{"id":3024,"date":"2012-08-06T04:39:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T10:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=3024"},"modified":"2012-08-28T21:44:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T03:44:37","slug":"superwoman-and-her-trusty-shopping-list-guest-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=3024","title":{"rendered":"Superwoman and her Trusty Shopping List (guest post)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately, my schedule has been so busy that really it seems like the only thing I’ve had time for (in Colourful Palate world) is sending out some tweets in the middle of my other projects. Summer is very busy for our family band and we’re doing a lot of traveling with our music and this weekend is no exception. So when Charlotte, a freelance writer from UK (love the spelling and words she uses!), offered to write a post for me – I was more than delighted.<\/p>\n

Now I’m off for the weekend, but I promise you lots of great recipes and fun coming up this month. Until then here’s some awesome “waste not” tips for shopping, organization, and saving money (especially love the last tip!)…so here’s Charlotte!<\/p>\n

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Around 7.2 million tonnes of food waste is generated in the UK each year.\u00a0 This is not only a horrifying thought, when you consider the number of children dying around the world each year from starvation, but it\u2019s also a staggering amount when you consider the fact that there are concerns about the growing levels of ill health through weight problems in the UK.\u00a0 On a very basic level it equates to nearly \u00a3700 per family per year.\u00a0 If nothing else, this should be enough for many of us to get our thinking caps on and find ways to reduce our food waste.\u00a0 The good news is that there are a number of simple tricks to reducing the amount of unnecessary food that you buy \u2013 and then throw out.\u00a0 The simplest is surprisingly old fashioned and it\u2019s called the shopping list.\u00a0 This little trick of the household management trade appears everywhere on the internet and in plenty of print media advice sections.\u00a0 Not only a time saver, it really does help to save you money as well.\u00a0 I\u2019m afraid to admit it but I\u2019m a long time maker of lists, and I\u2019m not sure how I would manage without them anymore.<\/p>\n

Here are a few tips to making the shopping list do the work for you.<\/p>\n