A TikToker has shared her energy saving hack for cutting 50p (60c) or more each meal just by using different appliances to cook it. Heidi Ondrak, known as the Duchess of Thrift on social media, posts her penny pinching tips to help people with the rising cost of living.
The 51-year-old project manager from Plymouth, Devon, shared the tip for saving around £3.50 (€4.15) a week on cooking dinner by using an air fryer and microwave in place of an oven or hob. In the TikTok Heidi shows how she saves 58p in energy whilst cooking a meal of chicken sausages, mash, and peas for four people - cutting the cost of energy used from 77p to just 19p.
Heidi tells her 23.3K followers: “So tonight we've got chicken sausages, peas and mash. Chicken sausages in the air fryer, they'll take about 15 minutes. Now, if I put them in the oven they would take about 30 minutes costing about 27p. In the air fryer It'll be about 9p for 15 minutes.
