Wednesday, 6 May 2015

The joys of meal planning and grated cheese.

This title isn't mine – it belongs to my daughter in law Cheryl. Whilst she was visiting and we were relaxing with some light refreshment we had an impromptu brain storming session.

Here are a few of my initial questions put to Cheryl,

“How do you shop and cook now?”
“How many times each week do you visit a supermarket?”
“How much food and therefore money do you waste each week?”
“On arriving home from work are you greeted with “What's for tea”?

If the answers to the first three questions are along the lines of,

“I shop when there's nothing in the cupboard/fridge and rely on back-up convenience foods/ready meals”
“Probably 2 or 3 times”
“I throw away fruit and vegetables and other foodstuffs I'd forgotten were in the fridge and are subsequently out of date. I must throw away several pounds worth each week”
and
“Yes!” to question four

then I think you'll find making small changes can reap massive rewards - with forward planning and a relatively small amount of time in the kitchen control can be yours!

One of Cheryl's favourite light bulb moments was grating a large block of cheddar cheese, bagging and refrigerating - you're good to go without washing the grater eight million times. Whatever your domestic circumstances you'll free up valuable time much better spent with your family or, have more chance to prop a bar up somewhere – the world is your lobster!

Food for thought? (I'm sooooo sorry – really awful)

















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