Be a bad ass planner in the office ánd in your kitchen

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Are you that person that runs around all day from the moment your alarm goes off? From work, to gym, dinner party, dentist, yoga class and back? You’re a super ambitious professional, and your job is very important to you. But you also know that you perform better in your job if you eat healthy, sleep enough and exercise regularly. And gosh, we know how hard it is to keep it up on both ends!

 

Although nowadays there are much better and healthier options to eat outside and on the go, which makes your life as a busy bee a lot easier. However, home cooking is still better than picking up some food on the go. Why?! It’s healthier, because you know exactly what you put in it. A so called “healthy” salad on the go may contain all kinds of bad stuff that you don’t really see on the outside (think any form of sugar, bad oils, additives etc.). When you cook your food yourself, you can choose each and every food item yourself. And on top of this, don’t underestimate the value of vitamin L(ove)! There are tons of studies that have proven that food is tastier and that you absorb nutrients better when meals are home cooked, with love and attention for the food and the people that will eat it.

 

But you and your busy life don’t really have time in the schedule to cook every day, right? Guess what, you don’t have to spend hours in the kitchen to prepare healthy meals for you and your family.

 

Use these 3 super practical tips to make home cooking easier, faster and healthier!

  • Cook a whole batch of your favorite grain (for example, brown rice or quinoa) at the beginning of the week and use it in different meals throughout the week. Have a curry with rice on Monday evening, a crunchy rice salad with raw veggies and a yoghurt dressing for lunch on Tuesday and a rice porridge with fruit and coconut flakes for breakfast on Wednesday. You can keep it fresh in the fridge easily for a few days! (Extra tip! You can do the same with veggies; cook some extra when preparing dinner and mix them up in a lunch box with some quinoa, olive oil, pumpkin seeds and feta to bring for lunch the next day).
  • Have a ready-to-go pantry, with all your favorite and healthy versions of condiments, spices, herbs, and other dry produce right there on the shelf, ready for you to use at any point in time. Must-haves are canned legumes like chickpeas and lentils (choose the cans without any sugar and additives), spices like cumin and cinnamon (I literally add cumin to almost all my savory and cinnamon to all my sweet dishes, great anti-oxidants), several types of whole grains (think quinoa, brown rice, oats, barley) and healthy oils (like olive, coconut and avocado oil). The only thing you need to finish your meal is your fresh produce!
  • Shop once a week (maximum twice), and do all your fresh and dry groceries in one go, instead of daily or every other day. Then you don’t have to think about shopping for at least 4 to 5 days and you can still enjoy fresh and delicious meals.

 

So you see, the only thing you need is a bit of preparation and planning. And since you’re a bad ass professional, planning is your super power isn’t it? So no excuses and go give it a try!

 

Want more tips and the recipes of the above mentioned meals? Get in touch with me via https://mpwrmyjourney.com/connect/ or follow us on Instagram.

 

Love, Myrthe