! Thank you!
Oooooh! I am excited to hear about the no-tears onions..... do tell us how you liked them. How did they taste, cooking times etc....
My favorites are Natural Grocers, whole Foods, and Sprouts
Jessica, your hair looks great in the ponytail - you should do it like that more often. Loved seeing your grocery haul and liked that you explain what you will do with some of the items. Interested to know what you do with the cashews?
I eat pomegranate seeds in my oatmeal all the time! I love the crunch. I'm all about a mix of textures
They are great in salad too. Add orange slices and sweet onion. Gorgeous.
That whole display is a beautiful sight!!
“The true Jessica Krock grocery experience “ I love you guys😉👍💕
You guys could lift those bags for a Quasi Strength Training!!!! This Haul is Jessica's Jam....Your Hair looks so so so nice up you look so much younger!!!!!
Definitely true about Jessica's hair. She looks so pretty when her face is visible.
Just the loveliest of couples...
You guys are awesome. Keep up the great work with the videos, love to watch them - as you are sincere, genuine people- and that’s very refreshing to see that on UA-cam!
Good luck to you in 2021!
This is the best video I didn't know I was waiting for! You guys are awesome!!!
14:44 You can reserve the liquid from the garbanzo beans (aquafaba)and use as an egg white substitute(can stabilise with cream of tartar).
I never understand throwing away the good cooking liquid from beans. Maybe if you're putting them in a salad, but in a mixture; I see people throwing the wonderful cooking liquid away, and adding plain water... Doesn't make sense to me. If I cook beans for soup, I certainly don't throw it away, so why would I for any food? Oh, well. To each his own.
@@smallfootprint2961 The water in canned beans contains sugars that cause much of the gas-producing properties of beans. Canned beans are more easily digested - and the flatulence factor is reduced by about 75% - if that water is rinsed off.
@@Equinox1.5 ... You need to back up that kind of statement with some scientific proof. If it's just "I heard it somewhere," I think you're doing the world a disservice. People all over the world have cooked and eaten all kinds of beans with it's accompanying pot liquor, forever. Start with a healthy pot, washed and soaked beans, and filtered water, and nothing is going to come from the beans that's not good for you. Maybe you should change brands if that's your experience. I have Spastic Colon Syndrome and no more gas from beans than any other food. It may take some time to get used to any change in diet, but eaten often, as part of a healthy plant based food plan, there should only be deliciousness. I use No Salt Added Eden canned beans and like to use the bean water to substitute for oil in salad dressing. Clings to the greens. Yum.
Aldi and Kroger are my go-tos.
Our Aldi (in Germany) is getting better and better in reducing the packaging. Many things in the fresh produce section are now without plastic at all. I hope Aldi in the US will follow :)
Hey Jessica, would love to see a Farmer’s Market haul sometime in the future. You can save a lot of money on fresh produce buying directly from the farmer/certified farm vendors
Wow great haul for the costs! Im a vegan Canadian retired in Panama for 6years now. I live in a small town with 2 main grocery stores that dont carry alot of American products. Mainly canned goods which I dont buy processed boxed or canned or bagged if I can help it. I buy bulk beans and cook in my instapot. I only have two kinds of lettuce...boring. We dont get any fancy greens at all. Im blessed that we have lots of farmers selling their fresh produce. I make it work. Thanks for the video. I just made one of your soups yesterday for the week.
In Portugal, we mainly shop at Lidl, then Aldi (vegan wine for mum, husband and I are teetotal) frozen bio spinach and broccoli and great soya yoghurts. Then onto Auchan for fresh tofu.
Since you're eating a lot of oatmeal, you might like to know this trick. Wrap a banana in a paper towel and place it on a microwave safe plate. Cook in the microwave for 1.5 minutes on full power then when it cools -- it'll be HOT -- scrape out the soft, sweet banana mush and stir it into your oatmeal for a totally nutritious natural sweetener. Exquisite! The microwave concentrates the banana esters and makes it sweeter. This is also a great way to save bananas at their peak since you can freeze and save the banana mush for future use in baking and cooking.
Last year I had the Pukka tea advent calendar. Now I drink so many more herbal teas. Delicious.
What a coincidence I just made the broccoli casserole tonight for dinner with frozen broccoli from trader Joe's. The recipe is great you guys are going to love it
Excellent shopping trip! Thanks for sharing Jessica
Hi Jessica. I like the grocery hair style. 👍I loved watching the grocery haul. Watching this is making me want to go through my kitchen and do some meal prepping.
Yes! Love grocery hauls! Keep them coming!
Cosmic crisp is our favorite apple. It was Sweet Tango but now it's the CC. We don't have a Trader Joe's but our Festival Foods has them sometimes.
If you go to an Asian store you can buy your spices and beans etc in bulk. The Indian supermarkets have loads of plant based items and good produce...
Very jealous of the bagged salad greens. That was fun. Thank you. And it is great to imagine you nourishing yourselves with all that beautiful high nutrient density food!
Love the grocery haul! I always enjoy seeing what other people buy...weird but true. I usually shop at Walmart because its convenient to us but we are buying a house which has an Aldi near by so I plan to shop Aldi more often now.
Their planners are amazing! I got the purple one!💜
I primarily shop at Sprouts. We do have a Whole Foods as well as a Trader Joes (I don't go there). After your comments on how cheap Cashews are at Trader Joes I will be checking it out.
Love Cosmic Crisp apples 🍎
The Marks & Spencer shopping bag!
I am a big fan of Trader Joe's and there is one close by. I have been to Aldi's a few times, and it is also close by. A new Whole Foods opened up about 20 minutes away. Haven't made it there yet. During the pandemic, I limit my grocery shopping to 1 day a week, 1 store. We have Sprouts, which is my favorite store. It is like a combination of TJoes and Aldis.
Love this- simple and entertaining- always inspiring
Thank you so much! We aim to do all of those. 😀
I have my Marks & Spencer’s bags from back home. I like the same grocery stores too.
My first video to watch of you two. I'm in love already ... You two are flat out REAL!!! I LOVE ❣️ IT!!
Jessica, your hair actually looks great like you have it today. It's a becoming style on you.
Those are my favorite grocery stores too. Really enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing 🛒😃
My 9 year old at the end was like, “Wait! Where’s Peef?!?” Then you went and grabbed him. :) lol
So, I bought her her own Peef for Valentine’s Day! She’s going to freak!
It does look like a lot of groceries! Only Walmart and HEB are close to me. You're lucky to have Aldi's Trader Joe's and Whole Foods!
Same for me...you must be in Texas too?
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Love this video! Thanks guys!
Yes ! Jessica & Brian I am happy to see this haul- hopefully more to come. Thanks for sharing❣🇨🇦
Happy New Year you two!
I always enjoy and admire your videos.😊👏👏👍
I love Aldi’s also!
I love your sweatshirt Jessica. We took a trip out to Glacier National Park back in 2012 and dream of going back someday.
We saw Yellowstone also on that trip and loved being able to get close to the wildlife but it was so crowded with people. Liked Glacier better and the Flathead Lake region.
Your blog post for this is very nicely done! Thanks for giving us so much great information!!
The tearless sweet onions are Vidalia onions. They go bad more quickly.
We absolutely love grocery shopping at Aldi! It’s definitely my go to place when trying to save money! Great haul!
You guys are inspirational!
I can't get over how much you can buy at Aldi's. That's amazing. Well done. Loved looking at your shopping haul.
Cosmic Crisp apples are soooooo good!
Happy New year!
It all looked delicious! Unfortunately, we don't have Whole Foods in our city, because a local company that sells organic has a monopoly around here. So we shop at Sprouts and Trader Joe's. 🙂 Great deals you got! Thanks, Jessica!
I enjoyed this post so much I watched twice just to feel like I was shopping because I can get out only about every ten days. Cabin fever is Real!!!
Also it’s nice to hear your reasoning behind your choices and how you will use items.
Thanks to you mentioning the canned beans at Whole Foods, I picked up 4 cans . My plan was to make a easy and quick multibean soup but you may mention some uses I had not thought of.
Also, like how you point out the products from Aldi. Have not been there in years but am planning a jaunt to try some of the items you like.
By the way, that planner is pretty. Let us know if you like it.
You folks are doing more than just sharing about diet, it is like having friends come and visit when we can’t actually have many friends come and visit.😋
So come more often. Even when you share you struggles it helps because then our struggles seem more normal.
Have lately enjoyed steel cut oats with sautéed bananas and blueberries. Pinch of cinnamon, maybe a teaspoon of maple syrup at the end (for my taste, I know not everyone uses this), and a handful of TJ’s chopped walnuts.
I freaking love grocery shopping and this video hit me where I itch. Aldi produce by me is fantastic-it used to be my last stop but now it's usually my first just like Jessica said it's hers. Starting the year off right Krocks!!!!
Awesome! Yeah I used to hate ALDI... LOL! It's so awesome!
Great job guys got lots of ideas from your shopping trip 🤗
Jessica you look great and I love your nail polish !
My favorite stores to shop at are all three of those stores plus Sprouts and WinCo. I live in the Texas Panhandle and none of these stores are near me. I have to drive 2 hours for a Sprouts and 4 hours for all the rest. I only get to shop at these stores when visiting family which has been over a year now.
Great video! Have you ever thought of learning to can? I have recently learned to do this and it saves so much money when I'm canning beans. I can also add my own ingredients.
we just got back from costco and sam's club but other weeks we go to trader joe's and whole foods (which are in the opposite direction) and we have an aldi just three blocks up the road from where we live so if we need anything in the two weeks when we don't go out we can run there. costco we get bulk frozen veggies and fruit (i'm on a dragon fruit kick) as well as some fresh produce and roasted seaweed sheets (yummy), bulk rice and other things. sam's club, i get ''fresh salsa'' and TP. whole foods is to fill up my 5gallon jugs of water, fresh produce and sodium free Ez4:9 bread as well as lavva yogurt and other assorted things. trader joe's is for frozen veggies we can't get in bulk at costco as well as sesame Ez4:9 bread (wfm has that too but depends on which store we stop at first as they're like three blocks away from each other) and kombucha as well as some vegan prepared frozen dinners that i use as a flavor base for a bunch of other veggies and rice to stretch the salt between my husband and me.
The lens makes those bags look enormous!! Or like you two have been hit with a shrink ray.
If it were me, I’d dice up a few of those mushrooms, sautéed them a bit, and add them to the mushroom gravy.
My favorite store is Costco or “Smart and Final”. We don’t have many of the usual grocery chains in our area :(
I love how real you are, it's more fun watching video's that aren't rehearsed and totally perfect. Great haul. Happy New Year to you both.xXx
We're on lockdown here and can go out to get food but much prefer to get our order delivered as we dont want to die yet. Aldi is our favourite for food but the worst for covid safety. It's very bad where we are in Kent. Keep safe everyone.
Regarding the amount you spend on groceries, about 8 mos ago we opened a separate checking account. We use just this account only for two budget line items:for groceries and eating out. I deposit $800 month into it. Now I know how much I spend on all eating, cleaning and personal care.
@Jessica Wal-Mart has no salt added beans for .50. I shop Wal-Mart because it's the only local grocery. But Aldi is an hour away so I go to stock up once a month. Trader Joe's us 2 hours away so I go there about every other month.
Hi from Tennessee! You guys are awesome! I hope to see a cookbook from you in the future. It inspires me to see your journey and honesty. Keep up the good work.
Nice haul. I don't have a garden so can't use the trimmings for compost. Hate to pay for trimmings I'm going to throw away. It's nice to buy it already cleaned. Nice to have that option... there are man wonderful frozen vegis... especially greens that I incorporate into most of my mesls. Thanks for showing us how you shop. love the whole squashes. Looking forward to seeing how you prepare them.
We have all three of your stores but I shop at Central market and Fiesta. And Costco every couple months.
Hon you do not look like a psycho! Thanks for sharing. I like seeing what your shops have vs what we have locally here in Oz
I'm sorry people are banging on with you about packaging. You can recycle it in the best way possible. Right now with the pandemic it's most important you look after yourself. Your budget and your family. That might mean buying stuff packaged up.
My favorite stores to go to would definitely be Assi (Asian grocery store) or Grocery Outlet! Also love Aldis too! I just get too excited when I find great things for super cheap at Grocery Outlet 😂
I miss Aldi so much!!!! Not a single one in Louisiana.
That's crazy!!!!!
@@amandathane8761 I know!!!! Every time I go to Houston I hit up Aldi!!!
I can’t for the day an Aldi comes to the Baton Rouge area
@@meyganmarino one was supposed to come to Slidell last year not sure what happened but I’d drive to BR just to go to Aldi
@@melaniejohnson1962 I heard that too, I was wondering what happened too! We finally got a Sprouts in BR and I am so happy to have that market there
Beautiful and ordered array of all the colourful plant foods on your counter at the end. Love that.
In Australia I shop in woolworths. When I can I will go to Harris Farm Markets.
" ah don't do broccoli at the moment, cause there was something in the fresh broccoli" 🥦😊
I'd love to know how many years you're adding to your lives by eating so well. Thanks for inspiring me and Happy New Year
I can't believe how much more affordable groceries are where you live - jealous!
I got that advent calendar and have been using as an inauguration countdown calendar. The tea is really good!
Love your strategy of going to Aldi's first, then Trader Joe's for some specialty items, then filling in with Whole Foods. I do this with the stores in my town, too (although I'm generally searching for organic produce which is amazingly hard to find near me at a decent price). I just put a marker in my copy of Healthspan Solution so I can make that Fiesta Stew (fiesta!!) later today. Cheers!
I'm totally jelly of that Planner!
I have a Whole Foods and Trader Joe's about 40 minutes away from here so I don't go often.
Nearby I have Aldi, Kroger, HEB, Walmart and Target. Generally, I can find most everything I need at those places and I save Trader Joe's and Whole foods for about once every 4 to 6 months. 👍
I live in Northern Virginia and we have Aldi, Trader Joe’s, And Whole Foods. Whole Foods in our area is very high. We have Costco as well which is a big box store which sells in bulk..they have a nice variety of organic products - produce - fruit . The produce and fruits are very fresh. Much less expensive than Whole Foods..I’m a fan of Trader Joe’s as well! We also have Wegmans which has a great organic selection but pricey, as well.