Hello wellness warriors and happy holidays!
Healthy eating is essential for losing weight and living well. However if your life is busy like mine the last thing you want to do after a crazy day is dream up a healthy low calorie or low fat meal. I mean who has time for that?
It seems much easier to pop a quick meal in the microwave or grab something less nutritious on the run. Would you like to know the easiest way to healthy eating at mealtime?
Today we are going to talk about meal prepping and how it helps sustain healthy eating and losing weight. I will also show you how easy it is to make a salad in a jar during this quick video.
Meal prepping is a simple concept but one that will save you time and money, and it gives you nutritious alternatives when it comes to dinner or fixing lunches for the kids. Professional chefs have all of their ingredients pre-prepped, within arms’ reach, so they can just focus on cooking. You can do this at home by setting aside a weekend afternoon or maybe a few hours during the week to plan, shop and prep your meals.
Check out this quick, simple and nutritious salad in a jar that I made while meal prepping this week. Some of the Benefits of a Salad in a Jar
- Your lunch stays fresh. With a few minutes of prep work, lunch is set for the entire week – the salads Keep up to five days in the Mason jar. Just grab a salad and go.
- Transport is easy and convenient.
- You can increase your vegetable consumption.
- They are fun to layer differently and mix up your salads.
If you’re determined to figure out how to meal prep, you’re in luck. To get started, consider what you’ll eat for each meal and snack throughout the week and make a grocery list. Many people choose to do the bulk of the food prepping work on Sundays and then store their meals and snacks in individual containers for easy access.
When your fridge is stocked with ready to nutritious items, you can throw together a satisfying meal in no time at all. Walla…breakfast, lunch, dinner. Meal prepping is great for making healthy meals more automatic so that you don’t have to spend any time or energy focusing on what you are going to eat. With a little meal prep you’re eating well, saving money, managing your energy, saving time, and living your best life.
If you fail to plan, plan to fail, suggests new research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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A link to a few salad in a jar recipes. http://www.tnsitechampions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Salad-in-a-Jar.pdf
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