Money saving tips: Mum prepares snack board for kids’ lunches [Video]

Why you need to try a ‘clean out’ snack board now: Mum shares ‘genius’ trick for saving money on meals every week 

23:11 EDT 05 Jul 2023 , updated 02:34 EDT 06 Jul 2023

A mum-of-four has shared her simple trick to ensure she doesn’t waste money on food amid the cost of living crisis.

Every week Amber, 33, prepares a ‘clean out’ snack board for her two youngest children’s lunches. The healthy grazing platter consists of food that would otherwise be thrown away at the end of the week.

On this occasion she laid out the last few pieces of strawberries, cherry tomatoes, cheese nuggets along with handfuls of chips and crackers.

‘After they finish, whatever is left (usually not much because they snack on it for a while) goes in the trash. It’s my easy attempt at ‘no waste’,’ the mum from Florida Panhandle wrote on her Facebook page ‘Everyday with Amber‘.

Unsurprisingly she said the nuggets usually …