Nutrition life hacks - keep eating well, even under the pump.
Life busy?
Does a well balanced dinner or lunch take a back seat when you are running late or feeling tired?
When you are stressed is it too hard to bring it all together?
These are tried and true life hacks that can, with a little prep, get you well stocked for busy weeknights and the days where it all feels too much.
Use a slow cooker or thermomix to do all the hard work - find 3-4 recipes for the slow cooker / thermomix and plan to make 2 recipes per week for freezing.
Freeze in small portions, with a side of frozen vegetables and a grain, for a complete meal. Freeze some without grains or a side to put on sourdough toast or to have on a wrap with some salad.
Some recipes to search for might include:
Savoury lentils or mince
A curry
A stew
A vegetarian or meat bolognaise
Mexican beans
Soup
Cook and freeze grains too – brown rice, quinoa, wholemeal or spelt pasta. Freeze separately or under the cooked meals.
Keep frozen vegetables on hand – they are nutritionally viable and can make throwing together a simple meal easy – think fried rice + egg with frozen veg + precooked frozen rice.
Hard boil 3-4 eggs at a time and keep in fridge for quick and easy meals and snacks.
Have a nut and seed mix on hand that you can sprinkle on cooked veg, porridges, put in smoothies, can have with a piece of fruit. Pick a nut you like and then get sunflower seeds, pepitas, sesame seeds and hemp seeds and mix together. Keep in the fridge, and when you run out try making it with a different nut or seed combo.
Bake a tray of roast vegetables and have on hand to munch during the week.
Make some bone or vegetable broth – In the slow cooker make up batches of broth and have on had for making into soups and stews, or have a cup of broth as a snack. If you are making a vegetarian broth, stir through some raw miso paste for extra protein.
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