Eating fresh, whole foods, means in most part that we need to invest time in cooking, which can require more preparation and planning but it means you know exactly what’s going into the meals you’re consuming. The internet is full of blogs and websites with recipe ideas and inspiration, the healthy cookbook market is now huge with so many options catering for any kind of diet, whether you’re vegetarian, vegan or flexitarian. There are many quick and easy recipes that can be prepared, which are great for even the busiest of us, the key is to get organized. This means shopping lists and maybe even some menu planning but it’s worth every moment of the time you invest. Here's a few tips to make healthy eating easy:

 

1 - Make a list of the items which you know are your go-to ingredients and ensure you’re always stocked up with these; you could try setting up a weekly home delivery so you know you always have those items in the house. This may include things like hummus, carrots, a selection of nuts and seeds, cottage cheese, oat cakes, eggs, avocados, smoked salmon and easy to put together salad style ingredients.

 

2 - Make use of your freezer too as it will save you from making everything from scratch. Soups, stews and curries are great options to have stored in the freezer, as well as home made sauces, like pesto, which you can use to add extra flavor to your food. You could also chop up your vegetables in advance and keep them in the freezer ready to cook.

 

3 - Dinner is often the meal that's easiest to get right as we tend to be at home with a bit of time to cook and prepare food. With this in mind a great option is to cook extra, put it in a container and have that for your lunch the next day.

 

4 - Snacks can be really simple too, grab a few carrots, some nuts or seeds, and maybe a piece of fruit and pop it in a container you take with you for when you need a snack.

 

5 - If you aren't able to cook extra, or simply forget to bring food with you when you head out to work for the day, that's fine – a quick trip to the nearest supermarket and all kinds of readily available whole food options are available; cooked prawns, bagged salads, spinach, ham, sliced turkey, cooked chicken, nuts, seeds, any kind of fruit or vegetable; these are all available and ready to eat.

 

6 - And finally, if you need an extra helping hand to get organized then you could also sign up for healthy meal delivery companies, which make cooking with fresh ingredients easy as they have all the ingredients chopped and ready for you to cook and prepare.