Do you want to improve your eating habits, but find it difficult to optimize your choices when they are made at the last minute? At these times, you often don’t have much on hand or really too hungry to cook yourself something? Did you know that food planning could help you?
Food planning is simply the principle of planning in advance what you are going to eat to simplify the process when the day comes. For some, the best solution will be to plan each meal, assign it to a day, and shop for groceries accordingly. For others, it will simply be to find a few recipes to cook during the week, making sure to have all the necessary ingredients and to cook them according to their desires, their moods, etc.
I already hear some people saying that they don’t have time to do food planning. On the other hand, did you know that you can actually save time, money and even reduce food waste with this method? Indeed, the grocery store is more efficient, we avoid asking the famous question: “but what am I going to eat well this evening? » and also to realize that we have not used the broccoli which is slowly dying in the fridge.
Food planning can easily be done in less than 30 minutes and allows you to have balanced and varied meals during the week. Be on the lookout to learn more about our 5 tips on food planning which will be published monthly. In the meantime, here’s a super easy to put together vegetarian slow cooker chili recipe so you’ll have dinner ready when you get home from work. When it’s so simple and tasty, food planning is so much more tempting! Enjoy!
By: Joanie Séguin, Dt. P.
Nutritionist, AXiO Sport Medicine Clinic
