Whether you’re searching for lunchbox inspo, or looking for easy ways to incorporate more real foods into your household in exchange for our standard, processed American staples, Kristin Marr, has spent the last decade experimenting with recipes and tricks to get healthy meals to your dinner table. Join your host Yamel as she chats with Kristin about how they manage to prepare healthy meals for their families despite busy schedules.
Kristin Mar is the owner and creator of Live Simply, a blog where she shares real food recipes and natural cleaning remedies. Check out her Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube channel for more information.
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With one or two parents working outside the house, figuring out how to consistently provide balanced breakfasts, lunches and dinners can be overwhelming. So how do we get back to healthier living while being conscious of time, skill and accessibility without breaking the bank?
Simple Ingredients
You don’t need super fancy ingredients or tools. The Live Simply website is like a Bible of recipes that provide easy ingredient substitutions and variations. No scouring through a Whole Foods or fancy health store required!
Real Foods
American food culture has been largely shaped by marketing, leaving most of us confused on what is actually good to eat, and what is making us unhealthy. It’s time to look back at our ancestors for inspiration on what traditional meals may look like for us today. What have culturally healthy communities been consuming for generations upon generations? That is real food – from the ground, plants or animals.
5 Ways To Add More Whole Foods to Your Household
You don’t have to overhaul your pantry throwing out all of the cookies, cereals and chips all at once.
- Look at the ingredients labels carefully, compare, and start swapping slowly. It could be as simple as a over-the-counter syrups to maple syrups swap.
- Learn to cook the basics – rice, chicken breasts, and maybe even a whole chicken in the oven. Utilize the tools you already have, your oven and your stove. Keep a list of meals you’re learning how to make and the ingredients they require.
- Start gradually, and be patient with yourself. Maybe it’s a goal of cooking just one meal at home a week, then eventually bump it up to two, three and so on.
- Keep a list of the meals you and your family enjoy to refer to when needed.
- Cook once, eat twice. Meal plan in a way that works with your schedule. Double up on recipes, or cook a little extra protein on Sundays.
As your family gets more comfortable with the changes, the good habits will become foundational. And as a plus, when you do get to go out to eat, it will feel like a special treat. It may take a little bit of forethought and planning, but it gets easier as your family gets healthier.
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