Mother of 12, Zoe Sullivan, explains how she cuts costs as her family's energy and fuel bills double.
Zoe has simple strategies for meals that feed the whole family while cutting down on waste. They include making one-pot meals - including soups, pastas and mash using a 1kg bag of potatoes - which can be supplemented with items from the freezer.
"We do a lot of stews in the winter, either vegetable or beef in a big pot which you can do fairly cheaply. But there are days people are here, there and everywhere so it'll be something quick in the oven."Generally, the family do not eat out at restaurants or go abroad on holiday, and Zoe and Ben stopped drinking alcohol four years ago because it was too expensive.
"They had more over Christmas but we've cut back on that to maintain the rest of the stuff we do in life," Zoe says. - and with average pay increases not keeping pace, many people are noticing the impact on their budgets.to inflation at present, as oil and gas prices remain at elevated levels in part due to the Ukraine war.
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