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- food
- January 16, 2023
4 simple ways to make budget-friendly meals
Real Simple's Jenna Helwig shares simple strategies for saving on food at home.
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\"To keep mornings stress-free, make frozen smoothie packs, overnight oats, breakfast burritos, and breakfast sandwiches on the weekends and freeze them. During the week, simply get them out and zap them in the microwave or blender if needed -- breakfast comes together in seconds,\" she said. \"The real savings come in when you eat breakfast at home and don't stop somewhere on your way to work.\"
\"Cooking your freezer is such a great way to save money. Buying frozen fruit and vegetables rather than fresh is often a cheaper route, and you can buy meat in bulk and then freeze some to use later,\" Helwig suggested. \"Products like frozen pizza dough mean you can make a pizza in less time than it takes for delivery.\"
Introduce items to your pantry that pack a punch of flavor with things like anchovies, miso, fish sauce, tahini and flaky sea salt.
\"A little of these go a long way to making basic foods taste amazing,\" Helwig said.
An earlier version of this story was originally published July 27, 2022.
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