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Price it per portion.

Posted on by thriftytastebuds

Hi guys, today I thought I’d talk to you about how much you are paying per meal, the reason for this is because sometimes we worry that we are spending too much money but when we put the price into perspective you can see how much you are truly spending.

Per month we have on average 94 meals, if you are a family of 4 and you spend £100 a week that works out to be £400 a month. To figure out your average spend per person you divide the £400 by the 94 meals which works out to be £4.25 per meal roughly. Following this you divide the number by the amount of people you are cooking for, which in this case you would divide £4.25 by 4 using the example of feeding a family of 4.

From this it means on average you spend £1.06 a meal per person, which doesn’t seem as bad as the original £400. This method seems complicated but so long as you know your monthly spend and divide that by 94, the average number of meals, you know how much you are spending per meal for your whole family.

It definitely changes the way you think about the price of your shop, whether that is you believing its too high, just right or that you can afford a few more treats, it allows you to know your costings.

Thanks for joining me on this journey, Hope to see you soon.

Hannah x

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Cut out the convenience

Posted on by thriftytastebuds

Hi guys,

Today I wanted to pop on and give you some tips on how to cut your weekly food shops price down even if its just a small amount each time.

Often products are more expensive because of the extra time has been put into producing the food before it sells, by this I mean the product has been prepared so you can just pop it in the oven or put it in a pan to boil.

For example you could buy a packet of frozen roast potatoes for £2 or you could buy a bag of white potatoes for 95p and peel and cut them yourself.

Another way of saving extra money by cutting out convenience is make the marinate for yourself. Take chicken drumsticks as an example to buy them ready to eat it costs £3 for 430g or £2 when they are on offer. You can even buy a 900g pre marinated pack for £4 which seems like an okay price until your realise you could have got 1.2kg for £1.67 and then make your own marinate to your own taste.

If you are stretched for time then convenience food is a perfectly good way to make your day easier but it might just be a case of weighing up whether the extra pennies in your pocket is worth the extra time it takes.

Thanks for joining me on this journey! Hope to see you again soon.

Hannah x

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Ready for Reduced!

Posted on by thriftytastebuds

Reduced food is more available than you think especially in difficult times like this, the photos above are taken in Tesco today whilst I did my essential food shop. Supermarkets often reduce when the stock’s best before date is that same day or sometimes even the next day depending on when you go.

I would always recommend only buying what you need nothing more or less but sometimes reduced produce is freezable so its ideal to have some cheap goodies in the freezer for a later date.

Buying your bread reduced for example can last a week further than its sell by date as long as you keep it in a dark dry place away from any heat and make sure you keep a watchful eye on it. You can also freeze it in portions based on how much you would use in one day and simply defrost it the night before.

However, even though it may be reduced remember to only buy reduced as a tool and not to over shop.

Thanks for joining me on this saving journey, hope to see you again soon!

Hannah x

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Freezer Friendly!

Posted on by thriftytastebuds

Sunday funday! As I sit here stuffed from my roast dinner I’ve started to plan my food for next week using the lists that I created yesterday. Personally our freezer is packed full of food that we have frozen to prevent it going off because of all those times we have overbought, forgot our list or worst when we couldn’t be bothered to cook.

There are so many different meals you can make from your freezer food; even if they are out of the ordinary. Take this week my partner and I have planned to have bratwursts that we bought for a BBQ but in a pasta sauce, its not something we have done before but knowing that in Germany they have them with curry ketchup we are going to make a curry tomato sauce.

My point is if you can identify traditional flavours for your frozen goods you can make something new and interesting that will tingle your tastebuds. I will post a recipe when its made, the meal itself will probably cost around 68p a portion. I will post a full recipe later this week when I’ve made it with an exact amount of how much it costs depending on where you shop.

Thanks for joining me, hope to see you again!

Hannah x