Bariatric Tip of the Week: Healthy Eating Tips for Busy Families

Do you ever find yourself looking at the clock at 5:00 and realizing you have nothing planned for dinner, much less started? With the fast pace of our society, more and more families find it difficult to eat a healthy meal together in the evening. Try these tips to take some of the stress off and still eat healthy meals that are convenient, too!

1. Dust off the crockpot! The crockpot is a great way to use your time wisely...it cooks while you work. Assemble everything in the crockpot the night before, store in the refrigerator, and just plug in before work!
2. Plan a week's worth of menus at one time. This will help take the guess-work out of what's for dinner. Use the menus to make your grocery list and save them to recycle in weeks to come.
3. Batch cook. Make 2-3 recipes at one time and freeze portions to pull out and re-heat quickly! This also works well for home-made"TV dinners." Freeze individual portions that can be thrown in a lunch box and reheated at work.
4. Prep ahead of time. Try to do as much preparation the night before...cut up vegetables, clean meat, pre-measure ingredients. This will speed up meal preparation when time is short.
5. Think outside of the box. Why not have breakfast for dinner? Try this easy, protein-rich recipe that can be for dinner, too!