4 Tips To Lower Your Food Budget | Cupboard Challenge

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

Whole wheat flour is more nutritious.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

Olive oil is a healthier fat option.

Explain the January cupboard challenge and its purpose.

Discuss personal reasons for participating in the challenge, including overspending at Christmas and the need to reset the food budget.

Mention the top-up shop and the items purchased, including £25.14 spent and the need for essentials.

Detail the midweek top-up shop costing £20, including £8.50 for dog food and mention of yellow sticker bargains.

Describe the weekly shop from Asda costing £44.29, aiming to keep the budget under £70.

List items bought in the weekly shop, including butter for a birthday cake, a big bag of pasta, popcorn kernels, rice cakes, crackers, chocolate spread, tuna, beef mints, milk, apples, grapes, easy peelers, cucumbers, and carrots.

Discuss strategies for keeping the food budget low, including avoiding readymade food and sticking to basics.

Explain the benefits of batch cooking and planning meals ahead, mentioning the use of a 7-day cupboard challenge planner.

Describe making bread and rolls, including using a stand mixer with a dough hook for kneading, shaping the dough after the first prove, and preparing for the second prove.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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Allergens