To spare? Annemarie (who has eight children) buys smartly: ‘I’ll sit down for it on Friday’ | Cooking & Eating

Cooking & EatingWhat can we learn from the ups and downs of large families interms of shopping and cooking? Smart shopping is a must when you have so manymouths to feed. Especially in times of extremely high prices. AnnemarieGeerts, known from the TV program What do they do it from , has eightchildren. How does she look after the little ones?

Annemarie Geerts does all the shopping online since the family has reallygrown. ,,Before that time I went to different shops and to the fruit andvegetable market. But at some point those ten liters of milk, seven loaves ofbread and all the other groceries just didn’t fit in my car anymore. Moreover,shopping became something of a nuisance. I wasted so much time on it.”

And extra money, says Geerts. The trips to the store and still takingsomething that is not on the shopping list with each visit ticked nicely. “Ino longer had the overview. At one point my husband said: ‘Then just stop anddo the shopping online’.”

“That was in 2012, when it was still decadent to shop online. I was ashamed,only companies did it, not families.” But in her own words, her family hasbecome quite like a company. The argument for switching. “A world opened upfor me when I did that.”

Quote >>> I never buy sliced ​​vegetables, they are gone after a few days>> Annemarie Geerts

How do you choose your groceries?

“Every Friday I sit down for it. First I throw my standard shopping list intothe online cart. Then I look at what’s left, I know exactly what’s in myfridge and look up recipes for it.”

“I always look at the offers. Is the minced meat on offer that week? Then weeat something with minced meat. The same goes for kale, for example. I alsocook with the season. In the summer the tomatoes cost almost nothing, then Imake my own pasta sauces, for example. It saves you money and it is a lothealthier than all those packages and bags.”

“I also pay attention to vegetables that can be stored for a long time. Wealways eat chicory at the end of the week because you can keep it good for along time. I never buy sliced ​​vegetables, they are gone after a few days.You can save so much money with fresh vegetables.”

Does everyone also eat along with everything?

“I decide what we eat and everyone eats what they eat. You don’t have to emptyyour plate, if you don’t like it, you don’t eat. Desserts are the solutionwhen it comes to picky eaters. If you see everyone eating a nice dessert, thennext time you just eat along. They eat anything for dessert with me. Inaddition, I make sure that they are always hungry at mealtime. At 3 p.m. it’sfruit with a treat and then nothing more. That way, the evening meal istasty.”

Quote >>> Eggs, they are always gone. I can buy infinite quantities of it. That’s why> I created an ‘adolescent’>> Annemarie Geerts

Have you lost more or less money since you did your online shopping?

“I have cut costs enormously. Because I do much more targeted shopping. I nowalways have food in the house for seven days. They arrive with almost a wholebus full in front of us. Often it is six crates, four bags and some stuff forthe freezer. I sometimes get the comment ‘Do you have a company?’, ‘No, lotsof children’.”

“I am lucky that we can also lose everything at home. If you don’t have thatspace, my tip is: don’t overcrowd your cupboards with equipment, such asblenders and mixers. Make sure you can save offers. I am also very happy withmy large freezer, I have six drawers. I can put seven loaves of bread in itand meat for a week.”

Some of your children are going through puberty. Doesn’t everything gofaster with teenagers in the house?

“Everything is on all the time. So on Sundays we eat chicory with ham, butthat ham always disappears one way or another. I tend to hide the suit. Oreggs, they are always gone. I can buy infinite quantities of it. That’s why Icreated an ‘adolescent’. Every week I throw in everything that those teenagerslike to eat. In addition, I make sure that there is always enough bread andcheese in the house for toasted sandwiches.”

“I’d rather they snack here than go to McDonalds. The rule is also ‘on is on’.I don’t refill the drawer until the end of the week. This way they learn torespect each other. Fortunately, I have very sweet children and that often