For many years my husband and I had the habit of buying food outside on a daily basis to supposedly “save time”. We used to spend at least $25 a day on a home delivered food or stopping by a restaurant for lunch and when we came to see not only where we spending a crazy amount of money on a monthly basis but we were also not having the results we wanted. A salad or a “healthy meal” in a restaurant can easily be more than 800-1000 calories because of the ingredients and how it’s prepared.
Like us most people have had the thought that cooking at home is too time consuming but we learned that preparing food at home has a double purpose. First, you save time because you can prepare enough to eat afterwards and second, you definitely get more for your money because with the same $75 we used to spend on 3 lunch outings we had enough ingredients to make lunch meals for the week.
If you are concerned that you don’t have time to prepare quick healthy meals here are a few tips that can help you:
• Print out or write in a notebook 10-12 quick and easy recipes that you’d like to have handy especially for when you haven’t had a chance to think about what to make and need a quick solution
• Make sure to have plenty of ingredients on hand. I always make sure my freezer and refrigerator is stocked with fruits, vegetables, nuts and lean proteins like chicken breasts, fish, eggs or shrimp. Also I make sure to always have healthy staples like tuna, beans, tomato sauce, quinoa, brown rice etc. Some spices I like to have ready to use are, pink Himalayan salt, ground pepper, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, vinegar, cinnamon, cumin, cilantro etc. These spices help give great flavor to foods without the extra calories or additives like MSG found in other seasoning powders.
• Take advantage of convenient pre-washed / pre-packaged foods like salad greens, and vegetables. In most supermarkets or wholesale foods stores they sell inexpensive boxes of baby spinach, baby lettuce; mixed greens and bags of pre-cut vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, green beans, etc. These are a great time saver and all you have to do is throw them into the pan, steamer or even just straight onto your plate.
• Cook one big pot, eat a few times. If you’re preparing chicken or fish with some quinoa or brown rice for dinner, make enough for you and the family and some extra to use for later or the following day. When I prepare a pot of brown rice I usually make enough to last 2-3 days. As long as it is properly stored it will stay fresh and taste just as great as when freshly made.
Aside from these healthy meals, we have been incorporating the Herbalife Nutrition Products to our daily meal plan for the past 12 years! We love it because it takes out the guess work of what to have for breakfast and or lunch/dinner therefore it saves us time since it’s to quick and simple to prepare and it provides us with all the nutrients our body needs! Combining this along with the healthy home cooked meals we have been able to transform our bodies and we continue working for our next results!
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