Three meal prep tips to healthier eating habits

You started 2022 with great goals. Eat healthy, exercise, and finally fit into those sexy, skinny jeans you haven’t been able to zip up in over a year.

Transforming your eating habits and training yourself to opt for healthy instead of convenient is often the downfall of all your good intentions.

With a bit of discipline and a little planning, you can start healthy habits quite easily, especially with the help of these meal-prep tips from Herbalife Nutrition:

Have essentials on-hand

Stock up your pantry with these budget-friendly, long-lasting staples that can transform a meal and help you whip up a healthy dish: frozen veggies; chickpeas; canned tomatoes, and whole grains. With a well-stocked pantry, there’s no excuse to reach for the takeaway menu when you could whip up an easy one-pan chicken bake? All you need to do is pop some chicken pieces, canned tomato mix, low sodium broth, and brown rice into an ovenproof dish, season, and let it cook.

No need to get fancy

Unless cooking is your passion, you probably don’t enjoy spending hours in the kitchen after a long day of work. Opt for shortcuts that will speed up the cooking time such as ready-cooked rotisserie chicken that can be served as-is with a fresh salad and some roast veggies. Use leftovers in sandwiches or a pasta salad for lunch the next day. Precut veggies are also convenient and help you achieve your five-a-day quota with ease.

Take notes

So you’ve tried a new recipe, improvised a bit and the family loved it! Only problem: you can’t remember what you did to make it amazing. It might seem old school, but having a notebook in the kitchen to jot down notes on how you’ve tweaked a recipe will make cooking in the future that much easier. Next time, you’ll know exactly what to do and you might as well double the recipe and either freeze half or use it for lunch the next day.