– Leftovers from yesterday make a really delicious lunch the next day. Feel free to blur the boundaries between breakfast, lunch and dinner. Everything can be eaten at any time, says August Borgås. Together with his friend Martin Bryn, he runs a TikTok account with 355,000 followers. The two chefs are keen to make food that is reasonable. The reason is, among other things, that both were students when they started working together. – We are keen to use common, cheap ingredients such as pasta and potatoes, they explain. In this matter, Martin and August share two reasonable and good recipes. Martin Bryn with salad. A recipe that is ideal for using up leftovers in the fridge. Photo: Private news told earlier this week that many of the food we buy have risen in price by over 20 per cent in one year. The food items that have increased the most include coffee, ketchup, pork and fresh cod. The case created great interest among readers, and several have shared their tips in the comments section. Makes huge pots One of them is Mona Katarina Scheidegger, who says that she has become more price conscious in the past year. – Cooking from scratch takes a little more time, but you save a lot of money, she says. Scheidegger’s tip is to make large pots that can last for several days. – I like to buy a whole chicken, fry it up on a Sunday and make a huge pot of chicken and vegetables that I have for dinner for three days, she says. Have changed their shopping habits 77 per cent of those who answered news’s question in the article said that high food prices have caused them to change their shopping habits in the past year. More than 29,000 people responded. Have your shopping habits changed in the past year? Yes. I think more through what I put in the cart. No. I act as before. Show result Sheidegger recognizes this. For example, she buys date goods much more often now than before. – In the past, I also bought ready-made porridge, but I no longer do that. It has become so expensive. Now I’d rather make the porridge myself, she says. news received many tips from readers on how to save money on food. Here are some of the best: Going on a fishing trip People also find other and more creative solutions than buying the cheapest alternative in the store. Laila Stokkevåg in Bergen lives near the sea and constantly fishes away to keep an eye on the food budget. – I think it is important to set aside some time for matauk. It takes some time, but it’s free, says Stokkevåg. Laila Stokkevåg grew up with home-caught fish on the dinner table almost every day when she was little. Here she herself is out on a fishing trip. Photo: Privat She and her partner have also introduced night fasting. That is, they do not eat anything between 7:00 p.m. in the evening and 11:00 a.m. in the morning. Breakfast and lunch are combined. – Eating less often is certainly a saving. We also don’t feel hungry anymore. Now we can rather eat more at meals and get really full. Laila likes to cook from scratch. Here she has made a self-picked mushroom stew with celeriac and carrots. Photo: Laila Stokkevåg Use up leftovers Tiktok chefs Martin and August advise that cold cuts are a great way to use up leftovers. Here you can throw in “anything”, according to them. Topping salad This is an example of what can be messed up with things and seaweed you can find in the fridge. Quick, easy, cheap and less food waste! Number of portions: 2–4 Time: 10 min This is what you need (for example): 1–2 handfuls of iceberg lettuce 1–2 handfuls of spinach leaves 3 slices of ham 3 slices of salami 1 piece of cheese, the size of a deck of cards 1 crusty bread A quarter of a cucumber 6 cherry tomatoes 1– 2 slices of red onion 3 tablespoons of cottage cheese 1 lemon wedge 1 tablespoon of olive oil Pepper How to do it: Tear up the salad and put in a bowl with the spinach. Cut up the onion, crispbread, cucumber, salami, ham, cherry tomatoes and cheese and put everything except the crispbread in the salad bowl. Pour on the oil, squeeze the lemon wedge, crack over some pepper and mix it together. Serve the salad topped with pieces of shortbread and cottage cheese. The chefs also advise that the following raw materials surprise with a low price per kilo: Frozen lamb Frozen chicken thigh Clean cuts of meat from cheap brands such as First Price – For us, it has become a guilty pleasure to look carefully at the First Price steaks to see if we can find any good ones. It’s a good tip that we don’t really like to share, says August and laughs. They also share a simple recipe for pizza spinners: Pizza spinners Make these and you have a cheap and filling dinner for many days to come. Number of portions: 16 pizza spins Time: About 2 hours including rising What you need: Pizza dough: 500 g wheat flour 3 dl lukewarm water 1 packet dry yeast 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar Pizza sauce: 1 dl ketchup 1 dl tomato paste 1 teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon oregano Half tsp salt Filling: 300 g cheese 500 g ham (1 pack) How to do it: Mix the ingredients for the pizza dough in a baking bowl. Knead the dough for approx. 15 min. Cover the dough with plastic and let it rise until it doubles in size, approx. one hour. Cut the bog ham into small pieces and mix together the ingredients for the pizza sauce in a bowl. Turn the oven to 225 degrees with top and bottom heat. Put flour on the counter and roll the dough into a large square the size of a long pan. Put on pizza sauce, a little over half of the cheese, and all the ham before rolling it up into a large sausage. Divide the sausage into 16 equal parts. Place the rolls on a baking tray lined with baking paper, cover with the rest of the cheese and let them rise under plastic wrap for approx. 20 min before you fry them for 15-20 min. Make many pizza rolls at a time and you will have lunch or dinner for several days. Photo: Martin Bryn Cheap alternatives increase The retail chains confirm that people’s shopping patterns have changed in the past year. Coop Norge sees a sharp increase in sales of the cheapest products, especially at the low-price chains Extra and Obs. – The Xtra series has had growth of 30 per cent in several stores, says Harald Kristiansen in Coop Norge. Rema 1000 has also experienced increased sales of the most affordable alternatives. Soft drinks, pasta, kitchen paper and pet food are some of the categories where people choose affordable brands to a greater extent. – We also see that consumers are looking for good offers. Among other things, we have had a 24 per cent increase in subscribers to our digital customer newsletters, says communications manager Hege Rognlien. Communications manager Harald Kristiansen at Coop Norge is well aware that customers are hunting for offers like never before. Photo: Espen Solli / Espen Solli
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This is how the TikTok chefs and readers think you can save money on food purchases – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio
