To keep the costs of your food bill down, here are some of the best resources you need to be using:
CheckoutSmart
Sign up to CheckoutSmart, and you can get free food!
Shop like usual then you can get cashback on what you buy – up to 100%.
Receipt Hog
You can earn points taking photos of your receipts – it’s super easy.
Once you’ve earned enough, you can then switch them into Amazon vouchers or pure hard cash, via PayPal!
Take a look at this Receipt Hog review so you can see how the app works in more detail.
Shoppix
Use this receipt snapping app to earn money with your receipts.
You save up coins and can cash them out for Amazon, iTunes or Love2Shop vouchers.
The app is available on both the App Store and GooglePlay. Use the Shoppix referral code 3B74ZJ55 to get a bonus 200 token when you join.
SuperCook
Stuck on what to cook, even though you’ve looked through tonnes of cheap recipes?
Use the SuperCook tool to work out what you want to eat, based on what you’ve got in your cupboards, fridge and freezer.
It’s super-handy!
Meal planner
Before you even think about heading to the supermarket, you need to get a meal plan in place.
But how on earth do you even start meal planning?
First up, grab a meal planning template then take a look at how to meal plan.
Ingredients list
We work out the cost and serving cost of recipes so you can see that cooking from scratch is easy to do on a budget.
All figures are correct at the time of calculation. The prices are based on a generic, mid price range supermarket, choosing their own value brand.
As a general rule of thumb, 1 teaspoon (tsp) = 5g and 1 (tbsp) tablespoon = 15g.