$15 Grocery Budget Challenge Woolworths Australia | 15 meals for 15 dollars! Cheap Meal Ideas

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$15 Grocery Budget Challenge Woolworths Australia | 15 meals for 15 dollars! Cheap Meal Ideas

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This week I challenged myself to create enough meals to feed myself for 5 days (breakfast, lunch & dinners) for less than $15AUD.
Check out what I came up with!
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My Grocery List from Woolworths:
Quick Oats (750g) = $1.40
Milk (1lt) = $1.25
White Rice (1kg) = $1.40
Spaghetti Pasta (500g) = $0.80
Tomato Paste (170g) = $0.80
Mexican 3 Bean mix (420g) = $0.80
Taco Seasoning = $1.00
Frozen mixed capsicum = $3.00
Frozen spinach = $0.95
1x carrot (172g / $2.20kg) = $0.38
1x onion (137g / $3.00/kg) = $0.41
1x apple (172g / $3.90/kg) = $0.67
Sour Cream = $2.10
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Optional Extras (from the $20 Pantry Staples video • START A PANTRY ON A BU... )
Ground Cinnamon = $1.90
Sugar = $1.10
Mixed Herbs = $1.60
Pepper = $1.65
Salt = $0.90
Grated Parmesan cheese = $1.60
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@tikkakitty8802 Жыл бұрын

I just put this into the woolies app in hune 2023 and this shop is now $18.63. Even with inflation this is such a great video to follow only a little over $3 more. Super impressive!

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the update! Appreciated!

@helenjeindl524 3 жыл бұрын

Great job Nikki, thanks for being an encouraging voice to those suffering food insecurity as well as those who are budgeting.

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your support xx

@kiera8357 3 жыл бұрын

LOVE that you made 5 days of vegetarian meals aswell!

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

We often throw in a few meatless meals each week to help keep the cost of our groceries down (plus, there's a few other benefits to eating less meat, but 🤫😉!) Thanks for watching! xx

@budgetwitht6947 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that is a sizeable haul for only $15! Just goes to show what mindful spending can do👏🏼

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Pandorash8 3 жыл бұрын

It’s so great to see super frugal ideas that are healthy and quick. I think I might give these a go for myself on a budget challenge week 💘

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Fast, fun & frugal is my motto! (and healthy-ish) Thanks for watching xx Let me know what you think if you try them

@Sonja... 3 жыл бұрын

I made a frugal meal last night for myself. Used some left over roast veg that I had in the freezer, a can of cannelini beans, 250grams spaghetti and some onion, garlic, parmesan, olives. It made at least 5 serves, I thought it was going to be 2 dinners. The veg and beans really make it filling

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Sounds delicious! It's amazing how throwing some random ingredients together can make an awesome, filling meal. Thanks so much for sharing xx

@brendatroy2843 8 ай бұрын

Back in the early 60’s, when I was a little girl. There used to be a Woolworth store in Livonia Michigan. It was a 5 and 10 store. I sure do miss that Woolworth store

@NikkiBeal 8 ай бұрын

Woolworths is Australia's largest supermarket chain 👍

@caitjane8155 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a Reject Shop food challenge where you make meals from what you can buy there.

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

That could be interesting! Thanks for the idea xx

@emmabeer5690 3 жыл бұрын

Did this video actually happen, as I feel like it came up in my feed once but I was trying to clean or chase a child so I couldn't watch it

@TheMeshal33 2 жыл бұрын

For sweet oats add a half a pinch of salt idk why but it elevates it :) helps bring the sweet out

@NikkiBeal 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Thanks!

@Reon89 7 ай бұрын

Thats a good grocery shopping video. All other KZfaqrs buy from Aldi and simply pile up junk and cost $200. Then they praise Aldi. They do not buy any staple food. I have never seen anyone buying oats, rice or beans...!!!

@NikkiBeal 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Aldi has some great buys on basic items & pantry staples. I also don't mind their fresh produce 👍 The special buys isle can be a bit dangerous for the budget though 😂

@kelbeegee4454 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome job Nikki!👏 I also love that you are letting your hair go naturally grey. It really suits you.🥰

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I've struggled with the idea of growing it out, but I'm starting to prefer it. It's taken me about 5 years to accept it though! (I've been hiding those greys for a long time) 🤣

@trishcorunna5705 3 жыл бұрын

Found your stuff by accident yesterday and liked what I watched. This stuff is great and the bargains you get are awesome. The grocery giants in our area don’t give such massive discounts but we could manage the challenges that you’ve been making. You make the recipes easy and simple to follow. Thanks for these vids

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for stopping by and saying Hi! I'm hoping to get some more videos like this out soon xx

@nopenever3853 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for these videos! Definitely helpful xx

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad! Thank you for watching xx

@laurenyost1526 3 жыл бұрын

I love how many veggies you get in your challenges! Too often people sacrifice tons of money to buy meat instead of buying the cheaper plant-based proteins and saving money for veggies. Great job!

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I try really hard to keep them balanced. And while we're not vegan or vegetarian, I do considered meat and dairy (and sugar) "luxuries" in our diet - not only from a financial point of view but also a health & environmentally sustainable point of view. I'll probably get roasted by some for saying that, but whatever! Plant-based proteins, veggies & grains are cheaper, more filling & give you are greater variety of nutrients, so in my book they're a better bang for ya buck!

@pm2886 Жыл бұрын

So refreshing to see someone actually do this kind of challenge without wasting money on meat and dairy - both of which are definitely luxuries, and shouldn't be on any budget menu! So much healthier too, and good health saves even more money.

@racheldavies7065 Жыл бұрын

Hi Rachel here from the UK. you most probably know this but you can make a flor and oat milk from the oats there is info on line.a also if you have lentils you can make a flat bread. If buying a tin of chick peas the liquid can be whisked into vegan merengues. I also buy a packet of cheep small cut mixed vegetables useful for bulking out meals. Or for making a blended soup thickened with the oats . You could also make a rice pudding using home made oat milk and some sugar or sweetener if you can scraping some up.

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing these tips ❤️

@TaylahLouiseBudgets 3 жыл бұрын

I love these videos!! 😍😍 I would love to see a $50 version for those of us that aren’t sooo tight that we need to go without but would like to tighten things up around the budget. ☺️

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm excited about the idea of doing some different ones - different stores, dollar allowances, number of people etc. It's funny how it reminds me of recipes I'd completely forgotten about, or gets me thinking outside the box again.

@emjohnson76 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same! If you added some tortillas, eggs, cheese, bananas, tuna and chickpeas, I could definitely make do on sticking to a smaller budget.

@Dust_the_dandlion 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a $15 or $20 baking challenge for school snacks etc

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Nice idea! Thanks!

@Sonja... 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome ideas. Thankyou so much for sharing.

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! xx

@traceycosta9196 3 жыл бұрын

As always, enjoy these videos and always something to learn. I’ve never tried the sour cream in the carton before, only in the plastic tubs. You did a great job on a small spend 💕

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! xx

@hetheringtonfamily8798 2 жыл бұрын

I am very keen to try these meals, especially for work lunches and easy dinners

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@beverleymuscat2396 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome challenge💯👍. I had challenge for this long weekend is declutter the pantry. Now the next challenge is meal planning , I think I have a enough food for the next few weeks. I’ll be buying what we really use and need etc bread & milk. My first challenge is making your overnight oat.

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent! I think we're due for another pantry challenge / clean out the freezer session too. I keep saying "after this FlyBuys offer .." but they keep hooking me with more 4 week spends. Well, no more! July is going to be "eat all the food" month! 🤣 I'd love to hear how you go, and let me know what you think of the overnight oats! xx

@gladyssymonds6377 3 жыл бұрын

Well done, once again 👍Thanks

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching xx

@auradelafae254 3 ай бұрын

If you add a squeeze of lemon juice to the water it will keep those apples from going brown.

@NikkiBeal 3 ай бұрын

Great tip 👍 Thanks!

@jameswalley134 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful channel. People in need will love your content young Lady. You are an absolute inspiration !!!

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words, James! It's much appreciated.

@sunsetvistas752 2 жыл бұрын

Add lemon juice to apple ❤

@NikkiBeal 2 жыл бұрын

👍 thanks!

@alexanderbobbychow6702 3 жыл бұрын

We love the Woolworths shopping adventures!!! Have smacked a like on your video!!! More Woolworths shopping videos please!!! Yayyyyy!!!

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@curiousseal5960 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video Nikki. I really appreciate that you have made this video as an Australian person. A lot of frugal channels are American and that doesn’t translate for us here. This is very very interesting to watch.

@NikkiBeal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! I priced out a few of the American ones and we can't even come close here in Aus.

@jeanlujan6129 2 жыл бұрын

When I was growing up in Ohio in the US we had a Woolworths my mom liked it because they had a counter eating area in the back a grilled cheese and a Coke was $.15 a chili dog or chili cheese fries and a Coke was a dollar best meal ever was their chop steak mashed potatoes and green beans for three dollars and of course they carried all the little crazy things that small store is carried back in the day you could buy clothes dishes a little bit of food they didn’t carry a lot but then they went out of businessIt’s more of a nickel and a dime store so things were very very cheap this was back in the 60s they went out of business in the 80s here in the states

@NikkiBeal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, Jean! Woolworths is one of our major supermarkets here in Australia 😀

@allyrooh3628 3 жыл бұрын

I just found your channel and I'm glad I did. I love grocery challenge videos. Good recipes. we have vegetarian night once a week and that mexican dish is perfect for that! Ty for posting

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by and saying Hi!

@Olive_O_Sudden Жыл бұрын

Your silver hair is so beautiful and shiny. I stopped dyeing my hair a few years ago and it's really quite liberating

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I've been slowly growing it in / growing my coloured hair out. I've got a little more to go before I can lop the last of my highlights out, but I'm liking the natural look :D

@amberlyons6161 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video! Thank you for the content always. I look forward to the next one! ☺️

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@tiree76 Жыл бұрын

Just tried to cost ingredients a year on $19.06. Would love to see more of these videos

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I did a cost comparison in another video a few weeks back. Groceries are going through the roof at the moment.

@dawnxin 2 жыл бұрын

Australian money looks similar to Canadian money…very pretty and colorful

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

❤️

@rosaliebaker500 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this video

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@antonioramundo2177 2 жыл бұрын

A little tip: the apple turning brown means that it’s oxidizing. Try and add some Lemon juice to the water since its acidity prevents oxidation 😊

@NikkiBeal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip! 👍

@croonsloins3193 7 ай бұрын

Would love a updated video, pretty impressive with $15, prices these days are insane

@NikkiBeal 6 ай бұрын

👍

@wyldenfyre784 2 жыл бұрын

I wish you could come back and make some more videos now ... spending more of course Since prices have risen

@NikkiBeal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I'm hoping to get some more videos like this up soon.

@jirapornkhocha818 Жыл бұрын

I love it

@debimorsette1685 2 жыл бұрын

I’d never thought about shredding a carrot, sauté and then add a taco seasoning packet in place of using hamburger. I’ll have to give this a try. Thx! 🥰🥰

@NikkiBeal 2 жыл бұрын

🤗

@emmabeer5690 3 жыл бұрын

12:30 going to try this recipe!

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Let me know what you think! xx

@snitchblaster1856 Жыл бұрын

i just felt an earth tremour or was that all italian nona's rolling in their graves when you snapped the spaghetti in half. thanks for these tips they are amazing.

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@huutidang7662 2 жыл бұрын

thank mom

@NikkiBeal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@emmabeer5690 3 жыл бұрын

9:30 in could I use cottage cheese instead of sour cream? I have a tub of cottage cheese and it's meant to go off in a few days. Yet to be opened. I bought it forgot I couldn't eat it pregnant lol ( I used it instead of butter before pregnancy)

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Don't think I've ever cooked with cottage cheese, but I have subbed pretty much everything else in recipes like this & it's worked (ricotta, cream cheese etc). I would try it ... but I'm weird like that! 🤣

@emmabeer5690 3 жыл бұрын

@@NikkiBeal I had it for lunch today, not bad!

@emmabeer5690 3 жыл бұрын

Soooo I did this recipe again but used half a tin of evaporate milk and it was seriously yummy!

@bartbug1 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Leelee... 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@thegmanviews11 3 жыл бұрын

Do you happen to have an IGA near you? Could you do a weekend Fri night - all day Sat- all day Sun meal plan from IGA? If not that’s cool, I have been binge watching your videos so I know you do a special meal on the weekends and Friday fun nights. Another great video 👍🏻 thanks so much for sharing

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

Not really, no. I'd have to travel about 45 minutes away at the moment ... BUT! once we are traveling next year, we'll be doing grocery hauls and etc from all over the country, so it should make things interesting. I'm actually really looking forward to the challenge :D

@thegmanviews11 3 жыл бұрын

@@NikkiBeal we have an IGA where I live unless you travel 45k to the next town which has a Woolies, Coles and an Aldi. Thanks for getting back to me.

@NikkiBeal 3 жыл бұрын

@@thegmanviews11 it would be interesting to do a price comparison on staple items across Coles, Woolies, Aldi, IGA, Foodworks etc & see if there is much of a difference.

@thegmanviews11 3 жыл бұрын

@@NikkiBeal IGA is slightly more expensive but it’s negligible at the end of the day when it’s our only option. Some of the other shops have things that are cheaper but the product contains less. It really depends but a price comparison across them would be interesting to see. I don’t really buy branded foods though which is where Aldi gets the win in comparison.

@jillywells1232 Жыл бұрын

Can I ask what you do for meat?🥩 I love your video and the fact that you are in Australia like me! ♥️🌹♥️🌹♥️

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! Nowadays we've really reduced our meat & dairy consumption, but you'll find a lot of meat-based ideas in my older videos. Basically, look for markeddowns &/or products you can stretch to get a little more bang for your buck!

@TheSampleSlayer 2 жыл бұрын

Naaaa you keep hitting up the pantry aye, Cinnamon, herbs, sugar, cheese ....That's cheatin!! If you're doin a KZfaq budget challenge ya gotta ruff it ....fair go!

@NikkiBeal 2 жыл бұрын

They're all optional, and I think the most important thing about a budget challenge is utilizing whatcha got where ya can 👍 But thanks for watching anyways

@julezgeorge6948 2 жыл бұрын

Aldi would have got u more food I reckon

@NikkiBeal 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, probably. But not everyone has access to an Aldi 🤷‍♀️

@shamsherdhillon7717 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@kawaiipixiu9694 Жыл бұрын

I'm curious, would it be cheaper to buy fresh vegetables instead of the frozen ones?

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

It really depends on where you are, what is in season, whether or not you can buy loose items & which items you are after.

@kawaiipixiu9694 Жыл бұрын

@@NikkiBeal i see! Thank you for the reply

@ecemdemirdes5820 Жыл бұрын

Make a turkish food challenge

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion!

@Aang_L._Jackson 2 жыл бұрын

15 meals for 15 dollars... and there're 21 meals in a week... so 21 dollars per week... this method is too powerful... wow

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@antoinettenovella1630 4 ай бұрын

Good luck on doing that today with the current inflation prices.

@NikkiBeal 4 ай бұрын

Price checked today (13.04.24) via the Woolies app for the same store: $18.15. Unfortunately some of the products I used are no longer available - I had to substitute in fresh capsicums & a different brand of sour cream. Plus fresh produce (the apple, carrot & onion) regularily fluctuate in price in Aust. Regardless, this video was always just for inspo/ideas & I think they're still cheap meal ideas despite the price increases we've seen over the last few years since this video was published. Thanks for watching ❤️

@antoinettenovella1630 4 ай бұрын

@@NikkiBeal Thank you for the awesome content. Love it.

@jillywells1232 Жыл бұрын

How many did this feed - brilliant! 💜💜💜

@NikkiBeal Жыл бұрын

This made 15 serves (5x breakfast, 5x lunch & 5x dinner) 👍

@bazcar22 2 жыл бұрын

Now here's the problem. Woollies are drastically removing all their Home brand products off the shelves and replacing them with highly inflated Brand name products. I'm a pensioner and I know food is going to become a lot more scarce and anything available will be hugely expensive. My question is how do you get around that, on a fixed income, especially when the price of basic utilities is also going through the roof.

@NikkiBeal 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Barry, it's becoming a lot harder in the current state of things. We're already finding a lot less access to affordable fruit and vegetables, and our local Coles and Woolies are both continuing to have shortages and/or are constantly out of stock. It's really hard, especially for those who do not have access to cheap green grocers etc, and are forced to rely on the Big Name supermarkets.