Smart Ways To Spend Less On Your Family Food Bill

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Spending an excessive amount of money on your weekly food bill is a parenting mistake you don’t want to make. You can satisfy everyone for a minimal price with the right ideas in place. 

Use this guide to discover how to achieve budget-friendly family meals for less yet satisfy the family when it comes to food.

Use frozen ingredients

Frozen ingredients are often cheaper in the supermarket, making them more cost-effective and ideal if you want to spend less on your family food bill. Some frozen foods can taste different, and to ensure your children do not know you are using different ingredients (as they might kick up a fuss), cook them in different ways to enhance their flavor and texture. 

For instance, you might find that frozen meatballs are half the price of fresh ones. You can practice cooking frozen meatballs in the slowcooker and make them succulent and as if they have never been frozen. Nobody will ever know. 🥰

Meal planning

Another way to spend less on your grocery bill is to meal plan. If you know what meals you will cook, you can buy a specific quantity of ingredients and not waste anything. 

If you shop without a plan, you might buy way more than you need, resulting in food waste and an expensive bill. Hence, a meal plan for the week so you know what everyone will eat and so that you can spend less. Being smart and using similar ingredients for multiple meals will further reduce your spending.

Grow your own produce

For those that have space in their garden, you should consider adding a vegetable patch to grow your own produce. This is a great hobby for all the family and a great way to save money on fresh produce. 

You will no longer need to shop in the fresh produce aisle and pay the extortionate prices. Instead, you can enjoy growing and picking fresh food from your garden for a fraction of the price.

Fall in love with simple staples

Loving and using simple staples is a cost-effective way to feed yourself and shop. For instance, potatoes, pasta, and rice are affordable and basic ingredients that can be used in a variety of ways. 

Having these in the cupboard and utilizing them for most meals will reduce your food bill and ensure you take advantage of nutritious yet cheap ingredients. 

Use leftovers

Whenever there are leftovers from dinner, it is important to use them as otherwise, food will go to waste. 

Using leftovers will minimize the need to spend more to buy or make lunches. You can sometimes make meals bigger so that there are always leftovers for those that can take food to school or work. 

Instead of spending an extortionate amount on your future food bills, use these tips and you will see how much difference planning and adjusting your choices can make. Simply cooking frozen food and growing produce in your garden can cut your bill down instantly. 

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