Have Greater Control Over Household Food Cost

Ive been a cook and then a chef for about 17 years. Ive had the very good fortune of being taught from a young age how to prepare exquisite, tasty meals. Largely everyone in my family is a good cook; some very, very good, and some better than others.

Following those early teachers my family were a series of foreign and domestic, highly trained and extremely talented, world-class chefs. No one you have seen on the Food Networks cooking classes , and no one widely known to the masses like Gordon Ramsay or Jamie Oliver, but most certainly extraordinary cooks by any measure. I think Im qualified to teach you many skills and techniques which can be put into action immediately. You will have to take my word for it, for now.

Theres one thing thats really holding households back in terms of cooking and its the recipe. Its really a crutch, an anchor. People are stuck without a recipe and can really only resort back to methods and dishes which they have been exposed to by their past things they have eaten and old recipes which they have mastered.

If you want to have greater control over your household food cost, you have to learn to only use recipes for inspiration. Thats it. On my website Thriftculture Now.com, I only ever present recipes in my free cooking classes as guidesnot gospel. My purpose is to expose you to the information necessary to mastering techniques which you can apply to a HUGE variety of meats, poultry, fish, shellfish, vegetables, sea vegetables, herbs, spices, fruits, nuts, grains, beans, dirt, water, air.just kidding about the last three. Anywayget away from recipes and learn to really cook, utilizing whatever is in the kitchen, right now. You get home from work, look in the cupboards and in the fridge to see whats there, and just bang out a beautiful meal for you and your loved ones. No recipe. Thats what youre going to do.

In keeping with our mission of presenting you with the best solutions we can find for cutting household costs and living a thrifty life (building wealth!), I will outline why this information will dramatically lower your food cost as your learn and apply it.

In a nutshell, if youre constantly using recipes then youre constantly buying ingredients that you dont already have in your kitchen. If youre making these extra trips to the grocery store youre not only wasting productive time, but youre also wasting gasoline and risking getting sucked into unnecessary impulse buys while in the store, and your food cost skyrockets. You want to avoid over shopping.

Being able to cook using a variety of fundamental techniques will allow you to cook whatever is in your kitchen. You will steer clear of fast food and dining out excessively, and you will avoid buying processed food from the freezer aisle in the centre of the grocery store (no mans land), because it will be a snap for you to whip up tasty and healthy dishes using whatever you have.

Secondly, in terms of thrift and our new and exciting Thrift Culture, being able to cook anything and turn it in to an exquisite meal can turn you in to a master buyer of all foods. Its pretty stupid to buy ingredients that you dont know how to prepareif youre serious about frugal living, there isnt any room in your food cost budget for ingredients that you dont know how to prepare, in a variety of ways. You run the risk of destroying the ingredients and thus flushing your hard earned money down the drain. So, thats all about to come to an end.

The cooking classes you will find at Thriftculture Now.com will teach you the techniques that you of food. Braising short ribs has a lot in common with braising chicken thighs and blanching asparagus has a lot in common with blanching green beans. Just learn the techniques and apply them.

Lets get into the kitchen

Travis is a chef and the founder of Thriftculture Now.com

In TCN Cooking classes youll find the thrifty cooking solutions. learn to really cook, utilizing whatever is in the kitchen, right now. You get home from work, look in the cupboards and in the fridge to see whats there, and just bang out a beautiful meal for you and your loved ones. No recipe. Thats what youre going to do.