Mum’s clever shopping skills sees her feed her family 62p homemade meals
One mum shared with The Sun how she managed to make good and homemade meals for her family which cost next to nothing.
Laura Light, the mum of two, has brought down her weekly food shop budget from £214 to £40 which helped her save for years.
She shops at discount retailers and uses meat in great value hampers from the online food shop MuscleFood.com.
Laura said: “When we first seriously looked at our finances eight years ago, I was shocked at just how much we were spending. We went from two salaries to one so we had to make some serious savings.
“I found that making small changes was the best way for us to cut costs. Small things like my husband taking leftovers for lunch saved £3 a day, switching to the budget own brand lines saved us a fortune and buying in bulk to keep costs down.
“Cooking from scratch really can save you cash and it doesn’t have to be as time consuming as people may think. When I recently made beef lasagne I compared making my own sauce to buying the cheapest, own brand sauces from the supermarkets. Mine worked out at 15p cheaper. Those 15p’s soon add up.”
