i am so excited to share with you today
how i plan my kosher meals for the week
and shabbat what is my process to make
sure i do not waste food what recipe
books i use as well as how much does it
really cost for a week of kosher grocery
for a family of five
also i will include how i find kosher
food in non-specialized kosher groceries
like walmart sharing with you the prices
i will also show you what to look for to
make sure food is kosher in the store
like walmart as well as i will give you
a mini kitchen tour and the kosher meal
plan and menu for the week so let's jump
into
it before any kosher meal prep for the
week i will look into my fridge to see
if there's anything that needs to be
used rapidly and also to have an
inventory of what i have
my second stop will be the three
freezers and if you want to see a
complete tour of our orthodox kosher
kitchen and freezers let me know in the
comments below
after the freezers i will finally go in
the pantry as the items in the pantry
have the longest shelf life on the door
i see i have enough ziploc bag cooking
bags and our brand new crock-pot liners
since so many of you recommended them
after seeing my after shabbat routine
video
now that i know what food i need to use
and what food i have i will start my
meal plan and build my menu for this
week at shepad kosher meal prep
this week i feel like just sticking to
what i know best so i take out my
magical kosher recipe book in this
binder i have all the recipes that are
our family's favorite when i open it i
have my grocery list already prepared
separated in fruits veggies sauce spices
condiments carb protein as well as extra
and of course i have left a link in the
description box if you want to print a
copy for you too
my kosher book is separated in
categories on top
and on the side of each category it is
separated in subcategories like dessert
will be separated in frosting
cake
candies so on and so forth
when i plan for my kosher dinners for
the week i flip through my kosher recipe
book and take out the recipes i need for
the meals of the week depending on what
i have in the fridge freezer and pantry
when i plan my menus for the week i
always start with the meat as i find it
guides the choice of side dishes then i
choose the side dish and also the
desserts
once i have chosen all the recipes i
will look at the list of ingredients and
see what i'm missing for this chicken
recipe i'm missing soy sauce ginger and
so i write them down on the shopping
list in their respective categories
for the stuffed peppers recipe i saw
that i'm missing the bell peppers and
the ground meat
i repeat the same process for all the
recipes
[Music]
now that i am done let's go shopping at
walmart
at walmart the entrance is near the
fruits and veggies section and usually
any fruits and vegetables are
potentially kosher but many need
specific verification process to make
them fully kosher for example when i
choose oranges i make sure there are no
small black dots as they can be a sign
of fungus or insects
[Music]
the pears only need a small washing and
i wish we could have audio video and
olfactive recordings so you could smell
them they smell delicious
i will need two lemons for the fish
recipes and the way to pick the juiciest
one is the rounder they are the most
juice they will liberate
i take a large bag of baby carrots and
of course they are kosher you can see it
by the ou sign on the corner i will take
them for snacks and lunch
[Music]
i will take some zucchinis for my
eggplant and grilled veggie pasta and
they are 90 cents a pound
string beans with fried onions are our
go-to cold season side dish i always
watch for the expiration date on the
package and see also if the beans are
wet as when they are wet they will turn
bad faster
i need eggplants for baba ganoush and
grilled veggies and eggplant pasta and
to choose the right eggplant i take the
darkest and the one with the small belly
button well i don't know what it's
called but this thing here the smallest
it is the tastier and delicious your
eggplant will be
i need some bell peppers and contrary to
popular belief there's a lot of time
worms and insects inside the bell
peppers usually a telltale sign are
going to be holes around the surface or
leaves or on top just like this one so
this one i'm gonna put it back
and i'm gonna verify another package and
this one when i look at it this one is
good this one is also good this one good
so it's coming home with us
i also need some spring onions for the
chicken teriyaki and as orthodox jews we
only eat the white part of the green
onions as the dark leafy part is often
infested with insects that are difficult
to see and difficult to remove
i will take coriander for my salmon
recipe for shabbat it will take me a
good 20 minutes to wash and check for
bugs but totally worth it for the taste
and it is 197 per bunch
i will take some celery for snacks and
for shabbat salads
i will need some roma tomatoes it's 197
per pound which is pretty expensive for
us
but i really need them for one of our
salads and one of our weekday meals
we often use ginger to make ginger tea
with lemon and honey during the cold
season and i need some for the chicken
teriyaki recipe but this ginger does not
look super fresh and the knobs are dried
up but after digging for a little bit i
found two pieces and it was 228 per
pounds
we need sweet potatoes as a side dish
for the chicken and also for shabbat and
to be honest i never tried sweet purple
potatoes so i'm definitely taking them
home usually i cut them in pieces for
shabbat and i will prepare them at 400
degrees fahrenheit for 40 minutes with
salt pepper and garlic and new mum it's
so good they were 97 cents per pound
i need some baby tomatoes and i love
these for snacks but i'm taking a bigger
container to make the tomato coffee for
shabbat they were 337 per container i'm
going to make spaghetti squash boats
they are so delicious and if you want
for me to do a full meal prep with all
these recipes let me know in the
comments below
the mushrooms will be used in our
eggplant and grilled veggie spaghetti to
make sure the mushrooms are kosher or
bug-free make sure that the skirt of the
mushroom is closed and there is no space
we are super fortunate that in this
particular walmart there is a kosher
meat section so i'm going to look to see
if i have ground veal and some whole
chicken so yay
they do have whole chicken so i'm super
excited but when i pick them up even
though they are a super good price 14.59
i would love to know how much is a
chicken in your part of the woods let me
know in the comments below
so when i looked at them as you can see
the wrapper was open so it's a no-go for
me and they didn't have ground veal
either so i'm gonna take some minced
dark chicken to do my stuffed peppers
for shabbat and instead of the whole
chicken for the family in need we are
going to prepare some chicken breasts
and if you ever wondered if it's really
more expensive to have a kosher chicken
versus non-kosher chicken while here
they're about the same price
i'm low on some spices so i need some
smoked and hot paprika as well as some
crushed pepper i don't know about you
but here the spices are so expensive i
would love to know what's the price for
these kind of packages in your part of
the woods
i will also take some asian pasta to go
with our chicken teriyaki
for our humus on shabbat we treat
ourselves with infused garlic and basil
olive oil it is absolutely delicious but
super expensive at 8.97 for 250
milliliters but totally worth it it's
for shabbat
i will need also some pearl couscous
which are delicious if you never try
them it's totally worth it
it's very simple to make it's a little
bit like a pasta we serve it with fried
onions and veggies as a side dish during
the week and sometimes as a cold salad
for shabbat i need some bread crumbs as
well and panko crumbs for my fish recipe
and for sushi this week it is 5.97 per
pack
i also need more tuna as it is a staple
in our house and the children use it for
lunch and i don't know if i'm the only
one but i put back cans that are dented
do you do that too or is it just me it's
one of my craziness i don't know maybe
i'm the only one
let me know
anyway these cans were 227 per can and i
took five
i would love to know what do you think
it's going to cost me like if you know
or you have an idea how much it's going
to cost for a weekly
grocery trip at walmart please write it
now
i would love to know and the one who's
going to be closest i am going to offer
them a coffee next week with pleasure
i also take some soup croutons it's a
family's favorite
and now i'm gonna need some sauce this
sauce the vh sauce is so good but i just
heard it was not kosher anymore so let
me check so turn the bottle look look
look no
there's no more kosher sign so
unfortunately i have to put it back so i
will look later to find another kind of
barbecue sauce for the chicken
i'm trying to cut down on coffee and
caffeine in general so i'm going to take
some decaf this is usually what i take
at work and i will also take this one
it's an amazing brand it's nebam i use
it in my french press for my shabbat
coffee
i need some soy sauce for the teriyaki
and for the sushi i would have preferred
liquid aminos but there was none so we
take what we can especially that this
one is kosher
i will take some snacks for the kids
these veggie straws and veggie chips are
very nice but we don't take oud we take
halle viscael which means that the milk
is checked from the cow to the container
so i will try to find some up there you
go i found some that are all you plain
which is orthodox union and
this one too so i'm gonna take two packs
for the children's snacks
i also need some waffle mix to make
breakfast for my kiddos and this one
looks so interesting as it has extra
protein but unfortunately
it's not kosher but i'm so happy to try
bob's red mills pancake mix that is
kosher as you can see with the k inside
the heart it was 9 47.
i also need some baking powder and i'm
always happy again to find it kosher
here
[Music]
we need some squeezable ketchup
in all honesty i think i take the
organic one just to make me feel better
but it is super expensive it is 6.97 per
bottle
finally i found the sauce section and
i'm so happy because i rarely find the
bullseye old hickory one so i'm gonna
take one for sure they are 227 a bottle
and the kraft bbq is the best kosher
barbecue sauce we've found so far but if
you know of another one please let me
know in the comments below and they are
only 167 per bottle
i need also some squeezable mayo we
always take the helmets but we didn't
have any in our walmart this week so i'm
gonna try this seriously good heinz mayo
and i'll let you know how it is
i need some sunflower oil and i'm
looking and looking and i cannot find
any of them i found some canola oil
and here at the end and i see that we
have some olive oil other canola oil and
then there's one lost bottle on top it
is a sunflower oil but the issue is that
this kosher sign is unknown to me so i
cannot take it because i don't know if
it's a reliable
orthodox recognized
kosher sign so hey i'm gonna take some
canola oil to fry and also to put in my
challah and of course if you want my
hala recipe i will link it in the
description box below it is delicious
and so easy to make it is literally
foolproof
as a super treat we are going to take
some frozen french fries these are
delicious they are mccain they are oyu
kosher they are super crispy especially
when we make them in the airfryer i'm
going to take also some eggs i already
have quite a bit but i'm going to boil
them to make snacks for the children i
don't know about you but i always open
the box i look on top to make sure that
the eggs are not cracked and once that
i've checked that i'm going to flip the
box and see if they have leaked here i
don't see anything so it's coming home
with us
walmart has an amazing dairy section but
again because we don't eat oudd we
cannot take any of them and if you want
for me to explain to you what is oud the
difference and hala visre let me know in
the comments below
i also needed some paper plate and i
know it's not the best solution to be
environmental friendly but to be honest
i'm a full-time working mummy and
sometimes i just don't feel like doing
dishes at 10 30 at night so i'm gonna
try these two brands because i don't
really know them the chinet seems pretty
good and also i'm going to take the
great value brand and i'll tell you
which one is the best
finally i can go to the cash and the
truth is the good thing about keeping
kosher is that all the last-minute
streets and temptation near the cash
like candies and such most of them are
not kosher so at least i'm saving myself
from gaining a few pounds and a bit
better also for my pocket
in our grocery stores now we have mostly
self-checkout so here we go
i don't know about you but i have a
love-hate relationship with these
because i always have issues with things
they're not scanning or they're they do
not even exist in the system but again
maybe it's just me
so here we go let's scan some more
after 20 minutes at the self checkout
finally i can leave walmart
i'm gonna load everything in the car and
then we're going to be able to see what
is the end result what we bought what is
the meal plan for this week as well as
what was the total for our grocery for
the full week
i am finally home so i'm gonna be able
to show you everything that we bought
so we have our kosher meal plan for the
week sunday will be spaghetti squash
boats
monday we will have the marinated
chicken breasts with sweet potatoes and
salad
tuesday will be spaghetti with eggplant
marinara and grilled veggies
wednesday will be crispy fish with rice
and salad
thursday will be vegan meat taco night
with salads and fries
and for shabbat it will be our moroccan
salmon seven salads and stuffed peppers
with grilled veggies and chala and
finally for a shabbat lunch it will be
of course our defense salads and chala
as per the meal we are going to offer to
the family in need i've decided to
prepare for them some beautiful chicken
teriyaki
also for breakfast it will be a mix of
eggs waffles smoothies and cereals
here is the moment you've been waiting
for here is the grand total for this
walmart grocery haul for a week for our
orthodox family of 5
283 cents if you were the closest i will
contact you for you to claim your coffee
on me as promised
thank you so much for being here until
the end it means the world to me and
know that in my book i find you amazing
to know that i was not alone please
write in the comments i want to see more
so i know you were with me
i hope you will subscribe to our channel
all about the different facets of our
orthodox jewish life
if nobody told you today know that you
are loved and you are perfect just the
way you are
until next time stay safe stay blessed
and don't forget to frum it up