You probably wonder how to cook every night, having a busy lifestyle, right?
Eating healthy, having a busy lifestyle it’s a daily effort for me!
You know how much I travel, how busy I am with my business and our family commitments, but living a healthy lifestyle is extremely important for me, for us as a family!
So I work on living a healthy lifestyle one day at a time, forgiving missteps and days when I don’t feel like cooking, but anticipating those pitfalls, is the key to give you a higher chance to succeed!
Let’s get to it!
How To Eat Healthy On A Busy Schedule
Anticipate Failure
If you’re busy like me, you know some crazy busy days will come and you won’t feel like cooking.
Some days will come, when you stay late at your kids’ games, all you want to do is roll fast to the nearest drive through window! Been there, done that!
Solution: Anticipate super busy days and prep ahead, here is how I do it:
I look ahead at our week’s schedule on Sunday and plan accordingly.
My son has a basketball game, I have a late client, crock pot or slow roasting will be my best friends. I will be sharing my favorite healthy crock pot recipes soon! Stay tuned … but for now …
Here is a great Brazilian recipe, full of flavor, just a few ingredients thrown in the crock pot.
You can make a low fat feijoada version by using chicken sausage and removing the bacon.
A vegetarian feijoada version by using beef broth instead of water for added flavor and remove the meat items on the list!
No matter what lifestyle you choose, feijoada is still a great option for Winter and Spring busy nights! Grab the recipe HERE.
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Meal Planning
I must confess, I’m a work in progress when it comes to that, but for me, it’s all about looking at dishes ahead of time and making a list which includes ingredients needed.
I make my mental list of recipes and buy the items needed on Sunday, to ensure no excuses will sabotage my eating healthy plans.
My list usually includes tomatoes, lettuce, fresh herbs, peppers, mushrooms, broccoli and brussel sprouts.
I’ve come to the conclusion, that having those items in the fridge, fresh and ready to go, maximizes my chance to come up with a last minute recipe too!
Research
We felt we were doing everything to eat healthier. But while my weight was coming down, my son was still hungry at night after our meals…
Deciding to look for help to find out what decisions were the right ones was the best option for us!
Weight Watchers recently gave me the tools I needed.
You won’t believe how many items were removed from my pantry, as well as snacks with loaded in points, that I thought were super healthy!
I recommend you find a plan that works for you and add that knowledge to your on-going efforts to live a healthier life!
Upgrade Your Kitchen
Nobody gets excited to cook on an old, failing stove and oven that burns everything, right?
My next step is to upgrade my stove! There’s nothing really bad, besides the burning part, but I think we’re really ready for a new one!
Looking for options, I came across the LG from Best Buy!
We can get even more cooking flexibility and convenience with this LG combination double wall oven – delivering the even cooking of convection with the speed of a microwave, and more.
Here are some benefits:
Cut Cook Time in Half – With LG’s TurboCook™ Speed Oven you get the hustle of a microwave with the quality you expect from a convection oven.
Bake whole chickens, potatoes, pizzas and more—no preheating required. With speeds 2 to 4 times faster than a traditional oven, you’ll have more cooking flexibility and more time to enjoy your meal.
Cook with Confidence – True Convection delivers precise heat for crisp, delicious food. Bake with the greatest of ease with LG’s True Convection oven.
LG’s convection technology evenly distributes continual precise heat so food is delicious on the inside, and crisp on the outside.
Style That Changes Everything –LG Black Stainless Steel Series brings luster to kitchen spaces.
It elevates the traditional stainless steel look and pairs beautifully with any style or color of surrounding cabinetry.
I’m ready for mine! What do you think?
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I can’t wait to hear what you think!
Next week, I will be sharing some of my favorite recipes and more tips on how to cook healthy on a busy lifestyle!
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These are great tips and will be definitely helpful for eating healthier food. Thanks for sharing.
These are some great tips. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!
I would love a double oven like this LG one for getting ahead on my cooking! What a great way to meal plan!
It can be hard to eat healthy when you’re so busy. However, it’s worth every bit of effort it takes.
i am too guilty eating unhealthy food especially when i am busy. i will just breakfast or even eat chips for lunch. so unhealthy. need to change my ways before i regret it.
I switched to an Instapot and WOW how my life has chnaged and my meal planning too. Thanks for passing on so many great tips suggesting LG I am in need of a few new appliances
This is just what I needed to read today! I love your insight and tips thank you!
I was more so in love with that kitchen picture. But I almost always use a crock pot. who has time to not use one? haha
I am an avid meal planner and do my best to make sure we always have meals on hands. I try to plan busy days with crock pot meals and boy has it helped tremendously!
Preparing ahead is a way to go. And yes for a double oven, less cooking time! Love this.
Prepping ahead surely helps! This includes buying the right ingredients in just one visit to the grocery, so practical!
I usually know when to prep ahead and I never do. But, I’m sure your tips are going to come in handy !
Great tips! These will definitely help me to eat healthier. I really needed that! Thanks for sharing!
I need to start eating healthier. For me it is lack of planning. Sunday’s are my quieter days so that should be when I plan my menu for the week.
This post is a nice reminder for many people like me. I fail to keep healthy lifestyle due to other issues. The tips are helpful to always pre plan and keep things ready.
These are great tips as i currently work two jobs, blog, building a program and trying to eat healthy is on the list but never consistently works out! I will definitely try meal prepping
I do the best when I plan and prep. I have to make some stuff super simple or I run out of time.
These are some really great tips! Goodness knows it’s so easy to just grab the junk food when you’re in a rush.
I am trying to eat healthier. I would love a new oven and stove. Mine are rather old. And I am working on meal planning!
Planing ahead is always smart. I like to keep healthy snacks that I can grab on those busy days.
These are some wonderful tips I think sometimes it can be so hard to eat healthy when you are busy, you just want to go for quick and simple.
These are great ideas and the feijoada would be really fun to try. My kitchen could definitely use some upgrades.
Eating healthy is an absolute must for me and these are all wonderful suggestions! We remodeled our kitchen a couple of years ago and the new look definitely made us want to spend more time in the space.
Prepping ahead of time is key to staying on track. That’s what I do every Sunday for the week ahead.
That LG Combination oven would inspire me to cook more. I have to make your feijoada recipe!
Thank goodness for crock pots! With our schedules, it is a blessing! I’ll have to make your feijoada recipe!
Two years ago I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease. One of the first things I had to learn was healthy eating takes time and planning! We are such a on-the-go society on the more that we easily fall into the convenience-meal trap. I cook from scratch daily, even when I’ve had a busy day and I’m tired. In the long run, it’s worth the extra little effort…