Iâm not on a budget (fancy) but I still do a meal plan before I go shopping because unless youâre a total dick why wouldnât you? I cannot bear food waste and I donât have the time (IM BUSY reading Tattle) or energy to start making up maverick meals every evening because Iâve just scooted round the shops slinging any old shite in my trolly and not considered whatâs in my cupboards/fridge already that might need using up!
Ive not always been fancy, Iâve been on a budget and the only way you can realistically know youâre going to be able to feed yourself for a week is with a plan. I taught myself this because I realised quickly once Iâd left home that wo(man) cannot live on finders crispy pancakes alone.
Also it takes the fear out of dinner times, you know where youâre at, you know youâve got the ingredients and youâre good to go. My mother used to start making food and then be like âoh no onionsâ go to the shop and get onions, come back with onions and sheâd realise she had no oxoâs so sheâd send us out again for oxo but we had to go to the âtop shopsâ (Fuxking miles away) because she wasnât buying oxos from that robbing madam af the corner shop
. Get back with oxos and sheâd realised she didnât have enough potatoes! This was my life as a kid and it sure as hell wasnt gonna let that happen to mine...so plan!
That is what she needs to start with...write a weekly menu, list the ingredients for each meal, then go and buy it, show your receipts, then make the meal and write the recipe! Nobody cares that you can make some nonsense slop for 35p out of yellow sticker crap thatâs exclusive to your shop! ITS NOT HELPING ANYONE