Cooking Tips for Large Families -
Cooking for a large family is a daunting task that is visible on the outside. However, with careful planning it can be handled.
Cooking for a large family is a daunting task that is visible on the outside. However, with careful planning it can be handled. Many parents, especially mothers, like the responsibility of cooking for the family at home, but when the family is large enough, a few basic things to consider to make this a great responsibility to be enjoyable.
Vida Adams, a middle-aged woman, vending drinks and biscuits at a university in Accra, told me about his troubles, follow the budget that has been planned is not an option but a necessity. "I would not be able to support my family financially if I do not cook with a well-planned budget," he said.
Here are two reliable methods that might be useful:
Plan in advance
The most important thing to do when cooking for a large family with a limited budget is planned in advance. Prepare a list of menu as your guide to cooking every week. Go to without a list of grocery items will make you bloated budget. You might be tempted to buy certain goods which while not required by your family just because you see the price of these goods cheap. I still clearly remember the first time I shopped for a family without a shopping list, and I remember I spent the first ten minutes or more I see the price of goods such as biscuits, chocolate, and drinks are not needed family; I just tempted by the price of these goods, until finally I bought a number of these items. A direct result of my actions this indiscretion that my money was not enough to buy all the goods that are important along with items that are not important. So I have to spend more time to abolish the goods which is not necessary in order to get more of this stuff I needed. Had a shopping list not only helps you get the items you need or control of your budget, but also helps you save time when shopping for items that you know you want and buy it.
Buy groceries in large quantities
It helps more that you can do is buy groceries regularly in large quantities. Items such as tomatoes, onions, and other vegetables you need each day will be much cheaper when purchased in large quantities. I had the opportunity to follow the student exchange program in Finland, and I always made sure that I buy potatoes, my main food ingredient, in large quantities. It proved to be a great way to help ease the burden of my pocket money. Vida Adams elaborates, "I buy groceries in large quantities so that at the moment I do not have my money to give to my children, I was able to cook good food for them."
A key consideration in making a budget is how to get the best for your family without having to spend money on unnecessary; it is not how to get cheap goods for cheap goods is not necessarily healthy for your family. Without a doubt, two good ways to cook for a large family with a limited budget is to plan in advance and buy your daily needs in large quantities.
source:
"Ideas on cooking for large families on a budget" by Michael Ohene Aboagye.
