Don't Make This Mistake: Knowing When to Use Your Stockpile - Grocery Budget Audit
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Her stockpile is AMAZING! Her couponimg is outstanding. You clearly work so hard, please give yourself a break! Best wishes for after surgery recovery!
I love to coupon, but I think the past few months...I have let that rule the buying. I wasn't putting the groceries away and so I wasn't seeing what I had. Filming this was an eye-opener and I will not forget the permission slip to "STOP!" It's going to feel great to enjoy Autumn and heal and read cookbooks! You are very kind...I appreciate that! Doesn't make sense to pay full price! :)
Do not put you can food away, or boxes foods away onto your shelves until the written expiration date is written onto the product with a black marker. That way you know what to use first.
I write dates with my sharpies as well. Easier to see at my age.
I have a sharpie in my kitchen drawer! I cannot see if I don't mark it with bold either! :)
I've never seen so much food! Good advice to stop shopping for a while.
Use sliced cucumber rounds in season instead of chips to dip the hummus. Yum!
This is WHAT I am going to do! Not a big chip person! I love veggies with the bean dips! So excited! :)
Why do I love looking at other peoples pantries, fringes, and freezers lol.
My husband and son ask me the same question when they hear me listening to these grocery shopping audits. 😅
Me too 😂🧐
My first thought on the pantry is I would reduce the 2 baking shelves into 1. Especially is she’s cutting back on baking
Keto recipes, mix coconut and almond flour makes a better texture. Both are low carb with food results.
Agree with the advice about the freezer. I’m 4’10”, chest freezers are NOT an option for me. Lol
Oh my God !!!! 🙆♀️ This woman(and her family) have a gold mine!!! GOD BLESS 🙏. I liked this vlog- SURGERY or not...No need to buy more... there's is abundance everywhere 💫 and I love it.
No need for more but time to use what is there and b grateful for it all- as u use it
My freezer is so full it is like playing Jinga
I just like leftovers the next day; but I loose interest after day 2
That's so true! We are going to clean our freezers out and use the shelf method for organizing. I have to see what I have! :)
Great video. Something to consider: your guest's voice comes across much quieter so I up the volume slide bar to be able to hear what is being said, but then when you begin talking the volume is then waaay too loud so I have to slide it down. That continues all through the video. Is there a way when producing your video to set the voice levels to be consistent?
My freezers look very organized and neat. However, I don't always know what I have. And this is NO judgement to anybody. This is who I am and I NEED to be organized. I work full time, but I do not have health issues. I would LOVE to go to her house and help her organize. My prayers for her health and fast healing from back surgery.
Good advice on reading ingredients. I always reread labels to verify. Companies change ingredients to save money and adjust for sourcing issues.
Funny but I HATE my upright freezer. I'll take a chest freezer any day. The secret to a chest freezer is to use milk creates to put your food in. Way easier to get things you need ❤. I don't think the upright one's hold as much food as a chest one does 🤷♂️.
No pop for me. I stopped sparkling water when the big inflation happened. Water, coffee, & tea.
I grab one son and have him help clean 1 freezer for 1 hour.. Pull it out sorting type of food. Put like things on a shelf.
Grab another son to do another freezer.
Repeat every week.
1:26:31 When I went to Graduate School the meal cards were horribly expensive then. I went to the grocery store and made food in my dorm room. I only stayed in the dorm for 1 semester. I moved into an apartment as it was much safer than the dorm where people would light pizza boxes and send them down the garbage chute.
Good for you! I love that you did that! No wonder you got high level education. You are smart! My sons all can cook and I feel it's a skill that everyone should have! :)
1 my pantry is in the middle of being re-vamped right now. Need the proper containers to make it work. Waiting for you to do your pantry tidy up video.
I bought 3 of the $.74 shopping bags sold at Walmart for my small chest freezer to separate foods. I haven’t actually done it yet 😊
I’m with you. I use a couple of those bags in the chest freezer so that I can just pull one out. If I had it to do over again, I would get an upright freezer, I think, although I have made peace with the fact that I have to do some digging once or twice a week. 💜
Your flowers and decorations look amazing!!!
Your garden is absolutely beautiful. Good job.
Tonic water helps me w/muscle cramps.
My son says it really helps him! I may have to try the tonic water or baking soda in a juice! That's awesome! :)
I think the orange tomatoes may be called sunsugar. We have some too, I try to plant at least one plant every year, these are so sweet it feels like I’m eating dessert.
Oh my, your gardens are beautiful!!
I meal plan from my freezer and pantry and purchase anything needed - mostly fresh foods-fruits, veggies and very exceptional sales.
2. My freezer is organized and inventoried with list on the outside with pen hanging on it. I indicate specific foods with a slash for each meal item and when I take it out to use, I turn the slash into an X.
Very little, we eat leftovers eat stuff before it spoils. Maybe 5.00 per month.
My cousin and aunt live there I just shared this video with them
I would get a plastic under the bed tote or two and store all the overstock like the back up spices and store them under the bed.
2. My main and long term pantries are organized
We freeze our tortillas. So yes they last awhile even if you don’t freeze them for a while. The crispy tostadas you can crisp back up in the oven they no longer taste stale.
Love your idea for freezer organizing!!! I've tried lists too but never keep up with it. I'm wondering if I should take meat out to cook/prep and refreeze for quicker meals? I have too many days that nothing is planned but everything is frozen!
I do this with my hamburger, sausage crumbles, turkey, roast, etc...I cook it and freeze it ready to use. It allows me to not have to use the oven so much! AND...we can cook up a lot and have one clean up! That's the best! :)
Jenny with channel The Bonnell Family has some great meals you make ahead and freeze.
Your flowers are so lovely, I have about 1/10 of your flowers and it is still alot of work. Kudos to you!!
Thanks so much 😊
The colors of trees looked good around pa and NY I have seen on you tube this week
Hi! I do alot of it BUT you got me on this one. I also KEEP getting too much and I’m stocked like a restaurant. I loose some food because it’s too old and/or freezer burn (I feed to the animals). You right I have to make room for the Nov Dec sales. I learned something new! And reminded why I’m doing this. Thank you
Yeah...we stock up for emergencies and mine is here! I am so excited to see how long we can live off of the freezer items. I look at it like a "December bonus" since I will not be buying for a while! :)
You go girl!!!
I am organized in my freezer and pantry. Refrigerator needs help but more people are in it more often.
1 & 2. Lol 😂 we rarely have soda in the house. We do actually have a 2-liter of root beer in the house but only because we will be having ice cream floats this week. But usually, unless it’s for a planned event like a party, we don’t just bring soda in. Because we will eat our weight in soda & nobody needs it 😂 otherwise, it’s water, tea (we make it), coffee (we grind the beans ourselves), and once a day chocolate milk for my guys.
2 we quit using pop years ago. Don't miss it at all. The only pop I keep ,is a case of Ginger Ale if someone in the house is sick. But never used unless somebody is sick.
This was a great video, n Mike you are a hoot, Darn Tootin😂
We were laughing so hard over that!!! :)
Hi, Tawra! I just wanted to say how much I am enjoying the new format and how many great tips/ideas I'm getting from you. I also agree-it's never too early for Christmas! ☺🎄
Come stay with us in Michigan we have lots of room. We'll take you on a volor tour up north. All FOC you guys and Jill
My volume 2 is red like vol 1. I haven't used vol 2 much yet. and just purchased GFDF :)
2. Mostly I’m organized, but noticing that it’s starting to look messy with things out of place (at least the garage upright freezer. The main one in the kitchen might be a lost cause becaus I’m not the only one getting into them. Basically… top shelf is frozen (duh lol) fruits & veg, 2nd shelf is a mixture of overflow veg & convenience items, 3rd shelf is bread & cooked meat, 4th shelf is MEAT & the 5th shelf is leftovers of dinner that needs to be eaten up. The door is flours, juice concentrate, taffy, popsicles, & broth/stock.
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2, always shop the loss leaders first, then plan the meals. My pantry and freezer are both always stocked.
What is the most cost effective dried coconut milk to buy? Where do you buy yours?
Do they have dried coconut milk? That would be so nice! :)
I’m sure Tawra will go over it. But I’d say the freezer needs organized like Tawra has said before veggies on a shelf, fruits in s shelf ect
What I do is have a list on the freezer door but it’s only the top 3 things that need to be eaten because they’re the oldest. I do have it in the described veg/fruit on one shelf, meat the next etc
2 My entry is perfectly organized this week - but I might answer differently in a couple of months
1. Right now our main pantry is a complete disaster. At least certain areas of it. Our 2nd (smallest) pantry area has just been reorganized recently.
My freezer is organized. My budget weekly is $40 I’m a single retired person. Retired 2 years ago. I copied Jill 😊👍🏻
Amazing!!
Tawra, do you pinch the little flower shoots off your coleus ? My sister told me to pinch them off but it looks like you let yours grow?
We did our cut-back on soda by mid '2022; and before then it was purchased on sale. We still stock some tonic (quinine), ginger ale, and a lemon-lime for when/ if we get ill. We have 2 containers of pedlyte and about 6 to 8 of an electrolyte splrts drink. These we purchase sugar free which can be hard to find when you need it and on sale. We often hold them through thier best use by date and drink them in the summer rather than waste them. We are aways from a store and a good 10 miles from one open 24 hours; plus it has only returned to 24 hours sometime in early '23. I think weve purchased two, 2 liter sodas from the grocery store for purposeful root beer floats in '23. Other than that weve periodically purchased fountain sodas.
I absolutely LOVED this episode & had lots of giggles!! Loved the recipes you cooked & tips & tricks along the way, Tawra! Annie, your pantry is amaaazing!! You definitely have more than enough food to use up without any shopping for ages! I'm sure your family will have a lot of fun finding recipes in Tawra's books to cook up with the food you have stocked up! I hope & pray you heal well & can enjoy more rest to recover. TAWRA, MIKE & JILL.... 1 thing I'm noticing that's a distinct difference between Aussie kitchens & American kitchens is that we don't have as many fridges & freezers & not as big either. We also don't tend to have the huge pantries that you have! I have a small bar freezer & bar fridge & then our kitchen fridge/freezer that is just 1 door at the top for the fridge & 1 door at the bottom for the freezer. I keep it organized so I know what's there & probably have enough food for many weeks (if I include our pantry food) for our family of 4 adults for 5 nights a week & 5 adults for 2-3 nights a week. Tawra, your garden is amaaaaazing! 🥰Blessings from South Australia💕🐨
Right? I was laughing too... My husband and sons were laughing! The "Just stop it!" just was so funny! I am super excited to journal what we made and how long I could stay out of the stores! It's on! It's so on! I cannot wait to make the bean dip and lounge and read the cookbooks! :)
@@annieb.7347 That's awesome Annie! I can't wait to hear how you went with it! I hope it takes the pressure off for you from shopping. 🥰Blessings from South Australia💕🐨
Between 1 and 2.
Definitely cutting back…a 12 pack is around $9! I won’t pay that for soda 🥤
I buy the store brand 2 liter soda bottles when they go on sale for 1.00. I’ll even pay the 1.35 when not on sale. Not paying 2.79 for name brand.
1 I have chest freezers are a mess, I cannot seem to keep them tidy. I had a large upright freezer, but it wasn't frost free. I am going to buy a new one in the spring, that is frost free. I'm short and find it hard to dig in the bottom of the chest freezer. So back to a frost free large upright. Cannot wait!!!!
I would love to do an audit, but I have no storage of food, no extra freezer. I have one kitchen cupboard and just a simple refrig w/ freezer on the bottom. Do you have videos or suggestions for building up storage when starting from scratch?
That would make a very interesting audit I think.
My first pantry was an old wardrobe that my dad put shelfs in for me
0 on food waste I have a 20 year old son and a 110 pound German Shepherd. The dog isn't fat. He is a runner in the yard only.
Containerizing in freeze will work well. 2
My 41 year old has started to learn this past year to cook and grill so they may in time
As I turned 66 lost my sight in one eye and having knee and hand issues he has had to step up a bit
Oh damn! The horrors in that freezer. My mom taught we girls (7 of us) how to go properly wrap meats in freezer paper. She drilled it into our heads to NEVER leave meats in the store wrappings and don't eat foods stored in those freezer bags- you can see the freezer burn on that stuff
Got a free freezer that was working, (a friend who I know very well and it was working, but stopped. It’s a kenmore. Hope it’s worth fixing.
Those vats of Crisco can be used as 72 hour candles in a grid down situation
Tawra, squash bugs had a great time with my summer squash. How do you get rid of them?
I miss my freezer it lasted 20 years but as the household downsized I just have porch frig and side by side I can only hold about 3 to 4 weeks maybe of frozen goods but there is no waste there my waste was fresh and dairy these days at times
Stop drinking soda more than 20 years ago.
MY daughter just went no gluten and dairy.She has Dr bills from ER visits,scans,endoscopy and colonostomy.She emptied all foods she can't eat..She has good job doing hearing test but pay is crap and rent sky high.I helped her with some pantry items..had grand kids a week and realized our stockpile has taken huge dent..
That's so hard to face! I hope you can re-build your stockpile, but like Tawra said, "Your emergency is here!" I hope your daughter will be OK. It's really tough when these GI things happen! You make a really good point...we store not just for us, but for others. My in-laws (in their 80s) live less than a mile away and we think if there were a major emergency...they would be best to be with us. We plan meals for that size...hence the leftovers. I make meals for 8 and then we have leftovers. I hope you have case-lot in your area. There are some good deals right now. Otherwise...I started with just buying an extra of a couple of things a week. When my husband would get a bonus...we would take 1/3rd and put it to our food storage. Prayers for you and your daughter! :)
Buy food and then plan a meal.
Hi by hardly any snacks my husband buys his own I make healthy ones once in awhile for myself
My refrigerator freezer has two compartments one is hamburger other is vegetables another one outside is all chicken and turkey then we have another one for venison and beef
I think this was my favorite piece of advice because it is so simple and I will know EXACTLY where things are! :)
Mike is darn Tootin funny🎉😂
2 I buy as it is on sale and stockpile enough till approximately the next sale
Type 1
With all the food she has stockpiled, I don't see any home preserved food (canned, dehydrated, etc.). She could easily can meats, fruits and veggies and she can control what she adds to them to stay within her food needs.
I did make jam, but everyone stopped eating it, so we just eat our fruit off of our trees fresh. I am thinking of having a salsa garden next year and trying to bottle that! :)
You can also buy a latch that attaches easily to your fridge door .Then you just unclip it to open it. We have one on our little dorm fridge that we take camping so the raccoons can’t open the fridge.
Where do you get those? Those sound great since we cannot lift a lot right now! :)
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Bought those locks! This was a great idea since we cannot lift our freezers (they are too full!!!). :)
@@annieb.7347 that’s good 😊 I think they work really well. 😊
When are you going to have volume 2 (the blue book) in Gluten free Dairy Free?
Type 2. Organized
This is getting to be like the toilet paper video. Which was hilarious!!!
Dry erase board❤
We had a sale at one of our local stores, on Tomato Paste. They are far bigger can's than I have ever bought. When I open a can and use some WHAT can I do with the rest?????? Hope to here from you. Thank You. Kathy in Alberta Canada.
Freeze in tablespoons in baggies, when you need it take it out defrost or if for soup plop it right into the soup
You can actually freeze the paste in an ice tray. Once frozen you can put them in a freezer bag to take out as needed. I believe a standard ice cube tray holds about 2 tbsp. I love throwing a little bit of tomato paste in my beef soups and stews.
I would say 10.00 maximum, but not always, that much. If something does go to waste, it goes to our laying hens. They love scraps, when I have any.
1 cutting down on pop.
There was a question as to why we have so many tortillas. I don't make gluten free bread. We use corn tortillas as a wrap for breakfast burritos and sandwich fillings. It's WAY CHEAPER than bread and for our dietary issues...it's a win! :)
Great idea!
2 organized
Would u ever do canada price comparisons
It's coming on Saturday's video.
2 buy food then meal plan
That stockpile is insane. I have a family of 8 and she puts me to shame with that amount of food😮😮😮
I am putting myself to shame! I need to slow up on the supplies! I think I just got on auto-pilot because I wasn't getting into the freezers and putting food away (back surgery issues), so I wasn't seeing my abundance! Now...I sit back...and shelf shop until my 6 month recovery is over! There was a time that that pantry was empty and I felt shame over that, so a good balance is always in order! :)
Annie, I think you are doing amazing!! Hope your recovery goes smoothly!!
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When we have had pantry items we are nolonger using or have found items we don't prefer, we use them for pot lucks and other occations for when were suppose to take food. We would rather they get used up rather than tossed.
@@dianej.walker9620 i can't remember what it was but my reasonably young, less than fiscally flush self bought stuff for a recipie that i personally didn't like. I made another for the next work food event and others gleefully scarfed it up. A tradition was begun.
This sounds like a great idea to me! We also donate to the food pantry. :)
Yeah...there are a lot of pot-lucks coming up this fall and we will use things there. Also, Grandma and Grandpa live close by and so we offer them items. As long as things don't waste... :)
Tomatoes maybe Sungold ?
How can she make it through 5 stores in a day???
We only buy a small amount at each store and we live within 2 miles from most. :)
@@annieb.7347 ah! That helps. I’m 5.2 miles from Butera, 2 miles to Meijer and Jewel (Albertsons) and 1.2 miles to Aldi. But a single trip to the store wipes me out.
OK I just took a picture of a ground cinnamon spice. It was aged up to 15 years by the company which I guess is supposed to be a good thing… But it expires in one year. Marketing.😮
Fried apples or baked apples
I haven’t drank soda since I had kids. My kids still don’t buy/drink soda at 29, 31
Please, could you fix your volume? I could barely hear Annie, and Tawra's volume is very loud. Surely, as you edit, you can smooth this out?
Put bean-0 in instead of vinegar
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1:00:20 How much for chickpeas? Hummus uses chickpeas.
Never mind, you were referring to bean dip in general.
No pop for me