Home Cooked Fast Food

>something other than stuffing your face while you
are watching television. Cut up some meat and
Many years ago a nifty little device came outvegetables. If you really don’t have the
called the Crock Pot. You could cut up a bunch oftime it will take to cook up the meat (anywhere
veggies, meat, and spices, dump them in the pot,from 15 to 30 minutes depending on the meat
and it did all the hard work. You came home atand how you like it) then buy pre-cooked meat.
the end of the day and Presto you had a niceIf you take time each night you can cut up
hearty meal. Add a salad and some bread/rollsenough veggies and meat for meals all week. For
and you were set.lunch make it the night before. Buy yogurt on sale
As I visit numerous on line boards and weband take it to work. Or do what I did for years, I
groups/forums I see more and more peoplemade my sandwich the night before. One slice of
mentioning how they made their meal in thebread with chicken, turkey, tuna, egg salad with a
crock pot. I am happy to see it is making apiece of fruit. Not only will you eat better but you
comeback. With all the press which the obesitywill save money too!
crisis and how bad we all eat is getting, it givesBreakfast, get up 15-30 minutes early and take
me hope for many Americans. Now we just havethe time for a glass of juice with a multi-vitamin
to worry about how to get the rest of them toand a bowl of cereal, oatmeal, eggs, etc. Be
eat healthier.calorie conscious with the cereal, stay away from
I am so tired of hearing from people theythose high in sugar and calories. However,
don’t have the time for home cookedremember eating a good breakfast is of utmost
meals. I work, I have the kids, yada, yada, yada.importance. Research has shown that this is the
Everyone has some kind of excuse. However, ifmost important meal of the day. It is the meal
you ask these same people if they saw Survivor,that is going to give you the energy to get
Amazing Race or any number of other realitythrough the day!
shows, they can recite the show from beginningSo start eating healthier today, you no longer
to end. Well, how about using your hands forhave any excuses!