Great ways to save you money in the kitchen
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been chatting to everyone I know to ask what their ‘top tips’ for saving money in the kitchen are - here is what I found out …
Organise your Food Containers. Match bottoms to lids and recycle any that don’t match up.
Use Food Containers to store your Batch Cooking. Cooking uses lot of gas/electricity, batch cook as many meals as you can and simply reheat in the microwave (cheaper to use than an oven). For maximum savings, batch cook meals that can be eaten cold (pasta/rice dishes).
Food Containers can also be used to Save Your Leftovers. Food in the bin, is money in the bin. Wasted food is a huge waste of money. Use your food containers to refrigerate/freeze your leftovers. Stats say that the average UK family spends £470 a year on food that's binned.
TOP TIPS 4 LEFTOVERS
Soup is a great meal to make from leftovers and is great for a quick meal to warm you up on a cold day
Use vegetable peelings to make tasty stock
Make Better Use of Your Freezer and freeze anything you don’t think you’ll use for a while or any batch-cooked meals you want for later in the week. Buy in bulk, portion and freeze.
Never put hot/warm food in the fridge/freezer as it will increase the temperature and use more energy to lower the temperature down again. Always make sure that food is cool before its stored and Always Label your stored food.
When defrosting food, pop it in the fridge. Firstly it saves money on energy (microwave defrosting etc) And secondly, it helps to keep your fridge cool, so your fridge uses less energy.
Check your Expiry Dates regularly so that food is not wasted.
Use your Pan Lids. If you pop your pan lid on when cooking, it will hold the heat in the pan and enable you to turn the hob down and save energy.
Steam Your Veg and cut down on your cooking times. By steaming veg instead of boiling or roasting you will cut down on energy costs.
Drink More Water, it’s good for you and it fills you up. Save money and forget bottled water – invest in a water filter system and drink home filtered water.
Turn off the Oven just before you’ve finished cooking (works for the hob too). The food will still keep cooking for a short while with the heat in the oven/hob.
