Andy Penn from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire came up with a very good idea to give his daughter McDonald’s Happy Meal’ at home.
The 37-year-old father used supermarket food and spent £1.70 ($2.20) on his homemade Happy Meals which includes a toy, saving around £1.09 ($1.40) in the process.
He shared the pictures of the process which includes frying the chicken nuggets and chips. One photo shows his daughter Chloe enjoying the meal.
Andy took to Facebook to share his ‘parenting tip and wrote: “Parenting tip from me. Next time you’re at McDonald’s, ask the staff nicely for some spare packaging (they don’t seem to mind when you explain).”
“Then, when your child wants ‘a happy meal’ and you can’t be bothered to leave the house or wanna save the pennies, you can just make them up one at home. Just don’t forget the toy.”
His post has since gone viral and netizens shared their views about the Happy Meal as one wrote, “What a brilliant idea especially how McDonald’s is so far from me.”
Another added: “Hahaha win-win love this idea all round.”
A third commented: “In love oh my god. Going to save my life.”
Andy explained: I’m always doing my utmost for her and going out of my way. I wear makeup for her and her friends, we do nails, etc.
“It was my weekend and she asked for McDonald’s. I said I need to go shopping and asked her how she’d feel about making one at home, if I grabbed a toy while we were out.
“She was really excited about the idea saying we can stay at home and watch a film with homemade McDonald’s.”
“The saving money is just a bonus, to be honest, my daughter just found it really fun. Obviously, it was her ideal setting we could cook it at home in front of the telly while watching a film.
“It’s not something I do weekly, monthly. This was the first time I’ve done it. It’s something I will do in the future maybe in two or three months.
“If people are really that bothered they could always use an Actifry or whatever. It’s no big issue the concept is there to make nuggets and chips at home.
“I’m not a health expert I just did something my daughter wanted to do and I wouldn’t do it regularly.”
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