March 14, 2013

Too Busy To Eat Healthy?

Here are ten ways to eat healthy even when you’re too busy to cook.

As always, MagicKitchen.com has healthy meals that will wait in your freezer until you’re ready to eat them. Made with top-quality fresh produce and ingredients, all made here in the USA, and so easy to prepare. Perfect for busy people like working parent, people who work long hours, or students.
Here’s an easy breakfast idea: hard boil some eggs the night before. It only take ten minutes, and eggs are healthy! Then eat them the next day with salt and pepper and an apple, along with a piece of toast.
Another breakfast idea: Wrap a tortilla around that egg (slice the egg first or you’ll have egg rolling around in your car). Add a slice of lean ham, some lettuce and brush on a little bottled salsa or hot sauce.
Snacks- rather than grabbing a bag of chips, keep grapes, celery sticks, cherry tomatoes and almonds with you. You’ll have something healthy to snack on all day!
A favorite trick of mine when I’m stretched for time is to steam whatever veggies are around- small potatoes, baby carrots, asparagus, then poach or fry an egg and when it’s done, put it on top of the veggies. Add salt and pepper, then break the yolk and mix it all together. Yum!
Keep easy meals on hand- cans of beans, microwaveable rice, frozen veggies, and that old standby peanut butter. I also like to keep Thai Red Curry paste in the fridge. Add a smidge to chicken bouillon and add a little cornstarch for a quick, flavorful and spicy sauce!
If you find it impossible to avoid a fast-food place, keep it down to once a week. Make a list of the healthier options from the fast food outlets closest to you, and keep it with you. Only eat until you’re full and ignore the portion size. Restaurants
Grocery shop in off hours, when things aren’t so busy. Heck, you’re up anyway, right?
One word: tuna. Get a can of tuna and empty it into a bowl of salad greens, cucumber, celery and tomatoes. Add a bit of low-cal salad dressing and mix it up.
Cook in quantity. When you do have a little spare time, make a huge chili, spaghetti sauce, or pot roast. Then freeze the leftovers in well-labelled containers for future lunches and suppers.