Now that you’ve had your coffee, worked out, read the paper, and gone to church. It’s time for Sunday School.
Today’s lesson: Food prep.
One of the things I’ve gotten in the habit of doing on Sunday afternoons is prepping food for the week ahead. It saves a ton of time during the week and keeps me on track so I don’t make horrible, no good, very bad food choices.
Here’s what I do:
- Cut up a ton of veggies so they are ready to toss into salads, stir-fry, eggs, and side dishes
- Whip up crustless quiches baked in muffin tins
- Bag my own 100 calorie packs of almonds
- Bake batches of homemade protein bars and wrap them up into individual serving sizes
- Hard boil eggs to eat as snacks, top spinach salads, or make into egg salad
- Slow cook oatmeal or steel cut oats to heat up each morning
- Brew coffee and green tea to mix in with shakes or just enjoy over ice
Now, I don’t eat meat, but if I did, I’d probably grill up a few extra pieces of chicken breasts to serve with salads, wraps, or a healthy chicken salad.
Just some food for thought. Now, go get chopping, do some laundry, and don’t forget to say grace before you eat.
Class dismissed, home-schoolers.
She-Fit says:
August 2nd 2009I love all these ideas… I might just have to steal these from you :)
Yum Yucky says:
August 3rd 2009Oh gosh, I wish I was so organized!I need to start making small steps towards this type of system. Perhaps I'll boil an egg this morning?
Joanna Sutter, My Favorite Things says:
August 3rd 2009She-Fit, Please use these ideas! Simple but effective. It looks like you've got some great ideas up your sleeves, too!
Yum, It's a great habit to get into! And, yes..boil an egg this morning, and why you're at it, throw in the entire dozen now to save you time later.
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