- Hi guys, welcome back to my channel.
In today's video, I'm doing a grocery haul
and meal planning video for you guys,
because I've just finished shopping
and I've got all of this food,
so I thought I would just show you what I've got
and also talk to you about the meals that I'm planning
to make this week,
because I personally love watching videos like this.
I get so much inspiration on dinner ideas, snack ideas,
dessert ideas, so hopefully,
this will give you a little bit of inspiration
or things that you could try as well,
and if you like this video, please give it a big thumbs up
and I will know to make more like this,
because I'll know that you like it.
P.S., I think I'm just gonna like,
tell you what I was planning to make this week,
and just show you what I've got.
There are a couple of things to note,
and they are, I normally get our milk and eggs
from our milkman, because we have a milkman service
that comes three times a week,
so there isn't any milk or eggs in this
because that comes separately,
and also, we normally get our things like meat from Costco,
laundry detergent and stuff like that from Costco as well.
I have got some of that in this
because we have not made it to Costco lately,
but this is all from Sainsbury's.
I normally physically go to Sainsbury's
if I forget to do the online shop, or when I online shop,
I tend to go to Tesco's.
I don't know why, that's just what I do.
Sainsbury's is probably like, the closest to me.
But yeah, I'm pretty easy, I'll shop from anywhere, really.
So yes, I spent about £100 on this food shop today,
so yeah, let's go.
So on a Sunday night, I will meal plan for the week.
I only meal plan from Monday to Friday,
leaving the weekends open for takeaways or nights out
or family things.
So on Monday, which is today,
we're planning on having sausage pasta,
and I actually have most of the ingredients
for that already.
Tuesday is chicken wraps,
Wednesday is something called dirty rice,
which is like a chicken, chorizo rice,
Thursday is tuna pasta,
and Friday is enchiladas.
So with that in mind, I then just write out the ingredients
for everything that I needed.
Sometimes I have a list on my phone,
sometimes I have a physical list, it just depends.
But yeah, so that's the meal planning,
and then this is all of the stuff that I've got.
So first off, I picked up some Fairy non-bio pods,
we normally get this kind of thing from Costco,
as I mentioned, but we haven't made it
and we really needed some.
So I pretty much get whatever's on special,
and this was on special, so I picked that up,
that's 38 washes.
Next up, I thought I would show you what I get
in terms of snacks for the boys.
We really do go through a lot of snacks.
But what I try to do, is all the prepackaged snacks,
like things like this,
I try to keep these prepackaged snacks for school
or for when we go on outings,
and then when we're in the house,
we'll have snacks like breadsticks and hummus,
or fruit, or cut-up veg.
I try to make it so that all the expensive,
prepackaged snacks is only for when we're out of the house.
So I'll show you what I've got.
So fruit is probably our number one
go-to snack in this house.
The boys love fruit, so I do buy a lot of it.
Got bananas for breakfast and for snacks as well,
I got two packs of apples.
All the boys love apples, and I always buy the gala apples,
I find that they seem to like those ones the most.
Then, at this time of year, the satsumas are amazing,
especially Jackson loves these, he calls them oi-ois,
he always says, "Can I have an oi-oi?"
So I've got those, then I've got two packs of strawberries,
these aren't cheap,
but the boys love strawberries in the morning,
so I've got them, then I got some red seedless grapes
and some blueberries as well.
Then, for more of the prepackaged snacks I was mentioning,
so we've got some Ella's Kitchen pouches,
Jackson is two now,
so he is far too old to have them as a meal,
but he really still loves them as a snack,
so I still buy them,
and then I've also got this pack of five
of the little red ones.
Then, these ones, Caleb and Jackson both love,
these are called Suckies and they're actually yoghurt,
but they have no nasties in them.
They're whole milk yoghurt and fruit
and they're great for Caleb's school lunches,
I can just throw them into his schoolbag
with something else as well,
and he really, really likes them,
so I've got some apricot and peach ones,
and some strawberry ones as well.
Then, Jackson in particular, and Caleb and Fraser,
they all like this Soreen loaf.
So these are little mini Soreen loaf ones,
these are the banana ones.
So they all like those, and again, they're so convenient,
then I've got some Bear yo-yo, like they're basically like,
a fruit roll-up or fruit wrinkles, so they are fruit,
so obviously there are natural sugars in fruit
but they're better then giving them sweets,
but I think the boys think they're like sweets.
Same goes for raisins,
the boys love these little packs of raisins when we're out,
and then Jackson really likes
these Goodies alphabet biscuits,
so I've got a pack of those,
then I've got two packs of Actimels,
these again are really good for school snacks
or in the morning.
I don't always always buy these, but they were on special,
so it's a bit of a treat.
I know the boys will really enjoy these.
Then I got some wholemeal bread
for the boys' sandwiches and toast,
and also some of these bagels, but these are the thin bagels
so the boys can eat these a little bit easier.
They're really, really nice.
And then for dinners, I've got a few bits like,
I've got some pizza, this could be a lunch or a dinner,
these were half-price, so I thought I would just get them,
I've got one la reine, these are the Pizza Express ones
the boys really like, and one pepperoni one.
I've also got jacket potatoes,
'cause the boys like jacket potatoes
with either tuna or baked beans and cheese,
so I've got these baked bean pots.
I decided to get the little snap pots
because they were on special,
but also because sometimes I would use half a can,
and then not end up using it before it goes off,
so I thought these would be really convenient,
and they're microwavable, and all of that stuff.
So I've got that,
we needed some ketchup as well,
and then in terms of a veg and meats,
and this is probably stuff that is more for the dinners,
so the boys really, really love peppers.
They will also eat this as a snack,
they'll just eat them raw, cut up
because they're nice and sweet.
So I've got two red ones and then also a green one.
The green one is going in the dirty rice dinner that I make.
Then I've got some broccoli for tonight's dinner,
this will go with the sausage pasta,
and I've got quite a lot of that because Matt and I
and all the boys will eat that,
then I've got three packs of onions,
because I always need onions,
and they are gonna go into the enchilada dish
that I will be making, and also the dirty rice dish as well.
Then I've got some rocket for our chicken wraps,
this is also for the enchiladas,
it's just a fajita seasoning,
then I've got some lemons, three lemons,
because they are gonna go on a few of the dinners,
and also lime.
For instance, the lemon will go into the tuna pasta dish,
the lime will go into the enchiladas
and the dirty rice as well.
I've got some tuna
because the boys really like having tuna paninis.
I probably make that every single week,
so we've got tuna in spring water,
but then I buy tuna in olive oil for the tuna pasta dish,
so I've got two of those,
and that will feed all of us, really.
I've got a can of sweet corn for the enchiladas,
I've got two packs of hummus,
one pack is pretty much for snacks
because they have this with breadsticks,
but then the other pack
is going to be for the chicken wraps,
because the in the chicken wraps,
they're the wraps there, I've got some wholemeal wraps,
I've got some chicken here,
and then I put rocket and paprika and hummus
and also tomato as well.
Where's the tomato, I can't find it.
Oh, here it is.
And this will go into a few of the different dishes,
this will go into the wraps,
but also the dirty rice as well.
And then over here, I've got some coriander,
because that goes on top of the dirty rice,
I could maybe sprinkle that on the enchiladas as well.
Got the wraps as I mentioned.
Then I picked up some pasta. It's Peppa Pig pasta.
Basically, the thinking behind this is,
Jackson, for whatever reason,
does not seem to love pasta,
so this is like a final attempt to see if he will eat it
if it's Peppa shaped.
So I will let you know how I get on with this.
Then I got some diced chorizo.
This is for the dirty rice, and you get two packs,
but it's fine because it lasts forever.
This isn't go off until February,
so I will definitely use it in time.
And I got two packs of chicken, as I mentioned,
but we do normally get just loads of chicken from Costco
and just put it in the freezer, but we have run out,
but this will go into the dirty rice,
and also the chicken wraps.
Then I've got some 5% minced beef.
I always get 5% because I just think,
we don't need any more fat than that,
so this is for the enchiladas.
So is the creme fraiche.
And then all of this is pretty much for the tuna pasta dish.
The tuna pasta dish is pretty much the tuna in oil,
green olives, some capers, and some anchovies as well,
and lemon, just on pasta, and it's really, really yummy.
It's a Gwyneth Paltrow recipe and it's so delicious.
Next up, I'll show you what I've got
in terms of puddings or desserts.
Jackson alternates between these two things for puddings.
He'll either have a Petits Filous or a mini custard.
These are both great
in terms of getting a little bit of calcium into them,
but it's also a treat.
This one's got 30% less sugar,
and he just really likes these mini custards.
If you haven't tried these on your kids,
I'm sure they will love them.
And then I've also got these no added sugar jelly pots,
so all of the boys really, really liked these.
And then also, these were on special,
so I thought I would just give them a go
because Fraser is having a play date this week.
So these are the Dairy Milk Button puddings,
so part of it is little buttons,
and then part of it is like a chocolate pudding thing.
So him, his friend, and Caleb can have those ones.
But yes, that is pretty much everything that I've got.
There are things that we have regularly that are missing
from this, because we've already got them in the house.
Like, the boys love having crisps or rice cakes or popcorn,
they love all of those things,
(Jackson whines) but I am fully stocked
when it comes to those.
We also have lots of pasta, brown rice, and those things
that we'll need for the dinners this week,
(Jackson whines and bangs) we've already got them.
But yeah, I hope you enjoyed this,
I hope it was interesting,
let me know what you think in the comments below,
and if you want more like this, I will definitely do that.
Jackson is looking at all the food now,
and he's trying to get to it,
so I'd better go, but thanks so much for watching, bye!
Uh-oh, do you want an oi-oi?
(Jackson babbles) He's trying to get an oi-oi,
which is an orange.
I don't think you will actually want to eat that.