I Bought the Cheapest Item Down Every Aisle at Aldi

[@hectorduncan7449]

This guy is great, very original I think. Comfort viewing.

[@Alex-om1be]

Agreed

[@biancamoore2402]

Omg the comfiest!

[@patsparks3500]

Indeed!

[@toolworks]

Kind of like Atomic Shrimp crossed with Mike Jeavons but with the voice of Will from Inbetweeners (and the looks of Simon from Inbetweeners)

[@cherylbaker4290]

He is kinda hot 😍 to be honest

[@marleighsheppard3441]

I love how creative you are with your videos it’s so nice and refreshing to see 😊

[@bettygraham818]

I eat pink grapefruits just as they are ,peeled and divided into segments. Delicious and to my taste very sweet.

[@lisafitzgibbon8434]

Love how you were thinking outside the box on this one, always good to see when you get the cheapest stuff coz sometimes its tempting to just get protein, carb, veg

[@biancamoore2402]

Always click so fast onto your videos, such comfy cosy watching 🥰 really helped me come a long way in terms of budgeting and helps me stay motivated with challenges for myself, actually makes it fun! Thanks 🙏 ❤

[@gailgulliver8970]

That was great Sam I think you surpassed yourself in this one with such a random food mix so well done to you .x

[@vickyharris5244]

I've not had a standard white grapefruit for years, but I buy an Aldi pink grapefruit every other week to add to my fruit salad brunch. I can still detect the tartness but for me it's all about variety. And maybe the pink is slightly sweeter? I do about a third of the grapefruit with frozen berries, three or four other fresh fruits, a portion of dried fruit, nuts, seeds yoghurt and granola or Grape Nuts, about five days a week.

[@TeriHargraveartist]

Thank you Happy Sam for those splendid yet quirky meal ideas 🙂

[@bethel1019]

I would never have thought of cooking vegetable rice in apple juice. Might try that.

[@neilgrundy]

Really, really good vid. Everything looked really, really tasty. Really, really creative. Really, really informative. Joking aside, there are some good ideas there.

[@sawahtb]

You are an inspiration. Instead of being angry at prices, you turn things on their head and prove you can live well, or well enough, being very creative. I wish I had had your genius when I was young and had three kids to make meals for. I'd end up bring home a station wagon of food. Doubt people can do that now. I'd try to make all the meals with the occasional outing for pizza but I always got the "there's nothing to eat" complaints. My god, it was difficult to feed them all.

[@georgeoverton_]

So happy to see your content is blowing up Sam, absolutely deserved, consistent, quality and informative. Here's to 20k mate!

[@SamWilder.]

Thanks a ton!

[@TheOfficialZain]

Been watching you the last month enjoying your content

[@DottyGran247]

The only way I know how to eat grapefruit is by cutting it in half and laying each half face down on a flat plate with a generous layer of sugar below then put it in the fridge overnight whilst it soaks up the sugar, was taught to eat it that way back in the 1960s by my parents.

[@persontypething]

I love how you clearly have a great sense for food, so devise a lot of seemingly strange combinations that work together really well. In fact you often have better results from the cheaper ingredients than the high-end ones. You're awesome as you are but I'd love to see you involved in collabs or challenges with several other content creators I have in mind. Great vids!

[@maryraybon2305]

Sam, you did a really great job on those meals! The first thing I learned to cook in Home Economics was... Broiled Grapefruit.. Cut grapefruit in half and the sprinkle brown sugar on top and broil for few mins under broiler to melt the brown sugar, he was really nice. Keep close eye on it so you don't burn it.. Thanks so much for sharing, looking forward to the next video!!

[@Luncheon23]

Great food combinations overall and they look appetising even given the price! Good to see you're almost at 20k subs!

[@Olive_O_Sudden]

I think you should exempt Spaghetti Loops from your pool of potential products. You've already bought them too many times and they're reliably awful. Some grapefruits are sweet, but the others are eaten with sugar or some other sweetener, and supreming the segments removes the bitter membrane and pith (medium effort, medium-high reward).

[@hollywebster6844]

Agree completely about supreme-ing grapefruit. I just peel and eat grapefruit like an orange, with the added step of peeling away the membrane. Messy, but delicious!

[@michaeljohnryan7801]

Think you done great to get all that for just over a tenner, you were right in saying not the easiest selection to make stuff with but that said thing done a great job 👍

[@kylemacinnes9867]

20K incoming keep up the brilliant content Sam

[@PerilousRainbow]

Enjoying that Sam has said he hates jacket potatoes but still comes up with a way to make them that sounds good. As someone who thought they hated jacket potatoes, turns out it depends on the kind of potato. Russets? Absolutely not. Yellow/gold? Delightful, best kind.

[@saffronb1998]

I sprinkle a bit of sugar on my grapefruit. Game changer 😍

[@jpgoat5488]

I would have made a bourbon base (like cheesecake base) by wazing them up, adding juice of half an orange, and baking off quickly to set, waz up some rice pudding, caramelised apple & the remainder of orange segmented & cut into small chunks, no cinnamon, & mixed that into the creamed rice pudding and top the biscuit base. I'd have saved the grapefruit for breakfast, because I LOVE GRAPEFRUIT, cut it in half, teaspoon of sugar over each half & leave in the fridge for a few hours before eating. Beautiful

[@Lightning_CrewYT]

I love you Sam your one of my fav KZbinrs keep up the work

[@jamiepike6909]

You should have a £1 limit on each aisle. It could really create some great meal ideas🤷🏻‍♂️

[@scattyfi]

I thought that, or maybe choose something from the 5 cheapest items in each aisle. There's gonna be a lot of spaghetti or rice pudding else, although both those items have saved me from going hungry several times! ☺️

[@babygravey]

I second this idea

[@davidjones6470]

Fantastic upload there Sam, Excellent Thumbnail

[@TaraHope-gg1qn]

First item a grapefruit 47p - you could have bought a banana 16p and much tastier in my opinion

[@thacho1991]

Agreed. Also a tin of chopped tomatoes would have been better instead of hoops.

[@quantumbacon]

Sam's challenge was not to include anything sold by weight.

[@lat1419]

​@quantumbacon aldi sell bananas as single fruit, not by weight

[@quantumbacon]

@@lat1419 the ones i can see in the video are either prepackaged bunches on the top shelf, or loose on the lower shelf. Sam didn't see cheaper single bananas, perhaps that specific Aldi at that specific day didn't have them in priced singles, or perhaps Sam didn't see them clearly marked.

[@sezh4315]

Grill the grapefruit with brown sugar on the top

[@tarachristie933]

Id of never of thought of putting crumpets with chicken 😂

[@SamWilder.]

British chicken and waffles?

[@deansaxon5819]

@samwilder. It would,be interesting to see you do a cooking challenge, where by you could order a maccyd's breakfast. Buy the dupes,from aldi or iceland n see if you could cook one before you order one and it arrives and do a comparison. Your vids are cool n easy watching , keep it up bro

[@Leanne_w]

He’s already done that

[@charylliss3741]

YES! makes my Tuesdays🎉

[@jenduck5520]

Grapefruit juice or finely sliced in a salad is amazing

[@faithharper1756]

Excellent Sam. Your bolognese looked wonderful.

[@scattyfi]

Ooh what about a video buying from a butcher! I keep meaning to go in our local one & get something. My mum used to make us oxtail stew a lot as kids or slow cook joints of meat I never see in a supermarket now. I think a good butcher & my slow cooker could mean some cheap but comforting food this winter! I just don't know where to start. Fishmongers too because fish is my absolute favorite & I feel it's usually out of budget now apart from breaded & battered. Great. Now I'm hungry 😆

[@teresaday6969]

In the states most will put sugar on the grapefruit then it will taste good .LOL Try it.

[@stephbradshaw3920]

That bolognese sauce😍😍😍

[@joycescott-vp1xm]

Add sugar to the grapefruit

[@lilykitty111]

Hi from Alabama. I was confused at first when you said "oregano" because you say "or-a-GAH-no" and I've only ever heard it said "o-REG-uh-no," But I like your British accent.

[@jasonsmart3482]

I think everyone has their own spag bog recipe. yours isnt bad but I bulk mine out with finely cut carrot and lentils, its amazing how far a little bit of beef mince can go with those. Also i do need to have Parmesan or maybe even mature cheddar on top to finish it off. you might even be horrified to find i often use Quorn mine, just so quick and i hardly notice the difference with a little beef stock. Great video.

[@Platinumb1]

The idea for value is great - But may I suggest doing this with 1p per gram? That's where you get the REAL value, as a 37p snack pack of apple is actually AWFUL value!

[@tonimaxwell1898]

Top information

[@hermiona1147]

Great idea but the shopping would take three times as much time probably

[@SierraRocksful]

Hell food in UK is soooo cheap compared to USA prices

[@quantumbacon]

@Samwilder. Idea for video series.. pick a underappreciated food item, buy a big batch, then try to make a dozen novel dishes with that as the focal piece.. other ingredients at your discretion. episode 1. The grapefruit

[@quantumbacon]

Grapefruit burger, grapefruit Hawaiian pizza, 70s grapefruit and cheese on sticks, grapefruit upside down cake, grapefruit granita, sweet and sour grapefruit pork

[@bonitagoodwin5086]

Great!!!!

[@SamWilder.]

Glad you liked!

[@jenduck5520]

I'd love to see you do a "most expensive" vs "cheapest" comparison of similar products Or a head-to-head comparison of store brands

[@deansaxon5819]

@samwilder your dessert looked baging tbf. I would of done excatly how you did it but maybe put the glass at an angle in the fridge after the rice pudding and then took it back out n repeat for each layer to give it a bangin professional look. That being said it did look 😋

[@charlottecarelse870]

Hi Sam and friends 😊 love your videos

[@S4lahmcr]

Cool

[@galoperfect]

good video sam, well done

[@stevie-pea]

A whole new take on walking down the aisle ! 🤵‍♂️👰‍♂️

[@mellie5858]

Love a grapefruit Sam. Have it in morning with my yoghurt.. Great vid again ❤😊

[@SamWilder.]

But it’s so bitter!!

[@mellie5858]

@@SamWilder. What can I say. I'm soooo sweet I need something to equal it out 😂

[@SamWilder.]

@@mellie5858 😂

[@gizzygibbs]

I really enjoy watching you, and you kinda remind me of Mike Jeavson. 😊

[@kevinkeane254]

Similar to Mike Jeavons i tevkon...🤔🤔 Great stuff

[@philipgladstone1914]

Love the video ❤ but the so called potato rosti is a giant potato gnocchi 😂 if you know you know 😜

[@gambitdragon3639]

Inspiring my friend keep up the great content 😊💜🙏🏻

[@SamWilder.]

Appreciate the kind words!

[@chrysalis4126]

Your next challenge should be buying everything that isn't ultra processed.

[@lauraweiss7875]

Here’s what I do with a grapefruit: squeeze it and use the juice in a tiki cocktail.

[@xIDarkSideIx]

What no canoe in the middle isle?? 😂😂

[@SamWilder.]

Can’t eat a canoe!

[@Ukelelelelele]

@@SamWilder. not with that attitude you can't xD

[@bangkokkaren6915]

A future budget idea is to use cooked spaghetti to make a pizza base.

[@leeandmandybattersby5958]

That bolognese looked to tasty

[@SamWilder.]

🥰

[@aledjango]

Relatively new sub, I like your creativity, hoping to help the algorithm! Italians would rage at you for not mixing the sauce and spaghetti, though.

[@Tom_murray89]

Great video

[@SamWilder.]

Thank you!

[@xingcat]

I can't eat grapefruit because it can interfere with some medications, but my grandmother used to halve them, sprinkle sugar on top and set them in the fridge overnight to eat for breakfast in the morning.

[@SamWilder.]

Interesting! I might try that! Could counter the bitterness

[@ZinqTV]

Yup my mum used to do that for me! It was the perfect combo I tell you

[@joycescott-vp1xm]

Yep when I ate them would just slice in half and sprinkle sugar on top

[@Leanne_w]

Same I can’t have grapefruit with my heart meds

[@soocolson2923]

Your thumbnail made me giggle. It reminded me of a paranormal channel one and you had found a demon shopping in Aldi 😁

[@SamWilder.]

😂😂😂

[@bleedinghandshughes]

you need to put a bit of milk in that spagettii sauce, trust me

[@joolsa3592]

You are awesome. You seem a bit drunk all the time. i like that

[@hollywebster6844]

If you do another of these videos, perhaps exclude spaghetti hoops (they are almost always cheapest somewhere), rice pudding and food you really don't like. If you were actually trying to shop with limited money, you won't buy something you truly don't like to eat, would you?

[@Leanne_w]

Not putting butter in crumpets is a crime

[@hmsmile1225]

😊🙃😊

[@AmyDaisy69]

To make this more interesting, how about have a rule where if you buy something at another store, you cannot buy that again? Then you won't have to buy rice pudding every time!

[@SamWilder.]

I did think about that!

[@janeelizabeth2207]

As always another video.

[@lindabeveridge1017]

I'm gluten yeast and dairy free looking for ideas for cheap meals I don't like spicy food

[@SuperMrScience]

oohhh im an early early boy today

[@anniejones1839]

If anyone can you can Id not have a clue and ive had to thrifty in the past.

[@abiamelia9179]

can u post twice a week

[@SamWilder.]

I wish, but I work full time!

[@fookoff9220]

Hi, Who is Carolina out of interest?

[@SamWilder.]

@@fookoff9220 my better half/wife. ☺️

[@AntJoseph_]

How are things so cheap in UK’s Aldi?

[@pip73-f6z]

SAUGER/? ARE YOU INSANE

[@JamesBond-c2p]

This wreaks of desperation. Nothing to say, nothing to video...buy cheapeat things from Aldi.... just awful.

[@Dora0-0123]

Don’t watch then 😂

[@JamesBond-c2p]

@@Dora0-0123 trust me....I didn't