World crisis concerned many therefore people begin to save on everything, even the most necessary. It is necessary to save on food, of course, as a last resort and as it is correct to make it, the answer one – without fanaticism.
How to save money on food?
It is thoughtless to spend money for delicacies and visits of restaurants and cafe today only very rich people are able to afford. All others try to solve a problem: how to eat economically, but tasty and it is useful.
That food was not only economical, but also healthy, first of all it is necessary to pay attention to products of local production which usually unite high quality, freshness and available cost.
What it is necessary to refuse in advantage not only economy, but also health:
- croutons, chips, lemonade and other fast food;
- ready semi-finished products are pelmeni, it is better to cook cutlets and even yogurts in house conditions;
- products of popular brands – you should not pay for advertizing;
- exotic fruit – them should be replaced local seasonal which it is much more useful.
Of course, it is not necessary to compress itself in everything. A good exit – to write the list of products which give pleasure and to afford them from time to time. It will not cause huge damage to a purse, but will allow to feel much better.
Secrets of economical food:
- To be able and not to be lazy to cook. The food cooked in house conditions and from fresh products is much more useful and more tasty than semi-finished products and dishes from a public catering.
- To learn to replace. Meat – chicken and an offal (liver, heart), expensive fish (salmon, a trout) – cheaper (a mackerel, a humpback salmon).
- To master new dishes. The Jewish cuisine, for example, is considered very economical and tasty.
- Before a visit of shop it is necessary to write lists of necessary products and not to recede from them.
- In shop it is desirable to bypass tricks of managers: to choose products is lower or higher than the level of eyes – there they cheaper, to take packings not with edge, and from depth – there they are fresher.
- Not to neglect discounts and bonus cards of grocery stores.