Clean Keto on a Budget - ALDI Grocery Haul

Clean Keto on a Budget - ALDI Grocery Haul - Thomas DeLauer

All right, it's Aldi time. Now I'm in California, so Aldis aren't crazy popular here but this has been a popular, popular request, people that are watching my videos. We're going to do a little keto grocery haul here at Aldi.

Now Aldi does have some clean options so it will be interesting. Hopefully we can do a nice clean keto on a budget. All about trying to save a couple bucks, if we can get out of here for $150.00 for a week, that would be awesome. That's going to be the goal, let's see what happens. Let's head on in, hopefully we don't get kicked out like we have a bad habit of having happen to us.

So we've got aged Parmesan cheese, we've got cheese cultures, salt and jalapeno. That's actually pretty darn clean Parmesan crisp.

A little bit pricey, $2.89, but you still need some snacks now and then, so let's go ahead and grab those just so we've got something.

Peanuts, although technically fit into a keto profile, they're technically a legume, not a nut, so not the biggest fan of having them, so a little bit higher carb content than I usually like.

Six grams of carbs, two grams of fiber, not going to hurt you. If you're on a serious budget, then yeah, that will work well, but I'm going to stay away from those.

Fresh veggies are always nice. When you're on a budget, frozen really works well simply because frozen honestly, it's flash frozen, so you're preserving a lot of the nutrients, so you're pretty solid there.

Kombucha, kombucha can be tricky. See we still have a lot of carbs in kombucha. Six grams of carbs but servings per container two.

Twelve grams of carbs, you're a third of the way through your carb content for the day so just be careful there. Now we're talking. This is the kind of stuff that I dig. All right, we've got good quality kimchi.

Goat cheese is generally an A2 casein protein which means it doesn't have what's called BCM7 in it. I'm not going to go into exquisite detail, but basically it doesn't have the caseinates that cause an opioid reflux within your body, so you don't get that addiction that you get to normal cheese, but also, just much easier on the system, so goat cheese whenever you possibly can.

Wild caught salmon is always best, but you don't usually find wild caught in a smoked form just because it usually is farmed in some ways.

This was raised in Norway which has different standards than the U.S. When the U.S. has farm salmon, it's a big issue. Norway has pretty good standards. I happen to know that Norway is actually really solid with that.

Atlantic salmon, salt, sodium lactate and beechwood smoked. Sodium lactate isn't a huge deal. That still is for all intents and purposes pretty naturally derived. This stuff is really good. Really good quality fat.

Obviously get your nice omega-3 profile. Even though it's technically raised in Norway and it's technically probably farmed, it's still going to have a nice omega-3 omega-6 ratio so I'll go ahead and get that because that is a really good price.

We do have some bison. That is not that cheap, but it's a good price for bison. We're talking $7.99 a pound is good. That's like right in the world of Costco prices.

Bison is FDA regulated, so it cannot be eating grain. It has to be fed on pasture. Pasture-raised is the way we want to go, but also pasture-finished, and bison is going to have that.

Don't hate on me for spending $15.00 or $16.00 on getting a couple things of bison right now because this is really, a little bit is going to go a long way.

Veggies are actually great to get frozen. I mentioned it earlier, but they're flash frozen. Every time you harvest a vegetable and it goes onto the truck it's oxidizing. It's oxidizing and it's denaturing while it's on the truck.

Baking cocoa. Just 100% cocoa. Again, not organic in this case, but it's $1.95. I'll mix this with almond milk, add a little bit of stevia, and make a delicious little treat that I could sip on. Perfect thing to have before bed, just hanging out after having some dinner, watching a little bit of TV with the family.

It's a great little thing to have, so ... Cocoa is awesome. Don't think that it all has to have sugar in it. Just get it from the baking aisle, and if they were to have actual cocoa chocolate, chocolate bars, like baking chocolate, I would have grabbed some of that too. Just going to grab some heavy cream and we'll be out of here.

As always, please keep it locked in here on my channel and if you want more of these videos, I need you to comment down below and say what kind of grocery store you want me to go to. I don't have Kroger's on the West Coast so maybe I'll fly somewhere to do a Kroger's.

[conwaycat]

The real reason Aldi’s does the quarter thing is to minimize cart damage to cars on the parking lot and to cut down on cart retrieval time which helps keep prices low. It’s a very good thing.

[MS-zdnq]

wow didnt even realize i sat through 40 mins of a grocery haul video. this what happens when it's good content! thanks for these videos

[randotastic]

Aldi loyalist here! They were smart for letting you finish, you served Aldi and their customers well with that mega-drop of knowledge!
They listen to their customers, and the 2.4million+ eyes on this probably just picked them up some more. 🙏

[KellyWins]

watching 3 years later can't even imagine how much more expensive this run would be now!!

[rumble]

The whole shopping experience, the carts with the coins, no baggers, bring your own bags or add them to your cart etc is how every store in Europe is.

[amydearing]

You’ll appreciate the quarter thing after awhile. It means NO car spots taken by carts .

[roacher]

Thomas, as a person who shops at Aldi's regularly you have helped me tremendously

[jb]

For those who shopped Aldis 20 years ago when everything there was unhealthy, THINGS HAVE CHANGED! They have so many great options now and the best prices anywhere!

[breannatorres]

It would be amazing if you did a weekly haul like this and then followed it with a meal prep video of everything you bought.

[johnnydrake_]

Shout out to Aldi for allowing you to record this! 😁

[alanadams]

The quarter is just to make sure the the cart get returned. My wife and I shop at Aldi all the time.

[stylepoint]

I just found your channel after watching Dr. Burg. I was just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at 43. I suffered a spinal cord injury 2 years ago and have been pretty inactive since. I’ve always been a fat guy, but I was on the way to getting into shape before my accident. I couldn’t walk for almost a year. I’m still recovering but I’m finally able to do low impact exercises. I just joined the YMCA so I could start using the pool for exercising. The doctor has me on all kinds of medications that I don’t want to be on for the rest of my life. So this is the start of my plan to get off them. Keto, IF and exercise. I know I can do this. Wish me luck. I’m so glad I found your channel!!

[kingsfire]

For anyone who doesn't know: grab empty boxes off the shelves! The employees don't mind, and its a great alternative to paying for bags. Do it everytime and no one gives me a second look.

[itsmegabee]

Please do a cooking segment after you buy your groceries from that store.. thank. You.!! It’s so helpful love your channel new subscriber as of a week ago. I’m hooked your very informative Thomas!!!

[angelaengle]

I shop at Aldi all the time, if I saw this guy there I would be following him around with a notepad, lol. This is AMAZING information about the ingredients in products. Thank you so much for this. Subbed!

[carlarandall]

I just started Keto a couple of weeks ago. It's getting easier but... I learned a lot from this video about extra ingredients and comparisons. Thanks for doing this, Thomas. I know it's over 2 years old but the info is good. I'll be watching more.

[ScottRGarcia]

Aldi's prices for good clean food, does rock. I shop there all the time, and I'm Keto. Secret, use the empty boxes throughout the store as your grocery bag/box. Or, buy the cloth reusable bags ($1.50) they have there like I do in Chicago. I'm down 43 lbs. from watching your videos. :)

[lynnaweston]

This was the first of your videos I watched. It was in Dec 19 and it saved my life! Because of this I lost 25lbs in January, my blood sugar went from 200 to 95 and my liver numbers went from the upper 100's to normal all in 1 month. Plus, my doctor took away one of my blood pressure meds! Thank you!

[sandrabingley]

I really would like to see and hear the meals you put together with all the items you bought to make a good KETO meal. That's the hard part.

[cmdrriotz]

One thing I appreciate about Aldi is the quarter for a cart thing. I feel like this makes it so shopping carts don't end up in the side of your car. And honestly I never in a million years thought frozen veggies were good options. I'm definitely going to focus on that now.