What if you could enjoy delicious meals more easily and economically? 5 simple steps can multiply your pleasure and divide your time, while saving you money.

Time Management Tips for Healthy Meals – 5 Ways To Save Money And Time

Coach Paula Eder, Ph.D., The Time Finder Expert, has 35 years of success helping individuals and small businesses align time choices w/values.

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Finding more time doesn’t have to cost more money. You can have more of both, time and money, and enjoy delicious food economically. Here’s how to build on whatever start you have made:

1) Plan ahead.

Create a basic shopping list you can refer to week after week. By searching online for “grocery list template”, you will access several to select from. Then simply modify as needed. To further refine your shopping list, group items according to which aisle they are on, starting from one side of the store and working your way across.

Scan your newspaper for coupons. Sometimes you can access sale pages online, saving the cost of the newspaper. Then plan out your your week’s meals accordingly. Consider comparing costs of processed and unprocessed foods. You may find that you can prepare some meals from scratch for much less money and not much extra work.

Are you bored with your current cooking? An easy way to try new recipes is to make a list of your favorite cuisines, and hunt online. Enter the nationality, ingredients on sale or on hand, and any other important characteristic. For example, if you like Thai food and have a handful of items to use up, type into your search engine, “recipes Thai chicken coconut carrots quick” and take your pick. Remember that most national dishes developed over generations to feed people as economically as possible. Meat is often used more as a flavoring than a central ingredient, which increases the healthiness of many “ethnic” meals, too.

Consider including meals for crock-pot cooking. Remember that less expensive meats are delicious and tender when slow-cooked. So are many vegetarian meals. And there is only one pot to clean afterwards.

Buy enough to prepare extra meals. Plan to freeze portions. If you like variety, consider freezing the ingredients individually, and vary how you combine them for future feasts.

Plan a few “kitchen sink specials” – in summer, leftover salad ingredients can be lightly chopped in a blender with chilled tomato juice for a delicious variation on gazpacho. Casseroles and stews are tasty budget stretchers that needn’t take much time as the weather cools.

2) Shop on schedule.

Never shop on an empty stomach. It is probably no news to you that will power is much stronger when you’re not hungry!

Here is where your grocery list template comes in handy:

* Buy only what is on your shopping list.

* Avoid aisles that don’t feature food on your list.

* Note how much time and money you save.

3) Follow through.

What’s more welcoming than a delicious dish simmering in a crock-pot when you return from a busy day? Schedule time before leaving for work to assemble dinner in your crock-pot, or pull items from the freezer. If time allows, set the table, too.

4) Savor your meal.

When you sit down to eat, relax and enjoy yourself. You will appreciate your time more when you immerse yourself in the delicious flavors, and time spent only on yourself.

5) Freeze leftovers in clearly labeled and dated portion sizes.

You will find before long that you have a selection to pull from in busy times.

Food preparation is just one example of how planning ahead conserves both money and time. The time you spend preparing is more than repaid throughout the coming week. Enjoy your meals and the time you find!

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