How We SAVE MONEY on Groceries 💰 Budget Vegan!
Our top 10 tips for how to save money at the grocery store! In 2024 we ate for $15 (Canadian) a day. That means we’re spending less than $2.50 per meal! We’re sharing how we shop for budget friendly meals and how eating more plants helps us to get there!
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Key Moments:
00:00 Introduction
01:09 How Much We Spend On Groceries
02:52 Tip 1: Swap Meat With Beans & Lentils
05:08 Tip 2: Make Sauces, Dips & Dressings From Pantry Staples
07:42 Tip 3: Utilize Grocery Apps
11:43 Tip 4: Look High & Low & In The International Aisle
13:29 Tip 5: Make Expensive Vegan Alternatives At Home With Whole Foods
15:58 Tip 6: Be Flexible & Eat In Season
18:44 Tip 7: Utilize Your Freezer
22:10 Tip 8: Sprout, Brew & Ferment At Home
24:52 Tip 9: Make Vegetable Broth At Home
29:18 Tip 10: Buy Groceries & Cook At Home
*The cost of any products we mention and our recipe costs will vary depending on where you are located, what foods are in season, and how prices change over time. Our cost comparisons are meant to merely demonstrate potential savings.
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HOOKED on you guys!! Great tips!! Did you know Ezekiel bread is considered a complete protein bread? I'd love to see bread made from fresh milled grains and vegan sandwich series! Thank you for all you're doing. Love, your newest fan!
Just found your videos……….I am allergic to soy, most fruits except apples and bananas, citrus, nuts of all kinds………..so making dressings, sauces and etc are really hard. I am getting tired of eating just steam veggies, beans and potatoes without sauces and etc
I had found you just a bit before Christmas, (and am so happy)! But I am so happy that you have done this. We are a house of 2 and the food shopping bills are OUTRAGIOUS $$$$ I am trying to do and stay Plant based (my husband was going to, but still trying to get him coming back) And this video of yours might help with him seeing also how we can save too! Sorry for so long, and thank you (would love to see more like this when you have more ideas to share) 😊💜💜
It looks like I'm doing pretty much everything you recommend even down to the veggie broth paste. Here are a few tips. For a stew broth saute celery, onion, a few mushrooms and then high speed blend them with a bit of bouillon, soy sauce, pepper etc. It comes out as a thickened broth so no need to add flour. A dehydrator is amazing for preserving your garden produce and the good deals that pop up in season. Get those monster watermelons, in season, and dehydrate thin slices for the best candy ever! I did three this summer and it might be a bit too much. A pressure cooker is a real energy and time saver for cooking beans. I do them in batches and freeze them in zip lock bags that I freeze flattened so that they thaw faster. Making all your sauces, dressings, etc also saves all that garbage that pre-made products come in. Great video and welcome to the island. I thought I recognized those gorgeous shots of the beaches that I frequently visit.
💡Pantry and freeze clean out meals
💡A video for people who doesn’t cook but want to go Vegan
💡Tortillas, naan, baked goods ect. cooking video
I saw how expensive maple or agave syrup was so I purchased cane syrup and it’s sweet and useful 😌Great scenery, I love dining outdoors
Great website tips, so many good saving ideas! Thank you 😊
So happy to have your channel recommended! Great video! Will start watching all the other videos!
Awesome! I'm glad I came across your video. Thank you 😊
I have made soy milk for about 7 years. I use 3 ounces of organic soy beans which cost $0.34 to make a quart of soy milk. It took 35 batches to pay for my soy milk machine. I use a Miomat now, but started with a Soybella that I passed on to my daughter. An additional bonus is that my milk has twice the amount of protein as Eden organic milk. I also make hemp milk, oat milk and coconut milk using my blender. A quick way to make any nut milk in a pinch is to blend 2 tablespoons nut butter with 8 ounces water.
I am not currently vegan, but am looking into it. I am addicted to buttermilk ranch. Do you know of a good substitute? Thanks!
I make homemade oat milk when I am in a hurry. Also with a little planning ahead soy milk: I just soak soybeans overnight, then cook in the instant pot, then freeze the soybeans in one-cup portions. when I need soymilk, just take one cup of frozen (or defrosted in microwave) soybeans to 4 cups water in high speed blender. easy peezy!! And we always batch cook most everything…..saves time and energy ($)…..Love your videos.
new sub thanks for posting!
Thanks for all the tips, very helpful.
Pickled onions
I’m just worried about chemicals from non organic veg
I keep intending to make a "ginger bug" for naturally fermented sodas. You may want to look into that as another tasty fermented sparkly drink. With the bug you can mske sodas of various flavors. (Lots of ideas online).
Also, I purchase the Better than Bouillon No Chicken and No Beef pastes online through Vitacost (a good resource for vegan and organic products).
Great tips! And, thank you for including those of us who aren’t vegan.
I'm lucky enough to have ethnic grocery stores nearby, once a month I will stock up on spices such as asafoetida, kala namak, and other spices at a Indian grocer. In addition I'll get bulk tofu and fresh kimchi at a Asian grocer. For day to day stuff I use our grocers app for coupons and app only deals, for example I received a 50% any dog food this week. Other times they have Bogo's or even just free items. In addition my grocer has a Kosher deli and mini mart inside, lot's of good deals on spices, grains and occasionally I'll get a box of Ray's New York Bialys!
Great post!
Peace and Love, always!
I love these ideas. I just started using red lentils. What i really want to know… What do you use in your curls cause they look awesome!😅
I would love to see a recipe for tahini! I tried making sesame milk once but then later read you’re to toast them first? Coconut milk suggestion is too buy full fat on sale and thin it out when using
Im fortunate to have an ugly produce stand nearby. They always have large bowls of ripe bananas and other fruit and veg produce for $1 a bowl.. A lot of it is ripe and needs to be used immediately but you can, can or freeze things. This is also a tip buy bulk of whats in season and on sale. Like all chocolate tends to be on sale right after valentine's day. Grow your own herbs even if its windowsill garden. I haven't started yet but making your own tofu or yogurt. i also take the leftovers of canned tomator paste and put them in tablesoons and freese between parchment, mych cheaper than those tubes but just as convenient. I do the same with canned chipoltle.
I watched this twice, it’s very helpful! I’m spending less and less on groceries each month. It feels super good and is much less work. Thanks so much!
Great tips! I go through my fridge to see what wasn’t eaten that can be saved by freezing it if I won’t get to it. I also decant a lot of dry goods in glass jars to keeps things fresher longer. I’ve been skeptical about making broth since the veggie peels and scraps are dirty. Do you wash them or soak them before boiling?
We spend approximately $100 a week for a family of 6. I'm quite proud of this!
I just cooked a bag of black beans and chickpeas. The 2 bags made 18 cups of beans. I freeze them by the cup. I soaked them overnight and cooked the next day. Easy process.
Great tips and a nice nudge to do what I know I should be doing! 💚
Great video, new subscriber here! I wish people who say it's expensive to eat plant-based would see this to realize it's not true. Looking forward to going through your videos.
You're back!
Can yall do more tofu recipes and dinner recipes this year.
Also a "what i eat in a day " videos"
Thanks.
Frozen fruits are so good. They are just as fresh..🎉🎉🎉
I usually buy bell peppers when cheap and go home cut up and freeze
Great tips..the lentil Lasagna is a hit. Make it all the time.
you should deff make your own corn tortillas, its just masa harina and water, its almost free and most importantly, they are infinitly better than any store bought, even the crappy ones I make are x2
I am far from vegan, but you had some really good looking food.
All great suggestions! Thank you! You guys are so inspiring! I do a lot of these already ❤️
Easiest homemade plant milk is CASHEW–no straining required, and you can make it as thick as you want.
I also have lots of sprouting seeds and want to get back into that.😉
Someday, I might try sourdough… Unfortunately I live alone and I have no "off switch" for a good homemade sourdough🙃
Frozen berries are so lovely in the winter! And always fresh!
I make big batches of soups/stews/curries/rice/grains/beans/lentils in the Instant Pot and freeze leftovers. I try to have a variety of these as well as frozen veggies at all times. I can whip up meals quite quickly.
I love to make Artisan Bread with different add ins like cranberries, nuts, sesame etc.
Great saving $$ video!! Long time Flipp App user since 2017! 👍
Love your videos! I'm already doing most of your suggestions which makes me very happy. I do make my own vegan milk at home – including Soy. There are so many really easy milks and I love to 'blend' things like Cashew, Oat or hemp and pumpkin seed milk. They are wonderful and can be as thick or thin as you like. No special equipment is needed. I do have a SoyaJoy G5 that I purchased a number of years ago. It's a bit pricy but makes excellent Soy Milk. Will look forward to your 2025 videos. 😉
Awesome tips! I already use a lot of them and hope to add some of these to my routine. Thank you so much for sharing😊
It's nice that a son and his mom are out here being vegan.
Great tips! Thanks. I make homemade "chicken" seasoning/bouillon and make broth from it when I need it – it also is great sprinkled on popcorn. I also belong to a co-op that orders once a month from Azure (in the US.) Huge savings in bulk items. Another tip – know your prices! Just because one store has it for $5.99 doesn't mean all stores do…or Costco! If you have space in the garage, buy a used freezer so you can store bulk items or all the things already mentioned in the video. It makes cooking ahead and freezing helpful to keep from buying convenience foods for crazy days. Also, you can freeze leftovers to pull out on another day when you aren't tired of them any more.
Trader Joe's tempeh ( US ) about $2.25 a pack versus the nearly $4-5$ USD it is everywhere else.
Question: a big difference in cost is buying conventional produce instead of buying organic produce.
Do you have a video on how to clean in the poisons off of conventional produce?
I've seen a mixture of headlines some saying that works and others saying it does not work.
I had to shout out an "Amen" about coconut milk. I had the same experience.
A can in the health food section was about $5-$6 USD.
I went to the Asian aisle and got it for under $2.