Do you have a background in food? Your creativity and skill is ridiculous. Also love your positive outlook and how everything is delicious! Very refreshing when everyone seems to be super self-deprecating these days.
I’m trying to keep positive - out of work right now and luckily these keep me going! And actually, no, no background in food. Was very keen in watching my Dad cooking growing up and the rest is a combination of watching vast amounts of cooking shows, CZcamsrs and cookery books. :)
I think you did a great job with what you were given. Very creative! I’d like to see this become a mini series and for the grand finale get one surprise bag from each of the stores that you tried one from and combine all the ingredients to see how long you can go.
@@SamWilder. so cool! have you watched any of atomic shrimp’s budget challenges? your creativity reminds me a lot of how out of the box some of his stuff can be (maybe even more out of the box!)
@@Emma-cq3dx Yeah, I completely disagree with veganism but vegetables and fruit ARE an important part of the diet and are supposed to make up around half of our food intake, and are really nice if you cook them correctly
Hey man I really like how your channel is going! Your creativity for these things is amazing. Its refreshing to see you not just sticking with exactly whats in the boxes/deals and rather using them in creative ways with other ingredients instead.
That was a great bag and it was well used, my experience with Morrisons is you get a lot of bread so it would be good to see what you get in a different store 😀
Heyy, just started watching you and honestly this very helpful! After being unemployed for the past few months it's good to see these. I always love cooking and love learning new recipes. What is your favourite meal you can make for under £5?
Oooh that’s a tough question! Off the top of my head, you can’t beat a good lasagne, and if you’re clever (limit the cheese for example), you can definitely make it for under £5. Freezes well too. If we’re going by from these videos - the chicken pitta I made in my most recent Waitrose video was great - so much so we literally just had it for dinner tonight too 😂😅
@@SamWilder. Oooooh true. There is nothing better than a homemade lasagne god I'm going to have to make one just thinking about it. That chicken in pitta looked great looks like it was packed with flavour. Sorry another question but I'm always curious. What is your favourite treat meal you have? I think mine would doing my own stir fry
@@TheFreckledGECKO ooooh it’s actually probably one Carolina makes - she does an amazing sweet and sour chicken and rice from scratch. Breaded chicken bites, homemade sauce, it’s sooo lovely 🥰
Very glad that CZcams recommended your channel. I love these random food challenges etc. keep going and you’ll go far, trust me. Hopefully you get enough subscribers and views before you get another job! 🎉😂
Great video! I love to see grocery/supermarket bags from TGTG (there's only so much variety you can get from Greggs or Costa!), and especially love to see how they're used. You have a very watchable editing/recording style too. Would love to see more of these kinds of videos.
Love the flowers 💐 Try sautéing slices of the red cabbage. Very creative recipe with the braised cabbage✔️ The bread for breakfast, toasties and pasta salad for lunch you will not starve. Great bag. Good video and do further bags 💼
OK, at the risk of showing my age.... this show and format blew me back to the 90's ch4 show "Get Stuffed" loving the vibe of your show.... and now I feel old lol
I swear, cabbage just grows & grows! Amazing food on a budget. I’m in the US, I would LOVE Aldi to have Surprise bags. Here the food goes to local food banks. (That’s great, but I would love a swipe at cheap food). A lot of food there!
I've watched a few videos of your and just assumed you would have alot more subscribers, you definitely deserve more recognition. Anyway new subscriber here, can't wait for more videos ❤
Had no idea Aldi did this, definitely going to try a surprise bag myself! For the faux Yakult, you could put it in smoothies, also can be quite sweet, so maybe summer oats and eliminate other sweetening options.
I expect you could use the probiotic drink to flavour some type of muffins or buns. Maybe the prebiotic organisms might function sort of like a yeast if mixed into flour or oatmeal & put in a warm place for a few hours? Worth an experiment anyway.
They might not be coherent to make a standard meal, but they do inspire to think outside of the box, look at what you have left in your house and make something/try something you might not have thought of before. And ofcourse, save you money. I mean, you made 6 meals for 2 people. That would be 12 meals for 1 person. Not bad for that price. Maybe it is an option to get 1 bag from each of the stores you mentioned and see what you can make with that? Best of luck🍀
I like the Surprise Bag idea. Wish more stores here did that. It'd be even better if they thought about doing a cohesive meal! A starch, a veg, a protein. Folks slay me with the "will it kill me?" USE YOUR NOSES, PEOPLE. LOL. We did that forever before the 2000s. The sell-by date is not the use-by date, and the best-by date is really just marketing faff! Hey, Mexican food uses cabbage, too! Remember that most of the popular Mexican food is just what people cook when their finances & resources limited, even by geography. They often will do their own flavorings with ingredients that are local.
Pretty insane deal! Where I'm from even if the flowers were about to cark it, I'd be charged at least double just for them. Obviously some people get trash from this Aldi deal but it's well worth it
Use by dates. Someone I once knew was throwing some ham out because the use by date was the day before. It was morning, about 9 the day after use by date. I asked her if she would have eaten this up just before midnight yesterday? She said yes so I said did the ham suddenly go off the second it was midnight?
Great video and that was a really decent Too Good To Go bag, I joined a group on FB where people share what they get and some are absolutely dire. It'd be great to see a series of these type of Too Good To Go videos, making the most of what you get from the bags. I look at the app wistfully sometimes before I remember I'm too chicken to get one 😂
If it's a really bad bag (mouldy or not the value advertised) TGTG usually refund you if you contact them. They're hit and miss but good fun and can be mega bargains
What causes the anxiety? Hope you're able to get past it. I buy 2good2go for a couple of years now and i like it a lot. My main motivation is decreasing food waste, but saving money is a gladly welcomed extra benefit. I particularly like the bread box from my favorite organic store. Highly recommend to just try it once, i felt a bit awkward too the first time but nobody is gonna look at you in a weird way. Happy i pushed myself beyond my comfortzone. 100% no regrets, love it! Hope you will too in the (near) future.
It really annoys me when you get people like you producing really decent content (12k views in 1 day) and you only have 4K subs Love your videos ❤️👍🏼👌🏼
I don't think we have Aldi surprise bags in Sydney. They put any items that can't be sold marked down with a special sticker. However at Coles and Woolworths they usually mark stuff down then put all the mark down products in a section especially refrigerated products. Other products they put on special clearance shelves. There is a group of thirty shoppers that actually hunt down the daily or weekly markdown grocery clerk just so they can get first dibs on any or all of the mark down grocery items. I even spotted one man who even went Coles to Coles hunting down the mark down grocery clerk at each supermarket. I myself always look through the clearance shelves or bins because there are usually test products on sale that are not expired but limited edition items that may or may not have been a hit with customers such as tiamisu malteasers for well under $2 a bag . Meat such as beef and lamb has a use by date on them and are marked down a few days before they expire but are still OK to eat after the usedby date by a few days but never eat used by poultry. Fruit and veg there is an imperfects section which I also like because the fruit is fine just ugly and not meet size or shape or colour requirements of supermarkets - favourite is limes
I have not heard of the suprise bags at all How does it work ? I have a Aldi at the bottom of my street so I shop there regularly, for the special offers, and am always on the lookout for the 50%/75% stickers in the fresh food isles but after watching this video, I think I would like to try a suprise bag , my sister is a vegetarian so it's great that your bag contains, so much veg So how do I get started ?
@@SamWilder. thank you, for replying so quickly, to my question I was not expecting an answer that quickly, I will Google the app straight away, to see how it works
What can you make from 14 bags of spouts. My sister managed to get a box and the manager said sorry before bringing out the box. since then the shop has put up no bags again. Many of the bags have not been that good some places, are just taking the p. with there bags. And the items can be items NOT going OOD. but on promotion. I once paid £2 to get 2 bags of crisps. I have been put off getting others. I would buy the tray bake with 50% and 75% off items to try them. Today i got some packets of sweets for 14p just off the reduced price shelves. it can be for many places just get yellow ticket items of YOUR choice and spend less then a TGTG bag.
Some advice based on a few years buying 2good2go. If you stick with boxes that have a rating of at least 4 stars you're usualy get good boxes. Don't get boxes that don't have a rating at all, they are usualy not great. If you are a picky eater or have dietary restrictions 2good2go might not be for you though. Some space to freeze stuff till later is very practical too.
sorry about you being unemployed right now but you are killing it on youtube, i think you should consider doing this full time
I would love to but it needs to pay the mortgage first :p
This Aldi mystery box really worked out marvelous. Your creativity in creating new dishes was really fun.
Do you have a background in food? Your creativity and skill is ridiculous. Also love your positive outlook and how everything is delicious! Very refreshing when everyone seems to be super self-deprecating these days.
I’m trying to keep positive - out of work right now and luckily these keep me going!
And actually, no, no background in food. Was very keen in watching my Dad cooking growing up and the rest is a combination of watching vast amounts of cooking shows, CZcamsrs and cookery books. :)
Like watching your video 😮
I think you did a great job with what you were given. Very creative!
I’d like to see this become a mini series and for the grand finale get one surprise bag from each of the stores that you tried one from and combine all the ingredients to see how long you can go.
@@SamWilder. so cool! have you watched any of atomic shrimp’s budget challenges? your creativity reminds me a lot of how out of the box some of his stuff can be (maybe even more out of the box!)
He has a background in nothing... you can tell by the accent
I actually love these videos, something just relaxing about these to watch. Keep it up bro!! Heavily underrated
Appreciate that a lot!
Never thought you could make vegetables look appetising but here we are. You are a wizard in the kitchen
i fear for you people if this is what stands as wizardy to you!!
@@thanxbutno i agree
I worry about people who don’t think veg can be made nicely
@@Emma-cq3dx Yeah, I completely disagree with veganism but vegetables and fruit ARE an important part of the diet and are supposed to make up around half of our food intake, and are really nice if you cook them correctly
I have been watching your videos for a while now and really enjoy your budget shops and all the amazing recipes you create true genius
Hey man I really like how your channel is going! Your creativity for these things is amazing. Its refreshing to see you not just sticking with exactly whats in the boxes/deals and rather using them in creative ways with other ingredients instead.
Thanks my friend! It would have been boring if I just streamed some broccoli and heated up the meatballs 😂
The cauliflower and broccoli cheese balls were so smart and cauliflower is my favourite atm
Make them!
Loaf looked tasty, did laugh at the dog though @ 6:58 lookit that face....awwww.
She does love getting involved
'That's clearly a meal for two people' or one hungry dog - you can keep the cabbage m8 🤣🤣
This is literally the most UNDERRATED youtube channel. Your so good at what you do, and the editing is very profesional. Keep it up man!
That’s really kind, thank you!!
Impressive! I’d like to see more of these what’s in the bag kinda videos.
I'm hooked on these videos... you've got me watching content I would have never usually watched, and feeling super hungry every time I do!
Ahhh thank you bud! Appreciate it so much! ❤️
You can make flatbread's with yoghurt by going 350g self raising flour, 350g yoghurt, and a few grams of salt
I am so happy you posted a video today 🎉😊
Hope you enjoyed!
Hi Sam really do like your down to earth personality and great ora keep it up
That’s really kind, thank you :)
@@SamWilder. no worries my friend
I love Irish setters. Yours is a beauty.
She says thank you!
That was a great bag and it was well used, my experience with Morrisons is you get a lot of bread so it would be good to see what you get in a different store 😀
I’ll try there soon!
Heyy, just started watching you and honestly this very helpful!
After being unemployed for the past few months it's good to see these.
I always love cooking and love learning new recipes.
What is your favourite meal you can make for under £5?
Oooh that’s a tough question!
Off the top of my head, you can’t beat a good lasagne, and if you’re clever (limit the cheese for example), you can definitely make it for under £5. Freezes well too.
If we’re going by from these videos - the chicken pitta I made in my most recent Waitrose video was great - so much so we literally just had it for dinner tonight too 😂😅
@@SamWilder. Oooooh true. There is nothing better than a homemade lasagne god I'm going to have to make one just thinking about it.
That chicken in pitta looked great looks like it was packed with flavour.
Sorry another question but I'm always curious.
What is your favourite treat meal you have?
I think mine would doing my own stir fry
@@TheFreckledGECKO ooooh it’s actually probably one Carolina makes - she does an amazing sweet and sour chicken and rice from scratch. Breaded chicken bites, homemade sauce, it’s sooo lovely 🥰
I'm binge watching your channel at the moment! I love this type of content! 💕
Very glad that CZcams recommended your channel. I love these random food challenges etc. keep going and you’ll go far, trust me. Hopefully you get enough subscribers and views before you get another job! 🎉😂
If I could make this my job I’d be very happy!
I only found your channel maybe 5 days ago and I’m utterly obsessed, I love how creative you are. Keep up the excellent work :)
Thank you so much!!
definitely want to see more videos like this!
This is great! I wish they did this here. Food is so darn pricey 😢
Shame they don’t! It’s such a good app, I just don’t use it very much 😂
Super deal! Great way to try new foods. Definitely do more surprise bags!
I’ll try with the few in my area!
Peanut butter and apricot jam , sounds delicious , I must try 😊
Great video! I love to see grocery/supermarket bags from TGTG (there's only so much variety you can get from Greggs or Costa!), and especially love to see how they're used. You have a very watchable editing/recording style too. Would love to see more of these kinds of videos.
Love the flowers 💐
Try sautéing slices of the red cabbage. Very creative recipe with the braised cabbage✔️
The bread for breakfast, toasties and pasta salad for lunch you will not starve.
Great bag.
Good video and do further bags 💼
Amazing
Your food is lovely
Xx
Thank you :)
Loving these videos waste nothing brilliant well done so clever with your ideas keep up the good work
I love TGTG . Morrisons is good value but sometimes you get just fruit and veg, I always share out with my neighbours
That’s lovely of you! Definitely plenty I could come up with if just veg though.
OK, at the risk of showing my age.... this show and format blew me back to the 90's ch4 show "Get Stuffed" loving the vibe of your show.... and now I feel old lol
You smashed that Sam great job ..x
I swear, cabbage just grows & grows! Amazing food on a budget. I’m in the US, I would LOVE Aldi to have Surprise bags. Here the food goes to local food banks. (That’s great, but I would love a swipe at cheap food). A lot of food there!
I've watched a few videos of your and just assumed you would have alot more subscribers, you definitely deserve more recognition. Anyway new subscriber here, can't wait for more videos ❤
First vid I’ve watched of yours, really cool to watch someone different. Keep it up 😊
Yaaay🎉 great video Sam. Keep it up
Fantastic! Would love to see more 😁
You're getting quite a following..... congratulations 🎉🥳
Thank you :)
Once again an entertaining and fun video. Breakfast Yogurt drink... smoothies or pancake instead of buttermilk.
Gregg’s Too Good to Go bags are fantastic.
Had no idea Aldi did this, definitely going to try a surprise bag myself! For the faux Yakult, you could put it in smoothies, also can be quite sweet, so maybe summer oats and eliminate other sweetening options.
I expect you could use the probiotic drink to flavour some type of muffins or buns. Maybe the prebiotic organisms might function sort of like a yeast if mixed into flour or oatmeal & put in a warm place for a few hours? Worth an experiment anyway.
He's got a Breville out back. We knew it.
WOW your are a top cook.
I love Aldi Too Good to Go boxes. We've had some amazing items including meats and meals in them.
Yes I would enjoy more videos like this. We don't get bags like that in USA.
Wow, meal 6 looked outstanding. Great imagination.
They might not be coherent to make a standard meal, but they do inspire to think outside of the box, look at what you have left in your house and make something/try something you might not have thought of before. And ofcourse, save you money.
I mean, you made 6 meals for 2 people. That would be 12 meals for 1 person. Not bad for that price.
Maybe it is an option to get 1 bag from each of the stores you mentioned and see what you can make with that?
Best of luck🍀
You're a good cook and i bet your wife loves your food as well
Shame I'm not an instagramer for your recipes... Like your video style and subjects. Keep it up!
I like the Surprise Bag idea. Wish more stores here did that. It'd be even better if they thought about doing a cohesive meal! A starch, a veg, a protein.
Folks slay me with the "will it kill me?" USE YOUR NOSES, PEOPLE. LOL. We did that forever before the 2000s. The sell-by date is not the use-by date, and the best-by date is really just marketing faff!
Hey, Mexican food uses cabbage, too! Remember that most of the popular Mexican food is just what people cook when their finances & resources limited, even by geography. They often will do their own flavorings with ingredients that are local.
Also wanted to say, congrats on the views! Steadily rising! 📈
Btw cauliflower fried in a spicy batter is worth trying
Pretty insane deal! Where I'm from even if the flowers were about to cark it, I'd be charged at least double just for them. Obviously some people get trash from this Aldi deal but it's well worth it
Use by dates. Someone I once knew was throwing some ham out because the use by date was the day before. It was morning, about 9 the day after use by date. I asked her if she would have eaten this up just before midnight yesterday? She said yes so I said did the ham suddenly go off the second it was midnight?
Morrisons do great go bags. Been doing it for years now since it started. Just fab
Great video and that was a really decent Too Good To Go bag, I joined a group on FB where people share what they get and some are absolutely dire. It'd be great to see a series of these type of Too Good To Go videos, making the most of what you get from the bags. I look at the app wistfully sometimes before I remember I'm too chicken to get one 😂
I was quite surprised but I guess maybe my first experience was a lucky one 😅
If it's a really bad bag (mouldy or not the value advertised) TGTG usually refund you if you contact them. They're hit and miss but good fun and can be mega bargains
What causes the anxiety?
Hope you're able to get past it. I buy 2good2go for a couple of years now and i like it a lot. My main motivation is decreasing food waste, but saving money is a gladly welcomed extra benefit.
I particularly like the bread box from my favorite organic store.
Highly recommend to just try it once, i felt a bit awkward too the first time but nobody is gonna look at you in a weird way. Happy i pushed myself beyond my comfortzone. 100% no regrets, love it! Hope you will too in the (near) future.
Full price the brand version of those cholesterol reducing yoghurts is HUGE, good score.
I love wingin it too - experimenting is great
Just found your channel, excellent
I would have done wa easy cauliflower/ broccoli pasta cheese bake with salad..but love your creativity
amazing videos as always!
Thank you. 🙏🏼
Pound Stretcher 20p noodles, add oxo cube, some bread or cobs to dip in the noodles
Very interesting. I am looking forward to seeing what the other magic bags contain.
Try making cheesy baked cabbage steaks. Works with red or whitecabbage, and still have the side bits for salad or coleslaw.
You could of made flatbreads with the knock off Yakult and some flour... Good job though. As a chef I love watching these videos.
thankyou for such an informative video
spring onions can go in water to last longer
It really annoys me when you get people like you producing really decent content (12k views in 1 day) and you only have 4K subs
Love your videos ❤️👍🏼👌🏼
Thanks mate, means a lot! Hopefully we’ll keep growing :)
Final reduction prices at my Co-op are 80% off. Steaks and meats plus ready meals can be frozen. So easy to live on a budget.
You inspired me, so I downloaded the app, and I pick up my first aldi surprise bag tomorrow! Lets see what i get for my £3.30!?
Oh I’m actually so intrigued! You gotta report back!
Yeah, i wanna know what's in the bag too!
I was on my way to collect it, and they've literally just refunded it, as had no leftovers for my bag 😑
Half an hour before collection too!
@@JonBattams that’s so annoying!!! Why sell it then! Ahhh that sucks
I don't think we have Aldi surprise bags in Sydney. They put any items that can't be sold marked down with a special sticker. However at Coles and Woolworths they usually mark stuff down then put all the mark down products in a section especially refrigerated products. Other products they put on special clearance shelves. There is a group of thirty shoppers that actually hunt down the daily or weekly markdown grocery clerk just so they can get first dibs on any or all of the mark down grocery items. I even spotted one man who even went Coles to Coles hunting down the mark down grocery clerk at each supermarket. I myself always look through the clearance shelves or bins because there are usually test products on sale that are not expired but limited edition items that may or may not have been a hit with customers such as tiamisu malteasers for well under $2 a bag . Meat such as beef and lamb has a use by date on them and are marked down a few days before they expire but are still OK to eat after the usedby date by a few days but never eat used by poultry. Fruit and veg there is an imperfects section which I also like because the fruit is fine just ugly and not meet size or shape or colour requirements of supermarkets - favourite is limes
Yeah we don’t have this type of thing here. They reduce it and then pass most on to charity
Is that some shoplifted goods in your hoodie pocket😂
Hahaha no. Just my phone, promise! 😁😅
Thank you for the video
i like ur videos bro keep them upp
Thanks bud!
Wish we had aldi surprise bags in the usa
You sure love your peanut butter and jam. I will have to accept I am wrong on this though, I really can't stand peanut butter!
Spices give away u be a Tesco man deep down!
my last aldi boxes i ended up with 12 bags of basil, 2 broken and rotten avocados, a bag of burger buns and 2 leeks aha
On the internet, yo can also get somewhat to do with leftovers to give some ideas.
what brand is the cat plate from meal 4? i need it!
Anthropology!
That bread has never been near a toaster.
I subbed a week ago and I'm hooked, when will you do 5 pounds at Lidl?
It’s there! Few weeks ago :)
Great videos whether you on a budget or not if not a nice glass of wine.
I have not heard of the suprise bags at all
How does it work ?
I have a Aldi at the bottom of my street so I shop there regularly, for the special offers, and am always on the lookout for the 50%/75% stickers in the fresh food isles
but after watching this video, I think I would like to try a suprise bag ,
my sister is a vegetarian so it's great that your bag contains, so much veg
So how do I get started ?
@@AlicesonHarvey download the too good to go app! You get them from there! Just search for your Aldi store :)
@@SamWilder. thank you, for replying so quickly, to my question
I was not expecting an answer that quickly, I will Google the app straight away, to see how it works
They are inconsistent, I've heard of people getting whole bags of just potatoes and carrots
My friend had a carrier bag of sprouts and nothing else.
Two bits is a quarter twenty five cents
Peanut butter and apricot jam on toast, is the worst combination for me. The peanut butter would kill me 😢
Hey man, What colours your partner as you never did say ?
Latino! She’s Colombian :) 🇨🇴
Do a greggs version of this
What can you make from 14 bags of spouts. My sister managed to get a box and the manager said sorry before bringing out the box.
since then the shop has put up no bags again.
Many of the bags have not been that good some places, are just taking the p. with there bags.
And the items can be items NOT going OOD. but on promotion. I once paid £2 to get 2 bags of crisps.
I have been put off getting others.
I would buy the tray bake with 50% and 75% off items to try them.
Today i got some packets of sweets for 14p just off the reduced price shelves. it can be for many places just get yellow ticket items of YOUR choice and spend less then a TGTG bag.
Some advice based on a few years buying 2good2go. If you stick with boxes that have a rating of at least 4 stars you're usualy get good boxes.
Don't get boxes that don't have a rating at all, they are usualy not great.
If you are a picky eater or have dietary restrictions 2good2go might not be for you though.
Some space to freeze stuff till later is very practical too.
When you said Carolina isn't white, and then I saw her hands I was confused 😂 where is she from? 😭
Colombia!
Peanut butter and apricot jam? It's got to be strawberry jam.
Apricot jam works so well!! Strawberry is great, but also love blueberry jam with peanut butter!
@@SamWilder.You might wanna try peanutbutter, sambal and cucumber for a savoury sandwich. My favorite!
I have the same name as ur dog
10:17 pls do more
I got those bags before they have been really rubbish
Carolina is real?😂 dang
Just curious, you say Carolina’s not white yet her arms look paler than yours? What ethnicity is she?
Colombian. She’s Latina :)
@@SamWilder. oh cool
Missus or housemate?
@@fookoff9220 house mate I think he’s gay
aldi i'd rather look in the bins for scraps
Mad when even a cabbage doesnt know how to identify
😂
"ALDI's" Check the fluid amount in their fresh fruit juice !
1ltr,,,,?,,,, hmmmmmm.......
VERY DISAPPOINTED....
Must be false advertising SURELY.