Cook Once, Eat All Week
With a little planning and a Sunday afternoon to spare you can create delicious meals to enjoy all week long.
What's for dinner? If you had a freezer full of meals ready to heat up, you'd always have an answer to that question. And time saved that you could be spent with your family, relaxing or working out.
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To help you get healthy meals on the table in minutes, we've developed the Cook Once, Eat All Week cooking series. Just think of all the free time you'll have!
Eight Excellent Reasons to Cook Ahead
1. You lead a busy life. Cooking ahead gives you more time in the evenings to do whatever else you do.
2. Have a marathon cooking session one Sunday and you won't have to cook again all week long.
3. You can make it a fun, weekend family affair. Assign children age-appropriate tasks like slicing and dicing or sautéing and grilling.
4. If it's 7 p.m., you're hungry, and you still have to make dinner, you may be more prone to nibbling while your meal cooks—a practice that can be counterproductive to weight loss.
5. Having a well-stocked refrigerator and freezer minimizes last-minute takeout temptations.
6. Ready-made meals stored in individual- or family-sized containers make for simple portion control (not to mention easy cleanup).
7. Shopping, prepping and cooking for several similar recipes at once (cutting veggies for a soup and a salad, or grilling chicken that can be used for a pasta dish and wrap sandwiches, for example) saves time.
8. There's a financial advantage: Buying groceries in larger quantities and making only one trip to the supermarket each week saves money in the long run.
Ready to take back your evenings? Browse each article in the Cook Once, Eat All Week series for great timesaving ideas.
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