Quick meals and snack time are the hardest things when it comes to sticking with your diet. Here’s a list of 3 things to keep in your fridge, 3 for your freezer, and 3 for your cabinets.
Whats in your kitchen?
Each week I try to have cottage cheese in the fridge. It is a great mid afternoon snack! Next we have salsa. If you know me, you know I have salsa in the house I cannot live without it! Speaking of “Syl hook a sista up”. Now I’m not one for it, but I heard people say that putting salsa in your cottage cheese taste good. I repeat I have not and probably will not try it, but check it out you may like it. Anyway, back to the refrigerator one last time, keeping spinach on hand will give you an easy delicious way to dress up a salad or even just as a side dish (I love spinach and Popeye).
Moving on to the pantry/cabinets I try to have light popcorn in the house. Talk about an easy snack, just watch out that it is not the kind drenched in extra butter or cheese or caramel or whatever clever kind they have come up with. Also keep nuts on hand more specifically walnuts and almonds. They are high in healthy fats and both are a good source of fiber which helps you feel full. Lastly try to keep brown rice in your kitchen. Now I will say it is not quick, but it is easy and pretty good for you.
I love food!
Freezer time. I keep frozen chicken on hand for anything from grilled chicken for dinner to chunked chicken for lettuce wraps (haven’t had those in a while). We also have been getting frozen bison. Have you had this stuff? It’s really good, has a ton of protein and less fat than chicken breast, you should really give it a try. The regular grocery store carries it now; we used to get it from HSN. One more thing to keep on hand is frozen berries. Which I’m sure you already know are delish in smoothies, but you can also add them to oatmeal, yogurt, and high fiber cereal.
Alright so there you have a few ideas of things you want to have stocked up in your kitchen for easy and healthy snacks and meal time.
Always remember it’s easy to eat the right food when it’s already there, and conversely it’s easy to eat junk if you keep it in the house (even if “it’s for the kids”)!
Peace