1 / Awith the baskets
Their principle? On subscription, we collect our basket of fresh fruit and vegetables every week at a relay point. Most often, the products come from local, sustainable or organic agriculture. Some brands offer to add cereals, dairy products or poultry to your basket. In Marseille, “Les basiers marseillais” offers different formats. “With the basket for 2 people at 15 euros, you can prepare 10 vegetarian meals for two, or 1,50 euros per meal,” explains Agnès Kenedi Haincaud, network coordinator. “According to the study we carried out in 2013, our baskets for 2 cost on average 19 euros in supermarkets and 30 euros in organic stores,” she concludes. In addition to the savings made, the baskets have a solidarity function that aims to maintain peasant agriculture. The organic brand c’Bon is launching a special baby food basket that contains the right quantities of fruit and vegetables needed to cook 14 small pots of approximately 120 g each; 7 savory and 7 sweet. All for 8 euros, or 0,57 cent each. This represents a saving on the average cost of a small jar of around 1 euro on certain organic references!
2 / With the picking at the farm
Are you looking for extremely fresh products to pick and cook the same day? Run to the farm! Many farms offer their visitors the opportunity to harvest their own fruits and vegetables, and the kids love it. This is the case at La Ferme du Rocher, in Roquebrune-sur-Argens, in the Var: “Our culture is 97% organic, but our early vegetables are cheaper than those we find in organic stores”, explains Franck. , the co-manager. “We also advocate an anti-waste economy since people who come generally pick only 1 kg of each product and come back regularly to restock. Picking is a real pleasure! », Specifies the manager. In addition, for some products sold by the piece, such as salads and cucumbers, little visitors can start collecting the most beautiful specimens to feed the whole tribe at a lower cost.
3 / En cooking leftovers
No longer throw away the leftovers of your dishes cooked (with love) for your tribe! Recycle them into simple, inventive and economical recipes that taste great. Is your bread dry? Crumble it into breadcrumbs or use it to thicken soup, baby mash or make croutons. Rice, pasta and all cereals can be recycled endlessly in your cold salad recipes or in a hot version in gratins. Do you have any meat or fish left in sauce? Garnish with potatoes and zucchini to cook tasty last minute stuffings or make a gratin for your children. Have you used vanilla pods to flavor a dessert? Keep them to flavor your powdered sugar which you keep in a glass jar. Even the peelings (carrot tops, vegetable skins) are recycled into soups and broths.
5 apps for quick cooking
WECOOK : MEALS AND RACES
Each week, the app establishes your menus according to your “family cooking” style, “meals in less than 20 minutes”, “slimming as a couple”… Dieticians have developed more than 8 balanced recipes. Find your shopping list, thought out from your menus, and access your planning for the whole week.
YOUMIAM: A KITCHEN CLERK
This app suggests recipes adapted to your tastes and your family situation. A true cooking companion, she guides you intuitively through each step of preparing your recipe. When a dish appeals to you, you can add it to your shopping cart and the shopping list is automatically displayed.
MAGIC FRIDGE: COOK YOUR INGREDIENTS
It’s easy, you just have to take an inventory of the products available in your cupboards and your refrigerator, and the app takes care of the rest! His mission ? Offer you recipes from the list you give him. Really practical to avoid the headache of Sunday evening and also to avoid waste!
BABYMOOV’S KITCHEN: RECIPES TO GOGO
This app has been entirely designed for your cherub. It lists 400 recipes and 150 advice files. The search is carried out by food or by age. The plus: the recipes can be personalized according to your child’s profile.
SIMPLISSIME: “The easiest kitchen app in the world”
This app evokes the cookbook of the same name published by Hachette. The proposed recipes consist of only a few ingredients, they are clear, explained step by step with photos on a white background.
WE DO THE SORTING IN ITS NEEDS
FISH AND MEAT ARE EXPENSIVE It is not necessary to eat it every day. Limit yourself to twice a week.
GROW YOUR VEGETABLE GARDEN, your aromatic plants or grow your germinated seeds. You will be full of flavors and savings!
COOK ONLY RAW PRODUCTS. Prepared meals (in supermarkets or at the caterer) must remain exceptional in your diet.
RICH IN NUTRIENTS, legumes (lentils, peas, beans, etc.) have a satiating effect and constitute
a good source of protein when limiting meat and fish. Cook them in combination and vary the toppings of your salads.
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4 / By buying your food in bulk
“With bulk, we save up to 15% on certain products such as cereals, legumes, tapenade or chocolate chips”, explains Daisy, founder of the grocery store “Au grain près”. The principle ? Instead of being packaged in boxes and plastic bags (as usual), food is presented in bins and bought by weight. “It encourages consumers to aim for the right quantity for a recipe or for a specific number of guests. They thus achieve savings which can be explained, in part, by the absence of unnecessary packaging, ”she explains. This is why it is advisable to go to a grocery store that sells in bulk with its own container. From olive oil to household products, brands dedicated to 100% bulk are multiplying. Remember that organic stores have also offered, for a long time, some products by weight such as cereals, cakes or oilseeds.
5 / By shopping the unsold items of the day
“The Too Good To Go app allows you to eat good products at reduced prices, while limiting food waste. Via a reservation system, we recover the unsold products of the day by restaurants or local merchants at discounted prices! “Instead of throwing away the food for the day, the merchant has the possibility of selling them off at 60 or 70% of their original price and the consumer takes advantage of them,” explains Camille Colbus, director of operations. Small dishes, early-fruit baskets, restaurant buffets, thanks to this smart app, we “ethically” save money.