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Saving Time to Save Money and Eat Well​ - December 2017

​We both work full-time and don't get home until around 5.45pm. This has too often resulted in us just grabbing some "freezer meal", to pop in the oven, as we're too exhausted to spend time on vegetable preparation (we're vegetarian).

When we set out on our 'save time, to save money' campaign, we included weekly meal planning. "Duh", I hear you say :-) However, we went one step further! We would do our weekly shop, on Saturday or Sunday, sticking grimly to our meal plan shopping list and then, would spend a companionable hour or so, peeling, chopping and floretting vegetables, as per the menu instructions on the meal plan. These are then stored in separate containers, in the fridge, ready for use on the designated day.

To add to this, during summertime, we make a large quantity of salad, e.g.. potato, coleslaw, etc - anything that will keep in the fridge for a few days. 
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