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WE SPENT $135.00 AT ALDI | GROCERY HAUL
Oct 24, 2025
WE SPENT $135.00 AT ALDI | GROCERY HAUL #catherinesplates #aldi #groceryhaul
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Welcome back everyone. We are doing an
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Aldi haul. I'm Katherine with
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Katherine's Plates.
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I'm Thomas. You know me.
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Now, we spent $135
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at Aldi's for no particular reason.
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Well, we needed stuff to eat.
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We had a few ideas. So, and then we just
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went around and just said, "Okay, what
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looks good?" especially things for our
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freezer, fresh things, things for the
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rational reviewer to talk about on his
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show. All right, you guys. We're gonna
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clear the table here and we are going to
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go through each bag and show you the
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item and why we got it. All right, we're
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going to start with the refrigerated
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frozen stuff first. That way, we can get
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it put up. We're going to start with the
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fun one first. I saw these and usually
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when the kids come over, we feed them
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and give them dessert.
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So, I found these mini cakes, apple with
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apple cider sauce. Those look delicious.
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I picked up one pack and Thomas is like,
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"Just one pack? There's two in there."
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So, I got two packs. So, there's four in
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there. Now, instead of trying to dig
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through the receipt looking for prices,
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I'm going to put them right above me.
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That way, you'll know what these cost.
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Yeah, cuz she's so short.
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Yeah, it'll it'll fit there. All right,
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you guys. What do y'all think of these
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right here? This is by Specialty
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Selected. Now, let's talk about some
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fresh stuff really quick and get that
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off the table, too. We've got
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mini cucumbers.
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They're just snacking cucumbers. I like
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those. Very yummy. And then
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I like these.
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I got mini bells. We like these little
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bell peppers.
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Dip them in hummus. They're good.
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They're sweet peppers. There's y'all. I
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don't find many of these in stores where
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you get a lot of red ones and orange
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ones. And I usually get a bunch of
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yellow ones, but look at all those red
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ones in here. That'd be perfect for the
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holidays, too. I'm going to pair this
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and make a mixture to make an appetizer
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out of these right here and for the
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holidays. And I'll be showing y'all a
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video on that. But look what we found.
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Waterburger sausage.
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It's pork sausage, you guys. I can't
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wait to try that with these right here.
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We are big fanatics of Waterburgers.
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Breakfast taquitos.
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Mhm. M. They're good.
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So, and they have the sausage in them.
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So, I want to try the sausage and see
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how it turns out versus the Jimmy Jean
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Jimmy Dean sausage. So,
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I'm betting this is going to be good.
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Yeah, look at that. At Aldi, if y'all
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seen this anywhere else, let us know.
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All right, we've got some frozen fruit.
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Got blueberries and strawberries.
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Right. Mash these up. Put some granola
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with some vanilla yogurt on it. Yum.
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Yum. Right.
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Or make a smoothie with them.
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Yep.
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They're still good.
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All right, we got a bag of fresh
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broccoli now. I've been trying to cook
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up some microwavable broccoli and it
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tastes terrible.
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Tastes like plastic.
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It tastes like the plastic and I can't
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get that aftertaste out of my mouth at
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all. Takes forever. So, we're going to
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be using that bag of fresh broccoli and
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see how Taylor Farms. Now, I do like
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their salad blends. So, I'm hoping I
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like their broccoli fuettes.
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Yeah, their salad blends are good.
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They are. I love like their Caesar
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salad. Already got one in the
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refrigerator, so I didn't pick up
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another one. But anyway, there we go.
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All right. Then I picked up
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this salad blend.
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It's by Little Salad Bar and it's sweet
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kale chopped salad kit. You want to tell
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them what's in it? Can you read that?
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Broccoli, green cabbage, kale, brussel
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sprouts, and
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predicio.
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Ridiculio, cuz this is ridiculous.
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No, it's not. And then it also has dried
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cranberries, poppy seed dressing, and
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roasted papitas. I'm excited to try
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that.
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This is a papita.
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If y'all know what a papita is, let us
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know. We all know. But it sounded good.
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I guess we going to eat it though.
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Okay. Next.
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We found this very interesting. Both of
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us did. So, this is for our freezer.
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Let's see what this is.
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Oh, I thought you knew.
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Oretti with broccoli rob and pea
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protein. That sounded pretty good. It's
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got oretted pasta, broccoli rob, and pea
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protein. That's what it says it is. This
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was in the frozen section of the store.
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Got to watch the beagle.
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Yeah, we have a beagle down here in our
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groceries.
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Move along.
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I know, right?
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Get along, little dog.
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All right, I think that's Oh, nope. One
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more thing that we want to try. You want
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to tell them about that while I get the
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dog out?
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While you wrangle the dog up.
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Chicken fajita skillet.
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It serves about five, so it says.
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But anyway, it's got all the stuff in
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there for chicken fajitas.
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Yep. It's got boneless chicken breast
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meat with ribb meat.
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Excuse me.
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Onions, bell peppers with a roasted
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baking seasoning,
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knucklehead.
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We got a Our Beagle Bailey is trying to
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help us. I don't know if she's helping
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or just trying to get something.
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She ain't trying to help, that's for
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sure.
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All right, you guys. We're going to
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clear the table of this and start the
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next round. All right, we found a few
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more refrigerated items that we need to
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get put up. We've got the vanilla Greek
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yogurt.
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Yep. That's going to be good with that
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frozen fruit.
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Yeah. And some granola. And then I got
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cottage cheese because I wanted to try
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their their cottage cheese which is by
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Friendly Farms. Now, if you've ever
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tried it, you let me know and if it's
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comparable to the Daisy cottage cheese.
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And then Thomas's sharp cheese. This is
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by Cabbat Crearyy and it is a Vermont
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seriously sharp cheddar cheese. And he
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eats these he eats this with apples.
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Mhm.
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Now I eat apples with almond butter. So
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so good. I'm gonna hide this from
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Thomas. But anyway, look at this little
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thing. Look at this little thing. I'll
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bring it up to you.
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There we go. This is a canoli
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by Joy Joy. Can y'all see it?
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It's in a jar and it was in the
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refrigerated section. And I wanted
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Thomas to try it because he loves
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canoli.
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And we got some lava cakes. I'm going to
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make some lava cakes on my channel. If
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y'all want to see that, let me know.
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These seem awfully small.
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Well, because there's one cake in here.
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One.
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I'm going to show you the price right
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here.
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It's a rich chocolate sule with a
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deliciously tender chocolate cake.
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So, we'll check that out. All right.
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Oh man,
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can y'all see those layers? Bring it to
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y'all.
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That is good.
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There's all the layers right there.
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I found this fried apples with cinnamon
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in a can. And I want to make a dessert
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using their boxed cake mix.
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And this is the classic yellow by
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Baker's Corner.
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It's got no synthetic colors in it. So
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the fried apples with cinnamon. They're
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by Baker's Corner. Also
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then I picked up their version of graham
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crackers because I have a no-baked
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dessert that I want to try using graham
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cracker crust. So, we'll be making that
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through the holiday season.
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Excited for that.
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And what do we got?
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I got some mixed nuts with sea salt
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because I like sea salt.
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What's in them?
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Almonds, cashews, pistachios, pecans,
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and macadamia nuts.
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Yep. And I like the fact that it comes
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in a bag because I can move it into
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whatever container I want and hide it
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from everybody but me.
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Everybody but him who lives here.
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What?
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Me?
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He's still trying to get used to the
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kids not being in the house. Huh?
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I love the fact that kids are not in the
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house.
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All right.
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So, this is for his channel, The
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Rational Reviewer. If you haven't been
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over there, go check it out. He reviews
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everything.
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One of my subscribers said I should when
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we go to Aldi, I should pick up the
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Little Debbie like desserts that they
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have under their name. And so I did.
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And it is Baker's Treat. That's what
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it's by. So, I'm going to go and get the
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big brand version of these and we'll do
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a taste test on them.
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Sounds like fun. If you haven't been
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over there to see his channel, go over
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there, you guys.
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Now, I got this because I used to eat
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these when I was a kid. My dad used to
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occasionally buy a box
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Suzie Q's. I have not had a Suzie Q in
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probably 30 years.
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So, I'm excited. I'm going to have one
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today. I guarantee it.
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All right, we're going to clear this off
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and then we're going to bring another
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load over here. We're still in the $135.
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I'm impressed. All right, we do like our
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sparkling waters. Thomas usually gets
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the 1877
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from HB. We saw the waterlue black
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cherry and it's just sparkling water
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with natural flavor.
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So,
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pop that puppy open.
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Pop it open.
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If y'all have ever tried waterlue, let
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us know
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what your favorite flavor is. Or if you
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use another type of sparkling water, let
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us know.
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I'm a big fan of black cherry.
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That's actually good.
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That tastes pretty darn good.
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That's actually really good.
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That's good. All right. We've been into
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sourdough lately because it's a type of
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really type of It's a really type of
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good bread. And we bought a sourdough
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loaf right here.
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And this is a specialty selected
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for our sandwiches.
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So, I'm super excited about that because
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if y'all haven't seen me make the turkey
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in the crock pot the other day. Go check
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that one out. You don't need it just for
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Thanksgiving. You can roast that thing
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in there and then slice it up. Make you
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a sandwich.
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Make you a sandwich, huh?
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That turkey was good.
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Now, since we're going to be doing
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sourdough, I saw this right here and
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Thomas and I are both excited about it.
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I'm very excited about it. It's a
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sourdough starter kit.
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Yep.
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And yeah, it includes two glass jars, a
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tall measuring lid, a short lid, mini
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spatula, two rubber bands, blank
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adhesive label sheet, and a recipe book
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to create perfect sourdough starters
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from scratch.
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We really wanted to start getting into
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that. And when I saw this, I'm like, is
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this a good thing or not? Have y'all
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tried this? What do y'all think? You
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want to go get your own price right up
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here. Right there.
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Yeah.
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All right. Another sourdough item that
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we picked up, which I was like, "What?"
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These are sourdough pea crackers. Pizza
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flavor.
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Nice little snack. Since Thomas likes to
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collect olive oil bottles and find them
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in different places, we found this one
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here.
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Yeah.
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Well, he did. It's got Texas on it. It's
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olive ranch.
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Made in Texas.
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Made in Texas. Y'all, if you didn't
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know, we are in Texas. We are in Katy,
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Texas, which is southeast about an hour
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from Galveastston
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Beaches
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depending on traffic. Could be three
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hours from Galveston. Just depends on
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traffic.
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We're like 10 minutes outside of
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Houston. That'll tell you where we're
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at, too.
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Yeah, about that.
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So, that's where we're at. Do we have
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neighbors? Let us know. This is cold
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press.
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We go through it pretty quickly. So, we
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collect bottles. He's got several over
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there. So,
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yeah. This one is the latest or the last
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one.
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This one came from Whole Foods.
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Y'all see me use that one.
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This is uh the one that's got the cork.
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Yeah, it goes. Let's see.
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She likes that sound.
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I know. I do. Makes cooking fun. Make it
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fun, you guys. Make fun cooking. All
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right. All right, we got Thomas' apples
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right here.
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Honey crisp.
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Honey crisp. The best, right?
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They're good.
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They're good.
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All right,
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speaking of apples,
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got some apple chips. Original flavor.
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And these look really good. So, we're
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going to try those.
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Yep.
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Good.
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P packer riati
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pasta. Y'all, those shells are so
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massive. I love that. I can't wait to
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make a pasta dish out of this. And y'all
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will see that coming up cuz I picked up
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some tomato sauce and other ingredients
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to help make this dish. I'm excited.
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That'd be good.
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We got some
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avocados.
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Avocados, some bananas. We're still in
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the $135, you guys. And we still got I
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think one more load to put on the table
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here.
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That's pretty good.
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We just had to try the pita crackers
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pizza flavor for you guys.
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They're really good.
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I got a good hit of mozzarella.
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That's good.
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We picked up some wraps. These are the
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protein red pepper hummus wraps.
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I picked those up first. I was going to
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go get their pulled rotisserie chicken,
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but they didn't have any today.
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No, they didn't.
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I was bummed.
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So, anyway, all right. We did pick up
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some long grain and wild rice mix. This
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is roasted vegetable and chicken flavor.
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That'd be good.
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Yep. So, that looked really good.
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Yep. Now, if you know, you know. If you
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don't, you'll know in a little bit that
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I will be making a pasta dish. It's It's
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more of a Mexican style dish using the
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very thin, very short spaghetti.
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All right. I'm going to be swimming in
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some kind of tomato soup mixture.
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I've been wanting to make that for a
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very long time and can't wait.
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Petti.
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Spaghetti.
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And then we picked up some chicken and
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beef broth. I wanted to try their brand,
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the chef's cupboard. This was the beef
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broth, fat-ree.
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They they didn't have this one, which
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was simply nature's
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chicken broth.
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They do not have it in the beef broth.
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So, I'm going to try the chef's
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cutboard. Now, if you've ever tried
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either one of those in Simply Nature or
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Chef's Cutboard, let us know. Now, I
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picked up some minced garlic to have in
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the refrigerator. We're going to be
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going through the holidays pretty
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quickly with a lot of dishes and stuff,
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so
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I need this. Sometimes you always need
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that. I like fresh garlic like the next
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person, but got to have this on hand.
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Yeah, sometimes.
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And then I had to pick up some parsley
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flakes cuz I go through this like crazy.
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Yeah, you do.
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And then we talked about the oil and
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vinegar dressing earlier for my salad
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mix. And this is the one that we were
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going to try.
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This is by Simply Nature.
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And then I got I needed to pick up a can
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of diced tomatoes and tomato sauce. This
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is by Happy Harvest. I have diced
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tomatoes, but I wanted to try their
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brand and see what I thought. I mean,
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y'all, all of this was $135.
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Tell us what you think. Do you shop at
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Aldi regularly? We haven't been there in
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a long time. It is a drive for us.
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It is a drive.
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So, you know, it has to be worth us
18:04
going there all the time to get stuff
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there, but we've heard that you don't
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want to get meats there. So, we didn't
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do that this round.
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I looked at them and I just couldn't
18:16
pull the trigger on putting it in the
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cart. So,
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now the fruits and vegetables, um, some
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of them were okay. I wanted to get fresh
18:24
strawberries, but they just they were
18:26
sketchy looking. So
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yeah, we didn't get them.
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We didn't get them. So I mean just
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getting regular brands of their brands.
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We're going to try them out through the
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month here and see what we think as I'm
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making recipes for you guys. All right,
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I hope you enjoyed our show. If you
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wanted to try some things that you've
18:47
never tried before, but you saw here,
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let us know. If you want us to go back
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for the holidays and get some fun things
18:54
for Thanksgiving and Christmas and make
18:56
some things, let us know what you do.
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All right, you guys. We'll see y'all on
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the next episode. Bye
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bye.
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