I was just going to say that 😁. Just cut the root end off 1st so the leaves can suck up the water. Works wonders with any lettuce, celery, most herbs...
Use slightly moistened newspapers and wrap your salads etc to store in the fridge . I bought fresh salad heads and stored them for almost 2.5 weeks keeping them fresh and crispy just making sure to re-moisture the paper and removing the odd yellowish leave occasionally. Has to be mentioned though that this was fresh salad from the field yet did absolutely surprise me 😊
Hey Taz, I've been following your cooking journey for years and I have to say you've really made great progress - you're basically there now. If you can throw together a tasty meal from a bunch of ingredients that's all you need to be a decent home cook and I would have eaten every single one of the meals you made. Well done!
Since you've been documenting shopping on a budget for a few years now, it would be cool to recreate a video of last year and see how much the pricing has changed??
One of the key things I’ve noticed is that the products are not available. For example, if you used to buy a budget brand of pasta for 30p, it’s not that the brand is now 40p, it’s that it is unavailable. So you have to buy a totally different product for a much greater amount. And that is the same for every product. Same with offers. Certain products would fairly reliably come on offer frequently enough that you could last it out till it came round again. But they stopped the offers. Then they put up the price. Then they stopped the product. So now you have to buy a different product which is vastly more expensive. It’s hopeless. I used to manage really well using basic ingredients, offers, and occasional treats. Never felt I was missing out. Now I’m lost.
I think you should stick to £25 but try other supermarkets to see how they compare with the same budget. So proud of how far your cooking and eating has come.
You do have to take everything into consideration though - not just food. Income, taxes and all other expenses, a lot of which are not obvious to somebody who doesn't live in the country. Britain has always had cheap food, but other costs are higher than elsewhere, and the average income is also lower than in other places in Europe.
@@morningstar8187 I'm not British. However, I do know that there have been people unable to cook because they couldn't afford gas anymore in Britain. It's also not just income and income taxes. There are other costs that go into this as well. Also, a lot of countries have a cost of living crisis, not just Britain. I pay about 50% more for food now than I did pre-Covid. That is only food. Most other things have gone up as well, just like they have in a lot of other places.
As a student, that sort of chickpea veg curry you made is one of my go-to meals to cook. You can buy the ingredients for about £2, it only takes a few minutes to cook, it'll last for a few days or you can freeze it, and it's actually healthy
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Not me in Chile, spending £25 on like four things, because the living cost over here is crazy high. I am forever shocked while watching your budget videos
Better help is full of unqualified “therapists” they also got had HIPPA which means they aren’t regulated to protect private info and soul data it’s not a company to promote at all
Can I suggest watching Budget Eats on Delish. June's series doing budget eats was seriously the only reason I watched their channel, she is by far one of the most unique thinkers when it comes to food & cooking that I've ever seen. I think half the adventure is getting as much variety as you can in your set budget, finding places that allow you to stretch that budget even more. She'd find dollar bone bags & make her own beef bone broth & there's still meat in the bones so she always pulled all of it off once cooked & it was like a 2 in 1 for only $1. She'd find dollar produce vendors, buy dried beans & lentils to make her own flower using anything she could to stretch that budget beyond anything I could do & she was doing this in New York one of the most expensive cities in the US. Just some food for thought
I wish where I live, they would do a wonky veg box because that is amazing how much fruits and veggies you get for such a little cost and also it reduces food waste which is great too!
Banana sandwiches are definitely a childhood classic that I find to be a comfort as a young adult. A squeeze of lemon and a pinch of salt, when you make stewed apples, will elevate the taste experience. Salt in sweet stuff balances the flavour profile and gives it a certain depth. This was a great video!
Taz- i'm crazy proud of you for how much more you're willing to eat and try now than you used to. it's like watching my own kiddo grow and try new things. incredible!
Hey Taz, just a friendly advice when you are using tomato purée you could add that first with some oil and marinate it in the oil, until it is more dark, so as to be more flavorful 🍅🍅🍅
Hello hello my advice to anyone trying to stick to a budget yet consume fruits - peel and cut up your bananas, seal them and freeze if they're starting to look funky, you can use them to blend them into your yogurt, milkshake, pancakes or porridge in the morning, as they thaw very quickly! :)
Try getting a box of Japanese curry like Golden Curry or Vermont Curry. The roux cubes are so flavorful and you just throw them in the pot or instapot towards the end and stir. Japanese curry is sweeter than other curry so cutting up and apple or sweet potatoes pairs really well. It's a great way to eat more veggies. Throw peas, carrots, potatoes, onions or whatever you think sounds good in there & it will most likely work.
The frozen veggies can be freezed for months Try chickpeas curry with chicken and potatoes amazing minus the veggies You had extra chicken, and you could have made chicken pasta added some of the coconut cream for creamier taste and the side broccoli The apple and peaches with some cinnamon and honey to oatmeal yummy You had so many ingredients to work with
Taz // anyone you should start watching June from Delish and all her budget meals videos… she is INCREDIBLE. I literally don’t know how she does it but I love it!
BetterHelp is great on papper but they're extremely shady and participated in hella scummy practices in the past. Can't confirm/deny if they still do it but still would stay far away from them. Love the content but the sponsor pick here really makes me wanna stop watching
With a base of potatoes, Carrots & celery (which I hate raw) you can make a variety of soups and pasta sauces which can really help if you're on a budget. Adding Sultana's into the porridge and stewed apple is an extra option
Love this challenge but please please please don't get your nutrition advice from TikTok! 💜 The only "detoxing" you need is what your liver is already doing! It's a big red flag if anything claims to detox you.
Meal 1: I’d make broccoli and fish pasta. Meal 2: potatoes egg and veg fry up Meal 3: coconut and chickpea curry Meal 4: eggy soldiers Meal 5: chicken fried rice Pudding: apple crumble just need flour for 50p Pudding: plum tart or plums and custard
Been following you since your first budget video and I could relate to you a lot back in the day. We're actually the same age and I was also discovering the world of living as an independent being. Now that you've integrated your cooking skills (so effortlessly btw!!) I feel like we've grown up at the same time as I've also been learning how to meal prep and get the most out of what I had. Thanks for this, Taz!! Taking notes for next week, everything looked super yummy 🥰
Hey Taz, you are doing great with food eh, a quick thing to add whenever you feel like you are missing on seasoning in the food it’s mostly you put in less salt, just try to add a bit of salt (even after the curry is cooked) and try it then, it will be awesome with that.
youre really amazing, i’ve been watching and rewatching your videos about budget and i see that you eat very well now and i feel so happy please keep it up! you are so amazing already!
It's so awesome to see your growth in the kitchen!! 🤩Please don't get your health advice from TikTok. Your gut doesn't need special food to detox - that's what your liver is for.
The wonky bed box looks fresh and is so cheap. Actually, it looks a lot fresher than the "fresh" and overpriced production at regular price in my local Lidl (not in the UK). Here they usually let the unsold fruits and veggies to rot as long as possible and rarely lower the prices.
Great video, as someone who lives alone and doesn't know how to cook for myself at all really, I find these videos really helpful. It's disappointing to see BetterHelp still getting platformed though despite it's past controversies and its current support of Israel.
Omg vegbox is amazing deal! Petition for Lidl's in Poland to do this here too! I'm so proud of you Taz! I remember all the instant ramens you had :) You go girl! You can do it all, carier and the nutrition cooking for yourself :) one does not exclude the other
I live off £0 during the winter because of dumpster diving. The containers literally works as fridges because the temperature outside is the exact same as in your fridge at home. The stores throw out SO MUCH good food, and most of the time they don't break open their packaging, so it's literally like fresh food, just for free. You should try it.
The veg box isn’t stuff going off, it’s stuff that supermarkets don’t want due to size shape etc. It’s perfect other.wise. Put the bottom of the lettuce in a little glass with water and it’ll perk up and keep it for longer!
Top tip: instead of chucking the chicken in the curry to cook, season both sides and pan fry it for a few minutes and add it in the end, much more flavourful!! Also you are my comfort RU-vid🥲🩷
Such an amazing Job Taz ! Maybe you can do more of the £25 Budget meals, pls?. I'm from Germany and here are grocerys alot more expensive buuuut i Like the meals you're cooking. Have nice day 😊
The broccoli will bloom because essentially it is a flower. You should cut it up, boil them, let cool and freeze. Thats your homemade frozen broccoli. I usually do that to save the food
to make your lettuce perk back up. get a large bowl with cold water add some salt, add lettuce leaves, leave for around 1/2hr -1hr and there you have it lettuce that looks like its just been picked from off the farm.
Hi sweetie love your videos you make me smile xx just one thing when you freeze something from fresh always put it in a freezer bag I noticed the chicken thighs were frozen in their original packaging which is not freezer safe just put a freezer bag over it as it will get freezer burn loved all your food it looked yummy xx
I think you should stick to £25 but use any leftover ingredients from the previous week. It would be great to see how it works out for you for a month and how much stuff you have left over at the end.
Hey, the reason why they are wonky boxes, is mostly because some of the products are in packages and are not getting good to sell, but the others next to it are still really good, so the ones are not good go to the bin, the ones that are good go to the box. It’s a good value for the amount of fruit and veg you get. You can even get tomatoes, cucumber and strawberries, it’s different every day
The lettuce just needs water - slice off a little of the base and put a little water in a mug, put the lettuce in so it just touches the water. It will be better the next day. Works with all veg.
Taz I have a video/series idea!!!! Basically 3 random wheels: cuisine or ingredient (you have to incorporate it), a budget, and a store. So u spin those three wheels and have to make a dish using what u land on! I think everyone would enjoy it
watching your vlog after long time idky i am so happy to see you meal prepping and multi task and being so confident about it wow you have come a long way taz you are fav youtuber and i am so happy you got the help you needed brave of you always a queen
U shud do an all vegan week, student eat week....my go to as a kid was toast with peanut butter & banana...we need a taz cooks thanksgiving (if u don't celebrate) or dinner party for 4
I know it’s been said, and I know she was shopping at a cheap supermarket but fuck food is so cheap in the UK. I’ve watched quite a lot of UK food videos and the price in the dear supermarkets is about the same as the cheapest supermarket (Aldi) over here in Australia. Eggs are currently $5 a doz, cheese $10-14 a kg. A bag of frozen oven chips has gone from $1.89 to $4 since the start of Covid.
As someone who lives in Canada, seeing that full cart of groceries for >25 hurt my soul 🙂. In Winnipeg, Manitoba, which is one of the cheaper cities to live in, that would be $40-$50.
If you like the mackerel, try it on toast. Toast the bread, top with mackerel & heat up under the grill. Bloody lovely for a lazy I can’t be bothered meal. My Dad used to make us this either for a weekend brekkie or an easy dinner if you had a big lunch
The wonky veg box, after I saw it on this channel, was one of the things I looked forward to when I moved to the UK, but sadly, the Lidl in my town doesn't seem to sell it
I really don't see why people even worry about food going off, almost everything can be frozen. Or can cook meals and freeze them for another day etc.Even with vegetables I see leftover in fridge about to be going off I make a soup or stew and freeze it.
@clickfortaz, you make me feel like a million bucks. I love your honesty, your work and your attitude. Thank you for producing and sharing witht he world.
suggestion: when you cook a meal with meat, i suggest u fry the meat on both sides (think it's called searing it??) and then putting it on the side and then frying the garlic and onions and spices. when finished with frying veggies, add the meat back in and then u can add the sauce, put the lid in and let the meat cook. alternatively, if u have an oven/air fryer, finish cooking it in there and just add it at the end :)
Have you ever tried marinated chicken in the air fryer? Honey, olive oil, soy sauce, seasoning. Cook for 10 mins at 160 and rotate for another 12 at 180 and its amazing. Cut it up and put it in a salad or with pasta
Actually that’s fantastic how all those is 25 dollars with those groceries but here in Norway you can get the boxed one like all those kinds for 20-25 and the other maybe 10-20 dollars more.
You should try eating only certain cloured food each day, orange one day yellow the next, red and green etc so a rainbow week, and set budget 10 pound a day.
Hey Taz, you should try having a fix budget for a week again but the twist is you have to cook the meals adapted from a diet plan of a country. Like when you did the UK diet plan but under a budget.
Please do another week of living off 1 pound, a day, or 1,50 if that’s to little now. And please do one video of every day like the series you did a couple of years back. I LOVE watching them! Thankyou for being yourself and giving us all wonderful content. Love from Sweden!
