Waitrose food suggestions please

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I'm new to Ocado and have just placed my first two orders. Their own brand stuff (so far) tastes much better than the dire Asda food we've had recently. What do you buy from Waitrose which is better than standard supermarket stuff? I'm pregnant and want to indulge now the morning sickness is wearing off

Tell me your favourites go on..

Frozen pizza bases pre-topped with passata.
Frozen rice .
Frozen croissants.
Frozen pain au chocolat.
Chocolate loaf cake.

chewbacca the corn fed one is the one I always get. It is very tender and flavoursome and goes a long way too.

Oh yes, their fresh fish fingers. The frozen ones are good to but they fresh ones are fantastic.

I LOVE their essential faggots

I treated us to a seriously buttery cake yesterday (apple and blackcurrant crumble cake) - it was 25% off - and it was seriously delicious :)

Lime & coconut ice cream, biological washing capsule thingies (!) their concentrated fabric softener, triple choc crisp cereal, frozen fish pie mix.

sweet potato chips, frozen, butternut squash frozen & green veg mix, frozen!

I live their half chicken with chilli butter and sweet chilli sauce. And it's in the 3 for £10 promotion!!

Love not live

Waitrose essentials range is all good in my opinion. I love their tea, pasta, veg, dishwasher tablets...other stuff too that I can't think of. I then undo all my money saving efforts though because I buy duchy originals bacon, eggs and sausages

Do they do any nice ready meals. Not that I'm lazy or anything

Their own brand Cheerios are v good as are the majority of their Essential range cereals.

Fish pie mix brilliant.

The Cook's Ingredients range also good.

Frozen ready made mash is lovely. Generally good standard of frozen vegetables, ditto fresh fruit and veg.

The whole roast chicken is yummy and the pulled pork is to die for.

Their ready meals such as lasagne, spaghetti bolognese, chill con carne etc are lovely and are 3 for £6

Darn this thread, I've now ended up spending an extra £15 on this week's online shop

Hexgirl - but you'll love it all!!! And waste none !!

I'm supposed to be on a diet.

The £10 Indian meal deal is very good!

Frozen risotto is a pretty good standby, and you can just add stuff to it. Wok oil is good, you slosh some in to start off a sturdy and it starts smelling and tasting right immediately. English Veal meatballs are very good to put in a curry/pasta sauce.

Sturdy=stir fry

tomato & basil pasta sauce is great and cheap too. fresh tomato & marscapone sauce, feta stuffed olives from the deli counter, microsteam butternut/broc/carrot is lovely, essentials creme brulee, oh and have you see the new puddings? cola jelly with cola bottles etc! blueberry jumble, crepes with nutella filling. slather!

IME their essentials range is equivalent to a lot of the Finest / Taste the Difference stuff from other supermarkets.

They also do slightly different or more interesting stuff that you can't get elsewhere - eg Tesco / Asda / Sainsburys all have a version of mandarin / blackcurrant cheesecake, whereas Waitrose also have toffee apple / raspberry brulee cheesecake as well.

I agree Tory

it wasnt that long ago when they made the essentials range things

many waitrose own brand stuff (which i always feel is superior to other super markets own brand because its waitrose, was just re-labelled) ingredients / nutrition stayed the same and in some cases the prices dropped.

I remember comparing lots of things during the change over!

We love the deboned chicken with sun dried tomatoes and the same with honey glaze. Also buy all our fresh stuff there - quality mince (5% fat) and frozen bag of free range chicken breast or thighs and frozen Aberdeen Angus stewing steak. However, we prefer the fish counter in Asda.

Frozen Grilled Vegetable Mix - excellent standby you can put in any mediterrean dishes, bolognese, on pizza, in couscous etc.
Their big bags of crisps e.g. Cheese Puffs - only 64p now and goes a lot further than little packets.
Ocado 4 avocados for £2 - really good price and kept them in fridge, ripened them one by one.
But yes, the essential products are fantastic, a much higher quality than another supermarket brand.

They do lovely cous cous with vegetables for £2.99. It's not the cheapest price but the veggies are a decent size and not rehydrated.