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These 7 tips will make your quarantine shopping more efficient

Fiona Staunton • Apr 12, 2020

Some of the tips I gave today on Newstalk Radio

First of all I wish you a happy Easter.

When shopping for cookery demos, I often shop for 6-8 meals in one go, in 40 mins.  Today I would like to share my top tips with you to help your shopping during quarantine.
  1. Get input or buy-in from all in the household.  Perhaps allow each person to choose their favourite dish on a particular day.
  2. Choose dishes you can re-purpose, eg have a bolognese one day, and add beans and have chilli the next or make a curry but have enough for lunch the next day.
  3. Check what you have in your fridge or to use up first and incorporate them into your menu e.g. soup or stir fry, reduce waste.
  4. Organise your shopping list according to your supermarket layout.  I put fruit and veg on the right, fridge and freezer on the left, dry goods on bottom left and household items beside that.  In the centre I put specialist things like fishmongers.
  5. Add pulses - peas, beans and lentils to your list.  These are great to have in your store-cupboard, slow release of energy, very nutritious and last a long time.
  6. Frozen veg are a great option, veg like peas and corn are often more nutritious and taste better than fresh produce buy the time they get to our supermarket shelves.
  7. Support your local farmer/producer.  Now is a very important time to support our local producers and smaller retailers.  Many are offering home delivery or collection so that it is a contactless service & help them stay in business after this pandemic.
Check out the full interview to learn about my go to recipes & lunch on lockdown!

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