Grocery Haul for the MONTH + One-Ingredient foods + Family of 12 + Budgeting 

Sara- you’re being a bit hard on yourself. Your grocery hauls are the best for not having processed foods already. Your shopping skills are really impressive

I did “clean” eating a couple of years ago and I felt really great and lost a couple of pounds. Good luck to you!!! ❤️

Hi Sarah and Solo I recently learned that natural peanut butter is easier to stir if you store it upside -down outside of the fridge, but do what you feel comfortable with for your family. Lyatt Sandee from Ohio.💜💜🙏🤘😊

Fellow lincolnite, here! If you want farm fresh chickens delivered right to your door, plum Creek farms is the way to go! They are a family-run business and so amazing.

These are my favorite types of videos, the grocery store is my happy place.

If you you buy a spiralizer, you can make zucchini or beet noodles to replace pasta. And I bet several of the kids would enjoy making the spirals

For eating "cleaner"i would definitely recommend trying costco again for more options. They tend to have cleaner and more organic options than Sam's Club (at least in my area)! I know going in the store sucks BUT maybe you'll find some yummy, easy, clean foods! Thanks for posting, this is inspiring and SO EYE OPENING!!

For sandwich meat, you should try “Plainville Farms”. They sell their organic oven roasted sliced turkey breast at Costco here in CA and it’s only 3 ingredients; organic turkey breast, water & salt. It may not be the 1 ingredient type of items you’re looking for but it’s pretty clean when compared to other lunch meats and it lists Turkey as the first ingredient! 🤓

Costco sells a cooked whole turkey breast for $3.99/lb. I buy that and sliced it myself for sandwich meat. No preservatives so it goes bad fast, but we keep slices in freezer to pull out as needed (small family)

I've used queso fresco. It will be good on your bowls. It is mild tasting, and the texture is kind of like feta. This month sounds like an exercise in frustration, lol. It is annoying that there are not cleaner options. Also, southern tip...save the bacon grease from that expensive bacon. Use it to cook up your kale and eggs (and anything else!), more bacon flavor for your buck. 😁

Queso fresco is awesome crumbled on everything from soups to chili, tacos, enchiladas, taco bowls, salads, everything

I've been reading labels on our food for sometime now and I am still shocked by what I read ! So scary. So pleased that you are doing this. It's harder at first but in the long run your family will be much healthier and your children are learning too 😘

Costco has turkey (lunch meat) that is only turkey and salt. Highly recommend!

For shrimp, we make Italian shrimp. You take a stick of butter on a cookie sheet and melt it, then slice lemons and place on there, add shrimp, and sprinkle on a pack of Italian seasoning. Bake for about 15 min

I’ve added frozen riced cauliflower to my fruit smoothies before and it gives it that milkshake consistency and it’s so delicious!

This is what I love about you Sarah! I watch other large families and they're focus is on just feeding their families without considering the health benefits/consequences. I understand just feeding a large family itself is hard enough but you manage to do it and keep it healthy and make it look easy too. Good work Sarah and Solo, keep it up!

We are a family of 5 and we recently started shopping once a month for groceries. It’s been amazing! Less stress.

I think you are inspirational. Your children are respectful and helpful in the house . I enjoy your videos

My suggestion for the lunch meat is to buy a turkey breast or whole chicken, roast and then use electric knife to thinly slice. You can even freeze if you like for later.

Your question re: lunch meat.... deli meat is so processed. My only suggestion would be to buy your own deli slicer. Cook up those chicken or turkey breasts and slice away!! Good luck!👍🏻😘

Egg sandwiches are a great option for lunches, especially since the kids love hard boiled eggs. Just add either chopped onions, chives or mayo, or all 3. You can also add a ton of salad to bulk up. I used to live on these when I was younger x

For lunch meat I roast a turkey breast and a top round beef roast (season them) then I chill them all the way and slice them i to lunch meat. They slice better chilled. You cN find an actual lunch meat slicer super cheap on Amazon or you can just slice it thin

It's smart to know what's in the food we're eating. Good job! We recently discovered a sandwich filling made w chickpeas called "no-tuna salad". So good! Just mash up the chickpeas somewhat, then mix w tahini (made from just sesame seeds, at Trader Joe's), Dijon or dry mustard, a little maple syrup, red or green onion, chopped celery, diced pickle, and sunflower seeds or pine nuts. Turned out way better than I'd expected.

We love chickpeas so much that I buy them online, dried and in bulk to save money and control the additives. Twice a week I will soak 2 cups of dried chickpeas overnight, drain, and cook in the Instant Pot for 18 minutes. Then we freeze some to add to soups, stews, or curries and use the rest in salads and to make hummus. My freezer has a some meat, but mostly contains my home cooked bean collection: black beans, navy beans, white beans, pinto beans, and kidney beans. The Instant Pot was the best appliance I purchased in the last decade. We use it so much I'm told Santa is bringing be another one, soon.

I cook whole turkey breast and roast I bought a meat slicer on Amazon and slice them into lunch meat

Happy Birthday, Judah!!

For sandwich meat you got a ham or roast beef cook and slice them yourself, you should also be able to freeze the meat after you prep it

Yes, cheddar is not naturally yellow, so you'll usually see Annatto in the ingredients used to make it yellow. But annatto is just the dried powder of a fruit, specifically used for coloring. So it is a real ingredient, totally natural and is perfectly safe to eat 😊

If the kids are missing pasta - there’s a lot of chickpea pasta on the market that is only one ingredient! And it tastes just like “normal” pasta!

Preservatives will be found in seafood that is frozen. The only way to avoid would be to go to a fish market where they freeze their catch.

When you start to eat, clean eating for your body. Your brain works alot better. And you yourself feel better. Thanks for your info . I love you, and your husband's chemistry together.

To avoid the raw egg mayo problem, try making your own using a vegan recipe. Here is one, I am not sure if one ingredient soy milk exists but if so, maybe try this? 1 cup (240ml) Avocado Oil 1/2 cup (120ml) Unsweetened Soy Milk 1 Tbsp Olive Oil 1/2 tsp Salt 2 tsp White Vinegar 1 Tbsp Maple Syrup Put all ingredients into a wide mouth jar and use an immersion blender to combine. Makes 1.5 cups and stays fresh for 5 days in the fridge.

It’s crazy what companies put in things. My son is egg, dairy, soy & corn free . Soy and corn are in absolutely EVERYTHING. I understand the struggle !

If the milk gallon has a circle indentation that is to allow for expansion when frozen

Girl grow your own! We have a tiny yard amd plant every inch we can. It makes it so much healthier, more convenient, and cost effective.

When my kids were small I used to buy a small cooked joint of beef and my local butcher sliced the whole joint wafer thin for me and my kids used to love sandwiches made from it ❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️

My husband and I bought a meat slicer, we roast a whole turkey and slice the breast for sandwich meat.

If you're feeling up for it, making seitan is super quick to pull together & makes great lunch "meat". A million recipes & flavors for it, my current fav beefy one is really well spiced & some also incorporate chickpea & spices like sage for a more chickeny flavor. Anyway I love it & thought I'd share

My mom buys that queso fresco all the time and it is a staple in our Mexican household you can put it Pinto beans .my mom makes a dish of Mexican rice Cooked pinto beans boiled eggs and crumble some queso fresco on it and it is so good. growing up we didn’t have that much money but my mom always bought that to elevate a dish

Eli is so unique! Remember his superhero phase where he wore the Spider-Man costume non-stop? And he was working on his muscles? (He's still strong, won the plank contest.) And now with the hat!💗💗💗

You hit the nail on the head. Our foods are packed with additives that are poisoning us, hence the higher rates of cancer, mental illness, etc. So hard to eat clean! I hope you find some family favorite meals with this adventure.

Cook a whole ham and slice/shred it for sandwiches! Can flavor it how you’d want too

I applaud you for giving it a try!!! A few bumps in the road, but you're learning as you go!!

I'm super excited for this! With my recent diagnosis of heart disease were trying to cut the sodium preservatives and it feels impossible without making everything from scratch. Can't wait to see what you make for dinners!

Enjoyed watching this! Smucker's is made near where my parents and I live. We used to have fresh goats milk when we raised goats and we used to make goat milk cheese. We have aloe plants here.

Thank you for posting. The Daisy brand cottage cheese is a good option.

Mayo: Roon temp Egg in a wide mouth pint jar add 1/4 light oil (light olive oil, grapeseed, avocado...) room temp mustard (to taste 1-3tsp) room temp lemon juice (1T.) Salt (1 tsp) Blend with immersion blender and drizzle 1 cup more of oil in while immersing until thick. Cannot double recipe have to make multiple jars.

I love your channel in every way. Thanks so much for all you share with us.

Seth is such a smiley baby! :) So adorable. And the one ingredient challenge you doing sounds like an amazing idea! I think i will try it!

I live in Texas, I keep aloe it is the one plant I cant seem to kill. I would keep it in a pot because it spreads like crazy if you let it. I dont even water mine and only bring it in when we get to freezing Temps. Good luck, love your channel!!!

An idea for lunch meat would be to cook and shred a roast (beef or pork) or chicken breast/whole & then add hard boiled eggs & dill pickles, mustard &/or Mayo & season then place on bread or lettuce leaves. It is a good alternative to store bought lunch meats. Just an idea I used to make for my kids years ago. Nice to have you share this ‘one ingredient’ way of eating. It’s amazing what the manufacturers add to entice people to eat their foods. We watch for sugars as my husband was diagnosed with diabetes over 2 yrs ago which REALLY helped to clean up our act to eat cleaner. Blessings! 🤗💞

This was so so helpful thank you! Honestly the most relevant and useful RU-vid video I’ve seen in ages😁

I usually buy the organic canned beans from Aldi. They're usually just the bean, salt and water. Conventional canned beans usually have preservatives.

Salmon Croquettes are wonderful and the salmon goes along way so you can feed a large family. Just add onion and egg with seasonings of choice and crackers or bread crumbs like a meatloaf and I air fry mine. My mom used to sub jack mackrel in the make it go farther.............not sure if it is clean though.

For lunch meat, make up a bunch of pulled chicken and pulled pork. It can be used for so much: sandwiches, salads, breakfast eggs bowl...

I absolutely love how health conscious you are!

Love this .Keeping it real

Yes, you really have to watch out for added items in so called one ingredient goods. Frozen Fish and even frozen fruits usually have added ingredients the companies don’t deem a bad added item. Salt ,citric acid etc. For lunch meats try tuna, canned chicken , egg salad

so excited to see how your month goes! Ive never heard of the 1 ingredient foods idea, but I love it! good luck!

After our trip next month it’s clean eating for us!! Thanks for sharing what y’all are doing and I can’t wait to see the meals

I've started making more of our food from scratch. I'm trying to get away with all the "junk" in the food we eat. Get a turkey breast and cook it and make your own lunch meat. It's not all that hard to do once you taste the difference!

We love egg sandwiches. Fried egg, mustard, lettuce and tomato on bread (we sometimes toast the bread)😃

Silken Tofu to make dressings and mayonnaise, sliced chicken breast to replace cold cuts. If you want to make them especially for that purpose you can season them with more paprika garlic etc

As for lunch meat, buy a good size turkey breast, look at ingredients label, most times you can find one that is organic, then roast it with a little sage, salt & pepper, and olive oil, let it rest, tgen cool completely in the refrigerator overnight, slice it as thin as possible, we use a serrated electric carving knife, it yields about 3 pounds of meat, and then you can use any bits and pieces fir turkey salad, then boil the bones with vegetable scraps to make a good broth, that can be used for soups stews or even to boil rice in...... extra flavor is always great!

So inspired by you! I’m ready to do more healthy cooking again- the holidays were rough 😩 And you found the pot!! Love it! 😍

You can get pasta that’s just Durum Wheat Semolina. I know the 365 brand just used Durum Wheat Semolina, and water. Not sure what others

When I was cooking for a ton of peeps everyday, I had a meat slicer and sliced my own roasted meats. Pork loin, Turkey breast, and roast beef were their favs

Annatto color comes from a seed, it makes things red and orange. Daisy's cottage cheese is good. Lunch Meat Idea - Cook Turkey Breast, Roast Beef in the crockpot, let cool in the fridge and then slice thin!

The best idea I would have would be egg salad or chicken salad, and use home made mayo :) It’s super easy to make in the blender.

Mary’s Nest on u tube is a great source for traditional foods.

Can get pork belly for bacon. For lunch meats, cook up roasts and slice them. Can even freeze the sliced meats, water bath thaws them quickly. Great savings, here in Alberta, Canada is costs roughly $80/week per person to eat clean.

What my mother did on the farm for lunch meat was cook up a couple chickens, roast and ham then cut up the meat for subs and sandwiches. If you have a cow processed they can cut meat to coik for lunch meat, same with hogs. We raised chickens too so we had fresh eggs, chickens for roasting and old laying hens make the best chick and dumps.

Hey! I hope that everyone is well. I had the thought that for sandwiches you could buy a whole ham and cook it, cook a roast for roast beef, cook a whole chicken ect. It's a lot more work but you'd know exactly what was in it.

Almost every packaged food has some sort of preservative additives. If you want one ingredient foods you may have to buy organic only.

Great idea eating one ingredient foods! Crazy how much junk they add to our food. We’ve been doing something similar now that my daughter is allergic to msg. For lunch meat type alternatives-cook up chicken thighs or breasts, chop up really small and add whatever you like for chicken salad sandwiches. Shred chicken or beef, add bell peppers and onions and your favorite Mexican seasonings to make fajita roll-ups. Slice of bread, spread tomato sauce, sprinkle basil, then mozzarella cheese and broil for a second for quick pizzas. Bread or tortillas, spread cream cheese, sliced cucumbers or lettuce and leftover cooked chicken. Roll up the tortilla or slice bread on the diagonal to be fancy. Love your channel!

Have you roasted chickpeas ? Drain and rinse a tin, dry roast for 15 minutes at 400⁰F , them out and toss with a couple of tbsp of olive oil and whatever spices you want.. put back in the oven for another 15 minutes.. let cool before eating. Absolutely delicious! If you try this with dried ones you will need to soak and cook them for about 20-30 minutes first. Check them at 20 minutes to see if they are tender.

You can make salmon patties out of the can salmon! It’s just a little flour, eggs, milk, and chopped onions! It’s really good!

My family is doing the Daniel Fast right now, and we have a “Crazy Richards” peanut butter that’s just peanuts and it’s pretty good!

Yes, I love the pick up option at Sam’s Club! I love it! I wish Costco had it too.

With my husbands health issues & my food restrictions I had to get creative. Yes egg salad, chicken salad with homemade mayo. I put lots of veggies in my sandwich salad. Also Salmon, make it like you'd make tuna salad. One last sandwich is leftover meatloaf. Your homemade bread, mayo, and meat loaf. You could have cheese on it Great job Sarah. Hood challenge I think I will join you. Lisa

Half the stuff that is added to American food is illegal in the European Union :D

I cook a silverside for a meal and then I have meat left over for toasties the next night ,and also lunch meat. Aussies understand what I’m talking about 🇦🇺.

Loved your video!! I used an aloe plant to treat my sunburn when i was in AZ-nothing better! I'm sure that will come in handy!

I love this! After I watched this video I went and looked at my food ingredients. I was shocked at some of the ingredients in our food too! Just an FYI- Kirkland frozen tilapia and shrimp both have just one ingredient, Kirkland frozen chicken breasts just have water and salt. Also Lara bars are a pretty clean snack we like to give as a snack.

I bought that salmon from Aldis last month...it was very good

Roast you're shrimp or scallops with the veggies and some Old Bay seasoning! Yum!:)

Buy a couple of roasts, beef and pork, season well, bake them and then slice them thin and there ur, with cuts for sandwiches or salads! Bon appetit! 😊👍

For salads/sandwiches - corned beef/silverside in Instant Pot or Slow Cooker - 1 onion, 1 celery stick, 1 carrot, 1 bulb garlic, 2 bay leaves, tsp black peppercorns, 1 tsp cloves - add to Instant Pot/Slow Cooker and cover with water and cook according to weight of meat. We love it.🧡

For lunch meat, I just cook a whole chicken or roast in the crock pot. Shred or slice. It's great in wraps, on salads, or as a "lunch meat" on sandwiches.

Shredded cheese treated with chemical to prevent spoilage, maintain appearance, better to buy block cheese and grate yourself.

Oh this makes me so happy I need a best thank you I was so worried that you were not going to do grocery halls anymore because I thought I had missed it. I have been having a really rough time lately, long story short I was a bicycle accident in May and went downhill until right before Thanksgiving. I had back surgery and now relearning how to walk. Your videos bring a smile to my face and I really appreciate you making the content.

I'm going to be checking my food out now. Thank you

Costco has a lot more “cleaner” cheese options. They also have a cleaner lunch meats, but you have to look around they also have a lot of bad ones.

Many brands of frozen chicken is injected with solution. (I have a no-salt diet so I watch out for injected solution.)

I applaud you for doing the best you can for your family! I sooooo appreciate your honesty about the sweets and the "mess" in the kitchen. My kitchen always looks like that and we are only 2 people! We are also trying to eat cleaner these days. Very frustrating but "trying" is better than doing nothing at all.

For lunch meats, the closest thing you will get is uncured meats. Usually have meat, celery salt and spices ...Similar to the applegate bacon, applegate has great lunch meats Also, next time you shop at walmart, they have Bumble Bee cracked pepper tuna in a pouch for only $1. Ingredients are tuna, salt and pepper. Super clean and the price is amazing. The cracked pepper one is the only one that is really clean KUDOS to you mama...This is by far the best grocery hall I have ever seen on RU-vid. When I first started reading labels (11 yrs ago now) was because my son was born with a terrible dairy allergy. We had to read everything...made me sick to see what was in food. Knowledge is power. Let food by thy medicine and medicine thy food...WOO HOO

1-16-21 just buy a whole ham and a turkey and have ur own lunch meat.

I heard the baby crying and thought it was my Benji! 😂 He's 4 months old.

Also from a brisket cut of meat you can make corned beef it takes about 2 - 6 weeks of marination in the fridge but you have total control of the ingredients that way. There are many recipes online for corned beef

For lunchmeat ideas maybe try whole joints of meat and slice thinly... you can pop a ham joint in slow cooker and slice thin. Or grilled chicken breast, beef roast , pork loin in slow cooker and shred.