Sunday, January 29, 2012
Time-Consuming Kitchen
So this healthy thing has been pretty great. I think it has mostly affected our breakfasts, snacks, and less of our lunch and dinner. We constantly eat fruit, nuts, cheese, etc for snacks because we had this idea to take the top shelf of our smallest cabinet and put the shelf at the closest peg to the top we could and that is our junk spot. We can only have that much junk and it's hard to get to so we eat it less often. We also make our own breakfast sandwiches and smoothies or grab some mixture of nuts/fruits/cheese and a protein bar for breakfast. Luna bars are our favorite. and they may not be the healthiest in the world but they are way better than the pop tarts we used to eat on late days. So in this sense we are being so much better. Lunches have been hard because we are on campus alllllllll the time. seriously. or we are running from place to place and don't have time to sit down and have a "proper" lunch. We often eat sandwiches, wraps, salads, etc from the campus diner or a sandwich place of some sort. Not way healthy because we of course have condiments but better than pizza. And dinners have become stressful. We plan it out and go shopping at winco every week but by the time we get home it's so late and we are so tired that cooking doesn't sound fun. quick easy dinners are usually unhealthy and we have yet come across a good way of doing quick meals. So usually we eat around like 8-9 pm. (Italians do that and they are healthy but idk about us, we go to bed so early that our bodies can't process it? idk.) And we bought this way yummy natural eating cook book. But we can never find all the ingredients it calls for. silly Idaho. So we have been looking for a way to still be healthy and organic and la la la see the previous posts for "details"... And today!!! I came across a pin on pintrest that had freezer meals. so genius right? the only problem is what can and can't you freeze. I would take 6 hours on a Saturday to prepare meals for a month! and then only have to truly cook in an oven or on a stove and have so much less mess to clean up every night. (Jake would like it because he would have less dishes to do!!) So now we are thinking of being this super organized healthy easy couple. ahhhhhhhhh! I read this blog about this lady who does it and she cooks with a lot of meat (like the rest of the world) but that's not the way the WOW (Word of Wisdom) says to eat and it's not soo healthy. So maybe some recipes could be halved in meat portions and doubled in veggies. There's this book called, Don't Panic Dinners in the Freezer that we are thinking about getting. Any experiences of any sort with freezer meals. I think it sounds great for the busy lifestyle we have if we can remember to thaw it before we leave in the morning...
oh and jake is getting a perm. for real. someday.
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sweet! let me know if you end up doing freezer meals! would love to do that if you can figure it out! there is a place in AZ and UT that you can go to and prepare meals like that for a month, and then bring them home and put them in your freezer. You should find out if there is a place like that in IF or Rexburg... or somewehre close. I bet there is.
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