{"id":1378,"date":"2015-05-03T20:46:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T20:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pilateswithpriya.co.uk\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2015-05-03T20:46:57","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T20:46:57","slug":"how-to-stay-on-top-of-cooking-healthy-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilateswithpriya.co.uk\/?p=1378","title":{"rendered":"How to stay on top of cooking healthy meals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The craziness of 2 small children and teaching classes at times others would eat means I HAVE to be ultra-organised about our meals. It’s that or live off beans on toast, which wouldn’t be very considerate for my Pilates classes \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

So if you also have a busy lifestyle, if you are cooking around young ones or if you are wanting to save a few pennies\u2026 read on for my top tips.<\/p>\n

\"Pilates<\/a><\/p>\n

My top tips:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Meal Planning really does work. We have a whiteboard in our kitchen and I plan out our evening meals and some of our lunches too.<\/li>\n
  2. Use your meal plan to shop and prepare in advance. When you have a quieter day chop up some veggies in advance for example, or boil a pile of eggs for lunches, make hummus or cook a meal to get ahead.<\/li>\n
  3. Cook in bulk when you can. If you are doing a casserole, chilli, bolognaise, soup or freezable meal cook double and freeze it. This saves me on a regular basis on days things go wrong and I realise I\u2019ve no time to cook!<\/li>\n
  4. You don\u2019t have to wait until dinner time to cook. I often end up cooking our evening meal in the morning, as that\u2019s when I have a gap in my day. It can be quite satisfying knowing dinner is already cooked!<\/li>\n
  5. Embrace the slow cooker love. The beauty of this is you can prep it the night before and keep it in the fridge, then switch it on in the morning and by evening you have a cooked meal, often with leftovers to freeze. See my slow cooker recipes here or my pinterest board with over 50 ideas.<\/li>\n
  6. Have a day a week you use up the leftovers. Put them on a pizza, add to pasta, put veggies in a frittata or stir fry… it may not be a standard recipe but it can save you time, money and is inventive! See Love Food, Hate Waste for top tips and recipes.<\/li>\n
  7. Have some emergency meals in your stores. Baked potatoes can be cooked in the microwave in 10 minutes, add tuna and sweetcorn with some chopped veggies and you have a meal. We always have a jar of pesto ready for that emergency pasta dish and frozen veggies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What are your top tips or recipes?<\/p>\n

    For more recipes pop to Dietitian UK.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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