WAITROSE ON A BUDGET | Cook with me & saving tips

[@louiseisobelevans]

I'm so on board for this!! Much love and gratitude!!

[@thassos2010]

Best meal planner on budget I've seen. Going to try that next week as live alone❤

[@leannejayne3545]

So pleased you enjoyed it ❤

[@sarahyee6518]

This was such a good video Leanne I would love to see lots more of these please ❤ It amazing when you put your mind to it what you can make and good home cooked meals. I love your hair colour really suits you xx

[@leannejayne3545]

@@sarahyee6518 Hi Sarah, thanks so much, So pleased you enjoyed it, it was fun to make xx

[@hayleypearce646]

What a great shop for your £20, great meal ideas too. I would definitely like to see more please 🙂

[@leannejayne3545]

@@hayleypearce646 I do love a challenge & it was really fun! Thanks Hayley xx

[@leannejayne3545]

Please give the video a 👍’s up if you enjoyed watching, thanks so much x

[@ruthie2222]

Yes, definitely would love to see more videos like this 😊

[@leannejayne3545]

@@ruthie2222 Thanks So much! 🤗 x

[@dandare2586]

Thank you. That was a great video. A whole chicken is wonderful for making a more than one meal. With the ingredients you had, you could also have made chicken salad and had that as a baked potato topping or used the chilli as another topping. Small potatoes work well baked as you need far less energy to cook them. Just have two little ones instead of one big one!!

[@leannejayne3545]

@@dandare2586 Thanks so much! Yes, the whole chicken was fantastic! We had loads of leftovers for the weekend that I got creative with, sadly ran out of time to film it all! But definitely gonna challenge myself more regularly & it was fun! I hope you had a fantastic weekend x

[@dandare2586]

@leannejayne3545 I had a lovely weekend, thank you. I hope you did, too, and you have a lovely week ahead. I think your channel is much needed as so many are about excess these days, and it is so easy told pulled into the "must have" mindset. I think by having less, you can end up with so much more. I think you are sharing this. Thank you again.

[@leannejayne3545]

@@dandare2586 Thats so lovely of you to say, Im so grateful to you for that. Its my passion & I love sharing xx

[@BarryKa1970]

Hi Leanne, nice video. I’m trying to teach my son how to budget and shop smarter for university. I actually picked up two of those chickens yesterday. They are excellent value for money at the moment. I would suggest a couple of small tweaks. I’d also include a butter nut squash especially in the winter and I’d use use half the milk and the chicken stock to make a really delicious soup. All my vegetable scraps go into my stocks, and it means virtually nothing is wasted. I often do a second round of stock with the same chicken carcass, and I roast the bones and carcass to increase the flavour. I’d have skipped the blueberry’s and picked up some turkey mince or a cheap cut of pork and mince that at home - I think it’s much better than the sausage meat that is pre-packaged in Waitrose. I try to look on the yellow label section especially for fruit and vegetables. I brought a red cabbage and an apple to make my own stewed red cabbage at home. I’d suggest buying rice in larger quantities in an Asian grocery store. It’s generally much better quality and way better priced. I cook it in batches and freeze to avoid wastage. One other tip I always use the grocery scanning App as it’s really helpful to look at your spending as you shop. The meat and fish counter in Waitrose sometimes has some amazing mark-down bargains so I’d always look there, just an example, I picked up 4 limes in Waitrose yesterday as they were closing for 10p. They had a trolley next to the self-scan checkouts full of mark-downs.Each week I look in the online Apps and compare prices of some products between grocery stores and I sometimes end up with lists that split my shopping between different shops to optimise spending. I’d love to see a comparison App to make this process faster! I also buy beef dripping in packets in Waitrose to cook roast potatoes as it’s way cheaper than olive oil! Loved this video. I will watch more of your ideas 💡 thanks Barry

[@BarryKa1970]

I forgot to mention tinned sardines! Amazing source of protein and always look at the eggs in Waitrose they are often discounted but not near the first isle

[@leannejayne3545]

Fantastic tips! Thanks so much

[@sharonbarrett5709]

New viewer here. Really enjoyed this presentation and some great recipes. Will be trying some of these as I tend to overspend on food sometimes. 👏👏👏

[@leannejayne3545]

Thanks and welcome ❤ x

[@jeannieeuzenat1260]

Merci pour votre vidéo instructive Les repass sont délicieux Bravo pour le respect du budget Petit coucou de Saint Malo en Bretagne ❤

[@leannejayne3545]

@@jeannieeuzenat1260 merci beaucoup! ❤️

[@FinFiverr]

I do love a waitrose shopping trip - thanks for this

[@leannejayne3545]

@@FinFiverr Hi there 😀 It really is a lovely shopping experience isn't it & a lovely treat once in a while x

[@debbiegomm3659]

All looks ok, but my husband expects meat every day so if we had egg and chips it would have to have gammon with it and it’s a lot of rice for one week! But great for what you paid but small portions too. I would definitely do a few of them. 😊

[@roslinney4285]

It is definitely more expensive but you did really well Leanne. Fab recipes too, it's amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it, I love egg and chips, guess what we are having for tea.

[@leannejayne3545]

@@roslinney4285 Oh yum! We love egg & chips, have you seen Shirley Valentine? That film always makes me crave chips & egg 😂 Thanks for your comment Ros, I always appreciate it xx

[@sharonflowers5208]

Gosh we are a family of three i couldn't feed us lunches and dinners for a whole week, hats off to you, you have an awful lot of things to make with eggs i couldnt make 6 eggs go that far x our weekly budget is £70 and thats tight with breakfast lunch and dinner x well done you x

[@leannejayne3545]

Thank you! I do enjoy a challenge. I used three eggs for the egg and chips since there were three of us. My youngest daughter didn’t join us for the meal because she has hot meals at school and sometimes just has a sandwich for her tea. I used two eggs for the egg mayo and just one for the egg fried rice. Xx

[@kyliejackson1057]

That is exactly how I chop peppers, super easy and like you say no waste x

[@mrsell4441]

I love your new hair colour ✨💛✨ I have mine highlighted blonde and it costs a fortune and is probably a bit too blonde 😬 Would love to know what you did differently or what colour. It’s lovely and natural looking.

[@leannejayne3545]

Thank you so much! I'm really pleased with it. I'm not sure what she used, but it was 3-4 different colours, highlights, and then painted the rest in 2 different shades of light brown and ash blonde. Xx

[@janehutchinson9999]

Great video, really enjoyed it, thank you

[@leannejayne3545]

@@janehutchinson9999 Hi Jane, I really appreciate that, so pleased you enjoyed it x

[@fenellavanvliet2263]

Have you tried the frozen essentials blueberries. Similar price but over 3 times bigger. Fine for smoothies etc

[@leannejayne3545]

@@fenellavanvliet2263 Hi there, yes, we do buy frozen most of the time, sometimes I just really fancy fresh ones as sometimes forget to defrost them if I'm in a hurry xx

[@ayela562]

Your hair looks lovely. I’ve been thinking I should switch to one solid colour rather than going in for colour and highlights. It’s so expensive where I am in Canada .

[@leannejayne3545]

@@ayela562 Thanks so much! Ah you should give it a try, I guess we can always have some highlights put back in if we miss the blonde can't we xx

[@janecraftswhen...8115]

What could you make from the leftovers?

[@leannejayne3545]

@@janecraftswhen...8115 Hi Jane, chicken salad, chilli with rice, chilli on baked potatoes, chicken sandwiches, egg mayo sandwiches xx

[@mohammedmiah5294]

Great 👍 thank you 👍

[@Bunty111-r2m]

That was amazing Leanne. Could've believe you did it. Unfortunately my husband doesnt like eggs but I do which is shame as eggs are great for budget meals. Your fried rice looked lovely. Personally id much prefer to make my own as well. You only have to take a walk around any town and look behind the takeaways x often u can see very unhygienic premises !!! Not inspiring to eat out of. Id love for you to make more content like this x

[@leannejayne3545]

@@Bunty111-r2m Thanks so much! I'm really pleased you enjoyed it, I certainly enjoying creating it xx

[@dandare2586]

@Bunty111-r2m I bet you have some great budget alternatives to eggs, though.

[@leannejayne3545]

@@dandare2586 Potatoes & beans are my top two I reckon x

[@leannejayne3545]

@@dandare2586 Bombay potatoes are lovely if you like spice, or patatas bravas, we sometimes add chicken to it, baked potatoes are amazing too x

[@katv1195]

Fish fingers are affordable and work well, cooked and sliced, in noodle bowls, on baked potatoes etc

[@carolejenkin454]

Beans on toast for Sunday, naaah nothing like a roast dinner

[@leannejayne3545]

@@carolejenkin454 Absolutely agree! Nothing beats a Sunday roast for me, occasionally I just like to save some money for other things x

[@stormstorm4407]

Can I ask where's your fairiisle jumper from?

[@leannejayne3545]

Hi! It was from TK Maxx a couple of months ago x

[@stormstorm4407]

@@leannejayne3545 Thanks, somewhere I never look x

[@judithsewell7027]

Waitrose are very competitive at the moment , I wouldn’t shop anywhere else .

[@traceyjane4288]

just be careful about showing you card details on scene :)x

[@leannejayne3545]

Oops! I didn't realise this because only a few digits were visible. Xx

[@mylittlecornerofearth]

Im curious, did your children have this menu? It looked like you were only serving up two plates?

[@leannejayne3545]

@@mylittlecornerofearth My eldest daughter had some, depends if she's working late etc, my 7 year old has hot dinners at school so it varies x

[@paulinewright160]

Imagine how muchyou could save if you did that at a different supermarket!

[@leannejayne3545]

@@paulinewright160 Yes! I thought that too xx

[@paulinewright160]

@@leannejayne3545 I get an occasional Ocado order to supplement Aldi/Lidl/local shops. But the main reason is for the 40% off meat offers. Some of the things are what I would regard as storecupboard, so could probably do it for less if necessary. E.g honey, soy sauce.

[@tfx347]

I wanted to watch this. However, once you were filming in the kitchen, there's a deep humming noise in the background.. as someone who watches with headphones on this is a big no no for me. Appreciate others may not care, just making you aware.

[@ExLibris-Alys]

I think it was the washing machine

[@leannejayne3545]

@@tfx347 Im so sorry, thanks for letting me know, you're absolutely right, Ive just listened with headphones on and I can hear the washing machine. I will make sure I don't make that mistake again. Thanks again for telling me

[@tfx347]

@@leannejayne3545thank you for acknowledging it, hope to watch a future video of yours! 😊

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