Has Your Food Bill Gone Through The Roof?

Here are tips to bring down the costs and still eat healthily.

• • Pre-made meals, sauces and smoothies are expensive and filled with cancer forming additives and preservatives. Make don’t buy!
  • Grow your own herbs in pots and start a vegetable garden. I save thousands of Rands per year and I barely have to do anything in my garden. See my gardening ideas.
  • Never throw vegetables away.
  • Use left overs to make smoothies which you can freeze or refrigerate and drink throughout the week.
  • Take all veg that looks like it is spoiling and use in an omelette or frittata. Cabbage, spinach, kales, herbs, onions, tomatoes, mushrooms can all be used.
  • Fruit can be pureed and stored frozen in little containers. Add to smoothies, ice lollies, sorbets or even muffins.
  • Make stock and freeze.
  • Feed the birds or make compost.
  • Extra herbs can be made into quick dressing and pestos. See my recipes.
  • Prep food in advance on a weekend so you have food for the week.
  • Stop take outs and coffees which are over-priced and not essential.
  • Buy a big freezer. It will pay for itself in a few months if you use
    it to freeze pestos, fruit and meals in small single portions.
  • Add extra grated or finely chopped carrots, celery, onions, cabbage
    and spinach to casseroles and reduce your meat by half. No one will notice!
  • Slow cook very finely chopped up mushrooms in casseroles and stews.
    They cook down to a delicious thick gravy and you need less meat.
  • Bread can be made into crumbs, toasted and frozen for future use.