Healthy Eating Made Easy

   As we come to the end of January and the time when a lot of people start to fall off those New Year’s “resolutions” to get fit, lose weight, or eat healthier. I am here to help those goals continue! One of the biggest things you can do is to have what I call a prep day. I do my weekly prep on Sunday, my roommate and myself figure out what we want to eat for the week and we prep it as much as we can on Sunday, even if that just knowing what is in the fridge/freezer and knowing when you will make it.   I for example cut up and made fruits ready for breakfasts and veggie stir-fry for 2 days’ worth of lunches (see photo below). You can go a step further and package everything into their respective containers for each day of the week. I do half the week because let’s face it the beginning of the week is always the hardest.

   This will not only help you to save time during the week and lower some of the stresses but it can also help save some money when you go to the grocery store. If you know what you are going to make you can either buy in bulk and save that way, or just go with your list of what’s being made that week (or month) and stick to that only.  

   The last tip is that if you can take any kind of meat/poultry or fish you buy when you get home from the store divided it up into the portions for your family season them any way you like while it’s still defrosted then label it and pop it in the freezer so that all you have to do is in the morning put it in the fridge and when you get home from work all that’s left is to cook it and you’re done, no prep work and much thought.  Keep these thoughts in mind and sticking with healthy eating can be a breeze!

Live Healthy,

Nadia

 

I am back

Hello All, 

   I was gone for a while but I am back to give you all some great nutrition and health information. I am excited because in my absence I have gathered some new information to share and will also try to incorporate some information and blogs about fitness to try and get you moving! In honor of this snow day here in the DMV(D.C, Maryland and Virginia) I am  going to give you a lovely lima bean soup recipe(I know what your thinking lima beans yuck, but this is AMAZING). 

Lima Bean Soup 

 

Ingredients

- 1 bag dried lima beans 

- 2 large carrots

- 2 stocks celery 

- 1 medium onion 

- 4 cloves garlic 

- 4 strips turkey bacon  

- salt and pepper to taste 

Directions 

- Soak the lima beans in hot/warm water for an hour or until soft, then drain.

- Cut up onions, garlic and turkey bacon, then saute until the onions and bacon are soft.

- Cut celery and carrots into bite size pieces.

- Add 5 cups of water into a big pot then add the carrots, celery, lima beans and all the saute pan ingredients, bring to a boil then turn it down to low and simmer for an hour to and hour and a half. 

(If you would like to make it in the crock-pot you can just add everything into the crock-pot and let it go on low for 5-6 hours, I suggest soaking the beans a little less if you are going to cook it in the crock-pot) 

Live Healthy, 

   Nadia