Red Dot Mum

  If I have learnt anything from these years of being a home manager, it is to mimimise things and keep work flow processes simple because stages of family life change1, every person goes through a different life stage2 and in so doing goes through a developmental stage too. Frugality is a value transmitted down my side of the family; and for me, I have internalised it as part of my outlook on life3. This value has translated into the application of ‘waste not, want not’ in the home and for my husband and I, do form part of a common outlook, to educate our children on home economics. A budget set aside for food is a part of home economics and minimising food wastage is an approach also taken to adhere to a part of the household allowance set aside for food every month. In our family we minimise this by: Organised pantry We had already kept our kitchen organised. Recently, thanks to a clever tip, we put   together all ‘carbs’, ‘protein’, ‘fruit’ , and ‘vegetable’ and ‘flav...