Pasta is one of the best budget-friendly meals going. Not only is the Italian delicacy cheap to buy in shops, but it cooks in a matter of minutes. Well, it turns out you can enjoy the meal for even less than you might expect thanks to a money-saving tip.
The most common method used when cooking pasta involves bringing water to the boil, before adding pasta and leaving the pot on the stove. But there's a different way to cook pasta that uses less energy, and it's got the backing of a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
Instead of leaving the hob on a high temperature, quantum theorist, Giorgio Parisi recommends turning the heat down or off completely.