If you’re like us, you like food. This means sometimes your weekly shop at the supermarket can be hefty. Here are some little tricks to reduce what you’re spending. With just a few changes to your buying and cooking habits, you can cut down on what you’re spending and eat healthily.
Top tricks for cooking on a budget that even your favorite TV chef would like.
- Buy bulk when there are deals but keep an eye on your portion sizes. Buying bulk is obvious, if there is a great discount it’ll help you save loads in the long run. However sometimes when you look in the cupboard and you have a plentiful amount of food, you may use more of it than you normally would. So keep those portion sizes to a normal size!
- Go frozen! You could save over 50% on the cost of fresh meats and vegetables by buying frozen, it’s a simple trick but it truly does save on those pennies.
- Are you a food waster? This tip is especially relevant to those keep throwing away moldy produce. Buy some compostable freezer bags and start freezing fruit and veg before you have to bin it.
- Be clever with your leftovers, simply searcch online for inspiration and turn your left overs into great new meals
- Learnt to get the full flavour from cheaper meats, for example, chicken thighs are full of flavour, make great stews or curries and are half the price of chicken breasts. It’s simple and scrummy.
Store your food better
You may not know but the amount of food wastage in the UK is massive. Which means reducing this wastage is not only better for the world but also your pocket.
So you could be asking how to reduce wastage, well one of the best ways truly is how you store your food to make it last longer. For instance, potatoes, tomatoes, garlic and onions shouldn’t be stored in your refrigerator. These items should be kept at room temperature.
Also, keep these foods away from other foods:
- Bananas
- Avocados
- Tomatoes
- Cantaloupes
- Peaches
- Pears
- Green onions
These produce an ethylene gas while ripening which then makes other foods spoil quicker.
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