Costco Carnivore -ish Grocery Haul
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- Опубліковано 31 бер 2023
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My husband and I have been eating a carnivore diet for 5 years. Eating this way we have both lost over 100 pounds, and my husband has fully reversed his type 2 diabetes. Costco has the best quality meat for the price and so many other favorites for eating low carb/carnivore/keto diet. Hope this video was helpful.
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Why don’t u buy grass fed? Just curious.
I know that it’s expensive is that the reason not to buy organic or grass fed?
Never mind I got the answer. Super tight budget.
And because it tastes terrible. I like the fattier conventionally raised beef better. There is such a minor nutritional difference it makes 0 difference on my health. The common message of grass finished meat being superior is unfortunate.
Even if budget wasn't an factor I wouldn't buy it.
After 18 years being a lazy vegetarian(mostly highly processed soy products) I’ve returned to eating animals because of poor health. After only a month I’m feeling better. Thank you for your videos, especially the different stores shopping videos. I truly appreciate what you are doing.
Laura, It all looks great. Just so you know, you can make your own Boursin by softening butter and cream cheese (about 1/2 and 1/2) and add herbs to taste. Lots cheaper.
Good to know, thanks!
Thanks Bobbie, great to know. Bet it would be delicious with ranch dressing mix added.
🌼Thanks Bobbi~ how thoughtful of you. All my yrs of cooking/baking, & that's new for me. Love that~Sam in AZ
Thank you 😊👍
Great to know!
I was eating that canned chicken last summer and noticed that I didn’t feel particularly good after it having been in my diet for a couple of weeks. I was feeling inflamed. Then I noticed that modified food starch is an ingredient. Not everyone reacts to that, and of course we make our choices and can’t be 100% angelically pure with everything, but I wanted to mention that in case anyone else notices that they don’t feel quite right after eating it.
The one at Sam's is just chicken and water
When you’re done with the grillos pickles, use the liquid as a brine for chicken wings!! It’s so good.
Sound delicious!
I love to use it to pickle some hard boiled eggs.
@@scottjohnson6612 another great idea!
Haven’t thought of this one either! Y’all are so helpful sharing these carnivore-ish food prep ideas.
@@scottjohnson6612 How do you do this? Just soak the eggs in the brine?
Yass. We save up our pickle juice to use for brining EVERYTHING, from pork butts to brisket to turkey.
It was your story that got me started a couple years ago. Haven't felt this good in 30 years.
I’m retired from Bosch! Always excited when someone buys their products. Exciting!!
I LOVED my Bosch appliances!!! ❤ Unfortunately, we moved and I haven’t had to replace anything! Lol
Very good products!
$300.00 to feed a family for two weeks is amazing. It's all nutritious. 👍
I usually spend about $50.00 a week to feed one, but I stick to hamburger patties, eggs, bacon, lots of chicken since it's cheap and I eat a small helping of brown rice as well for added energy...,and I buy all my food at Costco.
@@down-the-rabbit-hole love Costco 🙂
600 a month is a lot of money
@@BluRadoZ71 it is to me too,. They must both eat a ton of food in order to spend that much. One needs to only spend about 50 to maybe 75 a week tops per person, but probably closer to $50.00. And if they spend more then that, either #1 they have alot of available money, so they can afford to do so, or #2, they are doing something seriously wrong.... In their case it's probably #1, as it's easier to spend the money when you have the money.
@@down-the-rabbit-hole Well 4 people would be $200 a week so that's $800 a month right there. Also depends on where you live cuz here on the east coast it can cost that much and then some.
Fridges should have a digital temp display on the outside and an app to see the temp on your phone and an alarm to tell you if the temp is wrong.
LOL
Always have a backup freezer in your garage! That's a hard lesson we had to learn.
Get a freezer alarm. Really cheap.
For a family I feel $300.00 for 2 weeks is fantastic. Here in Hawaii within the past year our food prices has gone sky high, a lot more than other states which we know has gotten higher also. They say it's because of shipping cost to Hawaii but I seen most prices has doubled since the covid pandemic. I feel some of it is price gouging and using the covid pandemic as an excuse. Here in Hawaii we depend on importing most of our food and we never seem to be thinking maybe we should be growing it ourselves. We tend to sell our agricultural lands to build expensive new homes for the rich, something is wrong with the politicians here in Hawaii.Only business minded and not what we really need. That's why every year so many residents are moving to the other upper 48 states, they can't afford to live here and it's all about the cost to live here.
I love the skin-on chicken thighs. I grille them with the skin off and then fry the skins in a cast iron skillet with butter and sprinkle with sugar free BBQ seasoning. I really like the Kirkland beef hotdogs too. Take that pork belly and make your own bacon. So good! Great video!
Looks good. My only comment would be don't buy that farm raised seafood. Always get wild caught. Thanks for your video!
Almost all of the seafood at Costco is farm raised, it’s gross.
You didn't have to give or throw away the butter, butter does not go bad even after frozen to thawed. That was a bit weird to hear. They have found butter in sunken ships that has sat under the sea for decades and it was fine.
I always look forward to your grocery hauls, Laura! You give us so many good ideas. Thank you so much!
No-salt for potassium, table salt for sodium, and mag-threonate for magnesium. The mag-threonate is pretty expensive but hugely bioavailable… but you can get cheaper mag powder.
So much cheaper than those prepped electrolyte packs… if you want flavors get mio-drops.
I got magnesium glycinate, it is a bit sweet due to the glycine. Ima need to get something else because I prefere my electrolytes salty tasting. I also got some lime powder, it is nice to add for a bit of flavor.
I work at a home warranty company, and the overwhelming majority of the fridge claims I have are Samsung and LG.
Maybe its because they are the most popular. I use them in all my apartments and never had an issue.
Our Samsung was great except it had that stupid design of the ice maker in the fridge! Once we stopped using it for ice it works perfectly. I made the decision to go old school, side by side, nothing fancy as replacement.
Love your grocery hauls........great tips!!!
Love your videos. Always full of great information we can apply immediately. Thank you!!
Excellent video, Laura ❤ I paused throughout to add to my Costco list. Love your thoughtful wisdom.
Thank you for the great Costco ideas! So glad everything worked out for you, Laura!
Beyond grateful for you! You’re an inspiration and soo thoughtful in your approach! Thank you!
Great video Laura! Im loving your channel. Just started Ketovore so your videos have been extremely helpful.
Thank you Laura!! Appreciate your videos!!! and you always look amazing! Lucky fam gets all that yummy food! I gotta make a costco run and bbq this weekend! 🥰🥰
You know, butter doesn't go bad if it thaws out, right? I mean, eventually, after a couple months at room temperature, it can go funky, but just a day or two throw it back in the fridge. Alternatively, take 20 minutes and make your own ghee, then it's ok at room temperature indefinitely. Of course, dealing with a down fridge doesn't leave you a lot of time to deal with stuff...I get it. Sometimes, it's easier just to start from square 1. Just thought I would touch on it in case someone out there got the impression that butter was that perishable.
Agreed. I had someone who could use the groceries I gave them and I am in a position to just start from scratch so it worked out for both of us.
I love your concept of chicken as the "side" dish! And love the variety in that just like you said - thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks for sharing! I am always amazed by how budget-friendly the carnivore diet is. I'll be stocking up on Monday!
Oh my gosh my fridge also just stopped last month and we had the repairman tell us the same thing about our LG fridge! Buying a fridge in 1 day was crazy but it was a holiday weekend and also got a stand up freezer to be able to stock up on more of my meat!!!!
Girl there’s no shame in our game! Been shopping Costco clothing for years… good quality… good prices! Sometimes you get 2 for 1 which I love 💕 Haven’t been to the shee poopoo stores for years😊
That's right, same here 🎯~plus, & I love some of the brands & styles they get in at Costco & Sam's. I have a few things from at least 8 yrs ago now, so it's usually durable too.🌟
Costco clothing IS good quality! I have clothed myself many a time with their workout outfits!
Yes🙌🏻Just bought the most comfortable lounge set/ pajamas. Went for beef and came home with pj’s and a hoodie🤣I love a good deal!
I'm a guy and most of my clothes are from Costco😁
Love your channel! Thank you for the chicken thigh and wings tip!!!! My family is loving that with our meals. Learned so much from you already! (Newer subscriber) and the cheese that puffs in the air fryer from Aldi 😍
Laura, Thanks for helping us new to the carnivore diet understand how to navigate through Costco and Sam's club. Knowing how to use options for meals is most helpful. Here is one tip I found from another UA-camr when dealing with Costco steaks. He would take a Ribeye or New York Strip as a roast and cut up his steaks at home. Instead of getting the huge 2" steaks, he cut them to the size he wanted to. Also, he mentioned that trimming any fat off was better after the steaks were cut as he could see exactly what he wanted to remove. I've done this several times and found that, while the price for the ribeye per pound is the same, I can stretch the number of steaks out more effectively. Thanks for all your tips and suggestions. Skillet
Oh Lord, my freezer broke in January!! Not long after New Years, I could have cried!
Great Haul… glad to see you were able to bounce back from the fridge no longer working on you guys. The new one looks amazing! I still say you should have gotten the hubby the Sea Bass 😂
I LOVE Costco clothes. I am a teacher and a fair amount of my professional wardrobe comes from here too! I get compliments on it!
I agree, don't get an LG. We are hanging on by a wing and a prayer. We have issues with fridge supply.
Love this valuable video. Thanks
That was nice of you to show us what to buy at the store that was very nice thank you😊
thanks. Just watched this before our Costco trip today !!
Great Video. If you have a Costco business center near you, you should experience this. The meat selections are amazing!
Love the video. Thanks for posting.
Love Costco tri tip (reverse sear) and the flap meat (taco or carne asada rub then grilled on high 3min/side)
Great video, Laura. Next time I go to Costco I will look for some of those cuts you mentioned.
I made your meatball recipe last night and enjoyed some more for breakfast 😋
You will love the Bosch fridge!
The butter that thawed in the freezer you can make ghee or browned butter.
Thanks for making this video. Very helpful for me
Great show!
I love the grocery hauls. I wish we had a Sam's or Costco in our town but the closest is about a 40 minute drive with lots of traffic. We are stuck with Kroger, Aldis, Publix or Wal-Mart. You can save money by going to Costco.
Always love your videos. They are to the point and so useful! And I always think of you when I see those big pork loins in Costco. Someday I will buy one but it looks intimidating to me for some reason.
I usually cut them up into smaller pieces and freeze them.
We cut them into chops, throw them in the instant pot with a beer or broth and seasoning and pressure cook for an hour. Then pull apart. Freeze and use as needed. They also make fine pork chops-especially the darker meat.
Very helpful! Thanks!
Great video!! I’m headed to Costco today!! Thank you!!!!
You made the right choice getting the Bosch Refrigerator. I Worked for LG for 10 years and they make excellent appliances if you got a good deal on the Bosch that's great because they seldom offer discounts....
nice to come shopping with ya Laura, that stinks about the fridge hopefully the new one will serve you well.
I think that is WONDERFUL for a family of your size Laura! I don’t live w my 30 yr old son anymore so I’m literally shopping mostly at Walmart now and get pretty much most everything you are getting with the exception of shrimp (just not a fan) but i’m mostly beef… (and organs) and I have increased my butter intake but i’ve gotten my grocery bill down to around 300 per month. I’ll eat oranges and apples too but I’m aiming to get my bill down to $150 or less as I’m dropping the weight lol 🤷🏻♀️ TYSM for sharing your great content! Kristina
The compressor on our LG also went. Luckily it was still under warranty. Our repairman actually told us that LG resolved the compressor issues and he recommends LG over some of the others. Probably not Bosch but some of the others like Samsung
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Could you make a video on your loaded chicken salad and chicken burritos you mentioned
Thanks
Our Costco stocks Grillo's Spears not slices ... wish they would also have slices. Today the pork belly was only $3.99lb compared to their normal price of $5.99lb, whoop whoop. I haven't seen it in slab, just cut into long bricks (?) and I cut them into about 2 inch cuts and fry in cast iron skillet, so yummy when really crispy sprinkled with Pork King Good seasonings, and I save the grease, it is a fave next to bacon grease. And yes those big pork loins are awesome, hubby brings it home and cuts into thick 'chops' for grilling and freezes it.
Flap meat is my absolute favorite!! Put some of the Boursin cheese into scrambled eggs, makes them nice and fluffy.
Our home is just my husband and I.. TWO people and we typically eat one to two times a day so we gave up our COSTCO membership but loved to buy the cheese blocks, beef, pork and turkey sliced meat there for his lunches.. Now we shop at WINCO grocery and they have great prices but do miss the meat savings from COSTCO
Been there done that with the fridge & the separate freezer
I have had an LG fridge for years, no issues at all.
Great job, Laura! I buy some of the same or similar items at Costco. As Carnivore is diversified amongst the community, our preferences differ. Funny, you brought up the butter and burgers...I find that I prefer the grass-fed and Angus chuck burgers to the sirloin. My standard meal is one of each, topped with Kerrygold, along with 2-3 pasture-raised eggs. I get just the right amount of fat and taste, with some grass-fed beef in my diet (Angus chuck are my favorite tasting). The sirloin burgers are a little too lean for me, but YMMV. That's what's great about this community. We can have different preferences, but be on the same team. I completely agree with your assessment of the meat department. My favorites are the Ribeyes and boneless beef ribs. I make boneless rib soup, using the ribs and organic beef bone broth (after I sear them). I was going to try the NY strip this week, but I also got in just before the close and only one pack of Ribeyes was left (not complaining), so it will be next time. I hope a meat buyer sees my next statement. Please look into sourcing bulk grass-fed fresh beef. You will be killing it! There is a market for it, and my hunch is that it would be in great demand, with the cost/value we receive at Costco. One recent purchase I liked was the Waygu ground beef. I made soft tacos (just seasoned Waygu and shredded cheese), stuffed in Egg Life wraps. I just wish I could get tri-tip here. My sister is in TX and raves about it. Thanks again!
When your fridge/freezer goes bad remember that people stored meat for centuries before we had these appliances. You can preserve that meat by curing it with salt and/or smoking it.
My husband was a butcher for 44 years. He says you can refreeze meat and it won’t hurt it. They did it at both places he worked. We also do it in our house and we’ve never gotten sick. That’s an old wive’s tail!
*wives'
Daisy has come out with two new dips... all sour cream, no bad stuff...and so good! Onion flavor and Ranch flavor...I am addicted...sooo good!
I love the addition of LMNT!
Remember when fridges actually lasted. We have one that was bought late 80's and still works same as day we got it.
Thanks for taking us along. I'm thinking about becoming a Costco member again. The nearest one is just over an hour away from us.
I would definitely go once a month or so if i only had one am hour away. My Mom's Costco is an hour away, we gave her a membership for Christmas and she goes once or twice a month. Even as a single person it has been worth it for her still.
I can’t find tri tip in WI either but I check every time I go just in case we get lucky!
I was glad to hear you didn't get a Samsung! Both compressors died 5 years in and couldn't find a repairman to service it. That was 2500 bucks! Now I have a $50 GE from an auction that was in a break room! Going strong and probably 15 or more years old.
Edit: Just ordered the LMNT. Thanks!
LG is actually a very good refrigerator and other appliances. They stand by their products. Every appliance maker has their issues. I've been fixing appliances for 33 years, and LG is one of the better ones these days.
We in Cape Town had an LG Fridge that had lasted 17 year's then broke down just after Christmas. We too bought a Narrow Bosch Fridge with Double Plus A for all the Load-shedding/ Rolling Black Out in Electricity. Geared for Solar Power which we now have.
On the 2nd April last Sunday my 85 yr old Mother, my wife 61 yrs old, & myself 62yrs old have just started the Carnivore Diet. Both my mother & I have had Total Knee Replacements, my mother has bad inflammation, & been struggling with Psoriatic Arthritis & still suffer from Psoriasis, Leaky Gut, Type 2 diabetes which I had reversed Type 1 down to Type 2 through diet & hectically over Weight. My wife too is overweight & has been suffering from an old dancing injury on her knee, plus suffering from painful headaches.
I told my small family that we need to eat more Vegetables, because we weren't & I was feeling guilty! Plus I love thick fatty Biltong/Jerky,🥩 until we saw your Testimony of your Husband & Yourself on UA-cam over April Fools Day. As well as Doctors Ken Berry interview with Dr. Neurosurgeon Anthony Chaffee both are Radicals on Carnivore Diets! "That Plants are trying to Kill You, ....!" 🌱🍄🌿☠️ Plus watched a UA-cam video of a young lady who was very fat, but extremely thin from 13years on a Carnivore Diet speaking to Dr. Ken Berry.😱 A huge Shock us here at home. We all want to get healthy!❣️
But a lot makes sense to us, my target is 90 days
Thank you❤
I'm in Australia and we don't get many of these here. 😥 I'm going to costco today...we'll see if there is any change from last time. What we do get is no added sugar bacon and smoked chicken breast. 🤞they have them today too. My kids loved those the last time.
Love your content thanks! Just have to let you know(as a former New Yorker)….Rao’s is pronounced Ray-Oh’s. Best jar sauce! Thanks again. You’ve encouraged me to try this 💗
For ribeyes the best bang for buck is Aldi I can get them for $12.99 a lb Costco is $14.97 per lb butcher is over $18 a lb
I must say.. I love your hair. Thank you for this video.
Great video! My local Sam club also has great deals on the meats as well. Tfs.
Boursin on warm scrambled eggs is my default...learned that one from a Frenchman! Highly recommended!
You did a awesome haul😁
Costco has some really nice everyday clothes. I love the sweatshirts and jackets.
Spring for Kerry gold or the Aldi genetic Kerry gold butter,way more nutrient dense
Oh wow that sucks about the frig but that's good to know about the brands. I will have to find your videos on how to cook pork loin and the other pork item.
Thanks ☺️
Thank you so much for all your sharing! I just started, and I was wondering if you would share a little bit about home schooling your kids at home, because I have two boys and one is diagnosed with autism and the other is probably on the spectrum as well, so we have never had any experience with homeschooling. Thank you!
Awesome haul. I miss the ribeye cap lol. Awesome deal on brisket. Grab and go ready to eat: ribs, rotisserie chicken, wings. Yessss the hot dogs. Mmmmm
if u want shrimp with flavor, get argentina red shrimp!! and beef,get a knuckle, a top sirloin and enjoy the piccania!!
they love it in Bazil !!
very tender and flavorfull, 😊
Grillos pickles Are the BEST!! I craved/ate the heck out of them when I was pregnant lol And STill eat a ton of them!
I’m about to go to the farmers market $$. Just watched this. My wife has Costco. I’ll be going on her next trip.
Most of my clothes come from Costco! Good deals
I had the motherboard die on an expensive Bosch fridge at the 5 and 8 year mark so I’m leery of any fridge lasting well!
This just happened to us with our LG, but thankfully got the repair instead of while new fridge. Next fridge will probably be a Bosch. I love these Costco hauls... trying to decide off it's worth it for 2.
Its just me and my wife and its definitely worth it even with us getting the premium membership if you are going to use it consistently. No idea the exact amount but pretty sure we've saved thousands in the 3 years since we became members although that wasn't all just on food.
Our Samsung fridge is still going strong after 14 years…maybe they aren’t made as well these days?
I would love to see a menu using all these items you use by the week...thanks
Check out my What I Eat videos. We basically cook all this on repeat.
Yes! That brand of pickles are the best I've ever had.
Thank you for the free LMNT 👍
I love the boursin too
Thank you for video love it . I'm trying I'm new to all of this and I just started, was trying to do just carnivore but always seem to get to ketocarnivore I think that's how they say it 🤔 the c struggle is real but won't give up. Wish me well please.