Quite often, women feel they must be superwoman or supermom, regardless how difficult that may be to pull off. One area where women struggle trying to do everything is cooking healthy meals. Try these cooking tips for busy moms and give yourself a break!
Truth be told, everyone prefers to eat a good, home cooked meal. But you may not have the energy to cook from scratch. You can create great meals that don’t take a long time; here’s how:
• Make a plan before going grocery shopping. Creating a meal plan for at least a week at a time will solve two problems. Firstly, you’ll know what you’re going to eat for dinner all week so you won’t be racking your brain at 5 p.m. trying to figure out what to cook. Secondly, you’ll be able to better control how much you spend because you’ll only buy ingredients you need.
• After you’ve done your shopping, wash all the vegetables and cut them up into the sizes you’ll need for each meal. This may take a bit of time on the front end, but will save you a lot of time when you’re preparing each meal later. Plus you'll be more likely to reach for a healthy snack of fresh fruit or veggies instead of the cookie jar. Don’t forget to ask for help from your kids that are old enough to use a sharp knife.
• Make your crock pot your best friend. This one cooking tool can make your life so much easier, and your family much more satisfied with the meal. Put your ingredients into the crock pot, turn it on, and leave it alone. By the time you return home, you’ll have the makings for a great home-cooked meal!
• When you plan a family favorite, prepare more than one meal’s worth. You can double, triple, or quadruple the amount that you make. Freeze the separate meals for later use. Then all you have to do is add a fresh salad to complete the meal.
• If you don’t want to spend an entire day cooking extra meals, plan on cooking enough for one extra meal that you can use as a planned leftover one night. If you’re using making chili one night, make a little extra that you can add to baked potatoes on another night.
• Stretch your home-made meal with a tossed or pasta salad. Salads are quick, easy, and nutritious. They’re also good to add when you’re having leftovers. They’ll stretch the meal quite nicely.
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