5 Easy Vegan Dinners on $40 Budget | Aldi Vegan Grocery Haul (Under $2 per serving)
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- Hey fam! Here's our first attempt at a weekly vegan dinner meal plan! We're showing you how to make 5 easy vegan dinners on a $40 per week budget for a family of four! That's less than $2 per serving and there's so much food left over! Watch until the end!
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❌ Allergens: There are 2 that are easily Top 8 Free, 1 contains wheat (pizza), 2 have soy but can be subbed, 1 has coconut.
0:33 Grocery Haul
2:10 Receipt for Grocery Haul
2:20 Vegan Broccoli and Hummus Pasta
4:08 Vegan Taco Casserole
6:20 Vegan Coconut Crusted Tofu with Potato Wedges
8:32 Vegan Cheese Pizza
10:02 Vegan Garlic Soy Lime Tofu and Rice
11:13 What is Left Over and Additional Meal Ideas, Tips and More
16:05 What We Didn't Include In the $40 Budget
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Which meal do you want to try first? Do you want to see more of these videos (tell us a budget price or store idea!)
It is always pizza.
The casserole sounds so good. I'm definitely going to give it a go soon!
I love these type of videos - realistic meals, cost effective and beginner friendly. Thanks so much for sharing !
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!
What kind of pasta is that? Looks like regular which made with egg.
This is such a great way to show people that being vegan doesn’t mean you spend a lot on food!!
Yes! Glad you enjoyed it
100% agree with Natalie Wisler's comment.
@@davidthescottishvegan always fun seeing you in the comments!! 😆🤗
Can u guys try this at another store like kroger or walmart?
I shop at Aldi here in Nashville and yes they are budget friendly. Yes I would like more videos like this for all meals. Breakfast, lunch, snacks and dessert. Thanks for giving me options and not shaming those of us who may still be deciding and transitioning. ☺️
Thanks for the feedback on the videos! Writing the ideas down. And you're welcome :)
Everything looks amazing! Am i weird for thinking the hummus pasta would be bomb cold? Maybe throw some cherry tomatoes in there!!
no!!! like a pasta salad! I would agree!
I appreciate all these allergen warnings and also replacements/switchouts on your meals. I have an intolerance to wheat, so having alternatives are nice. I also love these meal ideas. P.S., it would be so cool to see you and SweetPotatoSoul do a collab together. She's my other favorite Vegan UA-camr.
P.S. For Gluten-Free people searching for a replacement flour, you can use King Arthur's Gluten-Free Measure for Measure, BetterBater, etc; They're available on Amazon.
Ahh she's amazing! That would be cool for sure! And you're so welcome, we try to be inclusive to everyone's needs. One day we will have GF alternatives to almost everything ;) We do like KA's 1:1 !
Thank you guys for all that you do. My wife and I are trying to be plant based. It's a bit difficult making the transition. But you guys are making it easier. Blessings.
You can do it, one day at a time. If you haven't, we encourage you to watch our beginner tips video! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this! Could you do a video on affordable high protein vegan meals to make ?
Great idea! We'll write the idea down
Awesome video. I would have liked to see you keep going to see how long you could eat on the $40. Also would love to see you guys do a month long or maybe two week freezer pantry challenge. Every time I see one of those, the most creative recipes come out of the challenge
Great ideas!
Best vlog yet!!! Healthy and cheap. 😆
thank you
Currently binge watching your channel🙏🏾🥰
Great video, and the recipes look really tasty. Unfortunately, finding certain items at my Aldi can be hit or miss. For instance, I haven't seen oat milk in over a month, and they almost never have tofu.
oh boo! Have you tried speaking to the manager of your store? If they are able to order it they usually will, at least that's been our experience!
I know at my Aldi they sell out a lot of the tofu so it’s a hit or miss for me too.. keep looking 👀
Love this! Thanks for making this cost effective and I would love to see more! I’m a college student with a low budget so these are always super super helpful
You're so welcome! More to come!
Please more like this.
Thanks for the feedback!
Wow that is really cool! I too am trying to eat healthier too. Been eating lots of veggies for dinner since October! I have lost a bit of weight and I feel great. I only eat chicken once a week. The rest I have only streamed veggies, lots of fruits and mixed nuts and plenty of water.
Keep up the work!
I have to come up with 18 meals for under $40 this week. Aldis is my go to
More please! Wonderful
I love this channel so much. You guys are so enthusiastic and fun to watch. Also the recipes are awesome
I LIVE for budget grocery haul!!!
Love this. I’d love to see more like this . Doesn’t have to be that cheap either. What could y’all do with $60? $80?
Hopefully we'll do some more soon
Or triple batch the dough recipe and freeze it! That’s what I always do bc we love your pizza dough
YESSSSS
I would love to see a video of a few breakfast or lunch meals! I've been vegan for what feels like forever, but I still struggle with breakfast meals
Not a video, but here's 60 breakfast ideas: makeitdairyfree.com/60-vegan-breakfasts-that-arent-smoothies/
Here's a breakfast video: ua-cam.com/video/m_MC6RbF9P8/v-deo.html
@@MakeItDairyFree This is amazing!! Thank you :)
Okay..I'm just delighted for your recipes and your Recipes for everyday realistic meals. Thanks for showing everyday places for ordinary people. Like Aldi's, walmart, and target which are places most ordinary people shop even on a budget. So, thank you n thank you. Cos this was on time for me I live in East Texas n we just trying to get back our new norm before the winter storm. Gotta try the oatmilk n mozzarella cheese from Aldi's. WE NEED MORE VIDEOS N MEALS LIKE THESE👌🏾👌🏾🌱🌱💐💐.
Your channel is so bomb! I know I can trust your reviews and recipes (I tweak them as needed!
so glad to hear
I always love your videos. Please share more recipes. Thank you for sharing.
Do you have any more of these types of videos? I love this!
Great video and ideas, thanks
Had I not found your channel I don’t think I would have even considered being vegan. For me it’s easy taking away the meat, but the dairy (coffee creamer, sour cream) is the struggle!
This was so great! Im going for the pizza and broccoli and hummus meal!
Thank you for the great Video... I printed out all of the recipes. I ❤️ how you broke everything down from how much it cost and how simple each recipe is.. I would love to see more videos on Aldi grocery hauls and how you use their items. Have a great week😊
Thank you for this! Very good options that are so simple and yet I never thought about. That coconut tofu is looking good. I will try that next week.
Hope you like it!
Love the video thank you
Loved the ideas and the recipe demonstration. It's also a quick video, so easy to view quickly. Xx
Glad you liked it!!
I tried the vegan taco casserole tonight and it was fantastic. My husband went back for seconds. I make a cheese sauce with cauliflower and used that instead of the vegan cheese. Thanks for the tips and meal ideas!
Loved this video!!!
thank you
This is amazing. Thank you so much!
You're so welcome!
What an awesome video! I can’t wait to try the hummus pasta. We love Aldi here in South Carolina. Could you do one of these from Trader Joe’s as well? I love your content and hope your subscription numbers continue to grow. You guys have awesome recipes. Can’t wait to try your cinnamon quick bread too. Thank you!
Aww thank you so much! We can definitely try it at Trader Joe's
Everything is looks DELISH! Thanks for Sharing! Since I have lots of tofu & rice, I'll roast some seasoned & spiced broccoli, onions, peppers and shrooms! That's a hearty meal that tastes like a Chinese take out.
I LOVE these videos
So glad to hear
I’m a new vegan ( formerly vegetarian) and I love your channel! So many great recipes and thing I would have never found on my own! Definitely expanded my food options. Haven’t made one of your recipes I haven’t liked! Thank you!!
Awesome! Thank you! We're so happy that you are loving it
Your haul looks just like what I purchase on my weekly shopping trip to Aldi. Gotta love Aldi! And, the recipes look delish. Can't wait to try them all!
Hope you enjoy
I love your channel! And that hummus pasta looks so good! Making it tonight! We also use hummus as salad dressing mixed with balsamic vinegar or lemon and spices!
Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy it!
I would definitely go for the
pasta, broccoli and hummus
though I would hack it by
making my own hummus and
using wholemeal pasta
but that seems a great QUICK meal idea
and we need to eat more broccoli/greens!
Still hoping for an Aldi anywhere near me 😜 I love the end of this video of what was left and ideas to use up. My focus for the last year has been being creative when I have odds and ends in the pantry. Would love a video of using what’s in your kitchen 😉
Great idea!! (and we hope you get an Aldi soon!)
Great video. Love your content.
Glad you enjoy it!
Everything looks delicious, can’t Wait to try the taco casserole!
Hope you enjoy
Wow what a great informative video. I appreciate you taking out the time, to make it. Although I am currently nowhere near a vegan, I am very interested in the lifestyle and possibly making the switch. I would love to see more videos on a $50 a week budget and if possible with soy free options. Thanks again for making the video,✌🏾
Glad it was helpful! We will definitely do more and keep ingredients in mind
Your food is amazing 😮
aww thank you
Such a great recipe video!
I am currently cooking only for myself and was looking for more budget meal ideas so this came out just in time! I really like all the flavor combinations you suggested here so I am sure I will enjoy these!
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Sending you lots of love!
Stay safe and enjoy the rest of the week!
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P.S. If Andrew likes a casserole....that says a lot - it must really me delicious!
hahaha see you know!!! If he says yes, it's a win!
Hope you enjoy these. Many can be scaled down for just 1 too. Like only make 1 potato for the potato wedges or with the pizza you could split the dough in half before rising and freeze that half! Enjoy and thank you!
Ok so I commented before but I’m gonna comment again!! I made the Vegan Garlic Soy Lime Tofu tonight I wished UA-cam would let us add pictures because this was Amazing 🤩 I hade it over brown rice and broccoli!! Thank you again for the easy affordable recipes oh and I appreciate that you have the recipes to print out...........❤️👍
So glad that you enjoyed it! If you have a minute, we'd love if you could leave a 5-star rating on the website post for the recipe.
Also - if you have IG, you can tag us (same name) with a photo there! We love to share
Gotta check out that cheese. Thank you for mentioning allergens as well. You rock, just subbed & am ready to bing watch your videos 💕
Welcome! We're glad to have you around!
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! I am hooked. I would love to see more videos. Do you have a Kroger, Hyvee, or Meijer near you that you could review? Also how about a thrive review?
Thrive we could do! We don't have the others here unfortunately. Thanks for watching!
Could you please show us a month where you would plan, budget and shop for the month? Most of us are on tight budgets and would love to see you do this to get inspired. I shop weekly and when I shop for the month we run out of produce immediately. How do you deal with produce lasting the month and so on? Thank you, loving all your videos!!
I wrote the idea down. I haven't tried doing a month since being vegan, but I could definitely try!
@@MakeItDairyFree Same here. I used to do a month when we ate dairy and meat. Now we eat so much produce I don't think it possible. You could do the bulk of it and then get produce weekly. I'm working on it as well. Thank you for considering it!
@@CoffeeWithKate4 Yea, I mean there's definitely ways to stretch like freezing things (bananas, peppers, broccoli) or buying produce that lasts longer (potatoes, citrus, etc). but I'd definitely have to play around with it
I love all these ideas and I will be trying them. I would love see either A) a diff store i.e. TJ’s, WallyMart, Kroger Or B) seeing a recipe that was predominantly veggies or just more veggies then just the Broccoli,peppers,onions. Also I have seen a few vids of vegan dishes with all the ingredients coming from the $1 store, I’d love to see your spin on that. Again love you guys plz keep the content coming peace and blessing to your family:)
Thanks for all the suggestions! Writing them down (except we don't have a Kroger!). Hope you enjoy the meals
These are some smart recipes: Cheap but tasty, and not humdrum. Also, thanks for the caveat on their mozarella cheese, because I was puzzled when I saw it, remembering your previous reactions. Wow, really taking one for the team for this video, I thought ; ) TFP!
hahahah!!! it's def better, especially for the price! Thanks for watching and commenting as always!
Sounds good, I have been looking for vegan cheese that taste good.
Check out our shredded cheese taste test video!
Awesome! No Aldi’s here in Canada, but still awesome recipes 💚
Thanks! We hope you have somewhere to buy the stuff at great prices still
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Very nice 🤗
Thanks 🤗
Soy lime tofu looks good & I think the family would eat it. I miss not paying tax on food in NJ
OMG no food tax is amazing, I will cry if we ever leave LOL
There an ALDI moving into my neighborhood so they’ll be an accessible option (more than before) thank you!
The coconut chickpea caught my ears as well as the taco casserole... and the cheddar bay biscuit (another video)
Question would you think the broccoli and hummis low fat? I am really glad I found your channel. I want to try a healthy approach to eating. As now over 50 I'm noticing many foods just aren't agreeing with me anymore. lol I was trying to keep up with your tofu preparation . I've tried it before and liked it but never cooked it before.
The hummus pasta is about 12g of fat per serving, so not really.
No food tax? I need to cross over the bridge. Great video!
I am definitely trying the hummus pasta but I will use only the stems of the broccoli, don't like the bushy part. lol
Hair looks amazing!! ;o)
I have never heard someone not like that part! Usually the other way around!
Do you have any recipes for raw vegan food diets ?
Hey💖☺️ Love your videos.
Can you please add macros and calories to your recipes? It would make it really convenient for viewers who are counting calories or macros.
Keep up the great videos!
To be honest, we know nothing about counting macros as we aren't dietitians or nutritionists. But all the calorie estimates are uploaded along with the recipe inside each blog post, so hopefully that is helpful?
We'll look into maybe how we could do macros with an app or something though.
What brand double burner do you use?
I think it's from Aldi actually HAHHA
Great video and thanks for it being a budget video debunking the myth that being vegan is expensive ( it is if you are exclusive vegan junk processed foods) but a vegan whole foods plant based diet isn't. Never seen Tofu in Aldi UK.
Hope you get the tofu! And you're so right. If we stick to whole foods, our budget decreased once we went vegan
@@MakeItDairyFree It seems to be that products like Tofu are available in health stores or the bigger or non discount supermarket chains like Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrison's etc.
@@davidthescottishvegan ahh ok!
Please do one for Trader Joes. I went in there for one thing and left $123 later and I still have nothing to eat for diner lmao
but do you have a new plant? LOL
I bet if you added a can of tomatoes with green chilies into the rice in the taco casserole it would be really good
absolutely!
What is the box you put the tofu in? Does it have a purpose or is it just a box?
The tofu press? It presses all the water out of it. It's linked in the description box
@@MakeItDairyFree thank you!
I'm also curious to see the opposite of this type of video!
Like what your family eats when you have more time or if you had no budget on the fresh ingredients
Thanks for the idea!
Geez that STELARA ad was long but I made it 🤤
Sorry! We don't control the ads
@@MakeItDairyFree lol I know. No apology necessary. I simply meant I rock with u guys and love your content because I'm not sticking around for an 8+ min ad for just anyone😄 Have a good one!
@@cameronmartin679 it was 8 minutes and you couldn't skip it!? We'll look into that, thanks for letting us know
@@MakeItDairyFree I could skip it but I thought creators don't get paid unless you watch all of it. It's not a big deal or something you need to fix. I thought all creators knew about the extensive ads and it's kinda a running joke
It wasn't an actual complaint. SMILE🌞
Can we get your vegan hair routine? :)
Doesn’t regular flour usually have bone char?
flour? no. Only sugar
Wasn’t expecting a commercial on vaginal odor during a food segment 🤣🤣🤣
yikes! We have no control over what ads are shown
where is the tofu? what area? i can't find it :) thanks!
I've seen noticed it in two seperate sections. Sometimes its close to the pizza section or by the cooked meats such as italian sausages.
In all the stores we've been in since carrying it, we've found it near the vegan hot dogs/ the deli meat area.
I got to be a weird vegan because I don't eat a lot of things like chickpeas or soy which would be tofu in a lot of products have soy I don't even like broccoli I like broccolini which is a different type of broccoli but for some reason broccoli I don't eat I don't need spinach so I limit myself with a lot of choices but all of this looks really good
Have you tried Pumfu? Like tofu but made from pumpkin seeds?
Wonder what the supermarket haul would cost today
ohhh that could be an interesting challenge huh
I really would like to know. Is the quality and flavor of Trader Joe's foods better than Aldi. Please someone. I have no Trader Joe's in my town.
Trader Joe’s or target
I am always so puzzled by the abundance of pre-packaged foods on most of these vlogs. Do you find it cheaper to buy these instead of making them yourself? I feel so guilty if I buy anything prepackaged because it seems like I should make it myself.
like what specifically? I mean the spaghetti sauce is $.89 at Aldi so I definitely can't make that cheaper for example LOL
@@MakeItDairyFree That's what makes the difference. Here in Canada, those jars would be $2-3 each. I always seem to forget how much cheaper food is in the U.S.
I kind of wish there was more commentary because I like to listen to UA-cam videos while I'm doing something else.
Thanks for the feedback! It's our first one this style, so we'll keep that in mind!
@@MakeItDairyFree thanks! Love the quality of your videos!
My aldi doesn't have tofu or the vegan mozzarella :(
Oh no, that's the worst! Ours really just got it in the last few months, so hopefully soon. Maybe see if you can talk to an employee/manager if they plan to get it?
I say it all the time, South Jersey might as well be another state! Everything is different down there versus up here in North Central Jersey, near Rutgers. Geez. None, I mean none, of the Aldi's up here have all of that good stuff. Produce, yes. Tofu, cheese, and a few other of those items are non-existent up here. 😢 We also don't have Sprouts up here! I should move down that way. It's cheaper to live down there and better Aldi's. It doesn't get sny better, huh? 😂😂😂
I mean I don't know what else you could ask for LOL
Oh boy that cheese looks 👎🏽 I love cheese I’m Italian I sure hope I find a cheese that works for me. It didn’t melt or anything 😩
LOL, it's actually melted under the top, vegan cheese is definitely interesting
@@MakeItDairyFree yeah I think cheese is going to be my biggest issue.
@@mamiconrazon take it one day at a time!
@@MakeItDairyFree ❤️
Can u guys try this at another store like kroger or walmart?