VLOGMAS 2023 - December Monthly Grocery Haul - Costco, Coles, Aldi, F&V etc | Off Grid Australia 343

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December's grocery haul, this is for a 6 week period, but maybe to 8, depending on dates post xmas! Lots of extra goodies as well! :D
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[@wannie9731]

When you smile at the camera, I always smile back.

[@jenn4482]

Me too😊 contagious💞

[@deesmith7880]

So do I!

[@Victoria.Stein0201]

Same 😊

[@karenlauder9768]

I always smile back too😊

[@annamaria8755]

Yes, her smile is contagious.

[@oliviafox3605]

What a haul! Isn't it so much more enjoyable when you are not calculating to the last dollar? AND you took advantage of SO MANY great savings. You Rock, Nyssa!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It is so nice, to know that there's just that little bit of a buffer and you can manage until the next pay even if you go over a bit, it makes life so much nicer! :D.

[@rachellilley1518]

I love the fact that I have been watching your wonderful grocery hauls when you only had 1,200 subscribers.......I am thrilled to see just how much you have grown and just how much you deserve all the good things in life.....❤❤. You are such a joy to us all. Congratulations on 10,000 subscribers. Yay.

[@kymhernandez7059]

I remember waaaay back when you started your KZbin journey and I can't tell you how happy it makes my heart to see you having this success now! To hear you say you have flexibility with your groceries now (to some degree ofcourse lol) is just so wonderful!! Can't wait to watch what next year brings for you and your family! Merry Christmas Nyssa!! PS. As a side note whenever I'm watching your vids my hubby always asks " oh are you watching that clever lady from Queensland again??" 😂❤

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Hehe, naww, thank you and your hubby! :D It definitely feels nice that the work I've put in is a real result kinda thing, to be able to buy some extras for the freezer and be a little more flexible, I don't think I'll ever be particularly over the top! but it is nice to have a little extra! :D

[@debbiesavage7107]

What a fabulous haul! Those are some HUGE cuts of pork! Love the ‘free’ prawns, too! And all that gorgeous fruit!

[@cinapoowee7582]

Wow! I learned so much from this video. I kept googling things because I had never heard of them. We have lifesavers but never heard of fruit tingles. Pavlova was new. And, I couldn't find anything about li cheese? (spelling). I adore cashews, hazelnuts and pistachios. Too expensive anymore to buy but in the last 3 months at the food pantry I have received 6 one pound bags of pistachios and 3 two pound bags of hazelnuts.

[@cathygainge3033]

Look up lychees 😊

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Yes, Lychee's. :D. Nuts of any kind are so good, but yes, definitely a treat buy!

[@user-gc5qo5of7n]

Hi Nyssa, another great haul. I do not know how you find the energy to do it all. Please look after yourself and do not overdo it. I wish you and your family a wonderful Xmas and New Year. You deserve Mother of the year award. 🥨🍕🥦🍒🌽

[@CherylRoode]

I totatlly agree she deserves mother of the yr

[@lynneanthony168]

Fabulous haul as always, I'm delighted to hear you have a new freezer!! I know you will make good use of it. 😊

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It will be so good for getting some extras stored! :D

[@humm23]

I have friends who grow hazelnuts 7 miles from our houses. I can get 25# of hazelnuts for $75. And if I want to go gleaning after harvest all I have to is ask. But I live in the US in a valley where a lot of food is grown. I am hearing your prices....and I am in awe. Thank you for sharing. I love learning how others live across the globe

[@OurSmallFootprint]

That is awesome! I don't know where the Australian hazelnuts are grown tbh and honestly they might not even be Australian, I didn't check! They're not something we buy often, but I saw all these christmas recipes with nutella and nutella being dairy and like mostly sugar lol, I decided to make some myself :D

[@thewilderthestillhomestead9802]

You are an awesome parent and person. Thanks for picking up the camera and telling us about you. From Florida.

[@michelleh5727]

Only 400 over budget for 6 kids including Christmas is amazingly good in my opinion .. thank you for sharing:)

[@elainecoad205]

Love watchingyour grocery hall, then your videos processing what you bought.

[@Shellbell75x]

Its so refreshing to see how unapologetically you that you are.

[@hoosierladyus48]

I love Curtis Stone, he is a great chef and is very handsome. Love his accent also! Nyssa, you do a wonderful job shopping and cooking for your family especially when it's a one month haul. I hope all of you have a very blessed Christmas. 🎅🤶🎄

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I love watching the chef's I get so much inspiration watching cooking shows hehe :D. Thank you! :D Hope you and yours have a great Christmas too! :D

[@Cynkarl1]

Set extra places , we are all coming for supper. Thanks for sharing. Cindi

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Hehe, there'll be plenty of leftovers!

[@robynclarke5274]

Nyssa, I'm so impressed with the value and quality of the fresh produce, such great prices. I'm also making Jamie's cheese cake for Christmas, serving it with mango. Christmas is the best time for mangoes and stone fruit isn't it. Nice to eat when it's so hot.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It's so good at this time of year, good pricing and great tasting, which is the key isn't it, sometimes its one or the other!

[@elizaC3024]

Great video. Thank you for explaining all of the pricing. Please take us along on both your Asian cooking, as well as your Christmas holiday foods.

[@nanettesilas6062]

Love to look at all you buy .

[@bonniedill5500]

Love the inspiration for meals and love the new ideas at the big box stores too

[@bethenyauker4727]

A great haul!! A lot of good Christmas treats to be had!!!

[@jeanz3622]

Another great haul. Enjoy all your special goodies. Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas.

[@naturewoman1274]

I'm thrilled for you guys on getting your new freezer, I'll be at your place Xmas day for your terrimisu 😊

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I'm so glad I decided to do it, it was $300 for black friday, but still a signifcant investment, but a worthwhile one I think!

[@CherylRoode]

Absolutely the new freezer will save u money over time

[@debbiesavage7107]

Move over, i’m coming, too! 😁

[@naturewoman1274]

@@debbiesavage7107 😆 🤣 😂

[@eclecticmoi]

Great use of the flybys points! Thanks again, always love your grocery hauls x

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Its such a great way to use them, to save them for something that is 'special' for the season :D

[@carolynrose9522]

Big haul. Please let me know how what you think of the laundry liquid washing ability. I have heard reviews that weren't great but would like to buy if OK in the future. The fruit - always impressed. We have a new f&v store open up. Only found it after I'd already shopped. Prices looked good. Hopefully the pricing continues and it's not just opening up prices for short time. Bummer forgetting the beef trim. The new freezer will be full before you know it lol.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I'll update, I went through looking at all the offerings and decided to try this one! We'll see how it goes, but it seemed best bang for buck without SLS (Sonnet and Darryl suffer some severe eczema from SLS products) FX it works ok!

[@rosemariemichel7050]

Your new freezer will definitely pay for itself. Lots of good food for meals to come.

[@cherylyancey1179]

It’s Christmas and this is always the time of year that we splurge ❤❤❤

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Definitely! :D

[@sallyhostetter2820]

Nyssa, I have a cup of coffee and your grocery haul ready to watch. What good deals. 2 boxes of prawns for nothing. Wow, great deals on sale. I am still amazed that you loaded all those food items. Now I have some ideas. Glad you got a pork belly. I love watching your process making bacon. I believe your smoker broke. I will stay tuned to see how you do it. Merry Christmas. Always OK in my mind to get extras. I love you and Darryl get each other little things for each other and for yourselves.

[@lesliemckinley9615]

This was an eye opener for me. I live in the U.S. and also have 8 children. My 3 eldest are adults, but I was comparing what I use to spend on groceries. Wow! It is so much more in Australia. And yet it is clear you make a lot from scratch. Also it seems you have some dietary constraints as well. Well done!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Food is definitely costly here, though some things when you convert lbs to kg isn't too bad, though we don't seem to have the kind of specials that you guys do, when things are on special its packaged stuff, the meats and stuff don't get discounted much!

[@202kittykat]

Love the breakdown method. Makes it easy to follow

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I find it helps me to understand my spending better, rather than using just whole numbers!

[@gloriadavidson8599]

It's lovely to see all your treats for Christmas ❤ Also happy that you get your self some treats too ❤ Great bargains 👏👏👏👏your budgeting is a joy 😊😊 As always a pleasure to watch 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Love from the UK x

[@bylindalawrence5943]

Hello. Let me say I do miss your buddy the rooster. And I want you to I too watch grocery haul of others but I seem to enjoy yours more. I just feel more comfortable and at home while watching you. With that said I wish we were neighbors. 😊

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I sometimes miss them too! lol, when its cooler I might need to go record out near the chook pens, just so we get some noise! :D

[@cathybier506]

Looks like alot of great meals from your haul! Great to get specials on food with points. Have a very happy holiday season 😊!!

[@juliamarple3785]

Happy dance about the freezer & prawns! Very interesting looking at cost/person. I'm gonna see how I compare.

[@sallyethridge1393]

Have a wonderful Christmas

[@CherylRoode]

I luv watching and listening to u .i have learnt soooo much from u ❤

[@marygarcia5449]

Lovely haul!!!❤ can’t wait to see what you do with it all. Merry Christmas hun! Hugs 🤗

[@sharonburling2262]

Great load of groceries etc! I can't believe how cheap some of your produce are. Looks like a very indulgent Xmas and holiday period is coming! It's lovely to spoil yourselves, especially after the last few weeks for you guys!

[@karenlauder9768]

Hey Nyssa🥰 wow the two boxes of free prawns is awesome 🤩 I love flybys!!!! You are amazing with your budgeting & getting the flyby points🌟 Good glad you managed to get both the BBQ gloves & scissors. Oooow the cupcakes in the little ice cream comes sounds fun! Hopefully you can got back to 5 or 6 weekly shops now you’ve done the big Christmas haul & the kids pressies. Well done Nyssa, amazing effort 🤩

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I've booked in 6 weeks for the next one, I think we should be good! Mum is coming for a few days post xmas, but other than that, we'll go back to normal hehe :D

[@veronicaferris6633]

13:47 😂😂😂 you have Guinea fowl 😂😂😂

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Such a distinctive sound aren’t they! I love them heh

[@vanessamccarthy8224]

Loving seeing you so often thank you for the video!

[@Jan-ob4dm]

Amazing haul and budgeting. Hope you enjoy all of it. X

[@lochamb1234]

All I can say is, thank goodness for Christmas. It gives us "the right" to spend money, to buy yummy naughty things, to eat yummy naughty things and not give a rat's ass lol. I'm vegetarian, and the only thing I miss is fish, particularly prawns, so vicariously I shall enjoy seeing the different things you do with them. I still can't believe Monday week is Christmas and I haven't finished my Christmas present shopping and I've barely started hristm

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Oh, Definitely! I save up a lot of the yummies for Xmas and use it as an excuse lol. Sometimes I wonder why I don't make things more often during the year, but then I realise that it is what makes december/christmas special, the excuse to have all the desserts and the prawns and and hehe :D We have a few things we're still waiting on in the post, FX they all turn up! :D

[@lochamb1234]

didn't mean to hit the send button.....barely started Christmas food shopping which I hate. Having made Christmas dinner for my family & and friends for the last 20 years(except for 1 when I went to vegas), I'm not in the festive frame of mind and nor do I want to cook Christmas dinner for 14 people🙁 xxx

[@lochamb1234]

@OurSmallFootprint Absolutely Nyssa, I don't usually eat desserts but come Christmas day and boxing day I manage to consume a lot of desserts. I don't bake or make yummy desserts, I just do basics. However my 20 year old and 12 year old love making desserts, so I let them at it and then I cry at the state of my kitchen afterwards. Plus Mum and other family peeps do bake/make naughty goodness so I provide them with the orders to make things. Enjoy the rest of your weekend xx

[@danettecrossley7912]

If you have problems with ants mix some sugar or honey with borax mix some hot water till dissolved put in some small open containers also put a small piece of bread put in different areas where having the problem ants take back to nest share and die it's what we do here in the southern states cheap God bless

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thankyou! I'll give it a go :D. We're expecting rain, so I think that's why we're overrun atm!

[@irenedombryant2023]

Love watching when there's a bargain to be had, just makes you feel good when you get something free. Glad a bit of the stress is off with the new freezer and also the budget. Made Tiramisu last year after watching this, think might do it again this year, adding less Amaretto, was a bit too boozy last year for everyone.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

So nice to get good prices, even if I'm spending the same overall, that getting more for the same dollar value is so much fun!

[@cheryljohnson7838]

Great haul again. I so enjoy your videos. Ha e a nice holiday.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

You too! Thank you :D

[@jennyt7612]

Thanks for this great video. I think we all like grocery hauls & yours are always interesting. After seeing coconut milk in your last few hauls I have decided to try it for my coffee. I hope you Darryl & the kiddoes have a wonderful Christmas

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I think initially we definitely found it hard to get used to, but now its just the norm! and it just makes things easier us both having non dairy milk rather than one of each! I do enjoy real milk occasionally lol, I used the 4Real milk today to make a coffee frappe for myself and made a coconut milk one for D :D

[@madalina088]

Congrats on 10k🎉

[@shopwithjen]

Great job! ❤

[@kyliedrost3589]

QLD has hard water and front loaders need more borax here. Hard water prevents laundry detergent from working as it should leaving your clothes gray and dingy. Since borax contains sodium4, adding one-half cup per load helps to soften the wash water. Works wonders. Borax is a natural chemical so is safe.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We use rain water, so I don't know whether that applies unfortunately, I'm not sure what the hardness of the water is that we're using :S.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

@@katv1195 we do sometimes filter in some bore water or town water into the tank as well when we’re low, so we’re prob mixing a bunch of diff hardness levels lol

[@Bex-rg8pj]

Thank you for your video ❤

[@katieheadlam3110]

Hello from tas. Xxx ❤ merry Christmas 🎅 to you and your wonderful family

[@conniewach7872]

What a great haul.

[@katrinaschuster6341]

10 k woo hoo... good job

[@Crochetingthroughlife]

Oh my my dear.. that spider or what is was had me hold my breath 😂

[@OurSmallFootprint]

There was a bug/spider ?? when hehe :D. I think I'm so used to them I don't even see it mosta the time! :D

[@Crochetingthroughlife]

@@OurSmallFootprint It was from the start. When you was talking. Right above your head. But on the other side of the net thankfully :)

[@OurSmallFootprint]

@@Crochetingthroughlife ahhh hehe, prob a Christmas/jewelled spider. At this time of the year they’re everywhere out there, completely harmless but their webs are super sticky!

[@teresaryan4956]

Love your grocery hauls.

[@aprilwright8056]

Can’t wait to see what you do with all of it!!!

[@susanmontgomery1104]

You bought some really yummy looking fruit. The fruit I came across here was really ripe so I passed on it. I still have to shop for Christmas dinner. You had a really nice haul!It was a lot of fun TFS!!!❤

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I was lucky to get a good range of green to ripe I reckon, and we'll use up the cucumbers etc quickly and then move stuff to the fridge as it hits ripe!

[@rentedspace7462]

Great stuff. It’s amazing how far it all goes. I really hope that you have a magical Christmas ❤❤

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I quite enjoy the stretching of it sometimes heh :D

[@HakeemThomas-kg1rc]

You could an pineapple spears....yum

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Pineapple cans so well!

[@rentedspace7462]

That’s my you tube dream. Is to inspire others and also to make enough money to not be stressed when I get to the check out. Or find that I miscalculated the amount that I spent and not have enough money to pay for the groceries 😢

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It felt like it would never get there for a while, that there was a lot of work with very little return, but I really enjoy the community on here too, and that really helped to keep pushing! I don't need to get huge! but the little bit of extra income has made a huge difference to us and I am very grateful!

[@rentedspace7462]

@@OurSmallFootprint I’m the same I’m happy to plod along and inspire and yes you put a lot of work in to get where you are. Your also engaging which really helps. Keep up the great work and we hope you have a magical Christmas

[@debbiebousquet5677]

Hello I'm glad for ur new freezer space an Happy Holidays season . An I just saw a video on red potatoes. They say that it's a a red dy an color that they spray the potatoes with to make them red... Have No clue iffn it tru or not but ur red potatoes reminded me of it... 😂

[@debbiebousquet5677]

An I think everyone likes food hauls an cookn videos is cuz we're naturally nosey as people an want to c what the world is eating an how they cook an prepare it all ❤😂 or at least that's my thing.... 😂❤🎉

[@debbiebousquet5677]

An those peaches an nectarines an Pineapples make a nice jellies or jams too... ❤

[@debbiebousquet5677]

The cherry chocolate s r my favorite I've bought a few boxes already.... ❤

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Heh, these ones are a red skinned variety of potato but I’m sure in places out there they’d do silly things like that! I like the texture of the red potatoes, they’re firmer they make nice potato salad!

[@kerrijones719]

Another great haul. Some yummy treats there as well. Your free er will be very handy. 😊

[@pauladart176]

Another good video. Thanks for sharing.

[@Desertthorn11]

Is that Kanji on your arm and if so ? does it say. Ignore if needed.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Its the symbol for year of the pig :D. I have collected pigs/loved pigs for most of my life and am born in the year of the pig, then my eldest was also born in the year of the pig, so I went with it hehe :D

[@dianelopes8199]

great heathy tasty haul , hope you all have a great Christmas, did you get a tree and a turkey ? ,i dont cook turkey i do beef and gammon , but did get my tree out the attic well the few twigs left on it has i have had so long lol, blessings guys

[@OurSmallFootprint]

We don’t do turkey, it’s not a common Christmas thing here, but we have a solar light up Christmas tree and a painted one Sonnet made! Heh

[@elizabethjohnston5247]

Great haul.🫶🇨🇦🎅

[@itsjustmetamz3102]

I always wanted to make sushi but have never done it so it will be interesting to see how you do it

[@OurSmallFootprint]

The kids are pretty good at it now too! Which takes the pressure off me lol.

[@BonnyP-69r]

I missed where the cherries were from? They look good. Thanks.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Fruit and veg, Mega Fresh Browns Plains :)

[@trudytiplady4096]

Awesome haul

[@jenniferr2057]

Everytime I watch one of these its interesting. After adjusting for exchange rate, I am surprised what is markedly more expensive or markedly cheaper. Taking account, of course, climate and that we don't grow a pineapple within a half a continent of anywhere I live! In the US, chicken breast is the more expensive and comparable in price. Chx thighs... A fourth the cost here? Random, but interesting!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Thighs used to be cheaper here and then they became ‘trendy’ with all the keto etc. it’s frustrating lol! Fruit is readily avail at this time of year it’s wonderful! And being in Queensland most of the year there’s a fruit of some kind that’s cost efficient because it’s warm most of the year in a lot of the state!

[@jenniferr2057]

@@OurSmallFootprint at least 6months per year, here, it's too cold for water, meat alone fruit! You do a great job.....

[@lorrainecostanzo9092]

Wow, your ginger is so cheap ours here in NE Vic is around $27.99kg, as I'm disabled I only do big shops about 3 times per year but this year I have been so worried as our power keeps going off for days at a time. I freeze meat, cheeses, bread crumbs, frozen veggies etc and I get so stressed when it happens so much

[@OurSmallFootprint]

It's so hard when you rely on the freezer for long term storage :S. I try super hard to get as much on the shelf as I can, but freezing is so convenient! I try and grab ginger whenever it is on special, I have a decent stash, but when I'm brewing ginger beer, I can go through it fairly quickly!

[@caroljane75]

There’s a video most people would like….transferring the frozen food.

[@mandiesplace]

Great haul!! The fruit and veg looks so good! I love peaches! So nice you bought some stuff for yourself. I just started buying puff pastry what do You make with it!

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Peaches are so tasty! Sausage rolls! that's what I use it a lot for, or quick apple turnovers, sometimes the top of pies and I do my own shortcrust for the bases, little danishes, or even little pizza scrolls, it has so many uses, I love to have some in the freezer to use whenever I think about it!

[@mandiesplace]

@@OurSmallFootprint are there any recipes on your website? I tried turnovers once and couldn’t get them closed…

[@Alicesgardenau]

I had a squirrel moment watching this - would your climate be good for planting a cherry tree? I know you’re in qld but being inland you get the cold temps needed for cherries. Do you reckon worth a try?

[@OurSmallFootprint]

I did have one, when we put our first fruit trees in, bare root, but it never took off, I might have to try again!

[@Alicesgardenau]

@@OurSmallFootprint I say give it another crack next winter

[@carolwhisenhunt7504]

Great haul. Loved all the extras. Did you shop already for kids Christmas ? Do yall celebrate Christmas ?

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Most of their christmas gifts are already bought, and I have some still hoping they arrive in the mail this week! :D.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Didn’t you do well. Some great prices there.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Lots of variety! great time of year for it :D hehe

[@atlanticalilly]

I get so confused whenever you talk about cordial, so I looked it up. It's not something that is common here in the USA.

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Yes and its not really known by anything else either, like I can't call it something else and you know what it is! :D

[@jenstewark8087]

Hello nyssa

[@OurSmallFootprint]

Morning Jen! :D