We started to save on food, as a result we switched to a healthy diet.

Today I want to share the results of an incredible experiment that we conducted in our family. I'll make a reservation right away that we have no small children, my son is 18 years old.

We conduct the experiment in order to improve our nutrition and, of course, to save the budget. The rise in prices has seriously hit our wallet, especially since we are still in the process of completing the house.

I tell you what products we refused and what we managed to save on such restrictions.

Sweets

We used to spend a lot of money on sweets - cookies and other sweet things.

For example, I ate a lot of marmalade. Husband and son love halva. This is solid chemistry! But it turns out that these things can be successfully limited and replaced with healthier products - your own baked goods stuffed with your own jam, jelly from your own berries, and so on. Now we have it, indeed, a delicacy. And we all significantly lost weight, especially the son - he lost 5 kg. Which I am extremely glad and firmly intends to continue.

By the way, we buy flour at the wholesale base in a bag. This gives a saving of exactly 30%, rather than buying 2 kg bags of flour in the store.

Sausage

There have been calls not to buy sausage in the family for a long time. But sometimes you really want something tasty and nasty!

But now, when it has become, for the most part, completely, obscene quality, we do not buy sausage at all. We make chicken rolls, which is much tastier and healthier by a factor of 100. Sausage appears on the table in exceptional cases, and no one really eats it, realizing how much our body does not need it.

Bread

We eat only black or gray bread. White bread is not healthy.

Moreover, we buy village loaves that the farmer brings from the bakery in the village. In large bakeries, a lot of harmful substances are added to the dough, so you need to find a supplier who makes bread in the traditional way. Such bread is about 10% cheaper, and this also saves you money.

Gifts and small souvenirs

We never went to visit empty-handed. We took cakes, candies in boxes, various sets.

But when they began to save money, I realized that such things cost a huge amount. Now we take with us much more modest offerings - candies by weight, not in boxes. Cakes are not purchased, but, for example, homemade pie or roll. The savings are huge. Yes, and now we go to visit very rarely, you yourself understand for what reason - people began to fear communication.

Semi-finished products

It is rather difficult to refuse them. Sometimes it's so convenient to grab the chilled cutlets and fry them at home. So dinner is ready. Or buying fresh minced meat from a butcher shop is very convenient.

But we completely excluded frozen semi-finished products. We also buy dumplings in exceptional cases, we try to cook our own at home when we buy fresh meat from a farmer. It is much cheaper than buying by kilos.

You can talk a lot about saving, but it all depends on the family's capabilities. We just have to give up different things, or replace them with more useful and cheaper products. How are you doing with this? What have you been able to save on?