'I spend £22 per week on my food shop by ditching meat'

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A budget-conscious TikToker has shown how she spends just £22 a week on groceries since becoming vegan.  Molly Spencer, 24, from Bradford, shares tips on saving money and meal planning with her followers.  She compares her £22 shop to her mother’s £65 meat-based version, proving veganism can be cheaper.  Molly’s shopping list includes chickpeas, tofu, and fresh vegetables, allowing her to prepare six lunches and dinners.  She budgets carefully to afford eating out and advises others to plan meals around protein and inexpensive ingredients.

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00:00So I'm a girl who's on a budget but I also want to feel good about myself so each month I put

00:04aside a little bit that I can spend on a big beauty haul that I do every couple of months.

00:09The last time I did one of these was in December so I definitely needed to stock up again.

00:13I find that writing everything down and doing this big beauty haul every couple of months

00:18instead of doing bits every week actually helps me save money. First up I went to Superdrug and

00:23I spent £22.99 there. I got these two hair dyes. These were on offer, it was two for £12 and the

00:31other thing I got from Superdrug was this Lasting Finish Powder Foundation. At Home Bargains I got

00:37everything for £13.25. I'd run out of my micellar water, this is the Simple Micellar Water. I like

00:42this one because it's fairly cheap and it's sensitive on my skin. I like to treat myself

00:46to a face mask when I do these beauty hauls. I think these were £99p. I don't know if they're

00:50good, we will see. This is some shampoo and some shower gel. Finally I got this body cream. I have

00:56never tried this before but I thought it smelled quite nice so we'll try that. This is what we had

01:00for our dinner this week as a vegan couple on a budget. First up we have Orzo with roasted

01:05chickpeas and tomatoes and some salad leaves and I made a lemon and garlic dressing to go with.

01:10Next up we had a butter bean stew because it was a bit miserable this day. It had courgette, spinach

01:14and mushrooms in it. Get ready for a jump scare. No other colour looks radioactive but it's so good.

01:19Spinach and tofu in the sauce. I added some peas and topped with roasted courgette. Wowee, look at that

01:24gochujang tofu. I'm not going to say much about this one but I've got a recipe coming on Wednesday

01:29so make sure you follow for that one. Classic in our house is this chickpea and spinach curry because

01:33it's super easy to make and it's really cheap too. We had ours with rice this time. On Friday we got

01:39these chips from our local chippy. Cooked up these Aldi no battered sausages and had with curry sauce

01:45and mushy peas. Today I'm going to show you how to make this gochujang tofu. It's one of my faves

01:49because it's cheap, easy and it tastes so good. So I'm making the slaw first. This is carrots and red

01:54cabbage. I feel like carrots and cabbage last really well in the fridge which means I can always whip up

01:59this slaw easy. Slap a bit of lime on top, some rice wine vinegar and then mix it together. Tofu time.

02:05Pull the tofu into chunks, add some nooch and some corn flour. Mix it together and stick it in the

02:10air fryer. The sauce is pretty easy. I'll stick the recipe in the description. Once the tofu's nice and

02:15crispy I'm adding it to a pan and putting the sauce on top. The sauce thickens nicely because

02:19of the corn flour on the tofu and it's a perfect combo of salty, sweet and spicy. Oh look at that.

02:26I had mine with rice and I also topped with some sesame seeds and some spring onions. I think

02:32overall this took me 15 minutes to make. I find that this meal's perfect for meal prep and the

02:37tofu tastes even better the next day. So if you're looking for a new recipe this is the one.

02:42Our weekly shop was £23.96. I'm going to show you what we got as a vegan couple in their 20s who

02:48are on a budget. Here's the proof. In here we've got six dinners, six lunches, a bit of breakfast

02:53and some other bits. First up we're having lentil bolognese. I've got some lentils, some tinned

02:58tomatoes, some celery. I've got carrots in the fridge and I've already got pasta. For one date

03:03we're having a Mediterranean inspired bowl so I'm going to roll some chickpeas, some hummus, some

03:08olives, some tomatoes and cucumber and then some pittas. Next up I'm having a kale and chickpea

03:16salad. For that I've got chickpeas and some kale. In the cupboard I've already got big couscous,

03:22sauce and some nuts that I'm going to put in the salad. I'm also going to use the kale for a

03:26different meal. I'm going to have kale pesto pasta so I'm going to incorporate a bit of basil with

03:32the kale. Have this with some peas. Next up I'm going to have some jackfruit curry. I've got the

03:38jackfruit already in my cupboard so I bought some tinned tomatoes and some coconut milk with that.

03:42I'm going to have that with rice. On Fridays we either have a takeaway if we want to spend a bit

03:46of money but if we don't we just have something quick and easy. So I've got a pizza in the freezer

03:51and I thought I'd do some homemade wedges with it with salad. I also got some wheat biscuits,

03:56some pitted dates, oat milk. My boyfriend drinks fizzy drinks so we got him this Dr Pepper from

04:02Aldi. Three bananas because next Sunday I want to make a banana bread. For my packed lunches I've

04:08got some easy peelers and some wonky grapes. Some frozen blueberries for my breakfast and finally I

04:14got some bread for some brekkies. Our weekly shop came to £22.80 this week. I'm going to show you

04:19what we got. There's a vegan couple in their 20s who are on a budget. Here's the proof. In here we've

04:25got six dinner meals, six lunches, a bit of breakfast. I'm gonna make spinach pasta one day

04:32so I've got some penne, a pack of favoured spinach, some tofu and some courgettes. The next meal I

04:40already have stuff for so I'm gonna have a chickpea orzo salad. So today for that I bought some

04:46chickpeas and a bit of salad. Next up we're having summer rolls this week so I've got red cabbage,

04:52cucumber, spring onions, two packs of tofu, some rice noodles, half a pack of carrots because my

04:58mum was there and she was like I'll have half of that so she took half. Next we're having a tomato

05:03bean bake and I'm using some courgette in that because there was two in the packet and some

05:08spinach and we're having with some bread. Next up we're gonna have gotcha jam tofu one day and we've

05:14already got rice. I'm gonna make a slaw with the carrots and cabbage that I've already got from the

05:19summer rolls. The final meal for the week is a chickpea and spinach curry. I've already got my spinach

05:26so I'm just gonna do that with rice which I've already got. Some other bits I got that weren't in

05:30the meals were some red seedless grapes, some easy peelers just for my packed lunch, some hummus for

05:37my breakfast some days. We needed some oat milk, frozen blueberries for breakfast, got some bread

05:43for my partner's breakfast, my breakfast for our butter bean stew. For tea tonight we're having a

05:48vegan Chinese and I thought I'd show you what we ordered. Curry sauce, some chips, these are sweet

05:54and sour chicken balls. In here we've got black bean tofu, my personal fave chicken satay. Also got

06:02two fried rice. We're starters kind of people so we always have our starters first. So I'm gonna dip

06:09one of these in. This is what it looks like inside. These are the chips, they're perfectly crispy.

06:17This is how I want my chip to look, like I want it golden. I'm getting some fried rice.

06:25There's my satay chicken.

06:29But the chicken from this place is scarily realistic, like let me show you what it looks like inside.

06:35So this is the black bean tofu. The tofu is puffed tofu so it's super soft.

06:41Look at that.

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