We have heard it time and time again, but it really is true. Very few of us get very far in this health journey without learning to plan for our workouts and eating. Think about it (and be honest) if you go to the gym without a plan, is your workout as effective? Did your meal plan go well last week? If not, did you start with a plan?
Here are a few quick tips for making your meal planning a little quicker and easier:
- Pick recipes that have shared ingredients. For example, buy a cabbage, peel off the outer leaves to use for wraps (more fiber, more filling, less sugar/fat than flour-based wraps) and use the remainder for a soup or stew (replace the potatoes in your favorite beef soup-or search for Beef Soup on this site for a great recipe).
- Prep your protein. In less than an hour you can get your proteins for the whole week prepped by adding marinades and other ingredients, plus the protein to a ziplock bag that you can then throw into the crockpot or onto the broiler or grill when you are ready. See the Beef and Broccoli recipe below-one of my favs.
- Spin your salad. Invest in a salad spinner and/or salad travel containers. They can make salads an easier option! Salad spinners are great because they help get the lettuce clean and dry and if you store your salad in the spinner in the fridge, it will stay nice for about a week (see the post on Salads). The travel containers make it easy for you to make salad an option for on the go-there are many types, I love the ones from Glad
Great option for packing salads from Gladware!
(see pic)-the cup for dressing pops in/out of the groove in the lid-so simple to measure correct amount and add it when you want, so salad doesn’t have to be a sloppy mess when you get to it!
So, there you have 3 Quick Tips to cut time in the kitchen when you are prepping food for the week! You will be surprised at the difference it will make if you implement small changes to your habits, such as these.
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Have a great weekend!
Be Well-Your Bff
Beef and Broccoli Recipe (You’re Welcome!)
Regular recipe:
2 T. cornstarch
4 T cold water (or ¼ cup)
1 ½ lbs. flank steam, thinly sliced
1 cup beef broth
2/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
1/3 cup brown sugar (Splenda)
1 T sesame oil
1 T minced garlic
¼ tsp red chili flakes, opt
4 cups broccoli florets (fresh or frozen)
Double Recipe:
4 T. cornstarch
8 T cold water ( ½ cup)
2.5-3 lbs. flank steam, thinly sliced
2 cups beef broth
1 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
2/3 cup brown sugar (Splenda)
2 T sesame oil
2 T minced garlic
¼ – ½ tsp red chili flakes, opt
6 cups broccoli florets (fresh or frozen)
Combine cornstarch and water. Put all of the ingredients except broccoli in a bag and place in fridge until you are ready to cook. Dump contents in slow cooker and cook 2 hours on high setting or low for longer (I did low for 8 hours)-add fresh or frozen broccoli at the end-last hour or so.
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