Certainly, many of us are looking for solutions to face successive waves of high prices, high prices, especially basic goods and services that we cannot do without, and one of the first of these solutions is to search for natives and change buying and consuming habits, to preserve the family’s budget in front of the wave of high prices. Which affected a number of consumer products, and specialists in housekeeping advised women to follow linear programming to rationalize consumption, which is well-known at the country level, and is used in rationalizing water and agricultural lands and in planning for savings, and we also advise searching the dictionary of natives for low-price and high-value native meals .
One of the wives who had such an experience said: “She often provides traditional and popular meals for her family, in an attempt to provide meals free of rice, indicating that she provides her family with cereal, araka and brown bread, and that many women have worked on diversification in cooking and innovation. New items for their tables in order to avoid the increase in expenses, after the high price that included a number of consumer items.
Another mentioned: “The consumption of quantities of rice is usually during banquets, and that restaurants no longer offer large quantities of rice due to the high prices of rice, indicating that many women did not have the ability to cook as much as needed, but this stage needs to be done. Women''s awareness to get rid of extravagance, as many women buy unnecessary things, which constitutes a burden on the family budget.
Let us make some innovations in food, through educational supervisors specializing in home economics, "Cindy''s Life", as she stresses the importance of the presence of the female housekeeper who uses all the materials she has in making foods, or creating new foods.
She added that Arab cuisine is full of rich and varied meals and foods, and the means of communication have contributed to educating women and acquainting them with oriental, international and Chinese dishes, and Arab women have become no less than others in managing their household affairs and providing the most beautiful recipes in different materials.
"Every woman can make the finest foods at the lowest costs, and I have noticed lately that many families have reduced visits and banquets with these price increases," Cindy said.
Cindy advised Arab women to be a housekeeper, and to make good use of the budget, by reducing cooking high-priced foods, dispensing with dishes and sweets that contain milk in their ingredients, turning to vegetables, and changing the materials used in filling pancakes, where boiled potatoes or ground meat can be placed Or minced chicken and other recipes, indicating that there are many options.
Professor of Nutrition at the Faculty of Home Economics in Abha, Dr. Qadria Jumaa Abdul-Gawad, stated that there are wrong eating habits that we practice in our foods, stressing the importance of food awareness through reading and knowledge, and that women in the world face the challenges of prices and their high prices, and therefore they must train on how to get out of these crises And the waves of high prices that swept the whole world.
She added that the dictionary of food natives is very large, as women can provide healthy and integrated meals at the lowest prices. Protein materials such as fish, meat and poultry can be replaced with eggs, milk and dairy products and vice versa, as well as milk can be replaced with eggs and fish.
Dr. Qadria indicated that due to the high prices of rice, Saudi women can replace it with brown bread, which does not lead to obesity, and it can also be replaced by cooking bulgur, frik, wheat, groats and couscous, and using these materials to reduce obesity among family members, due to the emergence of the phenomenon of obesity significantly Because of the large intake of carbohydrates and fats, as the family gets used to eating cooked vegetables and fruits.
She indicated that women need to increase their awareness of native diets, and that the meals they provide to their families contain vitamins and minerals, by taking advantage of these advantages in vegetables and fruits, indicating that rice and starches do not benefit the body, and that they accumulate under the skin, and turn into Fats and lead to obesity.
Dr. Qadria indicated that cooking vegetables and reducing the cooked quantities of rice, as two cups are sufficient for a family of four, and in this way, she can guide the consumption of rice and the consumption of sweets and sugars that harm the body.
She advised cooking in the oven by packing raw food, and placing it in trays in the oven, which preserves its nutritional value, indicating that the nutritional value in bread, bulgur, grits, and lentils are rich in proteins.
Complete meal
Fatima Al-Zahra Abdel-Al, a professor at the Faculty of Education and Economics in Abha, emphasized that protein is the most important thing in the human diet, and its importance lies in its ability to build body tissues, enzymes, hormones and muscle growth, and it is found in meat, fish and chicken, and can be dispensed with plant proteins of the same nutritional value.
She added that a woman can transform her trip into a healthy, integrated meal by making a balance between vegetable protein and animal protein, and using plant proteins such as lentils in making meals such as the koshari meal with an egg, during this meal a balance is worked, in addition to cooking beans, beans and legumes with a piece of cheese. It is a complete meal, and bread can replace rice.
As for infant formula, she said that it has no native for children. As for adults, it can take advantage of calcium-rich materials and mineral salts such as chickpeas, leafy vegetables, radishes and eggs, and work a balance between these foods.
Dr. Fatima explained that there is wrong consumption of rice in the Arab Gulf countries in general and in Saudi Arabia in particular, as large quantities of rice are destined for the trash because of the lack of rationalization of rice consumption, indicating that rice has no necessity in the human body, but rather it is a great factor for fat storage in The body and obesity, as these carbohydrates lead to obesity in the internal organs of the body, and work to reduce their efficiency.
Three tablespoons of rice
She said that three tablespoons of rice per person in the meal is sufficient for the needs of an adult, and he can supplement the meal with bread and replace fresh fruits and vegetables, to obtain vitamins and minerals, in addition to radishes that contain high amounts of calcium, and get iron from spinach, leafy vegetables and cooked vegetables, Working on changing the way foods are cooked, and using oven-cooking, such as making fish trays with grits, which are of high nutritional value and rich in mineral salts and proteins. Rice can also be cooked irregularly, and try to make a list of foods to be cooked throughout the week, to determine the necessary nutrients, Stressing the importance of knowledge and food culture for Arab women to overcome this stage.
Consumer awareness
Belqis Abed Bhatmeh, Associate Professor of the College of Home Economics, Department of Nutrition at the College of Education for Girls in Jeddah, said that the food habits of Saudi families are not wrong habits, but women need to do their consumer culture more, indicating that this does not necessarily mean stinginess, but rather it means preserving Grace without extravagance.
She added that the problem is concentrated in the lack of consumer awareness, as a result of the existence of customs and traditions related to food, especially at times of banquets, and she said that Saudi women must be keen on raising their daughters as long as they are managed without stinginess, because women are responsible for ordering food purchases in their home. Therefore, a woman must know how to put together a list of requests and supplies that she needs in making food, indicating that she must bear in mind buying what her family collects in love with him, and devote herself to the things that she loves as much as she needs, and she must also adapt her way of cooking, So that the cooking is sufficient for all family members, without having to throw the excess in the trash, and she must also know the cooking method that her family loves, and not force children to eat meals when they do not want, taking into account the presence of the elderly in the family and children and the desires of each who are they.
Dr. Belqis indicated that when buying, women should start buying necessities, while not paying attention to many temptations, which depend on colors, offers and discounts, in addition to cooking some items in the supermarket and selling some cooked items, which makes the consumer change his buying direction. With the importance of raising the girl in her father’s home on not paying attention to publicity, and introducing her to how to and move away from the culture of dependency that many families suffer from in imitating others in purchases and meals, while getting used to local products, and not to be tempted by offers on food that provide household items on products To urge the consumer to buy.
Linear programming for consumption rationalization
Dr. Belkis stressed the importance of introducing the Arab community to written programming as a method of rationalization of consumption, which is well-known at the country level, and is used in rationalizing water and agricultural lands and is used in planning for savings. It is used in many developing countries, and it is also necessary for women to be educated about what their family needs. Calories for classes at home, and trying to work
Simple calculation for everyone''s needs.
Women can also rationalize by changing the way some foods are cooked, substituting legumes, and learning about the culture of natives, which need to educate the community about it, taking into account the difference in the culture of food societies and taking into account the components of the food, and can also benefit from the presentation of popular recipes, with attention By removing fats without removing them, because these fats aid in the digestive process.
We have to pay attention to all these advice resulting from studies and analyzes from scholars and experience, so that we can overcome those crises that could befall us and our small homes.
