End the tradition of Christmas turkey.
Several days have passed since the holiday season concluded, and chances are that your remaining meal leftovers have run out. It’s reasonable to assume that the holiday dishes prepared may not have been the healthiest choices. Now is the perfect time to switch gears and revert back to healthier eating habits.
Preparing meals, whether for your family or just for yourself as a professional, parent, or individual, can appear overwhelming. Nevertheless, there are techniques you can implement to simplify and reduce the time spent on weekdays for preparing healthy meals for yourself and your family.
One effective approach to managing your weekday meals is by prepping them in advance. Getting ingredients ready or even preparing meals that can be reheated for dinner can ensure the consumption of balanced and nutritious meals. Here are steps you can follow to achieve this:
- Organize your meals by jotting down meal concepts, recipes, and desired foods for the weekend.
- Complete the grocery shopping, cleaning, and preparation beforehand to avoid spending time on these tasks during the weekdays (which can be quite time-consuming).
- If there are dishes that can be cooked beforehand and stored in the fridge for up to a week, prepare them on Sunday and either freeze or refrigerate them.
- This step is crucial, especially when living with young children. Label your containers with the date of preparation to ensure no one mistakenly serves a meal that might have been overlooked a few weeks ago.
- Repeat the process on the following weekend.