Costco Vegan Haul

[@daphnagoldstein2313]

Your videos are so thorough and full of useful information. I've been binge watching your videos this week and looking through your blog. Please keep doing what you're doing. Many of us find it extremely helpful and motivating. Thank you!

[@carterlayton6792]

Instablaster...

[@annjean4369]

This was an outstanding Costco Haul video! Thank you for sharing.

[@NutmegNotebook]

Thank you for watching!

[@katherinepolicy2500]

I was reading the comments about plastic below. I look forward to when people package in compostable bags.

[@NutmegNotebook]

Me too!

[@jas7036]

Love the video and I could hear loud and clear. In DC and we have the organic cherries year round which is weird because you have so many more organic options

[@SarahW1009]

I love Costco, though in the UK they don't seem to stock as much choice. I wish they'd use less plastic though. I kept thinking about it while watching.

[@SB-000]

I live in the SF Eastbay. The Costco's around me do not have half the choices you show here!

[@NutmegNotebook]

What each store sells varies greatly! If you haven't already be sure to subscribe and also visit the blog and subscribe at www.nutmegnotebook.com and get your 2 exclusive recipes just for subscribers!

[@volition51]

Watching this eating my evening treat: warmed up Costco cherries over Costco peanut butter spread on Wasa light rye bread. No sugary jams needed! Thanks for showing things I can look out for at my Costco, like the corn tortillas and organic grapes!!

[@NutmegNotebook]

I am glad you liked the video!

[@4007fairview]

This was fun watching your Costco haul! We've got the one and only Costco in a 2 hour radius. You get quite a bit more organic items than we carry in ours (SE Washington State) - not that I'm complaining because I don't know what we'd do here without Costco! You mentioned a couple food items you make - the ratatouille using the dried mushrooms and the IP greens again using the dr. mushrooms - I would love if you could share a 'recipe' or demo as I've never made either of those and have never had ratatouille. Thanks Tami ~ your videos are always so informative and a lot of fun! I love how you give example of how you use the different haul items. Debbie in WA Ü

[@NutmegNotebook]

I am glad you enjoyed the video. We do plan on making a video showing how to make the ratatouille. I did a facebook live this past week on my Nutmeg Notebook facebook page where I was making the ratatouille - you can find the video there. It does use fresh mushrooms though not the dried ones. Here is the link to the video where I use the dried mushrooms in the Instant Pot with greens. kzbin.info/www/bejne/emjWh3moYrF8fbM

[@4007fairview]

Thank you Tami ~ I'm off to watch them both! Thank you for your kind reply :)

[@Pocketsnuggies]

Just an FYI. You can roast whole butternut squash in the oven. Look up Jamie Oliver. I saw him do it. Game changer. The skin caramelizes and the inside gets so sweet. I know you like squash like I do. I encourage you to try it out.

[@NutmegNotebook]

It sounds wonderful!

[@tangelabernius7759]

Thank you! I was just at our Costco Saturday (new membership - not the best convenient location) and I didn't really know what to look for. Now I do! However, I don't recall a frozen section. I'll need to specifically look for it next time.

[@NutmegNotebook]

It is overwhelming the first time you visit a Costco store. They have a huge frozen food section so be sure to check it out as well. I am so glad you found the video helpful .

[@lamarisf79]

I live in the SF Bay, where is your COSTCO, I would travel to that location since the one you go to carries so much more. Starting with the pinto beans!! Great vid.

[@NutmegNotebook]

We shop at the Roseville Costco.

[@sncpapa]

Great video!

[@NutmegNotebook]

Thank you so much.

[@christinepeters7110]

Hi Tamymy do I have to have a membership to shop at costco?

[@NutmegNotebook]

Yes you do have to have a membership to shop at Costco.

[@Yowzers14]

@@NutmegNotebook Hello I’m a new subscriber! 😊. We went to Costco for the first time and bought the Executive membership, I really liked the variety of things Costco has. I especially liked the grains aisle. I didn’t see the dried freeze herbs though? Thank you for sharing this haul with us, I watched it before going into Costco 🙏🏼😊

[@gwenroireau6203]

I could never eat all this food or have room in my fridge or freezer.

[@marley7659]

Some people are fortunate enough to have two fridges and full freezer.

[@marge201]

@@marley7659 Oh, would I love to be one of them!

[@susancrowe3999]

Great video, as usual! Not sure why the other two ladies had a hard time hearing you. You came through loud and clear to me. Please do more haul videos. It gives me ideas on things to buy.

[@NutmegNotebook]

I am glad you enjoyed it! I did a Trader Joe's and a Whole Foods grocery haul as well.

[@jamiecee4960]

I can't hear it either and I have head phones on and my tablet turned way up.

[@tangelabernius7759]

Jay Cee48 yes, it was difficult for me to hear as well. I have the volume turned up to the max. I cannot find the volume slider bar on the video that Tami referenced either. 😞 UPDATE: The volume slider is available on my laptop, but it was not on my phone which is where I was watching the video.

[@janebute2541]

Very difficult to hear.

[@marge201]

Super interesting. I buy a lot of what you buy but never canned beans. Way too easy and fast in IP. And yeah, the plastic kills me. It's a huge problem. But boy, great reminder of items and totally jealous of your storage!!

[@NutmegNotebook]

Hello Marge Thank you for watching, We are trying to IP more beans, use them in something every day. Happy Cooking

[@marge201]

@@NutmegNotebook A lot of people say don't bother with the overnight soak but I like it, even a few hours to let the beans expand and then dump the soak water because it results in wonderful broth from the fresh cooking water. So it's not that fast truthfully but I love the result and of course we don't have to watch over them in IP, which is huge plus no salt or any crap that might be in canned bean liquid.

[@phylliscable63]

Just want to say that I enjoy ALL of your videos. We have membership at Sam's Club, but it looks like Costco offers a lot more organic products.

[@NutmegNotebook]

We have a Sam's club membership as well and our Costco carries a wider variety of organic produce. However I know that not all Costco's carry the volume of organic produce that mine does. There are other Costco's in nearby towns that don't carry the same products as the one I shop at. I am glad you enjoy my videos - thank you so much!

[@pamayers8681]

I love this but my question is how do you keep that amount of food fresh? Especially the 🥬

[@NutmegNotebook]

We eat it before it goes bad! We eat huge salads everyday for lunch that weigh over a pound each. We eat a lot of veggies. I batch cook and freeze things for future meals as well.

[@dkpeters]

Great and helpful video, thank you! I've never seen those tortillas at my Costco. Can I ask what section you found them in? Maybe I'm not looking in the right place! :)

[@NutmegNotebook]

At my Costco the corn tortillas can be found in the bread aisle.

[@dkpeters]

Thanks, I thought so but have not noticed these. Will look harder, hope I find them! :)

[@xerciamazing6626]

Thank you so much for this video. I am thrilled I found you.I am WFPB for 6 years and just went SOS free. What mustard do you use? I am not big fan of westbrae stone ground. Also, have you heard of bensons table tasty that chef AJ likes? Is it as good as costco salt free?. And do you know where I can get it?

[@NutmegNotebook]

I like the Westbrae no salt added. Benson's Table Tasty is delicious - its different than the Kirkland no salt seasoning. You can buy it directly from Benson's just google their website.

[@Smudgemom2003]

This video is posted on November 25, still under the CDC Romaine recall. Was CostCo selling it?

[@NutmegNotebook]

Thank you for your concern, The video was recorded before the recall. We are looking forward to resolution of the problem and the recall being lifted. Romaine is a key component in our daily salads. These videos stay up a long time so we did not want the current situation to hold up the information being shared over time.

[@barbb841]

Do you have a deep freezer as well as your regular refrigerator/freezer?

[@NutmegNotebook]

Yes, we have a freezer out in the garage .

[@MrsPlantinTexas]

FABULOUS haul, Tami! Do you find that those dried mushrooms are chewy at all (after cooking)? I haven't found any that are tender after I cook them. :-(

[@NutmegNotebook]

Chewy is how all the dried mushrooms I have tried are after cooking. It must be just how they are. I don't mind the chewy texture and the flavor that they add.is fabulous. Thanks for watching.

[@knitrelax]

I, too, found that and it was enough so that I didn't use them.

[@bethvye6065]

oh how i wish we had this in the UK, we have so little and its so expensive, tiny packs of organic anything is pounds and pounds in money.I try so hard to be wfpb, but on my tiny budget organics are impossible, i have however been vegan for 4 years and vegetarian for many many years before that, i really need to loose 70lbs as it is impacting on my life a great deal, love your videos.also i would love huge rooms like you have, you could fit the whole of my tiny rented house virtually in your kitchen, the US must be amazing everything is so big

[@kristamcnamee1456]

beth VYE - Hi Beth, I live in the Midwest of the States. Like you, I have a tiny home, and a tiny budget. There may be abundance around me, yet it is beyond my budget. I've been Vegan WFPB for 4 years. Living simply, minimizes food choices yet fuels creativity with what I do have. With thoughts of gratitude, a sense of abundance comes to the surface and this fuels creativity. I must laugh in the kitchen. Sometimes I feel like I'm on the FoodNetwork cooking challenge where chefs are given a limited choice of ingredients and are told to come up with something gourmet to "wow" the judges. Fortunately or unfortunately , I am the only judge in my home. If it isn't spectacular, that's ok. In the very least it will be heathy and compliant. If it's spectacular, I could only hope that I remember how to make it again. 😁

[@bethvye6065]

@@kristamcnamee1456 My daughter has moved out with her fiance but i have my husband and son to cook for, i also cook all my moms dinners who lives 5 mins up the road from me, so again i have to try to 'make' something out of very little, my husband works so hard but we have very little money, and i have been a stay at home mom, i educated both my children at home, so i dont bring in a wage.But the way i see it, if we can produce lovely food from very little than should we ever have the chance to have a little more it would be easier.

[@jillswainson156]

beth VYE I agree, the variety is amazing, but I am shocked at the amount of plastic! I dare say it was pricey as well ☹️

[@jillswainson156]

I am appalled at the quantity of plastic!! Surely most of this could be bought NOT wrapped in plastic. Thumbs up for the information but thumbs down for buying so much damaging plastic

[@bethvye6065]

@@jillswainson156 i hate plastic, and here in the UK we are charged more for things unwrapped for example, carrots are 49p per lb in plastic but 59p per lb loose, so if i take my net bags for my produce i have to pay more for the honour.Really... if our leaders in this world are serious about saving the planet they need to realise most of the people are on small budgets, whats more we cannot afford to pay more then we need to, we have to choose between feeding our familys or saving the planet, its not fair, i want to do both, as a strict vegan i feel im doing the least harm with the highest compassion i can, but plastic is something i struggle with, it makes me sad

[@Clothmom1]

My Costco has very little organic.

[@laurieanne9712]

Go to their front desk and fill out a request form. If you know others that shop there and they want more organic have them do it, too. They really do listen!

[@Clothmom1]

Yafa Pareve good to know!

[@paescribano]

Very helpful video. Thank you.

[@NutmegNotebook]

You are welcome - thank you for watching!

[@05Mackie]

I, too, could barely her you. Hope you adjust your sound. Thanks.

[@susancrowe3999]

I had no problem at all hearing her.

[@NutmegNotebook]

We have double checked the sound and it's fine - try adjusting the sound on the device you are watching it on and see if that makes a difference for you.

[@Silsarsche]

Perfect sound !

[@05Mackie]

Guess it was just my device but it only happened with this video. I will have my IPAD checked as I have to go into the Apple store anyway. Thanks and glad the video is OK.

[@knitrelax]

I have found that I can't get enough sound if watching on my iPad, but on the laptop, the same video was fine.

[@sunangel-rivka]

What does the speech bubble over Chef Aj's picture say? 🤣

[@NutmegNotebook]

It says Don't even think about it!

[@petraberner3092]

All I see is PLASTIC! You heard about that world wide problem already! Veganism also means love environment concerned and support local organic farmers! Zero waste!

[@NutmegNotebook]

I can't afford to buy all my organic produce at the local Farmer's Market as it is just too expensive. I agree with you that it is a lot of plastic. At least it goes into the recycle bin. Just by eating a vegan diet we are helping the environment. This is a journey and we do the best we can given where we are on the journey. I welcome constructive criticism but your shouting comment and only leaving a negative comment really isn't helpful. Veganism is also about compassion - I didn't feel any of that coming from your comment.