Most of us are still working from home, spending a lot of time inside and have to cook every single day. Here s 3 tips to keep your cooking simple, healthy and save you time in the kitchen.
1. Plan your meal in advance
Planning ahead helps you to save time and avoid stressing around meals preparation. I always makes sure I have enough fresh organic vegetables in the fridge and in the freezer: for example Broccoli, Bok Choi (recent discovery and its amazing!), fresh Kale, Spinach, Purple Sprouting Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflowers, leeks, runner and green beans.
Plus, buying in season is better for your palate and better for the environment! Products that are at its seasonal peak requires less manipulation to deliver great flavor and it's quicker to cook.
In term of protein and carbs, always have different nuts, seeds, and the basic (brown) rice, lentils, chickpeas, edamame, pasta in the cupboard. You have all you need for a quick meal.
Once you have all your ingredients, weekend preparation seems the easiest (definitely have more time than during the week). Then cooking big meals (nice curry, automnal vegetable soup) that you can put in different tupperwares and can stock in your freezer and defrost easily.
2.Transform your leftover
Leftover could be boring, but by being a little creative and try new combination of ingredients, dressing (vinaigrette, soy and teriyaki sauce), spices up a little bit (paprika, turmeric, mix of herbs, chilli powder, cayenne pepper) leftover won’t taste exactly the same as the day before and still be super tasty.
3. Make it simple
Keep the ingredients list short, meals with few ingredients tick many boxes: delicious, healthy and time saving. One thing I love to do is using what I have in the fridge and make tasty tartine bread. It's a 5/10 min meal preparation.
First, try different bread: black bread, whole grains (super nutritious), bread with raisin, seeds and nuts.
Then use a based: vegan cream cheese, guacamole, houmous.
Add crudity and leftover: carrots, cherry tomatoes, cucumber for example.
Top up with nuts (pecan, walnuts, almond, brazilian nuts) and Seeds (chia, pumpkin)
Top up with Broccoli and rocket salad sprouts (lots of protein) and you are done!
“Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.” – Bethenny Frankel
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