FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Feeling the pinch? We’ve asked the experts for some easy ways to spend less on how you cook and what you eat. With just a few tweaks to your habits, you can cut your costs while still eating healthily and well. Here’s how...
WHEN YOU SHOP
Embrace wonky fruit and veg with Sainsbury’s Imperfectly Tasty range. You’ll be helping to reduce food waste and cut your own costs, too. Take blueberries for example: £1.75 for 150g, or an Imperfectly Tasty pack for just £1.19.
Replace fresh fish, veg and fruit with frozen. You’ll also minimise waste if you often find you throw fresh food away. Frozen salmon costs £3.75 for 360g, while fresh costs £3.75 for 240g; frozen broccoli is £1 per kg while fresh costs £1.47 per kg.
Salad bags are one of the most wasted foods. Buy a whole head of lettuce for about 55p and prep it yourself. It will last longer if you keep it wrapped in kitchen paper in your fridge.
Check your larder, fridge and freezer before shopping to make sure you really need what you buy… you’ll save pounds by not doubling up.
IN YOUR KITCHEN
Put longer-lasting ingredients at the back and those with shorter best-before dates to the front – and have a ‘use first’ fridge drawer, clearly labelled, so any other cooks in your house know what has to be used up.
Many people waste money by throwing away ‘plate waste’. A simple workaround for this is to allow your family to serve themselves from pots and pans; any leftovers will be ‘clean’ and ready to be stored in the refrigerator.
Once a week, hold a CORN! night (Clear Out Refrigerator Now!). This means grabbing all the food from the fridge that needs using up and getting creative. Depending on what you have, that might
