With the help of a pre-prepared list of foodstuffs and household goods needed for an average family for a week, money is saved and nothing is bought that may later be thrown away as unnecessary.
Instructions
Step 1
A basic grocery list makes life a lot easier. With its help, you can easily regulate the availability of certain products in the refrigerator and buy the necessary ones as needed. In addition, a ready-made list almost completely eliminates the situation when the lack of an ingredient is detected already in the process of preparing a dish and you have to run to the nearest store to complete what you started.
To compile such a list, you will have to spend a couple of hours of personal time, but then you will not have a headache about this.
Step 2
Take a pen and a piece of paper. Rewrite the names of cereals, canned goods, and other household supplies stored in kitchen cabinets. For convenience, divide products into categories at once.
Step 3
Cross out from the list those positions that appeared in it "by accident". This happens when parents unexpectedly came to visit and a caring mother or mother-in-law clogged the refrigerator with something that the family usually does not use.
Step 4
Remember those products that are desirable to have at home at all times. These can be fruits, vegetables, milk, cheeses, yoghurts, etc. Add them to the basic list.
Household goods, which also suddenly sometimes are not at hand, will not be superfluous. Add some important items to your shopping list.
Step 5
If life goes by in an acute lack of time, when making a list, take into account semi-finished products (frozen vegetables, ready-made meat broth, etc.). All this will significantly shorten the cooking process.
Step 6
The final list should include food and household goods, taking into account the composition of the family, the presence of animals and the lifestyle. You get something like this list: potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, parsley, dill, apples or bananas, lemon.
From dairy products - butter, kefir, milk, sour cream, cottage cheese, cheese. Olive and vegetable oil, canned peas and corn, eggs can be added to the list. In the freezer, you can put ready-made chicken or any other meat broth, frozen berries, boiled mushrooms, chicken fillets (legs, breast), fish, meat, puff pastry, homemade cutlets and dumplings. From cereals, it is always preferable to keep rice, buckwheat, peas and beans at home. Condiments and spices to taste. Tea and coffee - depending on the preferences of the adult family members.
This amount of food is enough for the preparation of breakfasts and dinners (on weekdays) and full three meals a day on weekends for a family of four: two adults and children.
