I spent ZERO on groceries this week...and this is what happened

Hey foodie friendies. Welcome to Budget Foodie UK. I have managed to survive a week without spending any money on food - living on cupboard and freezer supplies. Follow my journey here!
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Greetings!
Welcome to Budget Foodie UK.
I'm Rechenda, a 40-something from Norwich, Norfolk. I live with my Tuxedo cat Jack. Together we are trying to save as much money on food (and in life) to help save for a house deposit over the next five years.
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- Money making hacks
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[@awpetersen5909]

What a creative cook you are.

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Thank you I try! X

[@margaritabetancourt1167]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@Cathy7816-u4v]

You made me laugh when you said you ‘possibly’ had some toast during the night. Haha. I am new to your videos and love them. Been binge watching for 2 days.

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Welcome!! Haha thanks so much xx

[@melanytodd2929]

Me too 😂 Such fun❤

[@paularoberts2129]

Absolutely love your videos It would be lovely to know how your savings are going with your frugal food challenges I myself are always saving for something its so much fun And I’m on a very tight budget here in the uk and on only a pension But it can be done if the food bill is low You are certainly on the right track Take care have a great week xx❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

You can do it! My spending went off track when mum died and o recently got a large tax bill so I’m starting from scratch x

[@paularoberts2129]

Good luck xx❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@janetsandham7058]

Hi Me watching more of ur older vids To catch Im intending to watch at least 4 for now Hope ur having a great weekend

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Thank you! You too!

[@carolcopley3639]

Impressive and Creative. Important to acknowledge our failures but continue to push through. Many of my best ideas come from challenges like this. Very good ideas. Thank you for sharing

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Love that carol, thank you! X

[@riorisa6613]

I did have that in my freezer for ages. Made smoothie with the fruits and risotto with the green stuff.

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Yummy xx

[@EmilyMurphy-x5v]

Love your videos! When i started meal planning and only buying what I needed, I halved my weekly food shop! You are absolutely right about the false economy of bulk buying for small households. My suggestion would be try to buy nutrient dense options (even if not as nice), wholemeal bread, peanut butter- things to fill you up. Keep up the good work!! You're creating great content for us 😊 thank you

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Fabulous! Great feedback Emily xx

[@martineo9638]

Great vid! Every week or so I go through my groceries and stock and pull out what needs te get used up. I feel like that also saves a lot! I never buy groceries specifically for a week I have my staples and keep those stocked and once in a while I buy things on offer or get stuff....and usually that is the stuff that gets pulled out for the needstogetused pile lol.

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Love that! Great tips x

[@Picklelil]

I'm currently going back and watching your older vids - I am currently 'eating down the fridge/freezer' so trying not to shop! I end up with so much freezer stuff I don't even know whats in there! I also never label it so its freezer roulette a lot :D

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Same! Xx

[@carolinemarshall8782]

Tinned fish,mixed with rice,sardines,pilchard

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Yum x

[@jacquespoulemer]

Buongiorno Amica Mia, I enjoy thick oatmeal...I like to sculpt. I have a green pea recipe which is adjacent to mushy peas. I take fresh peas and cook them in butter with some powdered chicken stock, pepper(hot Chili) herbs, onions and garlic - until tender. I then blend them up with more butter if needed til I get a nice spread (In my mad scientist mind this tastes a bit like flavored potato crisps (chips US). I use it as a side, or spread it on bread, crackers etc. or use it instead of mayo. or I just eat it hehehe. In the 1970s I purchased the "Fanny Farmer Freezer Cookbook" which had tips on how to manage one's freezer. One of the suggestions was to have a list of the contents. I think this helps with meal planning and not opening the freezer so much. I keep the bits and bobs of veggies which I will use for stock in the freezer. When they hit critical mass I make the stock and if it's also too much some of the stock can be frozen. Jacques le Chat

[@jacquespoulemer]

I watch a lot of bulk cooking videos. A clever way to avoid monotony is to just prep basic ingredients. In our freezer here we have all our veg prepped seperately. Carrots, corn, onions, garlic, etc etc. Even when I make an pan of roast aubergine (eggplant) I make it with onion garlic peppers tomato and perhaps something green but I do the seasoning when I reheat it (greece, India, france, uk, italy, mexico, turkey, china, japan, vietnam) if you have the spice blends and or sauces made up in advance (I know there you have packets) it's a question of base - spice and just reheat. I hope this helps. Jacques

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Love it jacques

[@annekuss4959]

good job , very intresting

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@YorkshireGirlinDarwin]

Great effort ❤️🇦🇺

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Thank you! 😃

[@leehellam9719]

New subbie here! Gone back to older videos- may I ask where you got the bags for the freezer that you keep veggies etc in? Thanks

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Thanks for subbing! They were from temu 💋 x

[@jamesnock5572]

Night toast it's officially a thing🙋‍♂️

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

It is

[@zehraUK]

yeah I think bulk cooking gets boring after a while. Meal planning is definitely a winner. I've seen ingredient prepping and that seems to work better. Look forward to see you journey as a budget foodie :)

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Yes! Thank you! Xxx

[@melanytodd2929]

😂😂😂. I bought that type of cheese once... omitted to take the plastic sheets (between the slices) off. My son didn't like it that much...😢

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Haha that is brilliant 😝 xx

[@janetsandham7058]

If u ever have lots of fish fingers An get fed up ot as fishfinger I open them up and make a fish pie

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Ooh good idea

[@junepearce733]

New subscriber here, did you make the date syrup, Is it easy to make? Thanks

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

Hi June lovely to meet you an thanks for following x no I bought the date syrup from Lidl a while back xx

[@gillianhope6724]

I love toast.xx

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

It is a winner x

[@allyrooh3628]

I noticed your condiments are all in personal jars in the doorway of your fridge do you take them out of the original containers and put them in there or do they come that way? I’m from the US. Everything’s packaged and wasteful here.

[@BudgetFoodieUK]

I do yeah take them out of their original containers x