Eating well deliciously!
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Kitchen tools do not make for a very sexy blog post, but finding ways to prepare quick and healthy meals is more necessary than ever in our fast-paced world. The right kitchen tools and appliances can save you lots of time and effort while ensuring that all meals are nutritious and delicious. This article will outline a list of must-have kitchen tools that will transform your cooking experience and make cooking a breeze. Let’s dive in!
Including a multipurpose food processor in your kitchen toolbox is a huge time-saver. Some have several attachments that can make chopping, shredding, slicing, and even kneading dough effortless. From preparing homemade sauces and dressings to quickly chopping vegetables for stir-fries, a reliable food processor is an indispensable tool for any aspiring home cook.
One of my favorite appliances, the Instant Pot cooker, is famous for a good reason. This one appliance takes on the functions of multiple appliances that can save you both time and counter space. It can perform as a slow cooker, rice cooker, pressure cooker, and more. This kitchen tool can drastically reduce cooking time, which makes it perfect for busy families who want to prepare nutritious meals in a fraction of the time.
Spiralizers are a great addition to your kitchen toolbox if you’d like to have more vegetables in your meals. It transforms vegetables like zucchini, carrots, and other vegetables into noodles, providing a healthier alternative to traditional pasta dishes. You can use spiralized vegetables in salads, stir-fries, or as a base for delicious and nutritious veggie bowls.
Having the right appliances can transform your cooking experience by making it quicker, more enjoyable, and healthier.
The kitchen gadgets and cooking essentials mentioned in this article are designed to save you time, enhance efficiency, and encourage preparing nutritious meals. Spending a little more to include these must-have tools will enable you to embark on a healthy cooking journey. So, check out the links in this article, stock your kitchen with these essentials, and get ready to easily create delicious and nourishing meals.
Remember that each kitchen appliance serves a specific purpose, so select the ones that match your cooking style and preferences.
With the right tools, you’ll be amazed at how effortless and enjoyable your culinary adventures become. Happy Eating! 🙂
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By now, you know the importance of breaking up with refined carbohydrates (which include added sugars) in your diet. After all, excessive consumption of refined carbs has been linked to everything from weight gain and Type 2 diabetes to heart disease and poor mental health.
So, scaling back is smart. But simply making sure you’re stocked up on nutrient-rich whole foods isn’t always enough — after all, how many times have you come home to a fully loaded kitchen after a long day and still called for takeout?
That’s because, while about half of making sure you eat well is buying the right foods, the other half is preparation — and devoting a couple of hours every weekend to meal prep is the key to making healthy dietary changes stick.
The good news: You don’t necessarily need to prep full-blown meals — even a little chopping and boiling can go a long way. Here, we cover some simple meal prep strategies to make following a low-carb, low-sugar diet that much easier.
It doesn’t have to be Sunday, but consistency with when you prep will help you make regular meal prep a habit. So pick a day and time, slot it into your Google Calendar or iCal, and devote about two hours to the process.
If you’re scaling back on sugar and refined carbs, and you want to boost the satiety and nutrient content of your meals, your lunches, and dinners should predominantly be comprised of vegetables, quality proteins, and some healthy fats, plus an optional whole-food starch (think: something like brown rice, not bread). Let this formula guide you as you’re grocery shopping. Be sure to select a few options you like from each category. Here are some examples:
Of course, breakfast might look a little different, and you don’t have to follow this same formula — especially if savory foods aren’t your thing in the morning. Additional ingredients you may want to keep on hand for morning meals:
For most people, unless meal prep is easy, it’s not going to be sustainable. So instead of always prepping full-blown meals, I make sure I have a couple of options on hand from the categories above and prep them as needed. This allows me to mix and match different foods to create a variety of meals (like grain bowls, stir-fries, and epic salads) throughout the week.
Contrary to popular belief, though, you don’t need to actually cook everything when you’re meal-prepping for a given week. In fact, not all cooked foods keep well in the fridge for very long. So with veggies, sometimes it’s best to just pre-chop and cook as needed; and with animal proteins, cooking what you’ll eat toward the beginning of the week is fine, but keep some easy-to-cook options in the freezer for later in the week (things like smaller cuts of meat, individual filets of fish, and shrimp can be cooked quickly, or even directly from frozen).
Here’s an example of what my personal meal prep routine might look like. Keep in mind, depending on the size of your family, you may need to prep more or less:
So now you know what to do to prep meals and lay the foundation for a healthy week of eating, but how do you get the motivation to do it? I try to tune into the tasks at hand and consider those two hours of chopping and boiling a form of culinary meditation. It’s also a perfect opportunity to catch up on podcasts. I often save up a few great episodes specifically for meal prep time to make the overall process more enjoyable.
Taking a little time every Sunday (or whatever day works best for you) to prep a variety of real, whole foods that can be mixed and matched into meals that are low in refined carbohydrates and added sugars is one of the most valuable ways you can invest in your health.
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