Feeling the pinch? You can still enjoy posh nosh with our 専門家’s savvy 交換（する）s

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With the price of a 週刊誌 shop 辛勝する／優位ing ever skywards, even food snobs must 強化する their belts. But there are 確かな 基準s every middle-class host must keep up. So if you can’t afford that splash of Fever-Tree tonic in your guests’ G&T or the Torres truffle crisps to munch on while supper cooks, what is the 代案／選択肢??

Sudi Pigott, a self-自白するd lover of ‘Prada for the larder’, turns foodie sleuth to find cheaper 見解／翻訳／版s of the 中心的要素s we love. These savvy 交換（する）s will spare your pennies and your middle-class blushes.

SMOKIN' SALMON?

SWAP: Daylesford Smoked Salmon (£8.99, 100g, daylesford.com) FOR: Goldstein Smoked Salmon (£3.70, 100g, goldsteinsalmon.com)

SWAP: Daylesford Smoked Salmon (£8.99, 100g, daylesford.com)?

FOR: Goldstein Smoked Salmon (£3.70, 100g, goldsteinsalmon.com)

The mere 指名する Daylesford sends foodies into raptures. And this 有機の salmon from the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland, with its delicate wisp of smoke and elegant pale colour, is a subtle 扱う／治療する.?

But try Goldsteins, one of the oldest salmon smokers in the world, and you won’t be disappointed. The 会社／堅い 申し込む／申し出s a 穏やかな London cure. yet the smoke is a little more 独特の and the texture is creamy, if a little oily.?

MARVELLOUS MUESLI?

SWAP: Deliciously Ella Apricot and Almond Muesli (£4.15, 500g, ocado.com)?

FOR: Mornflake Classic Muesli Fruit and Nut (£2, 750g, ocado.com)?

The vibrantly 一括d Deliciously Ella 範囲 exudes a wholesome 控訴，上告 ― just like its eponymous 創立者 and wellness influencer, Ella Woodward, a granddaughter of Lord Sainsbury.?

But at half the price, Mornflake is a gem. This family-owned brand has been milling British oats for 15 世代s. 異常に, the recipe 含むs a 比較して high 割合 of dates which gives a rich, fudgy 公式文書，認める と一緒に raisins, sultanas, 乾燥した，日照りのd apricots, 乾燥した，日照りのd coconut 加える healthy seeds, hazelnuts and almonds. A superbly 井戸／弁護士席-?balanced mix.?

MOREISH MARMITE

SWAP: Belazu Rose Harissa Spiced Nuts (£3.85, 135g, アマゾン)?

FOR: Marmite Cashews (£1.50, 90g, waitrose.com)?

Are salted peanuts 簡単に too d?class? to 熟視する／熟考する with a pre-dinner sharpener? Try an arrestingly aromatic bowl of nuts instead. A 比較して new 新規加入 to Belazu’s enticing repertoire, these Rose Harissa nuts (there’s also a truffle and pecorino 見解／翻訳／版) are unashamedly aspirational. But I am the cheap date here and have long had a 証拠不十分 for Marmite and cashews. Put together, they are satisfyingly tasty and moreish.?

QUAFFABLE COFFEE?

SWAP: 協定／条約 Coffee (£9.95 for 250g, or £6.95-£7.95 with a subscription 計画（する）, pactcoffee.com)?

FOR: Lavazza Qualita Rossa (£3.75, 250g, tesco.com)?

As an 熱心な coffee lover I 自白する that I spend too much money on coffee beans. 協定／条約’s subscription model makes 質 more accessible, of course, and I do love the fact that, for total show-off 控訴，上告, they いつかs have special, ultra-rare coffee to 購入（する） as one-off 捕らえる、獲得するs.?

But if the squeeze is on, you can always 交換（する） out your singlevariety blend. Lavazza’s Qualita Rossa (a blend of Brazilian Arabica and African and SouthEast Asian Robusta beans) has an 控訴，上告ing aroma and is mellow and creamy, with a medium intensity and 公式文書，認めるs of chocolate and a hint of hazelnut.?

Far superior to many coffees I’ve been served in places that should know better!?

TEMPTING TRUFFLE

SWAP: Torres Truffle Crisps (£4.25, 125g, ocado.com) FOR: M&S Truffle Crisps (£1.85, 150g, ocado.com)

SWAP: Torres Truffle Crisps (£4.25, 125g, ocado.com)?

FOR:?M&S Truffle Crisps (£1.85, 150g, ocado.com)?

What better 指示する人（物） of extravagant foodie aspirations than serving truffle crisps as guests arrive for supper??

But a 125g packet of posh favourite Torres crisps, made in Barcelona, can cos t more than £4.?

Thank goodness M&S’s own are far superior. They have a very more-ish truffle and 激しい umami taste. On closer 査察 of the 成分s, the summer 黒人／ボイコット truffle flavour is augmented with mushroom 砕く, which only 高めるs the savoury deliciousness, and the crisps are fried in proper olive oil. A 限定された 勝利，勝つ.?

TERRIFIC TRONIC

SWAP: Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Light (£3.80, 8 x 150ml, sainsburys.co.uk) FOR: 山の尾根 Valley Indian Tonic (£1.99, 8 x 150ml, aldi.com)

SWAP: Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Light (£3.80, 8 x 150ml, sainsburys.co.uk)

FOR: 山の尾根 Valley Indian Tonic (£1.99, 8 x 150ml, aldi.com)?

Fever-Tree first shook up the market in 2005 and this is a beautifully balanced tonic, aromatic with soft citric content and a natural taste and is not 極端に fizzy.?

But Aldi’s own-label tonic is an award 勝利者 at a fraction of the cost, while looking almost 同一の in 一括ing.?

意味ありげに, it is 類似して effervescent, not too fizzy, just a light p?tillance. The balance isn’t やめる perfect, there is a little bitterness with the quinine, but it is undeniably refreshing.?

CRACKING CRACKERS

SWAP: Gail’s Seeded Crackers (£3.90, 154g, gailsbread.co.uk)?

FOR: Peter’s Yard Seeded Sourdough Flatbreads (£1.90, 135g, sainsburys.co.uk)

Of course, you can’t 扱う／治療する guests to an artisanal nutty cheddar without high-status 薄焼きパン／素焼陶器s to …を伴って it. And these buttermilk and seed (delicious fennel, poppy and caraway to 指名する but three) flatbreads from Gail’s taste utterly irresistible with unusual nuances of spice. However, the slow-fermented, small-（製品，工事材料の）一回分 sourdough flatbreads from Edinburgh-based Peter’s Yard are 急速な／放蕩な becoming the musthave of the cheese course ― and far more affordable. I love their crisp, crunchy finish.?

OIL CHA NGE

SWAP: Brindisa North & South Extra Virgin Olive Oil (£9.95, 1 litre, ocado.com) FOR: Filippo Berio Special 選択 Extra Virgin Olive Oil (£5.50, 1 litre, morrisons.com)

SWAP: Brindisa North & South Extra Virgin Olive Oil (£9.95, 1 litre, ocado.com)?

FOR: Filippo Berio Special 選択 Extra Virgin Olive Oil (£5.50, 1 litre, morrisons.com)?

I keep a splash of special extra virgin olive for cheffy final 繁栄するs on roast fish or homemade hummus and I love the 深い grassy vibrancy of Brindisa’s North & South, which is a blend of mellow Arbequina and more punchy Picual olives.?

Yet Filippo Berio has a smooth, fruity flavour and a 限定された punch for いっそう少なく than half the price. It is good in a simple vinaigrette and cooked with shallots and tomato sauce, it is really やめる hard to tell the difference. Both are balanced, harmonious and versatile.

NICE CREAM?

SWAP: Grom Vanilla Gelato Ice Cream (£6.99, 460ml, waitrose.com)?

FOR: Mackie’s Vanilla Ice Cream (£2.25, 1 litre, waitrose.com)?

We all mean to use the icecream 製造者 we bought with the best 意向s years ago, but a マリファナ of good ice-cream in the freezer is an excellent stand-by. And Grom, with its svelte 一括ing and 誇るs of a real Italian gelato recipe, is pitched as a special 扱う／治療する. Yet on 見本ing a tub, the flavour is not ambrosial and its texture is velvety, yet not exceptionally so. Four scoops and I am halfway through, too!?

More shockingly, Grom is now owned and made by Unilever while Mackie’s remains a 伝統的な family 商売／仕事 using milk from their own herds in Aberdeenshire. A fresh creamy 攻撃する，衝突する with a vanilla aroma and balanced flavour.?

Its price is old-fashioned, too.