Speedy and Healthy

When it comes to cooking most people don’t usually think of cooking healthy food as being an option when they are pressed for time. Fast food usually means throwing whatever food you can find together to make a meal or going through a drive-thru to pick up dinner. There are some things you can do to make cooking meals a fast and healthy experience.

The first thing you can do is invest in a crock pot. These little gizmos can allow you to take raw vegetables, either cut up or whole, some chicken breasts with a few seasonings and throw that in the crock pot with some low fat chicken broth and let it cook for a few hours on a low setting. You can go to work, go exercise or pick up the kids at school and come home to a fully cooked meal. All it costs you is the time to wash and cut up vegetables and throw it all in a crock pot. You can do this with homemade soups, stews, even casseroles. If you can spend 10 minutes preparing fresh vegetables you can make any meal that you can find in the freezer section.

Another thing you can do is simple substitutions. Instead of fried chicken, you can roll chicken breasts in crushed corn flakes and bake them. It won’t take you very long to fix and once the chicken breasts are in the oven, you can use that time to fix a salad or make a side dish. You can make a simple side dish by using canned vegetables and heating them up in the microwave. Not everything has to be gourmet, but you can make simple substitutions that will make your meals healthy without taking extra time or losing the taste factor.