Re: Eating healthy tips

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Margie. Just what I needed.....some motivation in fixing my diet. lol I

have no diet, and, housebound, I only get to store once a month, so, I am

usually feast or famine. lol

From: Margaret

Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:00 PM

To: CFAlliance

Subject: Eating healthy tips

As all of you know, eating healthy when you have chronic health issues isn't

easy. Getting out to the grocery frequently enough to eat lots of fresh

vegetables is very difficult as is simply fixing food and cleaning it up. I

thought I would share some of the things that I have found helpful and am hoping

that others will chime in with more ideas.

1. We buy 2 or 3 large packages of chicken breasts and my husband or one of my

sons cuts it up into chunks for me. I then marinade it in several containers

with different marinades for a day. Then I cook it all in a skillet one type at

a time and stick it all back in the fridge for a day. Finally I split it all up

into freezer bags in portions that work for my husband and me for dinner and

freeze it. We also buy bags of mixed vegetables that cost about $2-$3 and which

now come in a whole lot of varieties. With this setup, I can fix a healthy

dinner of chicken and veggies is less than 10 minutes and with very little to

cleanup. The fact that it is done over several days makes it possible (although

not easy!) and I can get at least a months worth of chicken from one of these

chicken cooking sprees.

[Guest guest]

These are great Margaret. I'm going to talk to my family bout all these

myself.:-)

 

I don't have a lot of great  tips like you do, but what I do is  stuff like

making a large amount of chili, or spaghetti sauce and freezing them.Then it's

simple enough to just boil noodles.

When we buy chooped meant we separate it up and freeze it and it can be

defrosted as you're cooking if you don't like the microwave defrost.

 

(I like the idea of more chicken and vegs much better I have to say, and I love

fruit of all kinds--especially here in hot Florida.)

 

I buy apples as long as they're even sort of in season, as they are so easy to

eat, and are good for us for so many reasons..

I happen to like more tart apples so I buy McIntosh apples which are in season

for many months too.

I also buy bags of frzen fruit.

 

If I lived alone, I'd have a problem because I'd probably not cook for myself as

it is too much energy and causes pain beding to get pots and pans and standing

up for long.If I do cook, I use my CD player as I can focus better and if the

music is upbeat, I move a little faster...at least for awhile.