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For many people
making healthy recipes seems too difficult and time consuming...

But with some advance planning and some basic knowledge of nutrition
it is easy to create a week's worth of healthy meals that you and your family will love. The key to creating delicious and healthy meals for the family is planning ...and lot's of it!

Planning ahead of time an entire week of healthy recipe meals is the best way to create dishes you can be proud of
while keeping cost and time commitment to a minimum. So below are amazing tips you can use to make healthy meals all the time.

Healthy Recipe Tip #1:

Using convenient appliances such as slow cookers and microwaves can be a huge time saver when planning and preparing meals. There are many delicious and healthy recipes that can be started in the morning and left to cook all day in a crock pot or slow cooker. These are great choices for working families.

In addition
making the meals ahead of time on the weekend and heating them in the microwave is a great way to stretch both your food and your time. There are many microwavable healthy meals you can make at home
and single serving microwave safe containers allow every member of the family to eat on their own schedule.

When planning the meals for the week
it is a good idea to create a chart listing each day's menu and each days' schedule. Here's a smart tip...plan the quickest and easiest to prepare meals for the busiest days of the week.

Healthy Recipe Tip #2:

Get your family involved in creating the week's meal plan by asking for their input and noting everyone's favorite foods. It is still very important to eat healthy meals
so that (of course) does not mean eating pizza every night or having ice cream for dinner. But involving your spouse and children in healthy recipe planning
you'll help to increase their interest in healthy eating right away.

It is also a good idea to get your entire family involved in the preparation of the meals. Even children too young to cook can help out by setting out the dishes
chopping vegetables
clearing the table and washing the dishes.

Healthy Recipe Tip #3:

Cooking large quantities of healthy food recipes - and freezing the leftovers - is a easy way to save time. Cooking large amounts of stews
soups
pasta
chili and casseroles can be a huge time saver. Making double and even triple batches of these staple foods
and freezing the leftovers for later use
is a great way to save both time and money.

When freezing leftovers
however
it is important to label the containers carefully
using freezer tape and a permanent marker. Try to keep the oldest foods near the top to avoid having to throw away expired items.

Stocking up on meats when they are on sale is another great way to use that valuable freezer space. Stocking up on such easily frozen foods as chicken
turkey
ground beef
steaks
roasts and chops is a great way to make your food dollar stretch as far as possible while still allowing you and your family to enjoy delicious healthy meals every day.

Healthy Recipe Tip #4:

Keeping a well stocked pantry is as important as keeping a well stocked freezer. Stocking the pantry with a good supply of staple items like canned vegetables
canned fruits
soup stocks and the like will make healthy recipe preparation much faster and easier.

Stocking the pantry can save you money as well as time. Grocery stores are always running sales
and these sales are a great time to stock up. Buying several cases of canned vegetables when they are on sale
for instance can save lots of money and provide the basic ingredients for many nutritious
easy to prepare meals.

Examples of great staples to stock up on include whole grain cereals
pastas
tomato sauce
baked beans
canned salmon
tuna and whole grain breads. It is easy to combine these staples into many great meals on a moment's notice.
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I hope you found these healthy recipe tips easy as pie!