All over the world times are hard. People are starting to get used to having very little money and job insecurity as well as falling house prices (but sadly, no falling rents) and food costs escalating, have left us all a bit more wary of money than we used to be.
One thing that we now consider doing is saving money. But it is all very well saving a few pence on heating costs or trying not to go out as often, but have you thought about how you can save some serious money on food shopping?
Well using leftover food to take into work as your lunch will save you a lot of money. Buying sandwiches can cost anything between £2 and £5 per day and sometimes you don’t know how much fat and salt are contained in the sandwiches. So if you make your own lunch at home, you know exactly what has gone into it and how healthy it is.
Often people think about packed lunches as jus being sandwiches, but there are other things that you can make to. If you make rice the night before, then add in some peas some chopped vegetables to the leftover rice (if you can, use vegetables that you cooked the night before) and add a dash of sweet chilli sauce, or another preferred sauce and you have a very healthy lunch that is tasty, low in fat and calories and saved you up to £5 on sandwiches. Over a week that could be as much as £25.
If you cook couscous, then use left overs in the same way as you could rice and boiled potatoes left over from the night before, make a really good lunch, if you drizzle then with mayonnaise and add in some chopped chives or chopped spring onion.
When the weather is cold take in a flask of soup and eat with a nice home made sandwich and just think how you are going to spend all the money that you have saved!
