Kitchen cupboard essentials

What you have already in your cupboard or freezer is one of the most important things to consider when preparing food on a budget and some things are absolutely essential, no kitchen should be without stock cubes, a selection of herbs and spices and packers.

What do I mean by packers? Well simply put anything that you can add to a recipe that will reduce the amount of a more expensive ingredient, examples of this is porridge oats to add to mince dishes or pearl barley to add to stews and casseroles.

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Another essential is freezer bags, by splitting up a pack of cooked meats into a smaller amounts and freezing them you extend the use by dates, this means you can buy a larger better value packs thus saving money in the long term, you can also use this method to buy reduced meats from your butcher, supermarket or even a market trader and build up a stock of meats so they are available whenever you need them.

 
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