It's all helping you to understand what you actually want and consume.

On to tip three now, which is creativity.

So pantry challenge kind of makes you think outside the box.

Exhibit A.

So this is my chicken dish.

So she poked about in her fridge.

I had some soup left over, so I've made that into a stock.

Things that will replace shop-bought breads and biscuits.

And Natalie says that takes

organisation.

Big batch cooking means that you've got to have basically all your staples already.

And that would be like once a month shop.

But the rest of us might like to begin with something more modest.

If we're stuck on a budget, we want to know how we can spread that meal.

So we want to cook once, then we want to eat three times.

But Natalie says not everyone cooks in the same way.