One of the most common questions my clients ask me is how to get more variety in their meals. It's so easy to slip into a rut and then cook and eat the same things over and over again - right? For better nutrition, I always nudge clients, and myself, to plan a wide variety of foods into their weekly plan and here's how: List Making Phase With 7 days in one week, there's a neat level of variety that's not too hard to achieve. Try these tips to get your list together: Make a Weekly Favorites List which includes 3 dinner favorites. These can be chicken, beef, pork, tofu, vegetarian, … [Read more...] about How to Plan Meals with Variety and Flavor
Waste Less Food with Consistent Meal Planning
If you want to reduce your kitchen food waste - and who doesn't - then the best solution is to consistently plan your meals. There's a lot of information these days about food waste. In fact, here is an easy to understand summary on the topic. The bottom line is that less is better and more is harmful to the landfill, the Earth, and what you spend at the retail food market. There is a solution that seems to tick all the boxes of wasting less food and getting more nutrition and it's meal planning. Taking the time to pre-think your meals for a few days at a time, write them down, grocery … [Read more...] about Waste Less Food with Consistent Meal Planning